Gera Gangolffin
Profile
Barunin Gera Gangolffin, OP, and her husband are currently the 13th coronets of Madrone. In a peerage context, she prefers the title "Meisterin", but being a landed coronet takes precedence over that.
Persona:
Born 1485 (currently 1535), Augsburg, Bavaria
Married to Christopher MacEveny, mercenary Captain and Wild Goose from Ireland.
Gera gave birth to two sons. First son Faris of Madrone, a wandering minstrel, was lost to the falling sickness. Second son, Zachariah of Moore, was born in 1507, is a mercenary soldier, and new father.
Gera is literate and numerate, owns land and conducts business, and serves her family and community. She enjoys tailoring, pattern-making, embellishment, minor metalsmithing and jewelry, painting, and reading.
She sometimes pulls her great-great grandmother's clothes from the attic and dresses in the houppelandes and kirtles of a century ago. She's also occasionally been known to wear Ottoman clothing in the heat of the summer.
Service
Barunin of Madrone, 2022-Present
Livestream Coordinator, Kingdom of An Tir, various events 2022
Kingdom Seneschal Education Deputy, Kingdom of An Tir, 2020-Present
Kingdom Events Deputy, Kingdom of An Tir, 2017 - 2021
Event Steward, [[Emprise of the Black Lion XVI, 2017, 2019, 2019, 2022
Variously, contingency Seneschal, Social Media Officer, Webminister, Barony of Madrone
Awards Coordinator, Their Majesties Christian and Helene, 2017
Event Steward, Kingdom of An Tir, May Crown 2017
Seneschale, Barony of Madrone, 2015-2017
Courtier, Barony of Madrone, 2014-2020
TAM, supporting the Wyewood range regularly, 2013 - 2017
Various gate head and listmistress roles, 2014 - present
Awards
Order of the Pelican, King Morgan and Queen Livia, 2020
Mantle of Madrone, Baron Enzio and Baroness Spike, 2018
Lion's Mane, King Styrkarr and Queen Stjarna, May Crown 2017
Goutte de Sang, King Havordh and Queen Mary Grace, September Crown, 2015
Green Leaf, Baron Stefan and Baroness Emmelina, Bards and Blades, 2014
Courtier of Madrone, Baron Stefan and Baroness Emmelina, Emprise of the Black Lion, 2014
AoA, King Ulfr and Queen Caoimhe, June Faire, 2013
Classes
Started the "Seneschal Boot Camp" in 2020 to provide ongoing virtual training to new seneschals
Bullying, Harassment and Sanctions - 2021
Reviewing and Negotiating Site Contracts - recurring - 2020-Present
Seneschal Basics - recurring - 2019-Present
Event Oversight for Seneschals - recurring - 2019-Present
Meetings that Don't Suck - Western Region Seneschal Training, 2019
Kingdom Event Stewardship - Collegium, 2019
German Smallclothes: The Hemd - Embers and Ambrosia, 2016
Printing Press and Protestant Reformation -- Madrone Baronial A&S, 2014
Period Favors -- An Tir West War, 2013
Modern Life
Modernly, Jeri enjoys her longtime job as an IT manager for a regional telecommunications company.
She engages in reading, painting, hiking, kayaking, open water swimming, scuba diving, travel, and spoiling her granddaughter.