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Aibhilin inghean Daibhidh           (Drachenwald)
    Aibhilin is a 16th century Irish woman who travels with the Landsknecht armies as part of the
Tross, singing, cooking, and tending the wounded.
She has lived in many Kingdoms (Trimaris, Caid, Outlands, Ansteorra, Drachenwald) and suffers
from helium hand. She is primarily a herald and performing artist with too many interests,
including bardic, choral, instrumental, Commedia, and theater and is currently the Theater Track
Coordinator for Pennsic. You can also find her at her annual Pennsic concert the Irish Frau and
Friends and performing with i Verdi Confusi and the Known World Choir. This year she will also be
performing with Known World Players for the first time, as well as running the One Act Experience
and a long-form Improv workshop: The Pennsic Mightier.
Aibhilin is also a cook, having done primarily 14th-16th century English food and who is looking
to get into sugar work, because it's cool.
She is research obsessed and tends to research obscure musical forms and manuscripts. You can see
her research papers on music, historical linguistics, cooking redactions, and more at her
incredibly out of date website that she keeps meaning to update.
Mundanely, Aibhilin is a linguist and speech pathologist, so will happily talk your ear off about
language :)

Visit my home page.
Aleksandr Vasilevych Lev           (Northshield)
   

Alyna of Pinehyll     (Fox Bridge Calontir)
   

Alzbeta Michalik     (Illiton Mid-Realm)
   

Amelie d'Anjou       (Ayreton Mid-Realm)
    I play bowed strings and sing. I should copy my bio from somewhere else if I can figure that out.
Arwa al-Jinniyya         (Jararvellir Northshield)
    Starting out with a Scots-Gaelic persona for the music, Arwa soon shifted to an Al-Andalusian one for the pants.
She is almost, but not quite, as big as her guitar.
Astridr Arnardottir           (Shattered Crystal Mid-Realm)
    I am interested in Norse culture and history, brewing, C&I, service, baking - making fire- in the
clay ovens and cooking.

I am apprentice to Maitre Philippe de Lyon
I am protege to Mistress Angelique Michelle d'Herisson
Baron AElfred of Chester       (Blackhawk Mid-Realm)
    AElfred of Chester is a gentleman farmer. From time to time he offers classes in the arte of defence and keeps bees on the
side. AElfred is a member of the Order of the Pelican and also holds the Order of the Bronze Ring, Evergreen, the Dragon’s
Heart and the Red Company along with the Award of the Cavendish Knot and the Purple Fret. AElfred is honored to be a
Baron in the Court of King Moonwulf II and Queen Takya.

Allen Reed is a retired Deputy US Marshal. He currently runs Gallowglass Academy, a small martial arts school, mostly
dedicated to offering classes in historical fencing and other historical martial arts.
Baroness Hierytha Storie     (Æthelmearc)
   

Baroness Verena Entenwirth     (Flaming Griffen Mid-Realm)
    14th Century German Tavern owner of the Drunken Duck ( www.Drunkenduck.org). From the Holy Roman
Empire- German States. Swabia. Augsburg 1349 ( because that is when they got hit with a black
death)


Give me your unclothed, your unfed, your sober masses

http://middlewiki.midrealm.org/index.php/Verena_Entenwirth

www.broomstich.com


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Belle de la Tour           (Caer Anterth Mawr Northshield)
    "The ice in the sky is falling to the ground, falling to the ground, falling to the ground. The tears the gods cry they
freeze on their way down, for no one cares less than the winter."

Bard, Cook, and Second Generation SCAdian.
Berengaria Mordaunt       (Shattered Crystal Mid-Realm)
   

Bianca di Michaleto       (Brendoken Mid-Realm)
   

Breddelwyn ap Taliesin       (Sternfeld Mid-Realm)
   

Brendan O Corraidhe           (Cleftlands Mid-Realm)
    Brendan is a 10th century Irish storyteller, singer, poet, cook, and dishwasher. He's
apprenticed to Mistress Morgana bro Morganwyg.

He got started in Ansteorra in AS XIV. At the Twenty-year Celebration he was the host of the
bardic activities (at the time he was squired to Ansteorra's king and the Principal of the
Queen's College of Bards). He then spent fifteen years in Nordskogen and got to watch the bardic
arts helped that region develop its own identity, and grow into first a principality and then a
kingdom. He's spent the last fifteen years in Cleftlands, and a few years ago was honored as the
Queen's Bardic Champion.

But his main claim to fame is that he's been filked.

Corrie Bergeron is a lifelong learner and educator. He works at a community college a few
suburbs east of Cleveland, teaching teachers how to teach with technology.
Briana Morgan of the Valley       (Shattered Crystal Mid-Realm)
    Making it up as I go along.
Brigette de Sainte Mere-Église             (Rhyderich Hael Æthelmearc)
    Brigette is a 15th century French woman who enjoys the dulcimer and other stringed instruments.
Caírech Damán           (Three Rivers Calontir)
    Some 31 or so years ago I was introduced to the Society and attended my first event which
happened to be focused on learning period dance steps and dances. I enjoyed what I had learned
and continued my learning of dance and many other arts and sciences. I became a squire and
eventually an apprentice and have always believed that sharing what I have learned, just
continues spreading some of the joys and excitement through others that I have experienced. To
those that came before me I thank you, and to those that follow, I hope to inspire.

This 8th Century Irishman has fought against and with the men from the North, I have been allowed
to travel with these Norsemen experiencing and learning much from them. I have enjoyed fighting
along side them, and drinking with them afterwards. I have introduces them to the use of soap,
healing with herbs, and recording their deeds in the Coptic style books that I've made. During
the slow months, leather work, metal work, and brewing are always needed and allow some time to
complete some of these projects. These are but a few of the skills I have picked up, but there
are always so many more yet to learn. Should our paths cross, I invite you to join me to share
your knowledge with me as I with you - I look forward to meeting you soon.
Caroline de Mercier         (Shattered Crystal Mid-Realm)
    Caroline is a teller of medieval children;s stories.
She was kingdom bard for Comar and Lisa !
She is a former baroness of Shattered Crystal.
Catcheen Zoldszem             (Baile na Scolairi Mid-Realm)
   

Cerian Cantwr           (Tree-Girt-Sea Mid-Realm)
   
I am the Bardic Wrangler for Known World Cooks & Bards. If you've got any bardic related questions about the event, send them my way.

Cerian Cantwr is a bard in the mid-15th century. He can be found wandering the land entertaining the populace with song, story, and poem.

In the SCA, he does much the same and has spent 7 years as seneschal of Tree-Girt-Sea in expiation of his sins. During his spare (hah) time, he maintains far too many SCA web sites and has been drafted back from retirement as the co-provost for Mid-Realm Bardic Madness. He is squired to Sir Galem Lionel Ostwestly and Duke Comar gyr Mirand.

Charles Grab is an independent computer consultant in the early 21st century. He can be found wandering the land building databases, applications, and system designs.

Cerian can be heard on some of John Inchingham's CDs - available either from him or at the merchant booths of Celtic Sun or John ap Wynne.

I currently have four apprentices, one foster apprentice, one ex-apprentice, and one ward:
THL Beatrice de Winter [Rhydderich Hael, Æthelmearc]
THL Juliane Bechaumpe [Cleftlands]
THL Llwelyn Glyndwr (aka Llwelyn Glyndyverdwy) [Cleftlands]
THL Hilla Stormbringer (aka Hilla Hammasdoghter) [Ravenslake]
THL Siobhán an Einigh of Connacht (fosterling) [Grey Gargoyles]
Lady Orsina della Luna (ward) [Cleftlands]

Mistress Lucia Elena Braganza (ex-apprentice and OL) [Sternfeld]

Visit my home page.
Clara van den Broucke       (Blackhawk Mid-Realm)
    Many many years ago in my mundane life I trained as a chef and specialized in pastries, though it has been several years
since I have done them professionally. I am interested in historical foods, recreation of such, and also how to modify for
modern consumption.

I have taught others how to read music and speak that language. I am skilled in playing brass instruments, though have not
done so for a few years. I was once a Soprano, but aging has taken my voice to another range. It is a sad state to no longer
hit the notes you could easily do, and I am still working on the adjustment.

Outside of that I spin wool into yarn, knit, crochet, or embroider with said yarn. I make my own garb. I am always happy to
lend a hand and help anyone that has questions I might be able to answer.
Cobflaith ingen Sitriucca meic Ímair (called Covelee)         (Caer Anterth Mawr Northshield)
    Hello! My full name is THL Cobflaith ingen
Sitriucca meic Ímair, but you can call me
Covelee. I'm a bard. I write songs, sing, and
play guitar. I also enjoy acting, but haven't
done any so far in the SCA. I loooove singing
harmony! I'm known for my song "Matilda, 1140"
and I have a few other songs about the
Normans. I write about SCA culture a bit as
well. I'm apprenticed to Mistress Orlaith
Ballach ingen Fhlainn, and have been singing
with her group Cantore Borealis since she
created it at Pennsic six years ago.

More later. Ha. My blog is linked below, where
you can see some of my lyrics, and for several
there are YouTube links to performance videos.
Peace!

Visit my home page.
Constanza della Oriente       (Gleann Abhann)
    I am THL Constanza della Oriente, CBM, CVO, CSR. I am protege to Mistress Daphane of Colechester.
I have been a member of and played in the Society for Creative Anachronism for the past 30 years.
I am a cook and baker and have had the pleasure of being feast-o-crat at many events and
autocratting a few inbetween. I am currently translating and redacting and testing recipes from
Cristoforo Da Messisbugo, "Banchetti Composizioni Di Vivande E Apparecchio Generale". Over the
past year or so I have also been teaching bread history and culture, along with the art of making
bread and sourdough baking whenever the opportunity presents itself. I am also working on a
larger research paper on the history of foods that we can identify from historical writings and
archaeological finds. Food is so much a part of our culture and history.

Mundanely I am my mother's and grandmother's child. My grandmother ran a boarding house in New
Orleans and it is because of her that I cook. In the real world much of what I do involves
research and digging for facts and tidbits of knowledge. This meshes well with my life within
the society. Why teach about bread, one might ask? I teach about bread because the history of
bread follows the history of humanity and the rise of great cultures and civilizations and
because I asked a question, the answer of which led me to bread.
Count William of Fairhaven, KSCA OP           (Winged Hills Mid-Realm)
    A Little About A Wandering Bard

I joined in 1981 and have been doing music since 1989. In the SCA, I have been active as a
bard since I picked up a guitar in 1989. Along with Master Lewys Blackmore we created the group
"Bardic Storm". A group dedicated to friends getting together and playing fun music at events
and Pennsic War. I've been fortunate to work some truly great bards as I've wandered through
the SCA. Outside the SCA I play in the Irish pub band "FinTan" (www.fintanband.com) -
established in 2002, we've played in Ireland and Scotland multiple times and have logged over
500 paid performances in the last 18 years. FinTan continues to travel and perform 20-30 gigs a
year plus going to Ireland or Scotland every 4 yours. Our fourth band trip is set for April
2021.

One thing I've learned from more than 3 decades performing in front of people is the
performance aspect of a "show" is just as important if not more important than the technical
execution. That's where I've decided to focus - how to create better performances and
performers. And, help folks work on their overall skills however I can. Tips, tricks and
stories from the road to try and help bards grow and flourish. I am also knowledgeable on
guitars (types, value, playing, instruction, guitar equipment (strings, tuners, guitar pickups,
microphones), audio production, sound systems and more and am happy to help folks understand
how investing in these items can improve their performances.

SCA history wise I joined in 1981, squired in 1988, Knighted in 1994, Pelicaned in 1995, made
a Baron of the Court in 2009 and won Crown for my Lady in Fall 2016. We made four bardic
laurels during our reign and we think there should be more folks recognized for the
contributions to the SCA in the bardic arts.
Dahrien Cordell         (Caer Anterth Mawr Northshield)
    Dahrien often takes things far too seriously.
He is apprenticed to Master John Inchingham, and threatens to remain so even if the imponderable should happen and he should be made a Laurel.
If you know Dahrien Cordell, then you know which of the figures in the photo is him, and which one is his friend and sometime rider, Rose.

Dahrien can be heard on some of John Inchingham's CDs - available from Celtic Sun.

Look for his solo album, Dahrien Cordell Does (In) Everyone Else's Greatest Hits! at finer establishments everywhere! (And if you find it, be sure to let him know; if it's already out there, it could save him a ton of studio time.)
Dai Gerdwr           (Sternfeld Mid-Realm)
    Lord Dai Gerdwr is a mid-15th century Welsh landowner who travels the Knowne World in search of
good beers and good song, sharing his own creations along the way.

Dai and his wife Líadan Liathán host the semi-annual "Slumber Bardy" weekend music and
performance workshops.

Bill Sutton is an award-winning singer/songwriter who has been brewing at various levels of
expertise for 25 years. His favorite beverages include pale ales with a strong hop nose and
flavor, ciders, sours, and gruits. His favorite songs include pretty much anything funny or
poignant as long as they don't take enough time for a pizza delivery.

Visit my home page.
Drake Oranwood       (Rusted Woodlands East)
    Drake Oranwood is an English musician living in the late Tudor period. His primary focus is original
SCA songwriting and performance, and he sidelines in Elizabethan lute pieces on guitar and the
occasional filk. He is a joint student of Master Toki Skáldagörvir of Æthelmearc and Master Peregrine
the Illuminator of the East Kingdom. Previously, he had been apprenticed to Mesterno Tyzes Sofia
(called Zsof) of the Midrealm, and studied under Maistre Lucien de Pontivy of the East Kingdom. He
has served as Baronial Bard of Concordia of the Snows.

Visit my home page.
Elaisse de Garrigues           (Calontir)
   

Elashava bas Riva           (Jararvellir Northshield)
    Elashava bas Riva is the 7th daughter of the 7th daughter born to a family of merchants in
Canterbury, England in the late 12th century. Over the years she has rode with the Great Dark
Horde, time-traveled as the garb allowed, and dabbled in European dance, cooking, games,
weaving, stained glass and enamels. Specializing in administration and a few ceremonial duties,
there has hardly been a time when she did not hold an office or wear a hat. A few highlights
include being recognized as a Laurel in AS 30 for her teaching of European dance by the Middle
Kingdom, serving as Territorial Baroness of Jararvellir (March AS 31 to December AS 35),
serving as Territorial Princess of Northshield in being AS 37, recognized as the principal
Pelican of Northshield in December AS 39, and serving as Kingdom Seneschal of Northshield from
January AS 39 to March AS 41. After 5 years of either being Kingdom Chronicler and/or
Northwatch Editor, she has retired to the position of Art Director for the Complete Anachronist
pamphlet series.

I am proud to count among my dependents Lady Rochl bas Chaim Sternkiker (apprentice currently
living in Nordskogen though no longer active in the SCA), THL Innokenti Rublyov called Kenya
(apprentice living in the Barony of Jararvellir), Lady Cianna Kharleen (apprentice living in
the Barony of Jararvellir), Lady Freydís in tryggva Sigurðardóttir (apprentice/protege ...
hmmm, an apprenige?... living in the Shire of Mistig Waetru), Lord Marcial de Salas
(apprentice/protege ... hmmm, a protice?... living in the Village of Hvitskogar), Killien
MacDoughal (protege/apprentice in the Shire of Darkstone), and Isabella Beatrice della Rosa
known as Belle (apprentice living in the Shire of Silfren Mere.) Last year I took a foster
protege, Berenice Calvinna from the Shire of Colderdenhale. She has been proteged to Master
Julio Galva'n who is unable to be active for the time being. And this spring, I took on Jose
São Pacian on as a foster apprentice since his Master, Ingus Moen, is not able to be very
active these days.
Eliane Halevy         (Jararvellir Northshield)
    Hi, I'm Eliane. (Like Elaine except with the L and the I switched around.) I'm a bardic Laurel
from Northshield. I live in the Barony of Jararvellir (Madison, WI) where the previous KWBC was
held, though I attended 5 previous KWBCs before that. My favorite thing to do is singing, whether
it's in choirs, around the fire, or in concerts with friends! I am into all kinds of period music
and poetry as well as SCA-culture bardic works, and have a special interest in improvisational
harmony in bardic music. When not singing, I can be found knitting, doing/teaching kumihimo,
illuminating, and enjoying various textile arts. I've been in the SCA for 22 years and have been
a Chronicler, Webminister, and (my favorite) Shire, Baronial, and Principality-into-Kingdom
Chatelaine. My War is Pennsic, and I camp so I don't have to find my car and navigate unfamiliar
roads to a hotel at 3 am after a successful bardic circle.
Elss of Augsburg       (Æthelmearc)
   

Emelote of Calais         (Ealdormere)
    The Honourable Lady Emelote of Calais (pronounced: Ehm-eh-loh) was born in Calais, France in 1494. She is the only child from her parents. Her Father was a Merchant of the Staple of Calais and was influential in the wool trade in Calais. Being the only child, her Father thought it wise to educate her in the wool business so that she may ensure the family legacy, no matter the man she married. Her family spent time between Calais and their wool estates in the Chichester area of England.

Emelote was first introduced to the SCA from a TV Program called Adrienne Clarkson Presents in which the presenter followed the King and Queen of Ealdormere to Pennsic (1998). At the time she had no idea what the SCA was and searched on what little was available online. She found the Canton of Caldrithig (Ottawa, Canada) and attended her first feast in 1999 and recalls the food was amazing. It wouldn't be until a chance meeting at a party in 2007 that would forever change her.

That meeting had her fall into the realm of historical cooking and never looking back!

I enjoy serving the crown as entourage when I'm not in the kitchen. I love anything to do with the fibre arts and have a new passion in doing illuminated images. My motto is: Mei modi ridiculum (My kind of ridiculous) and I am all about the rabbit hole. I enjoy showing the interested public what we do in the SCA and meeting new people!

Visit my home page.
Ermagerd           (Ansteorra)
    Ermagerd is a 9th century Frank from the city of Tours.
Ermagerd is also an Ansteorran bard and musician who enjoys singing 16th century choral music,
writing original songs and poems, studying interkingdom anthropology, geeking about clothes and
fiber arts, playing kazoo in the dance band, teaching, making early period foods with fire, trying
all the things, and performing at interkingdom events and modern festivals.
Ermagerd teaches Chorale du Lac (Bog Choir) at Pennsic, sings and plays all the random instruments
with the band www.ravenboymusic.com , and has been featured on the Ansteorra episode and the Pride
episode of the Known World Bardcast.
Ermagerd finds writing about oneself in the third person to be humorous.

Visit my home page.
Euriol of Lothian         (Æthelmearc)
    Euriol of Lothian is a 14th century low-land Scot who loves to travel to the great courts and
kitchens of Europe. She is one three authors for the newly published Traveling Dysshes, 3rd
edition.
Faoiltigearna MacEanruig       (Ansteorra)
   

Fiana of Clare           (Meridies)
    Fiana of Clare is a Laurel in Poetry and Bardic Arts, once apprenticed to Dorigen of the Grey
Gate. She is one of the founders of the Glaedenfeld Players. M. Wendy Hennequin is a Professor of
English and Women Studies at Tennessee State University.
Fiondel Songspinner       (Three Rivers Calontir)
    Fiondel Songspinner, of the Barony of Three Rivers.

Member of the Society since 1983. Have stewarded 11 kingdom-level feasts. Member of the order of the Calon Lily (GoA arts award) and Companion of the Cross of Calontir (GoA level service award). All of which is a very dry and dusty way of saying, "I like to DO STUFF!"

I embroider, I cook, I provide snacks. Love writing irreverent filksongs as much as I love performing period-correct medieval music.

Have been known, from time to time, to fall down the occasional esoteric research rabbit hole. :D

Come to the kitchen. Hang out. Tell me a story. Sing me a song. I have snacks.
Gelis Mackitterick         (Ayreton Mid-Realm)
   

Giacomo Fornerigo       (Gleann Abhann)
    Mundanely, I teach baking and culinary
arts at an accredited culinary school. In
the SCA, I enjoy researching period food,
organizing and presenting feasts, and
teaching.
Helewyse de Birkestad         (Grey Gargoyles Mid-Realm)
    I am a cook, brewer and potter. I specialize mainly in cuisine from th 16th century Italian peninsula and translated the anonymous Venetian cookbook many years ago. I mostly brew beer although I have also brewed ciders and meads. In ceramics I am very eclectic and make whatever strikes my fancy.
Heregyth Ketilsdottir             (Baile na Scolairi Mid-Realm)
    Coordinating instrumental music classes and jam sessions at this event. Apprentice to John Inchingham in Midrealm, formerly of John Chandler of Northshield. Traveling musician, bard who often sings about baking, and once leveraged SCA kitchen experience into a restaurant kitchen job to start a 7-year career of cooking.
Hilla Stormbringer       (Ravenslake Mid-Realm)
    Persona:
Hilla is the eldest child and only daughter of Hama Ealdorman and his wife Leofrun. Though she is a capable enough cook and aid in household duties, and though she can darn a sock like no one's business, her true skill is as a scop. She loves to sing and craft songs and tales, and tell old legends in the feasting hall. Storms follow her wherever she goes.

SCA:
Hilla can be seen (or at least heard) at events, singing, singing, singing,causing mischief and mayhem, and random telling of stories. Her other activities include occasional illumination, missing archery targets, and attempting to not bleed on embroidery. She is apprenticed to Master Cerian Cantwr, and accordingly, finally learned how to spell 'Cantwr'. Contrary to popular belief, Hilla cannot control the weather. (Disclaimer: Hilla cannot independently confirm the veracity of the
last statement.)

Hilla is the current Bard of the Border.
HL Abbatissa       (Three Rivers Calontir)
    I have been in the SCA for 8 years, I have a silver hammer (GOA) and I am the head baker of the Kingdom of Calontir's Bakers Guild
HL Rowan Houndskeeper     (Three Rivers Calontir)
   

Isolde de la Ramee           (Winged Hills Mid-Realm)
    I joined the SCA as a college student 40 plus years ago. While I have dabbled in most of the
arts, in the late 90s, I discovered a love for the Old English language and it's poetry. I was
recognized as a Laurel for my research. I have continued to dabble with this and that, but
always return to Old English.
John Inchingham           (Illiton Mid-Realm)
   
Baron John of Illiton (Master John Inchingham the Fool), OL, OP, former Middle Kingdom Rapier Marshal, former apprentice of Master John ap Wynne,and wayward squire of Sir Ixtilixochitl, joined the SCA in Ansteorra but has lived in the Midrealm for the past 28 years. John and his Lady-wife, Mistress Maire ingen Dauith, are currently baron and baroness of Illiton (Peoria, Illinois). They reside with their son, Duncan; their daughter, The Honorable Lady Ynes de Jaen and her husband, Sir Seto Gesshuko.

Before their elevations, Master Cerian Cantwr and Mistress Lorelei Skye were John's apprentices and Masters Torquil MacGillavrey and Philippe de Lyon were his proteges. Lord David de Longville was also apprenticed to John until his untimely death. Master Inchingham's current apprentices are Master Alexander de Seton, Lord Olaf ByGolly, Master Dahrien Cordell, Dame Marie la Fauconniere, Lady Tualaith of Sternfeld, The Honorable Lady Heregyth Ketilsdottir and Lady Hildigunnr Halldordottir. John's current proteges are The Honorable Lady Catalin Zoldzem, The Honorable Lord Simon Hondy and His Excellency, Baron Kurro Ookami of Shattered Crystal.

John's bardic works are available on seven CDs and five songbooks. One CD, John Inchingham: Color Me Motley (a compilation album) is available on CD Baby and Amazon. The other CDs are John Inchingham's Tunes to Torture Your Cat By, John Inchingham Dances with Weaselopes, John Inchingham and the Monks of Sans Nomen, John Inchingham and Friends Get Even Odder, John Inchingham Versus the Bardic Hydra and John Inchingham and Company 'Tween Hither and Yon.
Jose Sao Pacian           (Jararvellir Northshield)
   

Juliane Bechaumpe           (Cleftlands Mid-Realm)
    Juliane is a Storyteller and Harpist whose material focuses on the natural world, but occasionally strays into fairytales and
myths. Juliane shared the role of Middle Kingdom Bardic Champion with Llywelyn Glendwr during the second reign of Runa
and Eikbrandr. She also served on the staff of Radagasius and Ceinwen as Coordinator of Revels, again in partnership with
Llywelyn. Juliane is a member of House Sans Nomen and apprenticed to Master Cerian Cantwr.

Mundanely, Ann Fairhurst is a Certified Interpretive Guide (natural history/historic) through the National Association of
Interpreters.. She is a former professional dancer and
remains
engaged as an arts and environmental educator. Her teaching centers on using movement, improvisation and observation
exercises to sharpen
performance skills.
Kajsa Nikulasdotter         (Three Rivers Calontir)
    I am a Calontir Laurel of many coats. Primarily granted my laurel for my leather work, I also have spent decades in
SCA kitchens and on stage, appearing with my husband. I have run a monthly fundraising dinner for the Barony of
Three Rivers for the majority of the last 18 years.
Kudrun Pilegrim           (Rokeclif Northshield)
    It is now 1289! How the time flies. It's been four years since I left the Ettrick Forest and found a
cottage in Giggleswick. I have been lucky to find opportunities to write and teach, and even to make
an occasional "pilgrimage" to the college to continue my research and to visit the local fairs.
Ld. Alaric Acwulf         (Fox Bridge Calontir)
    According to Baron Modar's history, I was an established resident of the Shire of the Forgotten Sea by August, AS XII (CE 1977). In those early years I also spent much of my time in Oakheart, and in fact received my AoA for service to that shire. I later went on to receive a Leather Mallet for my work with herbs.

I saw Forgotten Sea grow from a shire into a barony, and Calontir come together as a new principality and then become an independent kingdom. But in AS XXXVI my husband was offered a career position in the east and so we moved to distant Æthelmearc.

Eventually, in Æthelmearc, I settled in the Shire of Sunderoak where I served as their local herald. From that point I went on to be the kingdom's Gage Herald, supervising the heralds in one of Æthelmearc's four regions. For this I was awarded a Keystone, something I am still proud of.

We returned west to Calontir in the summer of AS LIII, at Lammastide. Over the years, as a subject of two kingdoms, I have come to appreciate how deeply the Society can affect our lives. Now that I have come home and settled in Fox Bridge, I hope to share the experience and opportunity inherent in the SCA with others.
Líadan Liathán             (Sternfeld Mid-Realm)
    Líadan Liathán is an award-winning singer/songwriter both as a solo performer and with several bands, including Three Weird Sisters, Alair, Bed 'n' Breakfast, and Dead Sexy. She teaches Beginning Irish Language and Bodhrán for Irish Arts Academy of Indianapolis. She is an experienced chef, and cooked last year's and is cooking this year's Simple Day in the Country feast. She has received an Award of Arms, a Purple Fret, Order of the Willow, and is a member of the Sternfeld Vanguard and the Sternfeld Rapier Bards.

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Lina       (Shattered Crystal Mid-Realm)
   

Lisette la fauconniere d'Amboise         (Forgotten Sea Calontir)
    Protégé to Isolde of Hawksholme
Apprentice to Suzanne de la Ferte

I spend my days keeping my people fed. Hungry people do not make beautiful things. The battle isn't nearly as glorious if the army faints from low blood sugar in the sun. Hangry bards write mean songs. I'm here to make sure none of that happens.

I also make cheese and teach others how. Doing my part to help the society cover up that fighter smell.
Llywelyn Glyndyverdwy (Glyndwr)       (Cleftlands Mid-Realm)
    Llywelyn is the nominal head of the bardic household Gorsedd. He is perhaps best known to the
populace of North Oaken as Barista Vente (Lady Juliane Bechaumpe is Barista Trenta) of the Magic
Carpet Kavehane, a bardic coffee house. He and Juliane served on the staff of Radagaisus and Ceinwen
in AS XLIV-XLV as Master and Mistress of the Revels, and he has served as provost of both Midrealm's
Bardic Madness and the Known World Bardic Collegium at Pennsic. In AS XLVI, he was named co-Kingdom
Bardic Champion (with Lady Juliane) for the second reign of Eikbrandr and Runa. He is apprenticed to
Master Cerian Cantwr.

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Lucia de Moranza         (Ealdormere)
   

Lucia Elena Braganza       (Sternfeld Mid-Realm)
    Lucia Elena Beatrice di Mettenini a Firenza Braganza is one of the infamous oft-widowed Von
Metten girls, but with two ex-es already turfed, she should be fairly safe. She doesn't
have a well-developed persona, but likes Florence in the 1400's and tends to tag along after
her good friend Francesca, who's teaching her the intricacies of Tuscan wines.

Lucia has more often been spotted for her work as a scribe and the violinist for
Musica Subterranea, before discovering the Pennsic Bardic
Symposium in AS 38 and a big muckin' spear in AS 39. She is a devoted harmony junkie, and
loves the magic when a good circle "clicks." She's fascinated by the tie between the
bardic arts and SCA culture, and the ability for each to shape the other. She has way too
many heroes, and more than half of the Amphisbaena Music CDs, which she is slowly
committing to memory. She was apprenticed to Master Cerian Cantwr for seven years, ran off
without graduating, and had just taken up with Mistress Tyze Sophia for a fresh round of
shenanigans when the Order Of the Laurel pounced on her.

Kathi Coutinho has an occasional taste for high adventure and surprising people. She's
been a weed-slayer for The Nature Conservancy, a cyberstalker for the Indiana Department of
Environmental Management, and a trainer for Girl Scouts and (currently) an Insurance
Enforcer for a moving company. Her house is always cluttered, but always loves visitors.
Maelcolum Mor     (Mid-Realm)
   

Maraha Kahanikar       (Blak Rose East)
    Maraha is a Hindu storyteller wandering the world ...probably starting from the 14th
century, but he's not certain of European date systems 😉 He tells traditional stories
of the gods and people of India and has a fondness for tales of Ganesha, bardic patron and
elephant-headed son of Shiva.

Maraha is apprenticed to Mistress Morgana bro Morganwg. After many years in the Midrealm, he moved to the East in 2013.
Margaret MacLeod of Duntulm         (Mid-Realm)
    My interests are illumination, calligraphy, cordial making, cooking, and costuming.

I have taught calligraphy and illumination, corset making, cordial making.

I also led the effort to update the Middle Kingdom Scribe's Handbook which was published in 2018 and the New Scribes Booklet - an introduction for our novice scribes which was also published in 2018.

I was an authorized fencer until I screwed up my knee a few years back.
Marianna Garcia         (Ansteorra)
    I'm Lady Mariana Garcia, a Spanish 13th-ish century woman who married a viking trader hundreds of
years old than me. I currently live in the Barony of Bjornsborg in the Kingdom of Ansteorra.
I'm very excited to attend the cooks and bards Symposium. I enjoy cooking, pottery, fighting the
sewing machine from time to time, feeding people and just enjoying time with friends. Part of my
dream in the SCA is to help folks find their A&S passion. To encourage folks to try that craft or
science that they wouldn't have dreamed doing outside the SCA. I'm developing a blog... I might
finish getting that together one day.

The SCA has been part of my life since 2009 and I love it. The opportunity to meet so many people
from so many different backgrounds and cultures has been a wonderful blessing.
I've have to chance to cook a few feast, organize classes, teach the arts that I am passionate
about, organize events, and work with some truly talented people. I am apprenticed to Mistress
Oksana Goncharova. I look forward to seeing you.
Matheus Hundamathr       (Æthelmearc)
   

Medb ingen Daire       (Gleann Abhann)
   

Melanie de la Tour         (Three Rivers Calontir)
    Lady Melanie de la Tour is a twelfth century Anglo-Norman woman from Yorkshire. She enjoys
singing period songs in original languages, often accompanying herself on mandolin or gittern.
She studied Middle Eastern dance for over ten years with the late Serena Williams, and Persian
classical dance with Dawn Harsini.

She served as bardic champion of the Crown Province of Ostgardr for two years, and was champion
of the Bardic College of Calontir in 2015-2016. She has taught at Pennsic and East Kingdom
universities, and is apprenticed to Mistress Morgana Bro Morganwg.

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Mistress Ursula df'Arcy             (Outlands)
    I found the SCA in 1979. I was delighted and fascinated to find a group that allowed me to
indulge in all my interests, from cooking, fiber arts, gardening, archery, to historical research
and re-enactment.
In 1987, I received a Pelican for my service in the Kingdom of the Outlands, and in 2002, a
Laurel for my cooking skills.
My interests include period cooking, gardening, herbalism, as well as working in fibre arts.
Mwynwen Ysginidd Called Strawberry         (Shattered Crystal Mid-Realm)
    I am called Strawberry. I learn so I teach, I eat, so I cook, I drink so I make drinks, I game so I
study games,and make game boards and lampwork game sets, I shoot archery, so I make arrows, I wear
clothes, so I make clothes. You get the idea. My Alignment is Chaotic Naughty, I have a large
Personality and express it very well. The SCA IS Arts & Science, It is why we are a historical group
and not a sport fighting group or fantasy group. My goal is to each year make my kit 10% more
period. The SCA is my church, because a church is a group of people that is a community. I found the
SCA while living with my Foster mom and dad and brother. They didnt expect to have me staying with
them when they took me in but that 9 months set me on a life of SCA.
You can get me to sit still only at a gaming table in the evening when the chores are done. n find
me schlepping or teaching because that is where I will be.
NOW My persona is that of a Welsh Brew-wife, Married to a sailor. I live in the port town where I
run my pub while I wait for my husband to come home from sea. I even get to play a game or 2 when
the chores are done.
You don't pick the cards you are dealt in life but by goodness you should play the heck out of the
hand you are dealt.
Nessa von Metten         (Illiton Mid-Realm)
    Nessa is a widow with 2 boys. Born in Germany in the 14th century, moved to Ireland to manage a
manor house when her husband died of the plague. Nessa is a hands on owner, often cooking and
providing meals and singing for the locals.

Kristen is a full time mom and cardiac nurse. Loves to cook from scratch and bake fancy cakes. When
she's not in the kitchen shes on the archery or thrown weapons range and currently serves as Barony
of Illition Rapier Champion, chatelaine and youth officer.
Oda Umi         (Illiton Mid-Realm)
    THL Oda Umi is a Japanese Lady who fences,
does many types of service, and enjoys the
fine arts.

I am currently the Midlands CO for rapier,
Illiton's Seneschal,and seamstress.
Oksana Goncharova       (Ansteorra)
   

Oswyn of Baðon               (Mid-Realm)
   

Ottilige Rappoltsweiler       (Hunters Home Æthelmearc)
   

Owen Alun       (Nordskogan Northshield)
   

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Petrona       (Shattered Crystal Mid-Realm)
   

Philippe de Lyon         (Shattered Crystal Mid-Realm)
   

Ragnheiðr Refsdottir         (Three Rivers Calontir)
    Ragnheiðr Refsdottir is a mouthful, so she goes by Ranka.

Ranka lives in 10th century Iceland. She studies the arts of the seiðkona, the shaman/wise-
woman, and runs the small farm she inherited from her husband. Ranka is interested in baking,
pickling, brewing, fiber arts, and storytelling.
Ravasz Janos         (Three Rivers Calontir)
    Master Ravasz Janos is one of the 3 premier Masters of Defense in Calontir, and was granted his Laurel for
Performing Arts. He founded the Three Rivers Players, and is an accomplished actor and director, specializing in
comedy and Commedia dell' Arte. Likes the color blue, good chocolate and long walks on the beach.
Reyni-Hrefna         (Mid-Realm)
    Hrefna (ᛡᚱᛁᚠᚾᛅ) lives in settlement era Iceland (~900 ce) and runs a small farm. She emigrated from Norway so she
would not have to live under either the new king or the new religion.

Jen spends lots of time on computers playing with lots and lots of data.

Many of my handouts are on my homepage, but not much else.

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Rhodri ap Hywel       (Calontir)
   

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Rhys ap Ishmæl Llygad Odd         (Caer Anterth Mawr Northshield)
    I'm primarily a cook specializing in horse
breads, stews, and period forcemeats, and
Archer.
Rose Marian of Edgewater       (Tirnewydd Mid-Realm)
   

Sǫlveig Þrándardóttir         (Delftwood Æthelmearc)
    I am generally interested in various aspects of premodern Japanese culture.

I have specific interests in:

Onomastics (proper names)
Kamon (Japanese personal and group armory)
Gastronomy including dietetics, cookery, and dining etiquette
Chanoyu (tea "ceremony")
Kodo (incense "ceremony")
Poetry composition and poetics
Kyogen (improvisational comic theatre)
Architecture
Religion

And, a bunch of other stuff that I have forgotten to mention.

I first learned of the Society ca AS IV and attended my first event in AS XI.

Incidentally, I have been a member of the Association for Asian Studies since about 1990.
Samson Muskovich           (Carraig Ban Mid-Realm)
    Samson, better known as Samii, is a Rus-Viking nomad who earns his keep as a merchant/trader and sometimes mercenary. He believes strongly in seizing the opportunities presented to him as long as they do not compromise his integrity.

When not fighting, shooting target archery, or making something, he has been known to lend a hand or two at events. Much like his persona, Samii claims to be a nomad of the Midlands region, having ties to 3 of the Baronies in the region and traveling frequently between them. He's also been known to carry a tune from time to time.

Samii currently presides as Thegn in the Barony of Carraig Ban, serving alongside Baron Honda Heihachiro as the Landed Nobility there.

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Sandro dei Strozzi da Montefeltro         (Calontir)
    For the last 5 years, I have spent my time in the SCA serving as a Herald, and a scholar in the
science of Period food preservation.

I've had the honor of serving in various capacities, with the Renaissance Village at Gulf Wars
(formerly known as the Ca' d'Oro Salon). With this year serving primarily as the deputy for the
Cooking Area. Through this position, I've had the distinct pleasure of working with, and meeting,
numerous persons skilled in the art and science of Period cookery.

My work with Period food preservation has led me to a number of interesting experiments, as well
as my continued dedication to camping without a cooler at longer events. A lifestyle I can claim
to have adhered to for the last 3 years. Though, for all my work, I draw inspiration from those
far more experienced than myself, with a personal role model being Duke Cariadoc.

When not busy teaching, or tending to various and sundry duties, I'm always more than happy to
spend my time chatting the ears off anyone who will listen to my ramblings on preservation, and
the science behind it.

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Sara al-Garnatiyya       (Meridies)
   

Seamuis Albanoch MacRoibert     (Calontir)
   

Signe Smiđja       (Myrganwood Avacal)
    Greetings gentles, I am Signe of Myrganwood.
My pronouns are she/her.
I'm looking forward to the cooking classes
this weekend.
Silence de Cherbourg       (Æthelmearc)
   

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Siobhán an Einigh of Connacht           (Ayreton Mid-Realm)
    I'm a filidh bard, general A&S nerd, helium hander, and dabbler in way too many things. I will
update this when I have more time.
Sol       (Jararvellir Northshield)
    I like to play with fire. Sometimes that involves food. I'm a Mozarabe (Christian) woman living in the taifa kingdoms of Toledo and Cordoba in al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) during the 11th century. I mostly rely on the Anonymous Andalusi Cookbook for inspiration. I am starting to plan a series of feasts showcasing medieval religious food traditions, starting with a vegan Lenten feast.
Solveig Sigulfsdottir     (Shadowed Stars Mid-Realm)
    I discovered the SCA in 1989 while trying to find a group interested in Medieval music. My music
playing days went by the wayside and I've dabbled my way through all things fiber until the
cooking bug finally took a firm hold. I especially love to cook outside over a fire or in a very
hot oven. I am in search of the elusive Anglo Saxon Festival Cake, and am willing to exchange
riches for any information on said cake. I've been known to take road trips, hauling large loads
of dirt, just of enable others in their quest to build the perfect clay oven. Someday I hope to
have my very own oven too.
Thomas Bordeaux       (Nordskogan Northshield)
    Thomas Bordeaux was an 11th century Norman living in England. Eventually Thomas became a 1st
century Caidan. He lived in the West for a few years, then back to Caid. Now he calls Northshield
home.

Thomas has written a few songs for the SCA over the years, and built a modest reputation as
writer and performer. He has held various bardic posts over the years, and currently serves as
the Bard of Nordskogen. He is apprenticed to Master Owen Alun.

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Thora the Red     (Cuil Choluim Mid-Realm)
   

Thórunn of Jórvík     (Vanished Wood Mid-Realm)
    Thórunn is a Dane living in Jórvík (modern day York, England) around the turn of the 10th century. She tells stories of
the Norse gods and is working on some "new" ones concerning Thor and his friends' adventures on Midgard.
Thórunn is relatively new to the SCA. She also enjoys fiber arts, taste-testing for brewers and vintners, and off-key
singing to others' songs, often after the former.
Tosten         (Northshield)
    Tosten is a village potter.

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Tyr Ironscales       (Three Rivers Calontir)
   

Ukhagatai Ebegei       (Mid-Realm)
   

Ulfr Thorgrimsson         (Calontir)
   

Una Wynnifreed Berry         (Tirnewydd Mid-Realm)
   

unknown SCA name   (Shattered Crystal Mid-Realm)
   

Urtatim al-Qurtubiyya bint 'abd al-Karim al-hakam al-Fasi     (West)
    I was born in the university city of Fas (Fez to the Franj) in al-Maghrib, where my father is a qadi and a professor at the University of al-Qarawiyyin, the oldest existing, continually operating, higher educational institution in the world. My father made certain that i was well-educated. To further my career i moved to the city of Córdoba during the glorious reign of the great Caliph and Umayyad prince 'abd al Rahman III, who was born 891 and began ruling in 912.

SCA: Since 2000 I have cooked feasts from a wide range of historical sources. In my teaching, i have specialized in the cuisines of the medieval Near and Middle East. I teach annually both at the West Coast Culinary Symposium (which moves among Antir, The West, and Caid) and at Pennsic, as well as at other events.

I am also a resource for information on clothing throughout the Near and Middle East, and teach classes on various topics within that broad heading. Additionally, i have taught classes on the Silk Roads and Spice Routes of the ancient and medieval worlds. And i have a long-standing interest in textile-related topics.

I translated the Ottoman recipes written down by Mehmet bin Mahmoud Shirvani around 1430 from Turkish into English and have been teaching some of them at various events throughout the Known World since 2005. My translation will be published in 2020 as a Compleat Anachronist.

At KWC&B 2019 I will teach a survey class on the culinary world of the Near and Middle East and one or two hands-on cooking classes.

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Valdr jarnsmiđr             (Ealdormere)
   

Volu-Ingibiorg         (Calontir)
   

Waldetrudis von Metten       (Sternfeld Mid-Realm)
   

Willoc mac Muiredaig         (Ansteorra)
    Dyer. Trained to cook in Scouts/Guides and British Cookery class, haven’t stopped learning. Prefer to cook over fire. Feeds
wandering bards - even if they just want a place to sit & practice.
Ysabel de la Oya       (Forgotten Sea Calontir)
    I'm a cook that focuses on Western European food, how it was prepared, and the reasons medieval
people ate the way they did.

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