Meistres Manyra Thorinsdottir

SCA History:
I found the SCA through the Medieval Club at the University of Victoria in September, 1995. My first event was Feast of Stories, hosted by St. Giles College in the Shire of Seagirt. A year and a half later, I was entered into the rolls as a Fellow of St. Giles and shortly after moved to the Barony of Montengarde in the lands of Avacal. In 1999, another adventure took me to Skeldergate in Ealdormere for the next two years. I returned to Avacal in April 2002 where my husband and I started the Shire of Rhuddglyn.

Interests:
Arthurian stories, Briton history, Norman History, Epics, Literature & Writing, Scribal arts, 12^th Century clothing, Brass Monuments, Scythians, Norse arts, Combat archery, Horticulture, 16^th Century Italian Renaissance Gardens, Social history of books, libraries, sex, alcohol, Vinoculture & Brewing, Historical Movies, Computers, databases and paperwork.

Persona:
Meistres Manyra Thorindottir was born near Cilgarren in Pembrokeshire, Cymru on March 15, 1155, Ides of March - day Julius Ceasar died. She is obsessed with the myths of King Arthur as they were told to her in her Welsh homeland.  As a member of Lord Rhys’ household she was married off to a Norman knight to strengthen his connection between Wales and the English Plantagenet crown. Soon after she became a widow and she has traveled to many parts of An Tir and Ealdormere as a lady in waiting. Her favourite life moment is meeting Chretian de Troyes while visiting Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, the daughter of Queen Eleanore of Aquitaine.

Device:
Purpure, a triskele within and conjoined to an annulet and on a chief argent three millrinds purpure. Registered under Keri-Anne of Avacal

Offices:
Chronicler – Canton of Skeldergate 2001 to 2002
Chronicler – Principality of Avacal – August 2002 to August 2006, Published 48 issues of the Avantgarde and Two time nominee for the William Blackfox Award, Best Overall - AS 38 & AS 40
Seneschal – Principality of Avacal – February 2007 to Present(February 2011)
A&S Officer – Shire of Rhuddglyn July 2009 to Present
Pelican Council Secretary -

Retinue:
Prince Vik Vikingson II &  Princess Catriona McManus I of Avacal - 1998/06/06 -  1999/02/27
King Aaron Preslee I  & Queen Rustique du Sorde I of Ealdormere - 2001/05/12 - 2002/04/01
Prince Ivar the Black & Princess Asney Grimolfsdottir of Avacal -  2002/06/29 - 2003/02/22
Prince Kvigr Ivarsson I & Princess Shunzei no Chikakawa of Avacal 2005/11/26 - 2006/08/12

Event Steward:
Tavern – February 1996, St. Giles.
Ealdormere Crown Tournament – Oct 13, 2001, Skeldergate
A Night in Byzantium - March 2003, Rhuddglyn
Avacal June Coronet 2006, Rhuddglyn
Avacal War Practice – March 2007, Rhuddglyn
Heart’s Tavern – February 14, 2009, Rhuddglyn
Avacal June Coronet 2009, Rhuddglyn

Classes:
Autocrating Events in Avacal
Daily Life of a Seneschal
Norse Art
Overview of the Middle Ages
Arthurian Characters

Associations:
One Protégé – Eira Halladottir
House Homme
House Thorin
Red Herring

Awards:
Fellow of Saint Giles (Saint Giles) - Saint Giles, Mar 21, 1997 (AS XXXI)
Award of Arms (Ealdormere)  - Granted by: Aaron & Rustique, Sep 15, 2001 (AS XXXVI)
Goutte de Sang (An Tir) - Granted by: Davin Steingrimsson & Groa Amicus Exhiderius , Mar 1, 2003 (AS XXXVII)
Gilded Griffin (Avacal) - Granted by: Steinn Vikingsson & Gemma Delaroche, Feb 28, 2004 (AS XXXVIII)
Pelican (An Tir) - Granted by: Uther Schiemann der Hunt & Angharad Banadaspus Drakenhefd, Nov 26, 2005 (AS XL)
Prince's Favor (Avacal) - Granted by: Kvigr Ivarrson, Aug 12, 2006 (AS XLI)
Princess' Knott (Avacal) - Granted by: Shunzei , Aug 12, 2006 (AS XLI)
Prince's Favor (Avacal) - Granted by: Steinn Vikingsson, Aug 18, 2007 (AS XLII)