In the SCA
Although my persona is Welsh-norman, I am fascinated by all things that are associated with the Medieval Equestrian . I have highly developed my persona as the Mounted Warrior of the Middles Ages. In the entire Known World, I am one of the few mounted women warriors who competes while wearing full armor. I did the research for all of my tournament gear including the armor and saddle. My black armor was created specifcally for me to wear for riding in equestrian tournaments. My saddle was created by a professional military saddlemaker to fit me and my horse. My riding backround as a youth was in competition gymkhana, but once I joined the SCA in my late twenties, I started learning the way of the mounted warrior from Duke Sir Armand de Sevigny. Thus, I now ride as a mounted warrior and am skilled handling many forms of weapons on horseback. At the 2003 Emprise of the Black Lion, I was the only woman to make it to the semi-finals for Mounted Crest Combat. I credit the past twenty years of learning how to ride as a mounted warrior within the SCA for my success. During 2005-2006, my airfare was paid to several other kingdoms in order to teach about Equestrian activities.
There is room for many types of riding in the SCA as long as we re-create the riding that was done in period. I have been dedicated to teaching Period SCA Equestrian activities although my main interest is in portraying the mounted military warrior as I have done so for over twenty years . In fact, I have participated in and autocratted many non-military SCA Equestrian activities: quadrilles for SCA performance, Quests in conjunction with unmounted folks, Garbed Trailrides, Hawksheye Equestrian students training seminars, to name but a few major projects. Additionally,I am committed to teaching and promoting Equestrian activities for Beginners and so have taught at Equestrian Ithras, PENNSIC, monthly shire SCA EQ training sessions and SCA Equestrian Playdays.
I have been asked why I portray personas other than Welsh-norman. The fact is, that I often immerse myself in various aspects of the Medieval Equestrian; as long as it has to do with horses in the Middle Ages, I am committed to doing research about it. Thus, I have studied tack, horseback weaponry, and horse trappings for Norman, Middle Eastern, Hungarian, Viking, Cossack, Scythian, Mongolian, and Japanese with an eye towards creating each
entire outfit for me and my horse. I find it all simply fascinating and am enthralled with comparing them.
I have attained everything I set out to do as a mounted warrior, so I have new venues to onquer. Thus, I am now training as a horseback archer. I use this skill particularly for my newest passion: research and re-enactment of hunting on horseback. This is the most challenging skill I have ever tried to do on horseback.
I was the Minister of the An Tir Hunt Guild 2004-08 and again in 2011 . I was the initial Chronicler of the Hunt Guild newsletter, Acupium. The Hunt Guild started in An Tir, but now covers several other Kingdo. I promote and teach classes about period horseback hunting techniques across the Known World. During 2005-2006, the following Kingdoms have paid me an Honorarium so I could teach their equestrians on matters pertaining to horseback warfare and hunting: Atlantia, West, Trimaris. I also taught classes at Gulf Wars 2006.
I have been the Adminstrator for the Royal Equestrian Guild of An Tir from 2012 till 2016.
I have been a Deputy to each Society Equestrian Officer continuously for the past 15 years.
I was the founding seneschal of Earnrokke in An Tir, where I lived for almost 20 years. I later served as Echequer, A&S Officer, and the editor of the shire newsletter, Eagle Eye.
In Modern life
I am retired from private practice as a veterinarian and am exploring a career in Public Health Medicine.
to Baroness Tsuruko of Dragon's Laire
