Acronym and jargon buster

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• 1H: 1 handed
• 2H: 2 handed (weapon)
• 2IC: 2nd in Command

A

• AO: Authenticity Officer

B

• BSA: Battlefield Safety Assessment
• Battle Captain: Runs battles and is responsible for everthing in the arena

C

• CAT: Certified Authenticity Thegn
• CSO : CAT Support Officer (support trainee to the CATs)

D

• DARF : Dark Age Relief Fund. A members-support-and-self-help fund that sends cards, gifts and small monetary support.

• Drengr: Next Ranks after Fri-Hals. A Drengr has passed a number of skill assessments...link

F

• Fri-hals: Next rank after Thrall. A Fri-hals needs to possess a basic set of costume, have passed a basic skill assessment.

G

• GTO: Group Training Officer

H

• HC: High Council
• High Council: A group of heads (of departments) and representatives appointed by the Konungr
• Hersir Person who helps run battles
• HOD: Head of department.

J

• Jarl: A Jarl is an officer, either the leader of a group or someone responsible for a particular area of Society activity such as combat training or Health and Safety. This rank can be held as an individual or as part of a role. While the society does not have a militaristic rank system, this is a senior and respected person.

K

• Kitten: Trainee CAT
• Konungr: The Konungr is the leader of the Society.

L

• LHE: Living History Encampment

M

• MOP: Member of the public.

P

• PR: Public Relations
• Plastic: Inauthentic camping area.
• Plastic Camp: Inauthentic camping area.

R

• RAT: Recognised Acting Thegn
• ROT: Recognised orginational Thegn. Arena setup/support, marshalling and a whole lot more.
• RTT: Recognised training Thegn. A person who has been appointed by the society in a particular area. Usually this person is qualified to conduct assessments. If no qualifier is applied the person is probably a RTT(c) for historical reason.
• RTT(c) : Recognised Training Thegn (combat)
• RTT(m) : Recognised Training Thegn (missiles)
• RTT(v) : Recognised Training Thegn (village)

S

• Silver (Jarl/Thegn): The silver denotes the person has been granted the rank individually and will retain it even if they stop doing the roll it was originally awarded for.
• STW: Society Training Weekend

T

• Thegn: Thegns are officers either within a Group or holding a Society position. This rank can be held as an individual or as part of a role. While the society dose not have a militaristic rank system this is a senior and respected person.

• Thrall: Everyone who joins the Society starts as a Thrall, who is busy acquiring kit and learning a first skill.

V

• VMAIL : Email list open to all members of the sociaty on which important (and less important) information is published.