HRM King Andreas Eisfalke von Ulm:

King Andreas Eisfalke von Ulm has been a member of Society since the mid 80's. With an interest in fighting he attended his first fighter practice and was hooked.

Hailing from the Barony of Carillion, while not attending to Royal duties, he practices his skills and teaches both young and old about fighting, courtesy, chivalry and honor.

His passion is the household known as Bloodgaurd or Haus Blütwache as it is pronounced in German. In 1989, Sir Andreas formed House Bloodgaurd, which originally started out as an 11th century Norman fighting household. During the next 2 years the household grew into a very large and well known fighting unit drawing members from all over the kingdom as well as the known world.

Today, House Bloodgaurd is a 15th century Teutonic German household which strives to recreate a faction of the Medieval German military order known as the Teutonic Order. Their fierce determination, undying loyalty to kingdom and untiring fight for the cause of righteousness makes House Bloodgaurd a prized commodity on the field of battle. Sir Andreas currently holds the position of Hochmeister, which means Grand Master of the Order. The Hochmeister is the highest ranking officer in the Order.

Mundanely, Andre Sinoe is the founder and proprietor of Ice Falcon's Armory and is a Marine Chief Warrant Officer, serving as the Executive Officer of a Motor Transport Company.

HRM Queen Isabella of York:

Her Majesty joined the SCA in the summer of 1985. While being part of the Renaissance Faire circuit. Starting at the California Pleasure Faire she saw and immediately jumped on the opportunity of getting in contact with folks of the similar interests who took this form of recreation as seriously as she could want. Her membership as has not lapsed since.

Isabllea's first event was somewhat prophetic. At the Coronation of Siegfried and Wanda our Queen showed up in full Elizabethan garb and totally in persona. She called herself La Contessa Isabella of York. Not being schooled yet in the SCA-dian ways, this caused quite a stir. When asked when she had been queen, her reply was "I have always been La Contessa!" The local residents set her straight and explained to her that her garb to them looked too good to be a "newbie" (a term which Her Majesty hates) and that her persona was too believable. The rest they say is history.

Queen Isabella has many interests and never tires of discovering new things. She considers herself a normal SCA-dian who believes in serving the greater good. "If not the Crown, then the people". She believes in the well-roundness of the person. The whole person. "More importantly, by studying the mind set, mores, culture, religion, politics, etc. of the period, my persona comes to life and is more real."

Isabella is the founder of the Gilded Pearl, a guild dedicated to the study of the Renaissance, c. 1450 to 1650 throughout the known world. She enjoys brewing, researching, creating and designing costumes, primarily in her period of study throughout the known world, including Africa and the East. Recently she has become interested in the Middle Eastern dance and has been working on a new persona. (Watch out folks!)

In Her 15+ years in society, Isabella has achieved many honors and awards. Her titles and awards include: Countess, Lady of the Rose, Court Baroness, Companion of the Order of the Laurel, Companion of the Orders of the Maunche and Silver Crescent, Kings Order of Excellence (persona), Receiver of the Queen’s Cypher, Seamstress to 18-plus reigns, and "Fifth Force of Nature".

She says,"Hey, I am just a Rennie who made good!"

Mundanely, Tonessa West Crowe has a degree in Legal Practices and work as a Legal Assistant for a major law firm for the past 20 years. She considers herslf a professional student who is currently majoring in Philosophy and Anthropology at Hunter College and takes other assorted courses as her interest and time allow. She also works semi-professionally as a costume designer for the New York Renaissance Faire, as well as other clients as far as Argentina. Amoung other schools she has attended, she has studied at Tuft’s Museum of Fine Arts School as well as Massachusetts College of Art and in her early days has worked as a illustrator and portrait artist. Some of her costumes creations were recently featured in the window display of Greenburg and Hammer in New York City.

Among her other accomplishments Tonessa worked as a professional actress and singer, having studied at Herbert Berghoff Studio with Eizabeth Dillon, Uta Hagen as well as at the Actor’s Institute under the tutelage of Dan Fauci and Joseph Scalzo, among others. Most recently she created a three-woman, Elizabethan impromptu troupe which has performed at State University of New York Stony Brook, entitled, An Evening in the Drawing Room of Isabella of York.