She/Her.
Pronounced Ciana (Shi-ah-nah, diminutive of Luciana) Scolari (Sko-lah-ree) di Polcenigo (Pohl-chen-ee-goh)
14c Northern Italian. Ciana is the daughter of the Scolari famila from Polcenigo, a little town north of La Bella Venezia. When the family fell on hard times while her parents were far from Italy Ciana married a chronically absent Venetian naval officer, bought a small villa in Venice, and became a courtesan. Due to parents with enlightened ideas about women, Ciana has been well educated to better care for the family palazzo and lands, with periodic semesters studying at the medical school in Salerno.
She hosts educational and philosophical salons as well as small entertainments and soirees, hosts fundraisers for the aid of women, children, and LGBTQ+, and enjoys spending time with her Patrons, Champions, and Tullians. She gleefully supports her patrons and champions from the list side, sometimes joining them on the field, having fun throwing an axe, or picking up a bow.
Ciana enjoys kitchen and medicinal gardening, kitchen crafts (such as soapmaking, cheeses, breads, subtleties), creating grand feasts, brewing and distilling, sewing and embroidery. She is just getting into the illumination arts, learning to play the mandolin, and starting to fight heavy again after 10 years out of armour. She absolutely adores dancing and is always seeking an enthusiastic partner!
Ciana finds Kingdom and Shire business, hosting events, stewarding feasts, and welcoming newcomers to be very fulfilling.
Courses that you can find her teaching can be found on her site, but cover Newcomer Intros, courtesy and politesse, basic to advanced period and peri-oid cookery (for those that cannot stomach some of the more historical ingredients), sexual subjects in history, topics related to women and non-binary folks, and historical medical practices.
As Ciana goes visiting quite often, she updates her Northshield event attendance here.
.｡:♥∞♡ As a Courtesan, Ciana seeks a Champion that will fight in Crown for her, and otherwise help support her SCA activities. Exchange of service to be negotiated with the potential Patron's desires to emulate the historical activity. She heads up Northshields' chapter of the Knowne World Courtesans, is a founding member of the KWC, and you can find them at the Companions of the Stellar Hart group on Facebook (non-FB website forthcoming).
You can find her time traveling to 16c Venice occasionally, and 1ad Roman for the Bacchanal once a year.
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A Few of Her favourite Things:
.・♡゜For gifting, please consider your own made-with-love homemade canned items, spice mixes, teas, mead/wine, heirloom seeds for 14c pre-Columbian edible plants/herbs/spices
- books
- white trunk-up elephants
- cobalt or phthalo blue, ultramarine, silver
- lapis lazuli, star sapphires, sapphires, black opals, blue topaz, cream pearls (lab created!)
- deep bass drumming
- Flowers: creamy carnations, artichokes, dandelions and other wildflowers
- Fruits: grapes, berries, olives, apricots, pears, Serrano lemons
- Veggies: carrots, beets, artichokes, garlic, parsnips, asparagus
- Plants & Herbs: basil, mints, rosemary, foxglove, carnations, fennel, burdock
- mead, cordials, whiskey, eau de vie, grappa, herbed and/or fruited waters & teas
- very occasional sweets and chocolate because...
- prefers savoury and umami snacks like nuts, hummus, relishes, pickles, olives, and..... cheeeeeese!
- that murmur of a big group of well-contented feast-eaters
- heavy fighting - ohhh melee how I love you
- dancing!
Allergies (she carries epi):
- anaphylactic latex
- n/v, rash & anaphylaxis alpha-gal reaction to pork
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Authorization Card Expiration Date:
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