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<big>'''Lord Charles (the) Fleming of House Corvus'''</big> | <big>'''Lord Charles (the) Fleming of House Corvus'''</big> | ||
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<em>Protégé to Maistreas | <em>Protégé to Maistreas Aine O Grienan</em> | ||
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<em>Husband to [[Odile de Strasbourg]]</em> | <em>Husband to [[Odile de Strasbourg]]</em> | ||
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I first met the SCA in | I first met the SCA in Ansteorra in 1976. Swashbuckling was pretty much invented in my college quad—rattan daggers and all—and a couple of guys who would later win some of the first White Scarves invited me to a weekend demo at the Texas Renaissance Faire. Back then it was all about wine, women, and song. I grew my first mustache to look manly in a wig. | ||
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[[Image:Kurt of Flanders.jpeg|200px|First SCA Persona]] | [[Image:Kurt of Flanders.jpeg|200px|First SCA Persona]] | ||
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Many years later, as a dad, I was looking for a way to get outdoors, go dancing, enjoy a sport, and give our home school a boost. The SCA met all the requirements, but I have to say my wife was suspicious given my earlier experience in the club. We found the [[Barony of Windmasters' Hill]] at the local Festival for the Eno and have been active since the turn of the century. | Many years later, as a dad, I was looking for a way to get outdoors, go dancing, enjoy a sport, and give our home school a boost. The SCA met all the requirements, but I have to say my wife was suspicious given my earlier experience in the club. We found the [[Barony of Windmasters' Hill]] at the local Festival for the Eno and have been active since the turn of the century. | ||
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These days I’ve retired from fighting. | These days I’ve retired from fighting. Cooking is my big interest, especially making period food delicious and accessible. With my family and friends, I have cooked in the SCA every few months for years. Kitchen people are the best. I love English Country [[dance]], working with children, improv comedy with the [https://ifirenzi.com i Firenzi] troupe, and creative camp furnishings. Lately I have also tried my hand at [https://charlesfleming.bandcamp.com/ songwriting]. | ||
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[[Image:Charles Fleming 16th C Spanish.JPG|200px|Charles Fleming 16th Century Spanish]] | [[Image:Charles Fleming 16th C Spanish.JPG|200px|Charles Fleming 16th Century Spanish]] | ||
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Argent, a lion rampant sable, and on a chief vert three Latin crosses argent | Argent, a lion rampant sable, and on a chief vert three Latin crosses argent | ||
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Supported by a Spike and a Kittyhawk wearing a commedia mask | Supported by a Spike atop a golden lamp | ||
and a Kittyhawk wearing a commedia mask | |||
== Awards and Achievements == | == Awards and Achievements == | ||
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[[Award of the Silver Nautilus]], Kingdom of Atlantia (Abran I and Anya I) - Kingdom 12th Night - 01/07/2023 | [[Award of the Silver Nautilus]], Kingdom of Atlantia (Abran I and Anya I) - Kingdom 12th Night - 01/07/2023 | ||
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Companion of the Golden Ladle, [[Barony of Windmasters' Hill]] (Lukas and Elizabeth) - Ymir 48 - 02/18/2023 | |||
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Bachelor of SCA Studies, [[University of Atlantia]] - 9/16/2023 | |||
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[[Augmentation of Arms]] ([[Golden lamp]]), Kingdom of Atlantia (Afshin I and Yasamin I) - Silver Chalice - 9/23/2023 | |||
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[[Companion of the Opal]], Kingdom of Atlantia (Ragnarr VI and Mary Isabel I) - War of the Wings XVI 2023 - 10/21/2023 | |||
== Classes Taught in the Society == | == Classes Taught in the Society == | ||
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[[Image:Sigrid Charles Katherine teaching Heretic Gulf Wars 2017.JPG|200px|Sigrid Charles Katherine teaching Heretic [[Gulf Wars]] 2017]] | [[Image:Sigrid Charles Katherine teaching Heretic Gulf Wars 2017.JPG|200px|Sigrid Charles Katherine teaching Heretic [[Gulf Wars]] 2017]] | ||
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Fellow of the University of Atlantia, 2021 | |||
* Campaign Furniture on a Beer Budget (University of Atlantia 2002) | * Campaign Furniture on a Beer Budget (University of Atlantia 2002) | ||
* Secrets of Redaction Revealed! (Windmasters’ Hill Cooks & Performers Symposium 2015) | * Secrets of Redaction Revealed! (Windmasters’ Hill Cooks & Performers Symposium 2015) | ||
* Designed and led a 10-week after-school enrichment program through the Citizen Schools organization. Used SCA crafts to teach high-tech skills to underprivileged middle-schoolers. Organized a Baronial demo for the kids afterward. | * Designed and led a 10-week after-school enrichment program through the Citizen Schools organization in 2015. Used SCA crafts to teach high-tech skills to underprivileged middle-schoolers. Organized a Baronial demo for the kids afterward. | ||
* Heretic! (Gulf Wars 2012, Gulf Wars 2017, University of Atlantia 2018) | * Heretic! (Gulf Wars 2012, Gulf Wars 2017, University of Atlantia 2018, Gulf Wars 2024) | ||
* Potjiekos - Techniques for 3-legged iron cauldron (Known World Agriculture & Forestry Symposium 2019) | * Potjiekos - Techniques for 3-legged iron cauldron (Known World Agriculture & Forestry Symposium 2019) | ||
* New and Old World Foods (Known World Agriculture & Forestry Symposium 2019) | * New and Old World Foods (Known World Agriculture & Forestry Symposium 2019) | ||
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* Viking Boat Construction (youth) (War of the Wings 2022) | * Viking Boat Construction (youth) (War of the Wings 2022) | ||
* Chain Mail (youth) (War of the Wings 2022) | * Chain Mail (youth) (War of the Wings 2022) | ||
* Sacred Geometry (University of Atlantia 2023) | |||
* Chain Mail (youth) (War of the Wings 2023) | |||
* Chain Mail (youth) (War of the Wings 2024) | |||
* Trebuchets (youth) (War of the Wings 2024) | |||
* Trebuchets (youth) (War of the Wings 2024) | |||
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[[Image:Citizen Schools - Iron Man Curriculum - SCA Demo 2015 Group shot.JPG|600px|Citizen Schools - Iron Man Curriculum - SCA Demo 2015 Group shot]] | [[Image:Citizen Schools - Iron Man Curriculum - SCA Demo 2015 Group shot.JPG|600px|Citizen Schools - Iron Man Curriculum - SCA Demo 2015 Group shot]] | ||
== Households == | == Households == | ||
[[Maison du Poulet Noir]] - Founding member 2017 | |||
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House Corvus - Inducted 2019 | House Corvus - Inducted 2019 | ||
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House Barra - Inducted 2022 | |||
== Offices Held in the Society == | == Offices Held in the Society == | ||
<p><b>Youth Armored Marshal:</b> | |||
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06-Jun-2022 to present Canton of Buckston-on-Eno | 2007-1010 Atlantia | ||
<p><b>Youth Rapier Marshal:</b> | |||
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2007-1010 Atlantia | |||
<p><b>Rapier Marshal:</b> | |||
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2023 Atlantia (In training) | |||
<p><b>Target Archery Marshal:</b> | |||
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2023 Atlantia (In training) | |||
<p><b>Chatelaine:</b> | |||
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06-Jun-2022 to present, Canton of Buckston-on-Eno | |||
<p><b>Adult Heavy Marshal:</b> | |||
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2023 to Present Atlantia | |||
<p><b>Knight's Marshal:</b> | |||
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24-Jan-2024 to present, Canton of Buckston-on-Eno | |||
Head Chef: | <p><b>Head Chef:</b> | ||
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Nov-2016 Buckston’s Birthday | |||
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Jun-2019 Another Foolish Event | |||
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Nov-2022 Buckston’s Birthday | |||
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Jan-2023 Kingdom 12th Night | |||
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Nov-2023 Buckston's Buccaneer Birthday | |||
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Feb-2024 Ymir 49 | |||
<p><b>Kitchen Manager:</b> | |||
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Nov-2015 Buckston’s Birthday | |||
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Nov-2017 Buckston’s Birthday | |||
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Nov-2019 Kingdom 12th Night | |||
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Nov-2016 Buckston’s Birthday | |||
<p><b>Autocrat:</b> | |||
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Jan-2022 Kingdom 12th Night | |||
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Feb-2023 Sir Walter Raleigh Costume Ball | |||
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Feb-2024 Sir Walter Raleigh Costume Ball II | |||
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Feb-2025 Sir Walter Raleigh Costume Ball III | |||
== Commedia Roles == | == Commedia Roles == | ||
Drunken Sailor - | Drunken Sailor - Ymir 2016 | ||
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Dottore - | Dottore - Atlantian 12th Night 2018 | ||
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Feste - Ymir 2018 | Feste - Ymir 2018 | ||
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Brighella - War of the Wings 2022 | Brighella - War of the Wings 2022 | ||
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Duke Pantalone - National Women's Theater Festival 2023 | |||
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Doge Lorenzo - Festival of Legends 2024 | |||
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[[Image:Charles and Odile play Bottom and Titania.JPG|200px|Charles and Odile play Bottom and Titania]] | [[Image:Charles and Odile play Bottom and Titania.JPG|200px|Charles and Odile play Bottom and Titania]] | ||
== Other SCA skills == | |||
Armored combat * Armoring * Archery * Costuming * Dancing * Chain Mail * Leatherwork * Rapier combat * Song Writing * Woodworking | |||
== Children's Activities == | |||
One thing I particularly enjoy is setting kids up for success with the skills they have. For example, here I enlarged the rose window from Chartres Cathedral beneath a sheet of Plexiglas. With the "leading" for stained glass paints, my lady and I traced all the major outlines. Even small children could paint inside each raised well, working from the center outward to avoid elbows in the paint. The finished piece won a victory point at War of the Wings for art created at the war. | |||
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[[Image:SCA The finished window won a war point.jpg|200px]] | |||
[[Category:Actors]] | [[Category:Actors]] | ||
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Introduction
Lord Charles (the) Fleming of House Corvus
Protégé to Maistreas Aine O Grienan
Husband to Odile de Strasbourg
I first met the SCA in Ansteorra in 1976. Swashbuckling was pretty much invented in my college quad—rattan daggers and all—and a couple of guys who would later win some of the first White Scarves invited me to a weekend demo at the Texas Renaissance Faire. Back then it was all about wine, women, and song. I grew my first mustache to look manly in a wig.
I think my first armor was made of scrap carpet, with a borrowed helmet made from a Freon can. Later I upgraded to white plastic pipe salvaged from oilfield drilling mud samples.
I got married and settled down. Decades passed.
Many years later, as a dad, I was looking for a way to get outdoors, go dancing, enjoy a sport, and give our home school a boost. The SCA met all the requirements, but I have to say my wife was suspicious given my earlier experience in the club. We found the Barony of Windmasters' Hill at the local Festival for the Eno and have been active since the turn of the century.
These days I’ve retired from fighting. Cooking is my big interest, especially making period food delicious and accessible. With my family and friends, I have cooked in the SCA every few months for years. Kitchen people are the best. I love English Country dance, working with children, improv comedy with the i Firenzi troupe, and creative camp furnishings. Lately I have also tried my hand at songwriting.
My house is on the border between Sacred Stone and Windmasters' Hill. I attend events in both directions. In 2019 I threw a party for all the armored fighting clubs in the area, including the Knights of Fiat Lux, HEMA, and the Triangle Sword Conservatory. I hope to make that a regular thing. As far as I'm concerned, if you strap on harness and trade licks you're a comrade in arms. It matters little whether you spar with rattan or bokken or rebated steel. They all have their pros and cons.
Persona
Date of Birth: 1310
Place of Origin: Ghent, Flanders
The seat of the Counts of Flanders and the largest town in western Europe during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Ghent was at the heart of the Flemish cloth trade. By 1350, the city boasted a population of 50,000, of whom no less than 5000 were directly involved in the industry.
Occupation: Soldier of the Weavers Guild, ally of the English at the Battle of Crecy, 1346
Edward III of England went to Ghent to be crowned king of France. His son John, duke of Lancaster, was called John (of) Gaunt because he was born there.
Flanders began the 14th Century by defeating the French and their local vassals in the Battle of the Golden Spurs. In the turbulent years that followed, Ghent was essentially ruled by guilds of tradesmen and their representatives. The guilds even maintained their own armies, of which I was a member.
Heraldry
Argent, a lion rampant sable, and on a chief vert three Latin crosses argent
Supported by a Spike atop a golden lamp
and a Kittyhawk wearing a commedia mask
Awards and Achievements
Award of Arms, Kingdom of Atlantia (Logan IV and Isabel II) - Windmasters' Hill Baronial Champions - 6/28/2003
Companion of the St. Nicholas, Barony of Windmasters' Hill (Gaston and Rosalind) - Ymir - 2/9/2008
Honorary Citizen of Windmasters' Hill, Barony of Windmasters' Hill (Girard and Guenievre) - Academie of the Rapier - 5/9/2009
Supporters (Spike or Kittyhawk), Kingdom of Atlantia (Logan VI and Esa I) - Academie of the Rapier - 5/9/2009
Companion of the Kitty Hawk, Barony of Windmasters' Hill (Callistus and Adriana) - Buckston Birthday Bash - 11/14/2015
Augmentation of Arms (a commedia mask proper), Kingdom of Atlantia (Christoph I and Adelhait I) - Kingdom Arts and Sciences Festival - 3/5/2016
Award of the Notus, Barony of Windmasters' Hill (Callistus and Adriana) - Buckston Birthday Bash - 11/12/2016
Award of the Eurus, Barony of Windmasters' Hill (Daemon and Typhaine) - Buckston Birthday Bash - 11/18/2017
Companion of the Coral Branch, Kingdom of Atlantia (Cuán VIII and Signy II) - Ymir 45 - 2/22/2020
Award of the Flame of the Phoenix, Barony of Sacred Stone (Murienne) - SAAD - Oh, For Cog's Sake - VIRTUAL EVENT (Crois Brigte) - 6/6/2020
Baronial Award of Excellence, Barony of Windmasters' Hill (Lukas and Elizabeth) - Ymir 47 - 2/12/2022
Award of the Silver Nautilus, Kingdom of Atlantia (Abran I and Anya I) - Kingdom 12th Night - 01/07/2023
Companion of the Golden Ladle, Barony of Windmasters' Hill (Lukas and Elizabeth) - Ymir 48 - 02/18/2023
Bachelor of SCA Studies, University of Atlantia - 9/16/2023
Augmentation of Arms (Golden lamp), Kingdom of Atlantia (Afshin I and Yasamin I) - Silver Chalice - 9/23/2023
Companion of the Opal, Kingdom of Atlantia (Ragnarr VI and Mary Isabel I) - War of the Wings XVI 2023 - 10/21/2023
Classes Taught in the Society
Fellow of the University of Atlantia, 2021
- Campaign Furniture on a Beer Budget (University of Atlantia 2002)
- Secrets of Redaction Revealed! (Windmasters’ Hill Cooks & Performers Symposium 2015)
- Designed and led a 10-week after-school enrichment program through the Citizen Schools organization in 2015. Used SCA crafts to teach high-tech skills to underprivileged middle-schoolers. Organized a Baronial demo for the kids afterward.
- Heretic! (Gulf Wars 2012, Gulf Wars 2017, University of Atlantia 2018, Gulf Wars 2024)
- Potjiekos - Techniques for 3-legged iron cauldron (Known World Agriculture & Forestry Symposium 2019)
- New and Old World Foods (Known World Agriculture & Forestry Symposium 2019)
- The Millet's Tale (University of Atlantia 2020)
- Viking Boat Construction (youth) (War of the Wings 2022)
- Chain Mail (youth) (War of the Wings 2022)
- Sacred Geometry (University of Atlantia 2023)
- Chain Mail (youth) (War of the Wings 2023)
- Chain Mail (youth) (War of the Wings 2024)
- Trebuchets (youth) (War of the Wings 2024)
- Trebuchets (youth) (War of the Wings 2024)
Households
Maison du Poulet Noir - Founding member 2017
House Corvus - Inducted 2019
House Barra - Inducted 2022
Offices Held in the Society
Youth Armored Marshal:
2007-1010 Atlantia
Youth Rapier Marshal:
2007-1010 Atlantia
Rapier Marshal:
2023 Atlantia (In training)
Target Archery Marshal:
2023 Atlantia (In training)
Chatelaine:
06-Jun-2022 to present, Canton of Buckston-on-Eno
Adult Heavy Marshal:
2023 to Present Atlantia
Knight's Marshal:
24-Jan-2024 to present, Canton of Buckston-on-Eno
Head Chef:
Nov-2016 Buckston’s Birthday
Jun-2019 Another Foolish Event
Nov-2022 Buckston’s Birthday
Jan-2023 Kingdom 12th Night
Nov-2023 Buckston's Buccaneer Birthday
Feb-2024 Ymir 49
Kitchen Manager:
Nov-2015 Buckston’s Birthday
Nov-2017 Buckston’s Birthday
Nov-2019 Kingdom 12th Night
Nov-2016 Buckston’s Birthday
Autocrat:
Jan-2022 Kingdom 12th Night
Feb-2023 Sir Walter Raleigh Costume Ball
Feb-2024 Sir Walter Raleigh Costume Ball II
Feb-2025 Sir Walter Raleigh Costume Ball III
Commedia Roles
Drunken Sailor - Ymir 2016
Dottore - Atlantian 12th Night 2018
Feste - Ymir 2018
Ymir the Frost Giant - Journey Through The Nine Realms 2019
Nick Bottom - Atlantian 12th Night 2020
Nick Bottom - Kingdom Arts & Sciences Festival 2020
Brighella - War of the Wings 2022
Duke Pantalone - National Women's Theater Festival 2023
Doge Lorenzo - Festival of Legends 2024
Other SCA skills
Armored combat * Armoring * Archery * Costuming * Dancing * Chain Mail * Leatherwork * Rapier combat * Song Writing * Woodworking
Children's Activities
One thing I particularly enjoy is setting kids up for success with the skills they have. For example, here I enlarged the rose window from Chartres Cathedral beneath a sheet of Plexiglas. With the "leading" for stained glass paints, my lady and I traced all the major outlines. Even small children could paint inside each raised well, working from the center outward to avoid elbows in the paint. The finished piece won a victory point at War of the Wings for art created at the war.
