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Adrienne Dandy
No Bio Exists
Classes: Cool Chicks I
               Cool Chicks II
               Cool Chicks III
               Peasants

Mistress Aibhilin of Skye is a 10th century Scot from the Isle of Skye, an island that the Norse seem to have taken over. Her favourite activities are feeding people and chasing after her two active bairns. Leslie Watson is a facilitator in a medical labratory. In her spare time she chases two very active per-school children.
Classes: Humours in Food
               Indian food of the 12th Century

Laird Aonghas macLeoid o'hAngusa of Strathafon was born in 946 AD on the Isle of Skye. He is the firstborn son of a minor chief. Using unusual diplomatic skills learned in Europe and fighting skills when necessary he slowly rose to Thane of Clan Macleoid in Ealdormere, a position he still retains. Barry Morris drives a truck answering the call of his Scots past by screaming untranslateable battle cries at the other drivers.
Class: Armies of Bonnie Prince Charlie

Karen Murphy's day job as a technical writer for software firms around Kitchener- Waterloo-Cambridge keeps her occupied when she isn't off being Lady Arnora Dunestan a 15th century Lancastrian noblewoman whose favourite hobby is breaking English garment sumptuary laws.
Classes: Costume patterns
               Introduction to the SCA
               Medieval Fashion 1350-1450

Bernard Sebastian Wolfe
No Bio Exists
Classes: Advanced Lucette Cord Making
               Basic Lucette Cord Making

Caitrin of Chalswell
No Bio Exists
Classes: Beginners Herbs
               Illumination
               Pre-Christian Religion

Kyrie Cynwrig the wanderer is a 9th century norseman exploring this fine world in search of adventure and new horizons. Ed Dengler is working towards his Ph.D. in computer science at the university of waterloo and his interests include how to make computers play games.
Class: Games

Darrell Markewitz
No Bio Exists
Classes: Historical Interpretation for Re-enactors
               So you want to be a viking

Lady Ealasaid Loganich na Kildare is a 13th century Irish Lady who has been forced by her lord to adopt the wonderful ways of the Scots! Joyce Morris is a mother of 3 and night dispatcher for a small trucking company.
Class: Pets

Elizabeth (Kestrell) Cadfan is a demure merchant's widow living in London in the 14th Century, trying to earn her living by plying her trade as a girdler and ampuller.
Class: Castration, Virginity, and Sex

Eric the Peacock
No Bio Exists
Class: Olde Dances

Gary Snyder
No Bio Exists
Class: Chainmail

Gary Van Lingen
No Bio Exists
Classes: Black Death
               Politically Incorrect Woodcuts

Lord Glandydd is a 17th century mercenary harquebusier earning his pay from Gustavus Adolphus and by selling the occasional piece of armour.
Class: Armour Fashions, Fads, and Fancies

Lady Gwendoline Rosamund is a 16th century noblewoman - the daughter of a diplomat. She travels with her father and spends much of her time in the Spanish and English courts. Danielle Nunn is a public relations specialist.
Class: Spanish Fashions in the Late Middle Ages

Lady Marion of Heatherdale is a 14th century Scottish merchant's daughter who has been shipped off to France. Her mission: to wear daring French fashions and marry a handsome French landowner. Heather M. Dale is a 4th year Environmental Studies student at the University of Waterloo.
Classes: Arthurian legends
               Real Braveheart

Hector of the Black Heights
No Bio Exists
Class: Hakamaal

Master Alasdair of Raasay is a travelling mercenary with an interest in many of the finer arts practiced in areas through which he has travelled. J. Caz Bentley is an itinerant teacher, carpenter, and stained glass artist who has passed his thirty- third year and therfore counts his blessings
Class: Stained Glass

Ursala lives on the side of a hill on the Isle of Mul with a bunch of other eccentric women in 10th century Scotland. Janet Lloyd is a jack of all trades who spends her time having fun.
Classes: Feast Manners and Etiquette
               Holding a Feast for 4 to 10 People

Raffe Scholemaystre is the household tutor living at Scarborough castle in 1380. Jim McColm is a grade 7/8 Special Education teacher in Scarborough, Ont.
Class: English Elementary Education in the Later Middle Ages

Viscountess Kaellyn is a 12th century celt who dabbles in durn near every art there is. Kim McAuley is a federal government employee who spends most of her time being a suburban mother.
Class: Calligraphy (Practicum)

Lorina J. Stephens is a professional and published writer and editor, currently involved with Canada's first on-line literary magazine, Maple Syrup Simmering. Signora Leonora daLiliacea is a 14th century Venetian merchant, very fond of rare spices and rarer embroidery.
Classes: Embroidery
               Merchant of Venice (In Personna)

In day to day life Neil Peterson is a computer software engineer. As Kyrie Ragnar Thorbergsson, a 9th century Norseman who is retiring from the Viking trade for more peaceful merchanting pursuits, he prides himself on his mead-making, clothing, and talent for making petty kings quake in fear and alarm.
Class: Introduction to the SCA

Thaninieyaieres is an 11th century herbalist. Having finished her apprenticeship with Mistress Tamarra Amalthea of Romany, she is seting up her own apothecary called Wyte Wythy Moon. She has apprenticed Caitryn of Chalcewell, and has her eye open for one or two more. She can be seen at various tournaments and events racing after her son Liam the Curious. Paddy Gillard-Bently is a twentieth century hair-stylist (who does blood-letting too) struggling to make a name as a writer.
Classes: Herbal Workshop
               History of Herbs

Lord Rufus is a Saxon born in 1098 in the village of Stamford, with a much greater interest in a wide variety of crafts than in farming. Some of these hobbies include archery, leather work (bottles), tablet weaving, choral work, and playing the harp. Robert Schweitzer is a high school teacher currently teaching algebra in adult education classes.
Classes: Advanced Tablet Weaving
               Beginners Tablet Weaving
               Music

Mistress Rosina del Bosco Chiaro is a 15th century lady who spends most of her time dancing. She teaches dance at various locations in Septentria. Her specialty is 15th Century Italian Balli, but she also instructs in other European dance forms. Vivian Stephens tortures small, defenseless software for a living and is a semi-professional bodhran player.
Classes: Introduction to Historical Dance
               Romeo and Juliet's Dance

Rosmuire na Findlay ni Farquhar
No Bio Exists
Class: Basket Weaving

Suisan
No Bio Exists
Class: Handspinning & dyeing

Susan Caroll-Clarke is a Ph.D. student in Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto dividing her time between her reasearch, her many cats, her sewing projects, and her neglected husband. Mistress Nicola'a de Bracton of Leicester is a pleasant and well traveled lady of noble birth with a penchant for all things with garnets.
Classes: Medieval Fashion 600-1350
               Religion in Medieval Life

Don Zadok ben Soloman ibn Alfakhar is a 13th century Spanish Jew originally from Castile. He was asked to leave Spain when his family discovered he was studying Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism). Michael Weinberg is a webmaster and Internet developer.
Class: History of Spanish Jews

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