[Northkeep] Personas: Sharing knowledge with Newcomers

[Darin Herndon]

Many years ago, we had a Saturday where we did a persona workshop.  We spent part of the day teaching about personas (class in modern clothing) and then we left and ate supper and all came back in garb and in persona and spent the evening having a revel in our personas.

That was one of my fonder memories.  Might be overkill here.  But it is another format idea.

Elizabetta has a persona class (already noted).  Thomas can teach names and arms.  I have a class on developing persona story based around an example.  I also have a class that takes the participants’ chosen cultures and time periods and discusses the state of the church when they would have been alive (in their period).  There is probably someone who can teach how to research clothing period for your persona.

Again, may be overkill.  But there are good options and I am quite happy to see you working on making something happen for this.

Respectfully,
 
Maitré Etienne de St. Amaranth, OP
Verger Herald Extraordinaire

> On Mar 22, 2024, at 11:04 AM, Milokhna of Northkeep <milokhnaofnorthkeep at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Northkeep Mailing List!
> 
> This is Milokhna, player of a whole 2 years.  I made the following post in
> the Barony of Northkeep Facebook Group, and Susan the Curious recommended
> that I share it here as well.  Thanks Susan :)
> 
> ---
> 
> Good day fair Barony!
> I've been thinking about personas.  I've had many newcomers ask me how
> people make a persona or choose a name.
> 
> We in Northkeep have an INCREDIBLE resource available to us in the form of
> our community: we have lots of people who have played in the SCA for
> years.  I want to tap into that knowledge so we can get our experienced
> players and newcomers on the same page.
> 
> So I have a question for you:
> 
> What's the best way to DO this?
> 
> My instinct was "meeting at the library with an online stream". Is there
> someone who would be interested in teaching about this?  Could I facilitate
> an open forum discussion?  What are your thoughts?
> 
> ---
> 
> Several people have commented on the post.  The Cliff Notes are:
> 
> 
>   - Thomas de Groet stated he's beyond happy to help people choose names
>   and armory.
>   - Adalia stated that there's a lot of ways to go about this and tagged
>   Elizabeta since she's taught a class on personas before
>   - Elizabeta said she's happy to do a class.
>   - Susan the Curious stated that Beortlic, Elizabeta, Damon, and Ismet
>   are all great resources for persona info.  Also that trying on different
>   clothing can help you find what feels right for you
>   - Daniele said she needs a discussion like this.
>   - Grimbjorn said he's interested in learning about making a persona that
>   makes sense and isn't culturally appropriating anyone by playing it.
>   - Vanessa said she doesn't have a persona, some people have strict
>   personas, and people have shamed her for not having a persona
> 
> 
> In closing: Sorry I keep forgetting the Northkeep Mailing List exists.  I
> want to make sure everyone is included, and that means you guys :)
> 
> Your local pink-haired curiosity,
> Milokhna of Northkeep
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