Populace:Aurora Faw

Photo

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Information

Resides: Barony of Sun Dragon Status: Active

Heraldry

Purpure, a unicorn's head couped, on a chief argent three hearts gules.

Lady Aurora started attending Estrella War in 2005 but became more involved in the Society when she started participating with Sun Dragon in about 2013. She is an accomplished belly dancer and has been a part of the belly dancing community since 2005. Besides belly dancing, Aurora is a seamstress, artist, block printer and archer. Aurora has recently started dabbling in heraldry as well. As mother of 2 active children, she still attempts to balance her time between her kids and her love of the SCA. She is married to Lord Philippe de Dauphiné. Aurora is member and founder of the Horny Horses Household.

Lady Aurora started playing in the SCA in part because she always loved the romantic ideas of chivalry and fantasized about the idea that she could be someone else, especially being in "princess" clothes. She had played D-n-D from her teens into adulthood, so the idea of a middle-ages society intrigued her. She was originally invited to this "medieval thing" where you "camp in funny clothes" by her Aunt Lady Cassandra Bakere the Chiurgen. And then from then on she was hooked.

Persona

Lady Aurora plays a late-period (1600s) Romani persona from England, but has been known to time travel to many various eras, including Greek and Egyptian.

What's in a Name

Lady Aurora, being the romantic she is, chose her SCA name well before she knew what would fall under period names and based her name on the Disney Sleeping Beauty's, Princess Aurora. In the belly dancing community, you typically select just one name (no surname to go by), both so that you can "be someone else" on stage and so that you can protect yourself from creepy persons. Luckily, Aurora falls just barely into our SCA time period. However, belly dancers are often told that belly dancing is not period, but she decided to continue dancing anyway. She had no intention of registering her name, but after much discussion, she decided that this is how the game is played and one should follow the expectations. So after getting her award of arms, she decided to look for a Romani last name to reflect the "not fitting in" part of being a belly dancer and to encompass the entertainer role the Romani's often played historically. The last name of Faw was associated with Romani and was able to be used to identify ethnicity.

Heraldry Story

Lady Aurora has loved unicorns since a child. At 25 she had a unicorn tattooed on her shoulder. Unicorns represent purity, chivalry, and yet an untamed wildness and nobility. So it only makes sense that her heraldry means, "Love Unicorns." Her favorite colors are purple and pink, so it is without wonder, that she chose purpure and gules. While "pink" doesn't officially exist in period, faded red does. She also registered a badge with a full, rampant unicorn and a semy of hearts so she can have options in her heraldry decoration. Fun with Heraldry below:

Awards

Aurora's Order of Precedence

Offices & Positions

Kingdom

Kingdom of Atenveldt Deputy Kingdom Social Media Officer Sept 2020-Present

Archery Marshall Jan 2019-present

Queen's Lady In Waiting

Queen Elizabeth Nov 2019 - Nov 2022 (during the eternal reign)

Barony of Sun Dragon

Social Media Officer Jun 2018 - present

Chatelaine Oct 2018 – Oct 2019

A & S Defender Oct 2017 – Oct 2018

Deputy Exchequer Sept 2017 – Sept 2019

Barony of Atenveldt

Lady of Love Sept 2018 – Dec 2019

Archery

Competes in most tournaments

Teaches newcomers archery basics

Helped with creation/painting of many, many targets

Ran Youth Archery at Estrella War 2019 and 2020

Got Bowman rank Jan 2019

Competed for Archery Champion in Oct 2019

Started in Summer of 2016

Performances

Belly Dance

Taught drumming to new people - Feb 2022

Taught belly dancing at her house 2021

Created videos for the Kingdom and Barony song compilations during the time of The Plague; Time Warp and Can't Stop the Feeling, by JT 2019

Hosted haflas including, the rained out weekend of Art of War, November 2019 and Wed Night of Estrella War 2020

Have competed in many belly dance competitions, including Estrella War Halfla 2017 and Highlands War in July 2019

Performed at 12th Night, 2019 in Tucson

Run Daddy O's Desert Caravan Dance and Drum Monthly hafla's where SCA dancers and drummers are invited to participate and perform 2013-present

Started belly dancing in 2005

Bardic

Competed for Bardic Champion at Sun Dragon Champions 2021

Filked "Purple Rain" with "Virtual Reign" in dedication to Baron Wolff, at Atenveldt Heraldry and Bardic Symposium, September 2020 Virtual Reign Filk

Performed and won duet in Atenveldt bardic competition How to Train Your Viking, April 2019

Competed at Sun Dragon Champions 2019

Performed at Fall Coronation 2019

Performed in Tucson at Bardic in 2017

Arts and Sciences

Scribal

Completed many scrolls at both baronial and kingdom level including some very customized scrolls

Competed as Novice in Kingdom A & S in Sept 2019 – won in my category

Started calligraphy in April 2019

Competed as Novice in Kingdom A & S in Sept 2018 – won for novice

Started painting scrolls in June 2017

Photos of Aurora's Scrolls

Sewing

Primary seamstress for the Horny Horses Household, made many clothes for newbies

Measured, drafted, and made Turkish pants 2021

Made 8 wool Mongolian style hats 2021-2022

Embroidered pickle for tunic 2021

Made favors for her household 2021

Sewed, embroidered and block printed pockets for largess 2021

Sewed and block printed Sun Dragon pockets 2020

Drafted, sewed, and block printed cotehardie for Lady of Love stepping down at Barony of Atenveldt Anniversary 2019

Sewed and block printed Viking hoods for prize at Barony of Atenveldt Anniversary 2019

Made ottoman coat from silk for hubby for Mid-East Feast 2019

Made a pirate "captain's" coat 2016

Belly dance bra and belt 2014

Other

Painted multiple archery targets

Made a lot of cordials, primarily with vodka

Painted heraldic Christmas ornaments for Barony of Atenveldt ornament contest 2019

Created silk banner for myself 2019 and hubby 2020

Painted Baronial camp walls 2019

Won populace vote on painted parasol on A & S display at Champions 2018

Painted parasols for household 2018

Painted parasol for Sun Dragon regalia for the Baroness 2017

Photos of Aurora's SCA projects

Heraldry

Help people create heraldry pictures for submission

Created heart heraldry for SunDragon - 2/2022

Helped Teresa with heraldry name/device submission 12/2021

Helped Cheryl with heraldry device submission 11/2021

Helped Frank with heraldry name/device submission 9/2021

Helped Sigrun with heraldry device submission 9/2021

Helped Robert with heraldry name/device submission 3/2021 Heraldry Pics

Events Ran

Ran Youth Archery at Estrella 2019, 2020, and scheduled for 2021

Awarded Bid for Spring Coronation 2020

Sun Dragon Champions 2019

Fabric War July 2017

Children’s Clothing Exchange (at several Estrella War Events and at several Fabric Wars)

Other Volunteering

Assists with setting up people on the Atenveldt Wiki pages 2020-present

Created Social Media Guide and How To documents 2/2022

Assisted with Site Clean Up event for Baron's War 1/2022

Sun Dragon Land-O-Crat for 2019 and 2020

Open Stitch and Bitch at my house

Atenveldt Parasol Purchase April 2020

Estrella War Watch/Front gate Volunteering 2009-2019

Classes Taught

How to dress as a Belly Dancer at SCA Events - 8/2021

SMO basic duties - Aten University - 12/2021

Easy T-Tunic Class (on-line)

Belly Dance - Sun Dragon Fighter Practice - 1/21/2018

Block printing - Mixed Weapons War - March 2019

Block printing - My House - 1/20/2019

Intro to Belly Dance - Estrella War - Feb 2018

Belly Dance for Kids (2) - Estrella War - Feb 2017

Contact

Email: Aurora Faw

Facebook: Mundane - Michelle Geiger