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Magister Farolfus filius Richardi

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Primary Name Other Personas: Faraulf (Nickname)
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Photograph: Farolfus filius Richardi
Farolfus is a Langobard gasindus (retainer in a lord’s household) in what is now northern Italy, c.600 CE. Although I was raised in a warrior society, now that my people have settled on the Italian peninsula, politics, power, and bureaucracy are more complicated than before. 

My primary interest is decorative stamped pottery from Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, and I have reconstructed nearly 200 stamp dies and rouletting tools based on extant examples from the Roman provinces (mainly Brittania and Pannonia) as well as many parts of continental Europe, Britain, and Scandinavia in the Migration Period and Vendel/Merovingian Period (roughly 400 to 750 CE). Other interests include leatherwork, shoes, and Migration-Era material culture more generally. 

Past/current classes taught
I am happy to teach any of these again, either virtually or in person - class details can be found here: https://farolfus.com/sca-resume/#teaching
  • Norwegian Iron Age Bucket Pottery [hands-on; instructional videos are available at https://farolfus.com/iron-age-norwegian-bucket-shaped-pottery/]
  • Meet the Langobards: 568-774 CE [history] 
  • The Lendbreen Tunic [hands-on]
  • Make an Early Period Clay Lamp [hands-on]
  • Intro to ‘Early Period’ Stamped Pottery: Decorated Wares of Britain, Scandinavia, and Western Europe, 5th-7th Centuries CE [history]
  • Anglian & Saxon Decorated Wares in Britain, 450-650 CE [history]
  • Learn to Make ‘Early Period’ Stamped Pottery [hands-on]
  • As the Wheel Turns: Imported Pottery in Early Medieval Britain and Scandinavia [history]
  • Before They Wore Turnshoes: European Footwear before 800 CE [history]
  • Patterning a Germanic One-Piece Shoe [hands-on or virtual]
  • Intro to Early Medieval Leather Tooling [hands-on or virtual]
Since folks have asked, a note on my name and its pronunciation: In person, I answer to Faraulf or Farolfus and it doesn't matter to me. In the Langobardic language, it would likely have been written using the Elder Futhark as ᚠᚨᚱᚨᚢᛚᚠ (Faraulf or something fairly close). Most of the Langobards' written records are in Latin, so my name had to be registered that way. For most bureaucratic/written purposes, I usually use the Latin form [pronounced fa-RAWL-fuss FILLY-uss ri-CAR-dee], but conversationally would have been called Faraulf son of RÄ«kahard [FARR-a-oolf son of REEK-a-hard], or in Langobardic, probably something like Faraulf RÄ«kahard sunu, similar to the way it would have been handled by the Saxons.  

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Current/Previous Offices:

Office Officer for Group Start Date End Date In Office
Kingdom Cartographer Kingdom of Northshield 1/30/2021 Active 45 months
Kingdom Minister of Arts & Sciences Kingdom of Northshield 2/1/2023 Active 20 months
Social Media Deputy Kingdom of Northshield 7/23/2021 2/22/2022 7 months
Scribal Gallery Curator Kingdom of Northshield 5/16/2022 6/24/2023 13 months

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Authorization Card Expiration Date: 07/21/2025

Archery

Archery Marshal of the Field in Training
Archery Marshal of the Field

Armored

Armored Single-Handed Weapon (1H)
Armored Marshal of the Field in Training
Armored Marshal of the Field
Armored Spear
Armored Two-Handed Weapon (2H)
Armored Combat Archery
Armored Siege Weapons
Armored Youth Sparring

Equestrian

Equestrian General Riding and Games
Equestrian Marshal of the Field in Training
Equestrian Marshal of the Field
Equestrian Mounted Archery
Equestrian Jousting
Equestrian Driving
Equestrian Mounted Crest Combat
Equestrian Mounted Armored Combat

Rapier

Rapier C&T Single Sword
Rapier Single Rapier
Rapier Marshal of the Field in Training
Rapier Marshal of the Field
Rapier C&T Marshal of the Field
Rapier Case
Rapier Dagger
Rapier Rigid Parry
Rapier Non-Rigid Parry
Rapier Epee
Rapier C&T Defensive Secondary
Rapier C&T Offensive Secondary
Rapier C&T Two-Handed Weapon
Rapier Rapier Spear

Rebated Steel

Rebated Steel Singlehanded Sword
Rebated Steel Longsword
Rebated Steel Counter
Rebated Steel Marshal

Thrown Weapons

Thrown Weapons Marshal of the Field in Training
Thrown Weapons Marshal of the Field

Youth

Youth Youth Level 1
Youth Youth Rattan
Youth Youth Rapier
Youth Marshal of the Field in Training
Youth Marshal of the Field
Youth Youth Level 2
Youth Youth Level 3

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