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The White Star is a Nautical Themed household in Caid that represents a merchanteer ship and its associations. The household is divided into two parts The Ship and The Villa.
Our Villa, residing in Cadiz, Spain serves as the port for the Good Ship White Star and a refuge for those seeking a life of leisure and art. The 'official' time line of the household sets us in the early 1500's, where we stand as defenders against persecution and an 'underground railroad' to help those who suffer under the yoke of the Spanish Inquisition.
The household is comprised of individuals who thrive on persona-play and enjoy The Game of the SCA as well as each others company and the activities which we do.
The White Star was formed in 1998, in (the, then Principality of) Northshield, when Dianora Lizavetta di Vittori di Cellini granted Lot Ramirez the rank of Captain and the White Star as an advance on the dowry of her ward, Caterina di Cellini. The household of the White Star maintains its connections as a part of the di Cellini households, which span more than 3 kingdoms.
In A.S. 53 (2018), after 20 years of service, Captain Lot decided to put the White Star in dock for the foreseeable future. The crew was released to pursue their own ventures. You can see their endeavors in such groups as The Sable Hart, The Barghest and beyond.
The Ship
The Crew of The Good Ship White Star
Captain
- Maestro Lot Ramirez
Officers
- Lord Quintin Lawless - First Mate (On Assignment)
- Rev Mordechai ben Avraham - Navigator
- THLady Mariam Albarran - Boatswain
- Laird Jaime Muir - Quartermaster
- Signore Marcos de la Cruz - Master of the Guns
- Laird Erasmus MacBain (aka Big Dickey Kingswood of Longtown) - Chief Carpenter
Able Sailors
- Pelyon Chickensbane - Ship's Cook
- Lord Dylan Kairdiff - 1st Carpenter's Mate
- Lord Gabriel Archer - Artillerist
- Lord Arye ben Ezra - Boatswain's Mate (On Pilgrimage)
- Lady Zhivana Igorevna - Boatswain's Mate
- THLord Lorenzo DiVita - Rigger's Mate
Powder Monkeys
- Lord Tristan der Englisch
Lookouts
Bilge Rats
- Nathaniel Archer
- Beniamino di Cellini, known as Bucket
- Abramo di Cellini
- Francesca Archer
- Sh'muel Muir
- Anna Wolfsborne
- James the Bolde
The Villa
The Ladies and Artisans who reside in the Villa
Senora de la Casa
- Il Singora Caterina di Cellini
Ladies in Residence
- Dame Eilidh Swann Stralachan
- An Onórach Baitighearna (THL) Ciar inghean uí Mhaoildeirg
- Lady Winifred Elizabeth Harker
- Shifra
- Margraig Ingen Dubgaill (AKA Maggie MacBain)
- Tamara Muir
- Nicoletta Aurelia
Resident Artisans
- Maestro Giacomo Cavalli da Treviso - Weapons Master
- Lady Magdalene van den Velde - Household Physic
White Star Marines
White Star Marines is a rapier warband associated with the household which also includes non-household members.
At Estrella 2009, White Star Marines were awarded the Crossed Swords of Caid.
All crewmen are automatically entered in the rolls of the White Star Marines, if they so choose, and are assigned a rank according to their position on the crew. Any non-crew who signs on full time to fight with the unit is accounted the rank of Marine, and may be promoted to a command position of Segreant-Marine. Other Recruits may be pressed into service on a temporary basis.
The following is the rank and roll of the White Star Marines:
- Captain
- Officers
- Segreant-Marines
- Senor Raphael ben Gideon
- Don Diego Antonio de Palma
- Able Sailors
- Marines
- Donna Mora Ottavia Spadera
- Cyprian
- Isabel de Carvalhal
- Powder Monkeys
- Pressed Recruits
- The Raz
- Laird Erasmus MacBain (aka Big Dickey Kingswood of Longtown)
- Inactives
- Maestro Giacomo Cavalli da Treviso
- Lord Seamus O'Domhnaill of Devil's Beef Tub
- Lady Sviatoslava "Svetlana" Akilina Vasil'evskaia zhena Nikolaeva
Honors
- Arts and Sciences Pentathlon Team Champion, 03/13/2005
- Potrero War, May 2007 "Blood of Heroes" Champion
More Information
The Songs
Group Collaborations
By Don Mateo Montero De Madrid of Northshield
By Don Lot Ramirez
By Lady Magdalene van den Velde
By Lord Arye ben Ezra
By Dame Eilidh Swann
- Back, As I Remember (The Darachshire Song)
- Blessings (The Lyondemere Yule Song)
- By A Look And A Glance
- Mara's Song
By Señora Elizaveta Arievna Lebedeva
