Gyda Magnusdótter
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The Honorable Lady Gyda Magnusdótter LOAR Entry was presented with her Award of Arms on April 9, 2005 by Ibrahim and Illeana, King and Queen of the Outlands. She is a companion of the Order of the Trefoil, the Order of the Stag's Heart of the Outlands (for service), a companion of the Order of the Dolphin of Caid (service), a member of the Order of the Steinn of Starkhafn, a member of the Order of the Flame of Starkhafn (service), a member of the Order of the Commanders of the Flame of Starkhafn aka Augmented Flame of Starkhafn (service) and a companion of the Order of the Crescent of Caid.
Gyda was nominated for The William Blackfox Award for Best Regular Feature ("Name that Device") in A.S. 42. Blackfox Awards
Her Lord husband is Robartach mac Lochlainn.
Persona
Gyda is an early-period Swede (11thC) who was raised on a modest farmstead along the banks of the Sala river in Uppsala.
Offices & Positions
- Hospitaller for the Shire Blackwater Keep, Kingdom of the Outlands (2004-2007)
- Webminister for the Shire Blackwater Keep, Kingdom of the Outlands (2004-2007)
- Chronicler for the Shire Blackwater Keep, Kingdom of the Outlands (2006-2007)
- Deputy Exchequer for the Shire Blackwater Keep, Kingdom of the Outlands (2007)
- Lady in Waiting to Lady, Murienn ingen meic Martain Baroness of Starkhafn (Mar-Oct 2010)
- Lady in Waiting to The Honorable Lady, Elspeth of Stillwater Baroness of Starkhafn (Mar 2011-24 Nov 2012)
- Webwright for the Barony of Starkhafn (July 2011-present)
- Lady in Waiting on the Court of TRMs Mansur ibn al-Sha'bi ibn Rafi' and Eilidh na Tire Dharigh (3 Nov 2012-1 Jun 2013)
- Chief Lady in Waiting to The Honorable Lady, Elspeth of Stillwater Baroness of Starkhafn (25 Nov 2012-11 April 2015)
- Deputy Chronicler for Starkhafn, 2015-present
- Archery, Caid Archery Rank: Novice for Royal Round, Recurve, 2015
- Reeve of Starkhafn, 11 April 2015-9 Jan 2016
- Deputy Social Media Officer for Starkhafn, 2019-present
- Baroness of Starkhafn, 9 Jan 2016-23 Apr 2022 Robartach and Gyda
- Chamberlain for Thomas and Catylyn of Starkhafn, 23 Apr 2022-present
Other Noted Accomplishments
- Created Yahoo!Group for the Shire Blackwater Keep
- Created entire new webpage for the Shire Blackwater Keep upon taking on the office of Webminister.
- Created webpage for Outlands Queen's A&S Collegium (AS XXXVII)
- Created entire new webpage for the Barony of Starkhafn upon taking on the office of Webminister.
Event Staff
- Shire Blackwater Keep - Feast Steward/Assistant Feast Steward for a several events (2004-2007)
- Outlands Kingdom Arts & Sciences - Co-Event Steward (2005)
- War of the Staked Plains XIII - Event Steward (2007)
- Shire Blackwater Keep Defender - Event Steward (2007)
- Starkhafn Yule - Assistant Feast Steward (2008)
- Starkhafn Yule - Co-Autocrat & Head Server/Assistant to Feast Steward (2012)
- Games & Dance (Starkhafn) Co-Autocrat (2013)
- Starkhafn Yule - Head Server/Assistant to Feast Steward + Starkbucks! (2013)
- Talon Crescent War I - Webwright (2015)
- Talon Crescent War II - Webwright (2016)
Competitions
- Archery – SSAC: 15b Hit & Run, 2015: Open Handbow
- Archery – IKAC 2015: Open Bow
- Archery – GAT: Handbow – December 2015
- Virtual Armored Combat - Potrero 2022 (Armored Combat Champion)
Classes Taught
- Viking Festoon Chain making, Starkhafn Collegium of the Desert 2019
Miscellany
Interests include (but not limited to):
- Research
- Archery (Combat & Target)
- Cookery
- Costuming
- Research
- Husfru skills (daily skills of a Norse Housewife)
- Runes & Rune stones
- Norse & Old Swedish languages
- Siege
- Viking Age archaeology
- pretty much any period topic
- and of course, Research.
Motto: In Omnia Paratus
Photos
Gyda (Outlands) c A.S. XL
