Squire Pyat Q. Wiltboggle of the Lower Alimentary Tracts

[pyat]

ruiskafleck and wggthegnoll were over today, the first time we've seen them since their wedding, almost exactly a year ago. Well, aside from a 45 second conversation at FanExpo.

We had a pleasant afternoon of conversation and sewing. Yes, sewing. velvetpage and ruiskafleck combined their talents to create me a sort faux-Medieval tunic. velvetpage and may be descending even deeper into dorkdom, and joining the Society for Creative Anachronisms! We're going for generic vaguely medieval for our first event, but if we like it, we'll need to create personas. wggthegnoll noted that one can choose any culture from the period between 600 AD and 1600 AD, provided it had contact with Europeans. This makes me sort of wonder if I shouldn't go for an Aztec from the time of the Spanish conquest...

I'm sure that would go over well at SCA functions.

"Glory unto Huitzilopōchtli for this delicious mead! Death is the road to awe! Hey, who made that mail for you?"

More seriously, I was thinking just going with my Dutch heritage, but sadly the 1600 cutoff date just misses Holland's golden age of empire and culture.

Comments

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

At one crown tourney, many years ago there was a contender for the crown who had an Aztec persona. For a weapon, he used a representation of the obsidian spiked club, and wore jaguar armor.

I'm rejoining soon. So I can come up and visit when there's an event.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's very cool. :) How well did he do?

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

He came close that year. For all I know he made it to the top while I've been on hiatus. There's been *Japanese* royalty too. Imagine what the uber Euro-centric folk thought of that.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

The Japanese would make more sense than the Aztecs - they were actually sending delegations to visit the Pope and what not, before 1600.

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

The whole *anyone we made contact with* came about with people wanting to do Arabic and Mongol at first. Though you've got a wicked big spread of time in which to play already. Used to be some stretched it to 1650. I was one of those who cheated with red velvet cavalier made from auditorium curtains. A little bit of lace, big feather in the cap? Babe magnet. Though, Erin is going to be a magnet herself, I'm telling you. Just watch.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Erin will be a babe magnet...? Goodness. :)

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

Yes, she will, for babes of either gender.