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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? | + | |
===== Current Office(s) ===== | ===== Current Office(s) ===== | ||
+ | * **[[activities: | ||
===== Past Offices ===== | ===== Past Offices ===== | ||
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- | Moria' | + | * **[[activities: |
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- | Upon stepping down as Kingdom | + | * **[[activities: |
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- | Throughout her years Moria has also served as autocrat and/or feastocrat | + | * **Territorial Princess** - Principality of Ealdormere |
+ | * **[[activities: | ||
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+ | * **[[activities: | ||
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===== SCA History ===== | ===== SCA History ===== | ||
+ | Moria was in on the ground floor with the original four founders of the [[groups: | ||
- | Moria was in on the ground floor with the original 4 founders of the Fighters of the Freehold of Rozak, more commonly known as the Rozakii. She was present at the original creation of the Household, and became an official full fledged member 2 months later at Pennsic XIV, along with a good friend from Æthelmearc, | + | Moria served the household in various roles until resigning her official member status, and accepting a "Friend of the Household" |
- | Some of Moria' | + | Some of Moria' |
- | 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 Lawspeaker for the Principality of Ealdormere. They inducted Mistress Etaoin O' | + | 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: |
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. | 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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===== Interests ===== | ===== Interests ===== | ||
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- | * Middle Eastern Dance | + | * [[activities: |
- | * Scribal Arts | + | * [[activities: |
- | * Cooking | + | * [[activities: |
- | * Chronicling | + | * [[activities: |
- | * Armoured Combat | + | * [[activities: |
- | * Singing | + | |
===== Awards ===== | ===== Awards ===== | ||
- | * Order of the Trillium, April 16th, 2005 | + | * **[[awards:Order of the Trillium]]** - April 16th, 2005 |
- | * Order of the Crucible, November 20th, 2004 | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Order of the Ivory Sabre, October 23rd, 2004 | + | * **[[awards:Order of the Ivory Sabre]]** - October 23rd, 2004 |
- | * Award of the Maiden' | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Order of the Golden Boar, June 17th, 2000 | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Award of the Queen' | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Scroll of Honour, January 16th, 1999-01-16 (For the Kingdom Bid) | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Augmentation of Arms, October 24th, 1998 (Foreign Honours, Middle Kingdom; A Heart, vert, scaly argent, with a black wolf paw) | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Augmentation of Arms, March 28th, 1998 (Foreign Honours, Middle Kingdom; Middle Kingdom Arms) | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Order of the Pelican, September 13th, 1997 (Middle Kingdom) | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Viscountesses, | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Order of the Golden Spider, June 17th, 1995 | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Award of the Boar's Tusk, June 17th, 1995 | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Award of the Chalice' | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Court Baroness, October 1st, 1994 (Middle Kingdom) | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Order of the Golden Otter, April 30th, 1994 (Closed Principality Honours, Middle Kingdom) | + | * **[[awards:Order of the Golden Otter]]** - April 30th, 1994 (Closed Principality Honours, Middle Kingdom) |
- | * Order of the Bee, March 5th, 1994 (Closed Principality Honours, Middle Kingdom) | + | * **[[awards:Order of the Bee]]** - March 5th, 1994 (Closed Principality Honours, Middle Kingdom) |
- | * Friendship of the Trillium, November 20th, 1993 (Closed Principality Honours, Middle Kingdom) | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Order of the Willow, June 20th, 1993 (Awards of Rank [Foreign], Middle Kingdom) | + | * **[[middlewiki> |
- | * Award of the Keeper of the Wolf's Heart, September 19th, 1992 (Closed Principality Honours, Middle Kingdom) | + | * **[[awards:Award of the Keeper of the Wolf's Heart]]** - September 19th, 1992 (Closed Principality Honours, Middle Kingdom) |
- | * Order of the Golden Chalice, June 24th, 1990 | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Order of the Dragon' | + | * **[[middlewiki> |
- | * Award of the Chalice' | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Order of the Bear's Heart, September 16th, 1989 | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Award of the Bear Claw, August 20th, 1988 | + | * **[[awards: |
- | * Award of the Purple Fret, June 25th, 1988 (Award of Rank [Foreign], Middle Kingdom) | + | * **[[middlewiki> |
- | * Award of Arms, November 1st, 1986 (Middle Kingdom) | + | * **[[awards: |
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