Andreas van Berghen
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 Aelfgar at Tir Righ/Avacal War, AS45/2010 | ||||||||
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 Sable, a cross and on a chief argent, three crows gules |
SCA History
Aelfgar joined the SCA in 2005 for a Sealion War held by the Barony of Seagirt. Some time later, he was first kid on his block to assemble a suit of armour and start fighting. Aelfgar has since thrown himself head-long (sometimes head-first) into any bout of heavy combat he can find. It paid off when he travelled to Sealion 2008, participated in the newbie fighter tournament and won most chivalric combatant.
Aelfgeir has dedicated himself to building better and better kit for his persona, reworking his entire suit of armour and garb to be more period. He enjoys the research, care and appearance of a good suit of armour he's crafted to fit better with his ideal of the modern middle ages.
Several years later, Alfgeir changed his persona to 14th century to bring himself more in line with research material he admired. Alfgeir then, with no prompting from others, built himself an entirely new suit of armour to better fit this persona. Splinted vambrances and greaves "like those that appear on Gunther von Schwarzburg", a coat of plates, and a shovel-faced bascinet style helm all helped complete the look of a proper warrior from Northern Europe, circa 14th Century.
Also a sword brother in the Company of Red Dawn.
He is often seen in the company of such disreputable folk as Rashid al-Qasim, Turstan of Seagirt and is man-at-arms to Dmitrii Ivanivitch.
Whereabouts
Currently Living in the Barony of Seagirt
Awards
- Award of Arms (An Tir) - Dec 12, AS 44/2009 Ulfgar II and Renee II
- Silent Harp (Seagirt) - March 10, AS 46/2012
Persona History
Alfgeir Gunnarsson, also known as Alfgeir Jorsalfare, Alfgeir Mostur-beard and Alfgeir Twist-foot, was born in the year of our Lord, 1090 on one of the Orkney Islands. Growing up during the dawn of the 12th century, Alfgeir’s early life was similar to that of his Viking ancestors. In 1107, emulating the stories he had heard of his forebears, Alfgeir joined his king Sigurd I on a journey across the seas to adventure, a journey headed for the Holy Land. During the voyage, the contingent visited the court of King Henry in England, fought at Lisbon in Spain, met Roger of Sicily at his court and sailed to and fought many small battles on various islands of the Mediterranean before reaching the Holy Lands in 1110.
Alfgeir fought with his king at Sidon and helped take that city for King Baldwin of Jeruselum; a feat for which Baldwin gifted Sigurd with a splinter of the True Cross. It was also at the Battle of Sidon that Alfgeir was wounded, taking a terrible blow to his leg from a Saracen blade. He was unable to accompany the majority of his kinsmen on their journey to Constantinople and then home to Norway in 1111. Instead, even after his wounds had healed, he stayed behind in the Kingdom of Jeruselum with some of his fellow Norsemen. Alfgeir now helps to protect the Holy Land from the Saracen savages that surround it.
Infamy
Alfgeir has the dubious honour of discovering and popularizing Mickey's Big Mouth Beer to be the official beer of Seagirt's SYG Trials. Without fail, he will always bring a 15 pack of that heinous, delicious beverage for us to swill.