The Company of the Dragoon Guards
The company of Dragoon Guards is an Atlantia household focused on rapier and melee excellence. The Company has members across the entire kingdom of Atlantia, and beyond. Their current and previous members hold twelve peerages including seven fencers recognized as Masters of Defense.
Founded in 2003, the Company began as a small, tight knit group of low ranking fencers, and since has grown their ranks through multiple generations. The Company has been recognized in service to the kingdom multiple times, such as receiving the Vexillum Atlantiae, a Kingdom Award that honors and recognizes the ferocity and valor of a group of fighters as a whole, not as individuals, twice.
Company History and Approach to SCA Rapier Melee Combat The Company of Dragoon Guards focuses on non-traditional SCA Melee tactics, and prides themselves on bringing new and different approaches to the field with every subsequent generation of fencers. The Company quickly gained traction across the Kingdom through employing these methods with just a handful of fencers in the early 2000s, and continues to grow their roster through a shared love for continuing to grow interest in this niche form of rapier combat through group melee practices, wars both in and outside of the kingdom, and its members many leadership roles.
Membership Membership of the Company of Dragoon Guards is broken out into a small grouping of leadership roles, and varying types of members. The company currently has a commander, executive officer, roster of full members, and interns. Interns and members are selected by unanimous consent across the company to ensure both unit cohesion and comradery.
The Company of the Dragoon Guards website features a roster, an award list, and an excellent bibliography of rapier related books.