Kingdom of Caid Awards and Ceremonies

An explanation for the awards given in Caid is maintained by Baroness Jessa d'Avondale at http://www.eastkingdom.org/awards/caid.html

Due to formatting the Award Cermonies are best viewed using any browser supporting HTML 2.x or newer. For those who prefer Word documents, you can download the collected Ceremonies of Caid (everything but coronation) or the Coronation Ceremony of Caid.

In those ceremonies which have several participants, all directions and optional parts are in emphasized font. The parts read by the Herald is in this size font, while the parts read by others are in this size font.

In alphabetic order:

• the Acorn
• Al-Caid and Lady Caid, the Creation of
• the Argent Arrow
• the Augmentation of Arms
• the Baron's Oath of Fealty
• the Chiron
• Chivalry, Order of and Invocation of the Knight's Vigil
• the Corde de Guerre
• the Coronation of the King and Queen of Caid
• the Creation of a Barony and Investiture of the Baron and Baroness
• Count and Countess, Creation of
• Court (Investiture of)
• Court Barony
• the Crescent
• the Crescent Sword
• the Crossed Swords
• the Dolphin
• the Duellist
• Duke and Duchess, Elevation of
• the Gauntlet of Caid
• the Harp Argent
• l'Honneur de la Chanson
• the Invocation of Crown Lists
• Knighthood (see Chivalry)
• Laurel, Order of and Invocation of the Laurel's Vigil
• the Legion of Courtesy
• the Lux Caidis
• the Peer's Oath of Fealty
• Pelican, Order of and Invocation of the Pelican's Vigil
• the Royal Recognition of Excellence
• the Sigillum Regis
• the Signum Reginae
• the Signum Regni
• the Succession of an Officer of the Crown
• the Vanguard of Honor
• the White Scarf of Caid

By rank:

Royalty:

• the Coronation of the King and Queen of Caid
• the Creation of Al-Caid and Lady Caid (the Crown Prince and Princess)
• Duke and Duchess, Elevation of
• Count and Countess, Creation of

Patents of Arms:

• Invocation of the Knight's Vigil and Creation of a Knight
• Invocation of the Laurel's Vigil and Creation of a Laurel
• Invocation of the Pelican's Vigil and Creation of a Pelican

Grants of Arms:

• the Chiron (for archery)
• the Crescent (for service)
• the Gauntlet of Caid (for heavy weapons fighting)
• the Lux Caidis (for arts/sciences)
• the White Scarf of Caid (for rapier fighting)

Award of Arms:

• Court Barony
• the Argent Arrow (for archery)
• the Crescent Sword (for heavy weapons fighting)
• the Dolphin (for service)
• the Duellist (for rapier fighting)
• the Harp Argent (for arts/sciences)

Non-armigerous awards granted by the King and Queen of Caid:

• the Acorn
• the Augmentation of Arms
• the Corde de Guerre
• the Crossed Swords
• the Legion of Courtesy
• l'Honneur de la Chanson
• the Royal Recognition of Excellence
• the Sigillum Regis
• the Signum Reginae
• the Signum Regni
• the Vanguard of Honor

Other ceremonies:

• the Invocation of Crown Lists
• the Peer's Oath of Fealty
• the Succession of an Officer of the Crown
• Court (Investiture of)
• the Creation of a Barony and Investiture of the Baron and Baroness
• the Baron's Oath of Fealty

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