Konstantia Kaloethina

Pronouns: they/them

Baron (Hypatōs) Konstantia Kaloethina or Baron Constantine Gabrielus Kaloethes

Call me Konstantia. (pronounced Kon-stan-tee-ah) or Constans. formerly known as Constantia Kaloethes

Persona:

• 6th century Byzantine minor noblewoman
• Born in 526, Daughter of ennobled silk merchants who died in the plague of Justinian (c. 541-542), Konstantia serves as a lady-in-waiting to Aelia Sophia, the wife of Justin, the nephew to the Emperor Justinian. Educated under the reforms of Empress Theodora, Konstantia speaks Greek and Latin. She is a patroness of the arts and a patroness of a small home for orphans and widows. Konstantia was 6 for the Nika Riots (and that's why she's still a Blue to this day), 16 during Justinian's Plague (where she lost both parents to bubonic plague), 25 when the Beirut Earthquake caused a tsunami for the Mediterranean.  Theodora died when Konstantia was 22. Of course, when Justinian keels over in next year, she'll be inconsolable.
• Interests lie in Byzantine life, jewellery, and culture; glass and metalwork; illumination; music; heraldry (vocal and devices, in addition to administrative), paternosters; religious life; iconography.
• [Armorial]

Second Persona:

• 6th century Byzantine minor nobleman
• Constantine Gabrielus Kaloethes, known as Constans, is a minor noble serving in the courts of Justinian and Theodora.  He is a diplomat working in the Bureau of Barbarians (scrinium barbarorum) and like the Emperor and Empress, is a Blue.  He, too, was born a few days after the end of the Nika riots, and speaks Latin, Greek, and a smattering of other barbarian tongues.
• Interests lie in Byzantine life, jewellery, and culture; glass and metalwork; illumination; music; heraldry (vocal and devices, in addition to administrative), paternosters; religious life; iconography.

History in the SCA:

Timeline:

• Started in the SCA in 2007-2008
• AoA from Martino III and Ariel III (William the Marshal)
• Torse from Ostwald I and Kaye I (Valor)
• Golden Calon Swan from Ashir and Maerwynn II (Queen's Prize)
• Calon Cross from Donngal III and Catalina (Crown Tournament)
• Herald Extraordinary given under the auspices of Takauji Gold Falcon in the court of Matsu and Elena (Crown Tournament) (Title registered as Greek Fire Herald Extraordinary)
• Order of the Pilgrim's Badge from Baron Soren Atte Raven and Baroness Ruadhan de Wich (Unslung Heroes)
• Mark of Merit from Baron Soren Atte Raven and Baroness Ruadhan de Wich (Tournament of Horse & Falcons)
• Court Barony from Damien II and Issabell II (Crown Tournament)
• Calon Lily from Hirsch III and Magdalena III (Clothiers Seminar)

[Order of Precedence Link]

Groups and Affiliations:

Current Group: Barony of Forgotten Sea, green cord from Vatavia (2011)

Past Groups: Crown Lands (modernly Maryville, MO)

Other Affiliations: Proteged to [Master Gabriel Kjotvason, OP].

Offices

Regional Offices:

• Harrier Herald (Central Reporting Deputy for the kingdom of Calontir) – 2008 - 2010

Kingdom Offices:

• Kestrel Herald (Publications) – 2010 - 2011
• Purple Falcon/Purple Quill Herald (Emergency Deputy to Gold Falcon/Assistant to Gold Falcon) – March 2012 - March 2014
• Gold Falcon Principal Herald – March 2014 - March 2016
• Lanner Herald - September 2018 – current
• Blue Hawk Herald - February 2019 – present

Items completed under Principal Herald tenure:

• Online reporting form, along with the Lord Giovanni Loredan, and the Calontir Webministry Team
• Revised Heralds' Handbook, along with Mistress Sofya la Rus
• Heraldic Retreat, along with Mistress Dorcas Whitecap
• Submissions Tracking Software, along with Lady Alexandra Vasquez de Granada and The Honourable Lady Brigida von München

Other service: Administrator for the unofficial Calontir Facebook group (March 2007 - April 2021), Nobelese Largesse (founder, organizer, facilitator from 2010 to 2014); facebook group [[1]], 2016 Calontir Heralds' Retreat Organizer, A&S Champion for Barony of Forgotten Sea (2017 - 2018), Barony of Forgotten Sea Roll of Arms Project (2015 - 2019)

Classes Taught

• Easy-Peasy English Country Dance
• Making Byzantine Wire-work Jewellery (blog entries for supplies here and instructions here)
• Prayer beads, paternosters, and Islamic prayer beads
• Budgeting Time and Avoiding Burnout, taught with Mistress Kayleigh Mac Whyte at KWHSS 2013
• Client Care at the Consult Table, KWHSS 2014
• Volunteer Management in the SCA, KWHSS 2014
• Making Weather-Resistant Heraldic Banners, Calontir Heralds' Retreat 2015
• Court Heraldry Masterclass, Calontir Heralds' Retreat 2015
• Dressing the Vestal Virgin, Clothier's Seminar 2016, Calontir
• Teaching Classes in the SCA, taught with The Honourable Lord Cathus the Curious, Bellewode Symposium 2016
• I've Submitted, Now What?: SCA Heraldic Submissions 101, Calontir Heralds' Retreat 2016
• Court Heraldry Roundtable, taught with Mistress Dorcas Whitecap, Lord Saito Takauji, and Tiarna Diarmaid O Briain, Calontir Heralds' Retreat 2016
• Behind the Curtain: What Does Gold Falcon Actually Do?, taught with Mistress Dorcas Whitecap and Lord Saito Takauji, Calontir Heralds' Retreat 2016
• What the Bling?: an overview of awards and regalia, Chieftains 2017, Calontir
• Juzu, or Japanese Prayer Beads, Clothier’s Seminar 2017, Calontir
• So You Want to Be a Principal Herald, taught with Master Ryan Mac Whyte, Master Cormac Mor, and Master Kameshima Zentarou Umakai, KWHSS 2017, Meridies
• What The Bling?!: regalia, court comportment, and award recommendations, Valor 2018
• A Quick Trip Through Byzantium: a survey of Byzantine Clothing, Clothier's Seminar 2019, Calontir
• Scribbles and Scrawls: Getting Started with Painting Preprints, virtual class during the COVID-19 outbreak, Calontir (class video is here)

Other Information

• In case of court, please do not surprise me: social anxieties combined with attention at court cause panic attacks afterwards.
• My SCA blog is located here: [[2]]
• My scribal scribbles can be found here: [[3]]
• Documentation for past projects:
  • 6th c Byzantine Bone Box
  • Intaglio
  • Dressing the Vestal Virgin
  • Painting Heraldic Banners
  • Romano-British Glass Headed-Pins
  • Calontir Rabbulas: Illumination
  • A Monk's Life: Paternosters and Appendix
  • Gallo-Roman Necklace and Appendix
  • Byzantine Court Clothing Appendix

Scroll Portfolio

Image Preview	Award	Recipient
	Laurel	Catalina de Arazuri
	Calon Lily	Janos Katona
	Silver Hammer	Snorri Bjornsson
	Augmentation of Arms	Gawayne ap Tristam
	Herald Extraordinary	Nikolai Kolpachnik Spiachev
	Silver Hammer	Duncan Bruce of Logan
	Herald Extraordinary	Andrixos Seljukroctonis
	Award of Arms	Edward Logan de Munro
	n/a	n/a; was created as a pandemic project, but later entered into the Gryphon's Fest 2021 Devotional in any Medium contest and won
	Silver Hammer	Sir John Bowyer

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12 July 2014 - "TRM Ariel and Martino called me into court. And then proceeded to talk about Nobelese Largesse and the impact it made on the Society. And in thanks, I received largesse of new garb. And it's so very, very, very spiff." https://www.facebook.com/constantiak/posts/10152274209067569