Information from the Earl Marshal Regarding Marshal Authorizations and Marshal Warrants:

Greetings most Noble populace of the Sylvan Kingdom of Aethelmearc.

As the Summer winds down and we look forward to the cooler months, there are some changes in the works. I know ,”Oh no not changes!” These are good changes and will ease stress in the future. These changes are coming about due to continued issues with marshallet renewals and or updating authorization information. Typically, the Authorizations office and the Marshallet office are hunting for the same people from different platforms. This causes to much time looking for information, getting responses from people, and even lost cards cause time and frustration. So Mistress Amalie Reinhardt, Baroness Aemilia Soteria THL Deirdre Scot and myself got together and discussed options and processes to help everyone out.

I am happy to announce some exciting news from our Authorization Office. Our Authorization team in conjunction with our Kingdom Webminister have created and implemented an Authorization & Marshal card Portal.

What is this you say?

This portal will allow you to retrieve, print and save your authorization card to your phone or any device at any time. Any combatant and/or marshal will be able to pull this information.

Over the course of the next few weeks, all fighters and marshals will receive notification from either Baroness Aemelia Soteria or THL Deirdre Scot and receive their “fighter number”. The fighter number is a unique number assigned to each person. This number is what you will use to pull your information from the coming online database portal.

This enhancement to our Kingdom Authorization Process has resulted in some necessary changes.

1. Authorization expires on the same date as your membership expires. This means there is only one date to remember. When your membership expires so does your marshal warrant and your authorization. If you are not a paid member, your authorization expires every year on your birthday.
2. Your first physical card will be issued at the cost of the office, any requested duplicates can be requested for a small donation.
3. There will still be a slight lag time between the time you enter the online authorization form and the amount of time it becomes available on the portal. The lag time should not be any longer than 5 days. Remember when this could be a month?
4. The link to the portal will be found both on the Authorization Clerk Webpage and Kingdom Webpage no sooner than September 1, 2024. After September 1, the yellow cards will no longer be accepted by the MOL table after September 30th.. All cards should look like the below picture. (New cards have all auth forms, weapons and also all marshal forms your in)

So to sum up the pros- Auth and marshal info on one card.

• print your own cards,
• everything is tied to duration of membership to renew whether your membership is 1,2, or three years.
• you will receive a personal fighter number.
• All information will be on one database not 2.

We realize that there will be a small group of people that may need alternate assistance in obtaining the email of information. reach out to the Authorizations office for assistance.

If you have any questions please contact the authorization office directly, if you notice there are errors that need to be corrected ask politely.
Direct all complaints to me.

In Service,
Sir Ardan Scot of Clann Scot
Kingdom Earl Marshal