Things to learn about me that you probably already knew.

1. Would you want to be Queen?
Hmmm, I think I could handle the job and would love serving my Kingdom this way, but seeing that The Knight does not play any longer, there is no one to fight for me.

But it has gotten expensive and that need would have to ramped back for me. A six month office should not send you into bankruptcy.

2. Have you ever played in any other Kingdom?
Yes, I started in the East, then Atlantia, then Drachenwald, then Atlantia again.

3. What is it about the SCA (other than friends that you enjoy)
Making the crafts and learning new cool things. My friends here are still the best though.
(Ok I like the way most of the men treat women too, call me a romantic)

4. What is the Dream to you?
The pomp and circumstance, the fighting, the clothes, the learning, the kings and the queens, the lords and the ladies, the food, ok, it is ALL the dream to me.

5. What do you think needs to happen to bring the SCA back to the way it use to be?
I think the SCA is pretty good as it is. We have better stuff, better garb, more knowledge, better books. There is always the fringe element who does not try as hard but eh, they don't hurt the fun for me.

For Sunniva_Kyrre

1.If you could change one thing about the A&S community what would it be?
That folks wouldn't stress so much about it.
People should do it because it's fun, the learning, the making and the sharing. In 30 years I've not seen one stoning, hanging, or beating because an item or a class was not 100% authentic.

2.What keeps you motivated to play since the Knight no longer does?
I had the SCA long before I met The Knight. I met him in 1983 but I had been playing hard since 1978. The SCA is where we met but it does not define our relationship.

3.What is one art that you want to try and haven’t yet?
Hmmm, armoring, no, furniture making, no, pottery, no, wire making, no, never mind.....

4.What is the biggest difference in playing in other Kingdoms?
Not much really, that was what I liked about moving to England. We didn't know a soul but knew that when we found the local SCA group we all had common points of reference. We were all on the same page.

5.Who is the one person who has influenced you the most so far in this hobby?
There are many both good and bad.
The good have helped me have fun and the bad have helped me to recognize how to avoid not having fun.

The good- Gyrth and Melisande, Pickle and Troll, Dafydd and Elizabeth, Strykar,
to name only a few and not because some had been royalty but because they were good people.

The bad- lets just say I learned from them but will keep my counsel on who they were.