Gyda Magnusdótter

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Preferred title: Dame Their Pronouns: She/Her/They Resides: Starkhafn Status: Active Awards: Visit the Caid Order of Precedence
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Gyronny arrondi azure and Or, a raven striking and a bordure argent
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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 Baron Robartach mac Lochlainn, aka the Fire Baron, the Siege Baron.

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)
• Cunnan Wiki contributor, 2006-present
• WikiCaid Foundation, Compendium Caidis contributor, 2007-present
• 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
• 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
• Starkhafn Secretary, 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)
• Nominee for The William Blackfox Award for Best Regular Feature ("Name that Device") in A.S. 42. Blackfox Awards
• Created entire new webpage for the Barony of Starkhafn upon taking on the office of Webminister.
• Created Excel database for tracking Starkhafn participants in Baronial Levy wars
• Created online Baronial Award Submissions form for Starkhafn
• Earned a Bachelor of Arts of the University of Atlantia degree, Anno Societatis LVIII.

Archery Ranking

• Archery, Caid Archery Rank: Novice for Royal Round, Period, 2015

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)
• Event Co-Steward Starkhafn Anniversary, (2023)
• Event Co-Steward Caid Fall Crown Tourney, (2023)
• GWW XXV Staff (2023)

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

Projects & Publications

• Newsletter article, for the Blackwater Banner for Shire of Blackwater Keep, Kingdom of the Outlands titled: "Those Dog Days", Aug 2007
• Newsletter article, for the Blackwater Banner for Shire of Blackwater Keep, Kingdom of the Outlands titled: "Dunmow Flitch: Wedded Bliss = Bacon", July 2007. Republished 2020, Baronial Banner, Barony of Starkhafn
• Newsletter article, for the Blackwater Banner for Shire of Blackwater Keep, Kingdom of the Outlands titled: "Taking it on the Qin",
• Newsletter article, for the Baronial Banner, Barony of Starkhafn book review titled: "Celtic design: The dragon and the griffin : the Viking impact by Aidan Meehan", Sep 2009
• Newsletter article, for the Baronial Banner, Barony of Starkhafn book review titled: "Wild Color: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes by Jenny Dean:, Oct 2009
• Newsletter article, for the Baronial Banner, Barony of Starkhafn titled: "Viking Female Headwear"
• Artwork, creation of Scroll blanks for Baronial awards, Barony of Starkhafn
• Artwork for covers and interior of the "Baronial Banner", the newsletter for Starkhafn
• Created Baron's Fighting Tabard for Michel Phillipe de Sarcey w/ Alexandra Sinclair 2013

Miscellany

Interests include (but not limited to):

• Research
• Archery (Combat & Target)
• Cookery
• Costuming
• Research
• Heraldry
• 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

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  Gyda (Outlands) c A.S. XL