[Northkeep] newbies tonight

[Etienne de St. Amaranth]

The rules allowed a made up place name if I could establish the period pattern.  There are lots of places named after saints in France.  And Saint Amaranth (or Saint Amarandus / Amaranthus / Amaranthe) was martyred in France in the third century.  (I finally found a book that validated that at a merchant's booth at Estrella of all places. )  Admittedly martyred in Albi down south, but it was still successfully arguable and plausible.  Name was registered on the first try.

Arms however took longer.  They were not fully registered until after I stepped down as Star Principal Herald.

Diarmaid, as for Mademoiselle St. Amaranth and Robespierre, that is post period and *I* certainly don't hold it against my name.  But you can keep calling me Hiiam if it makes you feel better.  ;-)

Respectfully,
 
Maitre Etienne de Saint Amaranth
once known, and to some forever known, as Hiiam from Northkeep

On Dec 7, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Jennifer Carlson <talana1 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> But dear, Northkeep is also a fictitious place though real to those who reside here.  Besides, if you look at all the "St." whatevers in French surnames and hagiographies, that realm was swimming in saints, both real and fictitious - remember St. Gelert, the supposedly canonized dog?
> 
> Talana
> Reminding her husband that she was the herald who approved sending Etienne d'Saint Amaranth's submission paperwork up the chain.  
> 
> 
>> From: marccarlson20 at hotmail.com
>> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 10:46:12 -0600
>> To: northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org
>> Subject: Re: [Northkeep] newbies tonight
>> 
>> Even so, his documentation is in tragically flawed, since Saint Amaranth is supposed to be a fictitious place, and there was a Mademoiselle de St. Amaranth executed by Robespierre for being verbally careless.
>> 
>> We should go back to calling him Hiiam until he gets it straightened out...
>> 
>> M/D
>> 
>> I. Marc Carlson
>> Special Collections
>> McFarlin Library
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On Dec 7, 2012, at 9:12 AM, "Tina Michael" <tinabetta at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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
>>>> 
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