[Ansteorra] Authenticity

D. Vandever hlannes at ev1.net
Mon Apr 15 17:02:22 PDT 2002


> here is a question I have about creating personas, directed at
> anyone who wants to answer it.
>
> Has anyone ever actually written the tale of one's persona history as a
> background and starting point for persona play?

It may sound strange because I started this whole personae play thing with
my love of the word "troll" for "gate" but yes...I have written out my
entire life from birth in Frankonia (November 16, 1075) to my death by
pneumonia in my dotage (January 11, 1150). As I've played in the SCA, those
were my starting and ending points.  The beginning has stayed pretty much
the same until my entry into the SCA (adulthood).  As certain things have
happened mundanely (several moves, a marriage, a divorice, a boyfriend, a
new Lord) my personae story has encorporated them and grown and changed.
I've published parts of my persona story in my canton's newletter on several
different occasions.  I wrote a poem entwining my persona's story and my
Lord's during our handfasting.  I find that writing is much easier than
actually playing the part.  I guess I should have been a playwrite and not
the actor.

Annes
Dear God,  Help me to be the person
my dog thinks I am.  Amen





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