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Lloyd is active in the Society for Creative Anachronism, an educational organization dedicated to recreation of the good parts of the middle ages.

Within the SCA, Lloyd is known as Baron Llwyd Aldrydd. He resides in the Kingdom of Atlantia. Llwyd and his wife Baroness Kaleeb (as Lloyd's wife Patty is known in the group) live in the Barony of Tir-y-Don in the Kingdom of Atlantia. Llwyd has been Tir-y-Don Baron, Baronial fencing marshal, and Baronial Rapier Champion. He is currently serving as the Northern Regional Deputy Kingdom Rapier Marshal for Atlantia, responsible for Virginia, DC, and Maryland. He has been made a Provost of the Academie d'Espee, Atlantia's Order of the White Scarf.

Other interesting stuff on this site

• Introduction to Period Rapier Manuals class notes.
• 12 Dimensional Fencing, Llwyd's introduction to tournament tactics article from the 2005 "Knowne World Academy of Rapier"
• SCA Army Communications, a draft chapter for part of an unfinished comprehensive melee manual.
• Some pictures of a partial set of Cut and Thrust armor
• Llwyd's SCA travels
• Llwyd's White Scarf regalia: Scarves and Jersey.
• Llwyd's modern home page

Some Atlantian Rapier sites of interest:

• Academie d'Espee site
• Atlantian Rapier Forum
• Atlantian Combat Forums
• Kingdom Rapier Marshallate page
• Lord Estienne's Atlantian Embroidery file site
• Lord Dante di Pietro's excellent Historic Marshal Arts site. Lots of good articles.

Rapier mailing lists:

• Atlantian Rapier Net: info
• Atlantian Marshals list: info
• Atlantian Historic Marshal arts: info
• SCA wide rapier net: info

A short list of other good rapier links:

• Don Danulf's Academy of Defence
• Baron Gwylym's page
• Some period manuals
• Don Tivar's Corner
• SCA Corporate Rapier rules (minimum society standards)