Thorkell Palsson
þorkell Palsson started playing in Akornebir in AS 43, and has never looked back. He enjoys facilitating other's enjoyment of the SCA. Event Stewarding, helping, sitting gate, teaching, and other things that need to be done.
þorkell 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."