Æringunnr Yrsudóttir

Æringunnr Yrsudóttir is the laurel formerly known as Nadezhda Toranova. Currently she is reigning as the first princess of Insulae Draconis.

The SCA years

Part 1
Æringunnr, who was called Nadja in the old days, began her career with the College of St Giles in the Barony of Seagirt. She held various offices, eventually completing her Fellow of St Giles, and she dabbled in many aspects of the SCA, including both research and heavy fighting. In 1997, she travelled to the Kingdom of Drachenwald, where she stayed in Unikankare in the Barony of Aarnimetsä for several months. Over time, after her return to Seagirt, she was granted an award of arms, followed by a grant of arms. She travelled to various events, and was often found in the company of other women fighters, who eventually formed a fighting unit that some called the Battle Babes. In short, she had a lovely time.

Part 2
After several years of playing the real work began when she stepped up as the second Baroness of Seagirt with her husband, William macBrennan at her side as Baron, in 2001. Together, Liam and Nadja served as Baron and Baroness for three years, during which time he was knighted and she joined the ranks of the Order of the Laurel. Shortly after turning the reins of the Barony over to their successors in 2004, they left Seagirt and the Principality of Tir Righ to travel to the lands of Insulae Draconis in the Kingdom of Drachenwald.

Part 3
For several years, little was heard from Nadja, though she would appear at events in Insulae Draconis from time to time. When she re-emerged to play actively again it was as Æringunnr, a 12th-century Icelander. In February 2010, Liam won the first coronet tourney of the Principality of Insulae Draconis, making Æringunnr princess.

Æringunnr's persona story

This is a work in progress as Æringunnr has only just jumped in time.

Æringunnr was born in Iceland in AD 1096. Her family occupied a farm in the Myvatn region of northern Iceland and was reasonably prosperous for several years. She has something of a strong personality and high expectations, so her father despaired of her ever marrying and leaving home. She had several siblings, most of whom made names for themselves, but Æringunnr couldn't seem to leave her father in peace.

The farm began to struggle as the land grew tired. It was strange - some farms around the lake were doing fine, but others really struggled. The seemingly random nature of the problems led her father to suggest that maybe there was some relation between her temper and the family's economic difficulties. He suggested that she might go on a pilgrimage. A long pilgrimage. Æringunnr agreed and after taking on her mother's name instead of her father's, she left for Rome.