Greetings! I am Rathflaed DuNoir, called the Black Bard of Meridies, and I
became involved in the Society for Creative Anachronism [1] shortly after
high school.

I was forced (due to mundane concerns) to sojourn to Caid where I currently
live with my beautiful wife Emily. I can be seen traveling around the events
(particularly camping events) in the Caidian area, but don't be too
surprised to see me in your corner of the Knowne Worlde. I have been known
to travel through Meridies (of course), Atlantia, The Midrealm (for an
event), An Tir, Atenveldt and Caid. I have also performed at a few
Renaissance Faires.

I am an MSoB (mean son of a ...) no wait! It means that I'm a member of the
Militant Society of Bards. You can recognize the MSoBs by the distinctive
motley we wear. (In my picture you'll see the old motley, we haven't been
able to find any of that lately, so we've gone to a lozengy motley rather
than a checky motley.) The MSoBs usually like to teach their audiences two
major things: the first is "Always feed and water your bards and minstrels
because then they come back!" and second, the word "More!". Applause is
nice, but "More!" really gets your point across!

I am also a filidh in the Meridian Bardic College and am a member of the
super secret ancient order of Fyrecrawlers (shhhhh!). And in the middle of
all that, I've even been known to sing a song or two.

Bio of the Black Bard I send out an electronic newsletter every so
often with news of events I have attended,
events which I hope to attend, recording
information and usually, a new piece. It
comes out about once per quarter. To be added
to this e-newsletter, send me an email at
Rathflaed@hotmail.com.

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Rathflaed DuNoir Page maintained by:
Rathflaed@hotmail.com Kate Akers [2]
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1: http://sca.org/
2: mailto:kakers@chivalry.com