West Kingdom Template Library Origins

This library is the fruition of a passion project and would not exist without the learnings, hard work, and significant contributions of those scribes who came before us. Standing on the shoulders of these giants, we continue to build new knowledge incrementally, each generation benefiting from the insights of those who came before. 

Previous scribal corps have influenced this one; however, the most significant difference in this program is the framework and text templates, which allow a single scribe to create a blank or completed charter scroll entirely on their own, regardless of their skill level. 

Using the templates markedly reduces the time a scribe spends researching, planning, sketching, inking, and calligraphing, and significantly helps to reduce errors and omissions (common production time is 10+ hours for a fairly simple scroll at the lowest end of time commitment (1)). The templates also help bridge the gap for scribes whose primary specialty is calligraphy or illumination. 

This is not a promissory program. This program was inspired by Garanimals and designed in AS LVIII for royal scribal corps coordinators and members to test a new approach to addressing some old challenges: how to ensure that personalized scrolls are ready, accurate, delivered at the time the award is bestowed, and affordable to frame.

This program provides real scrolls to award recipients, featuring authentic art and calligraphy by scribal artists. It utilizes non-intimidating, preformatted templates to guide the creation of scrolls through tracing, painting, and inking both the art and text.

Piloted in AS LIX by Fabian’s and Eliška’s Royal Scribal Corps, under the program, 11 scribes (2) not only delivered 100% of the pre-planned scroll requests on time, but they also delivered over 300% more on-time scrolls than prior scribal corps (80+ completed and 20+ blanks)! 

2. AS LIX Royal Scribal Corps, Fabian & Eliška: Caitríona inghean ui Chionaodha, Elizabeth of Roxbury Mill, Gillian Trenowyth, Robin of Thornwood, þóra Rauðbjarnardóttir, Umm Sitt al-Sirr Fatimah al-Zahra' bint Rashid, Hrefna í Stranda, Naran Chinua, Sara a la Petite Rose, (with Úna Bhán, and Eliška z Jihlavy)