ANST - New Question

[Mitchell, Paul T]

Galen of Bristol, that oppressive, 12th century Norman, here!

If you're just getting back from Pennsic to the incredible backlog
in your box, you'll be fine to delete this unread.

> Most of us chose our personas fairly early in our SCA life, before
> we knew a lot about the various time periods and cultures.  My
> question is this:  if you had it all to do over again, would you
> choose the same time and culture?
>  Would you choose a different one?  Why?

I chose my persona after seeing _The Lion in Winter_.
If I had it to do again, I might choose a more typically
Norman name, like Robert, Geoffrey, William, Henry,
Richard, or John, and my byname would be a patranymic
rather than a placename.  "Geoffrey FitzRobert" just
screams "Norman", doncha think?  And there are no
"Sir Geoffrey"'s in Ansteorra.  What I _would_ change
(and what I may yet change) is my coat of arms.

My arms are a pretty good example of the heraldic concepts
of balance and simplicity, except that I have a bend between
2 unlike charges.  I should have put the bend between 2
axes, instead of between an axe and a compass star.  I may
yet make that change.  Timing is important though; I still
have a perfectly good surcoat with the old arms on it, and
I've done a number of projects which include my arms,
banners, and so forth.  So maybe not.

 - Galen
paul.t.mitchell at lmco.com
pmitchel at flash.net
http://www.flash.net/~pmitchel/galen.htm  
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