As an actress and storyteller I have always enjoyed creating characters. My persona is no exception. So I was delighted to learn about the A&S50 Challenge, and chose to do my Challenge items around my persona.

Below is the list of my 50 items for the persona challenge. Several of these will do double duty as Pentathlon entries (Caid’s bi-yearly A&S competition), Collegium classes, and bardic entries; others will be personal garb, encampment items, and writings. In all cases I’ll post my writings, notes and pictures. I’m very excited about this. I’m disorganized by nature (my friends are vigorously nodding their heads) so I need structure and deadlines to get anywhere!

Count: 6 done, 44 to go!

    1. DONE! Create period poem #1
    2. DONE! Create period poem #2
    3. DONE! Create and perform period story #1
    4. DONE! Learn to pronounce Old English
    5. DONE! Make tunic for son #1
    6. DONE! Teach class on storytelling
    7. Complete persona questionnaire from An Tir’s Culturewiki
    8. Write paper on elf charms
    9. Create 10+ period journal entries for Caitlin — Progress: 2 done
    10. Draw up plans for prosperous farm
    11. Collect 20+ pictures of Northumberland
    12. Collect 10+ pictures of period farm and household implements
    13. Create and perform period song #1
    14. Create and perform period song #2
    15. Create and perform period story#2
    16. Tell 10 period stories (Progress: 1 “The Trial of the Dead”)
    17. Write paper on period folklore and the supernatural
    18. Write a Day in the Life in 3rd person
    19. Write essay describing the funeral for Caitlin’s husband
    20. Make Judith of Flanders dress
    21. Make Judith of Flanders headrail
    22. Make cap (for under veil)
    23. Make straps for braids
    24. Make working/war dress #1
    25. Make working accessories (veil, belt/girdle?)
    26. Make working/war dress #2
    27. Make working/war dress #3
    28. Make Norman court overgown
    29. Make Norman court undergown
    30. Make Norman wimple and veil set
    31. Make Norman girdle
    32. Make braid casings
    33. Teach class on Anglo Saxon costume
    34. Read Gale Owen-Cocker’s Anglo-Saxon Dress in England and post book review
    35. Weave trim for Judith dress
    36. Embroider trim for Norman dress
    37. Make tunic for son #2
    38. Make leggings for son #1
    39. Make leggings for son #2
    40. Make period shoes for me
    41. Make period shoes for son
    42. Create annotated timeline for Caitlin’s life
    43. Learn Old English for translation
    44. Learn Old English for original writing
    45. Make period bed covers for war
    46. Create period encampment by studying interiors and furnishings
    47. Learn period handwork techniques
    48. Hand-sew one complete outfit using period stitches
    49. Make bardic book that can take additional pages
    50. Handwrite songs, poems, stories for book