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| == Personal History == | | == Personal History == |
| Raven first encountered the SCA in September 1985 when a poster at South Eugene High School (put up by [[Yseult of Broceliande]], then a teacher at the school) led her to the [[Joan of Arc Demo]] at the University of Oregon campus. Though she was immediately captivated, she did not attend her first "full" event (with garb and instruction) until the [[Adiantum]] Midwinter's Feast in January 1986, around her fourteenth birthday, at which point she was completely hooked.
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| The first camping event Raven attended was the infamous [[May Crown Tournament XXI/1986]] /[[Egil's]] (aka Cregil's) at Elijah Bristow Park. At that event she (under a different name), [[Marian Staarveld]], and [[Seonaid Connsacheal]] were made wards of the household of [[Caer Lutris]]. After several name changes and persona variations, she settled on her current name and persona in 1987. "Qara ton" means "black cloak" in Turkish, and may have been a nomad tribal designation.
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| Raven was [[Adiantum]] Chatelaine in 1987, and was part of a group from [[Adiantum]] who helped the Shire of [[Briaroak]] get established. At the first [[Summits]] Defender's Tourney, in October 1988, she received her [[Award of Arms]] from Queen [[Angharad Banadaspus Drakenhefd]] (King [[Thorin Njalsson]] was not at the event). Having received her [[Award of Arms|AA]], she then became a full member of [[Caer Lutris]].
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| To the best of her knowledge, she built the first yurt in [[An Tir]], predating those of [[Sunjan Temujin]] by several years. It first appeared at [[September Crown XXIV/1989]]. The yurt has gone through several incarnations and is still in occasional use. It is constructed in the style of the western steppes (Kazakh rather than Mongol) with natural willow roof-poles.
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| She was [[apprentice|apprenticed]] to [[Lao Yu]] (then Lao Tao-sheng) in 1989, and served as a lady-in-waiting during [[Lao Yu]]'s second reign, 1993. At the Crown's request, she created replacement Kingdom cloaks. She was offered membership in the [[Order of the Laurel]] by [[Barak and Lao]] at [[Twelfth Night Coronation|Twelfth Night]] in January 1993; after taking a [[vigil]], she accepted and was made a [[Laurel]] at [[Egil's]] Tourney in May 1993. She was the regional combined [[Peer|Peerage]] secretary for [[Summits]] from 1994 to 1996.
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| She and [[Marian Staarveld]] ran a merchanting business called Flying Tigers' Aerie for several years, specializing in silk fabrics. She held the office of [[Summits]] Chronicler jointly with [[Marian Staarveld]] from summer 1994 to summer 1996.
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| She was active in the movement for [[Summits]] to become a full [[Principality]]. She worked on the supporting documents for both the Crown [[Principality]] and full Principality petitions, and calligraphed and illuminated both petition scrolls. In August 1996, five months after [[Summits]] became a full [[Principality]], she founded the office of [[Summits]] [[Principality]] Scribe, which she held for six years. She was also unofficial [[Adiantum]] Baronial Scribe for many of those years. She has designed several [[Adiantum]] and [[An Tir]] award charters, made many original scrolls, and painted and filled in countless [[Adiantum]] and [[Summits]] charters.
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| She was a general [[retinue]] and support person for [[Ambrose and Marian]] during their tenure as Baron and Baroness of [[Adiantum]] and their two reigns as Prince and Princess of the [[Summits]]. She has also advised and served as informal retinue for many other [[Adiantum]] and [[Summits]] royalty. She has been [[Cupbearer]] of the [[Summits]] three times.
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| In 2005, she helped write the text for and coordinate the making of the [[Summits]] pages for the 40th Year [[Domesday Book]], a tremendous but rewarding challenge. She calligraphed eight pages, designed and drew four pages, and painted three.
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| She has extensive experience in period fire cooking for large groups, and has cooked various indoor and outdoor feasts, most in collaboration with [[Marian Staarveld]]. In January 2007, together with [[Yseult of Broceliande]] and [[Isobel MacKenzie]], they cooked an [[Adiantum]] Midwinter's Feast with a Silk Road theme. In July 2007 they self-published a cookbook of the recipes and research from the feast.
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| In 2008, [[Marian Staarveld]] and Raven developed [[The Three Pillars Competition]], which built on the foundation of the long-standing Norse Ithrotir Competition. They successfully ran the first Three Pillars Competition at Egil's 34, and the second at Egil's 35, awarding much handmade loot for deeds of service, valor, and artistry.
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| Raven has occasionally autocratted, but it gives her the screaming heebie-jeebies.
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| [[Category:Roman Personas]] | | [[Category:Roman Personas]] |
| [[Category:Classical Age Personas]] | | [[Category:Classical Age Personas]] |
Vestinia Antonia Aurelia (called "Vesta") was a resident of Ephesus, 62 BCE. The daughter of a retired Roman soldier and a Greek mother, she stumbled into this place called "An Tir" where she can undertake gladitorial training without worrying about her father's disapproval. Over time, she has received notice from its various Imperators and has given her soldier's oath to Ambrosius Mavrorothakis Cabellerios.
Interests
Main interest is, of course, heavy fighting (along with the tangential interests of heavy marshalling).
Secondary interests include the Romans (especially the middle and late Republic) with an emphasis on the Virgines Vestales, gladitorial combat and Roman cooking (emphasis on Apicius, Cato and Columella). Also included: a complete obsession for all things Minoan, Elizabethan-age drama, Norse poetry forms, live and written storytelling, clothing in Bronze Age settlement civilizations (Sumerians, Harrapans, etc) and works of Greek art.
Personal History
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