Sunday, September 21, 2025
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Original Story: Gwillim the Smith, or the Devil and the Anvil
Gwilim the Smith
I spent about 7 years shoeing horses as a thing to seek my joy, and while I no longer work on horses I still enjoy blacksmithing. One thing about smiths is that there is a tendency to let the hammer strike the heel of the anvil between blows, not always, but from time to time, and people ask "why do you do that?" and here is one possible answer.
"Gwillim the Smith" MP3
Gavin Kent, aka Greg Tremblay
Feb 15 2021 gavinkent@gmail.com
ARTS & SCIENCES: Of Oak and Meadowsweet and Broom - A Narrative Poetic Adaptation from the Mabinogion
I was honored at the 2025 East Kingdom A&S championship to be chosen as Sovereign's Champion for my work in creating a narrative poem "Of Oak and Meadowsweet and Broom" as an adaptation of a portion of the Welsh Mabinogion.
Included here are the research documentation submitted for the work, and a recording of the narrative poem.
Monday, March 4, 2024
Original Song: Robin and the Lady May
For the Bardic War Online, we were tasked with various challenges, and one of mine was Original Song In a Period Style (or on period topic) and I chose the immortal Robin Hood. There is no tale of Robin and getting outsmarted by a lady in the wood that I'm aware of... but this sounds like something that could (should?) have happened.
"Robin and the Lady May" MP3
Robin and the Lady May
Gavin Kent aka Greg Tremblay AS LV 2021
Original Song: Kerridwen's Ride
No shit... there we were!
In my early days of the SCA, I dwelt in the Outlands and had a number of other young bold household mates, including Keridwen Andersdottir. Keridwen was (and still is) a Registered Badass and was a terror on the armored field... there was one battle where we came back to a muster point and everyone started hearing about how she'd overwhelmed the line by USING ONE OF THE OTHER TEAM'S SHIELDS AS A RAMP. ... so MAANNNNY years later, this became a song. Love you Dwen!
"Keridwen's Ride"
Gavin Kent, AS XLI
Original Storylet: The Woodman
I have always been moved by the skills of the Calontir skald Morgana bro Moranwyg, and inspired by some of her short praise pieces like "The Amber Merchant" I have written a few storylets like "The Woodman" in fond imitation.
The Woodman
Gavin Kent, AS LVI
Original Poem: To Kindle a Mighty Blazon
The SCA College of heralds brought about an astonishing feat in 2021, holding a never-before-attempted, wholly online version of a War Herald’s Point. In her preface to the January 2021 Letter of Acceptance and Returns, Laurel Soverign of Arms Emma Featherstan had this to say, which provided the entirety of the factual content of this ode:
“As I write this, we are finalizing the last consulations(sic) from the Virtual Heralds Point. Signups ran for three weeks, and by the end we're looking at 616 items from 359 different individuals, from all twenty kingdoms! This is an amazing result, far better than we'd hoped for…---
...In total, I believe we had something over eighty heralds working in various capacities. I cannot express how floored I am by the amount of work done in a relatively short amount of time, and wish to commend each and every one of you for truly participating in this thing we call the Society College of Arms. Well done!“
To Kindle a Mighty Blazon MP3
“To Kindle a Mighty Blazon”
An ode in honor of the SCA College of Arms, for their labors on the Virtual Herald’s Point endeavor of AS LV
by Lord Gavin Kent (mka Greg Tremblay) February 2021, for presentation as candidate for the office of Sylvan Bard of Aethelmearc.
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