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Hákon the Blacksmith

2026-07-31T04:36:08Z

Alhdryth: /* Notable Contributions or Accomplishments: */

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==Lord Hákon the Blacksmith==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): Hákon Ironbrow 
Pronouns: he/him/his 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Seneschal, Canton of Glaslyn - 2022-2024
** Webminister, Canton of Glaslyn - 2015 - Present
** Webminister, Barony of the Steppes - 2017 - Present

* Regional Offices Held
**

* Kingdom Offices Held
**
 

===Persona History:===
Hákon jarnsmiðr (Hákon the Ironsmith) was a poor Svealander bóndi in the early 9th century. Trained as a blacksmith, he went a-viking at 17, traveling as far as Jorvik in the west and Miklagarðr in the south. Returning home 9 years later, he found his parents and their farm gone. He decided farming wasn't for him, and became a permanent traveler. 
 

===Interests:===
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

====Prior Groups:====
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
====[[Decimus Cornelius Scaevus]]====
In the fort battle, Hákon the Blacksmith spied a Trimaris archer taking vile aim at the Ansteorran forces. When that archer fired, Hákon deftly aimed with his own crossbow and fired! Before the Trimarin bolt struck true, it was intercepted by Hákon's own. Hákon sought no praise for this; to him he was just doing his duty to protect his fellow Ansteorran, but I saw a great feat of skill and will boast for him!
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
*2025: Coordinated and cooked the White Scarf Luncheon at Steppes Warlord
*2023: Coordinated and cooked sideboard lunch for the 87th Crown Tournament
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* Boar's Tusk of the Steppes
* Acorn of the Steppes (Twice!)
 

===Affiliations:===
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

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[[Category:Persona Stories]]
[[Category:Steppes]]

Alhdryð ceorlstrang

2026-07-31T04:22:45Z

Alhdryth: /* Notable Contributions or Accomplishments: */

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==Honorable Lady Alhdryð ceorlstrang==
Pronunciation: ALL-drith CHAIR-el-strong 
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: She/Her 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Glaslyn Seneschal (Current)
** Glaslyn Chatelaine

* Regional Offices Held
**

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Co-Cultural Deputy (East Asian Cultures) to Minister of Arts and Sciences 2023 - 2025
** At-Large Combat Archery Authorizing Marshal (current)

 

===Persona History:===
Alhdryð was born in 10th century Jorvik to a Saxon father and a Danish mother. Her byname, given by her father, means "strength of a man."
 
 
Saionji no Yasue, a noblewoman from Kyoto, discovered a strange young woman in the woods during a pilgrimage in what is now the Tōhoku region. On a whim Yasue decided to bring her home and dress her in fine clothes and her brother's armor. One night soon thereafter, she awoke to discover an assassin had entered her rooms—only to meet his end on the blade of a naginata wielded by her new friend, [[Kobayashi no Hotaru]].
 

===Interests:===
*Bookmaking and book history
*Hatmaking
*Combat Archery
*Pre-contact Mesoamerican and Caribbean foodways
*Ikebana
*Featherwork
*Fighter support
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

====Prior Groups:====
*Briefly played in Westliches Land (Osaka, Japan) in 2015
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
*2019: Co-Steward for the 82nd Coronation (with [[Astrid Flokadottir]])
*2023: Co-Steward for the 87th Crown Tournament (with [[Hákon the Blacksmith]])
*2025: Co-Steward for the 90th Coronation (with [[Machteld van den steinhuse]])
*Event Steward for Glaslyn Defender
**2016
**2017 Co-steward with [[Delfina de Borja]]
**2018 Co-steward with [[Hákon the Blacksmith]]
**2023
**2025 Co-steward with [[Clauß fuchs von Nurenberg]]
**2026 Co-steward with [[Clauß fuchs von Nurenberg]]
* Glaslyn Artisan of the Flame AS LX
* Baronial entourage for [[Ekaterina Iadorovna Kharlampieva]], Peter & Sarah, Baudoyn & Katherine, Sean & Esme, Absolon & Silvana

 
====Service through the Arts:====
* Created tabards for Phoenix Company
* Won bid in 2024 to replace the Elfsea Artisan Cloak, hand-sewn linen with applique and couched gold cord embroidery

 

====Teaching/Instruction:====
*Suminagashi: Japanese paper marbling
**Steppes Artisan 2025
**Kingdom Collegium 2025
**Gulf Wars 2026
**Glaslyn Artisan 2024
**Kingdom Collegium 2024
**Steppes Artisan 2024

*Making Your Feathers Fancier: 16th Century Featherwork in Portraiture and Practice
**Kingdom Collegium 2026
**Gulf Wars 2026
**Elfsea Baronial College 2025

*Making German Berets/Making 16th Century Bonnets
**Gulf Wars 2026
**Kingdom Collegium 2026

*Middle Eastern Dance for Fighters
**Glaslyn Artisan 2025
**Glaslyn Artisan 2024
**Glaslyn Artisan 2023

*History of Non-Western Bookbinding
**Elfsea Baronial College 2023 - lecture with folding handout
**Glaslyn Artisan 2022 - lecture with folding handout

*Making Japanese Garb - Muromachi period Hakama
**Elfsea Baronial College 2023, a 4-hour hands on class with sewing machines available for use

*Making Japanese Garb - Muromachi period Kosode
**Elfsea Baronial College 2024, a 4-hour hands on class with sewing machines available for use

*Fabrics 101
**Glaslyn Artisan 2025 - lecture with hands-on "petting zoo" of swatches

*Inspection for Combat Archery zine
**Steppes Warlord 2026

*Welcome to Ansteorra! a guide to its groups zine

 
====Judging:====
*Shadow Judging:
**Gulf Wars 2026 (with Magnifica [[Beatrix Funteyn]])
 

====Competitions Entered/Displayed:====
*2026: Invited to display at the Gulf Wars A&S Open Competition, received a prize sponsored by HRM Cristyana.
*2026: Displayed a body of work including 16th century men's hats and slashed wool Landsknecht garb at Laurel's Prize Tournament.
*2026: Displayed the centurion cloak of [[Clauß Fuchs von Nurenberg]] at Battle of the Pines.
*2025: Enters a 16th century elite man's hat in Kingdom Arts & Sciences, received a score of 45 and a pilgrim's token. Asked to serve as an alternate at Gulf Wars.
*2025: Enters a body of work including 16th century hats, centurion cloaks, and Pavia Landsknecht garb at Steppes Artisan.
*2025: Displays a body of work including Pavia Landsknecht garb, the Centurion jinbaori of [[Kobayashi no Hotaru]], suminagashi, and research on Classic Mayan tamales at Laurel's Prize Tournament.
*2025: Enters the Kingdom Middle Eastern Dance Championship held at Laurel's Prize Tournament, received a token from [[Biatrichi Canzionari di Palermo]].
*2024: Enters the newly-made Elfsea Artisan Cloak in the Elfsea Baronial College competition.
*2024: Enters a body of work including Pavia Landsknecht garb at Glaslyn Artisan, awarded Keeper of the Flame of Arts.
*2024: Enters a body of work including Landsknecht garb depicted in the Battle of Pavia Tapestries at Steppes Artisan.
*2023: Enters Wah(t’s) for Dinner?: Recreating tamales of the Classic Maya period at Glaslyn Artisan, awarded Keeper of the Flame of Arts.
*2022: Displays two 16th century Italian garb ensembles at Glaslyn Artisan.
*2015?: Displays two pieces of embroidery at Glaslyn Artisan.
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
*2025: Awarded the Portcullis of Elfsea
*2025: Awarded a Forest Light of the Steppes
*2025: Awarded a Boar's Tusk of the Steppes for Combat Archery
*2025: Awarded the Eastern Tower of Elfsea for hand sewing, while hand sewing
*2024: Awarded Glaslyn Keeper of the Flame of Arts
*2023: Awarded Glaslyn Keeper of the Flame of Arts
*2023: Awarded a third Acorn of the Steppes

 

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===Affiliations:===
*Married to [[Delfina de Borja]]
*Member of Wanderer's Hall
*Member of [[Phoenix Company]]
*Member of Steppes Warband, prior to its revival as Ironwood Company
 

===Mundane Information:===
*Alhdryð is mundanely an art museum librarian. She is always happy to assist with research and obtain hard-to-find resources.
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
Prefers to be surprised, but please contact [[Delfina de Borja]] to make sure she is there/family are present if possible for significant awards or announcements.
 For Scrolls: Please no faux hands.
 

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82nd Crown

2026-07-31T04:11:02Z

Alhdryth:

<div>
{{Crown
| reignnumber = 82nd
| crownportrait = [[File:Sven III and Christyana.jpg|x350px]]
| photodesc =
| sovereign = Sven III ([[Sven Randullsson]]) ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/10747 OP])
| consort = Cristyana I ([[Cristyana Lambrecht]]) ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/10006 OP])
| crowntournament = July 13, 2019 at [[Steppes]]
| coronationdate = October 12, 2019 at [[Glaslyn]]. Autocrats: [[Astrid Flokadottir]] & [[Alhdryð ceorlstrang]]
| stepdowndate = May 9th, 2020 [https://youtu.be/ivwUCGB1Q-I Court Ethereal]
| predecessors = [[81st_Crown| Vladislav Strelec & Margaret ny Connor]]
| heirs = [[83rd_Crown| Jason Drysdale III & Margherita de Mantua III]]
}}
</div>

==Reign Overview==
===Royal Whims or Declarations===
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*
*
 
===Staff Members===
* Chancellor – [[Ulsted the Unsteady]] 
* His Majesty's Head: [[Antigone of York]] 
* Her Majesty’s Head: [[Sarra Asshton of York]] 
* Gifts and Largesse: [[Ebergardis von Zell]] 
* Golden Staff- [[Brian O’hUilliam]] 
* Sable Scroll- [[Elena Wyeth]] 
* Household Chamberlain- [[Nicollet Deuville]] 
* Mistress of the Wardrobe- [[Kaitlyn McKenna]] 
 

==Champions==
===Arts===
* Bard: [[Tenochcacuicatl Delmar]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/6859 OP])
* Middle Eastern Dance Champion: [[Rhiannon verch Bryan]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3895 OP])
* Kingdom Artisan: [[Livia da Nicolosi]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/1868 OP])

===Combat===
* Kings Champion: [[Floki Geirrekkson]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/6664 OP])
* Kings Blade of Chivalry: [[Ragnar Svensson]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/11008 OP])
* Guardian of the Kings Dream: [[Leikr the Beardless]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/6836 OP])
* Queens Champion: [[Orazio d'Assisi]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/11555 OP])
* Queens Blade of Honor: [[Stephen Crowley]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/10397 OP])
* Guardian of the Queens Hope Senior: [[Evan Kragssen]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/6918 OP])
* Guardian of the Queens Hope Junior: [[Aurora of Ansteorra]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/11201 OP])
* Royal Lancer: [[Michelle Fraser]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3442 OP])
* Royal Huntsman: [[Johanna Buchanan]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/6661 OP])
* Royal Blade: [[John Drake]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/10510 OP])
 

==Peers Elevated==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Date
! Peerage
|-
| [[Catalina Ana de Salamanca]] ([http://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/936 OP]) || 2019-10-19 || Pelican
|-
| [[Sarra Asshton of York]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/10039 OP]) || 2020-04-25 || Pelican
|-
| [[Zahira de la Sara]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/11337 OP]) || 2020-04-25 || Pelican
|-
| [[Livia da Nicolosi]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/1868 OP]) || 2020-04-25 || Laurel
|-
| [[Elena Wyth]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/10998 OP]) || 2020-05-02 || Laurel
|-
| [[Floki Gierrekkson]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/6664 OP]) || 2020-05-02 || Knight
|-
| [[Osanna van der Linden]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/11102 OP]) || 2020-05-09 || Laurel
|-
| [[Stephen Crowley]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/10397 OP]) || 2020-05-09 || Defense

|}
===Special Recognitions===
====Lion====
[[Caelan MacRob]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/844 OP]) 
 

====Gauntlets & Gloves====
'''King's Gauntlet''' 
* [[Antigone of York]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/10896 OP])
* [[Floki Geirrekkson]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/6664 OP])
* [[Ozar Svensson]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/11553 OP])
 
'''Queen's Gloves''' 
* [[Ebergardis von Zell]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/1499 OP])
* [[Ulsted the Unsteady]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/4651 OP])
* [[Sarra Asshton of York]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/10039 OP])
* [[Kaitlyn McKenna]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/2712 OP])
* [[Johanna Buchanan]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/6661 OP])
* [[Orazio d'Assisi]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/11555 OP])
* [[Elena Wyth]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/10998 OP])
 

==Progress While Prince & Princess==
* Roundtable - (Date) - [[Location]]
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*
*
 
==Progress While Crown==
* October 12: Coronation. ([http://heraldry.ansteorra.org/OP/op-events.php?&submit=List&id=637 OP]) -- [[Processional of Sven III and Cristyana I]]
* October 18: Bjornsborg Valkyrfelt II - Queen : ([https://op.ansteorra.org/events/id/638 OP])
* October 25: Seawinds Defender - Queen : ([https://op.ansteorra.org/events/id/639 OP])
* November 1: Axeman XV - Queen : ([https://op.ansteorra.org/events/id/647 OP])
* November 8: Fall Queen's Champion - Crown : ([https://op.ansteorra.org/events/id/644 OP])
* November 15: Bonwicke Fall Champion - Queen : ([https://op.ansteorra.org/events/id/646 OP])
* November 21: War of the Rams, Bordermarch - Crown : ([https://op.ansteorra.org/events/id/648 OP])
* December 7: Stargate Yule - Queen : ([https://op.ansteorra.org/events/id/649 OP])
* January 10: Winter Crown Tournament - Crown
* January 18: Winter Round Table - Crown
* January 25: Northkeep wInterKingdom - Queen (Pelican Circle)
* February 01: Bryn Gwlad Candlemas - Queen
* February 08: Kingdom Arts & Sciences - Crown
* February 14: War College, Raven's Fort - Queen
* February 16: Aedult Swim (Out of Kingdom) - King
* February 21: Bjornsborg Feuding Families - Queen
* March: Gulf Wars - ''Cancelled''
* April 3: Elfsea Defender - ''Cancelled''
* April 10: Spring Coronation - ''Postponed''
* April 18: a brief Virtual Court is held, to test the process for holding a longer court
* April 25: A Virtual Court is held: [https://op.ansteorra.org/events/id/731 OP 04/25] / [https://youtu.be/4MKbLwcq_eQ Video]
* May 2: A Virtual Court is held: [https://op.ansteorra.org/events/id/732 OP 05/02] / [https://youtu.be/y-_9eI_BoQE Video]
 

==Communications==
===King's Champion Format===
Per His Highness Sven's announcement on September 26, 2019, the format of his King's Champion is as follows: "Bear Pits consisting of 30 minutes of single sword, then 30 minutes of two weapon, and then 30 minutes of sword and shield. A point will be awarded for each win, you may win up to 5 times in a row before relinquishing the field. Double kills are not re-fought. At the end of the three bear pits, the top eight competitors will enter a standard best two out of three single elimination tourney. The winner of this tourney will be my Kings Champion. If you do not wish to be Kings Champion, you can bow out of the top eight selection process. I would encourage all to test the mettle of those who would vie for it. I would like my champion to be able to attend at least two events a month and Gulf Wars." 
===Queen's Champion Requirements===
Her Majesty requests that competitors submit a letter of intent to compete. These letters are due 2 days before the event (Wednesday, November 6) if submitting by email, and prior to processional if you are submitting in person. 
===November 2019 Black Star===
Greetings Ansteorra: The past month has been full of epic fighting, beautiful displays of Ansteorran history as we thanked the new Count VladIslav Strelec and Duchess Margaret ny Connor for their wonderful and
peaceful reign of the Kingdom and begin our term as King and Queen. We hope to see everyone at Queen’s Champion Tourney in the Shire of Shadowlands. That day we will be conducting tourneys for Queen’s Champion and Guardians of the Queen’s Hope. Fighters are encouraged to bring their best in prowess and flare. Finally, we thank all who have assisted us over the past three months and will be with us over the next six months. You guys rock! In Service, King Sven III and Queen Cristyana. 
===December 2019 Black Star===
Greetings Great Ansteorra: The last month has been full of tourneys showcasing excellent fighting and archery, art, service, and horsemanship. Our Royal Lancer tournament at War of the Rams was full of skilled riders and horses. Many Thanks for all those who competed and assisted with the tournament. In December, we are happy to hold our Middle Eastern Dance Championship at Stargate Yule on December 7th. We welcome all who wish to compete for this title. | New changes to Kingdom Law are now official. We thank Countess Nicolete for all her work. If you are planning to host a Kingdom event, please note that minor's site fee is free (see Kingdom Law online for more information). This is to encourage more family attendance. The Kingdom Minister of Children or their designee(s) will also be holding/coordinating children's activities at these select Kingdom events. We hope these changes will increase the fun and learning of our youthful populace. They are our SCA future. | We hope to see you at events in the new year as they are more enjoyable with you, our populace and friends! Happy Holidays and Safe Travels, King Sven and Queen Cristyana 
===January 2020 Black Star===
Greetings Ansteorra: A chill is in the air and the celebrations of yuletide and Candlemas are upon us. We wish all of Ansteorra seasons greetings and a Happy New Years! In January, We will hold our Crown Tourney event in the Barony of Loch Soilleir where we will welcome our Heirs. For those entering the Crown list, we ask that letters of intent be sent to us. The Kingdom’s Round Table will be held January 18, 2020 and we welcome all to attend to know the business of the Kingdom. Thank you to all Kingdom and local officers for all your hard work over the past year. We also thank, Countess Nicollet Deaville for stepping into the role of acting Kingdom Seneschal and providing excellent service and professionalism. It has been an amazing three months travelling through Ansteorra and meeting the populace. Thank you to all who have welcomed us and allowed us to be a part of your Dream. In Service, King Sven III and Queen Cristyana, Kingdom of Ansteorra 
===February 2020 Black Star===
Greetings Ansteorra: Much has happened during the first month of a new decade. Ansteorra has new Heirs and new Kingdom officers to serve her. But we should not grow complacent. The soft sound of war drums can be heard in the eastern winds, Gulf Wars is coming Ansteorra. Are you preparing? In February, We will hold our Kingdom Arts and Sciences competition where We will select the new Kingdom Artisan and our Gulf Wars A&S competitors. Ansteorra is encouraged to attend this event and bring your best arts and science displays. We also encourage our great Laurels to attend and assist us to this effort. Some administrative business, We are working with our Kingdom Chamberlain and financial committee on the effort to replace the “Early Period” Crowns and Coronets of Ansteorra. These historic pieces are in poor condition. The Kingdom is seeking bids for Crowns that are: 1) are approximately 2.5 to 4 inches at highest point; 2) Golden in color; 3) have at least one, preference for more, Ansteorran Black Stars as prominent elements on the Crowns; 4) the Queen’s Crown should have at least two black Roses; and 5) due to their high use, should be durable. The P&P Coronets should be similar, but smaller versions of the King and Queen Crowns. The overall look of these pieces should be consistent with an “earlier period” style for the Royal and Noble House of Ansteorra. Bids should provide proposed description of pieces, drawings, pricing, and warranty and servicing information at a minimum. Please contact us or the Kingdom Chamberlain for more information. Bids will be due by February 17, 2020. In Service, King Sven III and Queen Cristyana, Kingdom of Ansteorra 
===March 2020 Black Star===
Greetings to the Great Ansteorrra Populace:
As winter turns to Spring, the drums of war can be heard to the east. Gulf Wars is here. We encourage all to join us in attending this epic event. We have gathered many great champions, generals, fighters, artists and scholars to assist us in meeting any aggression by the Kingdom of Trimaris before the other Kingdoms of the Known World. If this is your first time or you’re a War expert, We hope you have an amazing time, live The Dream! From epic battles and tournaments to learning from the best artisans from across the Known World, the opportunities are limited only but your time and possibly sore feet. Have fun and try new things. If you have some time, please volunteer in any number of the positions open at Volunteer Point. Like in events in Our own Kingdom, please know that this event cannot happen without the many hours provided by the Gulf Wars staff and the many volunteers. We thank you all for your service. As our time as King and Queen draws to an end, We would like to thank everyone for the wonderful experience in serving the Best Kingdom of the Known World. You cannot know the joy you have brought to Our hearts in meeting and working with you. In Service to you, Great Populace of Ansteorra! Sven III and Cristyana, King and Queen of Ansteorra 
 
===April 16, 2020===
Greetings Ansteorra, His Majesty and I will be holding virtual courts on April 25th and May 2nd. We were greatly sadden by the cancelling of Gulf Wars, Hellsgate, and Elfsea events and have many members of the populace that were going to be honored with awards and elevations to Peerages that we are organizing these virtual events plus our step down and Coronation of TRH on May 9th. Stay tune for more information from Kinddom Seneschal with help from Kingdom Webminister and Social Media Deputy. Thank you, you three and your team for your help. 
EXTRA/SPOILER ALERT We will also be OFFICIALLY announcing HE [[Sarra Asshton of York]] for elevation to the Pelican, which was supposed to happen at Gulf Wars and has been added to the Gazette. 
We very much hope that you and yours are safe during these sad and frustrating times. I see many posts that show you are a caring and wonderful Kingdom. I encourage everyone to reach out to each other with a kind word or funny pic. The ones I have received have got me through some difficult hours. Thank you. 
Your in Service, 
Cristyana and Sven III 
Queen and King of Ansteorra 
The BEST of Kingdoms! 
 
===The Words of the Populace===
====[[Áshildr inn Hárfagri]]====
On this day, Her Royal Majesty, Queen Cristyana, took up the blade at Sable Legionnaire with the proud combined forces of the Northern, Southern, and Central regions. We were graced with her wisdom, her style and her fierce spirit across classes and battles over the course of the day and never did she falter. A delight on the field and off, she was witty and kind in conversation, striving to meet every member of the populace present. And truly she met them, not just exchanging pleasantries but remembering the names of even the humblest of students and fresh faces there. 
 
I was humbled to study at her side and humbled once more to fight at her side. Her Stellar Majesty may have professed to be a new student of the blade, she fought with all the ferocity and vigor of any young Don sworn to her. Radiant and steadfast, she faltered not for cadet nor provost, neither Don nor Maestro. Shield in one hand and rapier in the other, she bore the emblem of the Sable Star into the thick of battle, surely inspiring every fighter on that field. 
 
One particularly thorough attack shattered our line, and when I dashed back to aid our Queen in whatever way I might, I saw her standing there, maintaining our position with no ally in sight but her own fierce determination. In that moment, I was overwhelmed with pride for our Kingdom and Crown, and knew even when the Sable Star stands alone, it stands firm, and it stands true. 
 
While His Royal Majesty may keep his weapons of war and Chivalry, belts and chains and spurs, and may he wear them grandly and well, Her Royal Majesty Cristyana Lambrecht bears within herself and upon her countenance the scholarship, ferocity, determination, and grace that I see in every White Scarf and Master of Defense in this kingdom, and I hope for the honor of once more fighting at her side. 
 

==Reign Notes==
===Garb/Accoutrements===
*
* Cristyana Coronation Dress - Her Royal Majesty Cristyana
* Cristyana Laurel's Prize Tourney Dress - [[Kaitlyn McKenna]]
* Cristyana Queen's Champion dresses (day and evening): [[Kaitlyn McKenna]]
* Cristyana's Queen's Champion jewelry - [[Michelle Chantal de Charente]]
 
===Trivia===
 

==Reign Photos==
<gallery caption="Our 82nd Crown" widths="150px">
image:Sven & Cristyana - Enter Court.jpg|The Prince & Princess enter Court - Summer Crown Tournament, July 2019. Photo by [[Caelin on Andrade]]
image:Regicide.jpg|Coronation. Photo by [[Zubeydah]]
image:AnsteorraGiftweb.jpg|Gift for TRMs from the Crown of Meridies, crafted by the Honorable Lord [http://stentorian.us/stentorian/Torch.nsf/xpViewPublicNames.xsp Gunther Wolfferum].
image:Cristyana QG - 1.jpg|Queen's Gloves crafted by [[Livia da Nicolosi]]
</gallery>

[[Category:Crowns of Ansteorra]]
[[Category:Royalty]]
[[Category:2019]]
[[Category:2020]]
[[Category:Video Links]]

Alhdryð ceorlstrang

2026-07-31T03:35:25Z

Alhdryth:

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==Honorable Lady Alhdryð ceorlstrang==
Pronunciation: ALL-drith CHAIR-el-strong 
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: She/Her 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Glaslyn Seneschal (Current)
** Glaslyn Chatelaine

* Regional Offices Held
**

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Co-Cultural Deputy (East Asian Cultures) to Minister of Arts and Sciences 2023 - 2025
** At-Large Combat Archery Authorizing Marshal (current)

 

===Persona History:===
Alhdryð was born in 10th century Jorvik to a Saxon father and a Danish mother. Her byname, given by her father, means "strength of a man."
 
 
Saionji no Yasue, a noblewoman from Kyoto, discovered a strange young woman in the woods during a pilgrimage in what is now the Tōhoku region. On a whim Yasue decided to bring her home and dress her in fine clothes and her brother's armor. One night soon thereafter, she awoke to discover an assassin had entered her rooms—only to meet his end on the blade of a naginata wielded by her new friend, [[Kobayashi no Hotaru]].
 

===Interests:===
*Bookmaking and book history
*Hatmaking
*Combat Archery
*Pre-contact Mesoamerican and Caribbean foodways
*Ikebana
*Featherwork
*Fighter support
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

====Prior Groups:====
*Briefly played in Westliches Land (Osaka, Japan) in 2015
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Event Steward for the 87th Crown Tournament
* Co-Steward for the 90th Coronation
* Event Steward or Co-Steward for Glaslyn Defender (2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2025, 2026)
* Fall Coronation 2019 (Co-Steward with [[Astrid Flokadottir]])
* Spring Coronation 2025 (Co-Steward with [[Machteld van den steinhuse]])
* Glaslyn Artisan of the Flame AS LX
* Baronial entourage for [[Ekaterina Iadorovna Kharlampieva]], Peter & Sarah, Baudoyn & Katherine, Sean & Esme, Absolon & Silvana

 
====Service through the Arts:====
* Created tabards for Phoenix Company
* Won bid in 2024 to replace the Elfsea Artisan Cloak, hand-sewn linen with applique and couched gold cord embroidery

 

====Teaching/Instruction:====
*Suminagashi: Japanese paper marbling
**Steppes Artisan 2025
**Kingdom Collegium 2025
**Gulf Wars 2026
**Glaslyn Artisan 2024
**Kingdom Collegium 2024
**Steppes Artisan 2024

*Making Your Feathers Fancier: 16th Century Featherwork in Portraiture and Practice
**Kingdom Collegium 2026
**Gulf Wars 2026
**Elfsea Baronial College 2025

*Making German Berets/Making 16th Century Bonnets
**Gulf Wars 2026
**Kingdom Collegium 2026

*Middle Eastern Dance for Fighters
**Glaslyn Artisan 2025
**Glaslyn Artisan 2024
**Glaslyn Artisan 2023

*History of Non-Western Bookbinding
**Elfsea Baronial College 2023 - lecture with folding handout
**Glaslyn Artisan 2022 - lecture with folding handout

*Making Japanese Garb - Muromachi period Hakama
**Elfsea Baronial College 2023, a 4-hour hands on class with sewing machines available for use

*Making Japanese Garb - Muromachi period Kosode
**Elfsea Baronial College 2024, a 4-hour hands on class with sewing machines available for use

*Fabrics 101
**Glaslyn Artisan 2025 - lecture with hands-on "petting zoo" of swatches

*Inspection for Combat Archery zine
**Steppes Warlord 2026

*Welcome to Ansteorra! a guide to its groups zine

 
====Judging:====
*Shadow Judging:
**Gulf Wars 2026 (with Magnifica [[Beatrix Funteyn]])
 

====Competitions Entered/Displayed:====
*2026: Invited to display at the Gulf Wars A&S Open Competition, received a prize sponsored by HRM Cristyana.
*2026: Displayed a body of work including 16th century men's hats and slashed wool Landsknecht garb at Laurel's Prize Tournament.
*2026: Displayed the centurion cloak of [[Clauß Fuchs von Nurenberg]] at Battle of the Pines.
*2025: Enters a 16th century elite man's hat in Kingdom Arts & Sciences, received a score of 45 and a pilgrim's token. Asked to serve as an alternate at Gulf Wars.
*2025: Enters a body of work including 16th century hats, centurion cloaks, and Pavia Landsknecht garb at Steppes Artisan.
*2025: Displays a body of work including Pavia Landsknecht garb, the Centurion jinbaori of [[Kobayashi no Hotaru]], suminagashi, and research on Classic Mayan tamales at Laurel's Prize Tournament.
*2025: Enters the Kingdom Middle Eastern Dance Championship held at Laurel's Prize Tournament, received a token from [[Biatrichi Canzionari di Palermo]].
*2024: Enters the newly-made Elfsea Artisan Cloak in the Elfsea Baronial College competition.
*2024: Enters a body of work including Pavia Landsknecht garb at Glaslyn Artisan, awarded Keeper of the Flame of Arts.
*2024: Enters a body of work including Landsknecht garb depicted in the Battle of Pavia Tapestries at Steppes Artisan.
*2023: Enters Wah(t’s) for Dinner?: Recreating tamales of the Classic Maya period at Glaslyn Artisan, awarded Keeper of the Flame of Arts.
*2022: Displays two 16th century Italian garb ensembles at Glaslyn Artisan.
*2015?: Displays two pieces of embroidery at Glaslyn Artisan.
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
*2025: Awarded the Portcullis of Elfsea
*2025: Awarded a Forest Light of the Steppes
*2025: Awarded a Boar's Tusk of the Steppes for Combat Archery
*2025: Awarded the Eastern Tower of Elfsea for hand sewing, while hand sewing
*2024: Awarded Glaslyn Keeper of the Flame of Arts
*2023: Awarded Glaslyn Keeper of the Flame of Arts
*2023: Awarded a third Acorn of the Steppes

 

====Gallery:====
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===Affiliations:===
*Married to [[Delfina de Borja]]
*Member of Wanderer's Hall
*Member of [[Phoenix Company]]
*Member of Steppes Warband, prior to its revival as Ironwood Company
 

===Mundane Information:===
*Alhdryð is mundanely an art museum librarian. She is always happy to assist with research and obtain hard-to-find resources.
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
Prefers to be surprised, but please contact [[Delfina de Borja]] to make sure she is there/family are present if possible for significant awards or announcements.
 For Scrolls: Please no faux hands.
 

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Glaslyn]]
[[Category:Pride]]
[[Category:Iris of Merit]]
[[Category:ICOC]]

Alhdryð ceorlstrang

2026-07-31T03:33:40Z

Alhdryth: added portrait

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==Honorable Lady Alhdryð ceorlstrang==
Pronunciation: ALL-drith CHAIR-el-strong 
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: She/Her 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Glaslyn Seneschal (Current)
** Glaslyn Chatelaine

* Regional Offices Held
**

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Co-Cultural Deputy (East Asian Cultures) to Minister of Arts and Sciences 2023 - 2025
** At-Large Combat Archery Authorizing Marshal (current)

 

===Persona History:===
Alhdryð was born in 10th century Jorvik to a Saxon father and a Danish mother. Her byname, given by her father, means "strength of a man."
 
 
Saionji no Yasue, a noblewoman from Kyoto, discovered a strange young woman in the woods during a pilgrimage in what is now the Tōhoku region. On a whim Yasue decided to bring her home and dress her in fine clothes and her brother's armor. One night soon thereafter, she awoke to discover an assassin had entered her rooms—only to meet his end on the blade of a naginata wielded by her new friend, [[Kobayashi no Hotaru]].
 

===Interests:===
*Bookmaking and book history
*Hatmaking
*Combat Archery
*Pre-contact Mesoamerican and Caribbean foodways
*Ikebana
*Featherwork
*Fighter support
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

====Prior Groups:====
*Briefly played in Westliches Land (Osaka, Japan) in 2015
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Event Steward for the 87th Crown Tournament
* Co-Steward for the 90th Coronation
* Event Steward or Co-Steward for Glaslyn Defender (2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2025, 2026)
* Fall Coronation 2019 (Co-Steward with [[Astrid Flokadottir]])
* Spring Coronation 2025 (Co-Steward with [[Machteld van den steinhuse]])
* Glaslyn Artisan of the Flame AS LX
* Baronial entourage for [[Ekaterina Iadorovna Kharlampieva]], Peter & Sarah, Baudoyn & Katherine, Sean & Esme, Absolon & Silvana

 
====Service through the Arts:====
* Created tabards for Phoenix Company
* Won bid in 2024 to replace the Elfsea Artisan Cloak, hand-sewn linen with applique and couched gold cord embroidery

 

====Teaching/Instruction:====
*Suminagashi: Japanese paper marbling
**Steppes Artisan 2025
**Kingdom Collegium 2025
**Gulf Wars 2026
**Glaslyn Artisan 2024
**Kingdom Collegium 2024
**Steppes Artisan 2024

*Making Your Feathers Fancier: 16th Century Featherwork in Portraiture and Practice
**Kingdom Collegium 2026
**Gulf Wars 2026
**Elfsea Baronial College 2025

*Making German Berets/Making 16th Century Bonnets
**Gulf Wars 2026
**Kingdom Collegium 2026

*Middle Eastern Dance for Fighters
**Glaslyn Artisan 2025
**Glaslyn Artisan 2024
**Glaslyn Artisan 2023

*History of Non-Western Bookbinding
**Elfsea Baronial College 2023 - lecture with folding handout
**Glaslyn Artisan 2022 - lecture with folding handout

*Making Japanese Garb - Muromachi period Hakama
**Elfsea Baronial College 2023, a 4-hour hands on class with sewing machines available for use

*Making Japanese Garb - Muromachi period Kosode
**Elfsea Baronial College 2024, a 4-hour hands on class with sewing machines available for use

*Fabrics 101
**Glaslyn Artisan 2025 - lecture with hands-on "petting zoo" of swatches

*Inspection for Combat Archery zine
**Steppes Warlord 2026

*Welcome to Ansteorra! a guide to its groups zine

 
====Judging:====
*Shadow Judging:
**Gulf Wars 2026 (with Magnifica [[Beatrix Funteyn]])
 

====Competitions Entered/Displayed:====
*2026: Invited to display at the Gulf Wars A&S Open Competition, received a prize sponsored by HRM Cristyana.
*2026: Displayed a body of work including 16th century men's hats and slashed wool Landsknecht garb at Laurel's Prize Tournament.
*2026: Displayed the centurion cloak of [[Clauß Fuchs von Nurenberg]] at Battle of the Pines.
*2025: Enters a 16th century elite man's hat in Kingdom Arts & Sciences, received a score of 45 and a pilgrim's token. Asked to serve as an alternate at Gulf Wars.
*2025: Enters a body of work including 16th century hats, centurion cloaks, and Pavia Landsknecht garb at Steppes Artisan.
*2025: Displays a body of work including Pavia Landsknecht garb, the Centurion jinbaori of [[Kobayashi no Hotaru]], suminagashi, and research on Classic Mayan tamales at Laurel's Prize Tournament.
*2025: Enters the Kingdom Middle Eastern Dance Championship held at Laurel's Prize Tournament, received a token from [[Biatrichi Canzionari di Palermo]].
*2024: Enters the newly-made Elfsea Artisan Cloak in the Elfsea Baronial College competition.
*2024: Enters a body of work including Pavia Landsknecht garb at Glaslyn Artisan, awarded Keeper of the Flame of Arts.
*2024: Enters a body of work including Landsknecht garb depicted in the Battle of Pavia Tapestries at Steppes Artisan.
*2023: Enters Wah(t’s) for Dinner?: Recreating tamales of the Classic Maya period at Glaslyn Artisan, awarded Keeper of the Flame of Arts.
*2022: Displays two 16th century Italian garb ensembles at Glaslyn Artisan.
*2015?: Displays two pieces of embroidery at Glaslyn Artisan.
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
*2025: Awarded the Portcullis of Elfsea
*2025: Awarded a Forest Light of the Steppes
*2025: Awarded a Boar's Tusk of the Steppes for Combat Archery
*2025: Awarded the Eastern Tower of Elfsea for hand sewing, while hand sewing
*2024: Awarded Glaslyn Keeper of the Flame of Arts
*2023: Awarded Glaslyn Keeper of the Flame of Arts
*2023: Awarded a third Acorn of the Steppes

 

====Gallery:====
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===Affiliations:===
*Married to [[Delfina de Borja]]
*Member of Wanderer's Hall
*Member of [[Phoenix Company]]
*Member of Steppes Warband, prior to its revival as Ironwood Company
 

===Mundane Information:===
*Alhdryð is mundanely an art museum librarian. She is always happy to assist with research and obtain hard-to-find resources.
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
Prefers to be surprised, but please contact [[Delfina de Borja]] to make sure she is there/family are present if possible for significant awards or announcements.
 For Scrolls: Please no faux hands.
 

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Glaslyn]]
[[Category:Pride]]
[[Category:Iris of Merit]]
[[Category:ICOC]]

File:Alhdryth ceorlstrang - portrait by Master Caelin on Andrede.jpg

2026-07-31T03:30:25Z

Alhdryth:

Machteld van den steinhuse

2026-07-31T03:28:58Z

Alhdryth: added device image

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==Lady Machteld van den stienhuse==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): Tilde 
Pronouns: 

===Offices:===

'''Local Offices Held'''
* Glaslyn Rapier Marshal (past)
* Glaslyn Exchequer (past)

'''Regional Offices Held'''

'''Kingdom Offices Held'''

 

===Persona History:===

 

===Interests:===
*Sumi-e
*Japanese scroll mounting (kakejiku)
*Rapier Combat
*Music 
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

===Populace Provided Information:===

 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===

* Co-Steward for Spring Coronation 2025 (with [[Alhdryð ceorlstrang]])
* Co-Steward for Glaslyn Artisan 2026 (with [[Alhdryð ceorlstrang]])
* "Customer of the Year" in Glaslyn's 2026 Cut and Thrust Tavern Brawl (as 'The Undertankard')
 

====Teaching/Instruction:====
* Sumi-e: Japanese ink painting
** Gulf Wars 2026
** Elfsea Baronial College 2025
** Gulf Wars 2025

* Backing ink paintings
** Glaslyn Artisan 2025

* Japanese language for research
** Glaslyn Artisan (?)

====Competitions Entered/Displayed:====
*2026: Displayed Japanese scrolls and paintings at Laurel's Prize Tournament
*2025: Displayed Japanese scrolls and paintings at Glaslyn Artisan
*2025: Displayed Japanese scrolls and paintings at Steppes Artisan
*2025: Entered Glaslyn Bardic competition at Defender of the Flame

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====

* 2026: Received a Grice's Track of the Steppes
* 2017: Received an Acorn of the Steppes

 
====Gallery:====
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===Affiliations:===
* Member of Wanderer's Hall
* Member of [[Phoenix Company]]'s Rapier Unit
* Accomplice to Master [[Havaar Ericsson]]
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs Information:====
 

====In Case Of Court:====
 

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Glaslyn]]
[[Category:Pride]]
[[Category:Music]]
[[Category:Rapier]]

File:Machteld van den stienhuse - device - by Hakon the Blacksmith.png

2026-07-31T03:25:54Z

Alhdryth:

Machteld van den steinhuse

2026-07-31T02:36:38Z

Alhdryth:

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==Lady Machteld van den stienhuse==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): Tilde 
Pronouns: 

===Offices:===

'''Local Offices Held'''
* Glaslyn Rapier Marshal (past)
* Glaslyn Exchequer (past)

'''Regional Offices Held'''

'''Kingdom Offices Held'''

 

===Persona History:===

 

===Interests:===
*Sumi-e
*Japanese scroll mounting (kakejiku)
*Rapier Combat
*Music 
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

===Populace Provided Information:===

 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===

* Co-Steward for Spring Coronation 2025 (with [[Alhdryð ceorlstrang]])
* Co-Steward for Glaslyn Artisan 2026 (with [[Alhdryð ceorlstrang]])
* "Customer of the Year" in Glaslyn's 2026 Cut and Thrust Tavern Brawl (as 'The Undertankard')
 

====Teaching/Instruction:====
* Sumi-e: Japanese ink painting
** Gulf Wars 2026
** Elfsea Baronial College 2025
** Gulf Wars 2025

* Backing ink paintings
** Glaslyn Artisan 2025

* Japanese language for research
** Glaslyn Artisan (?)

====Competitions Entered/Displayed:====
*2026: Displayed Japanese scrolls and paintings at Laurel's Prize Tournament
*2025: Displayed Japanese scrolls and paintings at Glaslyn Artisan
*2025: Displayed Japanese scrolls and paintings at Steppes Artisan
*2025: Entered Glaslyn Bardic competition at Defender of the Flame

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====

* 2026: Received a Grice's Track of the Steppes
* 2017: Received an Acorn of the Steppes

 
====Gallery:====
<gallery caption="Various Projects" widths="200px">
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image:Gallery Placeholder.png|Placeholder Description
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</gallery>
 

===Affiliations:===
* Member of Wanderer's Hall
* Member of [[Phoenix Company]]'s Rapier Unit
* Accomplice to Master [[Havaar Ericsson]]
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs Information:====
 

====In Case Of Court:====
 

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Glaslyn]]
[[Category:Pride]]
[[Category:Music]]
[[Category:Rapier]]

Machteld van den steinhuse

2026-07-31T02:16:51Z

Alhdryth: Created page with "{{Populace |photo = x400px | photocaption = Include a Photo Caption here, describing the year and location and event pictured. | location = Glaslyn | regname= [https://oanda.sca.org//oanda_name.cgi?p=Machteld+van+den+stienhuse Machteld van den stienhuse] | status = Active | joindate = | OP = [https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/11589 Machteld van den stienhuse] | device = (insert the file name of your device graphi..."

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==Lady Machteld van den stienhuse==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): Tilde 
Pronouns: 

===Offices:===

'''Local Offices Held'''
* Glaslyn Rapier Marshal (past)
* Glaslyn Exchequer (past)

'''Regional Offices Held'''

'''Kingdom Offices Held'''

 

===Persona History:===

 

===Interests:===
*Sumi-e
*Japanese scroll mounting (kakejiku)
*Rapier Combat
*Music 
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

===Populace Provided Information:===

 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===

* Co-Steward for Spring Coronation 2025 (with [[Alhdryð ceorlstrang]])
* Co-Steward for Glaslyn Artisan 2026 (with [[Alhdryð ceorlstrang]])
* "Customer of the Year" in Glaslyn's 2026 Cut and Thrust Tavern Brawl (as 'The Undertankard')
 

====Teaching/Instruction:====
* Sumi-e: Japanese ink painting
** Gulf Wars 2026
** Elfsea Baronial College 2025
** Gulf Wars 2025

* Backing ink paintings
** Glaslyn Artisan 2025

* Japanese language for research
** Glaslyn Artisan (?)

====Competitions Entered/Displayed:====
*2026: Displayed Japanese scrolls and paintings at Laurel's Prize Tournament
*2025: Displayed Japanese scrolls and paintings at Glaslyn Artisan
*2025: Displayed Japanese scrolls and paintings at Steppes Artisan
*2025: Entered Glaslyn Bardic competition at Defender of the Flame

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====

* 2026: Received a Grice's Track of the Steppes
* 2017: Received an Acorn of the Steppes

 
====Gallery:====
<gallery caption="Various Projects" widths="200px">
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image:Gallery Placeholder.png|Placeholder Description
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</gallery>
 

===Affiliations:===
* Member of Wanderer's Hall
* Member of [[Phoenix Company]]'s Rapier Unit
* Accomplice to Master [[Havaar Ericsson]]
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs Information:====
 

====In Case Of Court:====
 

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Glaslyn]]
[[Category:Pride]]
[[Category:Music]]
[[Category:Rapier]]

Glaslyn

2026-07-31T01:29:24Z

Alhdryth: /* Guilds/Guards */

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| status = Active
| leaders = Barony of the Steppes
| location = Denton, Texas
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}}

==Contact Information==
* Website: [https://ansteorra.org/glaslyn/ https://ansteorra.org/glaslyn/]
* Seneschal Email: [mailto:seneschal@glaslyn.ansteorra.org seneschal@glaslyn.ansteorra.org]
 
===Social Media===
*[http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/glaslyn-ansteorra.org Email list]
*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/203611906388/ Facebook group]

==General Information==
The Canton of Glaslyn is part of a lineage of groups in the Denton area. In the years of the second decade A.S. (the mid-70s) students from then-North Texas State University attempted to make a Canton of the Barony of the Steppes, the Canton of Dent. However, with membership and paperwork struggles, the group could never quite get off the ground and become official. 
 
In A.S. XIV (1980), a core group managed to make regular appearances, attending practices, and putting together the requisite paperwork to form the Canton of Glaslyn, a name voted on by the membership. By A.S. XIX (1984), the group’s name and device were registered, and they hosted events such as King’s College, Kingdom War College, and the Heraldic Symposium. Unfortunately, like the attempt before, the transient nature of its student population meant the membership wasn’t enough to prevent the group from shrinking and finally going dormant in A.S. XXI (early 1987). Glaslyn awakened again in the early 1990’s, but once again could not sustain itself, and went dormant. 
 
In A.S. XXXII (1998) a new group of members pledged that the Canton would die and be reborn no more – transitioning from an Incipient (provisional) group to a full Canton in A.S. XXXV (2000). The charge of the Canton was then changed to a Phoenix in recognition of its origins in a cycle of rebirths. Since rising from these flames, Glaslyn has remained active and continued to grow. 
 
===Sponsoring Groups===
[[Barony of the Steppes]]
 

==Heraldry==
* This branch-name was registered in July of 1984 (via Ansteorra).
* The following device associated with this name was registered in July of 1984 (via Ansteorra) and changed/released in January of 2001 (via An Tir): Sable, a fess wavy argent between three oak leaves inverted palewise in fess and a laurel wreath Or.
* The following device associated with this name was registered in January of 2001 (via Ansteorra): Per pale Or and gules, a phoenix and in chief three laurel wreaths counterchanged.
* The following badge associated with this name was registered in July of 1984 (via Ansteorra) and transferred to Steppes, Barony of the in May of 1989 (via Ansteorra): Sable, semé of oak leaves Or.
 

==Leadership==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#c0c0c0; color:#fe0000;"
! Seneschal
! Dates of Service
! Notes
|-
| || ||
|-
| || ||
|-
|}

==Group Awards and Honors==
 

==Timeline and History==
 

==Group Events==
 
==People==
* For Members of this group, please see Category:Glaslyn
* [https://op.ansteorra.org/groups/id/5025?pattern=glaslyn Glaslyn OP]
 

===Peers & Nobles Within the Populace===
* Please see: Category:Peers & Nobles in (Group Name)
 

===Guilds/Guards===
* [[Phoenix Company]]
 

===Current Champions===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | Competition Field
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | Champion Title
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | Current Champion
|-
| Armored Combat
| Chivalric Defender
| [[Romanius Vindheimus Vesperanius]]
|-
| Armored Combat
| Keeper of the Flame of Chivalry
| [[Kobayashi no Hotaru]]
|-
| Armored Combat
| Best Monkey
| [[Rande Robertson]]
|-
| Rapier Combat
| Rapier Defender
| [[Santiago Rodrigo de Draco y Aranjuez]]
|-
| Rapier Combat
| Rapier Brawl "Customer of the Year"
| [[Machteld van den Stienhuse|Machteld ‘the Undertankard’ van den stienhuse]]
|-
| Cut & Thrust
| Cut & Thrust Defender
| [[Maelgwyn Dda]]
|-
| Archery
| Archery Defender
| [[Elaine the Dubious]]
|-
| Bardic
| Bardic Defender
| [[Edward of the Forest]]
|-
| Brewing
| Brewing Defender
| [[Hákon the Blacksmith]]
|-
| Arts & Sciences
| Artisan of the Flame
| [[Alhdryð ceorlstrang]]
|-
| Arts & Sciences
| Keeper of the Flame for the Arts
| [[Delfina de Borja]]
|-
| Arts & Sciences
| Novice Artisan
| [[Giulia di Marco Gonzaga]]
|-
|}
 
See Also: [[Champions of Glaslyn]]

==Trivia==
 

[[Category:Branches]]
[[Category:Glaslyn]]

Glaslyn

2026-07-31T01:27:45Z

Alhdryth: /* Current Champions */

{{Group
|device = [[File:Glaslyn.png|x400px]]
| deviceblazon = Per pale Or and gules, a phoenix and in chief three laurel wreaths counterchanged.
| foundingdate = 1980
| status = Active
| leaders = Barony of the Steppes
| location = Denton, Texas
| groupop = [https://op.ansteorra.org/groups/id/5025 Glaslyn OP]
}}

==Contact Information==
* Website: [https://ansteorra.org/glaslyn/ https://ansteorra.org/glaslyn/]
* Seneschal Email: [mailto:seneschal@glaslyn.ansteorra.org seneschal@glaslyn.ansteorra.org]
 
===Social Media===
*[http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/glaslyn-ansteorra.org Email list]
*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/203611906388/ Facebook group]

==General Information==
The Canton of Glaslyn is part of a lineage of groups in the Denton area. In the years of the second decade A.S. (the mid-70s) students from then-North Texas State University attempted to make a Canton of the Barony of the Steppes, the Canton of Dent. However, with membership and paperwork struggles, the group could never quite get off the ground and become official. 
 
In A.S. XIV (1980), a core group managed to make regular appearances, attending practices, and putting together the requisite paperwork to form the Canton of Glaslyn, a name voted on by the membership. By A.S. XIX (1984), the group’s name and device were registered, and they hosted events such as King’s College, Kingdom War College, and the Heraldic Symposium. Unfortunately, like the attempt before, the transient nature of its student population meant the membership wasn’t enough to prevent the group from shrinking and finally going dormant in A.S. XXI (early 1987). Glaslyn awakened again in the early 1990’s, but once again could not sustain itself, and went dormant. 
 
In A.S. XXXII (1998) a new group of members pledged that the Canton would die and be reborn no more – transitioning from an Incipient (provisional) group to a full Canton in A.S. XXXV (2000). The charge of the Canton was then changed to a Phoenix in recognition of its origins in a cycle of rebirths. Since rising from these flames, Glaslyn has remained active and continued to grow. 
 
===Sponsoring Groups===
[[Barony of the Steppes]]
 

==Heraldry==
* This branch-name was registered in July of 1984 (via Ansteorra).
* The following device associated with this name was registered in July of 1984 (via Ansteorra) and changed/released in January of 2001 (via An Tir): Sable, a fess wavy argent between three oak leaves inverted palewise in fess and a laurel wreath Or.
* The following device associated with this name was registered in January of 2001 (via Ansteorra): Per pale Or and gules, a phoenix and in chief three laurel wreaths counterchanged.
* The following badge associated with this name was registered in July of 1984 (via Ansteorra) and transferred to Steppes, Barony of the in May of 1989 (via Ansteorra): Sable, semé of oak leaves Or.
 

==Leadership==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#c0c0c0; color:#fe0000;"
! Seneschal
! Dates of Service
! Notes
|-
| || ||
|-
| || ||
|-
|}

==Group Awards and Honors==
 

==Timeline and History==
 

==Group Events==
 
==People==
* For Members of this group, please see Category:Glaslyn
* [https://op.ansteorra.org/groups/id/5025?pattern=glaslyn Glaslyn OP]
 

===Peers & Nobles Within the Populace===
* Please see: Category:Peers & Nobles in (Group Name)
 

===Guilds/Guards===
 

===Current Champions===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | Competition Field
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | Champion Title
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | Current Champion
|-
| Armored Combat
| Chivalric Defender
| [[Romanius Vindheimus Vesperanius]]
|-
| Armored Combat
| Keeper of the Flame of Chivalry
| [[Kobayashi no Hotaru]]
|-
| Armored Combat
| Best Monkey
| [[Rande Robertson]]
|-
| Rapier Combat
| Rapier Defender
| [[Santiago Rodrigo de Draco y Aranjuez]]
|-
| Rapier Combat
| Rapier Brawl "Customer of the Year"
| [[Machteld van den Stienhuse|Machteld ‘the Undertankard’ van den stienhuse]]
|-
| Cut & Thrust
| Cut & Thrust Defender
| [[Maelgwyn Dda]]
|-
| Archery
| Archery Defender
| [[Elaine the Dubious]]
|-
| Bardic
| Bardic Defender
| [[Edward of the Forest]]
|-
| Brewing
| Brewing Defender
| [[Hákon the Blacksmith]]
|-
| Arts & Sciences
| Artisan of the Flame
| [[Alhdryð ceorlstrang]]
|-
| Arts & Sciences
| Keeper of the Flame for the Arts
| [[Delfina de Borja]]
|-
| Arts & Sciences
| Novice Artisan
| [[Giulia di Marco Gonzaga]]
|-
|}
 
See Also: [[Champions of Glaslyn]]

==Trivia==
 

[[Category:Branches]]
[[Category:Glaslyn]]

Sean Tabor

2026-07-30T20:19:48Z

Alhdryth: /* In Case of Court: */

{{Populace
|photo = [[File:No photo available.png|x400px]]
| photocaption =
| location = [[Steppes]]
| regname= [https://oanda.sca.org//oanda_name.cgi?p=Sean%20Tabor Sean Tabor]
| status = Active
| joindate =
| OP = [https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/4170 Sean Tabor]
| device = [[File:Device Graphic Needed.png|x400px]]
| devicecaption = Gules, a sword inverted argent piercing a tabor Or, a bordure per pale argent and Or.
}}

==His Excellency, Baron Sean Tabor==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Landed Baron of the Steppes, 2023 - Present
** Rapier Marshal, Barony of the Steppes, 2019 - 2023
** Authorizing Rapier Marshal at Large, 2023 - Present
** Target Archery Marshal at Large, 2023 - Present
** Authorizing Thrown Weapons Marshal at Large, 2020 - Present

* Regional Offices Held
** Southern Region Chirurgeon, 1989 - 1991

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Kingdom Chirurgeon, 1991 - 1993
** Kingdom Minister of Arts & Sciences Music Deputy, 2023 - Present
 

===Persona History:===
 

===Interests:===
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

====Prior Groups:====
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* [[Thrown Weapons Champions (Sentinel) of the Steppes|Thrown Weapons Champion of the Steppes]], 2022
* [[87th Crown|Thrown Weapons Champion]] for Nicollet II 2023
* 6th & 9th Holder of the [[The Golden Spear of Ansteorra]]
* 10th Holder of the [[The Golden Knife of Ansteorra]]

====Event Staff====
* Lead, Gulf Wars Interkingdom Thrown Weapons Championship Tournament (design & participation), 2025
* Lead, Kingdom Thrown Weapons Championship Tourney (Design & execution), [[BAM]] 2024
* Marshal in Charge, Thrown Weapons List, Steppes Warlord 2023
* Tivar's Cookies at Queens - ran a rapier lineage table at Elizabeth Caton's Queen's Champion Tourney

* Event Steward
** [[88th Crown|Coronation of Sven & Antigone]], 2024
** Co-Steward with [[Rayaa al-Ruqay'a]]: [[Steppes Artisan]], 2023
** [[85th Crown|Coronation of Creppin & Toryn]], 2022
** [[84th Crown|Queen's Champion, Elizabeth Caton]], 2021
** [[Bonwicke]] First Octavian Tourney, 1986
 
====Service Through the Arts====
* Teaching:
** Middle Eastern Drumming, Kingdom Performing Arts Symposium, 2022
** Western European Drum, Known World Music & Dance Symposium, 2019 - Sole drummer in Western Musicians pit

* Performances:
** Percussion during Peerage procession, [[al-Mufaddal al-Hafiz al-Sabbak]], 2023
** Percussion during Peerage procession, [[Dominique Michelle le Vasseur]], 2023
** Percussion during Peerage procession, [[Orazio d'Assisi]], 2022
** Lead percussionist, Kingdom Middle Eastern Dance Championship, 2022

 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
 
====Wiki Mentions:====
* [[Event Review - Queen's Champion 2021 - by Robin of Gilwell]]

===Affiliations:===
* Squired to Viscount [[Randall von Nordlichwald]]
* Cadet to Don [[Robin of Gilwell]]
* Provost to Master [[Robin of Gilwell]]
* Apprentice to Magnifica [[Biatrichi Malatesta Canzionari di Palermo]]
 
* Member, Bonwicke Dance Troupe
* Member, Oakwood Consort Music Group
* Member, Steppes Music Group

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Steppes]]
[[Category:Champions of the Steppes]]
[[Category:Students]]
[[Category:Cadets]]
[[Category:Provosts]]
[[Category:Apprentices]]
[[Category:Barons and Baronesses]]

Adriana Lorelle

2026-07-30T20:19:29Z

Alhdryth: /* In Case of Court: */

{{Populace
|photo = [[File:Adria Lorelle - portrait by Katherine De Kroepseur.jpg|x400px]]
| photocaption = Portrait by Katherine de Kroepseur
| location = [[Namron]]
| regname= [https://oanda.sca.org//oanda_name.cgi?p=Adriana%20Lorelle Adriana Lorelle]
| status = Active
| joindate = 1985
| OP = [https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/50 Adria Lorelle]
| device = [[File:Adria Lorelle Device.jpg|x400px]]
| devicecaption = Argent, issuant from a goblet azure a garden rose gules, slipped and leaved proper, all within a bordure counter-compony azure and Or.
}}

==Her Excellency, Mistress Adriana Lorelle ==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): Adria 
Pronouns: She/Her 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Baroness of [[Eldern Hills]], 1992 - 1997
** Seneschal of Eldern Hills, 1997 - 1999, 2001, 2012 - 2014
** Seneschal of [[Namron]], 2025 - Present
** Minister of Arts & Sciences of Eldern Hills, 2002 - 2004
** Exchequer of Eldern Hills

* Regional Offices Held

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Kingdom Minister of Children, 2004 - 2006
 

===Persona History:===
 

===Interests:===
I like Cooking, Dancing, & Service. 
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

====Prior Groups:====
Barony of the Eldern Hills 
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments of Service:===
* Seasoned Event Steward of over 10 events
* Seasoned Feast Steward, over 25 events
* Lady In Waiting for two Baronesses
* Lady in Waiting for two Queens
* Head Server, 12 events

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments in the Arts:===
* Kingdom Middle Eastern Dance Champion (x2)
* Middle Eastern Dance Champion, Barony of Wiesenfeuer, 2025
* Open Arts & Sciences Display Winner, 2026
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* Argent Bison of Eldern Hills
* Torsade of Namron
* Domestic Goddess of Eldern Hills
* Gilded Gerch of Eldern Hills
* CAID Hospitality Award
 
===Affiliations:===
Member, Sisterhood of the Foxtail 
 

===Mundane Information:===
Email: [mailto:alorelle@sbcglobal.net alorelle@sbcglobal.net]
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 
[[Category:Barons and Baronesses]]
[[Category:Iris of Merit]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:People of Vindheim]]
[[Category:Peers]]
[[Category:Nobility & Royal Family]]
[[Category:Pelicans]]

Adriana Lorelle

2026-07-30T20:15:01Z

Alhdryth: /* In Case of Court: */

{{Populace
|photo = [[File:Adria Lorelle - portrait by Katherine De Kroepseur.jpg|x400px]]
| photocaption = Portrait by Katherine de Kroepseur
| location = [[Namron]]
| regname= [https://oanda.sca.org//oanda_name.cgi?p=Adriana%20Lorelle Adriana Lorelle]
| status = Active
| joindate = 1985
| OP = [https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/50 Adria Lorelle]
| device = [[File:Adria Lorelle Device.jpg|x400px]]
| devicecaption = Argent, issuant from a goblet azure a garden rose gules, slipped and leaved proper, all within a bordure counter-compony azure and Or.
}}

==Her Excellency, Mistress Adriana Lorelle ==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): Adria 
Pronouns: She/Her 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Baroness of [[Eldern Hills]], 1992 - 1997
** Seneschal of Eldern Hills, 1997 - 1999, 2001, 2012 - 2014
** Seneschal of [[Namron]], 2025 - Present
** Minister of Arts & Sciences of Eldern Hills, 2002 - 2004
** Exchequer of Eldern Hills

* Regional Offices Held

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Kingdom Minister of Children, 2004 - 2006
 

===Persona History:===
 

===Interests:===
I like Cooking, Dancing, & Service. 
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

====Prior Groups:====
Barony of the Eldern Hills 
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments of Service:===
* Seasoned Event Steward of over 10 events
* Seasoned Feast Steward, over 25 events
* Lady In Waiting for two Baronesses
* Lady in Waiting for two Queens
* Head Server, 12 events

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments in the Arts:===
* Kingdom Middle Eastern Dance Champion (x2)
* Middle Eastern Dance Champion, Barony of Wiesenfeuer, 2025
* Open Arts & Sciences Display Winner, 2026
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* Argent Bison of Eldern Hills
* Torsade of Namron
* Domestic Goddess of Eldern Hills
* Gilded Gerch of Eldern Hills
* CAID Hospitality Award
 
===Affiliations:===
Member, Sisterhood of the Foxtail 
 

===Mundane Information:===
Email: [mailto:alorelle@sbcglobal.net alorelle@sbcglobal.net]
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 
[[Category:Barons & Baronesses]]
[[Category:Iris of Merit]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:People of Vindheim]]
[[Category:Peers]]
[[Category:Nobility & Royal Family]]
[[Category:Pelicans]]

Vitalis Gabrielle Venier della Mare

2026-07-30T20:14:40Z

Alhdryth: /* Special Needs */

{{Populace
|photo = [[File:Vitalis Gabrielle Venier Della Mare Beltane 2025 - Portrait By Zubeydah Al-Badawiyyah.jpg|x350px]]
| photocaption = Namron Beltane, May 3rd, 2025, 2022 Photo by [[Zubeydah Al-Badawiyyah]]
| location = [[Northkeep]]
| regname= [https://oanda.sca.org//oanda_name.cgi?p=Vitalis%20Gabrielle%20Venier%20della%20Mare Vitalis Gabrielle Venier della Mare]
| status = Active
| joindate = 2022
| OP = [https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/11830 Vitalis Gabrielle Venier della Mare]
| device = [[File:Device Vitalis della Mare.png|x400px]]
| devicecaption = Barry of six gules and argent a roundel Or charged with an anchor sable a mullet Or in chief (Pending Approval of the College of Heralds)
}}

==Honorable Lord Vitalis Gabrielle Venier della Mare==
Nickname(s): 
Previously Known As:Vitalis d’Mare 
Pronouns: He/Him 
 
Pronunciation Guide: vee-TAH-lee gah-bree-EL vehn-YEHR DEHL-lah MAH-reh 
IPA: viˈta.li ɡa.briˈɛl veˈnjɛr ˈdel.la ˈma.re

====Other Heraldry====
Motto: Pan gnōseōs axion (All knowledge is worthy)
 Device: Barry of six gules and argent a roundel Or charged with an anchor sable
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Sable Tower Pursuivant - Herald of the Barony of [[Northkeep]] (2023)
* Regional Offices held
**
* Kingdom Offices Held
**
 

=== Persona History: ===
Vitalis claims he was born in mid-16th century La Sernissima, of noble birth; his family name registered in the Libro d’Oro. These claims have not been substantiated. Most recently he has been seen wandering the known world complaining of exile, false imprisonment, shipwreck, and the abject poverty associated thereof. 
 

=== Interests: ===
* Period music- especially of western Europe in the late 16th and early 17th centuries: [https://www.youtube.com/@Vitalis_of_the_sea YouTube Channel of Recordings]
* Renaissance lute, baroque guitar, theorbo and other associated stringed instruments

* Renaissance Science, particularly Geomancy, Astrology, Alchemy and other arts notorious.

 
[[File:Vitalis d'Mare Portrait.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Vitalis at the TulCon Demo, 2022]]

===Timeline of Activity: ===
====2022====
* Joined the SCA
* Wiesenfeuer "Brronial" 2022
* Tolkon Demo 2022
* The Fellowship of Castellan 2022 – May 21, [[Will Rogers Boy Scout Camp]]: Bedraggled, impoverished, bereft of title or status, Vitalis threw himself upon the mercy of the populace. With a measure of most extreme grace and generosity, the virtuous and righteous Don [[Facon du Pray]] granted Vitais a chair and a place in the shade to pursue his musical art. Starving, penniless, short on options, Vitalis begged upon the mercy of the kitchen for a scrap of food. Food they had, though only for those with coin in hand, or hands to serve. Outraged, Vitalis left, searching for a source of sustenance that did not require tiresome manual labor. Yet… there are unsubstantiated rumors of a Serenissian gentleman, dressed in a blue shirt with white cuffs of lace, serving food with a graceful smile to attendees of more fortunate means. The identity of this individual cannot be confirmed.
* Fall Crown Tournament, September 10, [[Will Rogers Boy Scout Camp]]: Though no longer friendless, Vitalis was still penniless. The wayward lutenist played for his keep among esteemed personages of Northkeep, sheltering in their tent and filling their ears with music. Recognized at last by the nobility of the land, owing no small debt to his love, the newly recognized Lady Milokhna, Vitalis was granted an award of arms. Thusly titled, Misier Vitalis graciously, perhaps even obsequiously thanked the noble personages who bestowed upon him some measure of security and stature.
* Northern Border Skirmish: October 21, at [[Burnt Cabin]], Lake Tenkiller, Tahlequah OK: Here it may be marked, for weal or woe, that Misier Vitalis first entered a bardic competition. The theme was “Tears, of joy or sorrow,” and so he played upon his lute the tune Canaries and I long for Thy Virginitie from the Straloch Lute Book, seeking to pull on listener's heart strings with tales of love from the Isles. He was given a place in the final round, where Vitalis presented the tune Il Bianco Fiore by Cesare Negri, a Milanese dance tune from the early 16th century. The title of Skald was to be another's that day, the honor bestowed to one [[Grimbjorn Sigmundson]] for his skill with lyre, drum, and tale. It has been rumored that the Misier was seen among the serving folk at feast, bereft of coin and working for his supper. This is denied fervently by the gentleman in question, saying he would "Never risk his beautiful fingers lifting dangerous crockery" and "Cannot be expected to tolerate the infernal heat of a kitchen for even an instant." " 

====2023====
 
[[File:Vitalis 2023 Gulf Wars - Portrait by Milokhna d'Riga.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Vitalis at Gulf Wars, 2023]]
* And Now for a Beltane Completely Different! April 29th - [[Camp Dakani]]: Missier Vitalis performed in the bardic competition. The pieces selected were Kemp’s Jig an English folk tune of uncertain providence, and Curent out of the Rowallen Lute Book. There was no final round, for the bards came in the hordes to Beltane that weekend, and thus was the day full of music.
* Castellan XXXIII: The Two Towers - May 19th to 21st - [[Will Rogers Boy Scout Reservation]]: At the bardic event, Misier Vitalis played ''"I never knew I loved Thee"'', unknown composer, from the Rowallen Lute book, and ''“Preludium #98”'' by John Dowland, from Diana Pulton's Collected Lute Music of John Dowland. This offering was enough to qualify him for the final round of that competition. Misier Vitalis entered the A&S competition with a performance of Joan Ambrosio Dalza’s ''“Tastar de corde col suo ricercar, #4”'' published in 1508. In the Bardic Finals, the competitors were tasked with performing a piece that signified the light among darkness of the Two Towers. Promptly, Misier Vitalis dashed into the woods. Upon his return he played a rendition of Bregolad’s Song, a lament of the ents set in the form of a baroque passacaglia in G minor. Their excellences were much pleased by this offering, and Misier Vitalis was selected as the titled '''Bard of Northkeep'''.
* Vindheim Coronet 2023 - June, 17th - [[Payne County Fairgrounds]]: Misier Vitalis was seen playing upon the lute with direction from Her Excellency, Mistress [[Rhiannon Redwulf]], OL among many other merry musicians. The company played out of Pennsic Pile 50.
* Steppes Artisan - August 5th 2023, Misier Vitalis presented his body of work for the assembled artisans, including a performance that featured three different Taster de Corde con so suo Ricercar by Joan Ambrosio Dalza. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiVtpphAKvQ Vitalis performance for Her Excellency]
* For Ansteorra's 2023 Kingdom Arts and Sciences competition - September 9th, Vitalis performed a suite of music by Joan Ambrosio Dalza, an Italian composer from the early 16th century. See his performance on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0rJHt7f8HY YouTube].
* Mooneschadowe Presents: Trade Day(s) - Sept 30th, 2023. Misier Vitalis attempted baking for the first time, and made Ciambelline al vino “cookies” to use as trade goods. Reviews were… rather mixed. Vitalis left his lady Milohkna in charge of the trade goods. She acquired a rather frightening array of animal parts. Not to be trusted again.
* Namron Protectorate - October 6th-8th, 2023. Misier Vitalis performed the “English Huntsuppe” on lute and baroque guitar for the A&S competition. For this submission, he was named the '''Titled Artisan of Namron'''.
* Northern Border Skirmishes - October 20th-22nd, 2023. Submitted three Branle by Adrien Le Roy for the Arts and Science competition. Vitalis recommended that the royalty use these court-approved versions of a peasant dance to quell the brewing revolt. It is unfortunate that the music does not seem to have satisfied the unruly rabble.
* Queen's Champion November 10th-12th, 2023. Dame [[Delphina de Champeaux]] requested the Merry Musicians of Moonshadow come down to support Her Royal Majesty’s tournament with the sounds of fine music. Misier Vitalis happily joined the expedition to fulfill that request, and engaged in much merriment.
* Wiesenfeuer Yule, Weasels in Winter - December 16th, 2023 - Presented “Brawling in Paris” for the A&S competition. Vitalis said he prepared these pieces special in order to embrace the spirit of the famous weasel war dance. Also performed with Milokhna d'riga in the Bardic. The couple performed "Now O' Now I Needs Must Part" by John Dowland, and "Come Back to Me (Eurydice)", a filk Vitalis wrote of “Wake Up” by Coheed and Cambria. Mistress Rhiannon Redwulf captured the performances on video. [https://youtu.be/0JwOa7Ykyus?si=qLgapy49FoEKM0Tl "Now O' Now I Needs Must Part"] and [https://youtu.be/7bhj6U0MZPo?si=MykHu6XurHm2mcDS "Come Back to Me (Eurydice)"]

====2024====
* Laurel's Prize Tourney - February 10th, 2024. Misier Vitalis displayed his music on the 8 course lute, alto lute, and baroque guitar, including 11 recorded lute performances, available here [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSYJxbi7Q_JJ6AQQY6QV2OvKvIqpJRPYI on my YouTube Channel].
* Wiesenfeuer Baronial - April 20th, 2024. A pleasant event- if entirely uneventful. While there was a rumour of robbers, and worse, tax collectors about, Misier Vitalis remained blissfully unbothered by both. If some individuals remarked upon certain golden coins that may or may not have exchanged hands, well then it was most likely a simple currency exchange in order to provide liquidity in the tax season in return for a future promise of local currency returned in the fall. Completely above board, involving no usury, and certainly no counterfeit coins of any sort. Were there suspiciously heavy pelts of potentially poached game also exchanged? Perhaps. Who can say?
* Northkeep's Castellan - May 18th 2024. A secret project unveiled! For many months, Misier Vitalis had worked on a vocal motet version of their Excellencies Baron Perrin and Baroness Jehanne’s service award, La Battisuer, and it was at this event that Misier Vitalis had the opportunity to unveil his creation. With the help of his most trustworthy clandestine choir, the Motet was performed in court for both nobility and populace to enjoy.
** Choir Members: LADY Alecia, Drotin Grimbjorn Sigmundsson, Honorable Lady Cicily Bridges, Signora Caterina Veronica Cavalieri, Lady Uallach inghean Uí Dhubhshláine, Baroness Beatrix Funteyn, Susan Montz, Mark A. Montz, Lady Serena (Sierra), Lord Francois de Beaujeu, Viktor de Champagne, and Niko
However, there was a second deception. The melody of La Battiseur was woven into a lute intabulation by Misier Vitalis, and presented as an unnamed “fantasia” in the A&S competition. Unknowingly, their Excellencies were swept away by the music, and Misier Vitalis named as '''Artisan of Northkeep'''. Link to performance on [https://youtu.be/E_UMjuVXnN0?si=EViEZx5DTOpRE9H6 YouTube]
*Wiesenfeurer Yule December 21st, 2024. Vitalis performed again in bardic with the lovely Lady Milohkna, this time they paired Fortune my Foe with a rendition of Vitalis’ original Motet, Le Battisuer, with the lute picking up the other two melody lines. 

====2025====
[[File:Milokhna and Vitalis -KOA - Maryann.png|200px|thumb|right|Kingdom of Animals portrait by Mariana Von Kul]]
[[Category:Kingdom of Animals]]
*Winterkingdom - February 1st 2025. Misier Vitalis entered the bardic competition (leaving derelict his duties as the A&S champion to be generously covered by Lady Milohkna and His Excellency, Baron [[Beorhlic Folcwineson]], OL, OP, Defender of the Dream), and performed two toccatas on the theorbo. In the finals he composed a prelude based on the lydian mode to demonstrate the inspiration he finds in the flexibility of 16th century music. The misier also taught a class on playing period music on modern instruments.

* Laurel's Prize Tourney - February 8, 2025: Stephens County Fairgrounds. The year of All the Instruments. Misier Vitalis brought and displayed his 8 course lute, his 6 course alto lute, his 14 course theorbo, his 5 course baroque guitar, and his 4 course modern ukulele, which has been restrung to play period vihuela pieces.

* [[Vindheim Missile Academy II]] - May 31, 2025, Cottonwood Flats, Guthrie, Oklahoma. Misier Vitalis entered into the premier arts and science competition of the principality of Vindheim. He performed 3 lute pieces from the 16th century, demonstrating the development in the ricercar form throughout those 100 years. To his visible delight and astonishment, he was named the '''Premier Champion''' of the competition.
** [https://youtu.be/LVpKyIVaF2U Tastar de Corde and Recercar by Dalza (1508)]
** [https://youtu.be/_RT2Hkx4aT0 Ricercar by Francesco (Il Divino) Milano (1530)]
** [https://youtu.be/YcG2S1AtFZY A Fancy by John Dowland (1610)]

* Kingdom Arts and Sciences - September 13th, 2025, Burkburnett community center, Burkburnett, Texas. Vitalis entered his project demonstrating the development in the ricercar in the 16th century, performing the 3 pieces for the assembled Royalty and Judges. In the Kingdom Bardic competition, he performed a medley of 16th century songs, dances, and ricercar, switching pieces seamlessly at the behest of his beloved Milokhna. He was recognized with a pilgrims token for his A&S entry, and with the Thunderbolt of Vindheim for his bardic performance.

====2026====

*Winterkingdom - January 31st, 2026: Moose Lodge, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Misier Vitalis entered the A&S and bardic competitions. Inspired by tales of far lands of the east from the silk road, Misier Vitalis brought music from the land of Cathay. In A&S, he performed a rendition of the Yuan melody "Yeketangwu", first documented in 1369, on his guqin. In bardic, he performed the 10th century ritual song "Spring in Luoyang", and the 10th century calendar song "Boom Boom", guiding the assembled populace in settling the new year into it's proper place. For the infamous final round, Vitalis composed a 7 line poem, loosely inspired by yuuefu poetry, telling the tale of a brotherhood of trees. He accompanied his poetry on the guqin. For his efforts, he was named '''Bardic Champion''' by their Excellencies Adalia VonderBerg and Geoffrey de Gournay
 
[[File:Vitalis Theorbo Steppes Artisan 2025 - Portrait by Zubeydah Al-Badawiyyah.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Vitalis (and theorbo) at Steppes Artisan, 2025]]

*Kingdom Collegium - June 20th, 2026: OSU Classroom Building. Misier Vitalis taught a class on the renaissance art of Geomancy, tracing it's history from it's Arabic origins as Ilm al-raml, and outlining the method that was popularized in the vernacular by Christopher Cattan.
====Prior Groups====
 

=== Populace Provided Information: ===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments: ===
* Bardic Champion, Barony of Northkeep, May 2023
* Titled Artisan, Barony of Namron, October 2023
* Pilgrim's Token. Received for performance entry at Kingdom Arts and Sciences, Sept 2023
* Artisan of the Barony of Northkeep, May 2024
* Premiere Arts & Sciences Champion of the Principality of Vindheim, May 2025
* July 13, 2025: Congratulations from the Society Minister of Arts and Sciences for becoming the first Principality of Vindheim A&S Champion with his lute performance.
* Pilgrim's Token. Received for performance entry at Kingdom Arts and Sciences, Sept 2025. Recognized as the highest scoring entry in the performance category at the event.
* Bardic Champion, Barony of Northkeep, January 2026

 
====Project Documentation====
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1La8tMoD42UBZlOKNQBv-bSWOzc24IE5fh71n67B-58w/ Yeketangwu: Reconstructing 14th century Yuan Ritual Music] (Winterkingdom 2026)
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dhurOXIGmRiLbaUKL_r6uQZB5ZG0U8h2z6yoAfXGLuc/ The Journey to Fantasy] (Principality Artisan 2025 and Kingdom A&S 2025)
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1--GLah4mOyVTD7U4yqKoIIF1qRhrXEMxmDRprqoUl5E/ A Fancy: a Fantasy] (Le Battisuer) (Castellan 2024)
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YpmrESr1UK1ki1yqg8zsO12CNgO3o9Iw3wlryrzJ0LU/ Brawling in the Parisian Court] (Northern Border Skirmishes 2023, Wiesenfeuer Yule 2023)
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HvDAnp6c87AQH-TNQD4FI47AeBFKWUbjCIHAqhk6lo0/ The English Huntsuppe] (Namron Protectorate 2023)
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/18EQPNwTWUx-5IowQigrTicpnekFFTO-W_tuKXVsJVK4/ The Testing of the Strings] (Castellan 2023, Steppes Artisan 2023, Kingdom Artisan 2023)

 
====Classes Taught====
* Lute Music for Guitar: [[File:Class Handout - Vitalis d'Mare - King College Lute for Guitar.pdf|Handout]] (Kingdom Collegium 2025)
* Pre-modern Western Musical Notation. (Winterkingdom 2024, Kingdom Collegium 2024)
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w6IeakdezyCx2Y3Erj5Iclvolls78O2CAJJG-2vj0hs/edit?usp=sharing Earth Divination: The Science of Renaissance Geomancy] (Kingdom Collegium 2026)
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions====

*Fountain of Vindheim. Given at Northern Border Skirmishes, 2023.
*River of Vindheim. Given at Castellan, 2024
*Esprit de la Tour Noir for Arts and Sciences. Given in Northkeep Populace, June 2024
*Le Bâtisseur, Northkeep service award created by Baron Perrin and Baroness Jehanne. Given in Northkeep Populace, June 2024
*Thunderbolt of Vindheim. Received as recognition for "extraordinary talent" displayed in Kingdom Bardic entry at Kingdom A&S, Sept 2025.
 

=== Affiliations: ===
* Married, mundanely, to [[Milokhna d'Riga]]
* [[Clan Blue Feather]]
 

=== Mundane Information: ===
 
====In Case of Court====
Vitalis usually travels to events with his wife, Milohkna. He would prefer to only receive awards when she is also in attendance. 
 
====Special Needs====
 
[[category:Iris of Merit]]
[[Category:Champions of Vindheim]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:People of Vindheim]]
[[Category:Northkeep]]
[[Category:Clan Blue Feather]]
[[Category:Bards]]

Delfina de Borja

2026-07-30T20:14:21Z

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==Honorable Lady Delfina de Borja==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: She/Her 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Chatelaine - Glaslyn
** Deputy Minister of Arts and Sciences for Glaslyn

* Regional Offices Held
** Central Regional Scribe

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Deputy Sable Scroll
 

===Persona History:===
 

===Interests:===
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

====Prior Groups:====
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Event Coordinator/ Autocrat for multiple events
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
 
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===Affiliations:===
* Apprenticed to Magistra [[Osanna van der Linden]], OL
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Glaslyn]]
[[Category:Iris of Merit]]

Floki Geirrekkson

2026-07-30T20:01:14Z

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{{Populace
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==His Excellency, Jarl Floki Geirrekkson, KSCA, MOD==
[[File:Floki Geirrekkson Badge.png|150px|thumb|left|Badge]]Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: He/Him 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
The following badge associated with this name was registered in March of 2021 (via Ansteorra): (Fieldless) A heron argent atop a mount couped vert. 
 

 
===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Prior Knight Marshal, Barony of [[Elfsea]]

* Regional Offices Held
**

* Kingdom Offices Held
** [[84th Crown]] of Ansteorra
** Kingdom Cut & Thrust Deputy
 

===Persona History:===
Floki Gierrekkson was born into a Norse family full of warriors. From the time he was young, he and his brother, Sven, could be found playing with swords, spears, and axes, and generally causing trouble. 
 
When Floki reached adulthood, duty called and he was sent around the world on Viking raids. During his travels, he met many fascinating people and killed them all. He made a name for himself with his axe, and cemented himself as a master with any weapon. Having had his share of sailing, Floki returned home to the beautiful landscape of Scandinavia. Here, he heard tales of riches found far to the south with the Byzantine army. Tempted by the promise of gold and fame, Floki packed up and headed to Constantinople. As part of the elite Varangian guard, Floki became a personal bodyguard to the emperor and bravely led troops in battle.
During his time in Byzantium, he picked up an energetic traveling companion who he took as a squire. As part of this deal, he was also rewarded with the company of the legendary war dog, Briar Underfoot. 
 
Briar and Floki became fast friends and can now be found traveling the lands making friends, and enemies, and turning his squire into their third wheel.
 

===Interests:===
* Combat of all kinds
* Leatherworking
* Armoring
* Banner Making
* Wood Working
* Norse History
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
Floki has traveled and lived across the Knowne World in Caid, Gleann Abhann, Atlantia, and even the far off lands of the Stronghold of Battle Rock overseas.
In 2017, he finally returned to his homeland of Ansteorra and has lived here ever since. He was knighted in 2020.
 

====Prior Groups:====
Barony of Raven's Cove, Kingdom of Atlantia 2013-2017 
Barony of Axemoor, Kingdom of Gleann Abhann 2011-2013 

 

===Populace Provided Information:===
[[File:Floki QC Cover - art by Koia.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Art by [[Koia Karasova]]]]
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Bryn Gwlad Cut and Thrust Champion, February 2020-February 2023
* King's Champion to Sven III / Jason III (October 2019 - Aug 2021)
* Prior Barony of Raven's Cove Chivalric Champion
* Elfsea Rapier Champion (13 May 2023 - 6 Apr 2024)
* Royal Blade to Nicollet II (18 Nov 2023 - 11 May 2024)
* Queen's Champion to Antigone III (11 May 2024 - )

 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
 

===Affiliations:===
* Married to [[Elizabeth Caton]]
 

===Mundane Information:===
[[File:Sable shield.png|200px|thumb|left|Bearer of the Sable Shield of Ansteorra]]
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

[[Category:Centurions]]
[[Category:Counts and Countesses]]
[[Category:Crowns of Ansteorra]]
[[Category:Double Peers]]
[[Category:Elfsea]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:MOD]]
[[Category:Royal Family & Nobility]]
[[Category:Peers]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Persona Stories]]
[[Category:Royalty]]
[[Category:Sable Shield]]

Lochlan Dunn

2026-07-30T20:00:38Z

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| status =
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==His Grace, Duke Lochlan Dunn, KSCA, CSS==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): That Damn Lochlan and/or Fritz from Trimaris 
Pronouns: He / Him / Duke / Sir / Your Grace / Your Excellency / YO! / Dude 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry: Achievement====
Mantling 1: Or semy of stars of Ansteorra sable 
Mantling 2: Azure 
Helm: Archer's sallet argent with visor Or (Dexter) 
Crest: Lion's head azure wearing a ducal coronet Or 
Coronet: Ducal coronet with 4 strawberry leaves Or (personal) 
Supporter, Dexter: Narcissus (Greek man wearing a ducal coronet and a chain Or, belted argent, and looking into a bowl of water) 
Supporter, Sinister: Peacock proper, bearing a chain Or and belted argent 
Motto: Quod est onus meum 
Translation: (Latin) The onus is mine (It is my duty) 
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Deputy Herald, Barony of the Steppes
** Knight Marshal, Barony of Elfsea
** Deputy Knight Marshal, Barony of Elfsea
** Deputy Herald, Barony of Elfsea

* Regional Offices Held
**

* Kingdom Offices Held
** [[65th Crown|65th King of Ansteorra]] (May 14, 2011 - October 1, 2011)
** [[69th Crown|69th King of Ansteorra]] (April 2013 - September 2013)
** [[72nd Crown|72nd King of Ansteorra]] (October 2014 - April 2015)
** [[78th Crown|78th King of Ansteorra]] (October 2017 - April 2018)
** Kingdom Experimental Weapons Marshal

* Society Offices Held
** Deputy to Society Earl Marshal
 

===Persona History:===
Early 16th C. Landsknecht from Pavia. 
 

===Interests:===
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

====Prior Groups:====
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* During third reign, implemented change to Kingdom Law allowing same sex couples entrance into Crown Tournaments.
* King's Champion to Ulsted IV
* Steppes Warlord 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
* Ansteorra's 30th Year Champion of Champions
* Premier Champion of Champions
* Elfsea Defender
* Champion of:
** Myrgenfeld
** Eldern Hills
** Namron
** Wiensefeuer
** Moonshadowe
** Northkeep
** Glaslyn
** Bonwicke
** Bryn Gwlad
** Bordermarch
** Loch Solleir
** Raven's Fort
** Bjornsborg
** Dragon's Fire Tor
** Stargate
** Westgate
** Emerald Keep
** Adlersruhe
** Lyndenwood
** Loch Rhud
* One of the Premiere recipients of the [[Sable Sparrow of Ansteorra]]
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
 

===Affiliations:===
 

===Mundane Information:===
Facebook Group: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/348383934786733/ The Azure Lyone]
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

[[Category:Centurions]]
[[Category:Dukes and Duchesses]]
[[Category:Elfsea]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Peers]]
[[Category:Royal Family & Nobility]]

Romanius Vindheimus Vesperanius

2026-07-30T20:00:10Z

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| status = Active
| joindate = 1990
| OP = [https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/4022 Romanius Vesperianus]
| device = [[File:Romanius - Device.png|x400px]]
| devicecaption = Per chevron sable and argent, two crosses formy fitchy argent and a scorpion gules.
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==His Royal Highness, Prince Romanius Vindheimus Vesperanius, Viscount Vindheim, KSCA, CSS, Lion of Ansteorra, Defender of the Dream==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): Iron Dwarf of Vindheim 
Pronouns: 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
**

* Regional Offices Held
**

* Principality Offices Held
** [[1st Vindheim Coronet|1st Prince of Vindheim]]
** [[5th Vindheim Coronet|5th Prince of Vindheim]]

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Kingdom Chiurgeon
** Kingdom Thrown Weapons Marshal
** Kingdom Experimental Weapons Marshal
** [[56th Crown|56th Crown of Ansteorra]]
** Crown Prince of Ansteorra
 

===Persona History:===
 

===Interests:===
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
* Introduced to the Society in Meridies in 1990
* Moved to Ansteorra, first landing in Bonwicke. Thereafter, moved to Seawinds, followed by Elfsea and then Brad Leah.
 

====Prior Groups:====
See timeline above. 
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
====[[Hu Zhen]]====
I got my AoA from the hands of Romanius and Deanna. It was my first award, of course. Well, when they called me up, they asked the audience: 'which of you good gentles knows this person?' I took a look behind me as they asked that, and saw what *felt* like a quarter of the assembled populace raise their hands. I'm not sure that I've felt quite that... 'seen,' if that makes sense, since then. Not in a self-aggrandizing way, just in a... idk, an impossible to properly say-way. A close second is Romanius telling me that if H.L. Lillas had not given me her Heroes Portion at Winterkingdom 2024, *he* would have given me one. 
 

[[File:Romanius and Deanna - Photo by Francesca di Lucca.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Photo by [[Francesca di Lucca]]]]

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Greatest accomplishment was marrying my lovely wife. After that is raising two wonderful sons (in progress).
* Crown of Ansteorra 2007.
* First and Fifth Coronet of Vindheim: Very proud to have been able to work with Deanna and the officers of Vindheim to lead the principality forward. Deanna and I worked very very hard to give the principality a solid foundation for both laws and awards.
* Reestablished thrown weapons in the Kingdom of Ansteorra.
* Introduced plumbata as a thrown weapon style for Society Wide and had rules adopted by Society as written by myself.
* Served as Ansteorra General at Gulf Wars 5 years in a row and was able to lead the army to victory each year. (The army did all the work, I just made some plans)
* Creation of the Hawk's Wing of Vindheim - a first in our Society, banding together (after their Reign) those who have successfully fought and won as combatants in a Coronet Tourney.
* Premier of the [[Order of the Mark]]
 
[[File:Micauley vs Romanius - 1st Coronet Finals - Photo by Margery Heron.jpg|200px|thumb|right|[[Micauley Morison]]: "I love showing people this image this image and saying, "Don't let this picture fool you, he won this fight.""]]
====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* After serving as first Coronet of Vindheim, received the victory name of "Vindheimus," replacing my middle name of Scipio.
 

===Affiliations:===
* Married to [[Deanna della Penna]]
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 
[[Category:Arc D'Or]]
[[Category:Centurions]]
[[Category:Counts and Countesses]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:Lions]]
[[Category:Royal Family & Nobility]]
[[Category:Marks]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:People of Vindheim]]
[[Category:Peers]]
[[Category:Thanes of Vindheim]]
[[Category:Viscounts and Viscountesses]]

Set Sette

2026-07-30T19:58:05Z

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==Meester Set Sette==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
**

* Regional Offices Held
**

* Kingdom Offices Held
**
 

===Persona History:===
 

===Interests:===
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

====Prior Groups:====
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
====Nalka umm Al-Jafna====
I would like to share my favorite memory of Set, as I feel it most accurately captures the person I know him to be:
 
Several years ago, at an evening revel in a fort - the 'why' is not important - I picked Set up off the ground and ... unceremoniously tossed him directly into a nearby mud puddle. In that moment, as he stood, laughed, and checked himself over, I realized two things about Set:
1) In a world often too serious, Set reminds us all to cut ourselves some slack, relax and find joy and laugher in even the most surprising and unexpected places.
2) Somehow, against all odds, and despite him landing squarely in the middle of the mud puddle, the man had no mud on him!
Set is a man who can find the humor in almost any situation; he will do almost anything to help someone who needs it, and if you are not paying attention, he will absolutely teach your kid to use their shoe as a surprisingly accurate missile weapon.
Set, you are one of a kind. May your sword always be as sharp as your wit, may your noble deeds always carry a hint of mischief, and may your mettle aways shine, even in the muddiest of circumstances. In my eyes, you are a Peer. 
====[[Turpin Tyme]]====
Set is a pioneer of the scutum with 9 foot spear fighting style, instead of the traditional scutum and fishbat. That is to say, he has one successful charge performed with it back during a Three Centurions event many years ago.
====[[Caitilín inghean Tadgáin]]====
Set is a fantastic teacher - patient and calm. When demonstrating, Set is super happy. The smile he carries as others do amazing things is a dying quality. I fought my first Gulf Wars with Set in our ranks. Hearing the story of his hat and what it means when he takes it off is fantastic. He brings a lot of fun to everyone in the group.

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Entered [[Vindheim Premier Coronet Tourney]], fighting for for [[Elsa Schemmer von Snackenburg]].
* Entered [[Vindeim 3rd Coronet Tourney00, fighting for Armiger [[Gael Mcadoo]]
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
 

====Trivia====
 

===Affiliations:===
* Memeber, [[Liondragon Guard]]
* Pressganged into [[The Free Company of the Golden Wheat]]

* Previously squired to Duke [[Jason Drysdale]]
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Mooneschadowe]]
[[Category:Chivalry]]
[[Category:Peers]]
[[Category:Masters at Arms]]
[[Category:Free Company]]

Alhdryð ceorlstrang

2026-07-30T19:57:48Z

Alhdryth: /* In Case of Court: */

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==Honorable Lady Alhdryð ceorlstrang==
Pronunciation: ALL-drith CHAIR-el-strong 
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: She/Her 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Glaslyn Seneschal (Current)
** Glaslyn Chatelaine

* Regional Offices Held
**

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Co-Cultural Deputy (East Asian Cultures) to Minister of Arts and Sciences 2023 - 2025
** At-Large Combat Archery Authorizing Marshal (current)

 

===Persona History:===
Alhdryð was born in 10th century Jorvik to a Saxon father and a Danish mother. Her byname, given by her father, means "strength of a man."
 
 
Saionji no Yasue, a noblewoman from Kyoto, discovered a strange young woman in the woods during a pilgrimage in what is now the Tōhoku region. On a whim Yasue decided to bring her home and dress her in fine clothes and her brother's armor. One night soon thereafter, she awoke to discover an assassin had entered her rooms—only to meet his end on the blade of a naginata wielded by her new friend, [[Kobayashi no Hotaru]].
 

===Interests:===
*Bookmaking and book history
*Hatmaking
*Combat Archery
*Pre-contact Mesoamerican and Caribbean foodways
*Ikebana
*Featherwork
*Fighter support
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

====Prior Groups:====
*Briefly played in Westliches Land (Osaka, Japan) in 2015
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Event Steward for the 87th Crown Tournament
* Co-Steward for the 90th Coronation
* Event Steward or Co-Steward for Glaslyn Defender (2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2025, 2026)
* Fall Coronation 2019 (Co-Steward with [[Astrid Flokadottir]])
* Spring Coronation 2025 (Co-Steward with [[Machteld van den steinhuse]])
* Glaslyn Artisan of the Flame AS LX
* Baronial entourage for [[Ekaterina Iadorovna Kharlampieva]], Peter & Sarah, Baudoyn & Katherine, Sean & Esme, Absolon & Silvana

 
====Service through the Arts:====
* Created tabards for Phoenix Company
* Won bid in 2024 to replace the Elfsea Artisan Cloak, hand-sewn linen with applique and couched gold cord embroidery

 

====Teaching/Instruction:====
*Suminagashi: Japanese paper marbling
**Steppes Artisan 2025
**Kingdom Collegium 2025
**Gulf Wars 2026
**Glaslyn Artisan 2024
**Kingdom Collegium 2024
**Steppes Artisan 2024

*Making Your Feathers Fancier: 16th Century Featherwork in Portraiture and Practice
**Kingdom Collegium 2026
**Gulf Wars 2026
**Elfsea Baronial College 2025

*Making German Berets/Making 16th Century Bonnets
**Gulf Wars 2026
**Kingdom Collegium 2026

*Middle Eastern Dance for Fighters
**Glaslyn Artisan 2025
**Glaslyn Artisan 2024
**Glaslyn Artisan 2023

*History of Non-Western Bookbinding
**Elfsea Baronial College 2023 - lecture with folding handout
**Glaslyn Artisan 2022 - lecture with folding handout

*Making Japanese Garb - Muromachi period Hakama
**Elfsea Baronial College 2023, a 4-hour hands on class with sewing machines available for use

*Making Japanese Garb - Muromachi period Kosode
**Elfsea Baronial College 2024, a 4-hour hands on class with sewing machines available for use

*Fabrics 101
**Glaslyn Artisan 2025 - lecture with hands-on "petting zoo" of swatches

*Inspection for Combat Archery zine
**Steppes Warlord 2026

*Welcome to Ansteorra! a guide to its groups zine

 
====Judging:====
*Shadow Judging:
**Gulf Wars 2026 (with Magnifica [[Beatrix Funteyn]])
 

====Competitions Entered/Displayed:====
*2026: Invited to display at the Gulf Wars A&S Open Competition, received a prize sponsored by HRM Cristyana.
*2026: Displayed a body of work including 16th century men's hats and slashed wool Landsknecht garb at Laurel's Prize Tournament.
*2026: Displayed the centurion cloak of [[Clauß Fuchs von Nurenberg]] at Battle of the Pines.
*2025: Enters a 16th century elite man's hat in Kingdom Arts & Sciences, received a score of 45 and a pilgrim's token. Asked to serve as an alternate at Gulf Wars.
*2025: Enters a body of work including 16th century hats, centurion cloaks, and Pavia Landsknecht garb at Steppes Artisan.
*2025: Displays a body of work including Pavia Landsknecht garb, the Centurion jinbaori of [[Kobayashi no Hotaru]], suminagashi, and research on Classic Mayan tamales at Laurel's Prize Tournament.
*2025: Enters the Kingdom Middle Eastern Dance Championship held at Laurel's Prize Tournament, received a token from [[Biatrichi Canzionari di Palermo]].
*2024: Enters the newly-made Elfsea Artisan Cloak in the Elfsea Baronial College competition.
*2024: Enters a body of work including Pavia Landsknecht garb at Glaslyn Artisan, awarded Keeper of the Flame of Arts.
*2024: Enters a body of work including Landsknecht garb depicted in the Battle of Pavia Tapestries at Steppes Artisan.
*2023: Enters Wah(t’s) for Dinner?: Recreating tamales of the Classic Maya period at Glaslyn Artisan, awarded Keeper of the Flame of Arts.
*2022: Displays two 16th century Italian garb ensembles at Glaslyn Artisan.
*2015?: Displays two pieces of embroidery at Glaslyn Artisan.
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
*2025: Awarded the Portcullis of Elfsea
*2025: Awarded a Forest Light of the Steppes
*2025: Awarded a Boar's Tusk of the Steppes for Combat Archery
*2025: Awarded the Eastern Tower of Elfsea for hand sewing, while hand sewing
*2024: Awarded Glaslyn Keeper of the Flame of Arts
*2023: Awarded Glaslyn Keeper of the Flame of Arts
*2023: Awarded a third Acorn of the Steppes

 

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===Affiliations:===
*Married to [[Delfina de Borja]]
*Member of Wanderer's Hall
*Member of [[Phoenix Company]]
*Member of Steppes Warband, prior to its revival as Ironwood Company
 

===Mundane Information:===
*Alhdryð is mundanely an art museum librarian. She is always happy to assist with research and obtain hard-to-find resources.
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
Prefers to be surprised, but please contact [[Delfina de Borja]] to make sure she is there/family are present if possible for significant awards or announcements.
 For Scrolls: Please no faux hands.
 

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Glaslyn]]
[[Category:Pride]]
[[Category:Iris of Merit]]
[[Category:ICOC]]

Shona of Red Wolf

2026-07-30T19:55:40Z

Alhdryth: /* In Case of Court: */

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==Lady Shona of Red Wolf==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): "Chickenslayer" - There's a story there! 
Pronouns: She/her 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Seneschal of the Shire of Raven's Fort
** Pursuivant Extraordinaire / Herald of the Shire of Raven's Fort
** Herald of the Barony of [[Raven's Fort]]

* Regional Offices Held
**

* Kingdom Offices Held
**
 

===Persona History:===
LaTiene period Celt, in the area of Gaul. 
 

===Interests:===
* Voice and book heraldry: Working in the college of arms of Ansteorra back in the early days, there wasn't anything electronic. We all carried around these enormous notebooks. The first printout was just reams and reams of paper.
* Knight Marshal
* Recruitment
* I made a lot of my own garb! I still have one piece, and a pair of shoes I made back in the early 1980s!
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
====1970s====
* In the summer of 1978, I was in Minnesota at the time, and I went to the science museum. There was a fellow named Albert Cofield. He was in the children's science section. At the time I was 17 years old. We got to talking about medieval and renaissance things, and he told me about the SCA. He gave me a little pamphlet on mimeograph about the SCA. We came back from vacation, to Texas, and at the time I was living in Bryant College Station, now know as the Shire of the Shadowlands. That's where I became a member. I found them by accident; we were driving past a park, and they were out there beating on each other with swords and plywood shields! I wondered if that was Albert was talking about. I had my mom pull over, and I ran into the park to meet everyone. They had a sponsor there on campus, and so that's where I started playing. The first event I attended was a little shire event. My first costume was a loaner polyester caftan. I had a rectangular gauze fabric that I had hand-stitched into a sash, and my mom took this as proof I really was interested.

* I was in [[Shadowlands]] for a couple years, until I graduated in 1979. My parents bought me a sewing machine as a graduation present, and I used it to stitch some fringe onto that first sash I ever made.

* 1979-ish: We had an event at a Quonset hut, hosted by the Shire of [[Shadowlands]], where Ansteorra got our 500th member. I was there, then. Sir [[Simonn of Amber Isle]] and [[Tessa of the Gardens]], his consort - a very lovely couple! - were there. Lord Starhelm and his consort, Lady Neerak, were there, having traveled from Meridies, I think. There was a fellow there named [[John the Plain of Shearn]]. Don David Gallowglass was there, too. I was still in high school at the time.

* That fall, I was going to go to Sam Houston State University, and someone said they thought there was some SCA there. I had a t-shirt made up, a black tee with white, with “SCA” printed across the top, and a big golden astrolabe across the belly. I was actively looking - advertising! - promoting and looking for the SCA.

* Every weekend, we would go out to the Texas Renaissance Festival in garb with the rest of the shire and recruit. We were allowed to have a tiny little hut to store armor in. Later, they were allowed to build a larger building. There was kind of a symbiotic relationship between the Texas RenFaire. There was a liaison between the SCA and the faire - Telburne and Janet of House Morningstar - that we worked with. There was another lady who was very nice - Lady Melusine WhiteCroft the Petite. Because we had such a close relationship, pretty much everyone who was anyone in Ansteorra was there. I'd say we had between 50 - 200 people at the RenFaire each weekend. We operated sort of like on-site security, and were good at helping out if some of the patrons got intoxicated. This went on through the eighties. (The SCA was permitted to run three events at the RenFaire site. We had a little village there. We did King of the Log, Fight The Knight, and Skittles - it became a form of fundraiser. In the compound, we would do arts and sciences demos and rapier combat. In one of the buildings that we built, there was crash space for folks to rest and also guard the items we had stashed there.)

* Back in those days, we were trying, well, anything. Building an experience out of whole cloth. Back then, you couldn't buy armor. Guys would go out and find carpet remnants, and cut holes out of it, and duct tape it around their bodies. Another fellow came up with basket armor, and used the metal bands to weave together to build armor. There were chrome hubcaps from European cars, turned into bucklers. People were so creative and brilliant, engineering things. There were Frisbee bucklers for fencing. I witnessed them making the first boffer dagger, and weapons that were for tavern fights, such as the turkey leg boffer, and the boffer tankard!
 

====1980s====
* Towards the first part of 1980-ish, there was a fellow named [[Hans Durrmast Von der Wanderlust]], who was a student of Don Tivar Moondragon (1). I found him accidentally; his room mate was in my English class, and mentioned that his roommate had a sword... He had a swashbuckling persona. At the time, we needed three people to make a shire. I thought I'd go ahead and do the seneschal, and he could be Knight's Marshal. He had just acquired a girlfriend, and there was the room mate, too... Within about 6 months, I found a fellow and his girlfriend - Zorkon and Gwyn. Gwyn was originally from France, and had this wonderful culinary background. We decided to put a feast together! My studies were getting pretty heavy at the time, so I asked Dormouse to take Seneschal, and said I could take the job of Herald. He said he would do so. His roommate stepped up to Knight Marshal, and Zorkon helped. We got a huge trash can, filled it with wine and spices, and tossed several chickens in there. We marinated them for three days. We were going to cook them on a grill, with other items for feast. It started raining! So we hung a tarp over where the grill was, and where we were preparing things. I was quartering chickens there, in the rain, with a double sided Gerber knife. I think there was something like 50 to 75 people at that event, so we went through lots and lots of chicken. That's how I got the nickname of Chickenslayer! (1) Tivar, at that time, was in the process of developing the first handout for rapier combat in Ansteorra. Everything was pretty loose at that time - there wasn't a lot of tight rules, let me put it that way. Not a lot of Peerages. Everyone kind of mingled nicely. There was no wall between the peerages and the populace, just a tight camaraderie)

* In the early 1980s, there were so many wonderful songs being written and performed. There was so much cross pollination with the SciFi/Fantasy cons, so those songs were coming out of the filking communities. Performing during different courses at feast - the whole crowd would get involved. The after-hours parties were spectacular, too!

* For the summer of 1984, I lived in Bryn Gwlad, and played with them for a bit. I attended Barbarian, which is held in a giant pasture with an ancient, old swimming pool in it. It was held in the heat of the summer, and because it was summer, most of us didn't wear much in the line of clothing. It was a camping event, and Vlad Ravena, called Starkraven, hosted a LARP game where one would go to different stations and ferret out clues, or fight. Vlad had figured out some of the clues, and was going to leap over some shrubs, and didn't realize there was a ravine behind the shrubs. He was only wearing a long, light tunic, and nothing else. He was caught up in a dewberry bush, with long sticker thorns, and got pretty scraped up.

* In Late 1984, there was a fellow named Shamino. He had been out to CAID, and he'd been working for one of the early video game companies. He was well to do, and decided to cater the whole feast. He rented a beautiful hall down near Houston, and had it catered! He was such a magnificent, stupendous fellow. I remember one time, he gave me this wonderful hug, and it felt like his whole heart had given me that hug.

* Where we were situated in Huntsville, in Raven's Fort, we were sort of at a crossroads for several of the baronies in the area. Because we were all operating in kind of a communal style, while I was helping, we didn't generally point to one person being in charge of the event.

* One of the folks I would hang out with was Adelbrecht of Stonekeep, who later moved to Australia. I also knew Arendel, who later became a lady in waiting to Inman's Queen. She helped me get my Award of Arms - she was the first person who bothered to ask if I had one. I had been involved for about six years at that point, and it was hard to see so many others being recognized for the same things I was doing, and being forgotten. I have wondered, some times, if it was because I was out as a lesbian, at a time when that was not very acceptable.

* 1983 - 1985 : There was an event held every year at Arenvald Kief av Kiersted's property, called Quest of the Clover. We got these huge woks, and did a massive stir fry for everyone. We laid out a large game area, and through the course of the weekend, you could go on quests. By the end of the weekend, you'd try to figure out where the clover was. Sometimes it was an object, such as a pot of shamrocks, or it might be a person. You had to figure it out. I would help out each year at one of the stations. One year, I was at a station in this tent, in a fairly deep part of the property. I peeped out of the tent, and there were hundreds of these little bluebirds, which only occur if you have an undisturbed natural environment. It was a magical moment to witness.

* I got to attend and witness many Coronations during the 80s, and remember those of the Once and Every Other King, [[Inman MacMoore]].

* I sat down with a tape recorder and recorded the early history of Raven's Fort. I told the story of our heraldry and our group. I was partly disabled, so I could not type it, but I made a tape. I don't know what ever happened to it. I heard that later my work was claimed by another, and that hurt.

* 1985-ish, we became a Barony in Raven's Fort. I wasn't able to attend the first Investiture. They apparently opened a number of orders, gave a number of awards, then closed the orders, so no one who wasn't there, ever got them. This was really hurtful, as I had helped and contributed for years at this point.

* Spring of 1985: I graduated from college, and went back to the Shadowlands. I became less active for a time, but would check in each year with the Renaissance Festival.

* I remember the wonderful feasts that we had, and the dancing. I remember dancing the Bryn Gwylad Brawl, Hole in the Wall, and Kidnapping. The feasts we attended were just magnificent. Everyone would decorate their particular table or place setting, and we would dine by candle-light.

* 1989: Rejoined, returning to Raven's Fort, to work on my Master's degree. I was there until 1991.
 

====1991====
* Summer of 1991, I moved to Milwaukee (despite the very fresh horror of what Jeffery Dahlmer had just done, there.) I largely became inactive at that point; I attended a few events, but work was very busy and I had to hang up my garb. 
 

====Prior Groups:====
* Shire of the [[Shadowlands]]
* Shire of Raven's Fort
* Barony of [[Raven's Fort]]
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Founding member, Shire of Raven's Fort
* I was heavily involved in recruiting, and personally got two dozen people to join the SCA, including the first Baron of Raven's Fort, Arenvald Kief av Kiersted.
* As group herald, helped design arms for most of the Shire of Shadowlands
* Recorded the first history of Raven's Fort on audio cassette. I don't know if it still exists anywhere.
* I came up with the name and the arms for the Barony of Raven's Fort: The Walls Unit sort of looked like a fort. Sam Houston was known by the native people in the area as The Raven. The arms of the Barony are white and red embattled - that would be the Walls Unit - and there's the raven above. Below, there's a roundel, with a wreath. That white roundel is a hole - there was a StarTrek reference of the The Hole in the Deck Gang - so that was the inside joke. (Our Raven had flown the coop.)
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* 1991 - Named as the Ambassador from the Barony of Raven's Fort to the SCA in Milwaukee. (Sadly, I didn't get to spend much time there.)
 

===Affiliations:===
* Matron of House Red Wolf
* Loosely affiliated with House Morningstar, but not a full member.
 

===Mundane Information:===
I have a BA in Art with a minor in Broadcasting from Sam Houston State University, and am working towards a degree in Art Therapy and Education. I received a certification Cosmetology in 1987. I'm presently retired.
Member of [https://www.peointernational.org/ P.E.O.], and Eastern Star. 
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

[[Category:Bryn Gwlad]]
[[Category:Out of Kingdom]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Raven's Fort]]
[[Category:Shadowlands]]
[[Category:Fallen Stars]]

Sæbjørn Í Eyðigarði

2026-07-30T19:54:08Z

Alhdryth: /* In Case of Court: */

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==Don Sæbjørn i Eydigardi, WSO==
Previously Known As: Alaric Gledwyne (95-98), Giovanni Antonio di Napoli 
Nickname(s): Sabi 
Pronouns: He/Him 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Former Exchequer of the Barony of [[Bryn Gwlad]], 2023 - 2024
** Former Quartermaster of the Barony of Bryn Gwlad, 2022 - 2023
** Former Knights Marshal of the Canton of Gate's Edge, 1997 - 998

* Regional Offices Held
** Southern Regional Chatelaine, 2025 - Present

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Golden Staff Herald for Sven IV & Antigone III
 
[[File:Saejorn i Eydigardi - Badge.png|200px|thumb|left|Preferred Badge]]
===Persona History:===
[[Category:Persona Stories]] Sæbjørn i Eydigardi is a late 11th century Swede, born in Nyköping in the Södermanland region of Sweden. He was born to poor farmers, but built a life for himself as a trader, traveler, warrior, and skald. He travelled heavily through the east – down through the lands of the Rus, to Miklagard (Constantinople), and even spent time in the Abassid Caliphate. 
Because there are occasions when he likes to dress in later period clothing, there is an alternate version of Sæbi who lived in the mid-16th century during the Vasa era of Sweden, who is a tradesman and skald with ties and interests to parts of the Holy Roman Empire. 
Previous Personas:
Giovanni Antonio di Napoli was a mid-16th century merchant’s son, sailor, and mercenary from Napoli, who owns lands along near Amalfi. 
Alaric Gledewyne was a 14th century Welsh minor nobleman and warrior who was present at Crecy and Poitiers. 
 

===Interests:===
* All combat, but especially rapier
* Voice heraldry
* Bardic
* Cooking
* Brewing
* Scroll painting
* Dance
* Leatherworking
* Service
* General historical research
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
Sæbi began playing in the mid-90’s (then as Alaric Gledewyne) after having discovered the SCA at the TRF demos. He greatly enjoyed his time then, playing primarily in the Canton of Gate’s Edge, as well as the Barony of [[Stargate]]. His activities were primarily chivalric combat, leatherworking, dance, bardic, and service – but life factors of his first marriage led him to having to walk away from the Dream in early 98. 
His love of bardic, and coincidental friendships with active SCA members drew him back to the SCA in fall of 2021 when he began playing again in the Barony of Bryn Gwlad.
 
====Upon Admittance Into the Order of the White Scarf====
I wanted to take a moment to share something that really meant alot to me and helped me feel the love from my rather large chosen family. There were many things that moved my about my white scarf ceremony but this is the story of the one that actually really did it and pushed me to tears. 
As is sometimes the case when the time came to present the candidate with a scarf, I noticed more than one member of the Order start to try to offer theirs. But there was no need, for one had been prepared, and so many people who are all so very dear to me were involved. 
For plans had long been laid in motion. My foster MoD and friend here Maestro Michaelangelo had long since reached out to my MoD back in Ansteorra, and Maestro Diego set about the moment that really moved me to tears. For he had first crafted a fine White Scarf. This was then taken to an event (events?) wherein a number of my dearest friends in the Ansteorran community wore it, enshrined in pictures that were later shared with me. 
The Ansteorran “lineage” of my scarf being: 
* Maestro [[Diego Fortuna de Almeria|Diego Fortuna]]
* My grand-don Master [[Caelan MacRob]]
* Fechtmeister [[Brian O' hUilliam]]
* Master [[Feodor Nikolaevich Gorodets]]
* Mistress/Countess [[Elizabeth Caton]]
* Jarl [[Floki Geirrekkson]]
* Master [[Ulrich Von Tolstat]]
* Dona [[Drew Drake]]
* Don [[Andsvarr Lorenzoson]]
* Her Royal Majesty Ansteorra, Dona [[Vittoria Maggiore]]
Along the way it also had some special embroidery added by HRM Vittoria as well. 
When it was then sent to Michaelangelo it then went on a further journey during the week of Battlemoor wherein it was further worn and images captured of it being donned likewise by so many of my close and dear friends in my new and wonderful community here in the Outlands. 
Thereafter it was tied around my arm as the moment that actually moved me to tears in my ceremony. 
While I love my life and my new community and chosen family here, I do dearly miss so many of my friends of many years back in Ansteorra. To know that while not able to be present, they were nonetheless able to be a part of my ceremony and to thus send their love and respect my way was what really meant more than I can say. I love all of you! 
 

====Prior Groups:====
[[Bryn Gwlad]] 
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Member of the leadership committee for Sherwood Forest Faire Demos 2022-current
* Established the Sherwood Blade Tournament 2024-2025
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* Golden Martlet of Bryn Gwlad
 

===Affiliations:===
* Married to [[Anne Wyatt]]
* Member of Karlaby household
* Cadet and Provost to Master [[Diego Fortuna de Almeria]]
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

[[Category:Bryn Gwlad]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Rapier]]
[[Category:White Scarves]]
[[Category:Ex-Pats]]
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Safiyya bint Khalid ibn Hamdun

2026-07-30T19:53:41Z

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==Honorable Lady Safiyya bint Khalid ibn Hamdun==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
Badge: A hand of Fatima inverted azure charged with a compass star argent.
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** [[Bryn Gwlad]] Scribal Guild Leader, December 2012 – January 2016
** Webminister – [[Bryn Gwlad]], July 2016 – July 2018

* Regional Offices Held
** Southern Regional Scribe, November 2016 – October 2018

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Star Signet, January 2019 - present
 

===Persona History:===
 

===Interests:===
* Calligraphy & Illumination 
* Embroidery 
* Roman clothing and accessories 
* Cooking 
* Administrative Service 
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
* 1998 - First event (Squires & Cadets Invitational, May 1998, [[Raven's Fort]])
* Played locally with [[Raven's Fort]] for ~3 years, went inactive for ~10 years
* Returned to active play 2012 [[Bryn Gwlad]] Fall Baronial
* First Noble's luncheon to cook - War of Ages 2013
* First Feast to steward - Candlemas 2015
* Head of Recruitment for Gulf War XXVIII and XXIX (2019 and 2020)
 

====Prior Groups:====
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Winner of Bryn Gwlad Iron Artisan Competition (with Kassandra de Haas and Osanna van der Linden, 2013
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* Muse of Bryn Gwlad
* Golden Martlet of Bryn Gwlad
 

===Affiliations:===
* Married to [[Rónán Fionn Ó Dubáin]]
* Protege to Baroness [[Elisaveta af Isefjord]], OP
* Member of [[Compagnia della Sprezzatura]]
* Member of [[Atelier Amati]]
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

[[Category:Bryn Gwlad]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Proteges]]
[[Category:Ex-Pats]]

Rónán Fionn Ó Dubáin

2026-07-30T19:53:24Z

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==Kennari Rónán Fionn Ó Dubáin, OL==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): Fionn 
Pronouns: He/Him 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
The following badge associated with this name was registered in May of 2018 (via Ansteorra): Purpure, two stalks of barley in saltire and in chief a hop cone Or. 
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Webminister, Barony of [[Bryn Gwlad]], 2013 - present
 

===Persona History:===
Mid 9th century, living in the Viking settlement that would become Dublin. 
 

===Interests:===
* Old Norse language, poetics, and culture
* Performing arts
* Leathercraft
* Cooking
* Archery
 

====Catalog of Work:====
[http://www.ronanfionn.com/works http://www.ronanfionn.com/works] 
 

====Instruction:====
* [https://youtu.be/_TApPFR_l7Y Skaldic Poetry For Beginners] - held Sep 3, 2018.

===Timeline of Activity:===
Started February 2013. 
Moved to An Tir in November of 2023 
 

====Prior Groups:====
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Former Baronial bardic champion for [[Bryn Gwlad]] and the [[Steppes]].
* Former Premier Skald (bard) of Ansteorra
* Former baronial Arts & Sciences Champion for [[Bryn Gwlad]]
* Frequent Herald for Important Processions:
** [https://youtu.be/sX4RYTHu4EE Herald] for the Crown Tournament Procession of Jason Drysdale I & Margherita de Mantua I
** [https://youtu.be/p0K6V95C6QA Herald] for the Crown Tournament Procession of [[Micolay Haiduk]] and [[Uliana Haiduk]] with the King's Road Performers
** [https://youtu.be/bpk-V0bCLNI Herald] for the Elevation to the Order of the Laurel of [[Vigdis Grafeldr]]
** [https://youtu.be/s9V1bTQoUk0 Bardic Word Fame] for James and Joan, Crown of Gleann Abhann
** [https://youtu.be/-9wDbp1uQmc Herald] for the Baronial Investiture of Kazimierz and Katheryn
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* The Golden Martlet of Bryn Gwlad (service award)
* The Muse of Bryn Gwlad (A&S award)
* Silver Chalice of Bryn Gwlad
 

===Affiliations:===
* Prior Apprentice to [[Lucia Piazetta]]
* Founding member, [https://www.facebook.com/kingsroadperformers/ King's Road Performers]
 

===Mundane Information:===
Website: [http://www.ronanfionn.com/ http://www.ronanfionn.com]
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

[[Category:Bryn Gwlad]]
[[Category:Laurels]]
[[Category:Peers]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Video Links]]
[[Category:Ex-Pats]]

Phelim Gervase

2026-07-30T19:53:09Z

Alhdryth: /* In Case of Court: */

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| photocaption = Photo by Don [[Stephen Blakely]] mka Steve Herring
| location = [[Drachenwald]]
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| status = Active
| joindate = May 1989
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| devicecaption = Quarterly Or and argent, a cup gules.
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==His Excellency, Master Phelim Gervase, OP, OL, OD, CSS, Defender of the Dream==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): Pug 
Pronouns: 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
The following badge associated with this name was registered in July of 2006 (via Ansteorra): Sable, a lantern between three clews of yarn Or. 
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Prior Chronicler of the Barony of [[Bryn Gwlad]]
** Prior Seneschal of the Barony of [[Bryn Gwlad]]
** Prior Knights Marshal of the Barony of [[Bryn Gwlad]]
** Prior Baron of [[Bryn Gwlad]], (02/05/2011 - 02/01/2014)

* Regional Offices Held
** Prior Southern Region Missile Marshal

* Kingdom Offices Held
&
** Prior [[Earl Marshals of Ansteorra|Kingdom Earl Marshal]] (2019-10 to 2021-07)
** Prior Ansteorra kingdom Server Administer
** Prior Ansteorra Kingdom Webminister
** Prior Ansteorra Kingdom Missile Marshal
** Prior Ansteorra Kingdom Martial Webminister
** Prior Ansteorra deputy Kingdom Seneschal
** Prior Ansteorra Kingdom [[Seneschals of Ansteorra|Seneschal]] (2007-07 to 2009-07)

* Society Offices Held
** Member of Great Council of SCA
** Director-Elect, Board of Directors, Seat E (2021-10 to 2025-04)
 

===Persona History:===
Born in the 11th century In Herefordshire. As he entered his second decade he left the Marches to find the mythical lands of Ansteorra. This is where he met “the girl next door” - [[Myfanwy ferch Eifion]] - and was directly convinced that they would be together forever as Welsh women are infamous for. 
 

===Interests:===
* Armored melees 
* Rapier melees 
* Rapier combat 
* Service 
* Cooking 
* Brewing 
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

====Prior Groups:====
* College of [[Turris Animarum]] (1990 - 1996) 
* Barony of [[Stargate]], 1989 
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
====[[Angelina Francesca de Nardi]]====
HE [[Myfanwy Ferch Eifion]] and HE [[Phelim Gervase]] were the first “royals” I met in the SCA. It was during Candlemas of 2011. I was living in San Angelo during the time and part of the Santa Angela Renaissance Guild. A group of us went down to visit friends who were part of the SCA. I recall enjoying feast and dancing the night away. During court when they asked for newcomers one of my friends ushered me forth. Myfanwy and Phelim gave me a ring as a token of welcome that I still have to this day. Ever since I have always given them a hug and enjoy dancing with them every chance I get. 
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Created the Ansteorra on-line presence during the dark ages - email distribution lists & website.
* Royal Huntsman to Aaron III & Vanessa II.
* With the help of [[Robert Michael MacPharland]], created the Cut & Thrust melee experiment.
* Ansteorra Rapier Rubber-tip Spear Experiment at Pennsic
* [[Stargate]] Archery Champion - 2002
* Rose Archery Defender - 2005 & 2007
* [[Emerald Keep]] Archery Champion - 2008
* Pennsic War Archery Champion - 2008
* Gulf War Rapier Champion - 2011 & 2013
* [[Loch Soilleir]] Rapier Champion - 2018
* Pennsic Rapier Allied Champion team - 2018
* [[Hellsgate]] Commander - 2019
* Rapier Marshal in Charge, [[Ansteorra 40th Year]]
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* Muse of Bryn Gwlad
* Cross Fleury of Bryn Gwlad
* Golden Martlet of Bryn Gwlad
[[File:Pug - Lion.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Photo by [[Francesca di Lucca]]: Pug is named a Lion - Bryn Gwlad 40th.]]
 

===Affiliations:===
* [[Dark Horde Moritu]] 
* [[Company of St Mark]] 
* [[Fire Drakes]] 
 
* Married to [[Myfanwy ferch Eifion]] 
* Squire to Earl [[Daffyd Whitacre]] 
* Don to [[Nadja Ramthuner]] 
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 
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[[Category:Centurions]]
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[[Category:Laurels]]
[[Category:Lions]]
[[Category:MOD]]
[[Category:Out of Kingdom]]
[[Category:Peers]]
[[Category:Pelicans]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Persona Stories‏‎]]
[[Category:PPI]]
[[Category:White Scarves]]

Penelope Serafim

2026-07-30T19:52:40Z

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==Lady Penelope Serafim==
Previously Known As: Penelope of the Steppes 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
**

* Regional Offices Held
**

* Kingdom Offices Held
**
 

===Persona History:===
Penelope cannot, nay, will not be pinned down to a single time period or persona backstory. While she welcomes eventual illumination - perhaps in the form of one of those exceptional "series-of-ancestors" persona histories she has seen successfully compiled by others who also enjoy making garb from all over the place (and time) - she currently prefers to spend her time with fibers in her hands. From a 1560s English kirtle or a 1400s houppelande to 13th - 17th Century Byzantine or a Greek chiton when it's hot (for one can take the girl out of Ansteorra, but one cannot take Ansteorra out of the girl), it will be quite the history whenever it finally coalesces. 
Further bulletins as events warrant, as the sage has said. 
 

===Interests:===
Penelope has a, erm, fun habit of realizing two weeks before an event that she'd like to have something new to wear to said event. This, combined with her "if I'm wearing it, I've made it myself" ethos, leads to a wide variety of interests and skills in the A&S realm (and a lot of sleepless nights leading up to events). She is very happy with this state of affairs. 
 
Specifically, she enjoys:
* Volunteering: Administrative tasks, gate volunteering, waterbearing.
* Historical Costuming: Research, pattern drafting, personally constructing every element of an impression.
* Fiber Arts: Fingerloop braiding, blackwork embroidery, felting, floor loom weaving, etc.
* Leatherworking: Making pouches and sandals.
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
====2025====
As a lifelong historical costuming nut- er, aficionado, Penelope was aware of the SCA for many years due to the plethora of excellent blogs run by SCAdians. While most of her works were made for productions of Shakespeare's plays, circa 2021 she felt drawn to create something for herself, a bit earlier period and more strictly historical. "I might as well make sure that it fits within SCA period, just in case," she thought to herself. Thus was born her 1560s kirtle, fondly referred to as "a muslin that got out of hand" which has been serving her well to this day despite being made of a lowly linen blend found at Our Lady Joann (may she rest in peace). Its pad-stitched linen bodice and fingerloop braided laces capped with distinctly self-made brass points exemplified the thorough dedication Penelope would one day bring to the SCA.

While dwelling in the southernmost reaches of Trimaris, Penelope attended a medieval dance class hosted by the Shire of Sangre del Sol. This was her first contact with the SCA and remained her only contact with it as she moved to the East Kingdom, Meridies, and finally Ansteorra over the next several years. Landing in Ansteorra in early 2025, an incidentally SCAdian friend learned of her fondness for historical costuming and introduced her to the Barony of the Steppes, where she instantly knew that she was home.

Oh, the joy of being able to let one's hair down, to not be stared at with confusion or concern when discussing one's latest avenue of research! What fun to sit quietly embroidering among fascinating dissertations on obscure historical finds and rarely spoken of skills at an A&S night.

Penelope quickly found herself drawn to the service aspect of the SCA, as well. After all, half the fun of any event is in making it run. Her very first event was Gulf Wars XXXIII (2025), where she strode purposefully up to the fighter support tent by the main battlefields and asked if they needed an extra set of hands. HL [[Malkyn Hawke]] welcomed her with open arms - each hand holding a 2L bottle, of course - and sent her out to the battlefield where she had an absolutely magnificent time providing hydration to the many knights and fighters who knelt before her. In fact, she had such a good time that she barely took her waterbearing satchel off that day, or the next day, or the day after that. Malkyn prevailed upon her to sit down and indulge in a few pickle slices now and again, but the thrill of it all was too keen, the proximity to the action too alluring.

Needless to say, Penelope racked up a stupid number of service hours at her first Gulf. She was recognized by Baron Sean and Baroness Esme of the Steppes in the ravine (right after the ravine battle!) for her dedication and service, being awarded the Acorn of the Steppes. HL Malkyn also passed along the thanks of the event autocrats in the form of a token which Penelope wears upon her apron with honor to this day.

From that first Gulf to the next, Penelope found a way to volunteer at almost every event she attended. Most of the time this took the form of sitting Gate, generally in the role of cashier as she was not among those bothered by the additional responsibility thereof. She tried her hand at driving the archery shuttle at Steppes Warlord, somehow ended up helping manage the baronial rummage sale tent at Gatalop 41 in Meridies, and volunteered to make new baldrics for Ironwood Company (the decorated baronial fighting company of the Steppes) in the lead-up to Gulf Wars XXXIV. Of course this project and planning a cross-country move were still not enough to do, so she also decided to completely disassemble and remake a black and gold parti-colored cotehardie purchased from a baronymate so as to have a proper Ansteorran piece of garb for her final procession as an Ansteorran. It was an exciting few weeks.
 

====2026====
Gulf Wars XXXIV found Penelope back out on the field volunteering for fighter support despite a nagging orthopedic injury that kept her slightly less mobile than the year prior. She compensated for this by volunteering at Troll (Gate) as cashier, where her exceptional attention to detail caught the eye of the Exchequer who invited her to come back to assist with final count-out for the event. Penelope had an excellent time learning the SCA's policies and procedures regarding the handling of funds, greatly enjoying driving the Exchequer's very large diesel truck around the site to gather envelopes (if she could hop out of a lifted truck in a Byzantine tunica every day, she would) with her companion. Penelope received her AoA during Ansteorran royal court, and may or may not have been crying through her laughter as Queen Cristyana spun her around and demanded the entirety of Court admire her carefully curated attire. Her fondest memory is, however, being dubbed "Goddess of the Oranges" as she carried baskets of orange slices to weary fighters on the field during one of the hotter days, clothed in a Greek chiton which she had recently finished by stamping designs on it using self-carved stamps.

Penelope moved to the East Kingdom right after Gulf, and promptly signed up to volunteer at Gate for the next event on her new barony's calendar.
 

====Prior Groups:====
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
====Service to the Society====
======2025======
*Fighter support/waterbearing during all battles for Gulf Wars XXXIII, March 2025
*Gate for Steppes Warlord, May 2025
*Archery Shuttle Driver for Steppes Warlord, May 2025
*Gate for Steppes Artisan, August 2025
*Volunteer at FateCon: spent time introducing newcomers to the SCA, September 2025
*Gate for Ansteorra Fall Coronation, October 2025
*Manage baronial rummage sale tent for Gatalop 41, October 2025
*Gate at War of the Rams XII, November 2025

======2026======
*Gate for Steppes 12th Night, January 2026
*Troll (Gate) for Gulf WARS XXXIV, March 2026
*Fighter support/waterbearing for Gulf Wars XXXIV, March 2026
*Assist Exchequer with final pickups and counting out for Gulf Wars XXXIV, March 2026
*Gate for Bhakail Waking of the Salamander, May 2026
 

====Service to/through the Arts:====
* Performs with The Voices of the Star choir before Ansteorran Royal court at War of the Rams, singing The Anthem of the Arms by Finnacan Dub, November 2025
* Drafts pattern and partners with [[Arnóra orðlokarr]] to create nine baldrics for Steppes fighting unit, Ironwood Company, March 2026
* Mans sewing machine as part of crack squad of Bhakail baronymates to sew 77 pouches as gifts for newcomers, June 2026
 

====Competitions Entered/Displayed:====
* Enters the Steppes Artisan Learney Tourney for the Arts, with a Byzantine tunica based on an extant find in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2025
* Enters the 14th Century Recipe Contest at Buckland Cross A Grand 14th Century Tourney, with Mushroom Pasties a Le Ménagier de Paris, June 2026
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* Acorn of the Steppes
* Forest Light of the Steppes
 

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===Affiliations:===
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
* Allergic to dairy
 

====In Case of Court:====
Penelope prefers an element of mystery, if not complete surprise, so contacting Thaddeus the Seer to ensure that she is present and prepared would probably be ideal. If Thaddeus is not present, direct advance warning (without specifics) and an escort upon whose arm she may lean would be greatly appreciated.

"Serafim" has its emphasis on the first syllable: SARE-uh-fimm.
 

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Myfanwy Ferch Eifion

2026-07-30T19:52:22Z

Alhdryth: /* In Case of Court: */

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| joindate = February 1993
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| devicecaption = Gules, an iris bendwise slipped and leaved between two Bowen knots argent.
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==Her Excellency, Mistress Myfanwy ferch Eifion, OP, Lion of Ansteorra, Defender of the Dream==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: She/her 
Name Pronounced: "Muh-FAHN-way verch Evan" 
Alternate Persona(s): Khairtai of the Moritu 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
The following badge associated with this name was registered in December of 2018 (via Ansteorra): Argent, a mushroom gules, cap spotted argent, within a serpent in annulo vorant its own tail vert.
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Prior Treasurer of [[Bryn Gwlad]]
** Prior Seneschal of [[Bryn Gwlad]]
** Prior Chronicler of [[Bryn Gwlad]]
** Prior Baroness of [[Bryn Gwlad]] (02/05/2011 - 02/01/2014)

* Regional Offices Held
** Southern Regional Seneschal

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Kingdom Seneschal
** Prior Waiver Secretary
** ER Replacement Seneschal
** Officer Application Coordinator
 

===Persona History:===
14th Century Wales 
 

===Interests:===
* Volunteering: Working Gate, serving as a List Mistress, event staff, and stewarding events
* European Dance - both participating and teaching
* Period Clothing
* Weaving - inkle and kumihimo
* Calligraphy
* Cordial-making
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
* My first event was Candlemas of 1992: I went with some friends from college. I hit the ground running in 1993 with [[Phelim Gervase]], primarily focused on the group on campus. Baroness Louise was one of the people who would regularly talk to me, and helped me feel like I belonged. We would go and see all the people for whom the SCA was really a lifestyle - then realized that's who we were becoming, too. I was appreciative of people like Kein and Alisha and [[41st Crown|Daffyd and Octavia]], who allowed me to be a part of their entourage, as this helped me to get to know more people - some of whom are dear friends even today.
 
* My first war was Pennsic of 1997. My son was 1 year old, and stayed behind. We camped with the Moritu. I walked into camp and everyone there was so welcoming - I knew that I would have been safe to bring my son, and that sense of comfort and security made me know that I had found my people. I did a lot of shopping, a lot of partying, and had a lot of fun.
 
* 1997: When I served with [[29th Crown|Kein II and Alisha II]], I was tasked with coordinating thank you notes for anyone who gave the Crown a gift. The Crown would make notes for me and I would calligraph a note with their royal signet and mail them out. For me, it taught the importance of the noblesse oblige aspects of Royalty and Nobility.
 
* 2007: I was doing a lot of work, and going to a variety of people for advice on how to traverse the politics of the SCA. Karl and Kasilda were two people who were mentoring me a great deal. Right about this time, I was also doing a lot of the arts - I received my Iris before I received my Star. Focusing on service wasn't a specific choice, it happened organically with the opportunities I had at the time and the mentorship I received.
 
* 2011: While the Baroness of [[Bryn Gwlad]], I was walking down the street of Gulf Wars. One of the youth of the Barony came running up to me to show me an arts and sciences project that they had made at the War. It was such a touching moment for me, that this young person was excited about their experience and wanted to share it with me, their Baroness. 
 
====With Love To the Dream...====
(April 14, 2026) 
 
This weekend Their Majesties of Ansteorra, John and Vittoria, named me a Lion of Ansteorra. 
 
I am so very humbled be a member of this very august order. These individuals have always been heroes in my eyes and I never thought I would be a member. I have seen some of my heroes never get this recognition as Their Majesties can only bestow this honor onto one person per reign. 
 
And then you add into it two people who mean so very much to me bestowing this honor. To say I ugly cried is an understatement. 
 
To Ansteorra, although I do not reside within your boundaries at this time, please know you will always be my home. I will endeavor to be your defender in every way I can. 
 
To John and Vittoria, please know I am here for you. I know you have told me that I already have done enough but the lioness will defend her pride for as long as she has any sort of ability. 
 
With love to the dream and Ansteorra - my voice roars, 
Myfanwy ferch Eifion, OP and Order of the Lion 
 
====Prior Groups:====
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
====[[Angelina Francesca de Nardi]]====
HE [[Myfanwy Ferch Eifion]] and HE [[Phelim Gervase]] were the first “royals” I met in the SCA. It was during Candlemas of 2011. I was living in San Angelo during the time and part of the Santa Angela Renaissance Guild. A group of us went down to visit friends who were part of the SCA. I recall enjoying feast and dancing the night away. During court when they asked for newcomers one of my friends ushered me forth. Myfanwy and Phelim gave me a ring as a token of welcome that I still have to this day. Ever since I have always given them a hug and enjoy dancing with them every chance I get. 
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Prior Landed Baroness of [[Bryn Gwlad]]
* Event Steward, Known World Dance and Music Symposium 2019
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
 

===Affiliations:===
* Married to [[Phelim Gervase]]
* Prior Protegee to Sir [[Karl der Gaenger]]
* Prior Apprentice to Mistress [[Clare RosMuire St. John]] (deceased)
* Protegee: [[Magdalena Cortez]]
* Member: [[Dark Horde Moritu]]
* Member: [[Company of St. Mark]]
* Prior Protegee: [[Isabella Maria della Rosa]], OP
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

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[[Category:Iris of Merit]]
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Mikael of Monmouthshire

2026-07-30T19:52:07Z

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==His Grace, Duke Mikael of Monmouthshire==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): Mikey, The Surfer King: "At my first coronation there was a skate ramp, and I jumped off the throne, hopped onto the skate board, and off I went." 
Pronouns: 
Alternate Personas: Jacque leStrat (for when fighting rapier), Mad Michael 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
The following badge associated with this name was registered in March of 1990 (via Ansteorra): Per pale azure and gules, a sword inverted palewise throughout Or.
 

=====Achievement:=====
Mantling 1: Gules / Mantling 2: Azure 
Helm: 13th Century Roundtop Great Helm Argent, faces Dexter 
Crest: Horned owl displayed wings inverted proper 
Coronet: Ducal with strawberry leaves 
Dexter Supporter: Dragon gules 
Sinister Supporter: Wolf Sable 
Motto: Exites facies meus (Translation: [Y'all] Get out of my face (Latin)) 
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Knight Marshal of the Shire of Eldern Hills – “It was a requirement at the time to hold an office prior to fighting in Crown Tournament, and I wanted to be King. So I took the job."
** Second Baron of the Barony of [[Eldern Hills]] (10/27/1990-06/20/1992)

* Regional Offices Held

* Kingdom Offices Held
** [[19th Crown|19th Crown of Ansteorra]]
** [[22nd Crown|22nd Crown of Ansteorra]]
** [[32nd Crown|32nd Crown of Ansteorra]]
** [[35th Crown|35th Crown of Ansteorra]]
 

===Persona History:===
Welshman in the 1200s. 
 

===Interests:===
* Loved to fight - heavy and rapier - both tournaments or melee. “It didn't matter: I would put on my armor in the morning, and leave it on all day, maybe pause for a bite to eat, but fighting until I couldn't. I would fight for 7 to 8 hours and be happy.”
* Blacksmithing – “Me and Charlie the Bastard were one of the first folks doing blacksmithing work with coal fired forges. There was another fellow from Elfsea who did it as well, so the three of us enjoyed doing that. I worked Damascus steel. My Sable Thistle is in Knifemaking, but it should have been blacksmithing.”
* Drumming – “I'd put two or three doumbeks between my legs, and I'd just kick it, man.”
* Longbow Archery
[[File:LOI for Mikael to Lyonesse - Art by Briony.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Art and Calligraphy by [[Briony Blåaslagen]]]]
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
* My first event was the 7th Eldern Hills. I was playing music at the time, so it was off and on until the band broke up. I went full time around 1985.
* My first tournament was at Eldern Hills Samhain, 1985. I won!
* Attended Pennsic three times, once as Crown.
* Attended Gulf Wars one through nine, went back for Gulf Wars 25. I didn't recognize anything, it had changed so much.
* Attended each of the Tourneys of the Lion. Sometimes when attending Lyoness, I attended as Mad Michael (an alternate persona), but I played different characters throughout the weekend. It was a very tough tournament for me to fight in - I was being a goofy idiot, tripping over things, flirting with women on the sidelines. I would be talking to someone on the sidelines, see their eyes widen, and make a grand gesture, 'accidentally' hitting the person coming up on me in the face!
 

====Prior Groups:====
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

====[[Damon Xanthus]]====
The first time I fought Duke Mikey, I waded into him florentine (2 swords) ... we did a flurry... a long flurry to my count. As we finished the pass, he cocked his head sideways, smiled, and I wondered if I missed calling a shot. We circled a bit, then moved for the second pass. It was much the same as the first pass, but over twice as long... he wrapped me up and hit me... then 3 more hits to boot.
After the fight I thanked him and asked if I had missed a hit on the first pass. He said, "Oh no, not at all... you’re just the first person in a long time to survive a five-shot combo. I haven’t gotten to throw a 10 shot combo in a couple years!"
Me, being young and dumb, said, "If it matters to you, you killed me on 7, 8,9, & 10." His reply was, "Sorry man, it was already in motion... great dance though." I’ve referred to it as a dance ever since... that was 1995-ish. This exchange was the makings of a lot of happy for a nobody fighter for a LONG time afterwards.
 

====[[Kelandra Carmichael]]====
At my first event in 1991, someone pointed out who he was. (A former king of Ansteorra) During the event, he served feast with other servers and that pretty much set my expectations of royals: after serving as crowns, they should continue to serve. There was also an instance at that event where he was dancing on a table — but I don’t have a lot of memory about how that all happened...
 

====[[Sorcha McCullogh]]====
Mikael was the King at the event where I met my now-husband. It was one of my first Ansteorran events (hosted by [[Eldern Hills]], held in [[Brad Leah]]) and he came into court in a doublet and flowered surfer shorts. Before they got started, he took the throne, had the Crown hanging from the back of the throne, and one leg thrown over the side of the chair. He was so relaxed and laid back. It amused me and made me realize that maybe the Crown (here in Ansteorra) wasn't as scary and stuffy as I was used to from Caid.
 

====[[Cairenn of CuRuadh Keep]]====
I was at a [[House Wolfstar]] event - it was the one where there was a troupe that was putting on "A Man For All Seasons." I had drove up to the event with [[Inman MacMoore]], and he complained on the way up there that he had won the tournament the year before, and had never been paid. He said, "I'm going to have some fun with Daniel in court!" Mikael and Mikaela were the Crown. They got to the end of court. When I got to the part where they asked, "Does anyone else have any business?" Inman walks up in Full Ducal Splendor and asks for Daniel Black Axe. He complains about not being paid well. Daniel had payment in the form of a two liter bottle of home brewed beer from Frederick. Inman goes over to the side and says, "Any who fought with me last year, please come share in the reward." Then he opened the beer. That was NOT a good idea; it was a very carbonated beer, and it started to make a beer geyser! Inman didn't want it getting on the ladies, so he put his mouth over it to try to control the flow. I will swear it was bubbling through his beard, his mustache, and out his nose. The hall was laughing, and then we looked up to the Thrones to see that Mikael had fallen out of the throne, he was laughing so hard. The crown was lopsided on his head, and he was pounding the floor, with how hard he was laughing. The Queen was still on the throne, but she was holding her head, laughing. We all had a lot of trouble trying to decide which was more funny - Inman with the gushing geyser of beer, or His Majesty Mikael on the floor, with the crown lopsided on his head. I'll always remember that.
 

====[[Malcolm Gunn of Loch Greymist]]====
This tale is from one year at OU’s Medieval Fair. The armored folks were doing a bear pit session to entertain the folks and Michael had been on the field for some time when his next opponent walked out to fight. I do not recall who it was, but have a recollection that they were fairly inexperienced. The bout began and the opponent was able to shield block several of Michael’s shots. 
Michael began working on his opponent’s right side obviously with the intention of breaking the pattern by throwing a wrap shot to the left to hit the back of the helm. The trap was laid and Michael feinted to the right and reversed his motion the throw the wrap. What happened next is priceless. For some unknown reason at that exact instant the opponent ducked, the wrap shot whistled through the air and smacked Michael right across the eye slots. He paused for just an instant, hollered out “Yeah, that’s good”and proceeded to fall backwards like a log tipping over. Needless the roars of laughter from the crowd were deafening. 
 

====[[Jan w Orzeldom]]====
My tale is of two years ago at Namron Beltane (2018). Mikael had come in for the knighting ceremony for Daniel, who was a squire of his lineage. It was a noteworthy trip, to travel in from the Pacific Northwest. I was there at the event, and was visiting with Orm and Megan at the pavilion. All of a sudden, just behind me, I hear this high, squeaky voice coming from the dark. "Be very afraid! Because you cannot see where the voice is coming from!" I turned, and there he was, crouched down, holding a leafy tree branch before him. This was a standard Prootwaddle tactic, you see, to get a branch and hide behind it. "You can't see me! Be very afraid!" he said. It was his way of referencing decades back to the Barbarian event. He has a prootwaddle connection! (You have heard [[Ivarr runamagi]] explain where his name comes from - this was also the Prootwaddles at the [[Bjornsborg]] events.) 
 

====[[Robin of Gilwell]]====
Mikeal was king when I was Baron of the [[Steppes]]. We were working together, organizing the Steppes 12th Night court. It was made complicated, because there was an award going to the Royal herald. There was an award going to OUR herald. There was an award going to the woman who was doing all the scrolls. (The awards could not be on the printed list for court, as would normally be the case, because the recipients would see it.) Mikael let me take care of this arranging.
I gave Dau'd a story - you are going to call for Tadgh at this point - and that there was a cue which I would give. I explained for Tadhg that he waas going to call up Dau'd, and I would have a signal. Of course, I couldn't tell him that the real signal would be him receiving his award! I will give you a cue, I told him. I told Gwenlian, here's the list of all the awards. And of course, someone else was doing the calligraphy on the one for her.
I had this wonderful, Richeleiu feeling, as I'm having to get all these stories going, until near the end of that court, when *I* was called up! Mikael had listend to me talking about enjoying keeping all of my stoies straight, and the intrigue... and that's how I became Lion of Ansteorra! 
[[File:Mikael Draws the Sword of State From the Stone.jpg|200px|thumb|Mikael draws the Sword from the Stone at his [[32nd Crown|3rd Coronation]] Photo by [[Katrionna Heather MacLochlainn]]]]
 

====[[Inman MacMoore]]====
Mikael liked to fight with me because we had similiar backgrounds and we weren't afraid of one another in the slightest. We could really turn it up. There are few fights in this game that you can pull out all the stops. But we could, and it was fun. 
 

====Trivia:====
* At Mikael's third coronation, there was a fire breathing dragon, the princess was produced by a wizard (Malakai Dracwin), and the Heir to the Throne drew a sword from a stone.
* The autocrat for Mikael's fourth Coronation was [[Gunhilda Adeleva Amberstar]]. The event was held at the Castle of Muskogee, and somewhere close to 700 people were in attendance. A professional bagpipe group called The Red Lion Band led the Royal procession into court. Other performers at the event included The Tinkers (a group of dummers, musicians, jugglers, stilt-walkers from the Kingdom of the Outlands). (Provided by [[Rhiannon Redwulf]], Gunhilda, and [[Katrionna Heather MacLochlainn]].
* Mikael's coronet in his profile photo above was made by Her Grace, [[Athena Mawrcan Derwen Ddu]].
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Reigned 4 times
* Only Ansteorran Knight at the time to be inducted into the Premier Knights of the Society - there were 37, then. “This happened at SCA 25th Grand Court. The Premier Knights were originally created by Duke Duke Olaf Askoldssonn. I hadn't been able to fight all week, and I finally got out there. It was just my day - They came to me, I took ‘em them out. I just didn't lose that day. If I took an opponent's arm, I dropped my shield. If I took their leg, I dropped to the ground, too - I kept no advantage - but I kept winning. I saw some folks watching me from the side, which started weirding me out. After we finished fighting, I asked Brion Anthony Uriel Tarragon, who was King of the Atenveldt, at the time, about them. He told me who they were. Earlier in the event, I had gotten into trouble with Rowan for shooting water balloons into a Pelican circle... Ragnar and Ivar were there also... We got this giant slingshot, and were launching balloons over the trees into the circle. Here comes Rowan! She comes right up and starts chewing out the Bjornsborg crew. I was laughing. "What the hell were you thinking, giving Mikael this thing?!” I tried to get out of there, but she turns and says to me, “You, Mister, are going to hold the sword of state throughout the entirety of Grand Court. No breaks, no relief, you're gonna stand there the whole time.” I thought, well then, if I have to do that, I'd better stop drinkin! So that night at court, Olaf and the guys came up and did a big speech about what they’d seen and heard. Hector, who was king, turned and looked at me, and said, "They don't know you!" I said, "I know!" So I tossed him them the sword, and went up to where Olaf and them were. They gave me some accoutrements and words, and then we walked off. I could hear Rowen in the background calling me back, but I kept walking.
* “I was also a light fighter - rapier fighting - Don Eadric and Don Juan and a couple of others ; we would go off to the side and fight with schlagers. That caused a big ruckus in the White Scarf community - they were very against it. I pushed it and pushed it and pushed it. With my first reign with Mikayla, we wrote up the rules for schlager. Finally, I told the Dons, "Stop. This is gonna happen. Get used to it." We put schlagers in - now look at what they're fighting with! Inch and a half blades and armor! The battles I had to fight to make it happen. I expected as much. I had two dons that didn't much like me and the way I fought. I'd do blade traps with my arms and stuff. I never did get my White Scarf. I can kick their ass, I don't need a scarf. I can take 'em. They know who I am. Passing the schlager, and seeing what it's developed into - that's a source of pride for me. I get a kick out of that. Looking back, the old man in his memories, I would have liked to have gotten a White Scarf. But at that point, I was too tired of the fighting and politics.”
* Created the [[Order of the Sable Garland of Ansteorra]]: The idea was sort of based on the Premier Knight of the Society.
* Held multiple group heavy championships. When [[Robin of Gilwell]], was Baron of the Steppes, he had a dispute with the Baron of Bryn Gwlad. They both had mustaches and "argued" about who’s was better. There was a [[Moustache War|Moustache War]]. I was Defender of one group and Champion of the other. They were plotting to see who I would fight for. Instead, I won Crown, so I didn't have to fight for either.
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* Drowned Rat of Eldern Hills
* Member of the Pride of the Lions – named to the Pride at his first time attending Lions.
 

===Stories:===
* On becoming a Master at Arms: "I told the [[40th Crown|Crown]] [[Gunthar Jonsson]], "I cannot be a Knight any more. If you call me up and tell me, "Mikael, I need you to do this," whatever it is, I can't guarantee I can do it. So I felt I needed to give back the belt, because that's part of the job."

* On the Peers he made: "My only regret is not making [[Malaki Dracwine]] a Laurel for prestidigitation - but we were friends and I didn't want anyone to give him trouble about that. I expected another Crown would do it, but that didn't happen. He should have been. I blew it."

* On What the Lions are: "The Lion instills into that Crown's reign what their (the Crown's) definition of the Game is."

* On the creation of Gulf Wars: Inman invented Gulf Wars at his kitchen table, one weekend when I was down there. "Ansteorra needs something." "Like what, a war?" "What, you want me to start some trouble?" ...and that's how Gulf Wars started! We sat down at the table and brainstormed the initial concept. It was Inman's idea, truly. Athena was the one who had the idea for war points for Arts & Sciences and Bardic.
 

===Trivia:===
* Prior to winning his first Crown Tournament, Mikael went to Malakai during a fighter practice, where Malakai was doing Tarot readings. Without revealing his question, he asked for a reading. Malakai did so, and said that the question was surely related to his chivalric prowess. He said, "You are doing well, and if you continue with it, you will be King." The next Crown Tournament, Mikael won. For all of his reigns, Mikael named [[Malaki]] his Court Magician.
 

===Affiliations:===
[[File:Mikael Takes Balvin as a Squire.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Mikael takes [[Balvin Thorfinnsson]] as a squire. Photo by [[Johann von Aue]]]]
* Previously married to [[Mikaela of Monmouthshire]]
* Previously married to [[Rebekka die Blonde]]
* Sergeant at Arms to Master [[Lloyd von Eaker]]: He was perfect for me. He has an insight into combat that I needed. I came out of the Army. It's not like I knew how to fight; I knew how to kill. I would get drunk, and go to events, and say, "put me up against anyone with a white belt" and I'd take them out. I was very aggressive. Gerard MacEanruig got me into things, and he sent me to talk to Lloyd. What Lloyd did wasn't so much teaching me to fight, but to help me to ease down from being a soldier, and tempered it all. He made my skills fit into the society. I don't know how he did it, but over time, he'd get these knights and he'd cycle me through them. Like a bear pit. When I would start getting too instinctive, he'd stop me, and tell me to think about what I was doing. I’d be like, “I can’t, man. I can’t think about it.” He’d tell me I had to. He came up with these little exercises and plans. He molded me, so I could fight. It was like the first time I fought: they put me in armor and told me to go fight some guy, and win. I ducked under his sword, hit him in the face with basket hilt, knocked him down, and punched him in the face a bunch of times. They all ran in yelling, ‘Whoah! Whoah!! Let me explain chivalry to you." I said, "But you told me to WIN". If it wasn't for Lloyd, I would have been in for two or three years and that’s it. Lloyd taught me HOW to train people. My skill level was at such, there wasn't any way I could just tell people how to do this. I would train them, and I'd fight them for about a month, and then decide if I'd take them as a squire. After that month, I knew their nuances. I could tell within the first 10 seconds how I was going to fight them - so that's what I taught my squires. It's made quite a legacy.
* Prior Alpha of [[House Wolfstar]]: “There was a time back in the 80s that most of the kingdom didn't like Wolfstar. They wanted to ban the House. I was already an Earl, having sat the Throne. Daniel said, "Hey, Mikey, I'm gonna put you in charge of Wolfstar, because this is happening.” I was Alpha for about a year, until the grumbling died down. I stepped down as Wolfstar Alpha when I won my second Crown. I would invite Wolfstar into my Courts. That took care of the problem. I took 17 Wolfstar fighters to an Estrella War one year. The bidding between Atenveldt and CAID for our help was.. wow. I couldn't even drink a beer in peach - there were so many messengers coming back and forth. Every fighter got an ounce of silver, a coin of gold, we got 2 staves of rattan, a killer Jager sword, dinner on Saturday and drinks... When the song says, "Wolfstar for sale or rent," we really did that! The household doesn't do that as much any more.”
* Squires:
** Earl Dafydd Whitacer
** Duke Richard de Chinon: They wouldn't let him fight in Crown after he returned to Meridies. So I called up (Duke John) Bearkiller and was like, “Man, what’s goin’ on with that?” Eventually they let him fight, and he won twice.
** Earl [[Barn Silveraxe]]
** Sir [[Conrad of Castleton]]
** Ridder [[Balvin Thorfinnsson]]
** Jarl [[Timotheos Kalamanos]]
** Elizabeth
** Holly
** Tor
 

===Mundane Information:===
[[File:Sable shield.png|200px|thumb|left|Bearer of the Sable Shield of Ansteorra]]
“I’m a musician. I can't complain - I've had one hell of a life. If I passed tonight, I'd be happy. I've been able to walk away from so many situations that others didn't.“
 

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Johanna Buchanan

2026-07-30T19:51:47Z

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==Lady Johanna Buchanan==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: She/her 
Mundane Name: Jonaya Gustafson 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Archery Marshal, [[Bryn Gwlad]] (10/1/2020 to present)
** Deputy Target Archery Marshal, [[Bryn Gwlad]]

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Kingdom Webminister (7/20/19 to present)
 

===Persona History:===
Born in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirlingshire Stirlingshire, Scotland] as "Johanna Buchanan," she was born into a family who never really saw the virtue in treating its daughters all that differently from its sons. She was raised with hunting, light military training, and minimal expectations as the eldest daughter of a landed family. When her father was killed by the English at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Flodden Battle of Flodden] in 1513, she decided to adopt a man's style of dress, rename herself "John," and train full-time as a soldier. Johanna began traveling and eventually made her way down towards France, looking for employers in the ever-boiling conflicts of the time. She fell in with the French during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_War_of_1521%E2%80%9326 Four Years War], working as a mercenary. Having had extensive contact with the Italians during the Four Years War, Johanna continued her travels south to Italy, eventually finding work with the Florentines as a mercenary, bodyguard, and instructor for their military forces. 
 
Johanna was caught up in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_League_of_Cognac War of the League of Cognac], fighting primarily under the employ of the Florentines. Her performance in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Landriano Battle of Landriano] (and reputation that she'd been building up in the region) was sufficiently competent to secure a position as a bodyguard for a Florentine merchant, which put her in the city when the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Florence_(1529%E2%80%9330) Siege of Florence began in 1529]. She assisted in the defense of the city and participated in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gavinana Battle of Gavinana] that ended the siege. Rumor has it that she fired one of the shots that brought down the Duke of Orange, although it is impossible to verify this. 
 
After escaping Florence, Johanna made her way north to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Swiss_Confederacy Swiss Confederacy]. In late 1530, she was hired by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_of_Uri Canton of Uri] in central Switzerland to help train their musketeers. She also served as a bodyguard for one of the commanders of the Canton’s military forces up through the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_War_of_Kappel#Battle_of_Kappel Battle of Kappel]. After the battle, Johanna decided to travel back to Scotland to help train local troops for the nobles. 
 
Settled into her new life back in Scotland, Johanna continues to refine her marksmanship through regular training in the musket, as well as with the crossbow and longbow (which they uses for hunting and training purposes). She has taken to designing and building sporting crossbows to provide to the populace, feeling that it is important to continue to refine the marksmanship skills of their people in these uncertain times. While she no longer has to constantly hide who she is to avoid discovery, she often continues to dress in the manner to which she has become accustomed. 
 

===Interests:===
Lady Johanna Buchanan (Jonaya Gustafson) is a resident of the Barony of [[Bryn Gwlad]] in the Kingdom of Ansteorra. She previously resided in the Barony Beyond the Mountain in the East Kingdom. Jonaya portrays a 1530's Scottish mercenary. She is heavily involved in archery (both target and combat), including researching, designing, and building crossbows from various periods and locations. Jonaya is also involved in black powder shooting and is one of the founding members of the Ansteorra Gunners Guild. 
 
Jonaya is involved in both the target and combat archery communities. In addition to participating in various shoots and competitions, she works to further the archery community through education and service. She is a warranted target and combat archery marshal and archery marshal for the Barony of Bryn Gwlad. She is also involved in providing equipment and training for those interested in learning more about shooting period crossbows. 
 
Jonaya has taught classes on crossbow history/shooting as well as on period black powder weapons. 
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
 

====Prior Groups:====
* East Kingdom, Barony Beyond the Mountain 
 

====Championships:====
* Ansteorra Championships
** Sable Shield Archer (sponsored by [[Edward du Bois]], 11/23/19 to present)
** '''Royal Huntsman - Sven III & Cristyana I and Jason and Margherite (10/12/19 to 6/5/2021)'''
** Stargate Archery Champion (4/20/19 to present)
** Bryn Gwlad Archery Champion (10/28/18 to 9/7/19)
** Shire of Seawinds Archery Defender (10/27/18 to 10/26/19)
** Canton of Dragonsfire Tor Archery Champion (5/19/18 to present)
** Stronghold of Hellsgate Archery Commander (3/31/18 to 3/30/19)

* East Kingdom Championships
** Barony Beyond the Mountain Archery Champion (6/17/17 to January 2018)
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Member, Order of Apollo's Arrow (East Kingdom)
[[File:JohnBuchananAoA.jpg|right|thumb|300px|East Kingdom AoA/Apollo's Arrow scroll]]
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
 

====Gallery:====
<gallery caption="Selected Projects" widths="200px">
image:AnsteorraKingdomBow.jpg|Passdown kingdom crossbow to be held by the Royal Huntsmen of Ansteorra. Presented to Sultan [[Vladislav Strelec]] and Queen [[Margaret ny Connor]] and accepted on May 25th, A.S. 54 (5/25/19).
image:CristyanaCombatBow.jpg|Combat crossbow built for Queen [[Cristyana Lambrecht]], gifted during Valkyrfelt II in A.S. 54 (2019).
</gallery>
 

===Affiliations:===
* Student
** Arcarius to Padraic of Kilkenny

* War Companies
** Captain of the [[Company of St. Sebastian]] (combat archery)

* Guilds
** Founding member of the [[Ansteorra Gunners Guild]]
 

===Mundane Information:===
Jonaya uses she/her pronouns mundanely. "Lady" or "Laird" are accepted as a title.
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
* Is at a large number of events, especially Southern/Central events.
* Prefers not to be escorted into court.
* Please use feminine language in reference (e.g. "this woman", etc.). 
* Use "Lady" or equivalent titles ("Laird" is acceptable as well). 
* If awarding a grant-level award or above, please use feminine title ("Honorable Lady", "Mistress") and persona's birth name ("Johanna").
 

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Iago Cabrera de Cadiz

2026-07-30T19:51:29Z

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| regname= [https://oanda.sca.org//oanda_name.cgi?p=Iago%20Cabrera%20de%20Cadiz Iago Cabrera de Cadiz]
| status = Active
| joindate = 1990
| OP = [https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/2295 Iago Cabrera de Cadiz] [https://op.antirheralds.org/index.php?char=I#P9855 An Tir OP]
| device = [[File:Iago Cabrera de Cadiz - Device.png|x400px]]
| devicecaption = Sable, a mash rake Or.
}}

==His Excellency, Master Iago Cabrera de Cadiz, WSA, CB, OP, MOD, Lion of Ansteorra, Defender of the Dream ==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: He/Him/His 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Rapier Marshal, Barony of Bordermarch
** Rapier Marshal, Barony of Stargate
** Rapier Marshal, Barony of Bjornsborg
** Seneschal, Barony of Bjornsborg
** Rapier Marshal, Barony of Dragon's Mist
** Landed Baron, Barony of Dragon's Mist

* Regional Offices Held
** Coastal Regional Rapier Marshal

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Kingdom Rapier Marshal (x2)
 

===Persona History:===
16th Century Spanish noble.
 

===Interests:===
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
Found the SCA in the (then) Shire of Bonwicke in 1990, moved to Greywood shortly thereafter, then to Bordermarch in 1993, to Stargate in 1995, followed by Bjornsborg in 2004, and finally Dragon's Mist in the Kingdom of An Tir in 2017.
 

====Prior Groups:====
* [[Bonwicke]]
* [[Greywood]]
* [[Bordermarch]]
* [[Stargate]]
* [[Bjornsborg]]
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Queen's Blade of Honor to [[50th Crown|Conal Alexandria O'Riordain II]]
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
 
====Wiki Mentions====
* [[Lineages of the White Scarves of Ansteorra]]
* [[Lineages of the Masters of Defense]]
* [[Tales of Edward Mercer]]
* [[Tivar Moondragon]] : Populace Provided Information
* [[Simonn of Amber Isle]] : Populace Provided Information
* [[Event Review - The Battle of Ethandune 2012 - by Etienne De Saint Amaranth]]
* [[Cadet Pranks]]
* [[ASC-01-14-20]] Ansteorra Story Corps - Share a story about a Lion of Ansteorra
 

===Affiliations:===
Prior Cadet: Mistress [[Amelot Lisette de Blammont]] 
Current Cadet: [[Liam Gordon]] 
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 
[[Category:Bjornsborg]]
[[Category:Bonwicke]]
[[Category:Bordermarch]]
[[Category:Barons and Baronesses]]
[[Category:Ex-Pats]]
[[Category:Greywood]]
[[Category:Lions]]
[[Category:MOD]]
[[Category:Out of Kingdom]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Peers]]
[[Category:Pelicans]]
[[Category:Stargate]]
[[Category:White Scarves]]

Hrafna Wyrdmake

2026-07-30T19:51:07Z

Alhdryth: /* In Case of Court: */

{{EXPAT
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| photocaption = Hrafna at Steppes 12th Night, 2023 - taken by [[Kasjan Jaskólski Ivarson]]
| location = Out of Kingdom
| regname= [https://oanda.sca.org//oanda_name.cgi?p=Hraefna%20Storradha Hræfna Stórráða]
| status = Active
| joindate = 2004
| OP = [http://herald.ansteorra.org/OP/op-names.php?search=Hrafn%20Olafsson&id=2271 Hrafna Wyrdmake] [http://chivalry.ansteorra.org/new/member_profile.pl?member_id=116 Chivalry Page]
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| devicecaption = Per pale sable and argent, two ravens respectant counterchanged.
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==Her Grace, Hrafna Wyrdmake, KSCA, CSS, OL, Defender of the Dream==
Registered Name: Hræfna Stórráða 
Previously Known As: Hrafn Olafson 
Nickname(s): Olaf the Well-Travelled 
Pronouns: She/Her 
Proprietor of [https://www.youtube.com/TheRavensTable| The Raven's Table] 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====

Badge: A raven rising to sinister sable maintaining a die argent spotted sable.

 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Knight Marshal, Barony of the [[Steppes]]

* Regional Offices Held
** Central Regional Knight Marshal

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Deputy Earl Marshal, Kingdom of Ansteorra (2013-2017)
** Earl Marshal, Kingdom of Ansteorra (2017-2019)
** [[61st Crown]] of Ansteorra
** [[67th Crown]] of Ansteorra

* Other Positions
** Gulf Wars 2013: Deputy Marshal-in-charge
 

===Persona History:===
Early period (900 BCE) Norwegian
 

===Interests:===
* Chivalric combat
* Rapier combat
* Cut and Thrust combat
* Period gaming
* Middle-eastern drumming
* Pyrography
* Brewing
* Scandinavian history
* Armor making
 

====Gallery:====
<gallery caption="Selected Examples of Work" widths="200px">
image:Hrafn Projects 1.jpg|Pyrography and woodworking - 2nd Hnefatafl board. Presented to HRM Ullr of the Midrealm at Gulf Wars XX
image:Hrafn Projects 2.jpg|Pyrography and woodworking - 1st Hnefatafl board I made. Presented to the winner of the Steppes 12th Night Hnefatafl tournament - 2011
image:Hrafn Projects 3.jpg|Pyrography with wire inlay - Prize board for the Hnefatafl tournament at the Bjornsborg Tavern event.
image:Hrafn Projects 4.jpg|Pyrography and woodworking - Board made as a prize for the Viking Deed of Arms at Gulf Wars 2015. Knocked it out in about 6 hours.
image:Hrafn Projects 5.jpg|Leatherworking & Pyrography - A new type of art for me. Stepping down Court Barony coronets for Gerhart and Elspeth.
image:Hrafn Projects 6.jpg|Pyrography - "Mjolnir" I created for Bjornsborg event in 2015. Photo by [[Kalista Zvereva Rostova]]
image:Hrafn Projects 7.jpg|Pyrography - Birthday present commission, delivered at [[War of the Rams]] 2015.
image:Hrafn Projects 8.jpg|Pyrography and woodworking - My entry into the 2015 Sable Swap project. Pictish art inspired Nine Men's Morris board.
image:Hrafn Projects 9.jpg|Leatherworking - Leather Rapier buckler I crafted in 2009. Dual layer tooled leather with an aluminum disk in the middle for stiffness.
image:Hrafn Projects 10.jpg|Silk banner - "Ansteorra Chili Night" banner I created in 2010 with help from Jhan Knebel
image:Hrafn Projects 11.jpg|Pyrography and woodworking - Nine Men's Morris boards created for Steppes 12th Night - 2016.
image:Hrafn Projects 12.jpg|Pyrography - For Asoph - Centurion Eagle on the original cudgel
image:Hrafn Projects 13.jpg|Pyrography and woodworking - Game boards created for Ysabeau of Prague's vigil at Gulf Wars 2016. Clockwise from the top row: Shove Ha'penny (2),Glückhaus (4), Nine Men's Morris (4)
image:Hrafn Projects 14.jpg|Pyrography and woodworking - Hnefatafl board created as a prize for the Viking Deed of Arms at Gulf Wars 2016
image:Hrafn Projects 15.jpg|Woodworking, Pyrography - Epic sized Dice Tower, pyrographied 4" dice, and matching Gluckhaus board. Created for the Gulf Wars 2013 Known World Party that the Centurions of Ansteorra ran. The tower was inspired by the Vettweiss-Froitzheim Dice Tower, I just changed the wording up a little.
image:Hrafn Projects 16.jpg|Quick project to craft nalbinding needles for Emma Haldan. Made from repurposed bamboo chopsticks (the bottom one is the bone original used for proper scaling).
image:Hrafn Projects 17.jpg|Pennsic 2016 hard cider. Honey apple on the left (5.7% ABV) and cranberry apple (6.2% ABV) on the right.
image:Hrafn Projects 18.jpg|Viking 6-panel chest made for Mistress [[Kyna Terricsdottir]] elevation to the Order of the Pelican. Scroll text w/ Royal signatures on the inside of the lid. Poplar wood with pyrographic art. Total construction time, 3 weeks.
image:Hrafn Projects 19.jpg|Commission for [[Nicaize Maupetit]] as a surprise to Liam Gordon upon his safe return from deployment. Axe head was purchased elsewhere, I did the handle work - pyrography and wire wrapping.
image:Hrafn Projects 20.jpg|Woodworking and Pyrography - Table that I originally created for Corvin's (Kevin Wilson) Hobbit-themed MOD vigil in September 2016. Got it back to tweak a couple things (managed to miss one of the MOD virtues and to needed to correct alignment of the legs).
image:Hrafn Projects 21.jpg|Helm crest made for Bjornsborg's 2010 "Legacy of Lions" event. Took home the Best Crest award. Sculpted to match a period Viking design. The photo does not show it, but the Raven detaches from the crenelated base. When knocked off, the hidden plug detatches and confetti would fly out.
image:Hrafn Projects 22.jpg|Beware of Viking" sign, made for Gulf War 2019. Gifted to a fellow Norseman after the event.
image:Hrafn Projects 23.jpg|Norse 6-board chest. Poplar wood, pyrographic art, iron nails/handles/hinges, lined with homespun style remnant fabric found at the fabric store. Total build + artwork time was ~100 hours.
image:Hrafn Projects 24.jpg|Tak board. Wood construction with pyrographic and painted artwork.
</gallery>
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
2004: First Event -- Steppes 12th Night.
 
====January 16, 2023====
WOW! 
To say this past weekend was a memorable one is a massive understatement. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_kgDEdb-oM VIDEO HERE.] 
Coronation is frequently a bittersweet moment in time. The stepping down of one Crown for another, when those who sit upon the Sable Thrones pass responsibility for The Dream to their successors. Witnessing [[85th Crown|Creppin and Toryn]] lay down the Crowns after a glorious reign and seeing [[86th Crown|Gabriel and Sonja]] place that same joyous burden upon their brows filled me with pride and confidence for the future of Ansteorra. 
The day was also filled with joy in many other ways, both large and small. Being able to see friends for the first time since the Pandemic was an amazing thing. All those in attendance were laughing, swapping stories, and otherwise celebrating the day. If nothing else had happened, that shared experience made the long trip from The Steppes to Bjornsborg more than worth it! But little did I know that the day was only to become even more memorable. 
After the standard step-up court rituals of oaths sworn, announcements made, and the granting of Duchy titles to [[Creppin l’Ostriche]] and [[Toryn Sevenstitches]], Their Majesties Gabriel & Sonja weren't done. I was off to one side of court, sitting with [[Simha Bint Yusuf]], [[Elen Verch Phellip]], [[Ceara inghean mhic an Ghabhann]], [[Alden Drake]], [[Osanna van der Linden]], [[Nicaize Maupetit]], and others watching the proceedings. At one point, His Majesty Gabriel starts describing their desire to sit upon the Thrones of Ansteorra once again and asked me to come before them to help with a story. Not knowing what to expect, Simha and I dutifully made our way into court, where HRM regaled everyone with a tale of what inspired him to re-grow out his long hair. 
'''<nowiki>***</nowiki>I want to pause my account for a moment to make something VERY clear. Gabriel had actually pulled me aside at War of the Rams, over a month previously, asking if I would be OK if he told this story. Not knowing why he wanted to tell the tale, but finding it to be hilarious and worthy of a retelling, I happily granted my permission. I am proud of who I am, have no shame for my life in the "before times", and referencing my life in that phase of my existence causes me no discomfort. It meant a lot that he asked for my consent before regaling folks with the tale. We all change as we experience what life has to offer. Things that might have once been funny or acceptable, may no longer be so. But in this case, I did not consider the story offensive in any way and neither of them misgendered me at any time. I wish to thank Their Majesties from the bottom of my heart for thinking of comfort and my desires here. *** <nowiki>***</nowiki>''' 
His tale spoke about how, at that time, there were a number of folks in the Kingdom who presented to one and all as men and were known for their glorious long hair and that I was in good company. He also was clear to say that "Our understanding of the situation has drastically changed", eliciting a hearty laugh from both me and the crowd. He went on to start listing out those who He was referring to, namely [[Ulstead the Unsteady]], [[Caelan MacRob]], [[Cynric of Bedwyn]], [[Phelim Gervase]], [[Airaklee Wolf]], and others - describing them all as "An inspiring bunch". It was at this time, that Her Majesty Sonja looked me dead in the eye and uttered words that will forever be burned into my soul: 
"You'll notice that they are all Lions" 
[[File:Hrafna Lion Medallion by Alden Drake.png|200px|thumb|left|Lion Medallion by Alden Drake]]
At this point, I have no shame in saying that all rational thought left me. Looking back at video taken of the event, I very ungracefully fell on my butt in absolute shock. The next thing I remember is getting back onto my knees, hearing the crowd, and seeing Simha walking up to hand a medallion to Their Majesties. 
Me? Being chosen to be counted amongst those who I have looked up to for more years than I care to admit? This cannot be real?! How can I, a simple sword-slinger who has an occasional ability for helping others have fun, be considered to be as worthy as those who have led our beloved Kingdom for many years?! But, to my continued amazement, this was not some fever dream. Lions of Ansteorra were emerging from the populace smiling and applauding with the rest. Each communicated to me without words, "Welcome, you are one of us". [[Amelot Lisette]] even produced and handed me a bouquet of roses. 
I lost count of the number of folks who hugged and congratulated me afterward. In many ways, the rest of the evening is still a blur of happy smiling faces, hugs, and words of encouragement. The journey back to The Steppes was spent in a continuous loop of "WOW!", "Why Me?", and "What does this mean?". I am sure that there are details I missed in my retelling, folks I missed. But these things I can say for certain: 
I am still amazed and very much humbled by the confidence Their Majesties have placed in me. I will never stop trying to be the best person I can be, never stop fighting for those who need defending, never stop trying to bring happiness to others, and never stop trying to do the right thing. As I said in this little post from back in July, anyone reading this and who may feel like you don’t have a place, please come find me. My camp is open to you, there will always be a place at my table. 
The gorgeous medallion presented to me was crafted by Master [[Alden Drake]] pictured here. 

====October 15, 2023====
As I prepare to fly home to my home in An Tir, I have some thoughts about my time this weekend at The Eclipse Coronation of Ansteorra. 
My main reason for returning for the event was so that I could fulfill my duties as the newest Lion of Ansteorra. One of which is to offer challenge to the incoming Crown before they are deemed worthy to be offered the Sword of State. 
For me, it was an emotionally charged day. I was surrounded by friends and family that I hadn't seen since moving. The day was a joyous blur of constant hugs, words of love, broad smiles, and happy laughter. Everyone making me feel welcome and missed means more to me than I have words for. I even forgot to get photos with everyone until the last 5 minutes of the event, I was so distracted and happy to see folks. 
As the moment approached where I would be required to challenge Ansteorra's incoming Sovereign Nicollet Deuville, my mind was racing with all of the implications of the moment. Who was I to be tasked with such a momentous occasion as handing the sword over to the Kingdom's Sovereign Queen (something that had only happened once before)? What if my words failed me? Would the Kingdom be better served by someone issuing the challenge who still lived there? 
But regardless, the responsibility fell to me and I was honored to do so - moreso because I wanted to be the one to hand the sword over to another woman. 
When that moment came, thankfully my words did not fail me, my voice remained steady, and Her Majesty's response was one of the best I had ever witnessed. The moment where I passed the blade of Ansteorra to her Majesty will forever be burned into my memory as a singular moment on its own. But for me, it also represented a connection to a place that I called home for 19 years. I won't call that link severed, but now there is a distance that is still strange to me. 
Later, it was bittersweet to see the various Peerages and others swearing fealty to the Black Star, something I had done myself many times before. 
I leave you now with the words I wrote for the challenge ahead of time. I do not know if these are the exact words that I said in the moment, but I believe that I got most of them. 
------- 
"In my hands, I hold the Ansteorran Sword of State. This blade, or its predecessor, has been welded by 86 other Sovereigns over 44 years. As Lions of Ansteorra, we guard this sword and hold it until it is ready to be placed into the care of those who will also use it to defend the Dream we all share. 
Most would describe a sword as a tool of violence, but that is only one of its functions. It can also be used to dispense justice, show mercy, or grant honors to those who have earned them. Which is done depends entirely upon the desires of the one who holds it. 
Previous Crowns have done all these things, some for the good of the Kingdom, and some in the persuit of their own egos. The best Crowns, the ones we all remember with love, realize that leadership is a privilege and a responsibility. As leader of this Kingdom, you are now responsible for the for the well-being of every member of your Populace. It is now your job to inspire one and all to greater heights that they themselves don't believe possible. 
So, I ask you now, how will you rule as Sovereign of Ansteorra? 
(assuming an acceptable response) 
The Lions now place the sword into your care. Always remember that you rule because we believe." 
------- 
I know there are details I am missing in my retelling, but as I begin my travels home this is the best that my highly emotionally heart can do in this moment. I wish to thank one and all for welcoming me, making me feel loved and missed, and for reminding me why Ansteorra is made up of such an amazing group of folks! 

===May 29, 2023===
What a weekend at Steppes Warlord! 
From the moment I set foot on site Friday, to the time I left to set sail into the (north) west Monday morning, I was surrounded by folks who I've been privileged to call friends and family. If ever an event met the definition of "bittersweet', this was it for me. 
Over three days tales were told, memories given voice, drinks raised, omelets consumed, laughs shared, and games played. There is no way I could compose a complete list of everyone who touched my heart, taught me something new, made me laugh, or even brought tears to my eyes. I can only say that each and every one of you have made my life better in immeasurable ways. Thank you for your words, your hugs, and above all - giving this wayward soul a home for the past 20 years. 
Asking His Majesty to release me from fealty was difficult but turning and seeing a hall filled with so many people I have known... that was the hardest of all. My voice shook, words failed, and tears fell to wet the floor as I attempted in vain to express my gratitude to everyone for a wonderful double-decade in Ansteorra. Thank you to ONE AND ALL for the best send-off a Norse gal could ever ask for. 
I will not say "goodbye" here, because I know there will be more times together in the future - they will just be delayed. 
With eyes once again overflowing with tears as I head back to An Tir... 
-Hrafna 

====Prior Groups:====
* Barony of [[Elfsea]]
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
====[[Rónán Fionn Ó Dubáin]]====
Blood starling of Steppes, the 
Stormborn of Hrist’s blizzard, 
Plumed often in pitch and 
Powder inspires many. 
Steel talons have torn the 
Triskel-sons that dared to 
Stalk the fields and strike the 
Star of jet she keeps well. 
 
Drums she beats and drinks for 
Dreamers brewed most strongly, 
Rouse voices to revel 
Reaching late to night’s end 
Seek the battle-swan and 
Set your brow orbs skyward 
High over the oaks her 
Ebon wings are soaring. 
 

====[[Avery Shaw]]====
A CLARIFICATION. 
Below I say that His Majesty stated that Her Grace Hrafna was the inspiration for HRM growing his hair out. Thinking back, that is not what was said. His Majesty wanted to make clear that originally he was going say something along those lines regarding long hair...but that situations are fluid and that making that sort of "joke" would now not be accurate and that He wanted to acknowledge that people change. And that Their Majesties wanted to recognize Her Grace as who she is. Any implications of anything different were absolutely not said by His Majesty, they are simply me remembering things inaccurately from a very emotional moment. If anyone finds fault in the tale below, aim your ire at the faulty memory of an enthusiastic storyteller...me. 
 
Yesterday was Coronation here in Ansteorra. I will bear witness to something that happened that made my heart very glad. 
 
Upon taking the throne, the first act of Their Royal Majesties Gabriel and Sonja III was to call Duchess Hrafna into their court. His Majesty, standing with his long hair draped down past his collar, waxed about what an influence to grow his own hair out had been Her Grace. That His Majesty was not sure to do so, but seeing how wonderful Hrafna's hair looked, he was inspired. And he then mentioned others who also had long hair, who were also inspiring...Master Pug, Master Cael, I think there were others, but those are the ones I remember....but that there was something all of these others had in common. 
 
At this point, Her Majesty Sonja stated " and they were all Lions." 
 
It was said so casually, that the hall suddenly went silent for a period of time....I am sure it was only several seconds, but it felt like maybe hours as we all processed what had just been said. And then we all watched as Her Grace fell back in shock.
And my friends....I know I am one to never let the actual facts get in the way of a good story...but to say that the entire Hall exploded in joy and cheers as we all realized what Their Majesties had done....that would one of the great understatements of all time. The approval shared by all was palpable. 
 
As this is all happening, the other Lions all looked at each other. Our Crown had not told us this was going to happen. Usually, we are told "someone will be made in court" so we know to be ready to come in and meet our new sibling. This time, the Crown kept it to themselves....and looking at my sisters and brothers, you could see the smiles and surprise as we quickly filled in to stand with our new sister. 
 
We live in a time where things are in turmoil. Different people have ideas that some feel are radical or dangerous or uncomfortable. We have people who sometimes feel that being afraid of something different is preferable to simply letting our fellow humans be who they are and loving them because they are good humans and they are our friends, our family...our heroes. 
 
I have know Hrafna for almost 20 years, and she has always been honorable, honest, passionate, and absolutely willing to defend those in need. Her Grace is a Knight in every way that one can measure. She is a Laurel who makes events better by sharing her love of period games and encouraging others to simply sit and play and have fun. She is my friend. 
 
Yesterday, Ansteorra named her the newest Defender of the Dream. 
 
And the Hall did shake with joy and awe at the sight. 
 
All this I swear is true, so witnessed by me, 
Avery Shaw, Lion 
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* 2016: [[Steppes]] Brewing Champion
* 2013: Protector of [[Namron]]
* 2012: [[67th Crown]] of Ansteorra
* 2011: [[Steppes]] Warlord
* 2010: King's Champion to [[Jean Paul de Sens]] I
* 2010: [[Glaslyn]] Rapier Champion
* 2009: [[61st Crown]] of Ansteorra
* 2008: [[Bryn Gwlad]] Chivalric Champion
* 2007: [[Emerald Keep]] Chivalric Champion
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
 

===Affiliations:===
* Reigned with [[Elizabeta di Valore della Rosa]]
* Previously squired to [[Duncan Arthur Ross the Black]]
* Previously apprenticed to [[Debora of Durham]]
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

[[Category:Apprentices]]
[[Category:Blade of Merit]]
[[Category:Crowns of Ansteorra]]
[[Category:Ex-Pats]]
[[Category:Galleries]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:Lions]]
[[Category:Out of Kingdom]]
[[Category:Peers]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:PPI]]
[[Category:Royalty‏‎]]
[[Category:Steppes]]
[[Category:Pride]]

Grímólfr Einarsson

2026-07-30T19:50:47Z

Alhdryth: /* In Case of Court: */

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| photocaption = Performing at the Green Dragon
| location = An-Tir
| regname= [https://oanda.sca.org//oanda_name.cgi?p=Gr%EDm%F3lfr+Einarsson Grímólfr Einarsson]
| status = Active
| joindate = 1998
| OP = [http://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/2085 Grímólfr Einarsson]
| device = [[File:Grímólfr Einarsson Device.png|x400px]]
| devicecaption = Per saltire arrondi Or and gules, a bordure counterchanged.
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==Honorable Lord Grímólfr Einarsson==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Candelaio Pursuivant (Baronial Herald, [[Wiesenfeuer]]), January 2015 - April 2017
 

===Persona History:===
I have ditched having a super-specific persona in favor of exploring the broader Viking Age Nordic milieu. Grímólfr is a singer/minstrel/entertainer. 
 

===Interests:===
* Music/bardcraft 
* Fiber arts, specifically Viking/Dark Ages sewing and embroidery 
* Heraldry, specifically armory 
* Leather work 
* Newly interested in thrown weapons 
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
May 1998 - Present 
 

====Prior Groups:====
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
====[[Kyna Terricsdottir]]====
Does anyone else notice how Grimolfr sometimes disappears? He says it is because he is doing music and touring, but I know the REAL reason. He was once a magician's assistant! He was helping Malikai with a magic trick once, where he climbs into a large chest and then he disappears and reappears, but instead of reappearing, he disappeared for real!! Sometimes, when the moon is just right, he will disappear and reappear where ever his heart desires. 
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Bard of [[Wiesenfeuer]] (Baronial, 2002)
* Minstrel of [[Mooneschadowe]] (Guardian, 2002)
* Bard of [[Namron]] (Beltane, 2004)
* Bard of [[Eldern Hills]] (Samhain, 2004)
* Twice Bard of [[Loch Ruadh]] (2006, 2011)
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* Flint and Steel of Wiesenfeuer, granted at Wiesenfeuer Baronial, 2015
 

===Affiliations:===
* Former: [[House Wolfstar]] - Star since September 2007, Golden Wolf since May 2019
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

[[Category:House Wolfstar]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:PPI]]
[[Category:Wiesenfeuer]]
[[Category:Ex-Pats]]
[[Category:Out of Kingdom]]

Elspeth de Stervlen

2026-07-30T19:50:23Z

Alhdryth: /* In Case of Court: */

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| location = Out of Kingdom - Atlantia
| regname= [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_name.cgi?p=Elspeth%20de%20Stervlen Elspeth de Stervlen]
| status = Active
| joindate = 2003
| OP = [http://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/1648 Elspeth de Stervlen]
| device = [[File:Elspeth de stervlen.gif|x400px]]
| devicecaption = Purpure, six cinquefoils Or.
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==Her Excellency, Baroness Elspeth de Stervlen==
[[File:Emma - Elspeth and Gerhart Baronial.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Original work by [[Emma Farewyll]]]]
 
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: She/Her 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Prior Baroness, Barony of [[Elfsea]]
** Prior Seneschal, Barony of [[Elfsea]]
** Prior Exchequer, [[Dragonsfire Tor]]
** Prior Deputy Seneschal, Barony of [[Elfsea]]
** Local Scribal Guild Head

* Regional Offices Held
** Central Regional Waterbearer
** Prior Eclipse Herald
 

===Persona History:===
14th century Lowland Scot
 

===Interests:===
 

====Gallery:====
<gallery caption="Selected Projects" widths="200px">
image:Elspeth Art 1.jpg|Two of my favorite people's art went into this necklace: beads by [[Lauretta d'Avenporte]] and the crane made by [[Aethelstan Aethelmearson]].
image:Elspeth Art 2.jpg|
image:Elspeth Art 3.jpg|
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image:Elspeth Art 7.jpg|Bruestfleck only. Photo by [[Osanna van der Linden]]
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===Timeline of Activity:===
* April, 2024: Departed Ansteorra for Atlantia. 
 

====Prior Groups:====
* Barony of [[Elfsea]]
* Barony of the [[Steppes]]
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Steward - Dragonsfire Tor Yule, Dec 2007
* Steward - Dragonsfire Tor Guardian of the Tor, April 2007
* Co-Steward - Dragonsfire Tor Yule, Dec 2006
* Co-Steward - Dragonsfire Tor Guardian of the Tor April 2006
* Steward – Elfsea Defender, Sept 2007
* Steward – Elfsea Defender, April 2009
* Steward – Elfsea Defender, April 2011
* Steward – Spring Coronation - [[Hrafna Wyrdmake]] (reigning as Hrafn) II & Elizabetta II, April 2012
* Gate Coordinator - Elfsea Defender
* Royal/Noble Luncheon – Elfsea Baronial College
* Royal/Noble Luncheon – Elfsea Defender
* Coordinated/Sponsored Youth Archery Tournaments at Elfsea and DFT events for 4 years
* Steward - Spring Coronation, April 2013
* Steward - Elfsea 25th Year, April 2014
* Co-Steward - Elfsea Demo, Boy Scout Camporee
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
 

===Affiliations:===
* Married to [[Gerhart Wolfgang der Rote]]
* Married to [[Anabele de Saxham]]
* Protégé to Master [[Richard Fairbourne]]
* Apprentice to Master [[Beorhlic Folcwineson]]
* Prior Protégé to Sir [[Karl der Ganger]]

 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

[[Category:Barons and Baronesses]]
[[Category:Elfsea]]
[[Category:Ex-Pats]]
[[Category:Galleries]]
[[Category:Out of Kingdom]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Pride]]
[[Category:Steppes]]

Edwin FitzLloyd

2026-07-30T19:50:02Z

Alhdryth: /* In Case of Court: */

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==His Excellency, Master Edwin FitzLloyd, OL, OP, Defender of the Dream==
Previously Known As: Athelstan of Banbury. 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

=====Full Achivement:=====
Mantling: Vert and Argent 
Crest:A pair of antlers Or, entwined of a rattlesnake lozengy erminois and pean 
Supporters: Dexter, a house cat (felix domesticus) sable reguardant ramant bearing deer antlers Or, Sinister, a garb of wheat tied of a rattlesnake lozengy erminois and pean 
Achievement rests on a stone bridge of five arches, rather than the stanard compartment or mound. 
Motto: When the serpent dies, his venom stays strong.
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Baron of the [[Steppes]], July 1993 - January 2000
** Seneschal, Barony of the [[Steppes]], 1977-1979 & 1991-1993 & 2001-2002
** Seneschal, Barony of [[Bryn Gwlad]], 1981-1982 & 1984-1985

* Regional Offices Held

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Minister of Arts & Sciences, Kingdom of Ansteorra, 1985-1986
** Chamberlain, Kingdom of Ansteorra, 1982-1985
 

===Persona History:===
Edwin FitzLloyd was born in 1486 at Beaurepaire, Hampshire. His mother was Elizabeth d’Eresby, the aunt of the noted poetess of the same name and was wife to Sir Thomas Brocas. Edwin and his twin sister Muriel were fathered by the Flemish Duke von Eaker, who visited the English court for the marriage of Henry VII to Elizabeth of York early in 1486. Although Sir Thomas did have not have a happy marriage and did not acknowledge the twins as his children, they were quietly integrated into the large Brocas household at Beaurepaire as a part of the family. 
Upon Thomas Brocas death in 1492, his widow Elizabeth returned to Wales to live in the household of her brother Hugh d’Eresby with her children, where they became close friends with their cousin, the poetess Elizabeth d’Eresby. Later in life Elizabeth the poetess became a member of the Beguine Order at the urging of her good friend Clare Rosemuire St. John, and moved abroad to live in the Danish port city of Bjornsborg. 
With little hopes of a successful future for her children their mother Elizabeth appealed to the Flemish duke who had fathered them. At the time, although married, he had no legitimate children, and agreed to make some financial arrangements for Edwin and Muriel’s upkeep, assuring that Edwin would be able to attend college at Cambridge and that Muriel should have a suitable dowry should she marry. It was at this time that the twins were allowed to adopt their distinctive surname of FitzLloyd, acknowledging their relationship with the duke by incorporating his given name into the standard form used by illegitimate children. 
Finishing at King’s College, Cambridge in 1509, he obtained a minor position in the Household of Charles Brandon. Edwin soon progressed within court circles, finally coming to the notice of Henry VIII at the time of the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. He was useful to the King due to his relationship with the Flemish Duke and was elevated to a Barony by the King at the end of that international meeting with France. 
Later into Henry VIII’s reign, as the sentiment towards Roman Catholics deteriorated, Edwin FitzLloyd and his sister, Muriel FitzLloyd left England in search of a more accepting environment, taking their young cousin, Martin FitzHugh with them. A hot-head, Young Martin was soon brawling in the streets with members of the rapier community wherever they stayed, drinking and not paying his bills much to his cousin’s dismay. 
After spending time in France, the Fitz Lloyd twins with their cousin found their way to Ansteorra, where Edwin and Muriel both held many public positions. Edwin was rewarded for exemplary knowledge of the Arts with elevation to the Order of the Laurel, as was Muriel. Edwin was also rewarded for his admirable organizational skills with elevation to the Order of the Pelicans. Their young cousin Martin was eventually recognized for some prowess with rapier weaponry and received Queen's Rapier of Ansteorra. 
During the reign of [[22nd Crown|Mikael of Monmouthshire II and Rebekka die Blonde II]], as part of an attempt at an interkingdom peace treaty, Edwin FitzLloyd was married to Siobhan ni Breoghan, the anglicized version of her name being Joan Fitzgerald, she was the daughter of the Earl of Kildare, and had been living in the Kingdom of Meridies for some time due to their family titles being held in retainer by the English crown and their lands in Ireland confiscated. Their marriage contract was signed by the Crowns of both Kingdoms during the registry portion of their ceremony and the solemnization of the inter-kingdom treaty, during a Knowne World Heraldic Symposium. 
As Joan’s dowry, the Crown of Meridies gave their claims to the Kindgdom of Trimaris into the hands of the Crown of Ansteorra. When the dowry was not delivered into the Crown’s hands, and the treaty proved insubstantial, that failure resulted in the first Gulf War, most of the non-military arrangements for which were made by Joan FitzLloyd. 
While fond of each other Edwin and his wife Joan, who had never been a love match, chose to live in separate households after the failure of the treaty under which their marriage was founded failed. As her dowry failed to materialize to secure her future, she left Ansteorra, and was last known to be cohabitating with an Italian knight on the Kingdom of Caid, and thing specifically prohibited within their marriage Contract. 
Edwin was invested to serve as the Baron of the [[Steppes]] by the Ansteorra Crown during the reign of [[29th Crown|Kein MacEwan I and Alisha MacLeod I]. He served in that capacity for seven years. During the reign of [[36th Crown|Mahdi I and Valeria I]], he was recognized for his dedication to the honor and dream of Ansteorra with being awarded the much lauded [[Lions of Ansteorra|Lion of Ansteorra]]. 
Edwin’s sister Muriel was married to Pepin Moroni, a former Baron of [[Namron]], and relocated to live within the Kingdom of Trimaris. Ever an artist, she spends more time on her limning and painting than running a noble household. 
Joan FitzGerald’s younger sister Elizabeth FitzGerald, often called “The Faire Geraldine” was the second wife to Sir Anthony Browne, Master of the Horse to King Henry VIII, and related to Sir John Gage the Constable of the Tower in London. 
Through this network of marriages Edwin FitzLloyd found himself related to many prominent families of the date, including the Irish Fitzgerald’s, the Brownes, The Gages, The Duke of Suffolk (whose third wife was Katherine Willoughby d’Eresby, a cousin on his mother’s side), The Greys, and Dacres of Gilsland and Naworth in Cumberland and the Nevilles. This placed him squarely within the party of some extremely devout Catholic nobles hoping for the church’s restoration in England following the eventual death of Henry VIII. 
While maintaining his social and scholarly life in Ansteorra, as an exiled English Catholics, he has hopes of returning to England once the True Religion is reestablished by Henry VIII’s daughter Mary, the Rightful Heir of that Throne, who is sure to reign in the place of her sickly brother Edward after her father’s death. Until that time, Edwin continues to serve the Crown of Ansteorra, his adopted home. 
 

===Interests:===
* Research and Archival Studies 
* Historic Clothing 
* Historic Foodways and Culinary Arts 
* 16th Century Daily Life 
* Anglo-Saxon Daily Life 
* Norse Daily Life 
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
1974: Began participating in the [[Steppes]] under the name Athelstan of Banbury. 
1979: Moved to [[Bryn Gwlad]]. 
1983: Changed name to Edwin FitzLloyd 
1989: Moved to [[Steppes]]. 
2009: Moved to [[Bryn Gwlad]]. 
2026: Moved to Atenveldt. 
 

====Prior Groups:====
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* SCA Board of Directors:
** April 2003 - July 2004
** April 2006 - October 2009
** January 2013 - October 2014
* SCA Chairman of the Board
** April 2007 - October 2009
** January 2014 - October 2014
* Received an Augmentation of Arms, October 2011
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
 

===Affiliations:===
Squire to Sir [[Asoph Hearts]]
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

[[Category:Barons and Baronesses]]
[[Category:Bryn Gwlad]]
[[Category:Costuming]]
[[Category:Ex-Pats]]
[[Category:Iris of Merit]]
[[Category:Laurels]]
[[Category:Lions]]
[[Category:Out of Kingdom]]
[[Category:Peers]]
[[Category:Pelicans]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Persona Stories]]
[[Category:Research]]
[[Category:Steppes]]

Devin Phelan O'Donnabhain

2026-07-30T19:49:41Z

Alhdryth: /* In Case of Court: */

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==His Excellency, Baron Devin Phelan O'Donnabhain==
Previously Known As: 
Nickname(s): 
Pronouns: 
 
[https://historian.ansteorra.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Devin_Phelan_O%27Donnabhain_Resume_Dec_2025.pdf Devin Phelan O'Donnabhain Resume Dec 2025]
====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
=====Achievement:=====
Mantling 1: Argent / Mantling 2: Vert 
Helm: Saxon argent, faces Dexter. 
Coronet: Baronial Or escalloped with pearls 
Crest: Raven rising, displayed, regardant proper
Dexter Supporter: Dog sable 
Sinister Supporter: Dog Or 
Motto: Thar aon rud eile, is breÃ¡ grÃ¡ Ã© (Translation: Above all else, love is love (Old Irish))
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Prior Chronicler, Barony of [[Raven's Fort]] (early 1980s)
** Prior Hospitaler, Barony of Raven's Fort (early 1980s)
** Prior Rapier Marshal, Barony of Raven's Fort (late 1980s)
** Prior Chronicler, Barony of Raven's Fort
** Prior Minister of Arts & Sciences, Barony of Raven's Fort
** Guild Principal, Scribal Guild of Raven's Fort
** Chronicler, Shire of Caer Dun (Kingdom of Gleann Abhann)
** Current Chronicler, Barony of Raven's Fort, 2025 - Present

* Regional Offices Held
** Prior Southern Regional Scribe, 2004
** Prior Deputy Southern Regional Signet

* Kingdom Offices Held
** Star Signet, 2017 - 2019
** Sable Scroll to [[75th Crown|Gabriel of Maccuswell I & Sonja Ryzaja I]]
** Sable Scroll to [[77th Crown|Gabriel of Maccuswell II & Sonja Ryzaja II]]
** Co-Sable Scroll for [[91st Crown|Creppin III & Cristyana II]]
** A&S Deputy for LGBTQIA+ Cultural Studies Group, 2024 - Present
 

===Persona History:===
Irish, 10th Century 
 

===Interests:===
Scribal arts.
 
Heraldry
====Gallery:====
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image:Devin Gallery 5.jpg |
image:Devin Phelan O'Donnabhain - Gallery 6.png |Order of the Raven's Wing for Jean-Michel and [[Marie de Meaux]]
image:Devin Phelan O'Donnabhain - Gallery 7.jpg |Court Barony scroll for Giles and Guiseppie of CAID
image:Devin Phelan O'Donnabhain - Gallery 8.jpg |Raven's Fort Defender Chivalric Champion scroll
image:Devin Phelan O'Donnabhain - Original Ravens Craftsman.jpg
image:Devin Phelan O'Donnabhain - Scroll Trio.jpg
image:Devin Phelan O'Donnabhain - 4 Scrolls.jpg

</gallery>
 
[[File:Baron Devin Portrait.JPG|200px|thumb|left|Ansteorra 40th Year Photo by [[Gunhilda Adeleva Amberstar]]]]

===Timeline of Activity:===
First event: Quest for the Clover, held in [[Raven's Fort]], in 1985. 
Was present when the Shire of Raven's Fort was elevated to Barony status by Patrick Michael I and Julia I. 
Moved to the Barony of the Steppes in 2015, then to Hellsgate (2018), Bryn Gwlad (2018), Bjornsborg (2020), Bryn Gwlad (2020), Caer Dun (2020), and then back to Raven's Fort in 2024. 
 

====Prior Groups:====
* Barony of [[Raven's Fort]]
* Barony of the [[Steppes]]
* Barony of [[Elfsea]]
* Stronghold of [[Hellsgate]]
* Barony of [[Bryn Gwlad]]
* Shire of Caer Dun, Gleann Abhann

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
[[File:Blackfox Awards Image.jpg|200px|thumb|right| Master William Blackfox Award Winner]]
* [https://historian.ansteorra.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Devin_Phelan_ODonnabhain_Resume_-_October_2025.pdf Devin Phelan ODonnabhain Resume - October 2025.pdf]
 
====Blackfox Awards====
*[https://www.sca.org/the-william-blackfox-awards/ Master William Blackfox Awards] Commendation for Best Article A.S. LVII (57) - Gleann Abhann: “Medieval Monsters”, Author: Devin O’Donnabhain; The Crane’s Call, November 2022, Shire of Care Dun; Chronicler: Devin O’Donnabhain
*[https://www.sca.org/the-william-blackfox-awards/ Master William Blackfox Awards] Nomination for Best Layout and Design A.S. LVII (57) - For the best-looking newsletter in balance and style. Awarded to the newsletter and the Chronicler. Gleann Abhann: The Crane’s Call, Shire of Caer Dun; Chronicler: Devin O’Donnabhain
 
====Areas of Service: Event Leadership and Support====
* Event Steward:
** Quest for the Clover, Raven's Fort
** Festival of the Phoenix, Raven's Fort
** War College I, Raven's Fort
** Raven's Fort Artisan - rained out
** Crown Tournament, [[71st Crown|Sven I & Antigone I]]
** King's College, 2016
** Gleann Abhann Spring Crown Tournament, 2022

* Class Coordinator:
** Enchanted Conflict (Feb. 2025)
** Defender of the Fort 38 (Sept. 2025)
* Dependable volunteer as a Gate Coordinator and worker for countless local events and events put on by other groups. Gate Coordinator for two Coronations, Steppes 12th Night 2025, and dozens of Defender of the Fort events.
* Petitioned the Sam Houston Folk Festival to allow our local group to participate in the local Folk Festival event. Sat on the board of the Sam Houston Folk Festival which helped to secure the Barony’s involvement in the event for the next 2 years.
* Headed up the research into Sam Houston's family beginnings in the Scottish Lowlands which we presented at our demo at the Sam Houston Folk Festival.
* Regular volunteer for event setup and tear down, including royal presence.

====Areas of Service: Service through the Arts====
* Prolific creator of original works for local championships and Baronial Service Awards, spanning several years
* Designer/Illuminator/Calligrapher:
** Ansteorra Rapier Tournament prize scroll given at Pennsic by then [[61st Crown|Queen Elizabeta di Valore della Rosa I]]
** Kingdom Arts & Sciences Winner prize scroll, 2011
** Peerage Scroll for entry into the Chivalry for Fiacha the Blue
** Barony in Fief for Giles Hill and Giuseppe Francesco da Borgia (Barony of Gyldenholt, Kingdom of Caid, 2012), which was displayed at Gulf Wars 23.
** Original armigerous and grant scrolls for the Order of the Osprey's Jess and Argent Lamp for Meridies, 2013, including one created on demand, on site the day of the event.
** Invitation to Queen's Champion for Queen [[71st Crown|Antigone of York]], 2014
** Queen's Blade of Honor scroll for Queen [[72nd Crown|Michelle Chantal de Charente]], 2014
** Gulf War Roses Tournament Invitation for [[74th Crown|Toryn Sevenstitches]], 2015
** Invitation to Queen's Champion for Queen [[75th Crown|Sonja Ryzaja I]], 2016
** Invitation to Queen's Champion for Queen [[76th Crown|Margherita de Mantua I]], 2016
** King's Champion scroll for King [[76th Crown|Jason Drysdale I]], 2016
** Steppes Warlord prize scroll, 2017
** Original scrolls for Gleann Abhann at the local and Kingdom level
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* Eastern Tower of Elfsea
* Raven's Fort Artisan
* Received the Baron's Favor for the Barony of the Osprey, for completing two scrolls in advance of the event, and a third, onsite (with no warning).
 

===Affiliations:===
* House of Honor, Sweinbrothar
* Apprenticed to Mistress [[Annes Clotilde von Bamburg]] (Pelican), fostered to Mistress [[Honor du Bois]] (Laurel Pelican Lion).
 

===Mundane Information:===
I am retired
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

[[Category:Barons and Baronesses]]
[[Category:Bryn Gwlad]]
[[Category:Elfsea]]
[[Category:Ex-Pats]]
[[Category:Galleries]]
[[Category:Hellsgate]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Pride]]
[[Category:Raven's Fort]]
[[Category:Scribes and Illuminators]]
[[Category:Star Signet]]
[[Category:Steppes]]

Alexander Kegan MacInnes

2026-07-30T19:49:21Z

Alhdryth: /* In Case of Court: */

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==Lord Alexander Kegan MacInnes==
Previously Known As: Alexander MacAonghais 
Nickname(s): Zander or Kegan 
Pronouns:He/Him 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Seneschal, Incipient Shire of Raven's Fort
** Herald, Incipient Shire of Raven's Fort
** Hospitaler, Shire of Arenal, Meridies
** Knight Marshal
** Youth Combat Marshal, Shire of Arenal, Meridies

* Regional Offices Held
**

* Kingdom Offices Held
**
 

===Persona History:===
[[Category:Persona Stories]] Late 13thc into 14th c Scottish Templar Sergeant. After fall of Acre (1291) I returned to Scotland and took part in the Battle of Bannockburn (1314) with other of my Templar Brothers supporting The Bruce as King of Scots and victor. After ruling as Robert I. I am now a widower at age 65(c.1331) I have taken Orders as a Brother.
 

===Interests:===
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
* 1981: joined the SCA in the Incipient Shire of [[Raven's Fort]]. While there, served as seneschal and herald between 1981 - 1989.
* 1989: Left Ansteorra for the Outlands, then headed to Artemesia.
* 1998: Moved to Meridies, settling in the Shire of Arenal. Became the local herald and later Youth Combat Marshal.
* ????: Spent 2 yrs in Gleann Abhann
* 2006: Returned to Arenal in Meridies.
* 2019: Moved to the East Kingdom in 2019.
* 2023: Back to Meridies this Fall.
 
====Trivia====
* Present at both the Knighting of Sir [[Rowan von Kampfer]] and at the Crown Tournament at which she won the Crown by her own hand. Has the pleasure (and bruises) of fighting her in a tourney when she was a squire.
====Prior Groups:====
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
Just my service over the last 42yrs in every group I have been associated with. One of the Greybeards of Raven's Fort helping the group grow into the barony it is now. 
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
I was awarded the Sable Comet of Ansteorra (but) it never got reported I guess.(Reign of [[15th Crown|Inman and Drucilla]] c.1986. It was at Emerald Keep) I lost the scroll in a flood and therefore have No written proof. I have enquired over the years with several kingdom level heralds in Ansteorra but no proof has been found. 
 

===Affiliations:===
 

===Mundane Information:===
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
 

[[Category:Ex-Pats]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Raven's Fort]]
[[Category:Out of Kingdom]]

Phoenix Company

2026-07-30T19:39:45Z

Alhdryth: /* Notable Events */

Phoenix Company is the fighting company of the Canton of Glaslyn, and travels to wars fighting for [[Ansteorra]].
 
==Origin==
Phoenix Company was organized by [[Kobayashi no Hotaru]] in 2023. It includes a Chivalric Combat unit, a Rapier Combat unit, and (occasionally) a Siege team.

====Commanders====
[[Kobayashi no Hotaru]], founding co-commander with [[Redbad Hrodwardson]] 
[[Clauß Fuchs von Nurenberg]] 
[[Edward of the Forest]] 

====Members====
[[Hákon the Blacksmith]] 
[[Alhdryð ceorlstrang]] 
[[Delfina de Borja]] 
[[Machteld van den stienhuse]] 
[[Cwenthryth Northwice]] 
Mistress [[Colleen O'Kelly]] 
Sir [[Louis le Blaireau]] 
Master [[Airaklee Wolf]] 

==Notable Events==
 

[[Category:Glaslyn]]
[[Category:War Companies]]

==Trivia==
Phoenix Company goes where it is most needed; sometimes this puts them on the side opposing the rest of the Ansteorran army in order to even the numbers. When this happened in the Field Battle at Gulf Wars in 2025, His Stellar Majesty [[Jean Paul de Sens]] demanded their return, saying "You gave them combat archers?!"

Rosalie Clare d’Avignon

2026-07-30T19:38:49Z

Alhdryth: /* Special Needs: */

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| location = [[Weisenfeuer]]
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| joindate =2020
| OP = []
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| devicecaption =Per fess azure and sable, a tierce argent.
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==Rosalie Clare d’Avignon:==
Nickname(s): 
Previously Known As: 
Pronouns: 
 

====Other Registered Heraldry:====
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
**
* Regional Offices held
**
* Kingdom Offices Held
**
 

=== Persona History: ===
15th century French woman. More details to follow. 
 

=== Interests: ===
* Banner making
* Embroidery
* Herbal remedies
* Cooking
* Baking
 

===Timeline of Activity: ===
2020: joined the SCA 
2021: joined Owen’s Keep 
2022: attended Moonshadow Provincial Games, Medieval Faire, Spring Crown tournament, Weisenfeuer Baronial, the Fellowship of Castallen, Fall Coronet Tournament, Weisenfeuer Yule, Joined Clan Blue Feather. 
2023: Attended and taught a class at wInterKingdom, attends Provincial Games, made largess for their Serene Highnesses. 
 

====Prior Groups:====
 

=== Populace Provided Information: ===
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments: ===
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
 

=== Affiliations: ===
* Married to [[Aindriu Hay ]]
* Member of [[Clan Blue Feather]]
* Member of [[Owen's Keep]]
* Mother of Seth and Morgan Fay
 

=== Mundane Information: ===
On Facebook as McKinsey Hayes.
 

====In Case of Court:====
Please let me know to attend court if I will be needed. 
 

====Special Needs:====
 

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:People of Vindheim]]
[[Category:Wiesenfeuer]]

The Free Company of the Golden Wheat

2026-07-30T19:38:18Z

Alhdryth: /* Allies */

==General Information==
The Free Company of the Golden Wheat is a Household of mercenary fighters and service minded folk that work and fight to build a better dream, and have fun doing it. 
The Free Company "Sells" their services to groups that are within or allied to Ansteorra. The Free Company is known for taking payments that further their passion for shenanigans, or contribute to the growth of their community or culture. 
 
[[File:FreeCompanySigmond.jpg|200px|thumb|left]]
[[File:FreeCompanyBadge.jpg|200px|thumb|left]]
==Device/Badge==
* Badge: Per pale Or and Gules, a chief embattled sable 
 
The Free Company is also easily identified by tunics of black with a burgundy, black and gold trim with wheat stalks. Each fighter's garb is tailored to their personality and persona, encouraging individuality but unity. 
 

==Founding==
The Free Company was informally organized in 2020, and structured in 2021. 
The founding members include Alondra Martel, [[Wulfgard Martel]], [[Oswald Martel]], [[D'mitrii Zinonovich]], [[Iziaslava Veronikeia Myshkovicha]], [[Ulfr]], [[Penelope Martel]], [[Runa Bjarki]], [[Micauley Morison]], and [[Arthur Martel]]. 
 

==Press Gang==
To be Press Ganged is a manner of joining the Free Company. These members are considered by the Free Company to be a full member of the Free Company but the individual may or may not function as a member or claim to be a part of the group themselves. 
During the founding of the Free Company there were two individuals who had been involuntarily Press Ganged into the group: [[Set Sette]] and [[Charles the Grey of Mooneschadowe]]. 
This method of joining is little used but noteworthy when utilized.
 

==Joining==
At a 2022 AllThing, it was established that the method of joining the Free Company will be as follows: 
*Fight with the Free Company in a Melee
*Ask to join the Free Company
*After you ask, any member of the Free Company has the chance to anonymously Veto
*If Veto'd, repeat these steps
 
It has since been clarified that "Fight with the Free Company" shall be broadened to include activities that befit the F.C. as a whole, such as contributing to camp, assisting with projects, and caring for members in need. 
It has since been clarified that the Veto process shall be given a beginning and end date, to be made available to members to provide their Vetoes in a public or private forum, and that prospects who have received Vetoes will be given a basic explanation of "Why" and can Ask to Join at another time 

==Mercenaries==
The Free Company was originally built around a Mercenary fighting unit, to be purchased to fight for any individual or group and was given these 2 stipulations: 
*The Free Company always fights on behalf of the Kingdom of Ansteorra 
*The Free Company provides the current royalty of [[Vindheim]] the first rights to make a bid 

The Free Company currently exists as a Mercenary Household with a focus on their melee fighting units for Rapier and Rattan combat, and on the services the Household can provide to benefit groups or individuals. 
The Free Company can be purchased by any group or individual for these purposes, by communicating with the Commandant and reaching an "Payment" agreement 
Historically, The Free Company favors "Payment" in the form of Shenanigans, or elements that allow them to grow their collective culture 
Examples: 
*In 2023 The Free Company agreed to fight on behalf of The Principality of Vindheim in exchange for Quesadillas to be delivered during Ansteorran court at Gulf Wars 
*In 2024 The Free Company agreed to fight for the Barony of Bryn Gwlad in exchange for banners depicting their heraldic elements made by Baron [[Orazio d'Assisi]]
 
==Current Leadership==
 
Commandant 2026: [[D'mitrii Zinonovich]] (Rattan) 
Rapier Commandant 2026: [[Marcus von Furth]] (rapier) 
Quartermaster 2026: [[Siegmund Walter Von Wurtzberg]] 

 
Commandant is the Free Company chivalric/rattan field commander as well as the person responsible for negotiating services and "Payment" 
This position unofficially includes other responsibilities such as; armoring new members of the Free Company, keeping members from making decisions that would make them unable to take the field, rallying members to assist in service agreements, teaching and training melee tactics, conducting Allthings 
Rapier Commandant is the Free Company rapier/steel field commander as well as being involved in negotiating "payment" for the rapier fighting unit 
This position unofficially includes other responsibilities such as; Preparing new rapiers to be able to fight on the field, assisting fighters interesting "crossing over", Providing quarters for cadet shenanigans 
Quartermaster is a role that is responsible for the general organization, communication, and "Cat herding" of the Free Company when traveling or camping together. 
This position unofficially includes other responsibilities such as; Taking and posting meeting minutes after Allthing gatherings, Basic record keeping of Free Company property, advising the Commandant and Rapier Commandant during their negotiations. 
The Commandant and Rapier Commandant are chosen each year at War of the Rams via a vote during an Allthing. Prospects must be proposed by someone other than themselves, and Prospects must consent to being considered for the role. Anyone present at the meeting may vote, as well as any Free Company member who is not present, after a Commandant and Rapier Commandant are agreed upon they will serve in this role until the next War of the Rams 
The Quartermaster is chosen after the previous Quartermaster has stepped down from the role. Prospects will be proposed in the same manner as the Commandants, and serve until they no longer wish to hold the role 
 

===Previous Leadership:===
*Commandant 2025: [[D'mitrii Zinonovich]] (Rattan) & [[Marcus von Furth]] (rapier)
*Commandant 2024: [[Runa Bjarki]] (Rattan) & [[Miguel Neves de Lisboa]]
*Commandant 2023: [[Oswald Martel]] 
*Commandant 2022: [[Ulfr gylðr]] 
*Commandant 2021: [[Wulfgard Martel]] 
 

==Gatherings==
AllThing is a gathering that serves as the "Business meeting" of the Free Company. Anyone may attend an Allthing, non-members only need to show up and their discussion and vote will be considered equal to Free Company members. It is a highly democratic structure in which the Commandant traditionally dictates discussion and various subjects of business are proposed by those present, discussed, and voted upon. 
Examples of discussion items: 
*To establish new Free Company Roles or practices 
*To build or purchase Free Company property 
*To agree to services that the Commandant is negotiating 
 
Valhotdog is another form of Free Company gathering, focused around a day of fighting, food, and telling stories. Valhotdog's often serve as an open social gathering and may include other elements such as sewing or project days, organization and transport of items to War, or planning complicated or thorough shenanigans. These gatherings are typically capped off with food, including the traditional serving of chili and hotdogs. Like with the AllThing, anyone may attend a Valhotdog. 
 
"In Valhalla, mighty warriors fight all day and have a grand feast afterwards. We, being somewhat financially challenged, can afford hot dogs." - Wulfgard Martel. 
 
 

==Code of Conduct==
===The Rules===
Rules of the Free Company are a series of rules gathered over many years that serve to emphasize the group's sense of chaos and morality and expression personal choice. 
Many rules have stories of origin and alternative meaning. They should not be viewed as literal rules, but more as a reflection of the personality and culture of the Free Company.
The current Rules are as follows: 
*1. Safety Third 
*2. We Build here 
*3. Safety First 
*4. Nose goes 
*5. It's a Fighty Day 
*6. Consent is F$$king Mandatory 
*7. We Work as a Team 
*8. Everyone Gets a Chance to Speak 
*9. Scavengers not Thieves 
*10. His Name is Martel 
*11. Set Doesn't Make Rules 
*12. Shit Shall be Given Once, and in Full Measure, after which Shit Shall Pass 
*13. Never Turn Down Free Queso 
*14. No Quitter Talk 
**14.a Don't Push an Injury 
**14.2 Not Malort 
*15. REDACTED 
*16. Your Pee is Valid 

===Set's Guidelines of Shenanigans===
* No Trespassing
* No harming people or property
* Scavenging, not theft
* If you can't get in trouble for it, it isn't actually a shenanigan
 
===Additional Guidelines===
* No Nazis, no Pedophiles.
* D'mitrii says Take Your Meds
* Death Huddle is Bad
* Shiny doesn't work after dark.
* Duke Jason's mantra that "All people are people."
* The wisdom of [[Jean-Paul de Sens]]: "Courtly Graces means that your nipples are covered."
 

==Events/Chronology==
===2021===
'''Vindheim Coronet Tourney:''' This was the 'official' launch of the Free Company. 
They set up a pavilion, with a safe propane heater. Because it was so cold, their tent was swarmed by small people. 

===2022===
'''Winter War Maneuvers 2022:''' Traveled to Vatavia to accompany [[1st Vindheim Coronet}Prince Romanius.]] 
'''Gulf Wars 2022:''' Hired by the Barony of [[Northkeep]] to fight for Ansteorra, with their pay being fighter biscuits and massages. This was the year we met the man who knows Jack Mongo 
'''Valor Tourney 2022:''' Traveled to Vatavia to accompany Prince Romanius. 
'''Coronet Tourney II:''' We learn Micauley can't count. 
'''Feast of Eagles 2022:''' Fought a bunch. Represented the entirety of Ansteorra's vanguard, with the exception of [[John of Severn]]. 
'''Pennsic 2022:''' The Free Company was the entirety of the shield wall for Ansteorra at every single battle, including the Rose Tourneys for heavy and rapier. Per the treaty, as heralded by Viscount Geoffrey Scott, they were the equivalent of 20 
'''Diamond Wars 2022:''' Where neither side won, but the mosquitos did. We didn't realize they were an opposing army, but they were strong... 
'''War of the Rams IX:''' Where Set Sette and Elise Green caught the fort on fire, and everyone was grateful. 
'''Coronet Tourney III:''' [[3rd Vindheim Coronet|Where Micauley won a thing]]. 

===2023===
'''wInterkingdom & Sable Soldier:''' Oz earned a LLE Merit badge. Runa did not capture a Prince. 
'''Winter War Maneuvers 2023:''' Traveled to Vatavia to accompany Prince Micauley. 
'''Gulf Wars 2023:''' Hired by Prince Micauley to fight for Vindheim, with their pay being quesadillas delivered during Ansteorran great court. 
'''Wiesenfeuer Baronial:''' Runa won a torchlight tournament by following the shenanigan rules. 

===2024===
'''Norman Medieval Faire''' Free Company showed up to support Vindheim's biggest demo. Turns out Siggi has parents. 
'''Gulf Wars 2024''' The Barony of [[Bryn Gwlad]] purchases the armoured fighting might of the Company for Gulf Wars, led by commander Runa, paying in beautiful silk banners. Elise lost One Arm 
'''War of the Rams X''' Fifi died, and we drank. 

===2025===
'''Winter War Maneuvers 2025''' From the window, to the Shield Wall. 
'''Gulf Wars 2025''' The Barony of [[Bryn Gwlad]] purchases the fighting might of the Company for Gulf Wars, led by Commander Dimitri, paying in custom block printing stamps. The Living Room got fans! 
'''Coronet Tourney XIII''' [[8th Vindheim Coronet|Micauley won another thing]]. 
'''Kraftenthing the First''' is held in July: Many are the masses that appear and there is a frenzy of sewing and crafting all while watching Round Table. The Free Company accepts it's first non-human member, Erza Bjarki. 
'''War of Legends 2025''' Free company learned how to do entourage and almost killed a baron about it, The Dog helped fulfill a contract, and a pavilion was brought to the river on royal decree 
 

==Allies==
* Province of [[Mooneschadowe]]
* The [[Liondragon Guard]]
* Lord Jack Mongo of Ealdormere
* "That Guy Who Knows Jack Mongo"/ Master Ga Jin of Ealdormere
* Barony of Vatavia of Calontir
* Mr. Aggi Memnon / Duke Agamemnon Platylithodae
* Ironwood Company
* Barony of [[Bryn Gwlad]]
* The Picket House the fried chicken buffet
* [[Animals_of_Ansteorra_A_-_D#Briar_Underfoot|Briar]]
* [[Zubeydah]]

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==Reign Overview==
 
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==[[Champions of Vindheim|Champions]]==
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===Combat===
* Prince's Armored Combat Champion:
* Principality Rapier Champion:
* Princess' Champion:
* Principality Archery Champion:
* Principality Thrown Weapons Champion:
 

===Special Recognitions===
[[Bastion]]:
 

==Progress ==
 

===The Words of the Coronet===
 

===The Words of the Populace===
 

==Reign Notes==
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==Reign Overview==

 
===Royal Whims or Declarations===
 

===Staff Members===
* Head of Entourage: [[Sabine Lefevre]]
* Sanguine Quill: [[Kolfinna Egilsdóttir]]
* Sanguine Trumpet: [[Jael Magnasdottir]]
* Sanguine Needle: [[Davinus Sagittarius]]
* Gifts Coordinator: [[Isabella Coppola]]
* Largess Coordinators:
* Social Media Coordinator:
 

==[[Champions of Vindheim|Champions]]==
===Arts===
* A&S Champion: [[Zubeydah]]
 

===Combat===
* Prince's Champion: [[Michael na Tuaighe]]
* Princess' Champion: [[Cornelius Meriläinen]]
* Thrown Weapons Champion: [[John of York]]
* Cut and Thrust Champion: [[Han Ganbatter]] (from prior reign)
* Archery Champion: [[Voyszvilk Greycius Vilniszkis]]
 

===Special Recognitions===
[[Bastion]]: 
 
[[Red Bowl]]:
* [[Clauß Fuchs von Nurenberg]]
* [[Kobayashi no Hotaru]]

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===The Words of the Coronet===
====January 13, 2026====
Our friends, we are so honored to be addressing you at this exciting moment. The Coronet tournament and our first court as your Prince and Princess were thrilling and memorable. To those who have supported, guided and taught us over the years, you have our gratitude! To those of you who worked so hard to make this event Lady Lyra and her team, your efforts are exemplary, you too have our gratitude! To the Crowns of Ansteorra, King Creppin and Queen Cristyana, we thank you for your presence and guidance. To our predecessors, Viscount Micauley and Viscountess Caterina, from who we have inherited a thriving Principality of many good works, we will forever be indebted. To the Falcon heirs of Calontir, Prince Xerxes and Prince Andromir, who journeyed far to renew the bonds of friendship and foster old alliances, know that we are deeply honored. Likewise our southern kindred who braved the journey to witness the day, you have our thanks. And lastly, to the populace of Vindheim, we have sworn to do our utmost for you and here do swear it again. We mean to make the most of our time serving you. You have our gratitude. Please give us in return your ideas, guidance and support. We hope to make our reign as successful, joyful and memorable as possible, and for that we need YOU. We ask that you please do not hesitate to reach out to us, through our Officers, with any thoughts you have for the betterment of Vindhiem. Our progress will soon be announced, so until we see you again, Thank you all. 

====January 20, 2026====
Greetings to Vindheim and all those that hear these words, 
Winter has arrived in the wind-whipped plains of Vindheim, yet it is forecasted that this is only the beginning. Please stoke your fires to keep your hearth warm, and use care when traveling. While the roads are fine today, the future may hold differently.
Warmer weather will soon be here, and the calls of war are just over the horizon. 
Sable Solider this weekend is currently scheduled to occur, but there will be a final determinization by noon on Thursday. If you are planning to attend, please listen for announcements in regard to potential cancellation. 
Stay warm. Stay Safe. We look forward to seeing you all soon. 
Cadmus and Adena, 
The Holders of the Sanguine Throne 

====January 22, 2026====
Our Friends, Sable Soldier has been canceled due to serious weather concerns. To those who worked so hard to organize and plan this event, thank you. While we had been looking forward to this day of learning and violent fellowship, we absolutely understand the safety concerns and agree with the decision that has been made. May your weekend been safe, warm, and happy, and we will see you at Winter Kingdom. 

====February 3, 2026====
Wishes of warm weather and warm hearts to all, 
This past weekend at Northkeep’s Winterkingdom, We were treated with attention and kindness, well-wishes and warm food. Knowledge was gained, fights were fought, and fellowship was had. None of these could have happened without a team of hard-working people at all levels. 
Site, classes, food, court, a tournament; it all came together to make a magical day. 
Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen. 
Cadmus and Adena 
Sanguine Prince and Princess 

====February 12, 2026====
To the eyes, ears, and hearts of the fair people of Vindheim. 
While We endeavor to see all that is going on in Our Principality, We know that is not possible. 
We know that there are many movers and shakers in Our lands, but there are also those that work behind the scenes, holding offices, working quietly, donating of their time and art, teaching, and so much more. 
Please keep all these people in mind and think of what awards they might not yet hold, but that they should. 
Vindheim Award descriptions are located here: https://ansteorra.org/vindheim/awards/constitutions/ 
Ansteorra Award descriptions are located here: 
https://docs.google.com/.../1dD1HTY89utIZ14TnkaMZ... 
We are reminding all that there are 3 great ways to put in award recommendations for those deeds that you deem worthy. 
AMP (online and preferred) 
Email (sent to both His and Her Sanguine Highness, or TRM if it is for an Ansteorran Award) 
The Hive Mind (a box with written cards that will be at all events). 
Anyone can recommend someone for an award. You don't have to be a holder of that award, only believe that the recipient is worthy. 
While you are welcome to look at the OP to see if the person already has the award, rest assured that we are doing that as well. https://op.ansteorra.org/people 
We look forward to hearing about the deeds that Our populace are doing. 
Cadmus and Adena, 
Sanguine Prince and Princess of Vindheim 

====February 17, 2026====
This past weekend, We traveled to Calontir to attend their historic Coronation of Xerxes and Andromire, the 82nd Crown of Calontir, and the First Rex and Roi. 
We witnessed the elevations of Calontir’s premier members of the Order of the Mark, and We were witness to other elevations, and many more announcements. 
Our pilgrimage to their land left Our hearts full of love, Our stomachs full of food (seriously, so much food), and Our eyes turned towards the future. 
This coming weekend will be Winer Mar Maneuvers in Vatavia, Calontir. This event will be full of fighting and marshal classes. Those who are able to attend will find their cup of blam overflowing. Join Us in attending in preparation for Gulf Wars. 
Gulf Wars is coming. In but a few short weeks (3), We will make Our way to the lands of Gleann Abhann to fight and defend Our lands. We will fight side by side with our friends, and then We will revel with Our enemies at night. 
We are looking forward to seeing all those that can join us, and we are entrusting those that must stay home to keep the fires burning in our absence. 
We hope to see you soon and wish safe travels to all. 

====February 24, 2026====
Last weekend, We traveled to Calontir for Winter War Maneuvers with many of our Vindhomies and Ansteorran friends. 
Drills were drilled, footwork was worked, pick-ups were picked-up, arrows flew, bridges crossed, and so much more. 
Vindheim and Calontir re-affirmed the treaty between these two mighty groups, so Gulf War will see the Sanguine Stallion and the Falcon together again. As they support us at Gulf War, please put Lillies War on your Calendar, so we can return the favor and support Calontir. 
We thank you to all that traveled and participated in the amazing time that was had. 
Many may have heard, but one of Mooneschadows own, [[Tycho Leksten]], was in a fatal accident on his way to site. Tycho had been in the SCA for over 13 years, receiving his AOA in 2013. While almost all of his awards (Ansteorran and Vindheim) revolved around his love of fighting, his kindness towards all is what will always be remembered. His quiet demeanor could have been easy to overlook, but his laugh and smile kept him from falling into the scenery. He was kind and gentle and a hard worker, and our lives are lesser for losing him.
Our game is one that includes much travel, please, travel safely wherever you go. 
(photo attached taken by Robert Gallon) 

====February 24, 2026====
Tonight at 7:30! 
Will this year be your first Gulf War? 
Are you worried about what to bring? What to do? How to get around? What to see? 
Are you nervous about trying to see it all and do even more? 
Cadmus and Adena, Sanguine Prince and Princess invite you to a short discussion of the What's, Where's and How's of Gulf War. 
This is geared towards those that have never been to Gulf War before, or who haven't been in a long time and are having anxious thoughts about what to see and do while there. 
This is schedule for Tuesday, Feb 24th at 7:30 pm. 
While all are welcome to attend, we hope to focus our attention and time on those who have questions and or need help for their first Gulf. 
First Time Gulf War? 
Tuesday, February 24 
Time zone: America/Chicago 
Google Meet joining info 
Video call link: (link no longer valid) 

====March 9, 2026====
For all those going to Gulf Wars, this is a reminder that Vindheim Court will be at the Ansteorra Tent and Gates on Thursday at 4:30. This will be a short, 30 minute court so Ansteorran Royal Court can be held in the same location at 6! 
Also, for everyone who is traveling over the next few weeks, for SCA or personal travel, please be safe and aware of your surroundings. 
You getting to your destination safely is more important than you arriving at a specific time. 
Be aware of your surroundings. Trailer and car thefts are a thing that have happened, so have your trailer lock on, your keys with you, and even park where you can visibly see your vehicle. Take your irreplaceable items in with you for overnights! 
We look forward to seeing any and all who are making the trek to Gulf this year. For those that are unable to attend, please keep the home fires burning and await our return. 
The drums of war are calling.... 

====March 23, 2026====
Busy buzzing of bountiful bees fills the air as we march. Our army stretches far and wide full of many in our ranks. 
Crafting, capable, captivating, creators are the artisans, whose art is forever shared across our world. 
Sturdy, steadfast, strong-willed, skilled are the warriors who fight with honor and truth as their names are etched on your blade. 
Vibrant, valiant, vigilant, venust are the hands that carry, support, and share the weight of many tasks across the lands. 
We all come together - ubiquitous, unique, united. We are the unwavering armies of the protectors of the stallion thrones. 
 
--These words were spoken by our Sanguine Trumpet Jael at the opening of Our Court at Gulf Wars. 
Our words for those who supported us at Gulf Wars, pale in comparison to the deeds that were done upon the field, the hours of time that were given selflessly, or the art that was shared freely. 
Our eyes witnessed the hard labors of ravine and field battles, and the trudging up and down the sides to resurrection point. We saw the deadly accuracy on the thrown weapon and archery fields, targets struck and points earned. Countless hours were worked: at troll, on carts, in bathrooms, with youth, on the field, volunteer point… too many to count – though they will try. 
We know that it takes a Principality to go to Gulf. Your efforts might have been more in the support of your camp, enabling others to fight, work, and learn in their own way. And we know that many stayed home, for many reasons. We hope that all who want to attend Gulf in the future are able to, and that they are able to witness these actions themselves. 
Thank you to all. Gulf Wars could not happen without everyone, and Our time would not have been as amazing without the help of you all. 
Her Highness will be at Elfsea Defender in a few weeks, and We will both be at the Norman Medieval Fair after that (April 10-12). We hope to see you at other events coming up soon as the spring event season starts to ramp up. 

====April 13, 2026====
Vindheim, and those friends here assembled, 
April brings the start of better temperatures, weather (beautiful or blustery, time will tell), and EVENT SEASON! 
April in Vindheim brings Wiesenfeuer's Baronial and Namron's Beltane. Right on the heels is May, which holds Marata's Trade Days. 
There will be friends, there will be fun and there will be recognition for deeds worthy of such. Please remember to look around and see who might need to be recognized. Who is deserving? who is doing the work that need to be done? Who is teaching? Who is creating? Who is exerting prowess and dedication on the fields? Our eyes only see so much, and we ask that your eyes help us to see. 
We hope to see you all at an event soon. 
Prince and Princess, 
Cadmus and Adena. 

====April 16, 2026====
Greetings Kindred! A word from your Prince to the chivalric fighters of the Realm. While the format for the upcoming coronet is not yet ready to be published, the wise would be well served to focus their training on the following styles: Single Sword, Sword and Buckler, two swords, 6' spear, pole weapons, 2 handed axe and two handed sword. Thank you for your attention to this matter, and happy training. 

====April 20, 2026====
Wiesenfeuer Baronial was, as always, an excellent event. We would like to congratulate their Excellencies and the event Stewards and thank them for their work and hospitality. The previous champions all did fine jobs organizing their respective competitions. Congratulations are also in order for all the new champions! We saw so many working vigorously and happily to make the event a success. Further we DEMAND the recipe for the doughnuts be published forthwith. We look forward to seeing all of you at Beltane very soon.
 

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| iber Arts (all), Norse History, Archery, Youth & Family Activities & Court Dancing
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===Total Number of Awards Given===

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; background-color:#cb0000;"
! Name
! Number
|-
|Bastion
| 0
|-
|Brazier
| 0
|-
|Company of the Sanguine Warhorse
| 0
|-
|Company of the Sinople Warhorse
| 0
|-
|Company of the Tenne Warhorse
| 0
|-
|Dove
| 0
|-
|Fountain
| 0
|-
|Golden Comb
| 0
|-
|Goutte de Vin
| 0
|-
|Griffin's Heart
| 0
|-
|Hawk's Wing
|
|-
|Key of Keys
|0
|-
|Key
|0
|-
|Pillar
| 0
|-
|Red Bowl
| 0
|-
|River
| 0
|-
|Terick's Hammer
| 0
|-
|Thunderbolt
| 0
|-
|Wellspring
| 0
|-
|}

===Trivia===
* Princes Caius Equitius Rectus Xerxis & Andromir Vukovic and Calontir were in attendance at the [[9th Vindheim Coronet Tourney]] and signed a renewal of the compact between Calontir and Vindheim to fight alongside one another at Gulf Wars.
 

==Reign Photos & Media==
<gallery caption="Our Coronet" widths="150px">
image:Adena's Champion - NK WK 2026 by Zubeydah.JPG|Don [[Cornelius Meriläinen]] wins the field for the privilege of being Adena's Champion.
</gallery>

[[Category:Royal Family & Nobility]]
[[Category:Vindheim]]

8th Vindheim Coronet

2026-07-30T18:32:11Z

Alhdryth: /* Reign Photos & Media */

{{Coronet
| reignnumber = 8th
| coronetportrait = [[File:8th Vindheim Coronet.JPG|x400px]]
| photodesc = Photo by [[Zubeydah]]
| coronet = [[Micauley Morison]] II and [[Caterina Giovanni]] II
| coronettourney = June 28, 2025: [[Vindheim 8th Coronet Tourney]]
| stepdowndate =
| predecessors = [[7th Vindheim Coronet|Uriangqadai Cinoajin]]
| heirs = [[9th Vindheim Coronet|Cadmus Lochagus and Adena Terricsdottir]]
}}

</div>

==Reign Overview==

 
===Royal Whims or Declarations===
 

===Staff Members===
* Steward to His Highness: [[Anastasiia Dmitrieva Sokolova]]
* Steward to Her Highness: [[Villana Palazolo]]
* Signet: [[Ian the Green]]
* Herald: [[Áshildr inn Hárfagri]]
* Sanguine Needle: [[Åsa in Blinda]]
* Gifts Coordinator: [[Zubeydah]]
* Largess Coordinators: [[Seren Oddrskona]] & [[Isabella Coppola]]
* Social Media Coordinator: [[Ivan Antonius di Castronovo]]
 

==[[Champions of Vindheim|Champions]]==
===Arts===
* A&S Champion: [[Vitalis d'Mare]]
 

===Combat===
* Prince's Champion: [[Caitlín inghean Taidhgin]]
* Princess' Champion: [[Jacques de Saint Amour]]
* Thrown Weapons Champion: [[Jonathan of York]]
* Cut and Thrust Champion: Han Ganbattar
 

===Special Recognitions===
[[Bastion]]: [[Owen ap Aeddan]] 
 

==Progress ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Group & Event
! Attending
|-
|July 12
| Kingdom Collegium
| Princess Caterina
|-
|July 19
| Summer Round Table
| Princess Caterina
|-

|July 25 - August 10
| Pennsic War
| Prince Micauley
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|August 29 - Sept 1
| Bonwicke War of Legends
|Princess Caterina
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|September 13
|Kingdom Arts & Sciences
|Princess Caterina
|-
|September 19
|Raven's Fort - Defender of the Fort
|Princess Caterina
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|September 27
| Rosenfeld Champions
|Princess Caterina
|-
|October 3
|Namron Protectorate
| Coronet
|-
|October 11
|Coronation
|Coronet
|-
|October 17
|Mooneschadowe Triumphe XVI
|Coronet
|-
|October 24
|Eldern Hills Samhain
|Coronet
|-
|October 31
|Skorragardr's Axeman
|Coronet
|-
|November 8
|Queen's Champion
| Princess Caterina
|-
|November 8
|Calontir Crown Tournament
| Prince Macauley
|-
|November 20 - 23
| War of the Rams (BAM)
| Coronet
|-
|December 06
|Wiesenfeuer Yule
| Coronet
|-
|December 13
|Winter Crown Tournament
| Coronet
|-
|January 10
|Vindheim Winter Coronet
| Coronet
|-
|}

 

===The Words of the Coronet===
====January 10, 2026====
Yesterday was an absolutely amazing day! We got to recognize so many awesome people! 
 
We also created two new awards. One is a second level service award to the Golden Comb, the Terick’s Hammer. That award was originally created during my tenure as Baroness of Namron with Orlando Giovanni and in conjunction with the then Baron and Baroness of Wiesenfeuer Keiron and Branislava. It was created as a cross baronial second level youth service award. We were approached by the current Baron and Baroness of Wiesenfeuer Isaac and Eadwyn about the possibility of making it a Vindheim award this reign and in consultation with Yarl Owen Ap Aeddan, his wife Genevria and the Baroness and Baronessa of Namron Isabella and Emma O'Ruairc we decided to make that happen. This award was established originally to keep alive the memory of Terick, Owen and Genevria’s son who passed away in a fire. We were honored to be able to make the premiere at the principality level, Patrick Isaacsson. He it’s an exemplary youth in our principality and so deserving of this honor. 
 
We also created an award to recognize those who have been a driving force behind recruitment and retention in our great principality for many many years. That award is the Order of the Griffins Heart and our premiere was [[Charles the Grey of Mooneschadowe]]. 
 
Our other big award given was our Bastion. The Bastion is such a special award. We can only choose one. But that choice was narrowed down pretty quickly and we decided it could be no other than Yarl Owen. He is a driving force in Vindheim. He is someone who had been here since the beginning. He is the heart and soul of this principality. He is so very deserving of this award. 
 
Following court, there was the tournament. Everyone fought with honor and chivalry and in the end, Cadmus and Adena emerged victorious! I’m so excited for them and so excited to see them reign and all the wonderful things that they will do! 
 
Thank you to the event steward Lady [[Lyra Fiammetta Caravaggio|Lyra]] who did an amazing job! We appreciate all your hard work! 
 
Thank you to the Knotty Squirrel for the awesome tavern! 
 
Thank you to everyone who helped us during this reign! We appreciate each and every one of you! 
 
Viscountessa Caterina 
 

===The Words of the Populace===
 

==Reign Notes==
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===Total Number of Awards Given===

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; background-color:#cb0000;"
! Name
! Number
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|Bastion
| 1
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|Brazier
| 3
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|Company of the Sanguine Warhorse
| 6
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|Company of the Sinople Warhorse
| 8
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|Company of the Tenne Warhorse
| 9
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|Dove
| 0
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|Fountain
| 2
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|Golden Comb
| 0
|-
|Goutte de Vin
| 20
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|Griffin's Heart
| 1
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|Hawk's Wing
| 1
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|Key of Keys
| 17
|-
|Key
| 16
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|Pillar
| 10
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|Red Bowl
| 2
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|River
| 0
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|Terick's Hammer
| 1
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|Thunderbolt
| 11
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|Wellspring
| 2
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===Trivia===
 

==Reign Photos & Media==
<gallery caption="Our Coronet" widths="150px">
image:Victory for 8th Coronet - Micauley and Cat - Photo by Zubeydah.JPG|HUZZAH!
</gallery>

[[Category:Royal Family & Nobility]]
[[Category:Vindheim]]

7th Vindheim Coronet

2026-07-30T18:31:07Z

Alhdryth: /* Reign Photos & Media */

{{Coronet
| reignnumber = 7th
| coronetportrait = [[File:7th Coronet - Photo by Shelby Joyce Wyatt.jpg|x400px]]
| photodesc = Photo by [[Philippa Benintendi di Palermo]]
| coronet = [[Uriangqadai Cinoajin]] and [[Adriana Lorelle]]*
| coronettourney = December 14, 2024: [[Vindheim 7th Coronet Tourney]]
| stepdowndate = * Abdication of Adria: May 13, 2025. / Step down : [[Vindheim 8th Coronet Tourney]]
| predecessors = [[6th Vindheim Coronet|Dafydd Whitacre and Octavia de Verdon]]
| heirs = [[8th Vindheim Coronet| Micauley Morison II and Caterina Giovanni II]]
}}
</div>

==Reign Overview==
On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, Princess Adria abdicated the Throne of Vindheim. This was announced at Evening Court at [[Northkeep]]'s Castellan event on May 17, 2025. 
 
===Royal Whims or Declarations===
 

===Staff Members===
* Head of Entourage: [[Drahomira von Augsburg]]
* Chief Lady-in-Waiting: [[ ]]
* Signet: [[Delesse de Beaumarchais]]
* Herald: [[Abe no Saburou Sadasuke]]
* Gifts Coordinator: [[Kata Timpkin]]
 

==[[Champions of Vindheim|Champions]]==
===Arts===
* Premier Vindheim A&S Champion: [[Vitalis Gabrielle Venier della Mare]]
 

===Combat===
* Prince's Armored Combat Champion: [[Sven Torsgård]]
* Principality Rapier Champion: [[Veronica du Sanguíne]]
* Princess' Champion: [[Talon of Bonwicke]]
 

===Special Recognitions===
[[Bastion]]: [[Aubrey Ericsdatter]], given at Vindheim Missile Academy II, May 31, 2025. 
 

==Progress ==
* Jan 11: Elfsea's Yule & Sable Soldier - Prince Orion
* Jan 18: Winter Round Table (Virtual Event) - Coronet
* Jan 25: Marata Medwinter Melee - Coronet
* Feb 1: Winterkingdom:Explore Our World - Coronet
* Feb 8: Laurel's Prize Tournament - Princess Adria
* Feb 22: Winter War Manuevers - Coronet
* Mar 8: 16: Gulf Wars - Attendence plans not confirmed at this time.
* Apr 4: Norman Medieval Fair / Demo - Coronet
* Apr 12: Coronation - Coronet
* Apr 18: Wiesenfeuer's Baronial - Coronet
* Apr 25: Eldern Baronial Championship Tournament - Coronet
* May 2: Namron Beltane - Coronet
* May 10: Queens Champion - Princess Adria
* May 16: Northkeep's Castellan - Coronet
* May 22-25: (Out of Kingdom) Gleann Abhann 20th year and Crown Tournament - Prince Orion
* May 30: June 1 Vindheim Missile Academy II - Prince
* Jun 7: Summer Crown Tournament - Prince
* Jun 8-11?: Lillies War - Prince
* Jun 14: Wiesenfeuer's Baronial - Prince
* Jun 21: Eldern Hills' Baronial - Prince
* Jun 28: Vindheim Summer Coronet - Prince
 

===The Words of the Coronet===
====December 15, 2024====
Greeting unto the Great populace of Vindheim, 
Now that We have had a day to think, mostly, We would like to thank the organizers and the Canton of Wyldewode for a wonderful event. 
To Our Parents, Count Daffyd and Countess Octavia for everything they did during their time as Coronet, Thank you! To Their Royal Majesties and Royal Highnesses thank you for being such wonderful examples and mentors for us. 
We are still looking at the calendar and will be posting our schedule asap. Thank you to everyone who has offered us well wishes and help during our 6 months. 
In service, 
Orion and Adria 
Khan Khuu and Gonji 
 

===The Words of the Populace===
 

==Reign Notes==
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===Total Number of Awards Given===

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; background-color:#cb0000;"
! Name
! Number
|-
|Bastion
| 1
|-
|Brazier
| 3
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|Company of the Sanguine Warhorse
| 8
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|Company of the Sinople Warhorse
| 3
|-
|Company of the Tenne Warhorse
| 10
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|Dove
| 1
|-
|Fountain
| 3
|-
|Golden Comb
| 3
|-
|Goutte de Vin
| 11
|-
|Hawk's Wing
| 1
|-
|Key of Keys
| 5
|-
|Key
| 9
|-
|Pillar
| 7
|-
|Red Bowl
| 2
|-
|River
| 6
|-
|Thunderbolt
| 12
|-
|Wellspring
| 3
|-
|}

===Trivia===
 

==Reign Photos & Media==
<gallery caption="Our Coronet" widths="150px">
image:Adria With the Swashbucklers - Marata Melees 2025 - Photo by Zubeydah.JPG|Marata Melees Photo by [[Zubeydah]]
</gallery>

[[Category:Royal Family & Nobility]]
[[Category:Vindheim]]

6th Vindheim Coronet

2026-07-30T18:30:47Z

Alhdryth: /* Reign Photos & Media */

{{Coronet
| reignnumber = 5th
| coronetportrait = [[File:6th Vindheim Coronet - Premiere Court.jpg|x400px]]
| photodesc = Photo by [[Zubeydah]]
| coronet = [[Dafydd Whitacre]] and [[Octavia de Verdon]]
| coronettourney = June 29, 2024: [[Vindheim 6th Coronet Tourney]]
| stepdowndate = December 14, 2024: [[Vindheim 7th Coronet Tourney]]
| predecessors = [[5th Vindheim Coronet|Romanius Vesperianus II and Deanna della Penna II ]]
| heirs = [[7th Vindheim Coronet|Uriangqadai Cinoajin & Adria Lorelle]]
}}
</div>

==Reign Overview==
===Royal Whims or Declarations===
 

===Staff Members===
* Heads of Entourage: [[Katja Stillingr]] & [[Yzabeau Brossier]]
* Senior Advisors: [[Marguerite Dinard]] & [[Michelle Chantal de Charente]] & [[Margaret ny Connor]]
* Chief Lady-in-Waiting:
* Sanguine Quill: [[Deanna della Penna]]
* Sanguine Trumpet: [[Adalia VonderBerg]]
* Sanguine Needle:
* Gifts Coordinator: [[Zubeydah]]
 

==[[Champions of Vindheim|Champions]]==
===Arts===
None
 

===Combat===
* Princess' Champion - [[Marcus von Fürth]]
* Principality Rapier Champion - [[Jacques de Saint Amour]]
* Prince's Champion - [[Taidhgin O'Quin]]
* Cut & Thrust Champion - [[Johann von Aue]]
* Thrown Weapons Champion - [[Romanius Vesperianus]]
 

===Special Recognitions===
Bastion: [[Kyna Terricsdottir]] 
Red Bowl: [[Sonja Ryzaja]], [[John of Severn]] 
 

==Progress ==
* 2024-06-13 Kingdom Collegium
* 2024-07-20 Kingdom Round Table
* 2024-07-27 Another Day in the Park ([[Eldern Hills]])
* 2024-08-11 Pennsic War Week (out of Kingdom)
* 2024-08-17 Vindheim Academia della Spada
* 2024-09-07 [[Elfsea]] Baronial College
* 2024-09-14 Kingdom A&S
* 2024-09-21 [[Mooneschadowe]]'s Trade Days
* 2024-10-04 [[Namron]] Protectorate/Coronation
* 2024-10-19 Diamond Wars (Gleann Abhan)
* 2024-10-25 [[Eldern Hills]] Samhain
* 2024-11-01 Vindheim Missile Academy
* 2024-11-09 Queen's Champion - Her Serene Highness
* 2024-11-09 Calontir Crown Tourney - His Serene Highness
* 2024-11-21 War of the Rams
* 2024-12-14 Vindheim Winter Coronet
 

===The Words of the Coronet===
====August 2024 Whispers on the Wind====
Greetings, Vindheim!
 
As We write this missive, we are packing for the great war of Pennsic. A great time was had by all at Eldern's Another Day in the Park. We are looking forward to seeing everyone at other events in the Principality and in the Kingdom.
 
We encourage everyone to come to Academia Della Spada and witness the choosing of the next Rapier Champion of Vindheim. Bonwicke's War of Legends is August 30 and should be a great time for all.
 
Please have safe travels and be sure to drink plenty of water.
 
In Service, 
Daffyd and Octavia 
Price and Princess 
Vindheim 
 
====August 2, 2024====
We apologize for the lateness of this missive, but it has taken us a bit to figure out this Facebook thingy LOL!! 
We want to thank the Barony of Eldern Hills for the excellent event last weekend. Another Day in the Park had wonderful weather, great company, excellent fighting, talented bardic and A&S! 
The fact that they hosted this merriment as a FREE event for all, as well as fed everyone, was icing on the cake! 
Thank you again, Eldern HIlls, for your generosity to the Principality and Kingdom, and for throwing an awesome event! VIVAT! 
Daffyd and Octavia 
Prince and Princess 
Vindheim 
 

====August 3, 2024: ====
1st Post: 
Good morning, Vindheim! 
We know many of you would love to go to Pennsic, but just can't make it this year. So we thought: If Vindheim can't go to Pennsic, we'd bring Pennsic to Vindheim :D 
It is Our intent to share Our travels, experiences, tribulations and of course shopping with Our beloved Principality. Hopefully we can post every day: photos and short videos of happenings with the folk of Vindheim that day. So join us for a week at Pennsic! 
Let's start off with our first day on the road. We are loaded and ready to go. We have a truck of Princesses and a Prince. Her Highness Gilyan is at the wheel so what can go wrong? 
(Video posted to Facebook of the travelers sharing greetings.) 
 
2nd Post: 
We are passing through St. Louis now. Only nine hours to go! Yay! 
(Photo posted to Facebook of the St. Louis arch, as seen from Their Highness's truck.) 
 
3rd Post: 
How many Peerages does it take to change a trailer tire? 
Answer: 2 people, 4 peerages, 2 lions.... but notice it's the Pelican doing the actual work. ;) 
(Photo posted to Facebook of Prince Daffyd kneeling next to a trailer tire, holding a tire iron. Next to him, Sir Kyrus stands overlooking the work.) 
 

====August 4, 2024: Missives from Pennsic War====
We made it, and we're looking for troll. (Photo posted to Facebook of the initial view of Pennsic from inside Their Highness's truck.) 
 
====August 5, 2024: Missives from Pennsic War====
1st Post: Good Monday Morning, Vindhem! 
The Vindheim chivalric fighters are getting ready to marsh (meander) to the field. It is already hot and humid at 9 am. Go Vindhim! Go Ansteorra! 
(Video posted to Facebook of Vindhomie's readying to head to the battle field.) 
 
2nd Post: 
More Mustering on Monday. (Photos posted of Vindhomie's readying to head to the battlefield.) 
 
3rd Post: 
As His Highness and I are attending Royal functions at Pennsic, we like to take host gifts with us. We were very fortunate to be gifted these absolutely gorgeous thank you notes from [[Hrefna Grunnarsdottir]]. We wanted to share them with you here. Vivat for the talent of Vindheim! 
(Photo posted of several note cards, hand illuminated with themes of bees, hives, flowers, and the Vindheim populace badge.) 
 
4th Post: (Photo posted to Facebook of a sign at Pennsic that shows the direction and distance of all of the Kingdoms of the SCA, with the caption: "This is bound to get His Highness even more lost lol!! He is famous for his horrible sense of direction!!" 
 

====August 6, 2024: Missives from Pennsic War====
(Videos posted to Facebook of Ansteorra Chili Night) 
(Photos posted to Facebook of some of the field battles) 
(Videos posted to Facebook of the Vindheim Vanguard) 
 
Good morning, Vindheim! It's a wonderful humid Tuesday morning. Vindheim is mustering to take the fields today. It's going to be a great day! 
 

====August 7, 2024: Missives from Pennsic War====
(Videos posted to Facebook of shopping at Pennsic War and chaos after the storms came through the night before.) 
 
====August 8, 2024: Missives From Pennsic War====
Good Thursday morning, Vindheim! 
Things are a little slow today. There is the Woods Battle, but because of all of the rain, I believe most of our fighters are opting to stay safe and not participate. People are starting to break down because we are expecting a lot more rain tomorrow. Hopefully we can get some footage of court from last night. Lots of fun was had, a little bit of shenanigans, and we have the Vindheim Greywater Navy now, lol! 
I hope everyone has a great day and stays safe. 
 
====August 9, 2024: Missives From Pennsic War====
Good Friday morning! 
All the Princesses and Princes are ready to travel home after an event full of fun and rain. We are a little worse for wear, but had a great time! 
The site is pretty soggy and merchants row closes today at 5:00, so we just decided to get on the road. Hope everybody is having a great Friday morning and have a safe weekend! 
 
====August 11, 2024====
We are home safe. Yay! So tired of being in the truck! :D 
Thank you for sharing our Pennsic experience, in person or virtually. We are honored to serve our great Kingdom and wonderful Principality. 
Hope you have a wonderful day and look forward to seeing everyone next Saturday at the Academia della Spada! 
 
====August 13, 2024====
Unto the glorious kingdom of Ansteorra does TSH's Vindheim send cheerful greetings! 
Vindheim invites all throughout the land to the Academia della Spada this weekend. There will be classes for all rapier/C&T enthusiasts, from history of the white scarves to stabbing of fresh meat with blades (who can resist that much fun)! Can you say rapier spear? 
If that doesn’t tempt you, HSH Octavia welcomes all dashing Rapier and C&T fighters to clash blades in fast and furious tournaments that morning. While all fighters are welcome to test the meddle of potential champions, only those who reside in the principality can claim the title. Come make sure that fighter is worthy and up to the task! Fighters must sign up for the list and sign up sends Wednesday, Aug 14@ midnight, so don’t shilly-shally around, sign up now! 
We wish safe travels as you venture north to celebrate this exciting event with us! 
 

====August 15, 2024====
Their Serene Highnesses will be sitting "in state" on Saturday afternoon, at the Academia Della Spada. 
Starting at approximately 1:30, if you wish to speak to Their Highnesses about your ideas, suggestions or concerns about the Principality, we would be happy to hear it. If you have questions, hopefully we can provide some answers. Please feel free to talk to us. 
 
====September 10, 2024====
Greetings, Vindheim! 
We hope everyone is enjoying the cooler weather. This weekend, we will be traveling deep south into our fair Ansteorra to attend Kingdom A&S. 
Our Kingdom's artisans are sure to dazzle with their talent and expertise. You will be able to look upon some of the best work in the Known World. It is truly worth the drive! 
It will be wonderful to see our Vindheim populace there, supporting our Artisans - both of the Kingdom and Our beloved Principality. 
Safe travels, and We'll see ya'll there. 
 

====September 13, 2024====
Unto the fair Principality of Vindheim does Her Serene Highness Octavia send warmest greetings! 
25 years ago, I hosted the first Ansteorra Princess' Tea. The main purpose of this gathering was to allow non-White Scarf / Cadets to have close access to a Royal. As the White Scarves had their Queen, now the Cadets had their Princess. This Tea promoted a deeper communication, camaraderie and purpose. It allowed the Princess a way to understand the rapier community. When the Principality was made, it seemed only right to continue this lovely and useful meeting between the Principality Princess and her rapier enthusiasts. 
The Principality is now at the state where we need to start evolving our own traditions to carry us forward. It should be a blend of the solid traditions of our Kingdom and the new ideals from our Principality. I have given this extensive thought and sought advice from many. I have decided to change the Tea to better meet the needs of Vindheim. 
To this end, the Tea shall be hosted by me, the Princess, and not by the rapier community. This is how it was in the beginning; the Princess celebrating with the cadets. It was Her gift to them. I want to go back to this and take the burden off the community. It will be my gift to them, a way to allow them to get to know me. Next, I will invite ALL the rapier community in the Principality to attend. We are still a small group and need to bond further, instead of increasing the distance between the non-scarf/non-mod and the Dons and MODs. This tea will allow all to share views, hopes and visions for the Principality. 
The Tea is now scheduled to be held at Samhain, hosted by the Barony of Eldern Hills, October 25th, 2024. I hope to see all of Vindheim's rapier community there! Specific time to come when we have the schedule pinned down. 
Octavia de Verdon 
Princess of Vindheim 
 

====September 23, 2024====
Greetings, People of Vindheim 
The time is nearing for another Coronet List to be held to decide the next Heirs of Vindheim. 
These are the weapons that will be used in the list: 
* Round 1: Sword and shield
* Round 2: 6ft spear
* Round 3: Great sword
* Round 4: 7 1/2 foot glaive
* Round 5: Dane Axe
* Round 6: 6ft glaive
* Round 7: Bastard Sword
The tournament will be a Swiss 7, single fight, all double kills will be re-fought. Top 8 or 4 will be chosen for finals. 
Final Rounds will be: 
* Dane Axe
* Great Sword
* 7 1/2 ft Glaive
Hone your skills and prepare the weapons and armor to be ready for this next great choosing of the Prince & Princess of Vindheim. 
- Daffyd, Prince 
 

====September 27, 2024====
Greetings, Vindheim! 
We hope the cooler weather is finding our populace happy and content. 
We wish to invite you to join us in Gleann Abhann for Diamond Wars next month. It would be great to see lots of Vindheim faces with us on the field. The location of the event is fairly close to us. 
We hope you will make the journey with us! 
 

====October 4, 2024====
Greetings, O' glorious Vindheim! 
This weekend, we celebrate an incoming Crown. We are packed and ready to head to site. 
Come and enjoy the spectacle and glory that is an Ansteorran Coronation. We hope to see all of Vindheim there! 
 
====October 9, 2024====
Good morning, 
We want to thank [[Namron]] for hosting a wonderful Coronation and Protectorate event. It was great to see so many people in attendance. Everyone seemed to be having a great time. We want to thank Namron for the lovely gift basket. We appreciate your generosity! 
 
====November 2024 Whispers on the Wind====
Greetings, Vindheim: 
Cool weather is finally upon us. We hope everyone is enjoying it and planning for the wonderful events that these months bring. 
Coronet list is now open for sign up. Each participant will need to submit a Letter of Intent, proof of membership for themselves and their consort, and fighter authorization cards. The style of fighting was in last month's Whispers on the Wind as well as the Vindheim Facebook group. 
War of the Rams is the 3rd weekend of November. We hope to field a large contingency of Vindheim fighters! Please join us as it is a great event to attend. Lots of Merchants, fighting, and classes! Something for everyone! 
Have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving! 
Daffydd and Octavia 
Prince & Princess of Vindheim 
 
====December 2024 Whispers on the Wind====
Warmest greetings, Vindheim: 
We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and are now looking forward to all the celebrations December brings. December also brings a new set of Royalty. We hope you can join us on December 14, 2024, at the Canton of Wyldewode. Come rejoice in the Coronet Tournament and welcome the new Highnesses! It will be a glorious day. 
 
As our time as your royalty draws nigh, we want to Thank you for making our reign a glorious time and filled with wonderful memories. It was our immense pleasure and honor, serving the Principality in this capacity. 
 
Thank you all! 
 
In service to the Kingdom and Principality, 
Daffydd and Octavia 
Prince and Princess of Vindheim 
 

====December 14, 2025====
Good morning Vindheim! 
This will be our last missive on here. We wanted to thank everybody for help making this a wonderful and rewarding experience for us. The principality is full of kind, friendly and generous people. We hope we met your expectations as we took this job seriously. Be kind to each other, be supportive to others dreams and things will go great. 
In service to the Vindheim and the kingdom of Ansteorra, 
Daffyd and Octavia 
Prince and Princess 
Vindheim 
 
===The Words of the Populace===
 

==Reign Notes==
===Garb/Accoutrements===
 
===Tokens and Gifts===
 

==Royal Preferences==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; color:#cb0000;"
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | Preference
! His Serene Highness
! Her Serene Highness
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Allergies & Dislikes:
| Foods made with Rosewater
| Rude Language and conduct
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Food Preferences:
|
| Caramel candies, all berries
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Beverage Preferences:
| Craft Beer
|
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Persona:
|
|
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Colors:
|
|
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Interests:
|
|
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Other:
|
|
|}

===Total Number of Awards Given===

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; background-color:#cb0000;"
! Name
! Number
|-
|Bastion
| 1
|-
|Brazier
| 7
|-
|Company of the Sanguine Warhorse
| 2
|-
|Company of the Sinople Warhorse
| 0
|-
|Company of the Tenne Warhorse
| 1
|-
|Dove
|0
|-
|Fountain
|0
|-
|Golden Comb
|1
|-
|Goutte de Vin
|0
|-
|Hawk's Wing
|1
|-
|Key of Keys
|5
|-
|Key
|6
|-
|Pillar
|7
|-
|Red Bowl
|2
|-
|River
|0
|-
|Thunderbolt
|21
|-
|Wellspring
|3
|}

===Trivia===
 

==Reign Photos & Media==
<gallery caption="Our Coronet" widths="150px">
Image:6th Coronet MiniMe.jpg|Coronet Mini-Mes created by [[Gyda Ulricswyf]]
Image:6th Tanist and Tanista of Vindheim.jpg|6th Tanist & Tanista of Vindheim
image:6th Coronet - Gift to Gleann Abhan Diamond Wars.png|Contributing Artisans: [[Angelique de la Fontaine]], [[Annabelle Fitzsimmons]], [[Aubrey Ericsdatter]], [[Eadwyn seo Gathyrde]], [[Koia Karasova]], [[Philippa Benintendi di Palermo]], [[Milokhna d'Riga]], [[Nafisa al-Nadiyah]], [[Sven Karlsson]], [[Yzabeau Brossier]], [[Zubeydah]]
image:6th Coronet - Gift to Calontir - Calontir Crown Tourney.png|Contributing Artisans: [[Annabelle Fitzsimmons]], [[Asha of Mooneschadowe]], [[Áshildr inn Hárfagri]], [[Eadwyn seo Gathyrde]], [[Francesca di Lucca]], [[Kiah of Northkeep]], [[Nimmera Valeria]], [[Serena Calandra]], [[Úallach inghean Uí Dhubhshláine]], [[Zubeydah]]
image:Princess Octavia Goes Double or Nothing - Photo by Francesca di Lucca.jpg|Princess Octavia goes double or nothing in her bet with Queen Gilyan Photo by [[Francesca di Lucca]]

</gallery>

[[Category:Royal Family & Nobility]]
[[Category:Vindheim]]

5th Vindheim Coronet

2026-07-30T18:30:03Z

Alhdryth: /* Reign Photos & Media */

{{Coronet
| reignnumber = 5th
| coronetportrait = [[File:Vindhomies.jpg|x400px]]
| photodesc = Photo by Centurion [[Margery Heron]]
| coronet = [[Romanius Vesperianus]] and [[Deanna della Penna]] - R2D2
| coronettourney = December 09, 2023: [[Vindheim 5th Coronet Tourney]]
| stepdowndate = June 29, 2024: [[Vindheim 6th Coronet Tourney]]
| predecessors = [[4th Vindheim Coronet|skeggi Berbeinn Sebbason ins Sterka and Emmelina de Medeland]]
| heirs = [[6th Vindheim Coronet|Dafydd Whitacre and Octavia de Verdon]]
}}
</div>

==Reign Overview==

====Notable Achievements====
*Created the Award of the [[Goutte de Vin]] of Vindheim.
*Created the Order of the [[Hawk's Wing]] of Vindheim.
*Created the Award of the [[River]] of Vindheim.
 

===Royal Whims or Declarations===
* The Coronet will be using "Their Serene Highnesses" as Their preferred title.
* In Courts, any member of the populace in good standing (That is to say, anyone not under sanction by the Society, Kingdom, or Principality), any member of the Order of the Bastion, or the Prince's Champion may hold the unsheathed Sword of State. We would wish a large number of people partcipate in holding it as it is a symbol of the people of the Principality. We wish it unsheathed to show the beauty and skill that went into the making of it and how it represents our People.
* Our Royal Baker is His Grace, [[Jean-Paul de Sens]] for his bread and cookies at Laurel's Prize Tourney
* The following are declared to be the official Principality Dancers for our Reign: [[Adena Terricsdottir]], [[John of York]], [[Christopher Flete]], [[Kyna Terricsdottir]], [[Cornelius Merilainen]] & [[Koke Gan]]
* The official Principality Musicians are declared to be: [[Rhiannon Redwulf]], [[Estrill Swet]], [[Vigdis Grafeldr]], [[Esmeralda Malaspina]], [[Percival of Northkeep]], [[Haldane Sparhawk]], and [[Vitalis Gabrielle Venier della Mare]].
 

===Staff Members===
* Head of Entourage: Mistress [[Marguerite Dinard]] & Countess [[Michelle Chantal de Charente]]
* Chief Lady-in-Waiting:
* Sanguine Quill: HL [[Cera ingen Fháeláin]]
* Sanguine Trumpet: [[Adalia VonderBerg]]
* Sanguine Needle:
* Gifts Coordinator: [[Zubeydah]]
 

==[[Champions of Vindheim|Champions]]==
===Arts===
None
 

===Combat===
* Princess' Champion - [[Marcus von Fürth]]
* Prince's Champion - [[Jean-Paul de Sens]]
* Cut & Thrust Champion - [[Sævarr Máni]]
* Archery: [[Karl Thorgeirsson]]
 

===Special Recognitions===
Bastion: Master [[Isaac Bane]]
 

==Progress ==
* Dec 16, 2023: Wiesenfeuer Yule
* Jan 12, 2024: Winter Crown Tournament
* Jan 27, 2024: Northkeep Winterkingdom
* Feb 03, 2024: Marata Midwinter Melees
* Feb 10, 2024: Laurel's Prize Tournament
* Feb 17, 2024: Calontir Winter War Maneuvers (Prince)
* Mar 09, 2024: Gulf Wars XXXII
* Mar 30, 2024: Hellsgate Commander's Crucible (Prince)
* Apr 13, 2024: Coronation
* Apr 20, 2024: Wiesenefeuer Baronial
* Apr 27, 2024: Eldern Hills Another Day in the Park
* May 04, 2024: Namron Beltane
* May 18, 2024: Northkeep's Castellan
* May 25, 2024: Valor Tourney (Prince)
* Jun 08, 2024: Summer Crown Tournament
* Jun 22, 2024: Bonwicke Champion
* Jun 29, 2024: Vindheim Summer Coronet Tourney
 

===The Words of the Coronet===
====December 24, 2023====
Greetings to Our beloved Principality! Deanna and I wish all of the members of Vindheim a safe and wonderful holiday season. Each of you are special to us and have a place in the Principality and in our hearts. Please celebrate and enjoy the warmth and friendship of your families and each other during the holidays and all year long. We look forward to seeing you at the upcoming events and getting to know you better, as we know that each of you make Vindheim a better, special place!
 
====January 2024 Whispers on the Wind====
To the Great Principality of Vindheim, We send our greetings! 
We are both thrilled to be privileged to serve the people and groups of Vindheim once again. We want to express our gratitude to our hosts, the Shire of Adlersruhe and to everyone whose hard work created such a memorable Coronet Tournament. We also wished to thank everyone who braved the snow and competed for the honor. We encourage those who wish to serve as our successors to spend the next six months working hard on your off-weapons game in preparation for Summer Coronet! It's never too early to start planning! 
The next six months will bring many new friendships, experiences, and adventures for all of us. However, we would ask for the people of this great Principality to remember our friends in Calontir for Winter War Maneuvers in February, and to assist the Kingdom during Gulf Wars with your attendance. We look forward to working on our melee skills and putting them to use to help secure the victory. 
It was good to see everyone at our first event, Wiesenfeuer Yule. We would like to take a moment and give special thanks to Her Majesty Ansteorra for allowing us to bring her words to the people of Vindheim and conduct her business in Court. We were very proud to hear that the Baronesses' Toy Tournament was so successful that they collected almost 400 toys due to your generosity! Please keep Master Andrixios in your thoughts and prayers as he recovers from his terrible car accident. 
We will represent Vindheim with pride at Crown Tournament, where Her Majesty's Heirs will be decided. Then later, we will attend classes at Northkeep's Winterkingdom, shortly followed by Marata Midwinter Melees and then Winter War Maneuvers in the Shire of Wyverne Cliffe (aka Columbia, MO). Travel safely, spend time with the ones you love the most, stay warm, and we look forward to seeing you out and about. 

====January 10, 2024====
Greetings to Vindheim! 
Day by day the calendar turns and War draws ever closer.We need to prepare ourselves, both in body and mind, to prepare for Gulf and to renew the ties of friendship with our allies. To that end, we encourage all who are able to attend Winter War Maneuvers in Calontir on February 17, 2024. The event will allow us to increase our might on the field in melee combat and to work with Calontir on war planning. It is through our work prior to War that we will again dazzle the Known World with our might and prowess on the field. Practicing standing shoulder to shoulder with our allies to the North will make Gulf a better experience for all. And gosh darn it, they are just awesome people all the way around to hang out with!
 
====January 23, 2024====
Greetings unto Vindheim! 
This last weekend saw Vindheim on the move! I was fortunate enough to attend the Outlands’ Coronation for the elevation of TRM Fjolverker and Melissa. The hospitality of the Outlands could not have been greater. I was honored to be part of their first Court and to sit at the left hand of Her Royal Majesty. Vindheim represented our great kingdom and exchanged gifts with their royal court and spoke with His Royal Majesty about Gulf Wars. We wish them a successful reign and look forward to seeing them at War, hopefully as allies against Trimaris! 
We shall see all those who attend Winterkingdom this weekend as the Principality hosts both Her Sovereign Majesty and Her Royal Heirs! We ask all who can attend to do so and take part in the numerous classes scheduled. Please be safe and warm and know that Vindheim and all of its people are special to us! 
 
====February 19, 2024====
Greetings unto our Principality! 
Winter War Maneuvers has come and gone and Vindheim supported our friends in Calontir! Our Principality acquitted itself very well at the practice. I want to thank all that journeyed to Calontir and showed their support by helping our forces and our allies prepare for Gulf Wars. Equally, I want to thank the artisans of Vindheim for their willingness to provide gifts from us to Calontir to help Us show our gratitude for their support to our Principality and their willingness to support Ansteorra at Gulf. During the exchange of gifts and greetings, Her Majesty Calontir proclaimed that Calontir would support Vindheim at Gulf! Our neighbors to the North will be fighting shoulder to shoulder with us for the chivalric, rapier, throw weapons, arts and science and service points. Please be sure to thank them at the War for their assistance! 
Gulf Wars is only 2 1/2 weeks away. If you are planning to attend Gulf, please register now to make gating in easier. If you will be joining us on the rapier or chivalric fields, please let your either your local group commander or myself know so we are able to provide an estimate to our allies at the War. We look forward to seeing everyone and hearing your Gulf stories. Please stop use while we are at Gulf and let us know how things are going and share your highlights of the War with us! 
For those unable to attend and who will be tending the home fires while we are gone, please keep up the goof thoughts and support for the Kingdom and Principality while we are away. We will miss you! 
Travel safely and we will see you soon! 
His Serene Highness Romanius Vindheimus Vesperanius 
 

====February 21, 2024====
Dear Vindheim, 
The Principality has arms, but it does not yet possess a full achievement. That's going to be the crest, helm, livery/mantling, motto, and two supporters. 
Brainstorming #2: if you were to nominate a motto, what comes to mind? Difficulty: English, or something else?
We look forward to working with the heralds, but we'd love to tap into the creativity of the hive mind and see what suggestions everyone comes up with. 
 
====May 8, 2024====
To our Beloved Principality! 
Beltane was a wonderful event! We would like to thank all who came and enjoyed the day with us, as it just wouldn’t be the same without all of you (and we would be lonely!) Fun was had by all in archery and thrown weapons! Her Highness and I we doubly surprised when cattle were called into Court! We shall let their Excellencies explain on that one further… 
Castellan is coming up quicker than many may consider so We ask that you mark your calendar for May 17 – 19 and attend if you can. After that I will be paying a visit to our neighbors North and spending a great event in Calontir at Valor! Please join me if you’re able so we can display our talents and help support our good friends and allies. 
Finally, registration for Coronet List will be opening soon! Please be sure to register and send Us a letter of intent that details how you would like your Chivalric Championship to run should you prove victorious. The format has already been posted and I would encourage all participants to bring their own weapons and be ready for a day of fun and fighting! 
Romanius and Deanna 
Serene Highnesses, Vindheim 
 
====May 12, 2024====
Greetings Vindheim! 
In May there are numerous events to attend and enjoy the spirit of Vinheim! Castellan is coming up soon and I understand that there will be some special fighting at the event. I might add that not all shall pass but all will have fun! Please come and see your friends and enjoy the fellowship of the Principality as well! 
Valor is on the horizon and coming fast! I look forward to spending time with the excellent people of the Principality! I know plans are underway to make dining and camping easier on us, but if you pre-register, it will make counting numbers for those working in and for Vindheim easier! Please pre-reg and post letting those organizing the trip know if you are going to be able to attend! 
Be safe and we will meet together for fun in a few weeks for Castellan and Valor! 
 

====May 27, 2024====
To Our beloved Principality! 
We have returned from Valor! It was a fantastic event where we were able to strengthen our bonds with Calontir and make new friend! The weather was great, if a little rainy Saturday night, the tournaments were spectacular, and Vindheim more than held its own in the melees! I want to thank all those who were kind enough to contribute their talents to the gift bags and banners that were given to their Majesties and Highnesses of Calontir. I am ALWAYS amazed at how talented, kind and generous the people of Our Principality are! 
As a reminder, registration to fight in Summer Coronet is open. Please send in your required information and your letter of intent. I am asking all who feel they are able to fulfill the duties of Coronet to enter and strive for the day. Their Majesties will also be installing the new Baron and Baroness of [[Northkeep]]. We want to express our sincere thanks to their current Excellencies [[Perrin de Beaujeu|Perrin]] and [[Jehanne de Montauban|Jehanne]] for their excellent tenure and leadership. 
Deanna and I will see everyone at Summer Crown as Their Majesties find out who Their Heirs shall be! It will be a grand day of pageantry and heroic deeds. Following that we will be attending Bonwicke’s Baronial Investiture and the Summer Coronet. Though our time draws to a close we are looking forward to seeing all of you and helping to recognize all of the wonderful things you do!

====June 2024 Whispers on the Wind====
Dear Vindheim: 
 
We are sorry to hear that Another Day in the Park was cancelled due to inclement weather, but safety always comes first. Please do your best to support the Barony of Eldern Hills when they reschedule; we look forward to sharing their next event with them, regardless whether we are Coronet at the time or not. 
 
In May, we look forward to seeing everyone at Beltane and Castellan, and will finish the month by attending Valor in Calontir. If you're able to come, we look forward to your company! 
 
Big thanks to everyone who is participating in the Vindheim Achievement Project. Speaking of which, please take a moment to consider whether you've registered your own device or achievement with the College of Heralds! 
 
The next Coronet Tournament will be here before we know it. Submit your letters of intent as early as possible and be sure to describe how you intend to run your chivalric champion's tournament, should the day be yours. There's still a lot to do, but we know it will be time for our successors soon! 
 
All the best, 
Romanius & Deanna 
 
====June 4, 2024====
Vindheim! Just a post to remind everyone that our wonderful Principality will be hosting Crown Tournament this weekend! Northkeep is providing us an excellent site for the Tourney and We ask all who can to come and bear witness to this noble proceeding! Help Us and Northkeep celebrate the day with Their Majesties as new heirs are discovered! We look forward to seeing everyone there! 
Also, please remember there are only 7 days left to register for the Coronet Tourney that is being held on June 29! Please join us on that day as Our successors are found! If you believe you can support the Principality as Coronet, please register! 

====June 9, 2024====
To our beloved Principality! 
This Saturday Their Majesties were hosted in Northkeep to find Their heirs! After a glorious tournament two of our own Vindhomies were victorious! [[Jean Paul de Sens]] and [[Gilyan Alienora of Clonmacnoise]] took the day after a breathtaking final round! Please be sure to congratulate them and give them support during their reign! Vivat~
 

===The Words of the Populace===
 

==Reign Notes==
===Garb/Accoutrements===
 
===Tokens and Gifts===
 

==Royal Preferences==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; color:#cb0000;"
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | Preference
! His Serene Highness
! Her Serene Highness
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Allergies:
|
| allergies to pistachios, horses, cats, and almond milk.
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Food Preferences:
|
|
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Beverage Preferences:
|
|
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Persona:
|
|
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Colors:
| The colors of Vindheim! (He's also fond of lion and scorpion motifs.)
|
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Interests:
|
|
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Other:
| Romanius doesn't do well in cold weather. So his likes would be things that bring warmth. A lot of people don’t have a lot of Vindheim wearables yet. So donations/largess of wearables, accessories, etc, with Vindheim visual motifs would be especially appreciated.
| Deanna enjoys things that makes scribes happy!
|}
[https://ansteorra.org/vindheim/coronet/romanius-and-deanna/ Romanius and Deanna - Vindheim website]

===Total Number of Awards Given===
Totals of all Vindheim awards

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; background-color:#cb0000;"
! Name
! Number
|-
|Bastion
|1
|-
|Brazier
|0
|-
|Company of the Sanguine Warhorse
|4
|-
|Company of the Sinople Warhorse
|2
|-
|Company of the Tenne Warhorse
|14
|-
|Dove
|1
|-
|Fountain
|4
|-
|Golden Comb
|0
|-
|Goutte de Vin
|15
|-
|Hawk's Wing
|3
|-
|Key of Keys
|11
|-
|Key
|37
|-
|Pillar
|4
|-
|Red Bowl
|2
|-
|River
|4
|-
|Thunderbolt
|24
|-
|Wellspring
|5
|-
|}

===Trivia===
 

==Reign Photos & Media==
<gallery caption="Our Coronet" widths="150px">
</gallery>

[[Category:Royal Family & Nobility]]
[[Category:Vindheim]]

4th Vindheim Coronet

2026-07-30T18:29:41Z

Alhdryth: /* Reign Photos & Media */

{{Coronet
| reignnumber = 3rd
| coronetportrait = [[File:Tanista Emmalina and Tanist Skeggi - Photo by Zubeydah.jpg|x400px]]
| photodesc =
| coronet = [[skeggi Berbeinn Sebbason ins Sterka]] and [[Emmelina de Medeland]]
| coronettourney = June 17, 2023 at [[Vindheim 4th Coronet Tourney]]
| stepdowndate = December 09, 2023 at [[Vindheim 5th Coronet Tourney]]
| predecessors = [[3rd Vindheim Coronet|Micauley Morison and Caterina Giovanni]]
| heirs = [[5th Vindheim Coronet|Romanius Vindheimus Vesperianus and Deanna della Penna]]
}}
</div>

==Reign Overview==

====Notable Achievements====
*Created the Vindheim Thrown Weapons Champion.
 

===Royal Whims or Declarations===
 

===Staff Members===
* Steward/Head of Entourage: [[Adena Terricsdottir]] & [[Órlaith inghean Uí hUallacháin]]
* Chief Lady-in-Waiting:
* Sanguine Quill (Chief Scribe): [[Cera ingen Fháeláin]]
* Pillar Signet (Northern Regional Scribe): [[Isaac Bane]]
* Sanguine Trumpet (Court Herald): [[Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair]]
* Gifts Coordinator: [[Zubeydah]]
* Largess Coordinator:
* Sanguine Needle (Clothing Coordinator): [[Yzabeau Brossier]]
 

==[[Champions of Vindheim|Champions]]==
===Combat===
* Rapier Champion - Don [[Facon du Pray]]
* Chivalric Champion - Centurion [[Turpin Tyme]]
* Thrown Weapons Champion - [[Raulff Smeithberde]]
 

===Special Recognitions===
[[Bastion]]: Her Grace, [[Gilyan Alienora of Clonmacnoise]] - named at [[BAM]]. 
 

==Progress ==

===The Words of the Coronet===
====July Whispers on the Wind====
Greetings To The Glorious Populace of Vindheim! 
Last weekend was a whirlwind. Thank you to everyone that worked diligently to make coronet tourney a success. We would like to thank Viscount Micauley and Viscountess Caterina for their successful reign. We are so excited to serve the populace as your newest Prince and Princess and for what the next six months hold. Our first event as Prince and Princess will be King’s College which will be held in the barony of Wiesenfeuer on July 8th. We encourage everyone to consider attending this kingdom event being held in our principality. It will have more than 60 classes that will touch on all aspects of the SCA. We will soon have our full progress updated on the Kingdom and Vindheim calendars. We will be attending Pennsic for war week and are excited to see many of you there. 
We would like to continue a practice started by our honored ancestors Jean Paul I & Gilyan I. As it is looking to be another scorching season, it is the perfect time to work on indoor projects as you plan for for Pennsic, War of the Rams (aka BAM aka Fred), or Gulf Wars! We would like to propose a Principality wide work week of July 23. On one day that week, we encourage the populace to gather as a group of friends, for your local A&S, or work on a personal project to highlight your love and pride for our principality with the Vindheim colors and populace badges. Think of how you want to represent Vindheim on the field at one of the coming wars. 
We are working our way through the current award recommendations. Please keep them coming in! As we work through the award recommendations already submitted, we encourage you to continue to submit suggestions for citizens that bring glory to Vindheim. If you see someone doing something that you believe should be recognized, let us know! We rely on our populace to tell us of worthy deeds through our online form. 
Skeggi & Emmelina 
Prince and Princess of Vindheim 

====July 9, 2023====
What an amazing event we had at King’s College. Thank you to the Barony of Wiesenfeuer for hosting and all of your illustrious populace members for their hard work to make the day so successful. Special thanks to Mistress [[Beatrix Alfray|Bea]] for her event stewarding. We enjoyed taking many wonderful classes, especially getting to stab meat! Thank you to everyone who taught. 
One of our favorite things was getting to recognize some amazing Vindhomies for their awesome work in our principality. Congratulations to the newest recipients of the Brazier of Vindheim, Lady [[Isabeau Wynter]] and Master [[Orlando Giovanni]] and congratulations to our newest recipients of the Pillar of Vindheim, Chu Fu [[Hu Zhen]] and Lady [[Muirenn Nia Ingen Nathi]]. You make our principality better and stronger through your diligent service. 
There are so many that put work into making King’s College a successful event and we know we can’t name them all, but we thank you. If you saw someone doing something amazing at King’s College or any of our events, please let us know through our awards recommendations. 
Their Sanguine Highnesses, 
Skeggi & Emmelina 
Prince & Princess of Vindheim 
 

====October Whispers on the Wind====
Greetings To The Glorious Populace of Vindheim! 
Our heavy eventing season is upon us. We look forward to seeing you at many Vindheim events, like Namron Protectorate, Wyldewode Northern Border Skirmishes, and Eldern HIlls Samhain, as well as Coronation. We are preparing for war! We need you to join us at Bordermarch War of the Rams. There will be classes, fighting, and fun! We look forward to seeing great deeds on and off the field. 
Thank you to everyone that has been sending in largesse for Vindheim. We have received amazing things and have enjoyed passing it out to the populace. We appreciate the artistry and creativity that has been shown. Some of our favorite largesse have been useful as well as decorative. We also greatly appreciate all the mugs that have been donated to welcome our newcomers to the dream. 
We end our missive with the same request. Recommendations! We need them! Please submit suggestions for your fellow populace members that are doing good things! We need you as our eyes and ears. We encourage each of you to turn in at least one award recommendation in the month of October. 
Skeggi & Emmelina 
Prince and Princess of Vindheim 

===The Words of the Populace===

 

==Reign Notes==
===Garb/Accoutrements===

===Tokens and Gifts===
 

==Royal Preferences==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; color:#cb0000;"
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | Preference
! His Serene Highness
! Her Serene Highness
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Allergies/Dislikes:
|
| Red Onions
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Food Preferences:
| Meat, Baked Goods, Cheese, Veggies (especially broccoli)
| Fruit, Beef Jerky, Smoked Meats, Cheese, Baked Goods, Sugar Free Candy
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Beverage Preferences:
| Dr. Pepper Zero, Red Bull Sugar Free, Electrolit
| Diet Dr. Pepper, Fresca, Ghost Zero Sugar Energy
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Persona:
|
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|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Colors:
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| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Interests:
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|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Other:
|
| Butterflies & Cats
|}

===Total Number of Awards Given===
Totals of all Vindheim awards

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; background-color:#cb0000;"
! Name
! Number
|-
|Bastion
|1
|-
|Brazier
|5
|-
|Company of the Sanguine Warhorse
|11
|-
|Company of the Sinople Warhorse
|3
|-
|Company of the Tenne Warhorse
|5
|-
|Dove
|1
|-
|Fountain
|3
|-
|Golden Comb
|0
|-
|Key of Keys
|11
|-
|Key
|33
|-
|Pillar
|7
|-
|Red Bowl
|2
|-
|Thunderbolt
|3
|}

===Trivia===
 

==Reign Photos & Media==
* [https://www.youtube.com/live/9CBqb0U3IHk?feature=shared Vindheim Fourth Coronet Tourney (Video)]

<gallery caption="Our Coronet" widths="150px">
image:Princess Emmalina and Prince Skeggi - Photo by Marguerite Dinard.jpg|Pennsic 50 Photo by Marguerite Dinard
image:Skeggi at BAM - Photo by Cassion Jaskółski.jpg|Prince Skeggi at [[BAM]] Photo by [[Cassion Jaskolski]]
</gallery>

[[Category:Royal Family & Nobility]]
[[Category:Vindheim]]

3rd Vindheim Coronet

2026-07-30T18:29:07Z

Alhdryth: /* Reign Photos & Media */

{{Coronet
| reignnumber = 3rd
| coronetportrait = [[File:3rd Coronet - Micauley and Caterina - Photo by Koke Gan.jpg|x400px]]
| photodesc =
| coronet = [[Micauley Morison]] I and [[Caterina Giovanni di Gilead|Caterina Giovanni]] I
| coronettourney = December 10, 2022 at [[Vindheim 3rd Coronet Tourney]]
| stepdowndate = June 17, 2023 at [[Vindheim 4th Coronet Tourney]]
| predecessors = [[2nd Vindheim Coronet|Jean Paul de Sens & Gilyan Alienora of Clonmacnoise]]
| heirs = [[4th Vindheim Coronet|Skeggi Berbeinn Sebbason ins Sterka for Emmelina de Medeland]]
}}
</div>

==Reign Overview==

====Notable Achievements====
*Created the Vindheim Archery Champion.
 

===Royal Whims or Declarations===
 

===Staff Members===
* Steward/Head of Entourage: [[Margherita de Mantua]]
* Chief Lady-in-Waiting:
* Thunderbolt Signet: [[Ian the Green]]
* Fountain Herald: [[Áshildr inn Hárfagri]]
* Gifts Coordinator: [[Zubeydah]]
* Largess Coordinator: [[Skjoldulfr Hildibjarnarson]]
* Clothing Coordinator: [[Yzabeau Brossier]]
 

==[[Champions of Vindheim|Champions]]==
===Arts===
None

===Combat===
* Rapier Champion - [[Marcus von Fürth]]
* Chivalric Champion - [[Raulff Smeithberde]]
* Cut & Thrust Champion -
* (Premier) Missile Champion - [[Cera ingen Fháeláin]]
 

===Special Recognitions===
Bastion: [[Zubeydah]]
 

==Progress ==
* December 17, 2022: '''[[Wiesenfeuer]] Yule'''
** Prince Mícauley: I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for an amazing event at Wiesenfeuer Yule 2022. So many parts of the day were excellent - from enjoying the Vindheim Bake off that [[Karl bogsveigir Thorgeirsson]] works so hard with (and getting to see the delight that my Stunt-pancreas' had with each treat) and getting to enjoy the high Spear-its of the tournament with Their Excellencies of Namron ( [[Mani Alfsson]] and [[Kolfinna Egilsdóttir]]). The amazing songs and stories during the bardic competition! Getting to enjoy celebrating the people of Vindheim from a new seat during court alongside their Excellencies [[Muirenn ingen Chernaig]] and [[Beatrix Alfraye]]. Feast was exceptional and memorable to say the least. [[Klauss Luinstra]], [[Mariella Magdalena de Guilio]] and [[Aldric de Kerr]] put on an exceptional event. It was without a doubt, a day for the books. [[Caterina Giovanni]] and I are finding our feet as Prince and Princess, and the help and support of amazing entourage, unrivaled friends, and a populace that we truly love and want to celebrate, helped to make yesterday's event awesome and builds my faith and excitement for the months ahead. Vivat Wiesenfeuer! Vivat Vindheim!
** Princess Caterina: This past weekend I was inspired by so many many things at Wiesenfeuer Yule. In my current position as Princess of Vindheim, I get to do more watching now, and see what everyone else is doing. It was so incredible to watch the way that everyone worked together to make that event happen. People were sitting gate, people were cooking lunch, people were cooking dinner, people were running children’s activities. And I realized, as I looked around that all of those people were volunteering their time to make all of those things happen. I think sometimes we get so busy working and doing our own things at events that we forget to appreciate and be inspired by all the hard work that everyone else is doing and I really got to see that this weekend. I am so inspired by everyone in the SCA who helps make people feel welcome, who helps make events happen, who helps add ambience with decorations and music, and who helps just by lending a smile.

* January 14, 2023: Coronation - [[Bjornsborg]]
* January 21, 2023: 86th Queen's Champion Celebration - [[Bordermarch]] - Princess
* January 28, 2023: [[Northkeep]] Winterkingdom

* February 4, 2023: [[Mooneschadowe]]'s Provincial Games
* February 18, 2023: Winter War Maneuvers - Vatavia, Calontir - Prince

* March 11, 2023: Gulf War
* March 31, 2023: Norman Medfaire

* April 13, 2023: [[Wiesenfeuer]] Baronial
* April 21, 2023: Glaslyn - Defender of the Flame - Princess
* April 28, 2023: [[Namron Beltane]]

* May 05, 2023: Passa de Arms - Princess
* May 13, 2023: Elfsea Defender - Prince
* May 19, 2023: [[Northkeep]] Castellan
* May 26, 2023: Valor Tourney, Kingdom of Calontir

* June 2, 2023: [[Myrgenfeld]] Collegium
* June 10, 2023: Ansteorra Summer Crown Tourney
* June 17, 2023: [[Vindheim 4th Coronet Tourney]]

===The Words of the Coronet===
====December 13, 2022 (1 of 2)====
Greetings all! 
We are looking at the great battles ahead and find ourselves in need of a Commander for the chivalric forces of Vindheim! At this time we'd ask that if anyone would like to volunteer or make suggestions for this role to please email us at prince@vindheim.ansteorra.org Or princess@vindheim.ansteorra.org, and if there are any other questions or comments please don't hesitate to communicate with us. 
 
====December 13, 2022 (2 of 2)====
Greetings all! 
His Highness and I wanted to write and say how much we appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have already received from this great Principality! 
We have added our progress that we know of so far to the Kingdom calendar and hope to see many of you at the upcoming events we will be attending. 
First up is Wiesenfeuer Yule this coming weekend. We would like to invite any and all members of the populace that we have not had the opportunity to meet to please come and introduce yourselves to us. In addition, please bring any and all newcomers at events that you attend to come and meet us as well. 
We feel so fortunate to be able to serve as your Prince and Princess and we are so looking forward to the coming months. 
Micauley and Caterina 
Prince and Princess, Vindheim 
 
====December 29, 2022====
Greetings all! 
As we look forward to the next few events that we will get to envoy with our exceptional populous we wanted to put a reminder out to all to send us you AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS! 
We want to celebrate all the good things that we know the people of Vindheim are doing, but we can’t possibly have eyes everywhere and we need your help to be able to recognize people for all that they deserve. 
And we humbly request that you send those words in time to think and plan for upcoming events. For example, Winterkingdom is looming we’d love to have any recommendation for that event in to us by the 7th of January. So please send us your recommendations to: 
Prince@Vindheim.ansteorra.org 
and/or 
Princess@Vindheim.ansteorra.org 
P.S. We are working towards an award recommendation form for submissions in the future, but while that project develops we would ask that you endure the great and torturous burden of emailing us. 😜 
We are eager to serve and celebrate this populace! 
Their Serene Highnesses 
Prince Micauley and Princess Caterina 
 
====March 2023 Whispers on the Wind====
Greetings, All! 
Wow time flies when you are having fun! This past month was awesome! We enjoyed spending time with you at Provincal Games, Winter War Maneuvers, and the Vindheim rapier practice this past month. We got to see great acts of heroism and fighting at all three events and got to recognize many deserving members of the populace of Vindheim. 
 
War prep is in full swing! Check your authorizations, check your armor and weapons, check your garb, and make repairs. March is just around the corner! We are so looking forward to representing this great Principality at war and can’t wait to fight with you, sit around the camp fire with you and tell stories, and recognize even more deserving members of the populace. 
 
The Spring eventing season looks to be busy with the Medieval Fair demo happening shortly after we return from war. Please plan to attend this event if you can. It is the largest demo opportunity in the Principality, and we can use all hands on deck to make it successful. In April, we will also be attending Wiesenfeuer Baronial and Namron Beltane. Both look to be great fun, and we look forward to seeing all of you there! 
 
In closing, keep being awesome Vindheim! We have no doubt that you will! 
Yours, 
Micauley and Caterina 
Prince and Princess of Vindheim 
 
====April 2023 Whispers on the Wind====
Greetings, All! 
 
Gulf Wars was so epic! 
 
We had a great time! Thank you to everyone who took the time to serve on entourage for us, help move things on logistics for us, etc. And thank you to all who fought on the rapier and chivalric fields, went and shot archery, went and participated in thrown weapons, taught arts and sciences classes, and donated your precious vacation time volunteering to ensure that the rest of us got to enjoy the war. We are so proud of all of you! 
 
The Spring eventing season looks to be busy with Medieval Fair happening soon! Please plan to attend this event if you can. It is the largest demo opportunity in the Principality, and we can use all hands on deck to make it successful.
In April we will also be attending Wiesenfeuer Baronial and Namron Beltane. Both look to be great fun, and we look forward to seeing all of you there and recognizing all the amazing things that you all do! 
 
Plans are also in the works for us to attend Lilies War in Calontir June 11-15. So, if you had a great time at Gulf War and can’t wait to attend another war, come join us! We’d love to have lots of folks from the Principality attend with us. 
 
Yours, 
Micauley and Caterina 
Prince and Princess of Vindheim 
 
====May 2023 Whispers on the Wind====
Greetings, All! 
 
The month of April was an excellent launching point for all the excitement of Spring and Summer in Vindheim. The Medieval Fair is always an incredible time, fun and exciting and one of the very best ways to invite new people into falling in love with this Society that so many of us already have. The Barony of Namron has certainly had an exciting month, capping us off with Beltane and all the joy that comes with it! And let’s not forget Wiesenfeuer Baronial and the amazing time we got to have in the Barony of Fire! These last few weeks have been exceptional in so many ways and we wanted to thank everyone who played a hand in making them so great! 
Looking forward, May is going to be a jam packed month, with Her Highness attending Adlersruhe’s Passa de Arms, His Highness attending Elfsea’s Defender, Both attending Northkeep’s Castellan, and all the excitement that comes from Memorial Day weekend as well, with Ansteorra celebrating Steppe’s Warlord and our Calontir brethren in Vatavia hosting Valor, this month is packed to the brim with excitement and fun. 
Out at Beltane, His Highness Micauley was approached by a friend from the southern part of the Kingdom who had made the long trip to see what Vindheim events can be like, they made the comment, “Up here, you guys really love each other, and you know how to have fun!” and there could be no better words to sum up what it feels like at an event in our beloved Principality. So please, continue to love each other loudly, and have fun. 
Yours, 
Micauley and Caterina 
Prince and Princess of Vindheim 
 

====June 2023 Whispers on the Wind====
Greetings, All! 
 
It saddens us that this is the last missive we will write as Prince and Princess. 
 
It has been the most wonderful experience being your Coronet for the last six months. You, the populace of Vindheim, have shown us so much love and support. It has been our extreme pleasure to get to recognize all of the wonderful things that you do. We look forward to supporting the next Prince and Princess and continuing to support our amazing Principality. 
 
Yours, 
Micauley and Caterina 
Prince and Princess of Vindheim 
 

===The Words of the Populace===

 

==Reign Notes==
===Garb/Accoutrements===

===Tokens and Gifts===

===Totals of all Vindheim awards===

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; background-color:#cb0000;"
! Name
! Number
|-
|Bastion
|1
|-
|Brazier
|9
|-
|Company of the Sanguine Warhorse
|7
|-
|Company of the Sinople Warhorse
|7
|-
|Company of the Tenne Warhorse
|7
|-
|Dove
|1
|-
|Fountain
|16
|-
|Golden Comb
|4
|-
|Key of Keys
|10
|-
|Key
|22
|-
|Pillar
|13
|-
|Red Bowl
|2
|-
|Thunderbolt
|17
|}

 

==Royal Preferences==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; color:#cb0000;"
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | Preference
! His Serene Highness
! Her Serene Highness
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Allergies:
|
|
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Food Preferences:
| Likes: Mixed nuts Dislikes: Fish/Seafood, Mustard, Vinegar/pickle.
| Dislikes: Onions, Peppers (Green, Yellow or Red), Broccoli, spicy foods, mustcard
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Beverage Preferences:
| Diet Pepsi
| Coke Zero, Diet Dr. Pepper, Diet Sprite
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Persona:
| 16th Century Privateer.
|
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| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Colors:
|
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| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Interests:
|
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|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Other:
| Personal: Metal shank buttons, period toys / Largess: Toys! Maker Kits! Vindheim themed wearables!
| Personal: Items with puppy paw prints or cats / Largess: Toys! Maker Kits! Vindheim themed wearables!
|}

===Trivia===
 

==Reign Photos & Media==
<gallery caption="Our Coronet - Caterina's Favorite Photos" widths="150px">
image:3rd Tanist and Tanista - Photo by Shelby Wyatt.jpg|Our Tanist & Tanista Photo by Shelby Wyatt
image:Coronets - Vindheim 4th Coronet Tourney - Photo by Zubeydah.jpg|3rd Coronet Tourney Photo by [[Zubeydah]]
image:First Court - Vindheim 3rd Coronet Tourney - Photo by Zubeydah.jpg|First court Photo by Zubeydah
image:3rd Coronet - Wiesenfeuer Yule - Photo by SJ Wyatt.jpg|Wiesenfeuer Yule Photo by Shelby Wyatt
image:Princess Caterina with Rapier Fighters - Feb 19 23 - Photographer Unknown.jpg|Regional Fighter Practice
image:THS Caterina and Micauley at Gulf Wars - Photo by Melanie Gallon.jpg|Gulf Wars 2023 Photo by Melanie Gallon
image:Youth Combat at Gulf Wars - Princesses and Queens - Photo by Melanie Gallon.jpg|Her Highness and Queen Jacquette d'Anjou at Gulf Wars 2023 Photo by Melanie Gallon
image:3rd Coronet - Ansteorra Court at Gulf Wars - Photo by Melanie Gallon.jpg|Ansteorra Court at Gulf Wars 2023 Photo by Melanie Gallon
image:Princess Caterina and Her Champion - Gulf Wars - Photo by Melanie Gallon.jpg|Princess Caterina and her Champion, Gulf Wars 2023 Photo by Melanie Gallon
image:Princess Caterina and Countess Cristiyana - Photo by Melanie Gallon.jpg|Princess Caterina and Countess Cristiyana, Gulf Wars 2023 Photo by Melanie Gallon
image:Coronet - Crown - Baronetcy at Northkeep Castellan - Photo by Zubeydah.jpg|Their Highnesses, Majesties and Excellencies at Northkeep Castellan Photo by Zubeydah
image:Princess Caterina at Coronation of Gabriel & Sonja - Photo by Melanie Gallon.jpg|Attending the Coronation of Gabriel & Sonja Photo by Melanie Gallon
image:Princess Caterina at Queens Champion - Photo by Melanie Gallon.jpg|Escorted by her love, [[Orlando Giovanni]] at Queen's Champion Photo by Melanie Gallon
image:Princess Caterina at Queens Champion Court - Photo by Melanie Gallon.jpg|Queen's Champion Evening Court Photo by Melanie Gallon
image:Princess Caterina - Myrgenfeld Collegium - Photo by McKinsey Hayes.jpg|Myrgenfeld Collegium Photo by McKinsey Hayes
image: Cat and Roses at Glaslyn Defender of the Flame - Photo by Melanie Gallon.jpg|Glaslyn Defender of the Flame Photo by Melanie Gallon
image:Princess Caterina and Queen Sonja at Lillies - Photo by Jay Reynolds.jpg|Princess Caterina & Queen Sonja attend Calontir's Valor Tourney Master Johann Steinarsson of Calontir
image:3rd Coronet - Lillies War - Photo by Jay Reynolds.jpg|Vindheim visits Lillies War Photo by Master Johann Steinarsson
image:Step Down Court Photos - Photo by Kayleigh Metz.jpg|4th Coronet Tourney Photo by [[Villana Palazolo]]
image:3rd Coronet - Step Down Court - Photo by Kayleigh Metz.jpg|Step Down Court Photo by [[Villana Palazolo]]
image:3rd Coronet with King Agammemnon - Step Down Court - Photo by Jennifer Smith.jpg|With King Agammemnon during Step Down Court Photo by [[Emma de Fetherstan]]
image:3rd Coronet - Bastion - Photo by Malkyn Hawke.jpg|Cat and Micauley name their Bastion Photo by Malkyn Hawke
image:Princess Caterina made a Dove - Photo by Malkyn Hawke.jpg|Caterina is made a Dove of Vindheim Photo by [[Malkyn Hawke]]
</gallery>
[[Category:Royal Family & Nobility]]
[[Category:Vindheim]]

2nd Vindheim Coronet

2026-07-30T18:28:39Z

Alhdryth: /* Reign Photos & Media */

{{Coronet
| reignnumber = 2nd
| coronetportrait = [[File:Gilyan and Jean-Paul - 3rd Coronet Tourney.JPG|x400px]]
| photodesc = December 10, 2022. Photo by [[Zubeydah]]
| coronet = Prince [[Jean Paul de Sens]] & Princess [[Gilyan Alienora of Clonmacnoise]]
| coronettourney = June 18, 2022 - [[Vindheim Coronet Tourney II]]
| stepdowndate = December 10, 2022 - [[Vindheim 3rd Coronet Tourney]]
| predecessors = [[1st Vindheim Coronet|Romanius Vesperianus and Deanna della Penna]]
| heirs = [[3rd Vindheim Coronet|Micauley Morison and Caterina Giovanni]]
}}
</div>

==Reign Overview==

====Notable Achievements====
*Created the Award of the [[Brazier]] of Vindheim.
*Created the Award of the [[Pillar]] of Vindheim.
*Created the [[Sanguine Company|Company of the Sanguine Warhorse of Vindheim]].
*Created the [[Sinople Company|Company of the Sinople Warhorse of Vindheim]].
*Created the [[Tenne Company|Company of the Tenne Warhorse of Vindheim]].
*Created the Vindheim Cut & Thrust Champion.
 

===Royal Whims or Declarations===
 

===Staff Members===
* Head of Entourage: [[Ælfwyn Webbestre]]
* Chief Lady-in-Waiting:
* Signet:
* Herald: Maitré [[Etienne De Saint Amaranth]]
* Gifts Coordinator: [[Zubeydah]]
* Dog Watcher Extraordinaire: Lady [[Asha of Mooneschadowe]]
 

==[[Champions of Vindheim|Champions]]==
===Arts===
None
 

===Combat===
* Chivalric Combat: Earl [[Dafydd Whitacre]]: The Prince's Tourney was modeled on [[Northkeep]]'s Drighton tourney: Two 10 minute rounds of a speed tourney. First round was great weapon and second round was fighter's choice. Earl Daffydd won with the most fights and the most wins, and was also the Prince's Choice for Champion.
* Rapier Combat: Lord [[Sævarr Máni]] won the Vindheim Rapier Tourney held at the first ever Vindheim Missile Academy, held on August 27, 2022. The format was Meatgrinder style: the rounds were 20 minutes single sword, a 20 minute rest/hydration break, and then 20 minutes fought with the fighter's choice of weapons.
* Princess' Blade: It was Her Highness Gilyan's wish to choose a specific champion to represent her personally, and [[Áshildr inn Hárfagri]] received that honor at the Vindheim Missile Academy on August 27, 2022.
* Premier Cut & Thrust: The tournament was held at [[Skorragarðr]]'s Axeman XVII, and [[Johann von Aue]] bested the field to represent Their Highnesses.
 

===Special Recognitions===
[[Bastion]]: [[Vincenti da Murano]]
 

==Progress ==
===June===
* 17-19: Coronet Tourney - Barony of Namron, El Reno, OK
* 22-26: Lilies (JP)
* 24-26: [[Event Review - 2022 Two Artisans Two Bards by Etienne De Saint Amaranth|Two Artisans, Two Bards]] - Baronies of [[Eldern Hills]] and [[Bonwicke]], Wichita Falls, TX (Gilyan)
 

===July===
* 1-3: OFF
* 8-10: Coronation - Barony of the Steppes, Richardson, TX
* 15-17: OFF
* 22-24: OFF
* 29-31: OFF
 
===August===
* 5-7: Steppes Artisan (big maybe), Barony of the Steppes
* 12-14:
* 19-21:
* 26-28: Vindheim Missile Academy, Barony of Wiesenfeuer, Guthrie, OK
 
===September===
* 2-4: OFF
* 9-11: Crown Tournament - TBD
* 16-18: [[2022 Mooneschadowe Presents Trade Day|Mooneschadowe Presents Trade Day]]- TBD
* 23-25: OFF
* 30-02: Namron Protectorate
 
===October===
* 8: Kingdom Arts & Sciences
* OFF
* OFF
* 28-29: Eldern Hills Samhain
 
===November===
* 04: Skorragardr's Axeman
* 12: Fall Round Table (Virtual event)
* 17: Bordermarch War of the Rams

===December===
* 03: Calontir Crown Tournament (out of Kingdom)
* 10: Vindheim Winter Coronet
 
==The Words of the Coronet==
 
====June 23, 2022====
HELLO VINDHEIM!!! :) 
 
Prince Jean Paul and I are very excited to be your new Prince and Princess! Thank you for giving us a couple of days to get re-acclimated to being front and center. It's been a few (cough) years of semi-retirement for us, but it was quite joyous to see all the smiling faces in court rather than the backs of heads! As we were sitting in court Saturday evening, the smiling faces brought back many fond memories. It was good for Our souls. 
 
There have been several communications already about the many Deeds of Service and Outstanding Administration that were seen at the Coronet Tournament this past weekend. We would like to add Our sincere gratitude to the list. From the moment we stepped on site we could tell the event was well organized. The generosity of Namron and Vindheim was evident everywhere. The water stations staged around site, the fans, and the trays of fruit and salty snacks were exactly what a summer event in Vindheim needed. We would like to add Our praise to those gentles who bent their backs and shoveled and raked the field to make it more safe for the tournament. Through your efforts, there were no injuries due to the poor footing. Thank you for your unexpected but appreciated assistance. 
 
We both look forward to meeting and speaking with more of the Vindheim populace and listening to your thoughts, suggestions, and opinions on the future of the Principality. If you would prefer to communicate electronically with Us, please do so through the official Prince and Princess emails. We will not have discussions about Principality business on Our personal Facebook profiles. While Viscount Romanius and Viscountess Deanna have done a gargantuan amount of work during their six months in office, there is still more to do. We are ready to take up this burden with the populace's guidance and assistance. 
 
This weekend, I will be traveling south to the Two Artisans, Two Bards event hosted by the Baronies of Eldern Hills and Bonwicke while Prince Jean Paul will be traveling north to visit Our neighbors in Calontir at Lilies War. If you have never been to a Lilies War we highly recommend it. Lilies is like a fun family reunion full of people you wished you were able to see more often. His Highness has often correlated Lilies to eating pizza. He would really like to eat the whole pizza, but half a pizza or even just one piece of pizza is better than no pizza! :) 
 
Cool breezes and safe travels to you all, 
Princess Gilyan 
Prince Jean Paul 
 
====July Whispers on the Wind====
What a month it's been! The support we have received from the populace has been amazing. Thank you all for everything you do for the SCA, Ansteorra, Vindheim, and your local group. 
 
It's scorching hot outside, so now is the time to work on indoor projects while you are thinking ahead to BAM and, even further, Gulf Wars! We are in the process of organizing a Principality wide work day on July 30. It is our intent that all those who are able spend this day working on a project for the principality. Gather with a group of friends, your local group, or work in solitude - whatever makes you most comfortable. Make hoods, coifs, tabards, apron dresses, shield covers, banners, whatever you are able but make them in Vindheim colors and with the Vindheim star. Think of how you want your principality to be seen as it answers the call of Their Stellar Majesties, Creppin and Toryn, to be on the field at BAM or Gulf Wars. The next day, July 31, we will be attending the Regional Fighter Practice in Ark City, KS. If you can join us we would love to stand with you on the field of friendly battle. 
 
Speaking of war - we're going to Bordermarch Autumn Melees (BAM)! We would love to see as many of you there as can manage. Start coordinating rides or tent space, making and freezing food items, and squirreling away gas money. It's historically documented that no one went to war by themself, so find some war buddies! 
 
As you all know, all of the awards for the principality which the Coronet can give out are still in a proposed status. Regardless, if you see someone doing something that you believe should be recognized with any of the existing awards - or even a new one! - please let us know. We cannot be everywhere and see everything, so we rely on our populace to tell us of worthy deeds. Until we are able to have an online form created, please email us directly. We will be posting reminders and descriptions of what the new awards are over the next few weeks. 
 
Until we meet again, be kind and practice franchise. 
 
====September 18, 2022====
We gathered up all the baked goods that we traded for yesterday, we'll at least the ones we didn't eat yesterday, to try and show everyone how much we enjoyed Trade Days. A picture really doesn't do it justice though. The day started with a giggle as Gael, Jacob, and Zach rode the rails of our truck up the hill and ended with a giggle as I packed the truck full of baked goods and cases of Mountain Dew Spark Zero. As [[Zubeydah]] says, my heart is full. My emotional well and spirit have been rejuvenated and filled with happiness and joy. What a wonderful event! 
 
====September 20, 2022====
At Mooneschadowe Trade Days Saturday we made some updates to two of the principality awards that were created by Romanius and Deanna. Please read on for more details about these changes. 
 
The Order of the Golden Comb. This recognition is for those who are under the age of 18 and participate and serve in the SCA above what is expected of them. To this Order we have given some special responsibilities and the privileges necessary to complete their task. Members of the Order of the Golden Comb shall serve as messengers for the Coronet. As our messengers, the Golden Combs shall have uncommon access to the Coronet. They may enter a court of the Coronet unbidden to respectfully wait to deliver or receive any messages. In order to ease the burden of the Golden Combs with their new responsibilities, we have also proposed insignia for the Order. They may have a messenger style satchel bag in a sanguine color with a golden honeycomb design on the outside flap. Inside this bag should always be a small notepad and writing utensil for messages. Jean Paul also turned his creativity towards writing a scroll text for recipients of this award during our reign. 
 
Upon the great tree Yggdrasil, teeth sharp, wit biting. 
From root to crest message carrying. 
Bushy tailed Mercury, 
Reality renewing balance giver 
Rattatoskr's descendants move amongst Vindheim, 
Serving to keep it safe, and carrying the messages that bind it together. 
So vital a service is given by these persons, that We, Jean Paul and Gilyan, first of that name, heirs to Romanius and Deanna, the Founders, recognize in <Rose of Marata> the spirit of the messenger, and call them forth to join the Order of the Golden Comb. 
 
[[The Award of the Thunderbolt]]. Romanius and Deanna created this award as the Crimson Firebolt and it was to be given to those who distinguished or impressed the Coronet with their martial pursuits. We have changed the name to the Award of the Thunderbolt and expanded the possible recipients to include anyone who has distinguished or impressed the Coronet with an example of phenomenal prowess, extraordinary artistry, or remarkable service. Jean Paul also wrote a scroll text for this award during our reign. 
 
The skalds say when our ancestors came to this land, storms and winds, rain and fire beset them. As they learned to dwell in harmony, the fire and lightning became warmth and delight. The joy in the ferocity, the speed, and the power of Odin's spear became a symbol of those who excelled in the moment. 
One such person is [[Lillias MacGuffin]], who's actions have caused the notice of the rulers, Jean Paul and Gilyan, first of that name, heirs to Romanius and Deanna, the Founders. For <Lillias'> exceptional nature, they are added to the order of the Thunderbolt, Odin's favorites, and beacons for Vindheims people. Sing their praise, for they are favored on this day. 
 
As always, if you have any recommendations or recipients for these or any other award, please tell us. We are delighted at the opportunity to recognize deserving people. We also continue to welcome your thoughts and opinions on new principality awards or updates to any of the ones that have been announced so far. While we have ideas and plans in motion, it is not too late to change trajectory with logical and researched data. 
 
We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at Namron Protectorate! Good things will happen there! (hint, hint) ;) 
 
Prince Jean Paul 
Princess Gilyan 
Coronet of Vindheim 
 
====October Whispers On The Wind====
Sæl, Vindheim! The last two months have been the fire where we temper our strength. We hope that everyone has come through hale and hearty! 
 
The principality-wide work day went fabulous, and it was so wonderful to see all the various groups, the things they made, and spend time with our local groups as well as other groups in the principality. We are especially proud of the 9 Vindheim hoods we made, and plan on making more before we go to BAM. Our thanks also go to Kyrus Logisson for making Vindheim star stamps for each of the groups. 
 
We want to complement the Shire of Theobald College in Calontir and their populace on a wonder fighter practice and potluck. We had a fantastic time, and enjoyed Calontir's hospitality as we typically do. Big thanks to Centurion Set Sette for organizing Vindheims participation, and even wrangling Ansteorrans from the Central region on their way home from a Calontir event. 
 
As we write this, we are preparing for Vindheim's Missile Academy, which has also graciously offered to host the Vindheim Rapier Championship. We look forward to firing and throwing all the things, and know that we will have a great time as we head into the fall season. 
 
While it's still early in the reign, we would like to let all know that we will be running the Coronet Tournament in a style *extremely* similar to the format of our predecessors, and will put out a public announcement soon. We encourage you all to prepare yourself, and hope that as many of you as possible will vie in the Coronet list. We can affirm to you now, it's fun to be the Coronet! 
 
Finally, many of the awards for the principality which the Coronet can give out are getting close to passing the College of Heralds. We look forward to bestowing some of these awards in both provisional and official status here in the near future. If you see someone doing something that you believe should be recognized with any of the existing awards - or even a new one! - please let us know. We cannot be everywhere and see everything, so we rely on our populace to tell us of worthy deeds. Until we are able to have an online form created, please email us directly. We will continue to post descriptions of what the new awards are over the next few weeks. 
 
Until we meet again, be kind and practice franchise. 
Their Munificent Highnesses, 
Jean Paul and Gilyan 
Prince and Princess of Vindheim 
 
====October 17, 2022====
If you take your time to do things the right way, your work will speak for itself. Friends are always there to help, and they can be counted on no matter what. 
 
====October 23, 2022====
There are many different kinds of friends, and many ways to express friendship. Some friends like to run and laugh and play together. But others just like to be left alone, and that's fine too. But the best thing about friendship is being able to make your friends smile. 
 
====October 30, 2022====
Sometimes it can be hard for a shy person to stand up for themselves. When they first try it, they may not like the person they become. But standing up for yourself isn't the same as changing who you are. Learn how to draw boundaries without being unpleasant or mean. 
 

====November 2, 2022====
Sometimes you can feel like what you have to offer is too little to make a difference, but everyone's contributions are important, no matter how small. If you just keep your head high, do your best and believe in yourself, anything can happen. 
 
====November 6, 2022====
Learning to trust your instincts is a valuable lesson to learn. 
 
====November 9, 2022====
Just because we don't always need your help, it doesn't mean that we don't think you're helpful. You don't have to have superpowers to be a super friend. 
 
====November Whispers On the Wind====
Hello Vindheim! It's been a raucous couple of months - there's an event every weekend! We are delighted to get to travel across this Principality to see its populace and enjoy their company. A lot has been happening *at* these events, and just as much is happening in between these events to keep the Principality working smoothly and growing. We would like to thank the first Principality Seneschal, [[Rebekah Aleyn]], for her service and welcome the new Principality Seneschal, [[Villana Palazolo]]. Thank you both for your willingness to spend your time not at events to help and serve the principality. 
 
We wanted to provide you with some of the ideas behind the honorific we have used most commonly during our tenure, Sanguine. This honorific is His Highness's favorite because of the multitude of ways in which it reflects Vindheim. Sanguine means "hopeful," and we are hopeful for the future of Vindheim and Ansteorra. Sanguine also can evoke a red color, which is evocative of both our heraldry, and the red clay so common in these lands. And finally, Sanguine can mean “bloody”, which is a warning to Ansteorra's enemies. Vindheim stands at the front of the Ansteorran Army of Heroes, and is ready to defend our kingdom. 
 
In the hopeful vein, we would like to announce the creation of two new principality awards and some updates to others. These new awards were first bestowed at Eldern Hills' Samhain event - be sure to check the Ansteorran OP for a full listing of the well-deserving recipients! 
 
Recognizing the people, abilities, and aspects of the SCA that often get overlooked was one of the many good intentions which Romanius and Deanna had as they created awards for the new principality. They created the Silver Fountain and the Wellspring to recognize Art as Service and Performance Art as Service. We like this idea and wanted to expand it to include other aspects of the SCA. But, we had a lot of problems coming up with other ideas to flesh out this range of awards into the three aspects of the SCA (martial, arts, and service). So, we are going to combine the Wellspring and Silver Fountain into the Fountain of Vindheim and create two new associated awards, the Pillar of Vindheim and the Brazier of Vindheim. All of these awards will be able to be given multiple times to the same recipient. This grouping continues the elemental award themes from Romanius and Deanna of Art = Water (Blue or Green), Service = Earth/Stone (Black or Brown), and Martial = Fire (Red or Sanguine). 
 
The [[Fountain]] of Vindheim will recognize those who use their art to support the other two aspects of the SCA - service and martial. Fountains are people who share their art to inspire others or to make others look better. Those who create scrolls, regalia, or insignia. Those who paint or sew banners for processions or campsites or to decorate halls. They can paint shields or craft weapons or targets. To find a Fountain of Vindheim, all you have to do is look around any event at anything that adds to the pageantry or atmosphere that is the SCA. 
 
The [[Pillar]] of Vindheim will recognize those who use their service to support the other two aspects of the SCA - art and martial. Pillars are people who use their skills to enable artists to make art or organizing something so flawlessly it becomes an art. These are the people who are feeding those who are painting pavilions or watering those who are fighting or throwing weapons. They can run lysts, set up pavilions, or marshal tournaments and melees. 
 
The Brazier of Vindheim will recognize those who use their martial skills to support the other two aspects of the SCA - art and service. Braziers are people who are a joy to watch when they are fighting or doing other martial activities. These people will also be the ones who constantly share their marshal knowledge with others. They are the ones who fall down hundreds of times at demos to excite the crowd and recruit new members of the SCA. 
 
We believe it will be remarkably easy to find reasons to give out the Fountains of either type. Artists in the SCA are constantly giving of themselves, their art, and their time. Reasons to give out the Pillar are there, but they may take more explanation and looking at a bigger picture rather than a specific item or task. The Brazier has been more difficult to find recipients. It may just be that there are fewer of these. Statistics show that only 1 in 10 attendees at an event are there for marshallate only endeavors. While marshallate activities can be a big draw at demos, it is the other aspects of the SCA which keep people returning. 
 
This grouping of awards leans towards the arts and service aspects of the SCA. There are solid examples of martial skills being used to benefit artist communities or to serve the principality and SCA, but not as many. However, the next grouping of awards we will unveil at BAM will lean the other direction. It will have many more martial related examples and fewer arts or service examples. But that's okay. We can all have fun in our own ways and support one another as we are able. 
 
Their Sanguine Highnesses, 
Jean Paul and Gilyan 
 
====November 14, 2022====
Greetings, Vindheim! We hope you have all had a chance to look through the wonderful newsletter that has recently been published. If not - go take a look! We'll wait... 
 
... <pets the dogs> ... 
 
... It was beautiful, wasn't it?! We love having full page color in the newsletters. And we love having the ability to write as much as we want - because there is so much information we want to share with all of you! As our herald Etienne has mentioned several times over the past few courts, Vindheim is a new principality that is still in the process of learning who we are and how we want to present ourselves to the Known World. We have tried many new things, some of which have not gone so great and some of which have started to resonate. The honorific 'sanguine' has stuck with us. (And isn't it convenient that the College of Heralds are accepting it as a heraldic tincture now!!?!) 
 
We wanted to provide you with some of the ideas behind the honorific we have used most recently during our tenure, [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanguine Sanguine]. This honorific is our favorite because of the multitude of ways in which it reflects Vindheim. Sanguine means "hopeful," and we are hopeful for the future of Vindheim and Ansteorra. Sanguine also can evoke a red color, which is evocative of both our heraldry, and the red clay so common in these lands. And finally, Sanguine can mean "bloody", which is a warning to Ansteorra's enemies. Vindheim stands at the front of the Ansteorran Army of Heroes, and is ready to defend our kingdom. 
 
In the hopeful vein, we would like to announce the creation of two new principality awards and some updates to others. These new awards were first bestowed at Eldern Hills' Samhain event and again at Skoragarrdr's Axeman. As always, be sure to check the Ansteorran OP for a full listing of the well-deserving recipients! But also keep a techno-eye on the email list and Facebook group for listings and pictures of the scrolls! 
 
Pack all your warm things and travel safely to Autumn Melees in Bordermarch! If you are staying home, keep the fires lit until all of our travelers are safely home and warm again. 
 
With friendship for all, 
Prince Jean Paul and Princess Gilyan 
2nd Coronet of Vindheim 
 

====November 13, 2022====
You shouldn't let anyone pressure you into doing something you don't think is right. Sometimes you have to tell even your closest friends "no". #friendshipisvindheim 
 
====November 17, 2022====
While there are people who will take advantage of your generosity, you should never, ever let that cause you to abandon your generous spirit. Nothing feels worse than taking advantage of the giving nature of your friends. #friendshipisvindheim
 
====November 17, 2022====
We are sure many of you have seen or heard about the recent Letter of Acceptances and Returns (LoAR) by the Laurel Sovereign of Arms which included the first batch of awards submitted by the Principality. There have been so many people and so much time spent on brainstorming, discussing, researching, and submitting awards for the principality - it would be impossible to recount the names or summarize the time. Let's just stick with it's been a ginormous effort and will continue to be a gargantuan task for a couple more years. 
 
No matter how much time is put into awards, there are no guarantees all of the submitted ideas will be accepted by Society nor by future Coronets or, even more importantly, the populace of the principality. Awards and recognition are important to everyone (justifiably so) and emotions can be frayed when something you have put time and effort into gets returned or changed. As we have mentioned many times over the past few months, the principality is still growing, learning, and becoming. The process of awards and recognition is no different. Some things will change and some things will stay the way they are. We can all still be friends. 
 
One of the difficulties in the award process is the lengthy amount of time the process takes. This is not to say that any one person or position is holding up the process - that is absolutely not the case. Just as there is a requirement for how long an office can be open for applications, there is a requirement for how long heraldic items can be reviewed and commented on. Anything that is submitted to the College of Arms for approval and registration could take six to nine months to go through the process. The Ansteorra College of Heralds is supporting and facilitating the process by allowing the principality submissions to skip the kingdom-level discussion and commentary phase. This has cut a month or two off of the timeline, of which we all should be (and are!) extremely grateful! By the end of the typical process, the idea or implementation of the award or recognition could have changed due to many different factors. We would recommend to not get too attached to anything until it has been accepted by the College of Arms *and* has subsequently gone through two coronet reigns. 
 
Yes, that's a long time. Yes, that's a lot of potential change. But the stuff that sticks will be really stuck and closer to tradition than law. We all know how important tradition is! :) While we have changed some of the awards and award names from Romanius and Deanna, their good intentions and solid foundations for recognition within the principality remain intact. Recognizing the people, abilities, and aspects of the SCA that often get overlooked was one of the many good intentions which Romanius and Deanna had as they created awards for the new principality. The elemental theme for awards and recognition was one of many solid foundations put in place. In case you need a refresher, the elemental theme is: Art = Water (Blue or Green), Service = Earth/Stone (Black or Brown), and Martial = Fire (Red or Sanguine). 
 
They created the Silver Fountain and the Wellspring to recognize Art as Service and Performance Art as Service. We like this idea and wanted to expand it to include other aspects of the SCA. But, we had a lot of problems coming up with other ideas to flesh out this range of awards into the three aspects of the SCA (martial, arts, and service). So, we have combined the Wellspring and Silver Fountain into the Fountain of Vindheim and created two new associated awards, the Pillar of Vindheim and the Brazier of Vindheim. All of these awards will be able to be given multiple times to the same recipient. 
 
The Fountain of Vindheim will recognize those who use their art to support the other two aspects of the SCA - service and martial. Fountains are people who share their art to inspire others or to make others look better. Those who create scrolls, regalia, or insignia. Those who paint or sew banners for processions or campsites or to decorate halls. They can paint shields or craft weapons or targets. To find a Fountain of Vindheim, all you have to do is look around any event at anything that adds to the pageantry or atmosphere that is the SCA. 
 
The Pillar of Vindheim will recognize those who use their service to support the other two aspects of the SCA - art and martial. Pillars are people who use their skills to enable artists to make art or organizing something so flawlessly it becomes an art. These are the people who are feeding those who are painting pavilions or watering those who are fighting or throwing weapons. They can run lysts, set up pavilions, or marshal tournaments and melees. 
 
The Brazier of Vindheim will recognize those who use their martial skills to support the other two aspects of the SCA - art and service. Braziers are people who are a joy to watch when they are fighting or doing other martial activities. These people will also be the ones who constantly share their marshal knowledge with others. They are the ones who fall down hundreds of times at demos to excite the crowd and recruit new members of the SCA. 
 
We believe it will be remarkably easy to find reasons to give out the Fountains of either type. Artists in the SCA are constantly giving of themselves, their art, and their time. Reasons to give out the Pillar are there, but they may take more explanation and looking at a bigger picture rather than a specific item or task. The Brazier has been more difficult to find recipients. It may just be that there are fewer of these. Statistics show that only 1 in 10 attendees at an event are there for marshallate only endeavors. While marshallate activities can be a big draw at demos, it is the other aspects of the SCA which keep people returning. 
 
This grouping of awards leans towards the arts and service aspects of the SCA. There are solid examples of martial skills being used to benefit artist communities or to serve the principality and SCA, but not as many. However, the next grouping of awards we will unveil at BAM will lean the other direction. It will have many more martial related examples and fewer arts or service examples. But that's okay. We can all have fun in our own ways and support one another as we are able. 
 
Their Sanguine Highnesses, 
Jean Paul and Gilyan 
 
====November 23, 2022====
Being a good family isn't about being perfect as much as it is about being able to get through the rough patches together. About being able to forgive each other for mistakes. Really good friends can also feel like your family. #friendshipisvindheim 
 
====November 26, 2022====
Vindheim Army Awards 
At the most recent melee event in the Barony of Bordermarch, we unveiled three new awards focused around the Vindheim Army. We continued with the three aspects of the SCA theme as well as the color theme that has thus far permeated the Vindheim awards. 
When considering awards for an army, we wanted to make sure that all aspects of the SCA were recognized for the parts they play in the war effort. Statistics show that only 1 in 10 attendees at an event are there for marshallate only endeavors. While marshallate activities can be a big draw at demos, it is the other aspects of the SCA which keep people returning and keep events running smoothly. Non-martial participants at war-type events are often overlooked and unrecognized for their efforts in aiding the war effort. 
The Vindheim Companies are not reserved only to those who fight. Just as infantry and cavalry needed the support of those in logistics, engineering corps, signals, cooks, the War College, and many other non-combat roles, Vindheim's military is enabled and placed in a position to succeed by such. But all are part of the same military, the same army, and on the same side. 
Whether combat, non-combat, or figurative combat (competitions), when citizens of Vindheim go beyond “doing” and step up to “representing” and further to representing well, beyond the borders of Vindheim, then they have stepped beyond the ordinary and normal expectations of what they are doing to perform the extraordinary and special. 
To be clear, anyone can take up the colors and ensigns of Vindheim and fight for, declare allegiance to, and represent the principality. A person does not have to earn recognition in a Company to fight for or represent Vindheim or to be in any mustered army of Vindheim. 
From among Vindheim's citizens who go beyond doing and take on the burden of representing Vindheim well in foreign lands, who increase the recognition or improve upon the reputation of Vindheim, while fighting, competing, teaching, performing or serving, then at the pleasure of the Vindheim Coronets recognitions in these Companies can be extended. 
At its inception, the Vindheim Army will have three companies. There has been talk since BAM of them being described as Special Forces or Expeditionary Forces of the Vindheim Army. Hopefully future Coronets and creative peoples can develop or maturate the names, but for now they will be the Sanguine (blood red) Company for the martial aspect of the army, the Sinople (green) Company for the art aspect of the army, and the Tenne (tawny orange) Company for the service aspect of the army. 
Each company will have different categories for which a member can be awarded or recognized, the same as the structure for Ansteorra's Sable Talon. A person can be a member of the Sanguine Company for any or all of these reasons: Armoured Combat, Rapier Combat, Steel Combat, Combat Archery, Target Archery, Siege, Thrown Weapons, Youth Rapier Combat, and Youth Armoured Combat. 
The Sinople Company was a bit more difficult to define categories, but with the assistance of the Sable Thistles and an excellent data analyst we have the following: Fiber Arts, Culinary Arts, Performance Arts, Household Arts, Metallurgy/Metalwork (Metal Arts?), Research, Tangible Heraldry, and Husbandry. 
The Tenne Company was even more difficult to define categories for since there is no distinction in any of the common award systems. But, here are our current best ideas: Group Management, Event Administration, Infrastructure, General Assistance, and Event Operations. 
Being recognized for any one category in each of the Companies will entitle the recipient the ability to be considered a member of that Company. Similar to a Sable Talon, each person may only be recognized in each category once. A person could be recognized as a member of the Sanguine Company multiple times (for Combat Archery, Siege, Rapier Combat, and Steel Combat) but still be considered a singular member of the company. We have ideas of what could happen if someone was recognized in multiple categories or, even better, in multiple companies. But not everything has to be done today. 🙂 
Which brings us to insignia. The Companies of Vindheim are all about horses. Her Sanguine Highness Gilyan has released the badge she has been holding for the principality efforts for many years to the principality. It is our hope that the red horse and gold star badge will be incorporated into insignia for the Companies. Again, we have more ideas about this but simply ran out of time. 
We are quite pleased and proud of the premier members of each of these Companies. They are all worthy people who deserve recognition for their support of the principality outside of its borders. Some have been often recognized for their efforts and others not nearly enough. We could have easily included many, many more who overwhelmingly deserved recognition. Such is the pride the Coronet of Vindheim has in its populace. 
Their Sanguine Highnesses, 
Prince Jean Paul 
Princess Gilyan 
 
====December Whispers on the Wind====
Happy Birthday, Vindheim! 
We have made it a whole year. It seems like just yesterday we were all freezing under a metal roof together and feeling the biting cold wind take our breath away. Wait - that happened last week at BAM too! All but the wind - it was still ridiculously cold! Once again, Vindheim was bonding through adversity and having a great time together! 
 
Months of preparation came into fruition at Bordermarch. From the moment we put on the Coronets in June, we knew that we wanted to make a statement there. And while the cold kept many away, Vindheim’s brave warriors came out in force to represent our Principality, and they did it the ways that they always do: with tireless service, gracious arts, and ferocious combat. At this event, we unveiled three new awards focused around the Vindheim Army. We continued with the three aspects of the SCA theme as well as the color theme that has thus far permeated the Vindheim awards. 
 
When considering awards for an army, we wanted to make sure that all aspects of the SCA were recognized for the parts they play in the war effort. Statistics show that only 1 in 10 attendees at an event are there for marshallate only endeavors. While marshallate activities can be a big draw at demos, it is the other aspects of the SCA which keep people returning and keep events running smoothly. Non-martial participants at war-type events are often overlooked and unrecognized for their efforts in aiding the war effort. 
 
The Vindheim Companies are not reserved only to those who fight. Just as infantry and cavalry needed the support of those in logistics, engineering corps, signals, cooks, the War College, and many other non-combat roles, Vindheim’s military is enabled and placed in a position to succeed by such. But all are part of the same military, the same army, and on the same side. 
 
From among Vindheim’s citizens who go beyond doing and take on the burden of representing Vindheim well in foreign lands, who increase the recognition or improve upon the reputation of Vindheim, while fighting, competing, teaching, performing or serving, then at the pleasure of the Vindheim Coronets recognitions in these Companies can be extended. 
 
At its inception, the Vindheim Army will have three companies. There has been talk since BAM of them being described as Special Forces or Expeditionary Forces of the Vindheim Army. Hopefully future Coronets and creative peoples can develop or maturate the names, but for now they will be the Sanguine (blood red) Company for the martial aspect of the army, the Sinople (green) Company for the art aspect of the army, and the Tenne (tawny orange) Company for the service aspect of the army. Each company will have different categories for which a member can be awarded or recognized, the same as the structure for Ansteorra's Sable Talon. A person can be a member of the Sanguine Company for any or all of these reasons: Armoured Combat, Rapier Combat, Steel Combat, Combat Archery, Target Archery, Siege, Thrown Weapons, Youth Rapier Combat, and Youth Armoured Combat. 
 
The Sinople Company was a bit more difficult to define categories, but with the assistance of the Sable Thistles and an excellent data analyst we have the following: Fiber Arts, Culinary Arts, Performance Arts, Household Arts, Metallurgy/Metalwork Metal Arts?), Research, Tangible Heraldry, and Husbandry. 
 
The Tenne Company was even more difficult to define categories for since there is no distinction in any of the common award systems. But, here are our current best ideas: Group Management, Event Administration, Infrastructure, General Assistance, and Event Operations. 
 
Being recognized for any one category in each of the companies will entitle the recipient the ability to be considered a member of that company. Similar to a Sable Talon, each person may only be recognized in each category once. A person could be recognized as a member of the Sanguine Company multiple times (for Combat Archery, Siege, Rapier Combat, and Steel Combat) but still be considered a singular member of the company. We have ideas of what could happen if someone was recognized in multiple categories or, even better, in multiple companies. But not everything has to be done today. :) 
 
In just two weeks, we will have another December Coronet (our third Coronet Tournament overall), and while it might be cold outside, it will not be inside at the event. We are so grateful for the Shire of Brad Leah for hosting this third Coronet tournament, and hope that you come to support the Principality and the Shire of Brad Leah with us. Even if you are not competing in the main tournament, there will be both armored and rapier championships held there. We are super excited to meet our heirs, and see the direction Vindheim goes. 
 
Hopefully, 
Jean Paul and Gilyan 
Prince and Princess of Vindheim 

===The Words of the Populace===
====Master [[Etienne de Saint Amaranth]], Herald to Their Sanguine Highnesses====
November 14, 2022 
Greetings Vindheim! 
This is a long post. Because it is long, I'm going to share two things and then there will be details in the explanation/long post below. 
First, during this reign, our Prince and Princess tried several different forms of address. But they have settled on "Sanguine Highnesses" and will be using that for the rest of their time in these roles.
Second, the chant I have seen called the Vindheim Chant has a short addition in its current form: 
Vind... Heim... 
Is... Home... 
Vind... Heim... 
Is... Home... 
Vind... Heim... 
Is... Home... 
Vindheim is... Ansteorran! 
 
Long post/details: 
During the reign of Jean Paul and Gilyan as Prince and Princess, there was an attempt to try some things and to do some normal things a little differently. The point of this was to give the populace of the principality a chance to stretch and find things (salutes, forms of address, etc.) that might fit the culture of the principality and which might not be discovered or even thought about if we just do things the way they have always been done. 
The hope was that doing such would encourage the populace to test and try and give feedback. There was always an acceptance that some things would work and some would not and a few might fail spectacularly. But the benefit of self-discovery was worth the risk of trying. 
On the forms of address, there was certainly feedback. Romanius and Deanna used "Serene" (and that is a standard that some principalities do use). But, Jean Paul and Gilyan have at various events and situations been: Illustrious, Munificent, Benevolent, Redoubted, Fierce, Magnanimous and Celestial. Also suggested were: Outstanding, Clement, Unemcumbered, Carefree, Concise, Inquisitorial, and Blustery (and even more suggestions than I will list here). This has been fun and brought some smiles, and brought feedback. Now, Their Highnesses have found a fit for themselves (and we will see whether this sticks for future highnesses), in Sanguine. Look for a post to come from His Sanguine Highness on why that one worked for them or listen when he shares in court. 
Court closings have a more mixed history so far. Very early we used the Scottish Gaelic "slàinte mhaith" as we toasted the Prince and Princess and Vindheim. Then we moved to trying the Anglo-Saxon form where Their Highnesses salute the populace "Waes Hael!" And the populace salutes them back with "Drink Hael!" And that stuck for our Prince and Princess. In that one salute and response, they salute the populace (which is not the norm in SCA salutes to date) and the populace salutes them both back in one response. Their Highnesses have used that at feasts as well as at court closings. So, when they open a court, they handle final salutes that way and then switch to the traditional Ansteorran "Vivats" or "Long lives" for the Royal Heirs and Their Majesties and for Ansteorra herself. In the context of feedback, there has been less about salutes than for the forms of address but that Anglo salute does seem to have struck some chords positively. 
But when we look at things tried and feedback, there is one thing tried where feedback (what little there was) was almost completely positive while there was an apparent rumor mill that had some negatives and which were not being directly shared back to Their Sanguine Highnesses or myself. After some time, rumors reached me finally that there was some disgruntlement and it took time for a person who actually was unhappy to approach me directly. That one thing was what has come to be called the "Vindheim Chant". The chant has been typically used at an end of court. If waes hael/drink hael salutes both the Prince and Princess, following that with the "Vind... Heim... is... Home!" was a salute to the principality itself (sort of like Vivat Ansteorra). When someone finally approached me directly to say it bothered them, the source was fairly simple. The chant came across to them as though to say Vindheim was home and Ansteorra was not home. 
I got to have a long chat with the person who approached me and I think they left in a better understanding and feeling better. But I still modified the "chant" (as shown above) to help even further. 
For those who don't know, the single greatest concept that the populace of Vindheim put forward about the culture of this area when names were still being studied was centered around home, hearth and hospitality. While a lot of ideas about identity in these lands were brought forward (including wind), home was core to how northern Ansteorrans saw themselves at the time. Home was simply that important to the majority of the populace. 
Additionally, the idea that saying Vindheim is home somehow precludes Ansteorra being home is full of misconceptions. If someone says San Antonio is home, does that mean they are not Texan or not American. If someone says Oklahoma is home, again, does that mean they are not American. Home is a little more flexible and a little more inclusive as a concept than to say "if you call Vindheim home, you have to be saying you are not Ansteorran". You can have a home city, canton, county, barony, state, principality, country and kingdom. None have to preclude the other as some sole home. 
But, the core of the issue shared with me surrounding the rumor mill dislike of the antiphonal (responsive) chant is fear. Cantons and provinces don't break off and become their own kingdoms. Principalities can. And there lies the crux of the discontent. Vindheim could be a principality for the next five or the next fifty years and then fold. Or it could become a kingdom at some point. And that last possibility causes some people fear. I would ask, please don't ever leave fear in a dark place where it festers like a wound infected by rumors; bring it out in the light where it can be addressed or where it can effect change. If you need someone to talk to, come see me. I am always happy to listen as are Their Sanguine Highnesses. 
So, the chant has an explicit "Vindheim is Ansteorran!" added for now. Because it can help bring concerns to light and because it is true (lest any doubt or forget). 
Their Sanguine Highnesses and I will be at War of the Rams, out of kingdom at Calontir Crown Tourney, and then at Vindheim's own Coronet tourney. Feedback remains welcome as it always has been. And feedback will be shared with the next coronets, who could do something different. 
 
====His Excellency, Sir [[Vincenti da Murano]], Maestro of the Pelican, CSS====
At the Vindeim Coronet Tourney something really amazing happened. Viscount Jean Paul and Viscountess Gilyan, prior to their step down as Prince and Princess of Vindheim, made me a Bastion of Vindheim!! I didn't post immediately because well I was busy, and it was huge! I mean I know that as far as precedence the award does not carry any, but to me it is one of the most important ones I could ever receive. 
I am humbled that they would select me as their choice for Bastion. I plan to do my best to live up to this honor and to help the Principality of Vindheim to the best of my ability. 
 

==Reign Notes==
===Garb/Accoutrements===

===Tokens and Gifts===
* Their Sanguine Highnesses presented two gift baskets during their Reign:
** Bordermarch Autumn Melees/War of the Rams - gift to King Axel I and Queen Jacquette I of Glean Abhann, with an overarching theme of textile arts: Woven trim by [[Uallach inghean Ui Dhubhshlaine]], Monmouth cap crafted by [[Elsa von Schammach]], woven trim by [[Asha of Mooneschadowe]], woven trim by [[Nicaise Synger]], two lengths of woven trim by [[Angelique de la Fontaine]], two yards of block printed linen by [[Iziaslava Veronikeia Myshkovicha]], jewelry and lampwork strand by [[Zubeydah]], amber jewelry from the estate of [[Catrin ferch Gwillym o Gonway]] donated by Marc de Provence, beeswax candle and lip balms made by the happy bees tended by Wilhelm Meis, and kumihimo braids in heraldic colors by [[Milokhna d'Riga]].
** Calontir Crown Tournament - Jean Paul traveled to witness the battle to become Heirs to the Falcon throne, and brought with him many labors by Vindheim's artisans: a heraldic painted umbrella by [[Yzabeau Brossier]], woven trim by [[Uallach inghean Ui Dhubhshlaine]], lampwork beads made by [[Francesca di Lucca]], two Monmouth caps in counterchanged colors knitted by [[Ashildr inn Harfagri]], silk gift pouches by [[Cicily Bridges]], MANY MANY wire wrapped stone necklaces in individual gift bags by [[Halldora Hrafnsdottir]], amber jewelry from the estate of [[Catrin ferch Gwillym o Gonway]] donated by Marc de Provence, beeswax candle and lip balms made by the happy bees tended by Wilhelm Meis, two leatherworked heraldic crossbody bags by [[Saevarr Mani]] and jewelry and a tote bag by [[Zubeydah]]
 

==Royal Preferences==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; color:#cb0000;"
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | Preference
! His Serene Highness
! Her Serene Highness
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Allergies:
|
|
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Food Preferences:
| JP likes spicy foods and will try anything once. Fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats, and chicken wings are preferred. Lemon bars. 
We both agree: guacamole, avocados, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, and melons (not watermelons) are not fit for eating.
| Gilyan has braces so what she can eat is constantly in flux. Generally soft things and no chips. Savory pies, brownies, roasted vegetables and meats, chocolate - the darker and saltier the better. 
We both agree: guacamole, avocados, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, and melons (not watermelons) are not fit for eating.
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Beverage Preferences:
| His drink preferences are Diet Dr. Pepper, Lo Carb Monster, and Original Strongbow
| her drink preferences are Tropical Punch Kool-Aid and Diet Mt Dew.
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Persona:
| Burgundian/Landscknecht, 1490s-1500 
| Anglo-Saxon, 9th-11th century 
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Colors:
|
|
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Interests:
| Watching combat and Making armor 
Dogs 
Jean Paul is an extrovert and enjoys talking to everybody 
| Anglo-Saxon artwork, metalwork, and embroidery, Horses and dogs 
Early period Cut-and-Thrust / Calontir Steel / Watching combat 
Gilyan is an introvert and prefers small groups and quiet places.
|-
| style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;; background-color:#efefef;" | Largess Requests:
|colspan="2"|A lot of people don't have a lot of Vindheim wearables yet. So donations/largess of wearables, accessories, etc., with Vindheim visual motifs would be especially appreciated. We would also ask for decorated cardboard / temporary scroll keepers, or project kits: a container with items necessary to complete a small task or learn a new skill (such as thread-wrapped buttons, fingerloop braiding, Fighter Consumables, small notebooks and pens, Garb first aid, etc.)
|}

===Total Number of Awards Given===
Totals of all Vindheim awards - as of 07-22-2024

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; background-color:#cb0000;"
! Name
! Number
|-
|Bastion
|1
|-
|Brazier
|3
|-
|Company of the Sanguine Warhorse
|4
|-
|Company of the Sinople Warhorse
|4
|-
|Company of the Tenne Warhorse
|4
|-
|Dove
|1
|-
|Fountain
|11
|-
|Golden Comb
|3
|-
|Key of Keys
|7
|-
|Key
|10
|-
|Pillar
|3
|-
|Red Bowl
|2
|-
|Thunderbolt
|2
|}

===Trivia===
* When Prince Jean-Paul traveled to Calontir to witness their Crown Tournament, their King and Queen declared their intention to fight alongside and ally with the Principality of Vindheim at Gulf Wars - Not the Kingdom of Ansteorra, but specifically with Vindheim.
 

==Reign Photos & Media==
<gallery caption="Our Coronet" widths="150px">
image:2nd Coronet.jpg|2nd Coronet List - Photo by Gyda
image:Prince JP and Princess Gilyan.jpg|June 18, 2022, Photo by Shelby Wyatt
image:Prince JP and Vanguard at Lillies War - Photo by Alessandra di Piro.jpg|Prince Jean-Paul and his vanguard travel to Calontir to Lillies War. Photo by Alessandra di Piro (Calontir)
image:2nd Vindheim Coronet at Mooneschadowe Trade Days.jpg|Their Highnesses introduce changes to the [[Golden Comb]] at [[Mooneschadowe]] Trade Days Photo by [[Zubeydah]]
image:2nd Vindheim Coronet at KAS.jpg|Their Highnesses attend Court at Kingdom Arts and Sciences
image:Coronet 2 Selfie at BAMWOTRFRED.jpg|Arriving safe and sound at [[Bordermarch]] BAMWOTRFRED
image:Calontir Crown Tournament Basket.jpg|Gift basket for Calontir Crown Tournament (please see above for detailed contributor list)

</gallery>
* [https://youtu.be/3Fz8plfjdPk Video of Jean-Paul and Gilyan entering Court] - video by [[Khayra bint Tahir ibn Rashid]]

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