Persona

A Persona in the SCA is the history or "back story" people tells about their life. For some people, a Persona is simply the name they use; for others it is much more complex and involves elaborate costumes, registered name and heraldry, and much, much more. . .

Go to Populace to see a listing of individual Populace pages in the Compendium.

Persona Stories

A-E

• A'isha bint Shamir: "A sixth century Ghassanid raised by the noble family..." read more
• Alaric Wulfgar of Amberwood: "Alaric Wulfgar was born about 1040 c.e. in the Northman settlement in France." read more
• Aldgytha of Ashwood: "She was born 921 in Jórvík..." read more
• Aldred von Lechsend aus Froschheim: "Aldred was born in the Keep at Lechsend where the Lech river flows into the Danau River..." read more
• Aleksina Taisiya Rogvolodovna: "Taisiya was born of a Swedish father and a Slavic mother in the Russian city of Kiev..." read more
• Amsha al Sirhan: "Amsha is from the Moorish part of Spain during the period just prior to Ferdinand and Isobella." read more
• Beorn of the Northern Sea: "Baron Beorn of the Northern Sea ... was born in 1270 of the common reckoning...." read more
• Catalina Oro Sol: "Catalina is a noblewoman of the Spanish court at the turn of the 16th century. She sometimes time travels to 14th century England or 15th century Burgundy."
• Catharine Hawkwod da Barbiano: "THL Catharine Hawkwod da Barbiano is a 15th century paternoster-maker and storyteller..." read more
• Diego Antonio de Palma: "Diego was born in 1498 in Palma de Mallorca to an affluent merchant and ship broker..." read more
• Eichling von Amrum: "Eichling was born in the early 10th century on the Frisian island of Amrum of a Norse (Swedish/Danish) father and a Celtic (Briton) mother..." read more

F-J

• Flavia Beatrice Carmigniani: "Maestra Flavia Beatrice Carmigniani is a Genoese merchant baroness..." read more
• Fu Ching Lan: "During the reign of Zhu Di (1402-1424), known as the Yongle Emperor, I was born in the city of Nanchang,..." read more
• Gabrielle nicChlurain: "Gabrielle Nicole Devereaux nicChlurain was born outside Glasgow, Scotland." read more
• Gideon ben Levi: "Gideon ben Levi was born in Madrid in 1479." read more
• Gürcü Iskender: "Gürcü Iskender ('Iskender from Georgia') - often called ’Sasha’ ... was born in Tiflis (now called Tblisi), Georgia in 1500" read more
• Iuliana de Ravenna: "Iulianna is from the port city of Rauvenna in 14th/15th century Italy. Her heritage is Roma..." read more
• John ap Griffin: "Once upon a time, a Welsh trader named Master John ap Griffin packed up his best wool clip..." read more

K-N

• Kolfinna kottr: "Kolfinna was born in 820 c.e. in the Viking Age trading port of Hedeby, Denmark." read more
• Lachlan of Cromarty: "Lachlan is a fourteenth century landowner with holdings on the Black Isle..." read more
• Liudmila Vladimirova doch': "Liudmila Vladimirova doch' is a resident of the Barony of Calafia in the Kingdom of Caid, who does a lot of Russian-themed things..." read more
• Lynnette de Sandoval del Valle de los Unicornios: "Lynnette was born in 1557, the daughter of a Spanish court scribe and an English Lady-in-Waiting ..." read more

O-S

• Peter Cadarn: "Peter Cadarn is the disgraced second son of a wealthy Romano-British family." read more
• Raphael ben Gideon: "Raphael was born the son of Gideon ben Levi in 1498 in Foix." read more
• Sven Örfhendur: "Sven is an 820s Danish Viking from the city of Hedeby. He is also a member of Siech Persistent."

T-Z

• Tomaso da Barbiano: "Tomaso was born in the year 1380 in a small town in the Romagna..." read more
• Timotheus Zacharia von Schloss Zwilling: "Timotheus was born the eldest son of a noble German merchant family in 1555..." read more
• Verinia Caelistia: Early Roman Period. Widowed, husband killed in battle she was taken in by The Horsemen of Judgement Keep..." read more

Group Personae

• Abbey of Leng: "Earliest references of the Abbey point to an original location on the blasted Plains of Leng..." read more
• Owlwycke Priory: "Owlwycke Priory was a service household founded in 1986 and inactivated by 1994..." read more

Helpful Persona Articles

• Category:Populace - Many of your fellow Caidans already have a persona story on their Compendium page. You could be one of those people too!

Building a Persona

• Persona in a Box - A detailed view at looking at personas
• SCA Persona Info on Modar's website
• Persona on Cunnan