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 Sable, a bend cotised Or, a bordure counter-compony argent and sable. |
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Sable, a bend cotised Or, a bordure counter-compony argent and sable.
Timeline
Born 1970
Late 1970’s first observed the interesting hippy looking people that dressed funny across the street at Himmel Park from the second story window of my Sunday School class.
1982/3: My babysitter Jerome Scheuring, who taught me Dungeons and Dragons introduced me to The Ring Party (boffer battles for kids with a Lord of the Rings theme.)
1984: Got subscription to “Soldier of Fortune” magazine, I thought mercenaries were cool, I saw the international mercenary symbol here for the first time, it was to become the first symbol of the mercenary group I would go on to found.
1985: Started visiting SCA at Himmel Park
1986/87:
Movie “Highlander” comes out, I am entranced, I wanted to be Sean Connery as Juan Sanchez Villalobos Ramirez, the swashbuckling element took hold and I even had a similar outfit commissioned. But I was a broke kid so I ended up with the ghetto version you see here.
The first time I tried hard suit fighting it was in loaned armor (fellow named “Bodrik” one of the funny looking Hippy people) it was like being stuffed into an empty toi-let paper roll but made out of leather, I quickly charged my opponent with a sixteen yearold war cry, my opponent, planted his pole into the ground allowing me to run up it and kindly flipped me on my back like a turtle, limbs all akimbo. I loved it. Still remember looking through the grill at the sky and laughing hysterically. I was too young and skinny for all that, so Leonard Byrd (Maximillian Des Pegas) and Howard Noble introduced me to Shinai fighting which fit me to a “T”. I started training relentlessly.
1987/88:
Introduction to the Kingdom of Umbria in the Adrian Empire
http://www.adrianempire.org/chapters/umbria.php made up of SCA ex-pats at Fort Lowell Park (Steel weapons fighting and shinai) spending time at both there and at the SCA. Organized first mercenary company with high school friends called “Icador” (I still had a subscription to Soldier of Fortune magazine and still thought mercenaries were cool, so I decided to be one and bring all my friends along). Made up of:
Real name Persona Name
David Dent Alberich
David Farragut Rutger
Craig Jacobs ?
Adam Montano Bjorn Helguard the Strong
Jerome Scheuring Francis Conrad Demaigne
Scott Sparrold Ciron
Matt Wolf Randal Salvatore'
(See October 18, 2002 email from Adria King of Arms, Sir Arik de Coirnoir)
1988/1989: Cote of Arms passed in Umbria January 1, 1989. Schism occurs and Umbria start to split into factions, high school friends graduate, move to college or focus on other things.
I put together a new group…
FIRST CAPTAIN and FOUNDER of the Mercenary Company now known as Eberhauer Landsknechts
Estrella V: A.S. XXIII: Attended my first Estrella in borrowed carpet armor, fought in a few battles, sword and shield, died a lot, had a lot of fun.
1990: April 10, Empire of Chivalry and Steel founded: Kingdom of Galandor (AZ, CA, CO) Broke off from Adrian Empire led by Phillip le Cornoir.
https://www.ecs-imperial.org/
https://www.ecs-imperial.org/galandor/index.html
January 7th Attended Estates General Meeting, Kingdom of Adria, Torrance, CA.
July, early(?) 1st Showers Point Banner War (remember camping in my papa-san chair, got
idea to paint cobra on shinai helmet from dudes from Phoenix).
Practice moves to Reid Park.
Mercenary Company: I was conducting regular pole and unit training, armor making (For steel and SCA), making newsletters (See April 1990, 4th Newsletter of the Dragoons) and practices being held with newly formed Mercenary company called “The Dragoons”(original members of what is renamed Eberhaur Landsknechts in the years to come) in the backyard of my fa-thers house up the street from Himmel Park.
Francis Conrad DeMaigne (Jerome Scheuring) loans “The Dragoons” $300 cash towards the purchase of armor kits in preparation for Estrella (see 7/27/2005 letter).
Working at Howard Nobles Armory after school, made a lopsided helmet by hammering a sheet of 12 gauge steel with a cannonball welded to a pole into a concave stump.
Estrella VI, February 17-19, camped in Galandor’s Castle (see photo) fought in shield wall in carpet armor and lopsided helmet with a few of “The Dragoons”, had to secure permission slips from parents to take them as they were underage.
1991:
April 7, Assassins’ Feast at Universalist Church
July 12, 2nd Showers Point Banner War; Mt. Lemmon
July 27, Randal Salvatore's Pit Fight (See Event Registration form dated 27, July, 1991, Tusker Times)
September 14, Combat Authorization Card #482* October, name Randal Salvatore' registered via Atenveldt October 13, Fellowship of the Boar-Argent* Atenveldt
Randal Salvatore appears in video "Once Upon A Weekend” Estrella VII: First Estrella that the Mercenary Company called "The Dragoons/Merc's" which would become “The Eberhaur Landsknechts" go to war as a unit under the command of Captain Randal Salvatore’.
1992:
March 13, 1992 Award of Arms*
April 5, 1992 Fanged Wolf*
June 1, 1992 Combat Authorization Card #482*
June 1, 1992 Sustaining Member Card #61294 Salvatore’ retires from Captaincy of “The Dragoons” Stops SCA activities to start training for round the world expedition to photograph and document the deepest canyon in the world, the Namche Barwa canyon in Tibet.
1993:
May: Travels around the world to 18 countries in 173 days, survives being charged by a silverback gorilla in Zaire, rescues elderly couple from
Mugger on Great Wall of China. Flies next to Mt Everest (highest point on earth), floats in the dead sea (lowest point). Much adventure was had.
1994: Few SCA activities, started software company “Rising Technologies Incorporated”, developed children’s language program “Hop and Skippy’s Language Island”
1995: June 1995, device: Sable, a bend cotissed Or, a bordure counter-compony argent and sable passed. Returned to the SCA and organized "The Preceptory" Shock Troop with Temur Arslan and Viscount Sir Rotwulf von Geistburg. Fight together at Estrella (See VHS tape)
Invented the now banned “Salvatore’ Wing” a fixed armor piece designed after medieval jousting gear but made for pole fighting in the SCA.
1996:
Pyrates! Salvatore’s event that took place in a Western Town (Cowtown Keeylocko) that got converted into the Spanish Main of the 1600's, legendary party that lasted for days. Months of preparation, full contact armored combat that included grappling and a foam dagger that had to be inserted into the eye slots of the opponents helmet grill to win or by submission. May 18th & 19th.
30 Year Celebration, 7-16th June, 1996 in An Tir (near Vancouver, Wash.) Conducted a series of VHS interviews about the current state of SCA combat techniques, interviewing Dukes and Knights assembled from Kingdoms around the known world.
Develops bone spurs in right elbow ending fighting ca-reer. Takes hiatus from SCA until 2002
2002: I returned to the SCA, this time in CAID after graduating from the American Film Insti-tute in Hollywood. First camping event was Great Western War. Ran into the Dragoons now called Eberhaur Landsknechts. (See letter dated october 15, 2002 to Leonard E. Byrd)
Fundamentals of SCA COMBAT: Unable to fight in the SCA due to injury Salvatore’ continues his martial training including the japanese martial art Iaido (Samurai sword) and west-ern boxing. Upon his return, Salvatore’ realizes that what he learned in other martial arts could inform SCA technique so he writes the combat primer “Fundamentals of SCA Combat”. Over 500 copies are sold on ebay starting a cottage industry of Knights and Dukes jumping on the bandwagon and selling their own versions soon after.
Historical encampment begins to go up, starting with a Past Times Pavilion Tent from England and custom early 16th century chair in quarter sawn oak with my cote of arms. Attended several Caid based wars and events like Great Western War and Potrero, holiday events and feasts in Pasadena, meets Edremus Green (Ed Ramis) and the Crew of the Bitter Luck, recommends to him to create a history of his company so his contri-butions aren’t lost in the mists of time, he does.
Begins to visit Renaissance Faires and meets reenactors outside the SCA, soon after, joins the Bankeside Schole of Defense http://www.bankeside.org/
2003:
Sews "Salvatore’s Great Coat" inspired by Robert Shaws coat in the film “Royal Hunt of the Sun”, brass fitments fashioned from original 15 and 16th century originals purchased on ebay and recast.
Meets local Landsknecht household Company of St. Martin de Tours in Calafia (Gerry and Julia Adams) https://www.facebook.com/Company-of-St-Martin-de-Tours-180108175404620 and became a “Friend of the Company” I camped with them at a Potrero, Great Western War and an Estrella (The second year at Schnepf farms) where I had a hand forged raised firepit made so I could roast a suckling pig on it. Waaaayyy too difficult to be worth it, had to keep two fires going all day, feeding coals, etc…
2004:
SALVATORE’S HISTORICAL YELLOWPAGES: Working in a Christmas themed prop shop in North Hollywood when I came across a copy of “Debbie’s Book” annual publication for props and scenery. Idea emerged to create a historical resource guide, a phone book, for historical goods and services for historical reenactors, film and TV that was organized by historical time period as well as alphabetically, be-gins to take form.
2005:
SALVATORE’S HISTORICAL YELLOWPAGES: The Premier Guide to Historical Resources for Film, TV and Re-enactors first edition published. Online and in print. Becomes full time job, traveling from historical reenactment to reenactment across the country, SCA, Civil War, Revolutionary War, Wild West, Mountain Man Rendezvous, Renaissance Faires, handing out free copies to drum up interest. Very interesting and fun living out of a tent for several months out of the year, seeing the different reenactment cultures and making friends around the country.
Awards:
Salvatore's Order of Precedence
