Guild Master

What is a Master?

A Master is exceptionally skilled within the discipline of their choice, and moderately skilled at others as well. They have demonstrated an aptitude at teaching. This is the final rank within a guild and among other things, gives the Master the honor of sitting on their guild's Council if they choose.

Master Garb

A Master may wear a badge with their guild's master symbol on it.

For Artificers, that would be a brown badge with an anvil, hammer, and yellow flame. For Seneschals, that would be a gold badge with a double-barred torch.

Those who achieve Master status will also be presented with a Master Sash in brown or gold with appropriate heraldry and embellishments.

Requirements

There are two paths towards becoming a Guild Master.

Apprentice/Journeyman/Master

The first path is to become a Guild Apprentice and be promoted through Journeyman to Master, meeting the following criteria. Note: Additional requirements may be required by individual mentors/masters. Please consult with your assigned mentor for your specific requirements.

ARTIFICERS

Approved by Artificer’s Council
Have created a syllabus for a class within your discipline to be added to the guild library. This includes the approximate cost of the class and materials required, including those for demonstration as well as for students.
Have created at least one instructional document, and improved on a previous one or created a second instructional document, for the guild library. Videos are also appropriate.
Taught three classes about your discipline. This could be the same class at three different events.
General competency in one seneschal task associated with the arts. Organizing classes for an event promotes crafting, running an arts and sciences competition promotes exposure and excellence, organizing and assisting with feast, etc.
Completed an approved artificer project for someone outside your unit and realm with a quality of 7 or greater and a difficulty of 7 or greater. (Note: Exceptions may be made to acceptable recipients as the council sees fit)
Spent at least one year as a journeyman.

SENESCHALS

Approved by Seneschal Council
Have created a syllabus for a class within your aspect of service to be added to the guild library. This includes the approximate cost of the class and materials required, including those for demonstration as well as for students. For shadowing projects this could be a check list of items to cover.
Have created an instructional document, or improved on a previous one, for the guild library. Videos are also appropriate
Taught three classes about your aspect of service. In areas where teaching a class may not be appropriate having individuals shadow you can take fill this requirement.
General competency in one crafting task associated with service. Building weapons helps a weapons checker, sewing helps a realm leader garb their realm and as such is required of a master
Completed an approved service project for the whole of Belegarth of considerable effort as determined by the Council.
Spent at least one year as a journeyman

CHRONICLERS

Approved by Chronicler’s Council
Have created a syllabus for a class within your discipline to be added to the guild library. This includes the approximate cost of the class and materials required, including those for demonstration as well as for students.
Have created at least one instructional document, and improved on a previous one or created a second instructional document, for the guild library. Videos are also appropriate.
Taught three classes about your discipline. This could be the same class at three different events.
Displayed general competency (journeyman level) in at least one secondary skillset which can represent any of the three Guilds.
Completed an approved Chronicler project of considerable difficulty as your Mentor sees fit (this cannot be the same as your Journeyman’s project.)
Spent at least one year as a journeyman.

Immediate Master Recognition

The second path is to apply for immediate Master status. Many individuals in Belegarth are already masters in various areas, and have been for some time. In recognition of this the Guilds welcome those who qualify to apply for Master status now.

People who meet the requirements established by the Guild Councils may skip the apprentice/journeyman process and apply for Master Recognition in either Guild. To do so they should email the appropriate documentation, as described in the following links, to the applicable Guild email: belegarth.artificer.guild@gmail.com, belegarth.seneschal.guild@gmail.com or belegarth.chronicler.guild@gmail.com.

ARTIFICER: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PRXCSK1orNFr4Jm9bN9sgILkDW9wIS-RpTh0fgsqckM/edit?pli=1

SENESCHAL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WmzpVmVxf68KeKCj0EfidRyaWoF2h0J9bnQQ61ELb_g/edit?pli=1

CHRONICLER: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SYhWyvX19wXrQS6ASIEDJGmBoKSx9glaQGkn6qtW-Ws/edit?usp=sharing

Once received, the documents will be reviewed by the Guild Councils. There will be a time period set of three weeks from the posting date for discussion and voting, with a 2/3 majority required for acceptance. In the case of a "no" vote, the applicant will be provided with a reason for being declined and some feedback. They may reapply.

If approved, the applicant may use the title of Guild Master. Accepted application documents will be posted on the appropriate public Guild Facebook page and in the Guild Library on the Belegarth wiki for educational purposes. An Investment Ceremony may be held at an event of the applicant's choosing or privately. The new Master will be presented with a sash in their Guild colors with the Master's symbols, which indicates that they have achieved Master status. Masters may choose to sit on their Guild Council and participate in future votes, but doing so is not required. Masters may choose to take up to two apprentices, but doing so is not required.

Current Guild Masters Across All Guilds

Name	Fighting Name	Realm	Primary Skill	Secondary Skill(s)	Guild	Status
Ellie Apland	Master Lady Armstrong	Numenor	Sewing	Photography	Artificer	Active
Laura Jolliff	Master Faline	Northlands	Sewing	Machine Embroidery	Artificer	Active
Brett Barker	Master Sven the Apothecary	Shannara	Brewing	Music	Artificer	Active
Christina Stone	Master Laeta	Kamigawa	Sewing	Embroidery/Bardic	Artificer	Active
Marie Barker	Master Alyna	Shannara	Sewing	Jewelry	Artificer	Active
Bailey Scott	Master Sabre	Carthage	Sewing	Machine Embroidery/Design	Artificer	Active
Kaye Mahoney	Master Pip	Tolaria	Sewing	Design, 2D Art, Painting, Machine Embroidery	Artificer	Active
Daniel Cones	Master Kyrnn Wolfsbane	Mittelmarch	Leatherworking	Foamsmith/Plastidip	Artificer	Active
Caitlin Ridley	Master Alyori Ivesra	Fellowship of Pahmoten	Sewing	Hand Embroidery/Fabric Dyeing	Artificer	Active
David Bell	Master Cien Fuegos	Bethel	Leatherworking	Shield-smithing/Weapon-smithing	Artificer	Active
Danielle Purdy	Dame Unicorn	Ashemark	Pattern Drafting	Embroidery	Artificer	Active
Cypres	Witchdoktor Zir Hixa Nostalima, Master Artificer	Grond	Sewing/Textile Arts	Leatherwork	Artificer	Active
	Master Saeywn	Northern Steppes	Sewing		Artificer	Active
	Master Fincalian	Fellowship of Pahmoten/Mittelmarch	Sewing	Hand Embroidery/ iber Arts	Artificer	Active
Elizabeth Matanguihan	Master Sir Sorcia Januri Alathea the Matriarch	Nomad	Garb/Sewing	Embroidery	Artificer	Retired
Mandy Cleveland Davey	Master Sita Avaaraa	Anduril	Sewing/Leatherworking	Chainmaile/Metal Working	Artificer	Retired
Matteo Kraftsow	Master Witchdoktor Kord	Ancient Wharf	Lore / Bardic	History Keeping	Chronicler	Active
Sawyer Richardson	Master Bladmaster Flynnt	Dur Demarion	Videography	Photography	Chronicler	Active
Anastasia Nagel	Master Sir Anastasia	Anduril	Event Planning	Realm Building	Seneschal	Active
Zack Lemka	Master Mekoot Gorlock	Nan Belegorn	Recruitment/Retention	Event Organization/Service	Seneschal	Active
Kayla Harris	Master Dragoon Antoinette	Thunder Guard	Event Planning & Service	History Keeping	Seneschal	Active
Dane Johns	Master Sir Par Mertyns, Lord of Mistwood	Rath	Event Running	Realm Building	Seneschal	Active
Danielle Purdy	Master Unicorn	Andor	Public Interfacing	Inclusion & Accessibility	Seneschal	Active
Liz Walker	Master Sir Tari	Mittelmarch	Event Planning	Realm Administration	Seneschal	Active
David Vest	Master Sir Berenor	Mittelmarch	Medical Volunteering/Teaching	Event Planning	Seneschal	Active
	Master Sir Hubris	High Spires	Recruitment and Retention	Realm Building and Inclusivity	Seneschal	Active
Abby Vance	Master Dame Ruby	Carthage	Marshalling/Field Operations	Realm Building	Seneschal	Active
	Master Zur Pt3c#kz0vv3 !¡!	High Spires	Field Planning	Marshalling	Seneschal	Active
	Master Naga	Pyke the Ironport	Marketing & Graphic Design		Seneschal	Active
Elizabeth Matanguihan	Msster Sir Sorcia Januri Alathea the Matriarch	Nomad	Event Service		Seneschal	Retired
Jesse Sell	Master Sir Thurat	Carthage	Recruitment/Retention	Event Organization/Service	Seneschal	Retired For Now

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