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Lady Aurora
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Purpure, a unicorn's head couped, on a chief argent three hearts gules.
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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 Katrina Feb 2022 - Sept 2022
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
Completed period style coif to go with cotehardie 2022
Primary seamstress for the Horny Horses Household, made many clothes for newbies
Made Viking style liri-pipe hood for Yule exchange
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 parasol for household member 2022
Painted multiple archery targets
Made Egyptian Weekesh collar based on actual extant examples and entered into Kingdom A & S
Created mask for fundraising for masquerade ball for Barony of Atenveldt 2021
Made a lot of cordials, primarily with vodka
Completed many block printing projects for clothing
Painted 4 paint brush holders for kingdom largess 3/2021
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
Finger loop braided for special project for Barony of Atenveldt 2018
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
Helped Kakujo with badge submission 6/2022
Helped Moira O'Droogan with badge submision 6/2022
Helped Mattea Locatelli with badge submission 6/2022
Helped Neo the Pict with name/badge submission 2021 and 6/2022
Help people create heraldry pictures in chat for submission (on-going)
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
Parasol Painting Class 3/2022
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
