Monika Maia von Draguni

Biographical Information

SCA Name: Lady Monika Maia von Draguni

Mundane Name: Maia

Barony: Fenix, South Oaken Region, Middle Kingdom

Page to Sir Boris Movila

Time in SCA: 15 Years

Persona:

15th century Baltic Prussian, from the village of Draguni in the Curonian region (Prussia in period, now part of present day Courland, Latvia), which is one of seven villages called the “Curonian Kings”; those that were given special allowance to keep their sacred groves and original Baltic traditions after the tribes were united into Prussia by the Teutonic Knights.

Awards:

Middle Kingdom

• Award of the Dragon’s Treasure, by the hand of Dag and AnneMarie (AS 47) March 2013
• Award of the Baton, by the hand of Lucien and Catarina (AS 48) September 2013
• Award of the Silver Acorn, by the hand of Cameron and Amalie (AS 49) May 2014
• Award of Arms, by the hand of Cameron and Amalie (AS 49) September 2014
• Award of the Purple Fret, by the hand of Cadogan and AnnMarie (AS 49) April 2015

Barony of Fenix

• Award of the Golden Feather by the hand of Aengus and Hypathia, for service to the Barony (AS 48) - September 2013

Unofficial Honors

• Baronial Bardic Champion for two terms - January 2013 to present
• Baronial Youth Combat Champion - October 2014 to present
• Received second place in South Oaken Regional and Kingdom A&S competition on performance (Music composed by Henry VIII played on violin) - March & May 2014
• Youth Combat Marshal-in-Training

Highlights of other activities

• Frequent retainer for Royalty including: Catarina, Cellach, Vukasin, Cameron, Amalie, Cadogan, AnnMarie
• Played violin for Her Majesty Vukasin’s Court - March 2014
• Won second place in Bardic Competition at Simple Day - July 2013
• Assisting Fenix events, including kitchen work, working Troll, assembling site tokens, and site setup and cleanup
• Server Extraordinaire, both inside and outside her Barony, including Serving head table for visiting landed Baron & Baroness
• Assisting as Youth MiT at Unicorn, Push for Pennsic, and Coronation