Fia Kareman

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Always watching - generally with my son in my arms
Information
Resides: Barony of Stonemarche
Status: Active
Awards: Order of Precedence
Heraldry
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SCA Lineage

• Protégé to Mistress Adin Tinkar, who is Man-at-Arms to Duke Randall of the Dark
• Lady of Haus von Drachenklaue, headed by Duke Lucan and Duchess Jana von Drachenklaue
• Duke Randall and Duke Lucan were Squires to Master Feral von Halstern, called “Kingmaker”

Persona

1215: Fiamuin is born on the outskirts of Chelmsford, England.

Fiamuin’s parents were proud Anglo-Saxons, with little use for the Norman nobility. They had standing in their community due to her father’s profession as the “cart man” (hence the last name of “Kareman”) and her mother’s abilities as a Wise Woman. Fiamuin and her siblings were raised in the outdoors, generally considered as Pagan and not part of the Catholic church, learning the ways of the Anglo-Saxons, and teachings from their mother.

Fiamuin first married Mark, but he left her a widow less than a year after marriage. She married again within a few years to Robert, but he also left her a widow after going off to the Crusades and never returning. After her second marriage, Fiamuin devoted herself to her mother’s profession, and became a Wise Woman herself – a healer, herbalist, midwife, and sometimes called a witch.

While tending the wounded on a smoldering battlefield, Fiamuin is brought to Matthew’s blood covered body. Though mostly not his own blood, his arm did protrude at a strange angle. Through her skills and ministrations, the arm loudly returned to its intended place, and a love affair was born. While a Norman and an Anglo-Saxon marriage was not rare, once they were married Matthew and Fiamuin developed their own paths through the differences in the cultures. Matthew taught Fiamuin the ways of the nobility, and she taught him that in her culture woman are near equal companions to men. She assisted in his campaigns, and tended the household when he traveled to war, and she continued her ministrations as a Wise Woman.

Current Positions

• Princess of the East Kingdom (5/2024 - present)
  

Whenever Royal Duties allow me to do so:

• Heavy List Marshal at numerous events in the East Kingdom & Pennsic (6/2006 - present)
  

Affiliations

Wife of Sir Matthew des Arden and Mother of Galen
Mistress of House of the Crucible
Peer of Duchy Von Drachenklaue, Lady of von Drachenklaue
Peer of Haus Dagon
Honorary Member of Aegis Company
Former Protege of Mistress Adin Tinkar

Accomplishments

Marshal of Heavy List (May, 2007: given by the EK Earl Marshal)
Marshal of Heavy List (June, 2006; given by the Knight Marshal of Caer Galen, Kingdom of the Outlands)
Marshal-in-Training of Heavy List (January, 2006; given by the Knight Marshal of Caer Galen, Kingdom of the Outlands)
Master Chirurgeon (August, 2000; given by the Master Chirurgeons at Pennsic in Aethelmearc)
Journeyman Chirurgeon (August, 1998; given by the EK Chirurgeon at Pennsic in Aethelmearc)
Apprentice Chirurgeon (August, 1998; given by the EK Chirurgeon at Pennsic in Aethelmearc)

Protegéés

The Honorable Lady Elizabeth Reed, OSC
The Honorable Lord William Ravenhair, OTC, OSC
Lady Hesychia of RavensBridge, OSW

Stunt Protegéé

Lady Meara MacNeil, OSW - Honoring Baron Ernst Nuss von Kitzingen

Former Protegéé

Lady Anna Serena, OSW

In case of Court

• Please contact Matthew des Arden
  
• I would prefer to not receive awards from an Etherial Court and would like them in person.
  
• Contrary to what my husband says, I really don't like surprises. I would prefer to receive a Summons or Writ to appear at the appropriate time.

Former Offices & Positions

• Chirurgeon General of the Chirurgeons Guild (7/2015 - 3/2020)
  
• Chirurgeon-in-Charge of numerous events in the East Kingdom (5/1999 - 3/2020)
  
• Chirurgeon at numerous events in the East Kingdom & Pennsic (9/1998 - 3/2020)
  
• Kingdom Chirurgeon, East Kingdom (1/2005 - 7/2005; 1/2009 - 10/2011; 4/2012 - 1/2013)
  
• Deputy Kingdom Chirurgeon, East Kingdom (3/2001 - 1/2005)
  

Former Event Staff - By Event

** A Market Day at Birka **

    (Barony of Stonemarche - ~1,400-2,200 attendees; ~150 fighters) 

• Deputy Event Steward & Deputy Merchant Coordinator: Birka XXXIII (January, 2024)
• Autocrat (5): Birka XXIV, XXV, XXVIII, XXXI & XXXII (January 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020, 2023)
• Deputy Autocrat (3): Birka XXVII, XXIX, XXX (January 2016, 2018 & 2019)
• Deputy Autocrat, Merchant Coordinator and Marshal in Charge of Heavy List (2): Birka XXII & XXIII (January 2011 & 2012)
• Marshal in Charge of Heavy List: Birka XXI (January 2010)
• Assisted MOL for Heavy List (10): Birka X – XX (January 1999 – January, 2009)

** Aisles of Marche **

    (Barony of Stonemarche - ~650 attendees) 

Co-Autocrat (April. 2022)

** Great Northeastern War **

    (Province of Malagentia - ~1,000 attendees; ~100 fighters) 

• Co-Marshal in Charge of Heavy List (July 2023)
• Battlefield Coordinator & Marshal in Charge of Heavy List (2) (July 2018 & 2019)
• Chirurgeon in Charge (5) (July 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005)
• Coordinator of Information Point (July 2004)

** Pennsic **

    (Kingdom of Aethelmearc - ~10,000 - 12,000 attendees) 

• Chirurgeons: Statistician & Quality Control (5): Pennsic XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVII, XLII & XLIII (August 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014)
• Chirurgeons: Deputy War Chirurgeon; Statistician & Quality Control: Pennsic XXXVIII (August 2009)
• Chirurgeons: War Chirurgeon: Pennsic XXXIV (August 2005)
• Chirugeons: Deputy War Chirurgeon; Acting War Chirurgeon (due to early departure of War Chirurgeon): Pennsic XXXIII (August 2004)
• Chirurgeons: Operations Deputy; Deputy to the War Chirurgeon: Pennsic XXXVII (August 2003)
• Chirurgeons: Deputy for Points: Pennsic XXXI (August 2002)

In addition to the titled positions above:
• Marshals: numerous shifts for battles (15): Pennsic XXXV - XLVII; Pennsic XLIX - L (August 2006 - 2018; August 2022 - 2023)
• Chirurgeons: numerous shifts at First Aid Point, including functioning as Crew Chief and Executive Officer, and as Chirurgeon-in-Charge of specific battles (12): Pennsic XXVIII - XXX; Pennsic XXXV - XLIII (August 1999 - 2001; August 2006 - 2014)
• Chirurgeons: Apprentice Chirurgeon: Pennsic XXVII (August 1998)

Classes Taught

• Chirurgeon 101 – taught numerous times in the East and at Pennsic, both formally and informally
  
• Armor Extraction – taught numerous times in the East and at Pennsic, both formally and informally
  
• Waterbearer 101 – taught numerous times in the East, both formally and informally
  
• So you Want to Be a War Chirurgeon – presented at the Knowne World Chirurgeon Symposium held at the An Tir 40th Year Celebration in May, 2006