Escarlata de Granda

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Registered Name: [Copy and Paste the URL (website link) to your name registration if available. Include one space after it, and your Registered name] Resides: Barony of Bryn Gwlad Status: Active Joined SCA: 2003
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Hildagua Escarlata Laeticia Itzel de Granda

Pronunciation: Es-CAR-la-ta DAY Gruh-NAH-Da
Preferred Titles: Hildagua, Armager, Laird
Previously Known As: Ketala Boldt; Katia Boldt
Nickname(s):
Pronouns: They/She (when presenting as Escarlata), They/He (when presenting as Sebastian)

Additional Registered Heraldry:

None... yet.

Offices:

• Local Offices Held
  • Deputy Seneschal of Bryn Gwlad - April 2024 - Present
  • Co-Head Bryn Gwlad Scribal Guild - April 2024 - Present
  • Deputy Head Bryn Gwlad Cook's Guild - February 2022 - Present

• Regional Offices Held
  • Deputy Solstice Herald - February 2024 - Present

• Kingdom Offices Held
  • ER Deputy Asterisk Herald - June 2024 - Present

Persona History:

Escarlata is a Spanish noble living in Granada, Spain in the late 1500s. Escarlata's family is a highly regarded regional merchant and purveyor of fabric, fabric dyes, citrus fruits, and pomegranates from the region. Escarlata is the name given to the very rich fabric their family produces and which they are fond of wearing frequently. Thier family focuses on merchant marine sales to the Old and New World. Their family is very successful, wealthy, and regionally powerful.

Escarlata is well-known in court as an important regional patron of the arts and is the main financial backer of The Curtain Theatre in Bryn Gwlad and has produced a number of plays with The Baron's Men there. They are also known for hosting artistic competitions and lavish parties with exciting and extensive menus. Escarlata is known for both their wittiness and flair for the dramatic in court and is always ready to bring extravagance to a room. Escarlata is also known for their extensive wardrobe, love for entertaining, and particularly keen eye for ambiance. Escarlata is astoundingly well-rounded in their academic and artistic pursuits, not only can they read and write, but they are also a musician and and artisan of some renoun.

No one has seen Escarlata in the same room at the same time as their twin, Sebastian. Sebastian is an avid and accomplished sailor who is responsible for the family shipping fleet. Sebastian also has a reputation for their luck in gambling and with the ladies. It is rumored that Sebastian purchased Madame Luchia's School for Wayward Girls with business partner Hanse Kleermacher and continued running it as a brothel when Luchia left Bryn Gwlad for An Tir. Following Hanse's death, Sebastian is rumored to be the sole proprietor. Sebastian has been seen on stage at The Curtain Theatre, the School for Wayward Girls is located on the third floor of the Curtain.

Both Escarlata and Sebastian are known to love the finer things in life – exploration, the arts, fine foods, and the pursuit of science. .

Interests:

• Service: Administrative Leadership, Logistics, List Ministering, Ambiance, Event Management, Heraldry, Cookery, Project Management, etc.
• Arts and Sciences: Costuming, Ambiance, Culinary Arts, Jewelry Making, Metalwork, Glasswork, Illumination, Oil Painting, Miniature/Limning, Brewing, Music, Poetry, Early Modern Theatre/Stagecraft, and anything else they get their hands on.
• Combat: Combat Archery, Siege Engines
• Research: History of Marginalized Groups, Limning, Spain in the 1500s, Heraldry
• Costuming: Renaissance (Italy, Spain, Tudor England), Iron Age Celtic, Viking (inclusive of Rus Viking), India, Egypt, Mesoamerica

Classes Taught & Handouts:

• Tabard Making 101 Ansteorra Heraldic and Scribal Symposium 2024
• Heraldic Displays 101 Serpent Service Symposium 2024
• Largesse Derbies 101 Serpent Service Symposium 2024
• Hungry for Death : A History of Funeary Feasting Bryn Gwlad Yule 2022

Timeline of Activity:

• Bryn Gwlad Battle of the Bucket 2024
  • Prize Coordinator
  • Host: Triple Threat Largesse Derby
• Loch Sollier Serpent Service Symposium 2024
  • Host - Pelicans and Service-Minded Individuals Meetup
  • Teacher - Largesse Derbies 101, Heraldic Displays
• Ansteorra Heraldic and Scribal Symposium 2024
  • Autocrat
  • Teacher - Heraldic Tabbards 101
• September 2024 Black Star*
  • Photographer of Cover Photo depicting Baron Gavin mac Goilla Ruidh and Baroness Wentilliana le Chandelier embracing one another at the Pennsic Cathedral having finished the Camino de Pennsic
• Pennsic 2024
  • Sable Thistle - Costuming
  • Sable Falcon - Serving Chili Night During Extreme Weather
  • Completed Camino de Pennsic
• Summer Roundtable 2024
  • DEIB Trained
  • Warranted for Seneschal
  • Warranted for Financial Policy
• Ansteorran Longship Association Fundraising Campaign 2024
  • Donated over $2,000.00 to help ALA move locations, hosted Facebook Birthday Donation Drive and matched funds given
• Bryn Gwlad Indoor Space Fundraising Campaign 2024
  • Donated $2,000.00 to ensure an indoor space for the barony
• Named Deputy Seneschal of Bryn Gwlad
  • Newcomer's Academy Seneschal Liaison
  • Candlemas 2025 Planning Committee Seneschal Liaison
  • Ran July 2024 Business Meeting
  • Oversaw transition into new storage space in July 2024
• Sherwood Forest Faire Demo 2024
  • Primary
  • Photographer of Photo of Baroness Ciara Mac an Gabhan which was picked up by the Society social media
  • Teacher - Butter Making (With Bryn Gwlad Cook's Guild), A Primer to Period Spices (With Bryn Gwlad Cook's Guild)
  • 84 Hours on site as volunteer during the 2024 season
• Bryn Gwlad Candlemas 2024
  • Subtleties Competition Winner (With Cook's Guild) Heraldic Cookies and Cake with Heraldic Cookie Ring Boxes
  • Donated 4 rings as gifts to outgoing and incoming Baron & Baroness of Bryn Gwlad
  • Costume Competition Entrant
  • Muse - Baronial Arts Award
• Southernish Scribal Retreat 2024
  • Named Deputy Solstice (Southern Regional) Herald
• Spring Roundtable 2024
  • Warranted as Herald
  • DEIB for Heralds Trained
• Bryn Gwlad Tudor Yule 2023
  • Charcutocrat - Responsible for coordinating over 40 charcuterie dishes and made 6 historically based types of sausage from around the world, managed servers in bringing out the goods, provided serving ware, etc.
• Bryn Gwlad Flameworks Guild Christmas Ornaments Workshop
  • Host (with Zacaria)
• Bryn Gwlad Zombie Mini Tourney 2023
  • Host - Zombie A&S Mini Tourney
  • Charcutocrat - Responsible for coordinating over 20 spooky charcuterie items including meats, cheeses, chocolates, fruits, and deserts as well as serving utensils, etc.
• Bryn Gwlad Fall Event 2023
  • Winner: Largesse Derby - Over the Top Category - Populace Choice Birka Bags, Viking Festoon Kits, and Zumma de Granada Samples
  • Award of Arms
  • Newcomer's Academy Feast Gear Coordinator
• Bjornsborg Arthurian Legends Event 2023
  • One of two individuals that completed all quests and side quests
• Bryn Gwlad Flameworks Guild*
  • Made Dragon's Egg Regalia for Barony
• Bryn Gwlad Candlemas 2023
  • Winner: Largesse Derby - Populace Choice Rainbow Viking Hats With Fur Trim
• Named Deputy Head of Bryn Gwlad Cook's Guild

This Segment is missing a number of items which will be updated when I remember what all I did pre-COVID

• Bryn Gwlad Candlemas 2015
  • Crash Space Coordinator
  • Made Site Tokens
  • Kitchen Hand
  • Server
• Guardian of the Tor 20*
  • List Mistress - Rapier
• Dragonsfire Tor Yule 2010
  • Honorable Mention: Baron and Baroness' ChoicePomegranate Granatum and Miniature Portrait
  • Kitchen Hand and Server

Prior Groups:

Escarlata got her start in the Canton of Dragonsfire Tor in 2003, and remained active there while in undergraduate school and graduate school until moving to Bryn Gwlad for more graduate school in 2010. Upon moving to Bryn Gwlad, she became very active with The Baron's Men until completing law school in 2018. Following the COVID-19 Pandemic, she has been quite active at the local level and increasingly active at other levels.

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Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:

• Autocrat of Ansteorra Heraldic and Scribal Symposium 2024
• Photographer of the Cover of the Blackstar for September 2024
• Featured in the June 2024 edition of The Halberd
• Began and Hosts the A&S Competition at Bryn Gwlad Zombie Mini Tourney

Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:

• Ansteorra
  • Sable Sparrow - Service to Kingdom - August 2024
• Bryn Gwlad
  • Muse - Baronial Arts & Sciences - February 2024

Affiliations:

Family: Households: Squire to: Arcarius to: Protege to: Apprentice to: Student to: Proud Member of: Clan Blue Feather, The Baron's Men

Mundane Information:

Mundanely, Katy Thompson is an attorney in Austin, Texas.

Special Needs Information:

Escarlata should not eat or drink items with raw vinegar, it chemically burns her tongue. Escarlata suffers from an autoimmune disorder and due to it and the medications she takes for her condition, she is more sensitive to heat and sunlight and must stay adequately hydrated; she may also need assistance lifting items after a long day or during a high inflammation day.

In Case Of Court:

While I do like to be surprised, I also like to be adequately dressed when called into court. ;-) I prefer to walk myself into court and require no escort. You can add more categories by doing double brackets, the word Category: and applicable descriptors, such as the group you are in, Peerages, etc. For a list of available categories, visit: http://historian.ansteorra.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Categories