Broknarra

Nationality: Irish

Year of Birth: 1623

Birth Month: February

Birth Day:

Profession:

Serving the Crown and the people of Broknarra

Habits:

Writer, and musician; dislikes not being able to help out

Arrived in Apokrypha:

(detailed below)

Mother Name:

Aavid Logan

Mother Nationality: Irish/ Scottish Highlander

Father Name:

Illiam Tomshan

Father Nationality Irish/Welsh

Siblings:

Samhain Tomshan

Coat of Arms: TBD

Current affiliation: Broknarra

Citizen since: A.C.I. XXII (2003 Gregorian)

Lady Willow Tomshan

Minister of the Registry and Thane of Willow's Meadow

Willow tended to her chores on her family's farm. This afternoon she set down to mend the men's socks, which in comparison to the rest of the chores this was an easy and enjoyable task. Her mother came into the great room from the bedroom and said Willow's sister was sick and someone needed to ride into the nearest town to get some medicine. Willow's brother, Samhain, and father were exhausted from harvesting the fields and her mother didn't wish to leave her daughter's side, so that left Willow to go. She knew it would take a night and day to get there. She took what little money and other things the family had to barter. It was getting colder as it started misting outside and she had to hurry there and back before it got any worse. The ride there was quick, because she had traveled alone to the town before. She traded the money and objects for the herbs and elixirs. Just as she suspected a storm set in. It was so thick and heavy, Willow not only couldn't see where she was going but got turned around going west instead of south-east. As she rode on, she came upon a small clearing. Through the snow she could see a light. She drew nearer only to realize it was a small group of men sitting around a camp fire in a tent. They offered her a place at the fire to warm up before she headed off again. One of the men that sat furthest from the group mixed herbs and various other powders and things into a bowl. They explained that they were traveling, with the intent of starting over in a new land. Willow expressed she was simply trying to get home. The man came forward, placing the bowl over the fire. It began to heat up and released a delicious aroma. Willow asked what it was. They said hesitantly that it was something special for their celebration, marking the beginning of their journey for a new life. She asked if she could have some and they refused saying it would be much too strong for such a lady. The snow began to lift up a little so Willow decided that she was warm enough to continue on and thanked the men for allowing her to warm up by their fire. Then the men reconsidered about the drink and she knelt down and they handed her a cup and poured her some. One of the men grinned largely and made a toast, saying part of it in Gaelic, which Willow didn't comprehend because she wasn't familiar with. She raised her cup and gulped it down. Her eyes closes for a long while as she savored the drink's flavor when her face began to warm, then the rest of the body. She opened her eyes and instantly couldn't see. It was no longer snowing, the sun was beating down hard upon her thick clothing and she was no longer in the company of the men. She didn't know where she was, and figured the men had drugged her and stole her horse. She walked across the meadow towards the town. It was larger than any near her farm. The dress of the townspeople was strange; the people crossing her path dressed so diversely and elaborately, nothing like her village. She followed the citizens in the direction they were all heading. They filed into a longhouse. Inside and towards the middle and front stood four leaders, three garnished fellows and one crowned, perhaps a monarch. One of the three men stood before the people, welcoming everyone inside. Others noticed her and greeted her very kindly. One woman, Rota Thorgard, took her name and further welcomed her. Willow asked where she was exactly and the minister replied in the simplest and easiest way: she was very far from home.

Honors & Achievements:

* Appointed to Minister of the Registry position in fall of ACI XXII

* Re-appointed by Chancelloral Triumvirate as Minister of Registry for the first six months of ACI XXIII

* Became Thane by capturing Deed Parcel I at Summer Solstice Gathering, ACI XXIII

* Re-appointed by Chancelloral Triumvirate as Minister of Registry for the second six months of ACI XXIII

* Re-appointed by Chancelloral Triumvirate during as Minister of Registry for the first six months of ACI XXIV

* Conferred Nobility on 29 January, ACI XXIV, for service to Broknarra

* Awarded ZEALOT designation for dedication. Winter ACI XXIII - XXIV.