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<big>'''Kalara of Lochmere'''</big>


Kalara of Lochmere
== Introduction ==
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<big>I joined the SCA around 2008 in the Kingdom of Atlantia as a heavy fighter.  I could not brew, or sew, or cook but I could not turn down an invitation to come out and try to learn anything, either.  My persona is that of a noblewoman in northern Italy in the 12th century or so.  I became a bard, and a teacher, and though my heart is still with the heavy fighters my knees protest.  Today I am a thorn in the side of evildoers.</big>
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Kalara with Veil
== Heraldry ==
Kalara of Lochmere
<big>Vert, a chalice Or and in chief a fish haurient embowed argent.  (A fish out of water.)</big>
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[[File:Kalara of Lochmere Heraldry.jpg|thumb|Vert, a chalice Or and in chief a fish haurient embowed argent.]]
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Introduction


== Persona Backstory ==
<big> Kalara, who went by a different name then, grew up in the mountains of Lombardy in 1328.  Her family was wealthy but also quite large.  This led indirectly to Kalara being sent to a nunnery as a sort of trophy or hostage - it was complicated.  In 1346 red crosses appeared on the bodies and the bread of those marked to die of the Black Death.  Kalara was bricked in to a tower where she had a basket and a rope to lower down so that she might not starve to death, or be bitten by rats or attacked by wild dogs.  In this way, and burning a great deal of anti-plague powder, Kalara waited out the plague for three years.  At the end of the three years she escaped to find that she was the only survivor at the nunnery.  Harvesting from the gardens at the nunnery, Kalara earned enough to buy good white flour and fresh butter.  She made many apricot custard tarts (the nuns kept chickens and grew apricot trees) and fruit cakes.  These she sold to earn enough money to purchase a horse and the services of two men at arms. Together they traveled to her family's estate in the summer.  There she was greeted with much rejoicing as the last surviving heir.  After putting her estate in order she traveled south to Genoa, to Florence and Rome where she was viewed as a saint due to her generosity.  Just as she was about to accept the marriage proposal of a nice young Venetian, Kalara was poisoned to death by a romantic rival, using a mixture of viper's venom, arsenic, and wolfsbane.</big>


2
Heraldry


== A&S Philosophy ==
<big>Others may do as they please, but I would prefer to make something that is a treasure rather than something commonplace.</big>


3
== Service Philosophy ==
A&S Philosophy
<big>Many hands make for light work.</big>


==Classes Taught==
<big><ul>'''2024'''</ul></big>
<big>
<li>Medieval Icy Treats, TBD
</big>


4
Service Philosophy


<big><ul>'''2023'''</ul></big>
<big>
<li>Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen, Atlantian University, February 4, 2023
<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aLyHXoa66kvAlk_O9qvhdO1x0yvA1lbZolXzPnJQ0sE/edit?usp=share_link Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen Slides]
</big>


5
<big><ul>'''2022'''</ul></big>
Classes Taught
<big>
<li>Poisons Found Along the Silk Road,  Atlantian University, February 5, 2022
<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nm7XVh1CM0XeqlU4jMgpIxFRshQ_hpAxAQq25tPNEKY/edit?usp=sharing Poisons Found Along the Silk Road Slides]
<li> Also gave out a page with links to long ''Materia Medica'' texts available online. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jqY3927U2KzTqy9dxsHRGTljpQx--niTHkRyDZg_UWs/edit?usp=sharing Links to Long Texts for Students' Amusement]
<li>
<li>Ports and Poisons of Medieval Africa, Atlantian University, June 2022
<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1da2Yi9m_4TY2waIrXEO4T88x_lo_GixH8ukSyAmYJEY/edit?usp=share_link Ports and Poisons of Medieval Africa Slides]
<li>[https://youtu.be/WZ-0UQA6lBs Ports and Poisons of Medieval Africa Video on YouTube]
</big>


<big><ul>'''2021'''</ul></big>
<big>
<li>Poisons Found Along the Silk Road, Pan Asian University, Aethelmearc, October 1, 2021
<li>So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period, Atlantian University, June 12th, 2021
<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wsUs_pf0UAgM3ZkVVztFpNAKcdoH9DcrK1q49TqL8wA/edit?usp=sharing So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period Slides]
<li>Attended Battle on the Bay in Storvik and taught "So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period."  Even gave a copy of the handout to the Queen when she was stopping by!


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</big>
Miscellaneous Doings


<big><ul>'''2020'''</ul></big>
<big>
<li>Heron of Alexandria: Fountains and Other Machines, Historic Haven
<li>Heron of Alexandria: Fountains and Other Machines, Barony of Bright Hills Weekly Gathering
</big>


Introduction
<big><ul>'''2027'''</ul></big>
I joined the SCA around 2008 in the Kingdom of Atlantia as one of the rare-as-unicorns female heavy fighters. I could not brew, or sew, or cook but I could not turn down an invitation to come out and try to learn anything, either. My persona is that of a Slavic merchant in northern Italy in the 15th century or so. I became a bard, and a teacher, and though my heart is still with the heavy fighters my knees protest. Today I am primarily a thorn in the side of evil-doers.
<big>
Heraldry
<li>How to Make Butter and the Significance of St. Brigid in Ireland, Lochmere, as the youth officer
Vert, a chalice Or and in chief a fish haurient embowed argent. (A fish out of water.)
</big>
A&S Philosophy
Others may do as they please, but I would prefer to make something that is a treasure rather than something commonplace.
Service Philosophy
Many hands make for light work.
Classes Taught
2022
Poisons Found Along the Silk Road, Atlantian University, (scheduled) February 5, 2022
2021
Poisons Found Along the Silk Road, Pan Asian University, Aethelmearc, October 1, 2021
So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period, Atlantian University, June 12th, 2021
Attended Battle on the Bay in Storvik and taught "So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period." Even gave a copy of the handout to the Queen when she was stopping by!
2020
Heron of Alexandria: Fountains and Other Machines, Historic Haven
Heron of Alexandria: Fountains and Other Machines, Barony of Bright Hills Weekly Gathering
2017
How to Make Butter and the Significance of St. Brigid in Ireland, Lochmere, as the youth officer
2011
Roses and What Can Be Made With Them, Atlantian University, June 2011
Miscellaneous Doings
Began bardic circle in Highland Foorde cica 2010. First meetings were in a museum called Schifferstadt. Bardic included a very fine wassail for Yule. This bardic was later hosted by an underground secret nerd club and got quite large. It may have split by 2020.
Sponsored several bardic challenges.
Played an inter-baronial prank at Highland Foorde's Feast and Foolishness that involved stealing the ancient Log of Ponte Alto and dressing it in landsknecht garb to honor Ponte Alto's Baron and Baroness at the time. You had to be there.
One of the loudmouths complaining that every kingdom but Atlantia had a female knight or two in 2020. Initiator of Great Cheapside Tavern Fight where almost no one, not even other female fighters, thought that Atlantia ought to have female knights. (10 years after I had quit fighting for health reasons, so there was no chance of me becoming one of those female knights.) I thought I was going in with an army at my back when it was only the cold winds blowing.
Certain denizens* of the Shire Roxbury Mills did not like that I was reading books about politics and making snarky remarks on my own Facebook page, so they tried to have me Restricted and Denied from the entire SCA. Fortunately they couldn't find worse charges than, "She's showing up uninvited!" and even more fortunately, I had screenshots of every invitation to get-togethers that I'd gone to in the Shire. I suppose there's something on me in a Kingdom file that says I lurk in the bushes still, as the Shire's own boogeyman, but it's all in their heads. They ordered me to stop telling my side of the story and I agreed that I would do so as long as I was not harassed by anyone from Roxbury Mills. Sadly the harassment continued and so I've been telling the story again, sometimes including the proper names of those involved, which is quite uncommon in the SCA since "plausible deniability" is part of the culture. One has to stand up to bullies, no matter the cost.
Not Lord Carlyle, who I have known for over ten years. I only mention him because he came close to winning Crown Tourney in 2021. Really there are only five or so of the eighty members of the Shire involved in the story.
Makes pastiglia-decorated boxes.
Forestry Guild
Briefly Youth Officer in Lochmere.
Washer of Dishes with Milord Raven and other noble souls at Revenge of the Stitch and Harvest Wars.
Attended Coronation in Dun Carraig.
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<big><ul>'''2011'''</ul></big>
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<li>Roses and What Can Be Made With Them, Atlantian University, June 2011
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==Miscellaneous Doings==


<big>Began bardic circle in [https://highlandfoorde.atlantia.sca.org/ Highland Foorde] circa 2010.  First meetings were in a museum called Schifferstadt.  Bardic included a fine wassail for Yule.  This bardic was later hosted by an underground secret nerd club and got quite large. 


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Sponsored bardic challenges.


Played an inter-baronial prank at Highland Foorde's Feast and Foolishness that involved stealing the ancient Log of [https://pontealto.atlantia.sca.org/ Ponte Alto] and dressing it in landsknecht garb to honor [https://pontealto.atlantia.sca.org/ Ponte Alto]'s Baron and Baroness at the time.  You had to be there.


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Makes parcel gilt boxes.  Mostly with dragons and leaf and vine designs


[https://karfg.atlantia.sca.org/ Forestry Guild]


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Briefly Youth Officer in [https://lochmere.atlantia.sca.org/ Lochmere].


Revenge of the Stitch and Harvest Wars.


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Attended Coronation in [https://www.duncarraig.net/ Dun Carraig].
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Kalara with Veil

Kalara of Lochmere

Introduction

I joined the SCA around 2008 in the Kingdom of Atlantia as a heavy fighter. I could not brew, or sew, or cook but I could not turn down an invitation to come out and try to learn anything, either. My persona is that of a noblewoman in northern Italy in the 12th century or so. I became a bard, and a teacher, and though my heart is still with the heavy fighters my knees protest. Today I am a thorn in the side of evildoers.

Heraldry

Vert, a chalice Or and in chief a fish haurient embowed argent. (A fish out of water.)

Vert, a chalice Or and in chief a fish haurient embowed argent.


Persona Backstory

Kalara, who went by a different name then, grew up in the mountains of Lombardy in 1328. Her family was wealthy but also quite large. This led indirectly to Kalara being sent to a nunnery as a sort of trophy or hostage - it was complicated. In 1346 red crosses appeared on the bodies and the bread of those marked to die of the Black Death. Kalara was bricked in to a tower where she had a basket and a rope to lower down so that she might not starve to death, or be bitten by rats or attacked by wild dogs. In this way, and burning a great deal of anti-plague powder, Kalara waited out the plague for three years. At the end of the three years she escaped to find that she was the only survivor at the nunnery. Harvesting from the gardens at the nunnery, Kalara earned enough to buy good white flour and fresh butter. She made many apricot custard tarts (the nuns kept chickens and grew apricot trees) and fruit cakes. These she sold to earn enough money to purchase a horse and the services of two men at arms. Together they traveled to her family's estate in the summer. There she was greeted with much rejoicing as the last surviving heir. After putting her estate in order she traveled south to Genoa, to Florence and Rome where she was viewed as a saint due to her generosity. Just as she was about to accept the marriage proposal of a nice young Venetian, Kalara was poisoned to death by a romantic rival, using a mixture of viper's venom, arsenic, and wolfsbane.


A&S Philosophy

Others may do as they please, but I would prefer to make something that is a treasure rather than something commonplace.

Service Philosophy

Many hands make for light work.

Classes Taught

    2024

  • Medieval Icy Treats, TBD
      2023

  • Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen, Atlantian University, February 4, 2023
  • Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen Slides
      2022

  • Poisons Found Along the Silk Road, Atlantian University, February 5, 2022
  • Poisons Found Along the Silk Road Slides
  • Also gave out a page with links to long Materia Medica texts available online. Links to Long Texts for Students' Amusement
  • Ports and Poisons of Medieval Africa, Atlantian University, June 2022
  • Ports and Poisons of Medieval Africa Slides
  • Ports and Poisons of Medieval Africa Video on YouTube
      2021

  • Poisons Found Along the Silk Road, Pan Asian University, Aethelmearc, October 1, 2021
  • So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period, Atlantian University, June 12th, 2021
  • So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period Slides
  • Attended Battle on the Bay in Storvik and taught "So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period." Even gave a copy of the handout to the Queen when she was stopping by!
      2020

  • Heron of Alexandria: Fountains and Other Machines, Historic Haven
  • Heron of Alexandria: Fountains and Other Machines, Barony of Bright Hills Weekly Gathering
      2027

  • How to Make Butter and the Significance of St. Brigid in Ireland, Lochmere, as the youth officer
      2011

  • Roses and What Can Be Made With Them, Atlantian University, June 2011

    Miscellaneous Doings

    Began bardic circle in Highland Foorde circa 2010. First meetings were in a museum called Schifferstadt. Bardic included a fine wassail for Yule. This bardic was later hosted by an underground secret nerd club and got quite large.

    Sponsored bardic challenges.

    Played an inter-baronial prank at Highland Foorde's Feast and Foolishness that involved stealing the ancient Log of Ponte Alto and dressing it in landsknecht garb to honor Ponte Alto's Baron and Baroness at the time. You had to be there.

    Makes parcel gilt boxes. Mostly with dragons and leaf and vine designs

    Forestry Guild

    Briefly Youth Officer in Lochmere.

    Revenge of the Stitch and Harvest Wars.

    Attended Coronation in Dun Carraig.

    Other events, I forget. Not Pennsic since 2007. It's very hot and very expensive.


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