Persona Development

The Ravenstead household is dedicated to studying the arts and sciences of the Norse culture during the “Viking Era” (700-1066 AD) and re-enacting the lifestyle of that era in our encampments.  We are predominantly a Norse household: we have Danes, Swedes, Rus, and Byzantine Norse, and some of the members have Anglo/Saxon, Irish, and Welsh persona.

Persona form - designed to assist in developing details about your persona.

Known World form - designed to assist in learning more about your kingdom and local SCA history.

Figuring out how it all works!

Links in this section are to help you get started in the SCA.  Even helpful for those who've been in the SCA but haven't done much to figure out what its all about...

Newcomer guides

• General info, courtesy of SCA.org
• Forward Into the Past
• Newcomer's Section, Stefan's Florilegium.
• The Guiding Hand, a new members' guide from the Kingdom of Ansteorra
• SCA Children's page
• Speaking Forsoothly - although not a lot of Norse folks feel the need to do so, here's a guide in case you do...
• Pavilion etiquette
• The Norse recruiting tent... (just for fun!)

Names

• Norse
  • A Simple Guide to Creating Old Norse Names, by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Friedemann)
  • Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók, by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Friedemann)
  • The Bynames of the Viking Age Runic Inscriptions, by Lindorm Eriksson (Christer Romson)
  • Norse names, Viking Answer Lady
  • names-Norse-msg, Stefan's Florilegium
  • Irmínsul Ættír Nafnasafnið, by Haukur Þorgeirsson
  • bibliography of Scandinavian Names & Armory, Hartmann Rogge & Lindorm Eriksson
  • Pronunciation of Old Norse (standard), by Óskar Guðlaugsson
  • Typing Scandinavian (Swedish) characters with a US keyboard
• general SCA
  • names-FAQ: Choosing and registering names in the SCA. Stefan's Florilegium.
  • SCA-Personas-art:  "On Choosing a Name and a Persona; A Quick and Dirty Guide" by Ld. Daniel Raoul Le Vascon du Navarre'. Stefan's Florilegium.
  • Choosing a Society Name: Hints for Newcomers
  • Finding a Name and Arms for the Historical Re-Creation
  • Medieval Names Archive
  • WWW Names Pages for Medievalists to Avoid

The SCA calendar system.  What does A.S. mean, anyhow??  In SCA newsletters and award ceremonies, dates are often specified using the SCA's calendar. This calendar reckons time from the First Tournament, which was held on the first of May, in the year 1966 of the Gregorian Calendar (1966 CE or A.D. 1966). In SCA reckoning, years are traditionally read as "Anno Societatis" (Latin for "year of the Society") followed by a number. In writing, the year usually appears as the initials A.S. followed by a roman numeral.

• SCA calendar conversion table
• Confused by Roman numerals?  Here's how to read them.

SCA publications and official documents

An Tir Kingdom info (Ravenstead resides in the Kingdom of An Tir)

• The An Tir webpages
• An Tir Kingdom Laws
• A Brief Timeline of the History of An Tir

Email to:  Ravenstead Household

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The Ravenstead household is dedicated to studying the arts and sciences of the Norse culture during the “Viking Era” (700-1066 AD) and re-enacting the lifestyle of that era in our encampments.