[Ansteorra] Authenticity

[Brian Martin]

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I actually like the idea of writing a persona story. It gives the person a
solid background on which to rely. It also give you a chance to flesh out
some things that you probably wouldn't have thought about otherwise.

For example: Sitting down to create a persona story gave me the opportunity
to think about siblings which led me to incorporate my real brother (who
doesn't play in the SCA) into my persona. Hence my real life brother Jeff
became my persona's brother Geoffrey. The fact that my brother is gay led me
to decide to make Geoffrey a monk. Geoffrey was always very pious, you see,
and not interested in the company of women, but preferred the life of
solitude and prayer found in the monastery.

Anyway, that and other details resulted from me creating the story of my
persona. It may not be for everyone, but it works for me.

Pendaran
(Who is not at all pious, not that there's anything wrong with that...)

Wow, I worked a Sienfeld joke into a persona discussion!

-----Original Message-----
From: Theron Bretz [mailto:tbretz at montroseclinic.org]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 1:24 PM
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Authenticity


> Has anyone ever actually written the tale of one's persona history as a
> background and starting point for persona play?
>
> It seems to me like a good idea... but I'm always up for hearing the other
> side.

My only problem with this approach (and it's a minor one) is that such
things can sometimes turn into a recitation rather than a source of persona
"stuff".  Secondly, I'm a big believer in the maxim of "show, don't tell".
If I can show you what Luciano's life is like (or even a small slice of it),
it's far better than just telling you about it.

That having been said, years ago, Bryn Gwlad ran persona stories in their
newsletter and some were quite well done (I had no idea Sir Riccardo was so
talented a writer). It's a good exercise, at least for getting the basics
down.

Luciano

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