[Ravensfort] Personae / Detlef

Hauldr Ari Grafeldr lordarigreycloak at gmail.com
Sat Feb 5 14:43:46 PST 2011


> 

> I think he is buried at Fulda Cathedral; I don't know it's relation to the monastery. 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Feb 5, 2011, at 8:36 AM, HerrDetlef <herrdetlef at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I do believe that Saint Boniface, first bishop of Mainz and apostle to the Germans, is buried at the Benedictine monastery of Fulda, is he not?
>>  
>> Detlef
>> 
>> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Hauldr Ari Grafeldr <lordarigreycloak at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've been to Fulda. It's a beautiful town. There is also a Fulda, MN where some of my family lived.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On Feb 5, 2011, at 4:50 AM, Sdw Sdw <sdw_texas at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > Greetings to all,
>> >
>> > Ok Detlef, I'll pick up on that thread...
>> >
>> > My new personae is Lord Erich Johann von Alberichssohn. Lord Erich is a 14th century german who was born and raised in a small town in what we now call (Fulda) central Germany. Lord Erich's parents had a apothecary shop where they would make medicines, poisons, and other items that various customers would purchase. For the first 25 years of his life, Lord Erich was trained in the apothecarrian skills and became good at them. After the passing of his parents lord Erich became bored with his small town and decided to venture out into the world. Now he wonders through the known world paying his way with gold he has earn from his skills as an apothecary. Lord Erich coat of arms (if approved by the college of heralds) will be a field Per pal Bendy Sinister Gules and Argent counter changed with a Maltese Cross Sable.
>> >
>> > Well, thats the very short version of my personae... Ok who will be next ? ? ?
>> >
>> > In Service,
>> > Lord Erich
>> > (formally known as Malcolm)
>> > --------------------------------------
>> > --------------------------------------
>> > Detlef wrote:
>> > I was just reading my copy of the new Known World Handbook, and the thought
>> > occurred to me that I don't really know a whole lot about Raven's Forters'
>> > personae. I mean, I know general geographic stuff and all that (the Baron is
>> > Norman--UGH--the Baroness is Irish, the coming baron and baroness are
>> > Italian), but I don't really know details. I don't remember the last time I
>> > sat down and talked persona with anybody.
>> >
>> > So, in that interest, I'd like to open up a thread so that I can ask you all
>> > some of the nitty gritty about your own personae. And I will start.
>> >
>> > Detlef von Marburg is a Frank living in 12th-century Thuringia (Land Th
>> > üringen). He was born in the town of Marburg (soon to be the site of the
>> > Elisabethskirche, one of the first non-transitional Gothic churches to be
>> > built in Germany) but currently resides in the town of Eisenach. In the late
>> > 12th century, Marburg was a part of Thuringia; in future years, the western
>> > portions of Thuringia will break off and form the nucleus of the Land
>> > Hessen. By the end of the 13th century, Thuringia will fall through
>> > accidents of inheritance into the hands of the Wettin dynasty that also
>> > controls the March of Meissen; the two states together will merge into the
>> > Duchy of Saxony (Herzogtum Sachsen), which is also under Wettin control.
>> >
>> > Detlef aspires one day to be the chamberlain to His Highness the Landgrave
>> > of Thuringia, and for the moment he occupies his time as a clerk for the
>> > current chamberlain. He was educated at a Benedictine monastery in Erfurt,
>> > although he is not as accomplished a reader as he'd like to be (he doesn't
>> > have enough confidence in his Latin to tackle Virgil's Aeneid just yet), and
>> > even though he's pretty skilled at rhetoric, Detlef has never mastered the
>> > art of writing. Detlef once aspired to enter a Benedictine monastery, but
>> > he's quite taken with court life at the Wartburg right now, and he feels
>> > himself too secular for the life of a religious. The Wartburg is quite an
>> > exciting place, now that Hermann II is Landgrave. His Highness constantly
>> > invites knight-poets to his court, and the pieces they perform in the great
>> > hall are absolutely magnificent. Many of those poets are inspired by the
>> > work of the French poet Chretien de Troyes, and stories of King Arthur and
>> > his Knights of the Rount Table abound in the hall of the Wartburg. Even
>> > though he has been trained in archery and owns two swords that the Landgrave
>> > had given him, Detlef has never armored up and participated in a tournament
>> > or gone to war. Detlef often dreams of following the knights on Crusade to
>> > the Holy Land, if only as a standard-bearer. He also dreams of having his
>> > own dairy farm near Eisenach, with a half-timbered house where he can
>> > entertain guests on a much smaller scale than the Landgrave does. One day.
>> > One day...
>> >
>> > Detlef's English mother, Lady Alix de Curci, actually knows Eleanor of
>> > Aquitaine (by the Wrath of God, Queen of England), and she took him with her
>> > to Westminster Abbey to witness the coronation of King Richard in 1189. That
>> > was a rather daunting experience, since most of the people in attendance
>> > were speaking French (Detlef only knows German and English and a few phrases
>> > in Danish, and can read some Latin). The connections that Detlef's mother
>> > has with the Plantagenets create some awkwardness at the Wartburg; Henry II
>> > and Eleanor's daughter Mathilda married the Saxon duke Henry the Lion, who
>> > in 1180 was deprived of his duchy (and also of the Duchy of Bavaria) by
>> > Friedrich Barbarossa. The Landgrave of Thuringia has supported the Emperor
>> > in his conflicts with Henry the Lion, and at times he has been suspicious of
>> > Detlef's sympathies, considering the family connection (suspicions, one can
>> > be sure, that were fuelled largely by the Emperor's staunchest supporters in
>> > the Landgrave's court). Detlef has never met Henry or Mathilda, and he has
>> > never really had any interest in the conflict between Henry and the Emperor.
>> >
>> > Okay! Who's next?
>> >
>> > Yours in these Current Middle Ages,
>> > Detlef von Marburg
>> >
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