Aenor de Pessac

Aenor joined the SCA in 2003. She holds two Awards of Arms, a Jambe de Lion and a Goutte de Sang from An Tir as well as an Acacia and a Bunny’s Crook from the Shire of Shittimwoode and a Silver Dolphin from the Barony of Aquaterra.

Aenor is on the Royal Retinue for King Savaric de Porte des Lions and Queen Dalla Hjalbaadsdottir and was part of their scroll painting team. She was also on the Royal Retinue for King Christian and Queen Helene as court coordinator, and frequently uses her skills at organization by volunteering for the Lists at Crown events.

Offices held include Arts & Science Minister for the Shire of Shittimwoode and Chatelaine and Deputy Seneschal for the Barony of Aquaterra. She has served as Lists Mistress at multiple An Tir Crown events and one Principality Crown event for Tir Righ.

Aenor has been event steward or co-event steward for both Shittimwoode and Aquaterra events and has also served in many different roles in event teams, most recently as a cook at Art of War 2015 and as co-event steward for Aquaterra’s Banner War 2014 and Boar’s Hunt/All Champions 2015.

With her equally strong background in Arts & Science, Aenor has taught several Ithra classes and coordinated or participated in several contests, including Aquaterra’s A&S Championship, and Kingdom A&S. She has crafted items for both An Tir and Aquaterra’s largess, as well as scrolls for the An Tir Hunter’s Guild.

In her modern life, Aenor has a bachelor’s degree in archaeology and worked as a professional archaeologist across Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. She is a Notary Public for the State of Washington and is now working as an Executive Assistant for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, during which she has worked with international aid organizations for the improvement of lives around the world. She has volunteered for leadership positions for decades, serving as president of her university’s Hillel organization, chief council of Western Washington University’s peer review board, and has volunteered in her personal time for Treehouse for Kids and Northwest Harvest.