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Guild 21 - An EM Project
« on: August 01, 2020, 11:59:48 PM »

THE ANCIENT AND NOBLE GUILD OF SWORDSMITHS

In early 2014 His Majesty King David III of East Moreland hosted the creation of the Cultural Exchange Treaty Organisation. In his proposal to Mundus he said he wished to see "all citizens of the region to take ownership of their own culture and traditions." While we have seen many fines works take place between nations and our own Kingdom to try and achieve this we are saddened that perhaps the idea has not filtered down to the general public in a way we would have wished. As such the Ancient and Noble Guild of Swordsmiths intends in the coming days to launch an initiative known as "Guild 21".

Many nations incorporated the idea of Guilds throughout their history. These Guilds usually followed a pattern. They were collections of skilled craftsman who had served a valid apprenticeship and proven to those sharing their skills that they had reached a required proficiency so that a customer would have been confident in the quality of the goods being made or sold. Upon completion of a skills test and apprenticeship a young man would be enrolled into the guild, permitted to make his own mark of trade and display the guilds emblem above his shop. Diligent and detailed records were kept of membership of these guilds and local magistrates would often enforce them. What we propose is to rebuild this system. First within East Moreland, and then internationally. In the case of our own guild we have seen in East Moreland a resurgence in the love of our old traditions and ways, most notably sword carrying and swordsmanship training. Sadly the vast majority of those walking East Moreland with swords do so with pieces of machine made mass produced steel not the one off crafted blades. We recognise that to purchase a mass produced blade can cost around $100 for a semi-decent blade compared to a crafted blade costing around three times that if not more however there is currently no way of discerning between the two unless you watch your blade being made.

What we propose is to return the prestige of the guild however incorporating 21st Century ideas. Currently while guilds exist they are merely symbolic and honorary positions. We shall be changing that by having a rebirth. The Ancient and Noble Guild of Swordsmiths shall from 1st August 2020 be changing the membership of all its current members to be that of "Honorary Guilds man" however a new set of skills including the use of new technologies has been drawn up and used for tests. There shall be three levels of membership beyond Honorary and which a person gains depends on their skills test. The most basic level shall be Guildman, followed by Leading Guild-man and the highest being Guild Master. As attached to this announcement the Guild shall utilise a new logo and only members of the Guild 21 may utilise it, thus returning a mark of quality. We hope that other professions in East Moreland shall join us in the coming days.

Richard Nowell
Honorary Guilds-man
President of the ANGS