The Baron & Baroness of Darkwater
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| Our Baroness | Our Baron |
| Jehannette de Lille | Herman vander Brugghe |
| Julia Gerstemeier | Brian Rider |
| BaronessofDarkwater@gmail.com | brianrider@gmail.com |
 Gules, a pall between three roundels two and one and two bees Or. |
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Their Excellencies' Chatelaine
Hala bint Yuhannan
haladarkwater@gmail.com
Preferences
| Herman | Jehannette | |
| Persona | My persona is late 15th century from the fine city of Brugghe. My father followed Philip the Good's court from Bruges, Brussels and Lille providing cheese and other luxury items for his lavish courts. My father and I traveled to Dijon for his burial. When my own father passed away shortly after the death of Philip in 1467, I took up the mantle of the family business. My name and device have both been submitted. |
My persona is mid-15th Century French-Burgundian from the City of Lille. I have passed both my name, and my arms. |
| SCA Interests | I enjoy cheese, perhaps that might be an understatement... I love cheese. I have a fondness for most foods and therefore find feasts, cooking, and culinary creations at the top of my list. Reading and digging through old cookbooks and new cookbooks is a past time that I greatly enjoy. However, I do enjoy just about every SCA related activity that I have run across, even if I am not particularly good at it, I wish I were better at Card Weaving... Due to my ladies' love for illumination, I have begun creating marginal illuminations myself. | If it is an art or a science I have probably dabbled in it or thought of trying it. My primary activities include Period cooking, brewing, and calligraphy & Illumination. |
| Mundane Interests | I am a technology driven person and have been for the majority of my life. I owned a computer before going to primary school. I watch entirely too much television of food natured shows. I am an avid tabletop roleplayer, movie watcher, and occasional sci-fi reader. I do cheese making and I have been dabbling with confectionery. | World culture and cuisine; Sci-Fi and Fantasy books and movies; Horticulture, especially herbs and orchids; Puppy-dogs, especially Boston Terriers; Couples Dancing in most forms. |
| Clothing | Comfort has been a driven goal of mine, if the garb is not comfortable, it is impractical. I do tend to wear garb from all over our time period. With living in Trimaris, I have to say that linen has become my friend, my first linen shirt was my last modern fabric SCA shirt. With our weather I prefer to wear garb that is not oppressively hot during our 9 month summer. This is mostly light t-tunics and pants. We plan on wearing 14th century French for investiture and baronial court. Colors: Black, Red, Gold, Silver. My primary charge on my device is a rook(tower) with bells being a secondary representing my home. Shoe size: 13 1/2-14 depending on the cut. Period shoes 14, modern shoes usually 13 1/2. For Other Sizes, Please see our Chatelaine Hala: haladarkwater@gmail.com |
Period or Period-oid is very important to me. I prefer things to be plausibly accurate to the culture and time period of what I am wearing. Colors: red and gold. Some black is fine. I prefer linen, cotton, and silk. I like silk gauze or handkerchief weight linen over habotai for veils. I do not wear polyester except very occasionally as part of accessories. Blue and White would be very useful for representing the Kingdom as well. I wear Ottoman Turkish in the summer and 14th-15th century French when it is cooler. I plan on wearing 14th Century French for investiture and for Baronial court. I love Honey Bees. See my arms. Stripey Socks. All colors, but especially red and gold +/- black. Or black and green. Hats and Veils – I love hats, anything from 14-16th century and will always need veils. Again, I prefer silk gauze over habotai, and lightweight linen veils are also very welcome. Hat size: 23 ¼ or (L) or 59cm or 7 3/8 US or 7 1/4UK Shoe Size: 8 For Other Sizes, Please see our Chatelaine Hala: haladarkwater@gmail.com |
| Food | I like food. There is very little of food that I don't enjoy. Sometimes the more odd the food, the more I enjoy it. For snacks I am a fruits and nuts person. I have a sweet tooth that encompasses all my other teeth... Daytime beverage preferences: SWEET iced tea, mountain dew, coke, Something cold with sugar and caffeine and typically not alcoholic. I should drink more water... After hours beverage preferences: Sodas, Sweet Meads, Cordials, odd drinks from the foreign lands of "Long Island". I should drink more water... Allergies: Lemon Juice in large quantities. It is OK to cook with or to use in food, but I can't drink lemonade made from real lemons. Dislikes: I don't care for hot pineapple, hazelnuts, dark chocolate, dry meads, or creamed corn. |
I despise artificial sweeteners. I’m a foodie. I’m a brewer and beer snob. I love mead, both sweet and dry, beer and wine, and cider. I very much like Kriek or Frambozen. Daytime beverage preferences: Unsweet iced tea, cherry coke or pepsi, colas, root beer, and best of all fruit juice in mineral water. Cold Vitamin Waters are great. I love chocolate. Prefer dark or milk. Cheesy puffs. Love them. Not the cheese balls and not the crunchy type. I enjoy dried fruit, especially berries. Figs, Cherries, blueberries and strawberries are my favorites, but I enjoy it all. I enjoy nuts, particularly hazelnuts, pistachios, cashews, and macadamias. |
| Other | Myself and Jehannette do tend to travel quite a bit around the state for events as well as out of state for wars. This year we are planning on attending Gulf Wars, Lilies War as well as a couple of weeks vacation in Europe. | I have a mild skin allergy to citrus and occasionally to petrochemicals. I stick to rosewater, health food store style baby toiletries, and essential oils. I have begun using parchment for illumination. More of it would always be a welcome gift. Gift cards or certificates for Michaels/ jo-anns/fire mountain gems/gasoline would be extremely useful and appreciated. Linen Fabric is always very appreciated. |