Shire History

The Privy Council

Once upon a time, a woman lived in a Maple Grove in northern Calontir and searched for a cure for ennui.

Once upon a time, a woman lived in the Knobby hills of northern Calontir and thought she was all alone.

Once upon a time, a woman lived in the Musical Meadows of northern Calontir and had to travel far to gather with other Calontiri.

And then one day the woman of the Maples went South to search for the woman of the Meadows. The woman of the Maples searched with great patience and persistance. And at long last, the woman of the Meadows, being great with child, was found in the Privy. And perchance, the lonely woman of the Knobby Hills, being also in that chamber, found them.

And thus was the Privy Council formed. And the Privy Council determined to create a Shire. And it was so.

We were officially named a shire at the Harvest event in the Shire of La Grande Tente in 1995 during Gilligan’s reign. The first newsletter was published in January of 1996.

At first, the Shire was called Heralds’ Hill, and then Heralds Hill, and then Heraldshill was finally approved.

Thrill on the Hill
May 1998?

It was our first formal event as a Shire…

Valens III and Susanna II reigned…

Blueberries…

Rain…