Bianca di Calabria

Bianca di Calabria (formerly ska Deirdre MacGowan, Elayne FitzAllen).

From 1991 - 2006 lived in the Middle Kingdom, squired to Duke Comar gyr Mirand of House Vex Illarius. In addition to heavy weapons and combat archery, I also was a warranted marshal (Midrealm only permits authorized combatants to be marshals), and enjoyed costuming (particularly 14th and 16th centuries). I also served on the Queen's Guard during the reign of Edmund and Kateryn II. After a long absence from the Society, I have found a new home in An Tir, and look to begin re-learning combat as well as creating and researching garb again.

Honors and awards from the Middle Kingdom include: AoA from Finn I, Award of the Purple Fret (service) from Edmund I, Order of the Silver Oak (sciences - decorative leatherwork) from Valthiona, queen to Thorbjorn Osis, Order of the Willow (arts - costuming) from Alaric, Sargent of the Order of the Red Company (heavy combat) from Valharic I

Persona (in development, as always)

Bianca is a 16th century minor noblewoman from the Calabria region of Italy (she also has an ancestor of the same name in the 14th century). While she held noble birth, her family lacked the means of greater houses. Seeking better fortunes, she moved away and became the ward of well known Duke, who taught her martial skills to augment her education with letters and needlework. His many squires became her friends, and eventually her brothers-in-arms.

Years passed, and she eventually settled down into marriage with an English baron. But after many years together, the marriage dissolved. Feeling little reason to stay, she finally decided to leave her homelands, and start over far to the west. It was her wish to see the oceans and mountains (and hopefully less snow) and claim lands of her own. Adventures--sometimes fraught with peril--ensued, and for several years she was lost from her course. Eventually, older and a bit wiser, fate brought her to the door of a handsome German doctor and his two young sons. Finding this new situation to her liking, she decided to wander no more. She now spends her time helping run his household, learning games of strategy while enjoying fine whiskey, and laughing muchly.

Motto: audentes Fortuna iuvat