"Being a Teacher or Leader is expected from anyone who has been playing for a number of years in the branch, so that was not something that really would set a Sargeantry apart."
I know a number of people who've been playing for years I wouldn't want to be a teacher or a leader... That expectation is, to me, based on the person - not time in grade. (This is the same reason for the never ending discussion of PLQ's with relations to the Peerages - and what sets the Peers apart from the Gouttes and Jambes.)
What sets the Sergeantry apart is that, like Peers, they're expected to be visible role models (something our Sergeantry has never particularly been), as well as teachers and leaders. Like the peerages, they're marked as being something we should all seek to be. And, like the peerages, that's why they are/were often tapped to be staff. (Being a Guard is a purely ceremonial function - and an important part of that pageantry you love so well.) Being a Sergeant *is* their job after they become a Sergeant.
This is why, in the past, the 'ticket puncher' brigade believed that being a Sergeant was a necessary prelude for, and a sparkling gateway to, the Peerages.
http://wiki.antir.sca.org/index.php?title=Sergeant makes for some interesting reading.
"My thought was that when a Sargeant (or Yoeman or Lancer or Courtier or Gallant or...) is named their final act of the Trials would be to name their 'Quest' for the upcoming year."
Nit - if the Quest is the final act of their Trial, then they haven't been actually named to the Searjantry yet. That happens when they have *completed* the trials. Failure of the Quest means failure of the Trial (and if it does not, then it is meaningless) and they should no longer be in consideration for the Searjantry.
"Then, when all the stories have been spoke. The members all declare their Quest for the upcoming year and what they intend to do to achieve it."
And it'll be a damm hard (read "well nigh impossible") to stop this from devolving into rote or jokes. Doubly so if they have no fear of the consequences of failing a Quest.
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Date: 2010-09-23 05:02 am (UTC)I know a number of people who've been playing for years I wouldn't want to be a teacher or a leader... That expectation is, to me, based on the person - not time in grade. (This is the same reason for the never ending discussion of PLQ's with relations to the Peerages - and what sets the Peers apart from the Gouttes and Jambes.)
What sets the Sergeantry apart is that, like Peers, they're expected to be visible role models (something our Sergeantry has never particularly been), as well as teachers and leaders. Like the peerages, they're marked as being something we should all seek to be. And, like the peerages, that's why they are/were often tapped to be staff. (Being a Guard is a purely ceremonial function - and an important part of that pageantry you love so well.) Being a Sergeant *is* their job after they become a Sergeant.
This is why, in the past, the 'ticket puncher' brigade believed that being a Sergeant was a necessary prelude for, and a sparkling gateway to, the Peerages.
http://wiki.antir.sca.org/index.php?title=Sergeant makes for some interesting reading.
"My thought was that when a Sargeant (or Yoeman or Lancer or Courtier or Gallant or...) is named their final act of the Trials would be to name their 'Quest' for the upcoming year."
Nit - if the Quest is the final act of their Trial, then they haven't been actually named to the Searjantry yet. That happens when they have *completed* the trials. Failure of the Quest means failure of the Trial (and if it does not, then it is meaningless) and they should no longer be in consideration for the Searjantry.
"Then, when all the stories have been spoke. The members all declare their Quest for the upcoming year and what they intend to do to achieve it."
And it'll be a damm hard (read "well nigh impossible") to stop this from devolving into rote or jokes. Doubly so if they have no fear of the consequences of failing a Quest.