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 Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 6:44 pm
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 9:48 am
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Eloquent Conversationalist
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 10:48 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:17 am
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Name? AElfthryth the Cat
Where do they come from? What time? Sixth century anglo-saxon.
Do they travel? Yes, when making the personna story of the overall household, we found there was a yearly fair, which in respect to where we live, and where our personnas lived, is in the same place as Pennsic.
Do they have a spouse? Or are they courting someone? Who? No, she is the only one of her sisters who hasn't yet married. It might be because she's the youngest daughter, or because she's really hard to deal with and no one in their right mind would want to marry her.
What's their tale? AElthryth lives with her mother and older sister, AElfwytha. Her time is split between handwork, giggling about boys and tormenting AElfwytha. It has been joked that she is the anglo-saxon equvilant of a valley girl. It has recently been discovered (much to my surprise as anyone else's) that she might not be quite as dumb as she acts. But that might have arisen from the fact she is no longer seventeen. At twenty-two, while a pre-christian anglo-saxon woman might not be married, it is somewhat chief in her mind.
What do they live for? Battle? Romance?Solitude? Revelry? Dresses. Pretty dresses. It has been said "AElfthryth likes dresses, her hair, jewelry, dresses, pretty boys, and dresses, in that order."
Titles? How did they earn it? AElfthryth has no titles. She has the kenning "the cat", and since in mundania, the nickname Kat came from the fact I crawled on the ground meowing as a toddler, and I did so at events, I'm guessing it came from a similar place.
Occupation? What do they do? What do they love about it? Mostly doing what her mother tells her and observing potential husbands. And tormenting Aelfwytha.
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Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:46 pm
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Well I haven't got all the nitty gritty details worked out for my persona yet, but I finally registered my name and my device last weekend! Here's what I do have.
Name Elnor Howard
Where do they come from Hertfordshire, England
What time The 1560's
Do they travel not for the most part, unless she is traveling with her father
Relationship status Elnor is not currently courting anyone, nor is she married. She was betrothed, to the son of a merchant, but he was taken by an illness and died before the wedding.
What's their tale Elnor is the daughter of a well respected falconer, who breeds, captures and trains falcons for the higher nobility. She lives in Hertfordshire with her father, mother and younger sister, who is currently betrothed to the apprentice of an apothecary.
Her family is distant cousins to the Howards of the Tudor court. As such, she grew up in relative comfort, receiving a basic education in the courtly arts, in hopes that she might marry well.
Elnor's Heraldic Device (pending approval):
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:18 am
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ps. I'm new so my persona is still under construction...please excuse inaccuracies it's still being researched! sweatdrop
Name? Avis duWinfrey
Where do they come from? England, near the coast
What time? Mid 1500s, 1540-1560 (ish)
Do they travel? Mostly from England to France, although they sometimes visit merchant friends in Spain.
Do they have a spouse? Or are they courting someone? Who? Nope, not married, currently not courting, although she would like to be. She only just came out into society and has not been of marrying age for very long. Most of her prospective beaus are scared off when they find that she is smarter than they are. She hopes to marry someone who can keep up with her.
What's their tale?Her father's great-grandfather came to Britain from Germany in the late fourteen-hundreds (1490-ish) and started the family business. They are now fabric merchants (mostly the family's wool, but they import Islamic textiles as well); her uncles are tailors, while her aunts manage their husbands' pastures and sell the wool from the sheep, as she is being trained to do. Her father has given her a good education, in the belief that women work better when they have the smarts to do so. Her mother is teaching her about spinning, knitting, sewing, and embroidering the family wool as well as how to manage a household and be a good wife. They are moderately wealthy, but it rises and falls with the wool trade. She has hopes of one day following in her aunt's footsteps and managing the family pasturelands with her someday husband.
What do they live for? Battle? Romance?Solitude? Revelry?Romance and knowledge - she's a smart girl who won't take any crap from subordinates, but is respectful and kind-hearted to those she likes. She is constantly daydreaming about romantic escapades and wants to travel the world - she also hopes to one day see the fabled Americas.
Titles? How did they earn it? They are not peers themselves, but they are related to modest peers. One of her father's cousins bought a small title early in the 1500s and now is Lord of Williamson, a small parcel of about 600 acres (it is named thusly because he is the son of William).
Occupation? What do they do? What do they love about it? She is a student right now, studying the family trade (the woman's side of it). She is interested in all things business and all things wool. She loves the family wool trade because it allows her to be absorbed in her two favorite things - knowledge and fiber work - without being looked down upon by her peers. She is respected for finding herself a place in the family business appropriate to a woman while still being a 'proper' maiden. Also on a recent trip to London, she unwittingly had a conversation with a friendly Duchess and is now being considered as a lady-in-waiting.
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Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:41 am
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Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:26 am
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Everything in quotes is my persona answering. Everything -not-, though, is mundane me in front of my Mac.
Name? Constantia Aemiliana Kaloethes
Where do they come from? What time? Sixth century Byzantium (Constantinople, to be precise), not living in Calontir.
Do they travel? Extensively in the much safer lands of Calontir. Back home, not so much.
Do they have a spouse? Or are they courting someone? Who? "That question may be better asked at another time, thank you."
What's their tale? "I am the daughter of textile merchants in the golden jewel-box of New Rome - Constantinople. As I am the only surviving child, as my brothers died while attempting to be military men and my sisters in childbirth, I am left to operate my family's business. My parents died of the plague brought back from Egypt, and so, in an attempt to profit in spite of such extreme loss, I packed everything and headed to Calontir. I have profited well since I've been here."
What do they live for? Battle? Romance? Solitude? Revelry? "I live for romance, revelry, respect, and honour."
Titles? How did they earn it? "I am called Kuria, meaning that I am a minor noble. The thing about Byzantium is that many times, titles are given due to one's financial positioning. I've profited so well that I was able to slip a few solidae to the proper channels and become what I am today."
In all actuality, I was given my AoA for being exuberant and joyful, and for doing seemingly everything and anything.
Occupation? What do they do? What do they love about it? "I am a textiles merchant - didn't I just tell you about that? - meaning that I sell fabrics. Silk, linens, wools, fine cottons from Egypt are all things I've sold. What I love about it is seeing the dozens of different fabrics and seeing what people can do with them. And, of course, having my own clothing made out of them. The highlight of my occupation is when Her Most August Empress' servants came to me to purchase silk - meaning that I had the best in the city, and possibly all of the Empire. Some even say that the artists in Ravenna used that as inspiration for their mosaics."
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:18 am
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