Robyn Aelfwyn of Anglesey

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Robyn working gate at kingdom 12th Night, Calafia, ca 1996
Information
Preferred title: Not specified Their Pronouns: Not specified Resides: Calafia Status: Active Awards: Visit the Caid Order of Precedence
Heraldry
Gyronny gules and Or, two unicorns combattant, that to dexter argent, that to sinister sable.
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Lady Robyn Ælfwyn of Anglesey is a member of The Household of the Blackened Pot and a semi-active member of Drafn.

Persona

Robyn Ælfwyn is a woman who was born on the island of Anglesey but was kidnapped as a young child by Viking raiders from the Danelaw. She was raised with kindness by a wonderful Viking couple and was taught the housewifely arts of cooking and sewing by her adoptive mother and to fight in the shield wall next to her adoptive shield brothers, Drafn.

Robyn on the field at Pennsic, ca 2002

Robyn hopes to one day be able to take up one of those new-fangled crossbow thingies, and to be able to shoot at some dastardly Aten in combat, but currently is unable to come up with enough Viking plunder, so she contents herself with the tried and true bow and practices shooting at paper targets. To keep herself busy she works at various tasks around her new home in Calafia, enjoying cooking for large feasts with her household, House of the Blackened Pot, and turning her hand to whatever may be needed done to aid the society. For this reason, she likes to help out at demos, letting others know about the fun of the Current Middle Ages.

Robyn at a demo for the Irish Fair, LA Equestrian Center, ca 1998.

Robyn also loves working with stained glass. She loves beautiful clothing, and may temporarily borrow clothing styles from some of her neighbors in Calafia that seem comely to her eyes, and therefore may appear in garb that is not typical of her everyday Danelaw clothing.

Associates

• Drafn
• House of the Blackened Pot

Offices & Positions

• Gate Autocrat, Potrero War (ca. 1988/89)
• Gate Co-Autocrat, Potrero War (ca. 1989)
• Co-Autocrat with Ygraine O'Gaerllion Fawr, Vices & Virtues Tourney, Calafia (ca 1990)
• Autocrat, St Andrew's Day Tourney, Calafia (ca 1992/1993)
• Marshal-in-Training (ca 1996/1998?)
• Baronial Chronicler, Barony of Shattered Crystal, Midrealm (ca 2001-2003)
• Autocrat, Crystal Ball (the barony's major fundraiser for the year), Barony of Shattered Crystal, Midrealm (ca 2002)
• Gate Autocrat for Potrero War that was canceled by October fires (so only did the pre-planning and preparation and attended the organizational meetings) (ca 2004/5?)

Event Staff

• performing as a field herald (ca. 1988-1989)
• Twelfth Night in Calafia, as one of the players presenting the Masque of the Sable Serpent (she was the tail of the Calafian serpent and also one of the fighters) (ca. 1989)
• Potrero War (about ten times, including gate autocrating, waterbearing, working at the gate, chirurgeon in training, and most recently, porter) (1988-2010)
• Estrella as a waterbearer (1990-2003, approx. 3-4 times, non-contiguous dates)
• cooking feasts with Blackened Pot (many events, including a Coronation held at St Andrew's Episcopal Church, La Mesa, CA)
• working gate and water bearing at Knowne World War (Lilies War in Kansas City, MO) (ca 1998?)
• Equestrian tourney helper, Midrealm (ca. 2000-2002)
• cooking with Calafian cooking guild for an event feast

Projects & Publications

CURRENT PROJECT: Designing and building a modified A-frame pavilion

• Taught a stained glass class in Calafia
• Wrote for and published The Shards, the newsletter for the Barony of Shattered Crystal in the Midrealm