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====== Moria the Black ====== | ====== Moria the Black ====== | ||
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===== Persona ===== | ===== Persona ===== | ||
+ | Viscountess Moria the Black is the daughter of an Irish lord and a Norman lady, who were not married and had arranged for her to be raised in a coastal village in Ireland, keeping the nature of her birth secret. When raiders came to the shores of her village one day, Moria stood in defense of her home. Her prowess so impressed the raiders that they chose to spare her life and offered her the opportunity to join them. Moria accepted, and soon learned the ways and customs of the Khazars, and joining the Khanate of the Fighters of the Freehold of Rozak, those very raiders who had first attacked her. Over the years, her and her Khanate traveled the lands, raiding and drinking, while also gaining new citizens for the Khazar Empire. She rose in the ranks of the Khazars, and eventually found herself a spiritual leader and adviser to the Great Khan, earning the right to travel freely as she chose. | ||
- | Viscountess Moria the Black is the daughter of an Irish lord and a Norman lady, who were not married and had arranged for her to be raised in a coastal villiage in Ireland, keeping the nature of her birth secret. When raiders came to the shores of her village one day, Moria stood in defense of her home. Her prowess so impressed the raiders that they chose to spare her life and offered her the opportunity to join them. Moria accepted, and soon learned the ways and customs of the Khazars, and joining the Khanate of the Fighters of the Freehold of Rozak, those very raiders who had first attacked her. Over the years, her and her Khanate travelled the lands, raiding and drinking, while also gaining new citizens for the Khazar Empire. She rose in the ranks of the Khazars, and eventually found herself a spiritual leader and advisor to the Great Khan, earning the right to travel freely as she chose. | + | Moria, along with other members of her Khanate, |
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- | Moria, along with other members of her Khanate, | + | |
She also developed a love of scribal arts, becoming one of the original founders of the Scribal Arts Guild of Ealdormere, and producing many scrolls over the years for various recipients. | She also developed a love of scribal arts, becoming one of the original founders of the Scribal Arts Guild of Ealdormere, and producing many scrolls over the years for various recipients. | ||
===== Whereabouts ===== | ===== Whereabouts ===== | ||
- | + | Moria the Black lives in the Barony of [[branches:barony:Ben Dunfirth]] and has done so her entire life. | |
- | Moria the Black lives in the Barony of [[branches: | + | |
===== Heraldry ===== | ===== Heraldry ===== | ||
+ | * **Device:** Argent, a natural panther statant sable, a base rayonny gules. | ||
- | //Do you have heraldry? | + | ===== Offices and Appointments ===== |
- | ===== Current Office(s) ===== | + | ==== Current Office ==== |
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- | ===== Past Offices ===== | + | ==== Past Offices ==== |
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+ | * **Territorial Princess** - Principality of Ealdormere (with Roak III) | ||
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- | Moria's first official office | + | ===== SCA History ===== |
+ | Moria was in on the ground floor with the original four founders of the [[groups: | ||
- | Upon stepping down as Kingdom Seneschal, | + | Moria served |
- | Throughout her years Moria has also served as autocrat and/or feastocrat for numerous events, as well as running | + | Some of Moria's contributions include working with others to help establish the first [[activities: |
- | ===== SCA History ===== | + | During the early days of the Kingdom drive, Moria served as secretary for Principality moots, and then secretary for the Kingdom Bid Committee, becoming a member of the various subcommittees. During this time, she noted some things that could be improved upon with a bit of procedure and policy, and became a policy geek. When she was invested as Princess of Ealdormere with Prince Roak III, the two of them began the process of creating the position of [[activities: |
- | //Tell us a bit about your SCA life.// | + | In January of 1998, after working for a year and a half with various Royalty, committee members and volunteers, Moria proudly carried the Kingdom bid to California to present it at the Board of Directors meeting. Working tirelessly throughout the day with various members of the Board, the Society and the Royalty back home, many issues that stood as a barrier to the granting of the bid were smoothed out and concessions were made on all sides considering timelines, and extra work (such as the physical sorting of mailing labels from the Middle Kingdom listings) all objections were removed and the Board of Directors voted to approve the bid at the end of the meeting. |
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+ | Other contributions included stepping in to the role of Deputy for Minor Boffer combat when the original founder and creator, Sarnac Kir, became Crown Prince of Ealdormere and asked if she would take over his ' | ||
===== Interests ===== | ===== Interests ===== | ||
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- | //What do you like to do in the SCA?// | + | * [[activities: |
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===== Awards ===== | ===== Awards ===== | ||
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- | //List your awards here.// | ||
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- | ===== Other Activities ===== | ||
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- | //What else would you like people to know about you?// | ||
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- | //How would you like people to contact you?// | ||
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- | ===== External Links ===== | ||
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- | //Add a link to your blog or other external website.// | ||
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people/moria_the_black.txt · Last modified: 2024/06/02 21:10 by Dietrich von Sachsen