Thorfinna at Snowed Inn III, Canton of Ardchreag, January 17 AS XXXVIII (2004)

SCA Name:  Þorfinna¹ gràfeldr² 

M.K.A.:  Melanie E Fischer     

Website URL:  www.pipcom.com/~colyne 

Current Offices:  Ardchreag Quartermaster; Ardchreag Woodward (second term); Baronial Thrown Weapons Marshal.

Previous Offices: Ardchreag Pursuivant; Bard of Septentria (with Colyne Stewart); Ardchreag Chronicler; Baronial Bard (two terms), Kingdom Thrown Weapons Drop Dead Deputy.

Awards:  Award of Arms; Award of the Bear's Claw; Order of the Bear's Heart; The Horn of Wessex; Award of the Orion.

Motto: Courage, Honour, Duty, Love

Heraldic Blazon:  Argent, three serpents nowed gules 

On January 15, 2004 (AS 38), Thorfinna got word her name and device had finally been accepted (after 2 1/2 years of deliberation). The letter said: 

    Þorfinna gráfeldr. Name and device. Argent, three serpents nowed gules.
    Listed on the LoI as Þorfinna gra'feldr, the documentation shows the
    byname as gráfeldr, not gra'feldr. We have made this correction.

    Nice device!

Persona:   Þorfinna is a 10th century Norse woman who traveled to many lands while searching for her banished brother. Her search brought her eventually to Ealdormere, and so taken was she by this land, she settled immediately on the High Cliffs of Ardchreag in the Barony of Septentria and vowed to stay. She took a lowland Scot as husband and together they set up house at Þorfinnastaadr³, and though it lies deep within Greenhithe Territory, her heart is that of a 'Chreagger through and through. After so many lonely travels, she knows she has found her home.

Who you are in the SCA:  I am a member of the Games Guild of Ealdormere, the Septentrian Performing Arts Troupe, the Bardic College (a skald⁴), the College of Heralds, the Iron Companions, the Cliffguard (of Ardchreag), and the Yeoman of the White Arrow (of Ardchreag). I am authorized in sword and shield and combat archery and am a level 1 scout. I am also a thrown weapons marshal. 

Areas of Interest:   Illumination; armoured combat; horn carving; pewter casting; leather working; metal working; sewing and sooo much more. There isn't enough time in the day...

Current Projects:  A complete poncy 14th century outfit for my husband, including hand casting the buttons and going right down to the shoes; sewing a Norse A-Frame tent; carving a horn

Other Information:  Throughout the year 2003, Þorfinna was a retainer to Duke Sir Finnvaar DeTaahe; Þorfinna was a member of "The Usual Suspects", an all Ardchreag team that took first place in the novice late period category at the Golden Seamstress competition in 2003.