Question 1.3 & Goal

1.3) After the discussion on money, have you had a better chance to figure out how much money you need to have for your reign? Are you saving money for it?

Question 17

I'm going to start this question by saying it was prompted by reading through SCA Crowns. There is a lot of information on that page that might shed another light on the subject matter at hand.

You were seneschal for roughly 3 years. From what I've read or found thus far, being Crown is that responsibility times a factor of 10. I encourage you to answer the question before reading the above page, then to read the above page and see if your answer differs.

17) How do you see the responsibility of Crown and your abilities of maintaining an even keel without becoming overwhelmed?

Question 16.1

What does it mean to you to have a "Japanese reign" in the SCA?

I have seen varying amounts of this at different times. Do all courts happen on the floor? Does your Queen speak? (These are extreme examples I've witnessed.)

Scrolls, customs, etc. of the Japanese that fit in an SCA context? Or are you going for a Japanese person who suddenly is in charge of a Western court?

Question 14.1

Kirstyn asks about "royal advisors" from the peerages. In my experience, recently some Crowns have appointed something like a peerage liaison (which I've been reading as kind of like the Fyrd liaison) to each of the peerages, but I don't know anything about royal advisors from each of the peerages. She may be talking about Thegns, which are advisors that the crown chooses for their reign. They are not necessarily peers. Sometimes they are previous monarchs, but sometimes they are just general populace members that that particular Crown thinks would be helpful. Thegns are registered in the OP (you can find a list of former ones there) because for the duration of the reign, they have grant-level status (see this site directly under the grant of arms heading for some more info). Not everyone has them, and some have lots. :o)

So, who would you consider to be your Thegn/s?

Question 16

You're a Japanese persona. You've indicated that you'll have a Japanese reign. Or has that yet to be completely determined? Would your consort have to be Japanese also if they aren't already? If you determine you don't want to do Japanese, what would you do instead?

Question 15 and then some...

Spring Crown Tournament is 8 months away.

You've indicated that you're wanting to make a new set of garb a month until Crown. Are there any other goals for 'stuff' that you're considering? Are you wanting a new fighting kit? Different weapons? Upgrade your tent/camp aspect? I don't know what is involved in Regalia or what is available, but is there anything you're wanting to suppliment your stuff with? Do you have ideas for 'gifts' for the populous that could be worked on in these intervening months?

Question 14

Okay, so I was talking to K.C. and another question comes up. From what I gather from him, the new Prince/Princess appoint royal advisors from each of the Peerages. (Whether this is a standard or not, I'm not sure, but he said he watched it happen at one point.) He indicated that these advisors tend to be Royal Peers to make things easier, since they've already been in your shoes. He also indicated that you don't necessarily have to "know" them, but they should know ahead of time whether or not you wish to appoint them to this post and they should support your bid for Crown prior to your fighting in the tournament. From this point, they can advise you on the best method of operation. So my question is thus:

14) Who would you appoint from each of the Orders to be your three advisors?

Question 12 & 13

I'm on a few lists and one of them prompted the following questions in my head:

12) On the subject of preprints and awards, would you prefer to set someone else to design them or would you be more prone to designing them yourself?

I realize from what I read today that preprints for a reign appear to be done at least a month before an actual reign starts (which makes sense considering the fact that they want to give out awards during the beginning of their reign, but I'd simply never really considered it). Basically, as the reigns stand now, you have three months to either design or have someone else design 5(?) preprint awards (plus, I'm sure, quite a few other things to do or decide).

13) Would your awards be in a Japanese style and, if so, did the Japanese give out awards like they did in the West? If not, what century/culture would you choose?

Question 11

Which is more important to you and why...

...to rule with your significant other (ie, the person you love)?

...or to rule with someone you know will make a good ruler?

Question 10

What do you think/feel would be your first order of business as a newly Crowned King? or a newly Crowned Prince?

Question 9 Plus

More out of curiosity than anything, is there a certain etiquette to inner Kingdom relations where largesse is concerned? What is generally considered "good" largesse? What is usually a good goal toward making sure you have enough largesse? Are you supposed to give something to whatever other Crown you meet or is it a War thing? (ie, you're at their War, give them something or they are at your War, give them something!)

Question 8

What do you see as the role of retinue? What do you see is a reasonable retinue number? Who would you include in retinue? (This is a general question, not "who" specifically. ie, someone to do this, or someone to do that, etc.)

Question 3.1

Kato wrote: The Crown is the one though, that many look towards as the example of our Kingdom.

What do you consider being a good example? What would you do to show a good example as Crown? What do you consider a bad example?

Question 7

This will likely bleed through to other questions and opinions, but I figured I'd ask it anyway.

7) What do you see as necessary criteria for your Crown "significant other"? Optional? Best case scenario?

Question 1.2

Wynn posted this in answer to Q1.0:

The numbers that I have heard are more in the $5-7k range. With a couple of reigns that I know of being more like $10k.

How would you break these numbers down? Wouldn't some of that cost already be absorbed in the fact that we generally go to events anyway? Take for granted that I realize as Crown more events get added to the roster causing other expense, but I think a rough estimate of other possible costs might be helpful.

Question 6

Yes, I realize there are a lot of these at the beginning, but that's what happens at the beginning in my head. Ask all the questions, be certain of the answers, then proceed to the next step. Therefore...

6) What motivates you to be Crown? What prompted you to say, "Yes, I'm going to fight in Crown."?

Question 1.1

1.1) In an effort to help you determine your costs, what do you normally spend on a weekend for an event? Average.

Questions 4 & 5

4) Would either of you equate "Crown" with the same rock-star attention you get with being, for lack of a better word, famous? (Even if only on a minor level)

5a) If 'yes', have you ever been in the position to handle "famous"?

5b) If 'no', what would you compare it to?

Electing Part of my Own Job: Questions 1-3

I'd like to put my two cents into this, but only to say that I'd like part of my job to be posing possible questions that will hopefully get you to thinking. Like...

1) How expensive do you think being Crown will be?

2) What obstacles do you see that you have to overcome to get to the point of being comfortable with winning Crown? Physical? Mental? Emotional?

3) What do you see is the job of being Crown? What do you see as the goal of being Crown?

As I think of more, I'll post them and hopefully this will get you and everyone else thinking about the role of the Crown for any kingdom.