Jaida al-Sahrawiyya

10/2025 Thoughts: This was my second ever post to the Barony of Aquaterra Unofficial Populace Page on Facebook. This was to wrap up my the first Event I stewarded, and I had no idea what I was supposed to say or do with my Social Posts at the time, since this was the first full event we’d had since COVID, and I wasn’t super active prior to COVID, so hadn’t been involved. I’ve learned a TON since this post, and I’ve come a long way on my journey!

“Oh man, what a weekend.

I took up the charge of Stewarding Banner War this year, and boy am I glad I did in so many ways.

This weekend was a whirlwind of activity. Aquaterra had not seen a War of the Banners in several years, so we weren’t entirely sure what it was going to look like. We had 200+ people through the gates in 2 days. We had events planned throughout the weekend as normal, and at first I was a little worried that some of the events did not seem to be getting as much attention as usual, and I started to panic that I had done this all wrong. And then I got to walking around all the campsites, and figured out that everyone was too busy having a grand time catching up, telling tales, and just being around each other, so the events weren’t the star this weekend. The people were.

And oh how amazing the people were. I was not at a loss for people wanting to help, and the populace really made this whole thing come together. Thank you all SO MUCH for making my first event such a blinding success. We only had 2 houses compete, but the competition was FIERCE.

House Hraefensheim (I really hope I spelled that right) came strong with their new house, and made their presence known. They also held a wonderful memorial for a pillar of our community, and I’m so grateful that they took that on themselves, and many memories were shared, and love was felt by all.

House Keypoint was the fiercest of competitors with their team of valiant mercenaries, and put forth a great battle of the wills, bodies, and minds across all areas of “combat”

In the end – it was a tie in the points of War, and I was in no way prepared for a split vote, so it came down to a toss of the coin. House Keypoint officially took the win, but being the good gentles they all are, graciously offered to split the loot with their brethren from not so afar.

Good times were had by all.

In the middle of all of this, my amazing partner of a handful of years proposed me in a private moment, and the rest of the event was basically a blur. So MANY MANY memories were made and more relived this weekend, and I want to give a GIANT shoutout to the Barony of Aquaterra for making my first event as a Steward as amazing as it was!!!

AAAAAAAANNNNN TIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRR!!!!!”