About me

This is a personal blog where I write about my experiences in the Society for Creative Anachronism.

Links to me elsewhere: My Order of Precedence entry is here. My East Kingdom Wiki page is here.

Introduction

I am currently active in the Barony of Caerthe, in the Kingdom of the Outlands (Denver, CO). I previously lived in the Crown Province of Østgarðr, in the East Kingdom (New York City, NY), and was active there at the beginning of my SCA practice, from spring 2017 to summer 2021.

I enjoy rapier fencing and regularly attend local practice where I am. I am authorized in single sword (first authorized in 2017-09), all secondary objects (dagger 2018-05, all others 2021-08), spear (2022-07), and cut and thrust for both 1 and 2 handed (2023-12). I am also a Rapier Field Marshal in the Outlands for both standard heavy rapier (2023-05) and cut and thrust (2023-12), where we distinguish between field and authorizing marshals.

Another interest I am enthusiastic about is kumihimo, historic Japanese silk cord braiding, which I have been practicing (mostly with more easily accessible modern materials) since 2019.

’'’Please note’’’, my pronouns are they/them/theirs, and I prefer gender-neutral forms of address (Noble is currently my preferred title, now that I have an AoA).

(You may also have met me in the Barony of Thescorre, Kingdom of Æthelmearc (Rochester, NY) circa 2012, when I was in my freshman year of college and attended a few events, or elsewhere in the East Kingdom, where I grew up.)

Offices, Positions, Awards, etc

  • Caerthe Rapier of Chivalry, September 2023 (annual baronial rapier champion, chosen by B&B for courtesy)
  • Defender of the Silver Tyne (Outlands armigerous rapier award) - Mordygan II and Ymanie, July 2023
  • Rapier Marshal of Caerthe, June 2023 - present
  • Webminister of Caerthe, August 2022 - present
  • Baronial Guard for Barony of Caerthe, September 2021 - present (retinue position for B&B Dubhghall and Ansteys)
  • Order of the Silver Wheel (Eastern armigerous service award) - Tindal and Alberic, December 2020
  • Award of Arms (East) - Ozurr and Fortune, April 2019
  • Webminister of Østgarðr, August 2018 - May 2021

In Case of Court

I’d prefer advance notice if I am to appear in Court, though it’s not strictly required. My partner Lady Aífe an tSneachta can be contacted if you don’t want to contact me directly, and/or my doña, Doña Mizuno Kiku Ibara.

Persona

A caveat: Very much still in progress, and not currently focusing deeply on this.

My current persona is later Roman (around the fall of Rome). I often wear Roman garb due to the ease of construction - I am almost always wearing something either bright green or Roman. I am also curious about a just slightly later time period in southern Italian city-states, e.g. Amalfi, but I’ve found it much harder to find information about pre-Renaissance city-states in what is now Italy, and much easier to find Roman inspiration :)

Projects & Publications

A&S Projects for Competitions

  • Kumihimo Materials Comparison, Outlands Kingdom A&S 2023, scored 55/120. see http://anne.loves.technology/anachronism/fibercraft/2023/04/02/kingdom-as.html
  • Introduction to Kumihimo, East Kingdom Novice Day 2019, won “best documentation”. see http://anne.loves.technology/anachronism/fibercraft/2019/07/21/novice-day.html

Other notable efforts

  • I was a founder of the Østgarðr Native Land working group in 2019-2020, which aims to elevate non-western-European cultures by acknowledging the Native cultures which lived in our area before the 17th century. Find out more at https://usdac.us/nativeland and learn about the history of your location at https://native-land.ca/!

Event staff

  • Hall Steward, Feast of Three Princes, November 8 2020 (East/virtual). Hosted Zoom meeting, coordinated breakout room feast tables, and other technical organization. My write up of event at https://eastkingdomgazette.org/2020/11/25/what-i-learned-as-event-staff-on-the-feast-of-three-princes/