Alienor la fileuse

Persona

Alienor (pronounced Ah-lee-in-or) la fileuse was born in 1185 in northern France, and was named after Alienor la Brette, an English princess born the year before. She participated in the Albigensian crusade for the 40 days required to earn an indulgence, and then returned north, settling in Paris, where she is working her way into the guild of weavers of silk ribbons.

Whereabouts

Alienor currently resides within the Stronghold of Tor Brant, within the Barony of Skraeling Althing.

Heraldry

• Device: Purpure, a chevron and in chief two suns or.
• Badge: Fieldless, a drop spindle or. (Unregistered)

Current Office(s)

• Armoured Combat Marshal (and youth combat marshal in training) - Stronghold of Tor Brant

SCA History

Alienor joined the Society in fall 2009, in Caldrithig. She has lived in ArdChreag and Tor Brant.

She is a squire to Duke Edward the Red, and through her consort, the Honourable Lord Lars Eriksson, an in-law member of House Blackcloak, which is part of Greater House DeTaahe.

She is also a member of Academia Xiphias.

Interests

• Armoured Combat
• Fibre Arts, including Weaving and Spinning
• Bardic Arts

Awards

• Award of Arms - May 15, 2010 (Dandelion Festival)
• Award of the Orion - June 29, 2013 (War of the Trillium)
• Award of the Scarlet Banner - June 28, 2014 (War of the Trillium)