Kaisa Haapalainen
Persona
A Roman lady from 79 CE.
Kaisa is easily influenced, and has been known to frantically stitch late into the night just prior to an event because her Mistress and Queen thought it'd be funny, and has an extremely hard time saying “No” when people ask for a project. Though she's been accused of having Helium Hand, she's slowly learning to say no and listen to her body and mind. For her own health.
A brother left a long while ago, moving towards the West. During the negotiations for her apprenticeship, a generous donation of pearls was provided to Kaisa's Mistresses by Lord Raffaello, as payment for taking on Kaisa and teaching her. The Mistress in question, however, may have underestimated how many jars of pickles Kaisa can eat, and most likely should have asked for more in the way of compensation.
Whereabouts
Kaisa currently resides in the Canton of Petrea Thule, in the Barony of Septentria.
Heraldry
Kaisa currently has no registered armoury.
Offices and Appointments
Past Office
- Trillium Exchange Secretary - Kingdom of Ealdormere (Spring 2016) (Fall 2017)
SCA History
Kaisa joined the SCA in 2012. She was a student to Aurelia Gabriana from June 2013 to March 2014, when their relationship was formalized and she was taken as an Apprentice. As a result, she is belt-sister to Baroness Jehanne de Bretagne, The Honourable Lady Eeva the Restless, Baroness Anneke the Furious, Saraphina, and Alana. Currently, Kaisa does not have any formal relationships other than her “Sisters”, as Patrikia Aurelia succumbed to illness in 2019
Interests
- Crocheting
- Costuming (especially Roman)
- Roman period hair
Awards
- Award of Arms - November 16th, 2013
- Award of the Golden Bear - March 2014
- Award of Orion - June 6th 2015
- Scroll of Honour - September 19th, 2015 (seamstress to the reign of Steinarr and Lyđr)
- Award of Orion - September 26th 2015
- Award of the Golden Bear - March 2016
- Award of the Maiden's Heart - June 4th 2016
- Scroll of Honour - July 4th, 2020 (As front line and essential workers)
- Order of the Crucible - November 2022
Other Activities
Kaisa has been involved with a number of events; she was Co-Autocrat of Pikeman's Pleasure in 2016 and 2017 with Lady Eeva; as well, she was Head Gatekeeper for Late Winter Shoot 2016, and served as a Gate Volunteer for the same in the past two years, as well as for War of the Trillium every year since 2014. Finally, she's also been Feast Staff for multiple events, including Pikeman's Pleasure, Queen's Prize Tournament, and Tournoi du Coeur de Glace.
Kaisa has been a Judge at Queen's Prize Tournament in 2015 and 2016.
