Alexandre Crane
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 Azure, a fess chequy sable and Or between two roses argent and a fleur-de-lys Or. |
Sieur Alexandre Crane, KSCA, CSS 169
Previously Known as: Alexandros Dorian
Nickname(s): Alex, Alexander, Shaky Ali
Pronouns:
He/Him
Additional Registered Heraldry:
Offices:
- Regional Offices Held
- General of the Vindheim Armored Army, Summer 2024 - Present
- Kingdom Offices Held
Persona History:
1510s to 1530s French
Interests:
- Armored Combat
- Steel Combat
- Sewing - would rather like to get back into it
- Music - really needs an excuse to pick up his violin...
- Heraldry
- Scribal Arts
- Service
Timeline of Activity:
Mid to Late-2011: Traveled to Northkeep, Ansteorra from what Alexandre referred to as the Kingdom of Apocrypha and the Duchy of Broknarra searching for a long time friend, Evangelos Thrakios. He takes part in some Chivalric Combat and plays part in the Vigil and Knighting of Evangelos at Mooneschadowe’s Triumphe of the Eclipse. Alexandre also wins the Newcomer Tournament at this same event, the morning after Thor’s visit to Evangelos’ Knighting Ceremony.
Mid 2012: Begins competing in earnest in Chivalric Combat in Northkeep.
February 2013: Accepts a Squire’s Belt from Sir Evangelos Thrakios at Mooneschadowe’s Provincial Games event before family, friends and Crown.
March 2013: Awarded Lordship through an Award of Arms at Wiesenfeuer Baronial.
February 2025: Elevated as a Knight at Laurel's Prize Tournament, hosted by the Barony of Namron
Prior Groups:
Populace Provided Information:
Yzabeau Brossier
I have yet another Gulfnado story for you. One of chivalry and honor. (And just happens to be about my favorite Squire, Alexandre Crane.) Lady Marita Boë and I just started a transportation shift when the storm started to blow in. They called us off our noble golf carts and into the guard house, where we spent the vast majority of the storm huddled in the back, listening to radio panic. While the storm still raged, Alexandre appeared in the doorway, soaked to the skin and cold, having been searching for me. (While I was warm and dry in the guard house.) I asked what he had been doing, and he replied he had spent the storm holding down the Whitacre Family Pavilion, doing his duty as a squire. I told him I would go back with him to help, but he told me to stay where I was and to find him after the storm blew over. (I am not typically one to change my course of action just because someone tells me to, but the warmth and overall dryness convinced me to stay.) When I tried to get him to stay with us, he refused. So I handed him the poncho I had put on before my transportation shift, and he went back down the road. Once the storm had cleared, I slogged my way through the mud to our encampment, only to find him running around, helping every place he could. In Northkeep's camp, he had helped pull the group pavilion out of the muck, at Whitacre, he had spent the entire storm cold rain running down his arms and back, physically holding down the pavilion (along with many others) to keep the newly painted and absolutely beautiful pavilion from flying away. Hours later, I finally had the chance to pin him down and force him to change out of his sopping wet clothes, because he just wanted to keep helping. He has made proud on both the chivalric and rapier field many times, but I have never been prouder than I was after Gulfnado, hearing how long and hard he worked, and how many he helped.
Beatrix Funteyn
Members of the order of the Laurel are often recognized as experts in a particular field in an art that we feel passionately about. Do we always know everything? No. Do we always get things right? No. And yet we are renowned throughout the kingdom as leaders, as guides, as examples.
What is Alexandre‘s art? What does he study? I say his art is prowess, loyalty, generosity, courage, honesty, franchise, Faith, humility, courtesy - chivalry. Your Majesties this is his art. In this and more this man is my peer.
Sven Gunnarsson and Siobhan inghean ui Liathain
We, Duke Sven VII; Knight, Pelican, and Laurel of our Society and Duchess Siobhan IV; Rose & Laurel of our Society, send Warm Greetings to Their Royal Majesties of Ansteorra, to those who hear these words, and especially to our friend Alexandre.
Your Majesties, the Knightly virtues of the gentle who presents himself before you is not only known in your Kingdom but they have been witnessed firsthand by ourselves, who currently live in the faraway lands of Drachenwald.
We first met Alexandre 9 years ago when he was on a pilgrimage to the Lands of AEthelmeac, specifically to the Barony of the Debatable lands. He was hoping to get a mere glimpse of the holy cup of Stanley, which was making a rare appearance due to a Penguin migration. Alexandre humbly sought refuge at our manor, and even though he was a stranger to us, in our brief interaction with him we could already see that he was a man of honor, generosity, and though not a knight by title, was living by the code with every part of him. We felt this so strongly that when the holy cup of Stanley made ANOTHER appearance a year later, we felt comfortable handing this honorable man the keys to our manor, even though we were not at home.
A few years after our first meeting we became heirs to the thrones of AEthelmearc and our royal progress brought us to your lands of Ansteorra. (So that we may bear witness to the coronation of our Royal cousins, Lochlann Dunn IV and Gwen verch Cynwrig de Ynys Mon III). Due to the distance, no one from our royal household was able to join us and assist us with retaining. We reached out to Alexandre and humbly requested suggestions on who we could ask for help. Without hesitation his virtue of generosity shone through for he and his beautiful wife stood by our side the whole time and we wanted for nothing.
Fast forward to last year when we made the journey from Drachenwald to the Great Gulf Wars. We were privileged to witness Alexandre’s prowess during the Meridian Rose tournament, where he fought with precision and honor. He may not have been the victor of the entire tournament but you could see on his face (and especially on the face of the rose he represented) that the honor and skill he brought to the field was the only victory he needed.
Your Majesties, and the Knights of Ansteorra, with our voices raised high, so that they may be heard across an ocean, we, Duke Sven and Duchess Siobhan, proclaim that we are honored call our friend Alexandre our peer.
Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:
- At his first SCA event, won the 2011 Mooneschadowe Newcomers Tournament
- Royal Entourage to Lochlan and Michelle, earning a Golden Star for service
- Royal Entourage to Vladislav and Margaret, earning a Golden Star for service
- Twice Autocrat of Northkeep Castellan
- Northkeep Baronial Cut & Thrust Champion, 2022-2023
- First of only two individuals that have won both Northkeep Ensign and Northkeep Dionadair tournaments and, after the 2023 tournaments, the only person to have served as both at the same time
- Was part of the team recognized by the Crown for work on the Will Rogers Fort Rehabilitation Project
- General of the Armored Vindheim Army, appointed by Prince Dafydd Whitacre, following Vindheim Summer Coronet 2024
- Bonwicke Baronial Rapier Champion to HE Beatrix Funteyn, 2024-2025
- Bearer of the Sovereign's Blade of Chivalry from the hand of His Majesty, Jean Paul III.
- Announced for invitation to the Order of Chivalry at Vindheim Winter Coronet 2024 by Their Majesties, Jean Paul and Gilyan III, then Knighted at Laurel's Prize Tournament in February 2025
Trivia
- Alexandre landed the very first point in the Vindheim Premier Coronet Tourney.
- At his elevation to the Chivalry, he was knighted with the field chain of Riddari Balvin Thorfinnsson from the knight's own hand, the belt of Sir Riccardo di Pisa, and dubbed with not only the Ansteorran Sword of State but the King's Blade of Chivalry as it's holder at the time.
Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions:
- Beacon of Northkeep from Morgan and Montega Blackdragon
- Merlon of Northkeep from Beorhlic Folcwineson and Elisaveta af Isefjord
- Le Bâtisseur of Northkeep from Perrin de Beaujeu and Jehanne de Montaubon
- Crimson Tear of Bonwicke from Alusch Annika von dem Sternen (and Baroness Eleanor Bonwicke) at Gulf Wars 2024
Affiliations:
- Married to Yzabeau Brossier
- Previous Squire to Sir Evangelos Thrakios and Ritter Asoph Hearts
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Special Needs:
In Case Of Court:
Alexandre is Super Not A Fan of Surprises. In Case of Being Needed in Court, any advanced warning or notice would be Greatly Appreciated.
