Read below for a bit about the Guard, who we are, what our quests are, and what our songs are!
Bird the Bard (they/them). Heraldically known as the Honorable Gentle Peregrino Juliana Bird, member of the Orders of the Evergreen and Silver Brooch, Troubadour of the Court of Jarl Ivan Ivanov, and now shenaniganating at an event near you!
My bardic focus is 13-14th C Iberian Peninsula/pilgrim music, contrefact and filk, wind instruments without reeds, sight-reading for fun, stunt poetry and scroll texts.
Lady Lucy la Penne, called Lalla by most (she/her). Some of my interests are polyphonic Renaissance music, Child ballads, Gregorian chants, world folk music, songs by scadians, and writing music and poetry.
I sing and play the guitar, the whistle, the drums, and the flute.
Signature Piece - Resolve
The Honorable Filidh Siobhán an Einigh of Connacht (they/them). I'm a Midrealm bard transplanted from fair Calontir, land of my birth, singing songs both old and new! Member of the Orders of Dragon's Heart and Evergreen, currently Bard of the Barony of Ayreton as well as Bard of Ravenslake, and past Bard of the Barony of Carraig Ban and Bard of the Midlands!
I write group-songs and filk of medieval/Celtic pieces, songs of SCA culture, tales of Celtic heroes, some Irish/Welsh translations, and a number of very silly pieces indeed.
Lady Piero Patroclus (she/her) is a proud bard from the Midrealm, hailing from the Midlands and her home barony of Carraig Ban! Piero is apprenticed to Magister Hilla Stormbringer.
She takes an interest in songs and stories about SCA culture, and is always eager to perform and share her love of bardic with anyone.
And then there's PARZIVAL. Edler Herr Parzival Angist, Orders of the Evergreen, Willow, and Cavendish Knot. Parzival is a traveling courtier hailing from 14th century Germany. He has traveled far and wide across the land to serve various courts as a minter of coins, exchequer (keeper of financial records), and scholar of numismatics (study of currency, its forms and creation, and commerce). During times of relaxation in the court, he may entertain his fellows with a performance of song, music, juggling, or a demonstration of "mystical card conjuring arts".
He is a trained fencer, and is a student of both Spanish and Italian disciplines. During his travels, he is always sure to take an opportunity to learn something in the ways of both art and combat of the cultures he experiences.
Signature Pieces - Anne Boleyn Tudor Limbo, Panis Angelicus, Health to the Company,
Honorable Lady Taliesin Wordweaver, wielder of the Bacon Spear of Donnershafen. Taliesin's period specialties are alliterative verse forms and intermediate cardweaving, though her sewing is proficient, her Naalbinding is warm, and she has recently taken up Illumination. She has a deep affection and appreciation of food, which extends to cooking it.
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Mistress Lorelei Skye is a wandering minstrel, trading music around the known world as far and wide as her feet and horseless carriage can take her. She often enjoys singing by firelight, playing for dancers by moonlight, and is a casual player of period tabletop games such as Mancala and Backgammon (and modern games such as Carcassonne.)
Lorelei Skye is the Bard Guard Webminister
Signature Piece - Drums over Pennsic, March the Midrealm Banner On!