Gwenhwyfar Weale

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Resides: Barony of Windmasters' Hill, Atlantia Status: Active Awards: Order of Precedence Entry
Heraldry
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Lady Gwenhwyfar Weale She/Her is the current Herald for the canton of Elvegast. Her persona is that of a 12th century baker, alchemist, and literati in Norman controlled Wales. Gwen's home canton is Elvegast, having played there since officially joining the SCA in January of 2018. She is currently apprenticed to GoodWife s Michel Almond de Champagn.

Offices

Title	Jurisdiction	Date Held
Herald	Barony of Windmasters' Hill	May 2018 - April 2019
Herald	Canton of Elvegast	May 2018 - Present
Ibis Herald	Kingdom of Atlantia	January 2020 - May 2020
Royal Baker	Kingdom of Atlantia	March 2020 - Present

Kingdom Level Projects

Function	Project	Date
Contributor and Editor	Kingdom Ministers of Arts and Sciences Handbook	2019 - present
Contributor and Editor	Atlantian Great Book of Law	2020 - present
War of the Wings | 2021 - present

Awards

Award	Notes	Date
Award of the Eurus	Given for a single noteworthy effort of service for or to the Barony.	[Ymir 2018]
Award of Arms	Granted the title Lady Gwenhwyfar Weale	[Ruby Joust 2018]
Order of the Boreas	Granted for Excellence in Arts & Sciences	[Buckston Birthday 2018]
Order of the Coral Branch	Recognizes those subjects who have distinguished themselves in their effort in arts and sciences	[Journey through the Nine Realms 2019]
Companion of the Opal	The Order of the Opal honors and recognizes those subjects who have distinguished themselves by their service to Atlantia	[Kingdom Arts and Sciences 2020]

Affiliations

Group	Notes
The Order of the Peel: The Bakers of Windmasters' Hill	[Guild Co-Founder]
The Chancery of Windmasters' Hill	[Guild Member]
House of the Wounded Mushroom	[Member]
Atelier du Champagne	[Member]

Events Hosted

Event	Notes	Date
Hosted Kingdom Brew Day	Rotating Guild Event	Bakers & Brewers 2019

Classes Taught at Canton Level

Class Title	Canton	Date
Baking 101	Elvegast	April 2018
Monsters of the Middle Ages: Bewoulf and Beyond	Elvegast	June 2018
Monsters of the Middle Ages: Bewoulf and Beyond	Buckston-on-Eno	June 2018
Introduction to the Icelandic Sagas	Elvegast	September 2018
The Mabinogion	Elvegast	March 2019
The Mabinogion	Buckston-on-Eno	April 2019
Introduction to the Prose and Poetic Eddas	Elvegast	September 2019
“Yet Forget Not, That I Am An Ass.”:How to Conduct Accurate and Ethical Documentation Research	Elvegast	December 2019

Classes Taught at Baronial Events

Class Title	Event	Date
Bread Baking 101	Gardens of Thyme Harvest Table	August 2018
Introduction to Beowulf: A Workshop	Defending the Gate	2019

Classes Taught at Kingdom Events

Class Title	Event	Date
Introduction to the Icelandic Sagas	War of the Wings	October 2018
Introduction to Beowulf	War of the Wings	October 2018
Cosmology for the Norse Persona	War of the Wings	October 2019

Classes Taught at University Atlantia

Class Title	Session
Monsters of the Middle Ages 1: Beowulf and Beyond	Session 99
The Madmen, Mystics, and Monsters of the Icelandic Sagas	Session 100
Savaging the Heart: A Beowulf Primer	Session 100
The Icelandic Sagas: A Focus on Njala Saga	Session 100
How to Hang a Mouse - An Introduction to the Mabinogion	Session 101
Introduction to the Icelandic Sagas: A focus on Njala Saga and Egil's Saga	Session 101
What Was Grendel Thinking: A Two Hour Beowulf Workshop	Session 101
How to Hang a Mouse - An Introduction to the Mabinogion	Session 102
Introduction to Norse Mythology: The Eddas	Session 102
“Yet Forget Not, That I Am An Ass.”:How to Conduct Accurate and Ethical Documentation Research	Session 103
“Yet Forget Not, That I Am An Ass.”:How to Conduct Accurate and Ethical Documentation Research (Workshop)	Session 103
“Yet Forget Not, That I Am An Ass.”:How to Conduct Accurate and Ethical Documentation Research	Session 104
Introduction to the Icelandic Sagas	Session 104
Beowulf Basics	Session 104

Persona

Lady Gwenhwyfar Weale's early life was one spent as the daughter of a Welsh Lord. As such, she received a considerable education, as her curiosity knows no end. Drawn to both alchemical research and literary pursuits, she conducted a salon in her father's home. He allowed this once it became clear to him that it was less expensive to indulge her scholarly pursuits than to continue to allow her to maim, maul, and otherwise ruin any and all sewing projects. (She was once the talk of the household as she absentmindedly once stitched herself to a project, having to be cut free in order to go about her day.)

When the home-bound salons became less than satisfying, she in turn apprenticed herself to the great skalds and storytellers of the Norse, the bards of the Welsh, and the troubadours of the English. At one point, she took some time off from her literary studies and apprenticed herself to both a master baker and an alchemist - seeing little difference between the studies of the two, other than the correct application of heavy metals and poisons (not in food, obviously). Even after this, she continued traveling widly, and some might admit wildly, she collected the stories of all she came in contact with, trading her baked goods for their tales.

Having accumulated a sufficient amount of knowledge, she returned home to Wales and began to teach all that she had learned and would learn to any who would listen and many who, admittedly, would rather not. After a time, she met the Notable Owain Weale, and immediately set about arranging to attach herself to them permanently as they made the finest ale in the land. The populace glad attended their glorious union as it was, and is, currently impossible for Gwenhwyfar to rant about literature while simultaneously drinking. Currently, she makes her home with Owain, who diligently suffers her hunger for knowledge for she gladly feeds that of their stomach.

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