Photo by Lord Alfgeirr skytja

Ki no Kotori　紀小鳥

aka Tace of Foxele, Maria Katerina von Adlerhof

Persona:

Ki no Kotori 紀小鳥 is a 10th century (Heian Era) Japanese courtier who has taken Buddhist vows（Heian Era). She is my primary Persona.
Kamakura-era garb, 2008. Photo by Lord Alfgeirr skytja.

Tace of Foxele is 12th century Anglo-Saxon lady living in Norman-occupied England, at Foxele (modern Foxholes), in Yorkshire, 9 miles south of Scarborough.
11th century Anglo-Saxon garb, 2004. Photo by Lord Alfgeirr skytja.

Maria Katerina von Adlerhof is a 16th century Austrian, in the service of the Habsburg Imperial Court in Vienna, Budapest, and Prague.
In Austrian Garb, 1996. Photo by Richard Gilson.
Link to Calontir Armorial - http://armorial.calontir.org/Pages/KiTorame.htm

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Summer’s End Tournament, Barony of the Flame, Midrealm, 1993. I’m on the left with the red bandana.
Timeline:

I started in the SCA in 1991, in the Barony of the Flame (Louisville, KY), Middle Kingdom
Originally I was a heavy-weapons fighter. Injuries have sidelined me.
AOA awarded by King Jafar and Queen Catherine, Midrealm 3/12/1994 for Service as Chronicler and at Demos.
Became Squire to Sir David Dragonhawk, 9/24/1994
Baronial award: Order of the Flamberge by Baroness Cordelia Tichy, Barony of the Flame, 1995, for Service at Demos.
Moved to Calontir after I met my husband, Alfgeirr skytja. We lived in Coeur d'Ennui from 1998-2001.
We moved to Dubuque in 2001 and started the Riverwatch contact group in mid-2002. It disbanded in 2006. After that, we were honorary members of the Shire of Deodar.
Golden Swan awarded by King Valens and Queen Susannah for Calligraphy & Illumination 5/24/2003
Torse awarded by King Joe-Angus and Queen Phaedra for service to the Riverwatch contact group 1/31/2004
We moved to the Kansas City metro area in December 2012 and live in the Shire of Cum an Iolair.
First event: Summer's End Tournament, Barony of the Flame, Middle Kingdom, Sept. 1991.
Link to Calontir OP -http://op.calontir.org/persona.php?p=2986

Being awarded the Golden Swan by Queen Susannah, Barony of Forgotten Sea, 2003. Photo by Verla Herschell.
Groups and Affiliations:

Current Group: Cum an Iolair
Previous Groups: Shire of Deodar, Riverwatch contact group (Dubuque, IA), Barony of Coeur d'Ennui, Barony of the Flame (Midrealm)
Guilds, Households, etc: Scribal guild, Bardic guild, squired to Sir David Dragonhawk (Midrealm) 1994-present, House Drachenstein (Midrealm) 1992-1994.

Local Offices: Deputy Exchequer (Shire of Cum an Iolair); Past: Talon Herald, Chatelaine (Shire of Cum an Iolair) Deputy Seneschal, Chronicler (Barony of the Flame); Contact person, Herald, Knight's Marshal, Exchequer (Riverwatch)
Regional Offices: Assistant Signet (Southern Oaken Region, Midrealm, 1994), Lanner Herald Committee (Calontir 2016-2018)
Kingdom Offices: None
SCA-wide Offices: None
Other service: Autocrat of five events: Summer's End (1993), Collegium (1994), Christmas Tourney (1993, 1994) in Barony of the Flame, and Triskelion at Riverwatch (2004)

The Riverwatch Contact Group, Dubuque, Iowa, 2003. Photo by Gaston le Mieux.

Basic Calligraphy: Carolingian, Insular Majuscule, Insular Minuscule, Half-Uncial, Shodo (many times)
Scroll layout (many times)
The Medieval Middle East (Collegium, Barony of the Flame, 1994)
How to do Documentation (Riverwatch, 2002)
T-Tunic Tutorial (Riverwatch, 2002, 2003)
Let's Renga! (Riverwatch, 2003)
Let's Tanka! (Riverwatch, 2004)
Successful Event Planning (RUSH, Le Grande Tent, 2003; Flynthill 2005)
Panel: Design Elements of 16th Century Japanese Clothing (Clothiers, 2017)
Kosode Construction: Stitches, Tips, and Tricks (Clothiers, 2017)

Members of the Shire of Cum an Iolair singing at Feast of Eagles, 2017. Photo by Verla Herschell

Scroll given to Dubuque bar, The Busted Lift, who let the Riverwatch contact group meet in one of its rooms for free. 2002

Calon Cross Scroll for Saito Takauji, 2017.

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