Þorfinnr Hróðgeirsson

Photo
Þórfinnr at the Cloisters demo in AS 52
Information
Resides: Ostgardr
Status: Active
Awards: Order of Precedence
Heraldry
Sable, on a roundel Or a three legged crow sable, in chief seven estoiles in chevron argent
Award & Office Badges

Introduction

Born and raised in Settmour Swamp, Þorfinnr is now currently based in the Østgarðrian canton of the Grate Whyt Whey.

Persona

Exactly 1000 years ago Icelandic merchant who travels through Russia to China.

Projects & Publications

• Ongoing translation work of 齊民要術，a 6th century farm manual containing a number of rice and millet wine recipes.
• EKBG Paneled Brews

Classes

• AS 50, Pennsic 44, Zidian and Cidian: Chinese Dictionaries
• AS 51-52, Pennsic 45-46, Brew U AS 51, Sixth-C Chinese Grain Wine from Qimin Yaoshu
• AS 53, Pennsic 47, History of Drinking in Medieval China
• AS 53, Queer Schola, Viking Gender Roles

Offices & Positions

• King’s Champion of Arts & Sciences, East Kingdom, March 2019 - present
• Minister of Arts and Sciences, Crown Province of Østgarðr, 2020 - present
• Deputy Minister of Arts and Sciences, Canton of Whyt Whey September 2017 - present
• Deputy Seneschal, Canton of Whyt Whey September 2017 - present

Event Staff

• AS 52-53, Picnic in the Ruins, co-autocrat with Vika Grigina z Prahy

More Information

• Blog where he translates Classical Chinese brewing texts
• Blog for non-brewing topics