Kjartan kráka

Kjartan here wears the well-earned cloak of the Swan's Guard of Cragmere, January 2008.

Per pale azure and sable, a sword proper between in chief a decrescent and an increscent argent.

Resume

Events Organized

Dec 3, 2011 - Hartwood's White Court Yule - sit down feast, A&S display - autocrat.

Aug 5-7, 2011 - Cragmere Armada - camping, fighting, archery, boat races - autocrat

April 9-10, 2011 - Cragmere Spring TUTR - classes, potluck feast - autocrat

June 19, 2010 - Exemplar's Picnic - Cragmere- co-autocrat

Aug 2010 - Cragmere Armada - autocrat

Dec 4, 2010 - Cragmere Yule - potluck feast, A&S display - autocrat

Dec 5, 2009 - Cragmere Yule - feast (pig), A&S display - autocrat

May 28, 2005 - Cragmere Anniversary Picnic - co-autocrat

May 29, 2004 - Cragmere Anniversary Tourney - autocrat

Aug 23, 2003 - Anniversary Tourney and Tavern - autocrat

Jan 26, 2002 - Norse Althing - autocrat

Apr 18, 1998 - Spring Faire and Feast - autocrat

Service Previous to Oct 2008 :

-MOS in Cragmere about 2 years. ( 1998 - 1999 )

-Seneschal in Cragmere about 8 years. ( 1999 - 2007 )

-chirugeon in Cragmere about 10 years and on going

-chirugeon in charge at a Coronet event. ( 2 X )

-constable (when we had them ) about 5 years.

-Senior Heavy Marshall about 4 years. And a Jr. before that.

-Boffer marshal about 2 years

Teaching :( one-on-one and groups ) leather work and projects, armouring, garb, wood projects, heavy and rapier fighting, weaving, sewing, viking life

Volunteering at many, many demos (must find details - Hartwood Newcomers 2015, 2016; ), both active (rapier, heavy) and creative (woodworking (such as Royal BC Museum Viking Demo), textiles).

Serving as one of the servers at the feast at Daffodil 2008 .

On retinue for UlfR Blodfotur Fallgrson during 2 different reigns when he was Prince of Tir Righ.

-Committee (Road to Barony), Hartwood, 2018?-current

-MoS, Hartwood, 2019-current

Awards

Award of Arms (An Tir) By: Skepti Ravensfury, Asa Starradottir Jan 13, 2001 (AS XXXV)

Goutte de Sang (An Tir) By: Davin Steingrimsson, Groa Mar 22, 2003 (AS XXXVII)

Jambe de Lion (An Tir) By: Skeggi Hrafensfuri, Taisiia of Ma Elring Jun 11, 2005 (AS XL)

Silver Swan - Cragmere (Cragmere) Jun 25, 2005 (AS XL)

l'Etoile d'Argent (Tir Righ) By: Owain ap Einar, Adwen Wrenn Mar 15, 2008 (AS XLII)

Silver Pillar (Tir Righ) By: Kheron Azov, Kenna of the Clan MacDonald Jun 4, 2011 (AS XLVI)

Exemplar of the former Shire of Cragmere (2010-2016). And Swans Guard too.

Current modes of service:

At this time I seem to be only able to make prizes for events, volunteer while I am there and try to arrange some time to teach a few classes on wood working, box making mostly.

In 2018, Halima adds: Teaching the making of bowstrings; created a primer to teach others how to read runes; teaching spoon-carving as an intro to woodworking skills; has made well over a dozen haversacks for largesse, weaving straps, and engaging others in the weaving of straps and the making of decorative edging cord; has been the near-constant instigator of A&S nights at Games & Grounds; has learned how to paint with gouache and painted charters for Tir Righ; wherever site clean-up is needed, when Kjartan is there, it's suddenly fun and exciting and quickly done, with all hands setting to.

Goals

Overall SCA goals :

-further persona development 1001 male Norse from Iceland

-improve archery skills

-learn new things

-have fun

Protégé specific :

• Protege to Mistress Theocharista Irene Doukaina, OP

-I am not sure what my specific protégé goals are; I think more volunteering and helping others. I do know that the Island and more specifically the northern part of this Island is very under represented in the peer department. There are a lot of good people up here that I think need to be recognized for their effort and contribution. I need to make an effort in some way to help them to be recognized and move forward so that they, in turn, can grow and blossom.

A&S Type Stuff :

- armour, sword hilt for HL Dori , shields, puncture proof tunic for new rapier fighters, garb for newbies, wooden boxes for people leaving our shire (Zoe, Calabrad, Elizabeth, Marina, Reann, Desamona,...? ), things for prizes, inkle looms for others to teach ithra classes, take-down bed for HL Desamona, warp-weight loom for Mistress Gudrun, wooden boxes for shire prizes, fabricated hurricane tent pegs for HL Halima,

- knives, tablets for tablet weaving, wooden animals, stools, bows, shuttles, lucets, box looms, Flemish bowstring jigs

wooden chest 1_1.jpg

Comments

Adding this section because of need...

Kjartan is, by nature, a helpful and creative person. This past weekend of the Investiture of Tir Righ's new Prince and Princesss, in the Barony of Lions Gate, I witnessed HL Kjartan step forward to greet strangers who walked in the door; not of this branch, yet he became, for the moment, an emissary of the SCA offering a welcome and explanation of the day's activities. This happened not just once, but many times over the course of the day. In addition, I also witnessed Kjartan give medical aid to one in distress; being a trained paramedic and Canadian, he quickly and without fanfare determined what was needed, and provided it.

We note that Kjartan's home is a ferry ride to the "big island", so every trip has a cost; yet he takes that trip in order to participate at least weekly, and more. Attending a mainland event entrails a second, more costly, ferry trip.

Halima al-Rakkasa (talk) 15:18, 17 February 2020 (CST)