Persona Stories

These are stories collected on the Kingdom of Caid Facebook page. Enjoy!

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from Lachlan of Cromarty

Lachlan is a fourteenth century landowner with holdings on the Black Isle and in Sutherland, Scotland. His primary residence is above the town of Cromarty, situated on a point separating the Cromarty Firth from the Moray Firth. Lachlan also operates several vessels serving as halibut fishing boats and merchantmen.

from 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 such as pearl embroidery, storytelling, costuming, cooking, writing, and (more recently) illumination. Previously, she was apprenticed to Mistress Soraya Evodia, a Caidan laurel with a specialty in research and all things Russian.

If you ask, Liudmila will tell you that she is a daughter of a Moscow boyar, of blessed memory, who lost his fortune in the early days of Tsar Ivan Vasilievich's reign and had to agree to marry her off to a foreign merchant. Thus, she had to leave her home but still refuses to wear any unseemly Western clothes and do unseemly Western things. Most of them, anyway...

from 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. Her parents met while in England in the service of Catherine of Aragon. She was born and raised in Spain. Where her family splint their time between the family home in the town of Sandoval near the Valley of the Unicorns, and the Royal Court where her father was a court scribe. While on an unapproved excursion in the marketplace outside the Royal enclosure, she met a "hairy, half naked, barbarian" by the name of Timotheus Zacharia von Schloss Zwilling. Eventually seeing past that first impression, she married Timotheus and moved with him to his family's lands in Germany. Currently they reside in the Barony of Altavia in the Kingdom of Caid.

Sandoval translates to Sacred Valley and the town in above the valley that local legend says is inhabited by unicorns. The belief is that man and animal used to live in peace under the influence of the unicorns, but man became unsatisfied by the constraints imposed by the unicorns and left for a freer life. From that day man has been unable to see the unicorns that they rejected. The family motto of "flowers grow in the shadow of the unicorn" reflects the wish that we could recapture at least some of that simpler time and once again see the unicorns and live a more peaceful life.

Interestingly, the name Lynnette is derived from the word Linnet, a small brown bird that eats linen seeds. Her parents named her well, as she has developed a lifelong love of fiber arts!

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from Owlwycke Priory

Owlwycke Priory was founded in 1986 and became inactive by 1994. Our household purpose was to provide service to Altavia and Caid. At any time 2 or 3 of us held offices at the Baronial or Kingdom level. Our definition of service included support of the household members who were officially serving at the event (as autocrats, officers, court, etc). The person taking care of household pavilion setup/takedown, lunch set up, shoving lunch in your face, bringing you water, reminding you to visit the loo, etc. is just as much in service to Altavia and Caid as the person officially serving.

The household setting was Owlwycke Priory and its neighboring estate, House Zacharia, both located in Altavia, Caid.

Father Sebastian de Grey was the abbot of Owlwycke Priory. Living at the priory was Dana O'Lawler , his widowed sister-in-law (who's 3 children looked a lot like Sebastian).

Timotheus Zacharia von Schloss Zwilling was the master of House Zacharia and bookkeeper for Owlwycke Priory. Lynnette de Sandoval del Valle de los Unicornios was the lady of House Zacharia and herbalist for Owlwycke Priory.

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from Timotheus Zacharia von Schloss Zwilling

Timotheus was born the eldest son of a noble German merchant family in 1555. He yearly toured the family lands in Norway, Scotland, Germany, France, and Spain to verify contracts and make sure the lands were being managed properly. While in Spain he saved a “Court Brat” (Lynnette de Sandoval del Valle de los Unicornios) from abduction, while transacting business with the court, he met her several times again. Eventually they married and she moved to Germany with him. Currently they reside in the Barony of Altavia in the Kingdom of Caid.

His original SCA name was [Bernard von Komkeff]

See Also

• Persona - A larger list of persona stories from around this wiki
• Category:Populace - A list of all articles about individuals in Caid