I'm going to be asking from a Belegarth perspective, but I'd like to get opinions from people in Dag, Amt, SCA, and other LARP/historical combat communities.
I've been in Belegarth since 2017 (took a break because pandemic/grad school from 2020-2024), and I've recently taken on more responsibilities in my realm, my unit, and my community. Most of it has been volunteering my time, resources, and skills to help at events. I am the go-to food distributor for my companions at events; I successfully completed my self-imposed quest of cooking a meal over a fire last week at Armageddon. (I made a delicious Tuscan bean soup for everyone, and my Watch General made quesadillas to go with it.)
Meanwhile, I have noticed people in my extended circle either begin or complete their path to knighthood. In the time between WPO and Armageddon, my realm has gone from one knight and two squires to two knights and four squires. Not to mention that two of my realm/unit mates are both considering squireship after this event.
As a result, I'm also thinking about pursuing squireship. I came up with a plan that I'd spend the next year--from this past Armageddon until next Armageddon--improving my crafting, my volunteering, and my fighting, and revisit the topic at that time.
So I wanted to ask those of you who have pursued similar leadership roles in your various LARPs/communities how you decided you wanted to go about it. What were the factors you took into consideration before beginning? Was knighthood conferred upon you without planning (which is pretty rare in Belegarth)? Or would you have rather had a concrete idea of what you wanted before taking it on?
Feel free to reblog/comment below, or send me an ask/IM. I know this isn't my usual reblogging behavior, but I once again did not take any pictures at Geddon so I have nothing to post lol.
