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What Are Favors:

Favors are a token given from one person to another to signify support or a relationship, or made by an individual or group to be worn to denote an office or group membership.

In the SCA we use favors for a multitude of reasons:

How long are favors bestowed for?

Depending on the type of favor, they are given for a pre-determined amount of time, or as a permanent token

Support favors are given from one person to another as a token of the giver's support, friendship, love, or other personal reason. They are most often seen as fighter favors, but they can be given by anyone to anyone. These favors can be:

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Making Favors:

How to Make a Simple Belt Favor: A short tutorial on making a basic belt favor

Favor Styles -- While we most often see fabric belt favors (also known as finger towel favors, for their size and shape). Favors can be large or small, and they can be made to be displayed in many ways:

Materials -- Favors can be made in any type of material: Decoration -- Favors can have any style of decoration, or no decoration:

Favor Formats

Champion Favors will include the colors of your group, and usually the year (in AS followed by Roman Numerals), and text or a design that indicates what the receiver won (A&S, Rapier, Bardic, etc.)

Officer Favors will include the device of that office, and can also include the colors or populace badge of your group.

Court and Guard Favors will include symbols and colors of the group and/or the royal(s) that they are in service to.

Group Favors will include the group's badge, or some meaningful design. It can also include something symbolizing the group member it is given to.

Fealty Favors will include the colors and/or device of the person the receiver is in fealty to, and possibly the device and/or colors of the person in fealty .

Support Favors will probably include the colors and/or symbol of the giver and possibly the receiver. It can include a symbol that is meaningful to both parties, in addition or instead of, the other items.

Day Favors will likely be in your colors, or your group's colors if you're a royal, perhaps with a charm or token that is meaningful to you. It can be simple or complex. Some simple ideas include:

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