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 ===== Persona =====
-*Lord Nathaniel Jonessone* (sometimes called *Nathaniel the Dane* or *Nathaniel the Fox*) is an 12th-century Englishman who has travelled much of the world whilst on [[wp>Crusades|Crusade]], though he's never actually set foot in the [[wp>Holy_Land]]. He has taken the cross twice, once as a commoner and again as a mercenary. He is mundanely married to Catherine Rose Lamont.
+Anglo-Norman
-Born in Calwetone, [[wp>Cornwall]] in 1168, the son of John the husbandman (himself the son of William the Foreigner and Catherine of Wyght) and Marion the baker's daughter (the baker in question being William the Baker, and his wife Lillian of Hartwick), Nathaniel has lived in [[wp>Mimizan]], [[wp>Aquitaine]] and [[wp>Ringsted|Ringsted, Denmark]] and currently resides in [[wp>Constantinople]]. He has further seen the [[wp>Holy_Roman_Empire|Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation]], the [[wp>Kingdom_of_the_Franks|Kingdom of the Franks]], the [[wp>County_of_Holland|County of Holland]], the [[wp>County_of_Flanders|County of Flanders]], much of the Norse and [[wp>Rus%27_people|Rus]] lands, [[wp>Venice]] and [[wp>Dalmatia]], [[wp>Croatia]], [[wp>Slovenia]], the [[wp>Principality_of_Zeta|Principality of Zeta]], and the [[wp>Byzantine_Empire|Eastern Roman Empire]].
+===== Whereabouts =====
+Nathaniel no longer plays in the SCA.
-Nathaniel began life as the son of a husbandman, when, in 1187, he left for the [[wp>Holy_Land|Holy Land]] on [[wp>Crusades|crusade]], the [[wp>Carter|carter]] for a [[scaism:knight]] named Harold Christian. They made it as far as [[wp>Aquitaine]] when Harold took ill and could continue no further. He released Nathaniel from his duties so he had to fend for himself. Nathaniel soon took up the trade of houndsman with a [[wp>Franks|Frankish]] knight named Martin who also had intentions of taking the cross and going to the [[wp>Holy_Land|Holy Land]], though this never came to pass. Nathaniel lived with Martin for many years until his death in 1193 when, not having his protection any more, struck out on his own. While with Martin, Nathaniel gained a reputation as a womanizer and a scoundrel, and it was during these years that he gained the name the Fox. Many of the things he did during those years he now regrets, but is unable to change.
+===== Heraldry=====
+  * **Device:** Quarterly gules and ermine, a cross counterchanged.
-From there Nathaniel saw much of the [[wp>Kingdom_of_the_Franks land of the Franks]] and the territories ruled by the [[wp>English_Crown|English crown]]; he also spent time in the [[wp>Holy_Roman_Empire|Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation]]. He eventually ended his travels in [[wp>Ringsted Ringsted, Denmark]] in 1198, where, after a brawl, found himself as a [[wp>Thrall|thrall]] and sold to a merchant woman named Freya. From her Nathaniel learned humility and respect. It is from Freya that Nathaniel become known as the [[wp>Danish_people Dane]]. Her trade took her across the [[wp>Scandinavia|Norse lands]], as far as [[wp>Kiev Kiev]] and [[wp>Birka|Birka]]. In 1201, her health failing, she gave to Nathaniel the precious gift of freedom by releasing him from her service. Having nowhere to go, and little to show for my life, he decided to begin his way home to [[wp>Cornwall|Cornwall]], traveling the coast along the [[wp>Holy_Roman_Empire|Holy Roman Empire]], the [[wp>County_of_Holland|County of Holland]], the [[wp>County_of_Flanders|County of Flanders]] and the [[wp>Kingdom_of_the_Franks|Kingdom of the Franks]].
+===== Offices and Appointments =====
-Yet Nathaniel never made it home. In the city of Amiens, after speaking with some Frankish priests and renewing his faith in God, Nathaniel once again took up the cross to join in the ill-fated Fourth Crusade, this time as a mercenary. He soon found himself in Venice, readying to leave for the Holy Land. There the Crusaders met with poverty and deprivation as the Crusade's leaders were unable to pay for the vessels which we had had the Venetians prepare. Eventually their course changed, and instead of leaving for the Holy Land, they assaulted the Christian city of Zara in Dalmatia as a way to settle their debts with the Venetians. The siege was brief and soon after the left for Constantanople where we laid siege to the Great City in July 1203. Along the north wall Nathaniel and his comrades faced the famed Varangian guard, many of whom reminded him of his days as a thrall. The fighting was vicious and savage, and soon his stomach was turned against such things, though he continued on as his contract stipulated.
+==== Current Office ====
-The crusade went from bad to worse as the Crusader leaders set up a new Emperor, Alexius IV and he renewed their services. The next few years were filled with pain and hatred as the Greeks fought against the "latins" openly. During the sacking of the city on April 12, 1204, Nathaniel found himself huddled in a small church, helping the priests defend themselves against his 'Christian' brothers. Disgusted to see men of the cross defiling such wonders as the churches of the Great City, and wondering how the Pope could allow such blasphemy, Nathaniel has nevertheless since been involved in a number of battles with the Greeks. He spent as much time as he could within the Great City, learning the language of the Greeks and trying to keep his faith.
-Recently Nathaniel has met two Germans who belong to the Order of the German Hospital, or the Teutonic Order, who are looking for mercenaries to help them with a situation they have become part of in Transylvania. Perhaps it is time for Nathaniel to be on the move again...
+==== Past Offices ====
+  * {{activities:service:offices:herald-symbol.jpg?30|}} **[[activities:service:offices:Pursuivant]]** - Barony of [[branches:barony:Skraeling Althing]]
-===== Whereabouts =====
+  * {{activities:service:offices:Seneschal-symbol.png?30|}} **[[activities:service:offices:Seneschal]]** - Barony of [[branches:barony:Skraeling Althing]]
-Nathaniel currently resides in the Canton of [[branches:canton:Harrowgate Heath]] in the Barony of [[branches:barony:Skraeling Althing]].
+  * {{activities:service:offices:herald-symbol.jpg?30|}} **[[activities:service:offices:Pursuivant]]** - Canton of [[history:former_groups:harrowgate_heath|Harrowgate Heath]]
+  * {{activities:service:offices:herald-symbol.jpg?30|}} **[[activities:service:offices:Pursuivant]]** - Canton of [[branches:stronghold:Greyfells]]
-===== Heraldry=====
-  * **Arms:** Quarterly gules and ermine, a cross counterchanged.
-  * **Badge:** Quarterly argent and gules, a bordure quarterly azure and argent, and in the dexter chief a rose sable, barbed and seeded proper
-  * **Badge:** Quarterly sable and ermine, a cross counterchanged.
-  * **Badge:** Or, a garb azure
-  * **Badge:** Argent, a garb azure
-===== Current Office(s) =====
-  * **[[activities:service:offices:Seneschal]]** - Barony of [[branches:barony:Skraeling Althing]]
-  * **[[activities:service:offices:Pursuivant]]** - Canton of [[branches:canton:Harrowgate Heath]]
-===== Past Offices =====
-  * **[[activities:service:offices:Pursuivant]]** - Canton of [[branches:canton:Greyfells]]
 ===== SCA History =====
-Nathaniel Jonessone joined the SCA in 1992, in the Canton of [[branches:canton:Greyfells]]. He started out as a fop, but then he "got better". He was the thrall of her Excellency Mistress Freya for a long while, and now is happy to say that he is her Protege.
-Nathaniel is an authorized [[activities:martial:armoured_combat|armoured fighter]] and a [[activities:service:offices:marshal_in_training|Marshal in Training]] for [[activities:martial:armoured_combat|Armoured Combat]].
 ===== Interests =====
-  * [[activities:arts_sciences:Heraldry]]
-  * [[activities:martial:Armoured Combat]]
-  * History of the 4th Crusade and the Teutonic Order
-  * [[activities:arts_sciences:Norse_culture|Norse History]]
 ===== Awards =====
+  * [[awards:Award of Orion]], June 28th, 2014
   * [[awards:Award of the Maiden's Heart]], May 12th, 2012
   * [[awards:Award of Arms]], November 13th 1993 (Middle Kingdom)
+  * [[awards:Order of the Friends of the Hare]], November 2014
   * [[awards:Award of the Bear's Claw]], January 30th, 1992
 ===== Other =====
-"Hello, my name is Nathaniel, Nathan by my friends and the Fox by the Lords whose Ladies know me..."
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