Alienor la fileuse

Persona

Alienor (pronounced Ah-lee-in-or, or Allie for short) la fileuse was born in 1185 in Brittany, 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 in the Canton of Northgaetham, in the Barony of Ramshaven.

Heraldry

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

Current Office

• Marshal of the Field, Armoured Combat

Past Office

• Armoured Combat Marshal (and youth combat marshal) - Stronghold of Tor Brant - November 2014 - February 2017

SCA History

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

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

She is also a member of Academia Xiphias.

Alienor cannot answer your Lord of the Rings questions or paint your heraldry on LEGO - for that you want Gwendolyn of Aldburg. Alienor has brown hair and usually wears a yellow coif when fighting.

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)