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..."
• Aldgytha of Ashwood: "She was born 921 in Jórvík."
• Aldred von Lechsend aus Froschheim: "Aldred was born in the Keep at Lechsend where the Lech river flows into the Danau river."
• 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."
• Diego Antonio de Palma: "Diego was born in 1498 in Palma de Mallorca to an affluent merchant and ship broker. "

F-J

• Fu Ching Lan: "During the reign of Zhu Di (1402-1424), known as the Yongle Emperor, I was born in the city of Nanchang,..."
• Gideon ben Levi: "Gideon ben Levi was born in Madrid in 1479."

K-N

• Kolfinna kottr: "Kolfinna was born in 820 c.e. in the Viking Age trading port of Hedeby, Denmark."
• Lachlan of Cromarty: "Lachlan is a fourteenth century landowner with holdings on the Black Isle..."
• 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..."

O-S

• Raphael ben Gideon: "Raphael was born the son of Gideon ben Levi in 1498 in Foix."
• Sven Örfhendur: "Sven is an 820s Danish Viking from the city of Hedeby. He is also a member of Siech Persistent."

T-Z

• Aleksina Taisiya Rogvolodovna: "Taisiya was born of a Swedish father and a Slavic mother in the Russian city of Kiev. ..."

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