[Northkeep] newbies tonight

[Linda Moore]

I admit, being also newer to the group I found it with an internet search. Gwyneth
 > Oh, now you are killing me......you tease...
> tina
> 
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Katherine A. Herndon <bka28252 at nerdshack.com
> > wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Dec 6, 2012, at 9:31 PM, Marc Carlson wrote:
> >
> > > Poor boy was sadly in need of a Herald.
> > >
> > Or an onomastician (name guru).
> >
> > When Hiiam had been called Hiiam for several months, one of his friends
> > pointed out that if he did not pick out a "real" name soon, he was going to
> > be known as Hiiam forever.  And, while the name had been a splendid joke
> > for a while, Hiiam did not want to be Hiiam for the rest of his SCA life.
> >  So Hiiam sat down for a consultation with Northkeep's resident name
> > expert, Lady Livia Madeleine Montgomery (now H.L. Livia, but at the time
> > she hadn't yet received her Iris).
> >
> > Like many new SCA'ers fishing around for a persona name, Hiiam first
> > suggested the name of his favorite D&D character.  Not surprisingly, that
> > made-up name was not to be found in any of Livia's extensive collection of
> > reference books.  However, she did find a reference to an obscure third
> > century saint whose name was quite similar if a few letters were switched
> > around.  And so she began gently nudging him in the direction of a
> > registrable name.
> >
> > Rosamund