This is where I will be writing the story of my persona. It will continuously be up dated as new things are discovered about my persona.
In the SCA, my name is Drustan Loc and I currently reside in the kingdom of Meridies. My persona is a man born half Pict and half Sarmatian who is studying the Druidic arts in the year 472 AD. I have worked hard on my persona and am still working on the details.
My father, Ariantes by name, was stationed at Hadrian's Wall and was there when the Romans withdrew from Britain. He was born at the wall from a sarmatian father and a Celtic woman from the sarmatians who were brought over my Marcus Aurelius to guard the wall. He was trained by the Sarmatians already stationed at the wall. He met my mother who was close to his age whe was ten when Rome left Britain. They grew up together and fell in love. The village scorned my mother for her choice but she stayed with him either way. She became a druidess as her mother was. Her name was Sin and was of the Brannovices (Raven Folk). My parents lived outside the village of Strathclyde and my mother worked as a wise woman and healer to the village. She taught me textiles and weaving as a form of meditation and my father taught me the skills of the Sarmatians. He taught me archery and theuse of the sword. My mother taught me wildcraft and the ways of the forest. My childhood I spent near the water and often sailed to Argyll in secret in my coracol. At the age of 16 I was introduced to the druidic order, but two years later the order requested I join the fianna to learn the ways of the sword and the art of war. They wished to train me to be an adviser to kings and war parties. The fianna taught me more of the ways of actual survival and gave me a heightened sense of right and wrong. There are some crimes that are unspeakable and some that must be done for survival. I stole food to survive when the harsh winters became too much to bare. I could read the ways of men and understand their behaviors. I understood their lust, both for women and for blood. I returned to the order after two years traveling around Britain. I returned from my "wolfing" as it was called changed. Out in the field we did not need to speak and would not for days. I understood silence and patience. The order choose well they once told me.
My father was killed in 456 AD in a battle against the Saxons at Crecanford. My mother died in 471 AD when the Saxons raided Edinburgh. My age at this point is 26 and have been studying to be a druid. Maybe the village knew of my anger and to be rid of me now that my mother was gone, I was ordered as my final test to learn of my family and their past. This meant I will have to go in search of the sarmatians who were far away at the Danubian Basin. This would mean crossing a Britain full of invading Saxons, the Roman empire which was about to fall, then to the steppes. My grandmother once told me before her death two years before that the ogam had been cast on me and my future laid bare. I went to the order for one last time and they finally told me of my past and why I must journey. The ogam said that I will travel farther then any druid before and I will be the last of the druids. News has come that St. Ninian will be arriving in the coming month. Rumors of him "blessing" the sacred wells and converting us past the old ways. I learned well they told me and now I must go and learn even more. Finding the sarmatians is my task, but what I do with it and how I go is my own choice.
The introduction of the saint I thought would be interesting because St. Ninian never made it as far as Strathclyde. But he will see his work as he crosses saxon land.
My persona is that of a traveler and my clothing and Arts and Science projects hopefully reflect this. I am looking at his progress like that of the main character from the Book of Eli or like Arlen from the Warded Man. He will carry very little and some things will be hidden in the ruins of building. He will be that of an explorer and will find the hidden treasures of forgotten people.
