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Went to "East Kingdom Southern Region Spring War Practice"
Met a few folks I only knew from online interactions, which is always amusing. Nathan got to meet many of the WoW guild never before seen in person, which is fun to watch.
Nathan wants to shoot arrows at things. As luck would have it, Rupert was there and I got to introduce him to Nathan. Rupert has managed to distinguish himself in archery over the years; he's come a long way since when we were naming Pennsic porta-cans after him.
I said hi to Gabriel, briefly. The problem with fighter types, you can't really expect a nice chat when they're all geared up and ready to hit something. He's a fellow on my friends list, I put him there after I abused his website. He called me Baavgai at the event, which threw me for a moment. Certainly an honest mistake.
In the current middle ages, I'm commonly known as Wistan. While I'm not fond of abusing others with "persona stories", mostly because I'm not fond of being subjected to theirs, I'll put the short form here, for the record.
The Saxon King Wigmund had a son Wistan who never saw political power, but was martyred around 840. In 866, the Saxon town of Eoforwic fell to invading Vikings, who dubbed it Jorvik ( modern day York ). Ultimately, the Vikings would claim five major cities and establish trade. Rather than being pillaging invaders, they settled and lived basically peacefully with their Saxon neighbors for a couple centuries. Both groups actually shared a common culture and their languages are believed to have been "close enough".
Names of saints have always been popular with the masses and yet I've never seen another Wistan in society. Plus, the timing worked and I liked the name. Born in 868 and living somewhere around Jorvik, this Wistan is the result of a Saxon-Viking fusion culture, Historically, this allows me to be a little more inclusive without being absurd. The digs in York have found goods from farthest reaches of the Byzantine empire.
My first spin through the SCA, I was known as Ursus. There is no real story, it's Latin for bear and no one every questioned the appropriateness of that. I'll admit, as Ursus I was mostly drunk; oh, the college years. I had a brief return around Pennsic XXV, where I went by the name of Baavgai. It's Mongolian for bear, we camped with the Horde that year.
Baavgai is a great name. It can't be mistaken for anything else and I've never had a problem staking a claim to it online. Sadly, Mongolia is quite lacking in web presence.
Met a few folks I only knew from online interactions, which is always amusing. Nathan got to meet many of the WoW guild never before seen in person, which is fun to watch.
Nathan wants to shoot arrows at things. As luck would have it, Rupert was there and I got to introduce him to Nathan. Rupert has managed to distinguish himself in archery over the years; he's come a long way since when we were naming Pennsic porta-cans after him.
I said hi to Gabriel, briefly. The problem with fighter types, you can't really expect a nice chat when they're all geared up and ready to hit something. He's a fellow on my friends list, I put him there after I abused his website. He called me Baavgai at the event, which threw me for a moment. Certainly an honest mistake.
In the current middle ages, I'm commonly known as Wistan. While I'm not fond of abusing others with "persona stories", mostly because I'm not fond of being subjected to theirs, I'll put the short form here, for the record.
The Saxon King Wigmund had a son Wistan who never saw political power, but was martyred around 840. In 866, the Saxon town of Eoforwic fell to invading Vikings, who dubbed it Jorvik ( modern day York ). Ultimately, the Vikings would claim five major cities and establish trade. Rather than being pillaging invaders, they settled and lived basically peacefully with their Saxon neighbors for a couple centuries. Both groups actually shared a common culture and their languages are believed to have been "close enough".
Names of saints have always been popular with the masses and yet I've never seen another Wistan in society. Plus, the timing worked and I liked the name. Born in 868 and living somewhere around Jorvik, this Wistan is the result of a Saxon-Viking fusion culture, Historically, this allows me to be a little more inclusive without being absurd. The digs in York have found goods from farthest reaches of the Byzantine empire.
My first spin through the SCA, I was known as Ursus. There is no real story, it's Latin for bear and no one every questioned the appropriateness of that. I'll admit, as Ursus I was mostly drunk; oh, the college years. I had a brief return around Pennsic XXV, where I went by the name of Baavgai. It's Mongolian for bear, we camped with the Horde that year.
Baavgai is a great name. It can't be mistaken for anything else and I've never had a problem staking a claim to it online. Sadly, Mongolia is quite lacking in web presence.