Thorkell Palsson

Thorkell (Þorkell) Palsson started playing in Akornebir in AS 43, joining in the Wastekeep baronial events the next year. While he does a lot of the administrative side of the game, he has recently started Rapier Fighting.

Thorkell and his wife Gudrun Saebjornsdottir have two children

Awards and Honors

Blasted Tree November 14 AS XLIV / 2009

Award of Arms May 22 AS XLV / 2011

Goutte de Sang May 17 AS XLIX / 2014

Steward (Order of Courtier) Aug 2 AS XLIX / 2014

Baroness's Favor Oct 4 AS XLIX / 2014

Silver Keep December 13 AS XLIX / 2014

Captain of Wastekeep's Sergentry April 1 AS XLIX / 2015

Master Chirurgeon May 16 AS L / 2015

Rapier Champion of Akornebir Nov 14, AS L / 2015

Company of Ratotuskr Nov 14, AS L / 2015

Forget-me-not Jan 9 AS L / 2016

Baron's Favor June 10 AS LI / 2016

Compass Rose June 10 AS LI / 2016

Gallant (Order of Sergentry) Aug 6, AS LI / 2016

Golden Stag of Wastkeep Oct 1, AS LI / 2016

Flaming Salamander May 13, AS LII / 2017

King's Favor July 15, AS LII / 2017

Forget-Me-Not July 15, AS LII / 2017

Throne's Favor of An Tir July 15, AS LII / 2017

Golden Garter Oct 28, AS LII / 2017

Baroness's Favor Oct 28, AS LII / 2017

Offices Held

Chirurgeon - Canton of Akornebir AS XLIV to AS L

Herald - Canton of Akornebir AS XLIX to Present

Exchequer - Canton of Akornebir AS LII to Present

Chirurgeon - Barony of Wastekeep AS XLVI to AS L

Exchequer - Barony of Wastekeep AS XLVIII to Present

Court Herald (Wastekeep) AS XLIX to LII

Captain of Wastekeep Sergentry AS XLIX to XI

Baron of Wastekeep AS XII to Present

Inlands Regional Chirurgeon Deputy - AS XLVII to AS L

Deputy Kingdom Chirurgeon - AS XLIX to AS L

Deputy Guild Master - An Tir Chirurgeons - AS XLIX to Present

Royal Court Reporter, Styrkarr & Stjarna II - AS LI-LII

Deputy Exchequer - College of Heralds - AS LII to Present

Protege to Genevieve Marie Etienette de Montagne

Personal History

"I was born a good day’s walk from Hafrsfjord, four summers after King Harald laid waste to Eirik of Hordaland, Sulke of Rogaland, and the rest of the petty men who called themselves “king”.
I was the fifth child to be born to my parents. Soon after, my mother divorced my father, Pall Donaldson. He stayed at the family’s farm and my mother remarried and moved west. To where – I do not know, I was but a boy. My father remarried as well, to Sandey Riksdottir, a Swede. I stayed on the farm until I was of age, then I went a viking to find my fortune, as I was not going to inherit my father’s farm.
In my 24th summer, I met my future wife Gudrun while she was traveling with her father, trading some of their fine wool. We had witness to the handsel at the Thing the following year, and was married shortly after that. We have two children, Þora and Lili – both can be quite ferocious.
Since our marriage, I do less raiding and more trading. The farms are quite successful and our future feels secure."