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Erik Erikson the Scout (Ernie Husted, Jr.) Persona: I was born on the Island of Gotland. You would probably call me a "Northman", while others would call me a "Dane" or "Pagan". I was not the eldest son so I had to make my future by my own hand, counting on luck provided by the Gods. I considered becoming a trader and merchant or perhaps signing on for a voyage and colonizing a new land. The problem was that I did not have the necessary funds to start, and it seemed like a lot of work. I found my future in my ability to use weapons and zeal for combat. I made and lost my fortune several times on campaigns and raids and enjoyed the adventure. SCA interests: Master Erik Erikson the Scout is a Master in the Order of the Pelican. He founded the office of combat missile weapons for the Middle Kingdom, and the Shadow Dancer scouting program. He was the founding Seneschal for the Marche of Havenholde and instrumental in the founding the Baronesses' Archery Guard. Warranted marshal for the disciplines of archery, heavy weapons and rapier. Mentor Chirurgeon. I enjoy working in the development and testing of combat archery equipment and melee tactics, plus I also enjoy target archery. I am presently holding the position of Deputy Earl Marshal for Combat Archery for the Middle Kingdom (isn't that a mouthful?) |
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Drea di'Pellegrini (Drea Leed) Persona: Andrea (Drea) di' Pellegrini is the only child of a 16th century Florentine silk merchant. She has traveled with her father throughout most of Europe, becoming well acquainted with the silk trade. She currently lives in London, England with her uncle and aunt, keeping an eye on family interests there. SCA interests: Mistress Drea di' Pellegrini is a mistress of the Laurel in the arts of Costuming and Music. She also enjoys researching medicinal herbs, loves all things Elizabethan and is a self-admitted research geek. |
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Eoin Drake Persona: Eoin Drake is a late 16th century Highland Scot who shoots archery for sport and hunt. At 15, after showing much initiative and (surprising) skill, I bought my way out of an unhappy apprenticeship and, for a number of years, traveled the countryside as a cobbler/tinker for hire. Most of my spare time is devoted to the pursuit of Leatherworking in its other many forms. Including the fashioning of pouches, mugs, sheathes, Sporrans, whips, quivers, vanbraces, and decorative tooling. I discovered, not long ago, that I enjoy getting others interested in learning the craft I hold so dear. My hope is to one day found an artisan leather guild. I enjoy a healthy interest in the arts, as well as being a modest singer of "Tavern Tunes". I also have a passion for the culinary arts, both in their creation and their demise. I mostly enjoy experimenting with stews, baking, and desserts in general. |
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James Cunningham (Jim W. Pratt Jr) Email Me Persona: James Cunningham was born in 1067 in Southern England. My father was on the losing side at Hastings. I became an archer good enough to be paid by the normans, and in later years became a falconer to a local baron. I'm an Archer, Crossbow maker, and Falconer. |
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Ragnar of Birka (Eric Ottoson) Email Me |
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Leah of High Wycombe (Ellen Ottoson) Email Me |
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Katherine von Aachen (Susan Mason) Email Me Persona: I am a basket weaver from the city of Aachen, Germany. I live in the town on the basketmaker's street. This is a shop and craft I inherited from my parents. My husband is a Master Stone Mason who travels around building cathedrals, so I am in charge of business in his absence. I live during the first half of the 16th century. The Reformation has started in Germany, but I live in one of the Roman Catholic areas. Like many other middle class tradespeople in Aachen, I secretly support the reform movement. SCA interests: Sewing Garb, Basketry & Herbs. |
| Carlton (Carlton Mason) Email Me Persona: I come from the 16th century Welsh village of free men, Carlton. It was as a woodworker and solver of mechanical problems that I first came to Aachen, Germany to work on the Dom. Coming from outside the country, others have always called me by my place name. In fact I’m not sure anyone knows my given name! |
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Costanca Daguiar Persona: Costanca is the only daughter of a minor nobleman from Lisbon, Portugal. In the early 1570's, she was sent to live with relatives in London. Now that Spain claims Portugal and England is at odds with Spain, her chances of returning home looks lower and lower when news reaches London of each battle between England and Spain.
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Orn Persona: I am Orn Askelson born in 1368, in Scandinavia, the only son of a widowed button maker. A tailor by day and Viking by night. I try to pass the time when not designing clothing or tents by stitching beautiful designs of mystical creatures and glorious knot work. I also enjoy working with leather crafting gloves. I have also been caught in the woods hunting with bow and arrow or following the paths of a hawk. My device is: "Azure, a falcon close belled and jessed, on a chief indented Or, three drakkars azure" |
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Persona: I was born in 1556 in North wales. I'm English, and spin, weave and sew. My father was a carpenter from the north of wales, and my mother was from London. |
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Syr Gunnar Red Boar Patrick Hayes Persona: I was born in the year 1046 in Stiklestad a northern village in the Land of the Norse. My Grandfather Jorg and my father Ulv had fought with the Heathen Jarls and defeated King Olaf and his christian army in the battle of Stiklestad in 1030. At the age of 20 in 1066 I joined King Harald Hardrada in his invasion of England. After our defeat I fought as a Gallowglass in Eire. From their I journeyed to Iceland, Greenland and eventually Vinland. I setteled in the Kingdom of the Middle and now seek to gain honor, glory and fame in these lands. SCA interests: In the SCA I enjoy fighting in and teaching heavy armored fighting. I practice the arts of Armoring, Rune-cutting and Bardic Poetry and Singing. I am called Spearbreaker, Kingkiller and Dragonsfire, Huskarl to Sir Ullr Vindstygge Tenan of the Great House Stahlgeist "Glory Lives Forever !"
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Celia Le Fleur (Erica Harrah) Email Me Persona: Ward of the household of Raven Celia Le Fleur was unceremoniously sold in faux marriage to the wayward Knight Templar John the Black. The events that followed colored her life in shades unknown to most ladies of her time. Following the slaying and subsequent sainthood of her faux lord she found herself penniless. Deciding to turn tragedy into profit she petitioned the Vatican under the name Cecil Fleur to become a purveyor of religious relics. On a pilgrimage to Rome she met up with a band of folks of the most disreputable sort. Actors. A wildly experimental lot, this thoroughly scandalous group of artisans dared to push the limits of societal mores. They actually had women playing the female roles. As she was already a man on paper Cecil/Celia felt it would be no problem to play a woman on stage. SCA interests: Commedia del Arte (both acting and writing scenarios) poetry, singing, cooking |
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Leif Viggaskaldr Persona: Leif was born in 1048 CE to a banished noble Daneman in Borre, the Oslo Fjord area. During his youth he worked on the arts of fighting and was trained with the skills a man needs to run a household. At the age of 16 Leif struck out on his own to explore the world, gain experience and better his skills. In 1066 CE Leif followed his cousin Gunnar Red Boar to fight alongside King Harald Hardradi. He fought in the Battle of Stanford Bridge in 1066 CE but was defeated and fled to the Isle of the Orkneys. While in the Orkneys, Leif met a woman who stole his heart. In 1067 CE Leif was wed to Birna of the Orkneys and left for Byzantium shortly after in search of a way to better their life together. In 1069 CE Leif joined the Varangian Guard and served well until the year 1075 CE. In 1075 CE Leif heard great tales of a noble Turkish man and left the Varangian Guard in search of him. Leif joined the house of Svr Ustad `the Dreaded` Hasan al Hajjii so as to better himself as a warrior and a nobleman under this Turkishman's tutelage. To be continued... |
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Birna of Orkney Persona: Born in the winter of 1050 CE to the second wife, a christian lady from the Orkney Isles, of a heathen Nobleman who had land holdings in Reykjavik, Iceland along with an established trading, or raiding, merchant business. Shortly after birth Birna's mother passes away and is left in the hands of a wetnurse in her father's household. She is the only daughter in a family with five older boys from the her father's first marriage. In the spring of 1056 CE, when Birna was 5yrs of age, her father was killed during a trip abroad. Her eldest brother, having just wed, took over the household and appropriated land holdings for all of the brothers. Birna, being too young, is sent to foster with her mother's kin in the Orkneys. In the Orkney's, Birna is blessed to be sent to foster in a christian Nobleman's household, her mother's brother, with her four male cousins and one female cousin. She, being a bit strong headed at times, is permitted to learn many of the same things her male cousins were taught, reading and writing for example, and passively taught the skills of a lady by the female servants of the house and the Lady of the house. In 1066 CE, Birna meets a worthy man who she is immediately smitten for. Her family, glad to find a man for her, weds her to Leif Viggaskaldr in 1067CE and shortly after leaves for Byzantium. From that point on, Birna devotedly follows her husband in his search for self betterment. During his work as a Varangian Guard from 1067 CE to 1075 CE, Birna relaxes into the role of the Lady of a household and allows herself to work on her scribal arts that she truly loves. In 1075 CE, her husband, Leif, searches out a man of many great tales whom he chooses to ask tutelage of and is welcomed as one of the "kin" in the household of Svr Ustad `the Dreaded` Hasan al Hajjii. |
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Brea the Meadster (Brea Ludwigson) Persona: Brea the Meadster is a Cilician from the Golden Oasis, just north of Antioch, in the Kingdom of Lesser Armenia in southeastern Anatolia. Born in 1360 to a family of winemakers, she began traveling with the wine merchants' caravans at an early age and learned the dancing, cooking, and customs of many Middle Eastern and northern African cultures. When the Mamluks invaded in 1375, she escaped to Europe, where she was adopted into Clan Blackstar. She continues sharing the customs of her childhood with those who express an interest. SCA interests: Brea Ludwigson studies and teaches Middle Eastern Dance, and enjoys brewing and sharing mead. She has been in occasional contact with the SCA since 1980 and has been an active member since 1998. She has served as troll, feast server, teacher, A&S judge, cook, feastocrat, autocrat, and cleanup crew, and has been Havenholde's Minister of Arts and Sciences. |
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Lioba Perlschopfier auf dem Cuxhaven (Lietzl)
(Lecia Carr) Persona: Born in the summer of 1170, she is named for Benedictine Abbess Lioba, her mothers chosen saint. She is the eldest, and only female, of seven children by oyster farmers on the German shores of the North Sea. At age 13, after her fathers death, Lietzl was taken aboard ship by her uncle to travel the seas of the Western Hemisphere. Through the years, her contact with many nobles and dignitaries has given her a penchant and skill for diplomacy. She is currently counsel and diplomat for her uncle and his expeditionary fleet, and is versed in the sword and archery. SCA interests: SCA interests include sewing, basket weaving, archery (though at this time a shoulder injury prevents me from participating), and keeping an eye on those fighters. |
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Audrey Madochsmodr-yb of Blyth Persona: My persona is early 1100's Welsh spinner and weaver (what else could I be??) SCA interests: I am interested in almost anything fiber related and/or singing/music related. Please browse my web site: www.singularhandwovens.com |
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