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:

• Local Offices Held
  • Knight Marshal of Mooneschadowe (July 2005 to July 2007)
  • Seneschal of Mooneschadowe (July 2007 to July 2009)
  • Reeve of Mooneschadowe (January 2010 to October 2012)
  • Social Media Deputy of Mooneschadowe
  • Seneschal of Mooneschadowe (Round Table, July 2026 to current)

• Regional Offices Held
  • Northern Regional Exchequer (October 2012 to July 2014)

• Kingdom Offices Held
  • Kingdom 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 Held
  • Fighter Support (March 2015, March 2016)

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 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 support at Volunteer Point, Fighter Support, and Social Media; Mooneschadowe; September 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
• Apprenticed to Master Beorhtlic Folcwineson

• Proteges:
  • Nalkah umm al-Jafnā since 2019-ish
  • Castellana de Andalusia since 2023-ish

• 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!