EKU Oct ? 2006

Service

Creator and "List-Amma" of the SCA_India List
Technical Services Staff at Pennsic 27 and 28
Indian Track Class Coordinator for Pennsic University, Pennsic 36
Set Decorator for East Kingdom Court, Pennsic 36.
Retainer to Darius I and Roxane I
Retainer to Darius II and Roxane II
Retainer to Robin and Isabeau (AEthelmearc)
Retainer to Darius IV and Alethea
Seamstress/Artisan to the Crown for Roxane (East), Chamayn II (Caid), Brenwen (East), and Alethea (East)

Awards

01/28/2006  Lux Caidis (Caid)
01/28/2006  Grant of Arms (Caid)
01/26/2008  Companion of the Manche (East)
04/11/2009  Court Baroness (East)
05/23/1998  Award of Arms (Æthelmearc)
07/20/2002  Companion of the Burdened Tyger (East)
04/06/2006  Sigil of Æthelmearc
10/31/2009  King's Order of Excellence

Palm Leaf Manuscript KOE - Lady Kananbala created a truly amazing manuscript, complete with wooden covers, for my King's Order of Excellence.
My Court Barony - I have created a page to showcase the fabulous accouterments made for me by Mistress Nicolette.
Burdened Tyger Scroll - Mistress Lakshmi has a page on the research and creation of my OBT scroll.

Personal History

For good and for ill I have spent a great deal of my life moving. The upside to this is that I have had an opportunity to experience the cultures of many different places, Mundane and SCA. No matter where I have gone the SCA has provided me with an "instant community". Each one has its own character and characters. I've been fortunate to meet some truly fantastic people in my travels, and my only regret is that we must all, of neccessity, live so far apart. Since I am asked fairly often where and when I have lived, the following is an elaborated timeline of my movements in the Known World.

An Tir & Madrone (1993-1995)

It was early 1993 that I was first introduced to Mary, known in the SCA as Mairi the Slightly Improper. A mutual friend of ours knew of my interest in Costume Design, and put me in touch with Mairi, who had similar interests. We hit it off fairly well, and she took me to my first event, An Tir's May Crown Tourney, 1993. I don't think I'll ever forget it, it made such a strong impression on me. The friday night we got there, I watched a Knighting ceremony, and the very next day, had the pleasure of watching that brand-new Knight win Crown. It was all just a little too fairy-tale to be true.

Mairi and I drifted apart after a while, but I was able to get in touch with the local Seattle group, the Barony of Madrone, and made a few friends there who I started going to events with. Shortly thereafter I started learning all sorts of important SCA skills, such as how to survive an all night Tablero de Gucci game. While living in An Tir I took the persona of LassarFhina ni Tigernan (A 13th century Irish woman.) I briefly became involved in a small household but it ended up not working out and with the exception of my "sister" Cainder I have lost touch with them.

Æthelmearc, Thescorre & Kyngesbridge (1997-1998)

I lost touch with the SCA after I moved away from Seattle, and with all the moving around and being poor that I did for the next 2 years, most of my involvement was confined to doing online research and reading the rec.org.sca newsgroup. Fortunately, I met Portia in a Perkins one night and she helped get me back involved in the SCA in the Kingdom of Æthelmearc, and I started to meet some really fantastic people.
Some of them became my close mundane friends after a time, and it seemed only natural that we should form our own Household.

Unfortunately, my constant pursuit of a Better Career moved me to Chicago, and although I am not the most active member of Kyngesbridge, the members are still family to me. I still camp with Kyngesbridge at Pennsic, where we can be found in W16 at the foot of Runestone, across from the lower bath house.

Middle & Tree-Girt-Sea (1998-2001)


East & Carolingia (2001-2004, 2006-Present)