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== Introduction ==

Introduced to the SCA at Panteria 2023, Ābele quickly fell in with the [[East Kingdom Foresters Guild]] in the Shire of Mountain Freehold. 

First and foremost, Ābele loves identifying trees (and also herpetofauna, and birds (which are technically reptiles and therefore possibly considered herpetofauna—though possibly not, as "herpetofauna" is a casual grouping of unrelated species based on "creeping," not a clade, and birds don't generally creep (except the Brown Creeper)), and occasionally herbaceous plants), and as an extension of that love for plants, is an occasional forager and bushcrafter. In fact, she's a jack-of-all-trades in crafting: embroidery, naalbinding, leatherworking, plant-based dyeing, needle-felting, pelt tanning, basketweaving, primitive pottery, and spinning yarn from Pomeranian fur, to name a few.  

Joined the ranks of [[Keepers of Athena's Thimble]] at Panteria 2024 and achieved the rank of Journeyman.

"Prevailer" in Æthelmearc Forestry Guild Challenge – 2024-2025

== Persona ==
Ābele lives on the Kurzeme shore during the Viking Age, tanning and trading furs to faraway lands. A loyal companion helps sniff out animal tracks and warns of approaching danger with her fierce barks. 
[[Category:Early Middle Ages Personas]] 
[[Category:EK Foresters Guild]]
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File:Seabiscuit.jpg|alt="a fluffy toasted-marshmallow Pomeranian wearing leather armor"|Ship's Biscuit
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== Event Staff ==
Helped out a bit at Feast of Fools, 2024

Pottery firing class & kitchen cleanup at Panteria XXVII, 2024

List Runner at Crown Tournament, 2024

Decoration & Gold Key at Yule, 2025

Primitive Pottery A&S Class, April 2025

Led Forester Hikes: 
* 8/18/2024 - Mobbs Farm, Jericho
* 9/1/2024 - Wheeler Nature Park, South Burlington
* 9/29/2024 - Hinesburg Town Forest, Hinesburg (forest management field trip) 
* 10/6/2024 - Libby's Look, Bolton
* 10/20/2024 - Colchester Bog
* 3/23/2025 - Mills Riverside Park
* 9/1/2025 - Preston Pond/Libby's Look

== Offices & Positions ==
*Social Media Deputy, Shire of Mountain Freehold, 6/5/2024 –

== Projects ==
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File:Abele_Bell-beaker.jpg | A bell-beaker-inspired pot
File:Abele_Pottery_Fire_Winter.jpg | Pottery firing
File:Abele_Vernal-Awakening.jpg | Ābele sporting a handmade hat and black cherry bowl
File:PurpleNaalmittens.jpg | Wool mittens worked in Mammen stitch
File:AbeleDevice.jpg | Natural pigments on wax tablet cover, sealed with oil
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== In Case of Court ==
If you surprise me, I will run away, and will keep running until I hit the tree line. Then you will have to find me, but I'll already have moved in under a rock with a bear and forgotten human language. (To clarify: do not surprise me.) Name is pronounced AAH-bell-eyyy (A like Artist, bell like a bell, ayyy like The Fonz), and I'm likely to attend events within 2 hours of Burlington, VT.

In the event of a scroll: Ābele is a 10th-century Curonian persona, and would love any Baltic motifs. They are a forester, and would love any nature imagery, especially snakes, weasels, and trees, but no favorites here. Weird critters from bestiaries & marginalia are also rad.

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