Owain Weale

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Resides: Barony of Windmasters' Hill, Atlantia Status: Active Awards: Order of Precedence Entry
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Owain is the current Webminister for the Kingdom of Atlantia and former Royal Brewer. Their persona is that of a 12th century land manager in Norman controlled Wales. Owain's home canton is Elvegast, having played there since joining in January of 2018.

Positions

Title	Jurisdiction	Date Held
Webminister	Kingdom of Atlantia, Great Officer	October 2021 - Present
Webminister	Barony of Windmasters' Hill	July 2018 - October 2021
Webminister	Canton of Elvegast	August 2018 - October 2021
Deputy Webminister	Kingdom of Atlantia MOAS office	March 2019 - October 2021
Royal Brewer	Kingdom of Atlantia	March 2019 - March 2020

Warrants

• Webminister

Affiliations

Group	Notes	Links
Kingdom of Atlantia Discord	Administrator
Love For All Discord	Administrator
Kingdom of Atlantia Brewers' Guild	Guild Member
The Flagon and Cask	Guild Member
House of the Wounded Mushroom	Household Member
Clan Blue Feather	Affiliated with the South East chapter
Atlantian Courtesan Guild	Guild Member

Notable Works as the Kingdom Webminister

• Oauth mail routing for wordpress sites to circumvent email delivery problems
• Wordpress hardening and auditing of best practices
  • Developing into a class for training others
• Drastically improved performance for the main site, especially for mobile visitors
  • Developing into a class for training others
• Development of an Atlantian Glossary for Wordpress
  • This allows newcomers to better understand our jargon within the context of the page
• Adding OP link shortcodes to SCA Names in Wordpress
• Site cleanup and recovery after a major incident
  • so many delisting requests and log audits, so so many
• Access and Bot filtering, reducing load and improving security
• Wordpress integration to Discord
• Addition of chosen titles and pronouns to the OP
• Atlantia Wordpress Content and Theme Overhaul
• Addition of Announcements and Job Postings to the main site
• Statistical research for various baronies to help them find award candidates
• Research into leveraging Google Classroom for officer training
• Production of Webminister 101 class
• Updating SPF records to improve mail delivery in Atlantia
• Virtual Meeting Management/Publishing and Volunteer Coordinator for Unevent 2021,2022
• Development of unevent.atlantia.sca.org [in progress]
  • This interactive and responsive design could serve as a template for a number of different events

Website Development For Atlantian Events and Guilds

• BAWT II (2022)
• Coronation of Eckehard and Jane (2021)
• Virtual Rune stone Collegium (2021)
• Known World Theater Arts (2020)
• Midnight at the Oasis (2020)
• Brewers Guild Site Overhaul (2019)
• Ymir (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Works as a Brewer

Blueberry Melomel	Winning Entry as Part of Windmasters Hill Team	Interbaronial Brewing Competition - WOW 2018
Orange Cinnamon Cyser	Winning Entry for the New Brewers Competition	WOW 2018
Traditional Mead & Roggenbier Rosemary Gruit	Winning Entry for Royal Brewer	Ymir/KASF 2018-2019
Kvass	Historical entry for populace A&S competition	Ymir 2019
Biergarten Event	Provided Wine/Mead and supported the guild involvement	Spring Coronation 2019
Hosted Competition	Best Spring Brews	Ruby Joust 2019
Hosted Kingdom Brew Day	Rotating Guild Event	Bakers & Brewers 2019
Display and Competition	Non-Alcoholic German Festival Brews	Kingdom 12th Night 2020
Display & Discussion	A Selection of German Malts and Hops	Kingdom 12th Night 2020
Host & Judge	Royal Brewer Competition	KASF 2020
Host & Judge	Royal Brewer Competition	KASF 2022
Judge	Royal Brewer Competition	KASF 2023

Other Achievements

Drag Competition

First Annual Blue Feather Ball

WOW 2019

Awards

Award	Scroll	Notes	Date
Award of the Eurus		Given for a single noteworthy effort of service for or to the Barony.	2/24/2018 [Ymir]
Award of Arms		Granted the title Noble Owain Weale	2/23/2019 [Ymir]
Order of the Coral Branch		recognizes those subjects who have distinguished themselves in their effort in arts and sciences	6/8/2019 [Journey through the Nine Realms]
Order of the Opal		recognizes those subjects who have distinguished themselves in their efforts in service to the kingdom	10/19/2019 [War of the Wings]
Order of the Kittyhawk		For Service to the Barony	02/27/2021 [Ymir]
Order of the Golden Dolphin		For service to the Kingdom	02/18/2023 [Ymir]

Golden Dolphin

https://sites.google.com/view/kvalravn/scribe/2023/02-golden-dolphin-owain-weale

Words by Ollam Lanea:

Listen as I extol this Noble scholar,
Ether tamer, wisdom weaver,
Pervading darkness and light
To grant us safe passage through the
Tangled labyrinth of thought.
Then capturing the Sun’s punishing heat
And water’s rushing stream,
Harnessing the harvest
In the bee loud glade.
May their vessels be bathed
And their wort run clear.
And let their brews drive our songs
At regal fete and humble twmpath.
Let none oppose the honey’s gift
As long as the world remains
And Harmonies resound.
Bard and Bevy sing praise
Of Noble Owain Weale,
Star of magnificent stars,
Wending the webs of words and ways,
Through the ruddy reaping of the steep
And so calls this morning raven
To the blue tinged wings of dawn.
So we, Abran King and Anya Queen,
Name Noble Owain Weale a member of the Order of the Golden Dolphin
And Grant them arms, this 18th day of February
At the tournament of Ymir

Persona

Owain was raised by family of mine owners in Dartmoore where they received a basic education and became well connected within regional trade routes. Around their age of majority, the family mines were made fully property of The Crown and Owain was appointed to a land management position in southern Wales. This position was defined as overseeing the development of the territory surrounding Neath Abby. In this position they balance the priorities of the surrounding population, the Cistercian order of the Abby, and the trade and strategic interests of the Norman aristocracy. Owain takes a special interest in the local production of grains, pride in the quality of ale the people produce, and the dedication of the militia to their archery training. In all of these things, Owain takes the time to get directly involved and is content with their moderate station in life.

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Miscellany and Sundry

• Owain uses they/them pronouns.
• In case of acute asthma, Owain carries a rescue inhaler. Please feed and water Owain if they are outside brewing all day.
• In case of court, please contact Lady Gwenhwyfar.