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<p>Published 5 August 2026</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;noinclude&gt;{{ChapterInfo|{{NAMESPACE}} - Rattan - Handbook|20|Authorization process}}&lt;/noinclude&gt;<br /> ==General==<br /> #{{Kingdom}}Authorization ensures that all fighters can conduct themselves safely and courteously in combat.{{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}The authorization process helps ensure that all fighters taking the field are conducting themselves according to a common standard. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}This process also establishes the minimal level of proficiency necessary to ensure that they do not present a threat to themselves or anyone else on the field. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}Visitors to Atlantia may participate in Atlantian events if they review the Atlantian rules with an Atlantian marshal before they compete.{{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}Fighters with valid authorization from another kingdom who move into Atlantia may trade in for an Atlantian authorization card. See the Minister of Lists policies for the procedure. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> {{Armored Combat:Authorization process example - Authorization procedures - Requirements}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}Be at least 16 years old. Combatants less than 18 years of age have additional authorization requirements described in the minor authorization procedures. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}Thorough familiarity with all weapon and armor standards, conventions of combat, and other rules concerning combat-related activities in Atlantia.{{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}All armored combat authorizations will be held at an SCA event or a pre-approved practice.{{/Kingdom}}<br /> ##{{Kingdom}}Marshals wishing to conduct authorizations at an practice must obtain prior permission to do so from the Deputy Earl Marshal for Armored Combat or the Kingdom Earl Marshal, and coordinate Minister of Lists support to ensure all reporting standards, both for marshals-in-charge and for Ministers of Lists, are adhered to. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}Authorizations can be held at any time during an event or practice, subject to the above limitations. When combatants are authorized during an event, they may participate in subsequent activities as their new authorization allows. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}At least one of the marshals must live in a different local branch from the candidate. If the candidate lives in a barony, at least one of the marshals must live outside that barony.{{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}At least one marshal must be authorized in the applicable weapons form. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> {{Armored Combat:Authorization process example - Authorization procedures - Documentation}}<br /> &lt;!--{{Kingdom}}Your kingdom additions to this section - such as a link to your forms{{/Kingdom}}--&gt;<br /> {{Armored Combat:Authorization process example - Authorization procedures - Theory test}}<br /> &lt;!--{{Kingdom}}Your kingdom additions to this section{{/Kingdom}}--&gt;<br /> {{Armored Combat:Authorization process example - Authorization procedures - Armor and weapons check}}<br /> &lt;!--{{Kingdom}}Your kingdom additions to this section{{/Kingdom}}--&gt;<br /> {{Armored Combat:Authorization process example - Authorization procedures - Practical test}}<br /> &lt;!--{{Kingdom}}Your kingdom additions to this section{{/Kingdom}}--&gt;<br /> {{Armored Combat:Authorization process example - Authorization procedures - Passing the test}}<br /> &lt;!--{{Kingdom}}Your kingdom additions to this section{{/Kingdom}}--&gt;<br /> =={{Kingdom}}Authorization of minors{{/Kingdom}}==<br /> {{Kingdom}}Anyone 16 or 17 years old must follow the following procedure to become an authorized fighter in Atlantia outside of Youth Combat. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}The candidate must either have a minor waiver on file at SCA Corporate Headquarters (blue membership card) or complete an SCA ‘Minor’s Consent to Participate and Hold Harmless Agreement (General Waiver for Minors). {{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}For a minor to fight or even practice, a parent or legal guardian must be present, or someone holding a notarized Medical Authorization for Minors granting them authority to approve medical treatment must be present. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}During early training, those who are running the practice must make a careful determination as to the minor’s physical and emotional maturity. The variations among minors are considerable. At this age, many are unready, either physically or emotionally, for SCA combat. The marshals must be conservative in this respect. If there is any question, remember that the minors who are emotionally ready will not react inappropriately to being told to wait a year. In the case of any uncertainty, the marshals must take the most conservative course and not conduct the authorization. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}The local marshal will arrange for at least one of the parents or legal guardians to observe the fighting practice. Every attempt should be made to ensure that the parent or legal guardian leaves familiar with SCA fighting. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}The minor must attend at least one fighting event before the event at which the minor attempts to authorize. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}The parents or legal guardians must attend an event before authorization. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}A standard authorization will be conducted with at least one officiating marshal, the Kingdom Earl Marshal, the Kingdom Earl Marshal&#039;s Emergency Deputy, or appropriate Deputy Earl Marshal. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}All of the paperwork involved in the minor’s authorization must be reviewed by the Kingdom Earl Marshal or designated deputy before being processed by the Minister of Lists. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> #{{Kingdom}}The front half of the helms and masks of minors who participate in combat activities, either as armored, rapier, or equestrian combatants, combat archers, or siege engineers, must be marked with three green dots, no less than 1 inch in diameter, arranged in a triangular formation forming a trefoil. {{/Kingdom}}<br /> {{Armored Combat:Authorization process example - Re-authorization procedure}}<br /> &lt;!--{{Kingdom}}Your kingdom additions to this section{{/Kingdom}}--&gt;</div>

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