Rene Damours

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Information
Registered Name: Rene Damours Resides: Bryn Gwlad Status: Active Joined SCA: 1992
Order of Precedence
Rene Damours OP
Heraldry
File:Rene Damours Device.jpg (Registered) Per pale embattled azure and argent, in fess a quill and a rapier counterchanged.

Offices:

• Local Offices Held
  • Bryn Gwlad Rapier Marshal: May 2012 to August to July 2013

• Regional Offices Held
  • Southern Region Rapier Marshal July 2013-July 2015

Persona History:

I was born in Dieppe, which was the principal port city in Normandy, in 1578. My father, André, was a wool trader and did extensive business with the family of the Lady Robin Anderson of Ross. Her husband, Baron Conor Drummond, took me in as a valet, after my father died in 1594. My mother, Jeanne, remained in Dieppe with my younger sister, Geneviève, who married one of my father's apprentices, named David, who took over my father's wool trade. During my time at Baron Conor's estate in the lowlands of Scotland, I was taught how to fight, was taught to read and write, and was accepted as a member of the family. Baron Conor thought it best to train me to fight with a variety of weapons to help defend his estate against Border Reivers.

Eventually, the Baron of a Barony called Bryn Gwlad called Baron Conor to be the Captain of his Baronial Guard. I, along with his family, moved from the lowlands of Scotland to Bryn Gwlad, where Baron Conor helped me attend university. Currently, I still reside in the Barony of Bryn Gwlad and teach Rhetoric at the same university at which I was educated. While no longer a valet to Baron Conor, I remain close with him and his family.

Interests:

" I enjoy the SCA a great deal, and what drives me is the camaraderie, the sharing of knowledge both on the rapier field and in the arena of Arts and Sciences."

Rene' enjoys period fighting styles, particularly Rapier. Being a lover of the written word, his art interests include; writing sonnets, research on period poetry research papers, teaching poetry, and of course, documentation. He teaches a great class on documentation that you should catch if you have the chance. He also marshals often, serves feast, and gives his time in service whenever he can.

Prior Groups

When I first started, in 1992 or 1993 or so, I was with a group called Turris Aquilae (Borger, TX), but that group no longer exists. I stopped playing SCA in 1995 and didn't play SCA again until 2003. I've been a part of Bryn Gwlad since 2003.

Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:

• Current Seawinds Rapier Defender
• Given a Pilgrim's Badge from HRM Valeria Richela Navarro, for a sonnet I entered into Kingdom A&S 2006
• Part of a theatre troupe that performed an adaptation of El Cid at Bryn Gwlad Baronial
• Part of a production by The Baron's Men of the Merry Wives of Windsor and The Knight of the Burning Pestle at two SCA events
• Chosen to be Gulf War Champion for Gulf War XXII for a Scholarly Paper titled: "The Sonnet's Journey from Sicily to England"
• Given a a Pilgrim's Badge at Feb 2013 Kingdom A&S
• Pilgrim's Badge at Kingdom A&S 2015
• Chosen to be GW Champion for Ansteorra, presenting an English Sonnet in 2015.

Affiliations:

• Member of House Domus Amicorum
• Former Cadet to HE Conor Drummond, WSA
• Apprentice to HE Loch Solier Rhiannon verch Bryan
• Member of the Atelier Amati