[Ravensfort] quoth persona questions

Joy Midkiff midkiffjoy at hotmail.com
Wed Aug 7 12:57:00 PDT 2002


OK, Folks,

Here's my second try.  Someone email me and let me know if they made it
through this time.

-Orom

Here is a posting of the persona article as it was printed in the July
quoth.

I will be the first to say that I do NOT know all the answers to these
questions, but the challenge to answer them all excites me.  I am a person
who learns best "hands on", and after finishing putting this together from
the many wonderful resources out there floating around, I ran out and bought
a world map on which I am superimposing the world as it was in 1360.  I am
studying existing architecture in my area, and in my time period.  I plan to
design, and build a scaled version of my persona's abode so I KNOW how many
rooms it has.  This way I will also be able to answer how many people live
in this home, and what types of jobs they do.  I will be able to answer "Who
does the dishes?  what is their name?"  I will know which window is mine.  I
will know if I HAVE a window!!!  Remember this is supposed to be fun.
Answer only the questions you want.  Maybe one populace we'll get to share
scale models!!!  Look at it this way.......Katie will have an INTERESTING
doll house when she's older!!!

Simon Orom
Joy Midkiff
deputy chronicler

Personas of the Barony

While digging through what was left of the files of chroniclers past, I
found bits and pieces of an old Domesday book.  While examining these
beautifully decorated old items (does anyone remember the Quoth having to be
put together by hand each month?????  bug eyes) and pondering new ideas for
the current Quoth, I decided that it would be fun and educational to have
something of the like, but with a twist.
This month I am including a list of personal, and persona questions.  Many
of the questions you may not know the answers to (I know I don’t currently
know ALL of the answers for myself), but they would be fun to look up and
are things we should really know about our personas.  After you answer the
questions that you can (or want to), send your list to the chronicler’s
office and each month we will include a different person/persona of the
barony in this new section.  This is a fun opportunity for the barony to
learn something about ourselves, and the people we think we know.

1.	What is your persona’s name?
2.	What is your persona’s age?
3.	What year is it for your persona?
4.	Where was your persona born?
5.	Where does your persona live now?
6.	Describe the climate and terrain of your persona’s home.
7.	What is your persona’s rank/station and occupation?
8.	What is your persona’s marital status/history?  List your persona’s
spouse(s) name(s).  At what age was your persona married?
9.	Is your persona a parent?  List your persona’s children’s’ names.  Living
and dead.
10.	Who does your persona live with?
11.	What are your persona’s parents’ names, and where are they from?
12.	What is your persona’s parents’ rank/station and occupations?
13.	Does your persona have siblings?
14.	What are your persona’s siblings’ names, and where do they live?
15.	What is your persona’s siblings’ rank/station and occupations?
16.	In what type of building does your persona live?  How many levels/rooms
does it have?
17.	Who lives in your persona’s home with him/her?
18.	Has your persona traveled?  Where to, and how?
19.	How does your persona clean his/her teeth, and how often does your
persona bathe?
20.	Describe in detail what you persona’s favorite thing to eat is.
21.	Who does the dishes at your persona’s home?  (What is their name?)
22.	What does your persona wear day to day?  On special occasions?  At
night?
23.	Does your persona have a pet?  What is it?  What is it’s name?  Where
does it sleep at night?
24.	What does your persona do for fun/to relax?  (Hobbies, games?)
25.	Describe your persona’s education.  How many languages does your persona
speak?  (List them)
26.	Describe your persona’s available medical care?  Who provides it?
27.	Who is your persona’s reigning royalty, and what does your persona think
of him/her?
28.	Who is your persona’s current pope, and what would your persona’s view
of him/her be?
29.	What is your persona’s country’s current state religion?
30.	Are there any groups (race/class/religion) that your persona would have
held a social prejudice against?
31.	Would your persona still have done business with said above group(s)?
32.	What major event(s) have occurred in your persona’s lifetime?
33.	What is the greatest scientific achievement known to your persona?
34.	Does your persona think the Earth is round or flat?
35.	Does your persona think the sun revolves around the earth or vise versa?
36.	What does your persona think is the greatest social problem of their
time?
37.	What does your persona consider to be the true measure of a man?
38.	Does your persona have a hero?
39.	Who has influenced your persona’s views the most?
40.	How is your persona most likely to die?

What is your mundane name?
What is your age?
Who do you drag to events with you?
How long have you been a member of Raven’s Fort?
How long have you been in the SCA?
Do you hold /have you ever held an office?
What titles/awards do you hold?
What are your SCA interests? (A&S/Equestrian/etc)
What are you known for?
How can you be contacted?

Resources for this article include Lady Gwenhwyfar ferch Llewelyn’s “Persona
Development Sheet”, Baron Modar Neznanich’s “Research questions for
Developing a Persona”, and Lady Arnora Dunestan’s “Who are You?  The Art of
Persona Development”.


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