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Sciath ingen Chaennaig
Persona
Born in the small village of Kyleakin, on An t-Eilean Sgitheanach in the shadow of the red hills of Sgurr na Coinnich, in the Year of Our Lord 1262, when Rí Alban was Alaxandair mac Alaxandair was king, Sciath ingen Chaennaig (pronounced SKY-ah) is the eldest daughter of a sea merchant who married a minor noblewoman from Srath Chluaidh. As her father's business kept him away, it was thought best for Sciath, her sister (Suannoch), and her mother (Jonet) if they moved to Srath Chluaidh, and closer to the security of the family. Once established in Bute, Sciath was taught to run a noble household. Her father's stories of his travels made her dream of the wide world, and her father arranged for her marriage to Ieuan ap Gwilym, a Welshman of noble birth. She moved to Caerleon, in Gwent. This was a far distance from home, and the language was ne'er the same. Life has been an adventure ever since.
Whereabouts
Magistra Sciath ingen Chaennaig lives as the territorial Baroness in the Barony of Rising Waters but enjoys travelling the Known World to discover new people and new crafts. She is an active member of the White Wolf Fian and travels widely to teach research skills, metalwork, heraldry and music theory.
Sciath currently resides in the Barony of Rising Waters.
Heraldry
- Device: Or, a quatrefoil and a tierce indented azure.
- Badge: (Fieldless) A quatrefoil azure within and conjoined to an annulet Or.
Offices and Appointments
Current Offices
- Territorial Baroness - Barony of Rising Waters (2019 - Present)
- Signet - Barony of Rising Waters (2014 - Present)
- Chief - Kingdom of Ealdormere Library
- Yeoman - Yeomen of the Wolf (2018-present)
Past Offices
- Guild Minister - Ealdormere Moneyers Guild (2017-2022)
- Clarian Education Herald - Society College of Arms (2018-2021)
- Arts & Sciences Champion - Kingdom of Ealdormere (Winner of the 2018 A&S Pent) (2016 - 2017)
- Arts & Sciences Champion - Barony of Rising Waters (2016 - 2017)
- Inland Seas Herald - Ealdormere College of Heralds (2015 - 2016)
- Bucina Herald - Ealdormere College of Heralds (2015 - 2018)
- Historian - Barony of L'ile du Dragon Dormant (East Kingdom) (2005 - 2008)
- Chancellor - College of St. Antoninus (1999 - 2001)
- Chatelaine - Port of Crickstow on Sea (Kingdom of An Tir) (1997 - 1999)
Households
Sciath and her partner, the Honourable Lord Ieuan, are the heads an inter-kingdom household (name to be resubmitted to the College of Heralds). The badge of the household is: Argent, on a saltire vert a beehive between four bees palewise in saltire Or. In addition, they are members of the House Herlissany, through Sciath's allegiance with Magistra Nika and Master Gunther (see below).
Other Activities
Sciath was apprenticed to Magistra Nicolaa de Bracton of Leicester, prior to her elevation to the Order of the Laurel. She is protégée to Master Gunther Wahlstadt of Bremen and Magistra Nicolaa de Bracton of Leicester, and a member of House Herissany. Sciath's apprentices include Lady Bera Oddsdottir and Noble Rhys of Anglesey.
Interests
Awards
- Scroll of Honour - July 4th, 2020 (for mask-making during the plague)
- Order of the Laurel - July 1st, 2018
- Tankred's Tankard - May 13th, 2017
- Scroll of Honour - April 29th, 2017 (Scribes of Siegfried II and Xristinia)
- Scroll of Honour - May 22nd, 2021 - FOOL (Rattanicus & Isabel, for service in the Bardic Army of Ealdormere)
- Order of the Wain - May 7th, 2016
- Award of the Maiden's Heart - May 24th, 2015
- Award of the Golden Spider - November 1st, 2014
- Award of the Chalice's Crystal - May 11th, 2013
- Award of the Chalice's Crystal - May 8th, 2012
- Award of the Chalice's Crystal - September 14th, 2011
- Order of the Crucible - September 14th, 2002
- Award of the Amber Crystal - April 8th, 2000
- Award of the Silent Heart - May 9th, 1999 (An Tir)
- Order of the Seagull - May 9th, 1999 (An Tir)
- Lector Ithra - Scientiae - July 31th, 1999 (An Tir)
- Award of the Silver Whale - June 5th, 1998 (An Tir)
- Award of Arms - August 3rd, 1997 (An Tir)
Contact Information
Sciath can be reached by email.