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Sigmund Úlfsson the Traveler

2026-05-27T00:04:43Z

SigmundUlfsson: /* Populace Provided Information: */

{{Populace
|photo = [[File:Sigmund Ulfsson - Portrait by Zubeydah.png|x400px]]
| photocaption =
| location = [[Elfsea]]
| regname= (Registration in Progress)
| status = Active
| joindate = 2002
| OP = [https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/10580 Sigmund Úlfsson]
| device = [[File:Device Graphic Needed.png|x400px]]
| devicecaption = Per fess enarched sable and azure, a lantern Or and five dice argent
}}

==Honorable Lord Sigmund Úlfsson the Traveler==
Previously Known As: Robert John de Ryes; Sigmarr Andvettr 
Nickname(s): Rob 
Pronouns: He/Him 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
Badge: Azure, in annulo five dice, each showing one pip, argent.
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Minister of Arts & Sciences, Barony of Elfsea: 2024 - 2025
** Exchequer, Barony of Elfsea: 2025 - Present

* Regional Offices Held
**

* Kingdom Offices Held
**

* Gulf Wars:
** Deputy Social Media Officer

* Society:
** Member, Digital Scribes Program
 

===Persona History:===
1200s, Byzantine. 
 

===Interests:===
* Event Photography
* Historical Gaming
* Mosaic Art
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
(To be continued)
 

====Prior Groups:====
* Canton of Loch Ruadh
* Shire of Loch Ruadh
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
<gallery widths="200px">
image:Sigmund_Ulfsson_-_Wordfame_from_Lord_Andreas_Bernay.JPG|Wordfame from Lord Andreas Bernay, Posted March 25, 2026
image:Sigmund_Ulfsson_-_Wordfame_from_Baroness_Rose_Rennel_-_Deb_Reynolds.JPG |Wordfame from Baroness Rose Rennel, Posted April 16, 2026. Kingdom of Meridies
image:Wordfame_from_Lord_Kellath_Dun_-_Clinton_Butler.JPG|Wordfame from Lord Kellath Dun, Posted May 13, 2026
</gallery>
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Prolific service as an event photographer from 2017 forward, with images used for internal SCA publications (The Black Star, Barony of Axmoor, Middle Kingdom), as well as People of Ansteorra pages, Peerage rosters, etc. Photos selected for inclusion on the new 2025 wrap for the Kingdom Trailer.
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* Eastern Tower of Elfsea (Arts: Period Gaming)
* Portcullis of Elfsea (Service)
* Order of the Azure Keystone of Elfsea (Service)
* Received a coin from Master Caelin on Andrade for for my work in Event Photography
* Received a blood drop for service from Magistra [[Margery Gilroy]]
* Received a pewter coin from Her Majesty Atenveldt, Emma Knope, for my Event Photography during War of the Phoenix 2026. Presented in person during Gulf Wars 2026.
 

===Affiliations:===
* Son of Sir [[Cathal Finn O'Brien]] and Honorable Lady [[Katheryn Margarete de Ryes]]
* Brother to [[Melodie Anne de Ryes]]
* Protégé to Master [[William Pelfrey]]
* Member, House Skuldalid
* Member, House Stone Falcon
 

===Mundane Information:===
[[File:Sable shield.png|200px|thumb|left|Bearer of the Sable Shield of Ansteorra]][[Category:Sable Shield]]
Feel free to add me on Facebook: Robert J. Gallon
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
I would appreciate if my family could be there (notified in advance if possible). I would prefer to be surprised, if possible. 
 

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Second Generation]]
[[Category:Elfsea]]
[[Category:Event Photographers]]
[[Category:Loch Ruadh]]

File:Wordfame from Lord Kellath Dun - Clinton Butler.JPG

2026-05-27T00:03:55Z

SigmundUlfsson: Wordfame from Lord Kellath Dun, Posted May 13, 2026

== Summary ==
Wordfame from Lord Kellath Dun, Posted May 13, 2026

Sigmund Úlfsson the Traveler

2026-05-27T00:00:34Z

SigmundUlfsson: /* Populace Provided Information: */

{{Populace
|photo = [[File:Sigmund Ulfsson - Portrait by Zubeydah.png|x400px]]
| photocaption =
| location = [[Elfsea]]
| regname= (Registration in Progress)
| status = Active
| joindate = 2002
| OP = [https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/10580 Sigmund Úlfsson]
| device = [[File:Device Graphic Needed.png|x400px]]
| devicecaption = Per fess enarched sable and azure, a lantern Or and five dice argent
}}

==Honorable Lord Sigmund Úlfsson the Traveler==
Previously Known As: Robert John de Ryes; Sigmarr Andvettr 
Nickname(s): Rob 
Pronouns: He/Him 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
Badge: Azure, in annulo five dice, each showing one pip, argent.
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Minister of Arts & Sciences, Barony of Elfsea: 2024 - 2025
** Exchequer, Barony of Elfsea: 2025 - Present

* Regional Offices Held
**

* Kingdom Offices Held
**

* Gulf Wars:
** Deputy Social Media Officer

* Society:
** Member, Digital Scribes Program
 

===Persona History:===
1200s, Byzantine. 
 

===Interests:===
* Event Photography
* Historical Gaming
* Mosaic Art
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
(To be continued)
 

====Prior Groups:====
* Canton of Loch Ruadh
* Shire of Loch Ruadh
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
<gallery widths="200px">
image:Sigmund_Ulfsson_-_Wordfame_from_Lord_Andreas_Bernay.JPG|Wordfame from Lord Andreas Bernay, Posted March 25, 2026
image:Sigmund_Ulfsson_-_Wordfame_from_Baroness_Rose_Rennel_-_Deb_Reynolds.JPG |Wordfame from Baroness Rose Rennel, Posted April 16, 2026. Kingdom of Meridies
image:Sigmund_Ulfsson_-_Wordfame_from_Lord_Kellath_Dun_-_Clinton_Butler.JPG|Wordfame from Lord Kellath Dun, Posted May 13, 2026
</gallery>
 

===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Prolific service as an event photographer from 2017 forward, with images used for internal SCA publications (The Black Star, Barony of Axmoor, Middle Kingdom), as well as People of Ansteorra pages, Peerage rosters, etc. Photos selected for inclusion on the new 2025 wrap for the Kingdom Trailer.
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* Eastern Tower of Elfsea (Arts: Period Gaming)
* Portcullis of Elfsea (Service)
* Order of the Azure Keystone of Elfsea (Service)
* Received a coin from Master Caelin on Andrade for for my work in Event Photography
* Received a blood drop for service from Magistra [[Margery Gilroy]]
* Received a pewter coin from Her Majesty Atenveldt, Emma Knope, for my Event Photography during War of the Phoenix 2026. Presented in person during Gulf Wars 2026.
 

===Affiliations:===
* Son of Sir [[Cathal Finn O'Brien]] and Honorable Lady [[Katheryn Margarete de Ryes]]
* Brother to [[Melodie Anne de Ryes]]
* Protégé to Master [[William Pelfrey]]
* Member, House Skuldalid
* Member, House Stone Falcon
 

===Mundane Information:===
[[File:Sable shield.png|200px|thumb|left|Bearer of the Sable Shield of Ansteorra]][[Category:Sable Shield]]
Feel free to add me on Facebook: Robert J. Gallon
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
I would appreciate if my family could be there (notified in advance if possible). I would prefer to be surprised, if possible. 
 

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Second Generation]]
[[Category:Elfsea]]
[[Category:Event Photographers]]
[[Category:Loch Ruadh]]

Sigmund Úlfsson the Traveler

2026-05-26T23:58:34Z

SigmundUlfsson: /* Lord Sigmund Úlfsson the Traveler */

{{Populace
|photo = [[File:Sigmund Ulfsson - Portrait by Zubeydah.png|x400px]]
| photocaption =
| location = [[Elfsea]]
| regname= (Registration in Progress)
| status = Active
| joindate = 2002
| OP = [https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/10580 Sigmund Úlfsson]
| device = [[File:Device Graphic Needed.png|x400px]]
| devicecaption = Per fess enarched sable and azure, a lantern Or and five dice argent
}}

==Honorable Lord Sigmund Úlfsson the Traveler==
Previously Known As: Robert John de Ryes; Sigmarr Andvettr 
Nickname(s): Rob 
Pronouns: He/Him 
 

====Additional Registered Heraldry:====
Badge: Azure, in annulo five dice, each showing one pip, argent.
 

===Offices:===
* Local Offices Held
** Minister of Arts & Sciences, Barony of Elfsea: 2024 - 2025
** Exchequer, Barony of Elfsea: 2025 - Present

* Regional Offices Held
**

* Kingdom Offices Held
**

* Gulf Wars:
** Deputy Social Media Officer

* Society:
** Member, Digital Scribes Program
 

===Persona History:===
1200s, Byzantine. 
 

===Interests:===
* Event Photography
* Historical Gaming
* Mosaic Art
 

===Timeline of Activity:===
(To be continued)
 

====Prior Groups:====
* Canton of Loch Ruadh
* Shire of Loch Ruadh
 

===Populace Provided Information:===
<gallery widths="200px">
image:Sigmund Ulfsson - Wordfame from Lord Andreas Bernay.jpg|Wordfame from Lord Andreas Bernay, Posted March 25, 2026
image:Sigmund Ulfsson - Wordfame from Baroness Rose Rennel - Deb Reynolds.jpg|Wordfame from Baroness Rose Rennel, Posted April 16, 2026. Kingdom of Meridies
image:Sigmund Ulfsson - Wordfame from Lord Kellath Dun - Clinton Butler.jpg|Wordfame from Lord Kellath Dun, Posted May 13, 2026
</gallery>
 
===Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:===
* Prolific service as an event photographer from 2017 forward, with images used for internal SCA publications (The Black Star, Barony of Axmoor, Middle Kingdom), as well as People of Ansteorra pages, Peerage rosters, etc. Photos selected for inclusion on the new 2025 wrap for the Kingdom Trailer.
 

====Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:====
* Eastern Tower of Elfsea (Arts: Period Gaming)
* Portcullis of Elfsea (Service)
* Order of the Azure Keystone of Elfsea (Service)
* Received a coin from Master Caelin on Andrade for for my work in Event Photography
* Received a blood drop for service from Magistra [[Margery Gilroy]]
* Received a pewter coin from Her Majesty Atenveldt, Emma Knope, for my Event Photography during War of the Phoenix 2026. Presented in person during Gulf Wars 2026.
 

===Affiliations:===
* Son of Sir [[Cathal Finn O'Brien]] and Honorable Lady [[Katheryn Margarete de Ryes]]
* Brother to [[Melodie Anne de Ryes]]
* Protégé to Master [[William Pelfrey]]
* Member, House Skuldalid
* Member, House Stone Falcon
 

===Mundane Information:===
[[File:Sable shield.png|200px|thumb|left|Bearer of the Sable Shield of Ansteorra]][[Category:Sable Shield]]
Feel free to add me on Facebook: Robert J. Gallon
 

====Special Needs:====
 

====In Case of Court:====
I would appreciate if my family could be there (notified in advance if possible). I would prefer to be surprised, if possible. 
 

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Second Generation]]
[[Category:Elfsea]]
[[Category:Event Photographers]]
[[Category:Loch Ruadh]]

File:Sigmund Ulfsson - Wordfame from Baroness Rose Rennel - Deb Reynolds.JPG

2026-05-26T23:53:04Z

SigmundUlfsson: Wordfame from Baroness Rose Rennel, Posted April 16, 2026. Kingdom of Meridies

== Summary ==
Wordfame from Baroness Rose Rennel, Posted April 16, 2026. Kingdom of Meridies

File:Sigmund Ulfsson - Wordfame from Lord Andreas Bernay.JPG

2026-05-26T23:52:03Z

SigmundUlfsson: Wordfame from Lord Andreas Bernay, Posted March 25, 2026

== Summary ==
Wordfame from Lord Andreas Bernay, Posted March 25, 2026

46th Crown

2026-02-07T00:52:35Z

SigmundUlfsson: /* Reign Photos and Media */

<div>
{{Crown
| reignnumber = 46th
| crownportrait = [[Image:Aaron and Britta I - 2.jpg|x400px]]
| photodesc =
| sovereign = Aaron I ([[Aaron MacGregor]])([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/6 OP])
| consort = Britta I ([[Britta MacGregor]])([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/806 OP])
| crowntournament = October 6, 2001 at [[Tempio]]
| coronationdate = January 12, 2002 at [[Crossrode Keep]]
| stepdowndate = July 13, 2002 at [[Middleford]]
| predecessors = [[45th_Crown | Duncan Arthur Ross the Black and Larissa Alwynn Clarewoode]]
| heirs = [[47th_Crown | Patrick Michael Gordonne V and Julia de Montoya V]]
}}
</div>

==Reign Overview==

====Notable Achievements====
*Created the Order of the [[Arc d'Or of Ansteorra]].
 

===Crown Tournament===
Event Stewards: [[Theodric Afhaims]] 
Location: Camp Tahuaya, Belton, TX 
Host: [[Tempio]] 
Ferast Steward: [[Katherine Rose Oliver]] 

===Coronation===
* Event Stewards: [[Marianna la Faye]]
* Location: Scurry County Coliseum, 900 E. Coliseum Drive, Snyder, Texas
* Host: [[Crossrode Keep]]
* Feast Steward: [[Sigrun Inn Hargargi]]
* Merchant Cordinator: [[Agnarr Thorvaldsson]]
* Special Activities / notes:

====Notes====

===Royal Whims or Declarations===
 
===Staff Members===
* Royal Steward:
* Chancellor:
* Head of Entourage:
* Sable Scroll Pursuivant:
* Golden Staff Herald:
* Largess Coordinator:
 

==Champions==
===Combat===
* Consort's Champion: [[Thorland O'Shea]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/4552 OP])
* Consort's Blade of Honor: [[Puck Oneshoe of Sauvage]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3782 OP])
* Sovereign's Champion: [[Virgil von Augsburg]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/4717 OP])
* Sovereign's Blade of Chivalry: [[Erasmus Graber]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/1691 OP])
* Royal Hunter: [[Lughaidh Mac Sheoinin]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3099 OP])
* Guardian of the Consort's Hope - [[Patrick Crosby]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3717 OP]) & Whitney Guthridge ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/4753 OP])

 

==Peers Elevated==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Date
! Peerage
|-
|[[Mari Elspeth nic Bryan]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3241 OP]) || 2002-03-16 || Pelican
|-
|[[Randall der Krieger]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3829 OP]) || 2002-06-08 || KSCA
|-
|[[John Peregrine of Restormel]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/2612 OP]) || 2002-06-15 || KSCA
|-
|[[Erasmus Totengraber]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/1691 OP]) || 2002-07-13 || KSCA
|-
|[[Simonn of Amber Isle]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/4284 OP]) || 2002-07-13 || Pelican
|}

===Special Recognitions===
====[[Lions of Ansteorra|Lion]]====
[[Lucais du Belier]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3085 OP])

 

====Gauntlets & Gloves====
'''King's Gauntlet''' 
*[[Curstaidh Magorlick]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/1216 OP])
*[[Daniel de Burdon]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/1270 OP])
*[[Ian Macleod]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/2314 OP])
*[[Modius von Mergentheim]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3480 OP])
*[[Timothy of Glastinbury]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/4574 OP])
 
'''Queen's Glove''' 
*[[Adelaide de Bourbon]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/33 OP])
*[[Caterina Nadalini]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/948 OP])
*[[Muirghein MacKiernan]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3556 OP])
*[[Thorland O'Shea]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/4552 OP])

==Progress While Heirs==

===Words of the Coronet===
 

==Progress While Crown==
 
===Words of the Crown===

===Words of the Populace===
 

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

===Trivia===
Created the Order of the [[Arc d'Or of Ansteorra]]

 

==Reign Photos and Media==
<gallery caption="Our Crown" widths="200px">
image:Aaron and Britta Invitation.jpg|Coronation Invitation
image:C0201-45.jpg|Knight swearing fealty to the new crowns
</gallery>

[[Category:Royalty]]
[[Category:Crowns of Ansteorra]]
[[Category:2002]]

46th Crown

2026-02-07T00:25:57Z

SigmundUlfsson: /* Reign Photos and Media */

<div>
{{Crown
| reignnumber = 46th
| crownportrait = [[Image:Aaron and Britta I - 2.jpg|x400px]]
| photodesc =
| sovereign = Aaron I ([[Aaron MacGregor]])([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/6 OP])
| consort = Britta I ([[Britta MacGregor]])([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/806 OP])
| crowntournament = October 6, 2001 at [[Tempio]]
| coronationdate = January 12, 2002 at [[Crossrode Keep]]
| stepdowndate = July 13, 2002 at [[Middleford]]
| predecessors = [[45th_Crown | Duncan Arthur Ross the Black and Larissa Alwynn Clarewoode]]
| heirs = [[47th_Crown | Patrick Michael Gordonne V and Julia de Montoya V]]
}}
</div>

==Reign Overview==

====Notable Achievements====
*Created the Order of the [[Arc d'Or of Ansteorra]].
 

===Crown Tournament===
Event Stewards: [[Theodric Afhaims]] 
Location: Camp Tahuaya, Belton, TX 
Host: [[Tempio]] 
Ferast Steward: [[Katherine Rose Oliver]] 

===Coronation===
* Event Stewards: [[Marianna la Faye]]
* Location: Scurry County Coliseum, 900 E. Coliseum Drive, Snyder, Texas
* Host: [[Crossrode Keep]]
* Feast Steward: [[Sigrun Inn Hargargi]]
* Merchant Cordinator: [[Agnarr Thorvaldsson]]
* Special Activities / notes:

====Notes====

===Royal Whims or Declarations===
 
===Staff Members===
* Royal Steward:
* Chancellor:
* Head of Entourage:
* Sable Scroll Pursuivant:
* Golden Staff Herald:
* Largess Coordinator:
 

==Champions==
===Combat===
* Consort's Champion: [[Thorland O'Shea]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/4552 OP])
* Consort's Blade of Honor: [[Puck Oneshoe of Sauvage]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3782 OP])
* Sovereign's Champion: [[Virgil von Augsburg]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/4717 OP])
* Sovereign's Blade of Chivalry: [[Erasmus Graber]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/1691 OP])
* Royal Hunter: [[Lughaidh Mac Sheoinin]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3099 OP])
* Guardian of the Consort's Hope - [[Patrick Crosby]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3717 OP]) & Whitney Guthridge ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/4753 OP])

 

==Peers Elevated==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Date
! Peerage
|-
|[[Mari Elspeth nic Bryan]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3241 OP]) || 2002-03-16 || Pelican
|-
|[[Randall der Krieger]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3829 OP]) || 2002-06-08 || KSCA
|-
|[[John Peregrine of Restormel]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/2612 OP]) || 2002-06-15 || KSCA
|-
|[[Erasmus Totengraber]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/1691 OP]) || 2002-07-13 || KSCA
|-
|[[Simonn of Amber Isle]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/4284 OP]) || 2002-07-13 || Pelican
|}

===Special Recognitions===
====[[Lions of Ansteorra|Lion]]====
[[Lucais du Belier]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3085 OP])

 

====Gauntlets & Gloves====
'''King's Gauntlet''' 
*[[Curstaidh Magorlick]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/1216 OP])
*[[Daniel de Burdon]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/1270 OP])
*[[Ian Macleod]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/2314 OP])
*[[Modius von Mergentheim]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3480 OP])
*[[Timothy of Glastinbury]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/4574 OP])
 
'''Queen's Glove''' 
*[[Adelaide de Bourbon]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/33 OP])
*[[Caterina Nadalini]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/948 OP])
*[[Muirghein MacKiernan]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/3556 OP])
*[[Thorland O'Shea]] ([https://op.ansteorra.org/people/id/4552 OP])

==Progress While Heirs==

===Words of the Coronet===
 

==Progress While Crown==
 
===Words of the Crown===

===Words of the Populace===
 

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

===Trivia===
Created the Order of the [[Arc d'Or of Ansteorra]]

 

==Reign Photos and Media==
<gallery caption="Our Crown" widths="150px">
[[File:Aaron and Britta Invitation.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Coronation Invitation]]
[[File:C0201-45.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Knight Fealty]]
</gallery>

[[Category:Royalty]]
[[Category:Crowns of Ansteorra]]
[[Category:2002]]

File:C0201-45.jpg

2026-02-07T00:06:42Z

SigmundUlfsson: Aaron and Britta I taken at their Coronation. It depicts the swearing of fealty to the new crown. This photo is copyright by Armand Dragonetti and used with permission.

== Summary ==
Aaron and Britta I taken at their Coronation. It depicts the swearing of fealty to the new crown. This photo is copyright by Armand Dragonetti and used with permission.