Elsa von Snackenburg

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Registered Name: Else Schemmer, Elsa von Snackenberg Resides: Province of Mooneschadowe Status: Active Joined SCA: Gulf Wars XI, 2002
Order of Precedence
OP
Heraldry
Azure mullety Or, in chief a stick shuttle argent.

Mistress Elsa von Snackenburg, Member of the Order of the Pelican, Lion of Ansteorra, Defender of the Dream

Previously Known As: Elsa von Schammach Nickname(s):
Pronouns:she/her

Additional Registered Heraldry:

Registered Badge:

• The following badge associated with this name was registered in September of 2017 (via Ansteorra): (Fieldless) On a stick shuttle argent a serpent nowed azure.
• The following badge associated with this name was registered in September of 2017 (via Ansteorra): (Fieldless) On a stick shuttle azure a mullet Or.

Offices:

Offices Held	Dates
Shire/Province of Mooneschadowe
Knight Marshal	July 2005 to July 2007
Seneschal	July 2007 to July 2009
Reeve/Treasurer/Exchequer	January 2010 to October 2012
Social Media Deputy	2019-2021
Seneschal	Round Table, July 2026 to current
Northern Region/Principality of Vindheim
Exchequer	October 2012 to July 2014
Kingdom of Ansteorra
Chancellor of the Exchequer	July 2014 to October 2017
Domesday Deputy	October 2019-2021-ish
Social Media Deputy	July 2019-2024
Gulf Wars Department Head	Succession	Dates
Fighter Support	deputy to Danielle de Marseilles, Ansteorra	March 2007
Volunteer Point	Ansteorra Liaison for Kendra Dey, GA	March 2013
Fighter Support	deputy to Kyna Terricksdottir, Ansteorra	March 2014
Fighter Support	with support from Kyna Terricksdottir, Ansteorra	March 2015
Fighter Support	training David Duckworth, Meridies	March 2016
Fighter Support	in support to David Duckworth, Meridies	March 2017

Persona History:

As written for the Sable Swap:
Elsa was born in Germany to a family of lesser nobility who discarded their honors in sympathy with the Hussite Rebellion (c. 1410 CE). Suddenly dispossessed, Elsa (somehow) met and fell in love with a Milanese (c. 1450 CE) soldier, and married him when he became a Centurion and therefore able to support her studies as an Apprentice.

Born in 15c Germany.
Learned diverse textile arts from friends in my early days in Mooneschadowe (2005).
Apprenticed to a Dane/Saxon Silversmith of the Kudzu (October 2009).
Married a 15c Milanese Centurion (July 2010).

Interests:

• Checking out what Charles has in the works
• Weaving
• Lampwork Beads with Bea (April 2011)
• Lucet braiding
• Knitting
• Spinning
• Cooking things that include saffron (I've had happy times with researching Moorish cuisine)
• Compiling/updating documents on the Ansteorran Wiki
• Elsa's Timeline of Activity

Project and Class Notes:

• Blog!
• Monmouth Caps, Elsa Style

Mooneschadowe's Gulf War Things:

• Mooneschadowe Gulf War Camp Coordination
• File:Gulf War Cadence Book.pdf

Favorite Projects:

• Stewards of Guardian/Triumphe
• Mooneschadowe Event Steward's Little Helper
• Triumphe Feast Steward's Little Helper
• Mooneschadowe Demo Strategy and Tactics
• A&S Competition Preparedness, by Elsa
• Pavilions of Mooneschadowe
• Mooneschadowe Triumphe Documents

Timeline of Activity:

• First seen: "In the Mooneschadowe US-Army-Half-Shelter Ghetto at Gulf Wars XI."
• Often seen: "Weaving (or maybe knitting) under a tree."
• May still be seen answering "quick questions" about money handling in our Kingdom

Prior Groups:

None - Mooneschadowe has always been my home.

Event Stewardship

Event Steward(s)	Co-Steward	Hosting Group	Date
Crown Tourney, as part of a team	Lead: Gilyan Clonmacnoise	Mooneschadowe	07-2008
Triumphe of the Eclipse VIII	Reis ap Tudor	Mooneschadowe	09-2012
King’s College	Lena of Mooneschadowe	Mooneschadowe	07-2013
Provincial Games	Sigridr Ragedottir	Mooneschadowe	02-2018
Provincial Games	Diana de Blyth	Mooneschadowe	02-2019
Ansteorra 40th Year	Volunteer Point, Fighter Support, and Social Media	Mooneschadowe	09-2019

Feast Stewardship

• Guardian feast with Mark von Mainz (2004)
• Guardian feast with Magdalena da Cadamosta - Italian with white sausages (2005)
• Triumphe I with Aline Swynbrook: Mallets and Spice feast with a Northern African theme for our stepping down champion and consort, Abd al-Mahdi Jamal ibn Hakim & Valeria Richila Navarro (09-2006)
• Coronation (Namron) with Charles the Grey: Fried foods for Jean Paul II & Gilyan II Charles the Grey (09-2012)
• Triumphe XI with Sigridr Ragedottir (09-2016)
• Triumphe XIII with Sigridr Ragedottir (09-2018)

Storytime with Elsa!:

NOTE: In true "Elsa story" form, this must start with "This one time," and the chorus supplies "at band... camp...?" and Elsa restarts: THIS ONE TIME!

• Elsa's Event Write-Ups
• Mooneschadowe Kitchen Party
• Mooneschadowe's Gulf War Camp Kitchen

Notable Recognitions:

• Named a Member of the Order of the Pelican by Jason I & Margherita de Mantua I.
  
• Named a Lion of Ansteorra by Jason II & Margherita de Mantua.
  
• Recognized as a MOG Cog (this recognition is not codified in any way).
• Awarded Mooneschadowe's Province's Honor, 2011.

Affiliations:

• Married to THE Centurion Charles the Grey of Mooneschadowe of Mooneschadowe
• Apprenticed to Master Beorhtlic Folcwineson

• Proteges:
  • Nalkah umm al-Jafnā 2019-ish and current
  • Castellana de Andalusia 2023-ish thru October 2026 pending elevation to Pelican

• Former Protege:
  • Diana de Blyth 2021-ish thru May 2026; moved to Calontir

Mundane Information:

Libby has a Bachelors in English (Literature) and a minor in History from Oklahoma State University. (2004)

After graduation, Libby worked in Interlibrary Services (ILS) at the campus library: 2005-2009.

Later (2009-2026), Libby worked as a Senior Editor for Fire Protection Publications (FPP) a publishing company that writes training manuals for firefighters in conjunction with the International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA), a nonprofit organization that represents an international audience of Fire and Emergency Services Responders/Technicians.

In Case of Court:

IDK, I'll be a nervous wreck no matter what we try!