Our populace has many skilled artisans, historians, bards and more. As such, the Kingdom of Ardesca has groups that allow cross-branch collaboration around specific trades and interests. These guilds give people to opportunity to teach, learn, create and collaborate.
This page showcases all of the active guilds within Ardesca.
The Sacred Order of the Mystic || The Magisters’ Guild || Ardesca Rangers’ Guild || Brewer’s Guild of Ardesca || Imperial Legion
The Golden Ledger stands as a guild devoted to the growth and strength of commerce within the Empire of Medieval Pursuits. We exist to uplift the merchant class, offering structure, recognition, and support to those who bring goods and services to life at EMP events.
Our guild is a place where artisans, traders, and vendors come together to share knowledge and build one another up. Through mentorship and collaboration, we help both new and seasoned merchants refine their craft, develop their presence, and succeed in their endeavors.
We champion fair pricing, quality craftsmanship, and presentation that reflects the spirit of the medieval world. By encouraging trade between branches and fostering strong merchant networks, The Golden Ledger helps create a thriving, interconnected marketplace.
Whether you are a seasoned vendor or just beginning your journey, we welcome you to learn, trade, and prosper alongside us.
The Culinary Guild is a community of food history enthusiasts dedicated to researching, recreating, and mastering historical recipes. We experiment with period-accurate cooking techniques, ingredients, and methods, bringing history to life one meal at a time.
Guild members have the opportunity to earn badges by cooking historical recipes at EMP events, with challenges that range from small personal meals to large-scale feasts. As you progress, you’ll learn to scale up serving sizes based on the badge level you’re working toward.
We also dive into the research side of historical cooking, exploring cuisines from different cultures and time periods to expand our collective knowledge. Whether you're interested in medieval feasts, Viking campfire meals, or crafting elaborate Tudor pies with decorative pastry work, this is the place to share discoveries, swap ideas, and refine techniques
Brewer’s Guild of Ardesca, In Order to promote growth and sharing of knowledge and experience among brewers of Ardesca the guild was formed to serve the populace and lords of the Kingdom. Our goal is to teach prospective new brewers in the art, help seasoned brewers practice and grow in their skill and knowledge, and provide refreshments during events as sanctioned by the Lords of Ardesca.
Ardesca Rangers’ Guild aims to mentor and guide citizens in their Archery journey.
The Studium and The Magisters of Ardesca’s goal is to promote, demonstrate, and pursue the history and arts of Antiquity to the 17th century C.E. Our goal is to focus on non-martial aspects of the times we strive to recreate. We wish to create an institution that offers a stream of development and advancement for the numerous non-martial skills that were common in our society.
Imperial Legion is an order of fighters who venture out to other organizations to fight under unified banner of the Empire.
The Domus Domesticis is a guild dedicated to the domestic arts (particularly newcomer integration and education, as well as increasing immersion) and services.
The Sacred Order of Mystic is an Kingdom-wide Order dedicated to leading and designing skillful Rituals and Ceremonies. They also serve Ardesca as Officiants, Oracles, and Sages. The Order seeks to spread it's understanding to all forms of religious and spiritual expression and to use that understanding to bolster the strength of Ardesca as a whole. Since time immemorial have religious and spiritual leaders stood next to the greatest cultures and empires of time past, and so seeks the Order to stand alongside the Kingdom of Ardesca. Nobis Deos, O Paternae.
