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== Introduction ==

THL Carrick MacSeáin

pronounced = ''Ca''-rick Mac'' Shayne''

Sometimes known as <span style="font-family: cursive;">Carrick of Nordenhal</span>

== Persona ==
[[Category:15th Century Personas]]
[[Category:Brewing]] 
[[Category:Culture (Irish)]]

<span style="font-family: cursive;">Cuirtear fáilte roimh gach taistealaí<br>All travelers are welcome</span>

Carrick MacSeáin is a simple man of the earth, a brewer of grains and honey, and an innkeeper by trade.
Neither warrior nor servant, Carrick is a freeman subject of the Crown. He hails from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elphin,_County_Roscommon Ail Finn, Ireland], near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrick-on-Shannon Carrick-on-Shannon] from whence he takes his name. 
The year is 1470.

Carrick keeps a house of general hospitality for strangers. All that pass are welcome to tarry at his tables. Travelers are particularly welcome, as he supplies rooms as well as board.<br>
Specialties include:
*Meads of all types, including melomels and methoglyns, 
*Ales of all types, lagers occasionally, 
*Honey butter - spiced and non-spiced,
*Feasts of fowl, beef, and boar.
*Simple meals of stews and soups
*Specialty breads
*and Cheese!


Carrick maintains several hobbies as well as his baking and brewing.
	Fabric arts, such as creating tunics and dresses. He
	plays recorder, but only to please himself.
	

His home is his workplace. It has a tavern on the first floor and rooms to let on the second. A brewery and kitchen in the back. Carrick lives on the third floor.

== Affiliations ==
* Member of Willow's Keep household
** Chief cook and bottle washer
* Protégé to Mistress [[Eikaterine tin Elliniki]]🎗️
* [[Silver Wheel|The Order of the Silver Wheel]] 11th of June 2021.
* [[Maunche|The Order of the Maunche]] 28th of June 2025.
* [[East Kingdom Brewers' Guild]]
** Member 2017
** Brewer 2023
** Journeyman 2024 
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/3341696625848857/ The Baliwick of Outlaw's Rest] (EK Royal Foresters Chapter(pending))
** Member
** Primate of the Disorder of the Waddling Penguin🐧
*Shire of [[Nordenhalle]]
**Primate of the Maple Leaf Rag 🍁

== Offices & Positions ==
*Chancellor Minor, Shire of [[Nordenhalle]] since 2017 see also [https://nordenhal.eastkingdom.org Nordenhal Home Page]
* [[Youth Combat]]
** Central Region Deputy of Youth Combat [mailto://youthcombat.central@eastkingdom.org Email here]  

== Event Staff / Volunteering ==
Carrick stewards the Brewing Schola at the annual War of the Roses event in the Barony of Concordia of the Snows. 

Carrick holds a weekly [https://www.facebook.com/groups/417230822488737 Youth Heavy Combat practice in the Shire of Nordenhal]. This practice has been held since March of 2024. There is a core group of 8 fighters across divisions 1 and 2. Come join us!
 
{| {{tablestyle3}}
!'''Event''' 
!'''Activities'''
|- 
!East Kingdom 50 Year (EK-50) 2018 
| Youth Point Volunteer, <br> Shire Demonstration Volunteer
|- 
!Pennsic 48, August 2019
| Pennsic University, Teen University Volunteer
|- 
!Persen House Demonstration, October 2019
| Set up and break down crew <br> Guide
|- 
!East Kingdom Fall Crown Tournament, November 2020
| Chancellor Minor <br> Youth Point Volunteer<br> Family Point Volunteer
|- 
!War of the Roses 2022
| Youth Combat MIT
|- 
!Pennsic 49 2022
| Youth Combat MIT - obtained warrant<br> Family Point Volunteer
|- 
!Daffodils 2023 
| Youth Combat Marshal in Charge
|- 
!Crown Tournament of Brennan and Caoilfhionn IV 
| Youth Combat Marshal
|- 
!Dancing Fox 2023 - Foxes al Fresco 
| Youth Combat Marshal in Charge
|- 
!War of the Roses 2023
| Youth Combat Marshal
|- 
!Pennsic 50 - 2023
| Youth Combat Marshal<br> Family Point Volunteer - Background Checked Supervisor<br> Chef to Auntie Arwen's staff
|- 
!Persen House Demo 2023 setup assistance
| Banner placement <br> IT Support
|- 
!East Kingdom Twelfth Night and Buckland Cross Baronial Investiture - January 13th, 2024
| Taverner
|- 
!Followers of Peter the Dressmaker
| Kitchen Staff<br> Serger Station - Serged all the seams for the garments produced<br> Created the snowflake badges that were sewn onto the garments<br> Setup/Cleanup crew
|- 
!Dancing Fox 2024
| Youth Combat Marshal in Charge <br> "Grill Sergeant" provided chicken and beef kabobs
|- 
!War of the Roses XLIV
| Organized the Brewing Schola - 6 instructors on topics ranging from beginning brewing of ales and meads, cordials, to non-alcoholic beverages 
|- 
!Northern Region War Camp and Equestrian Championships 2024
| Youth Combat MIC
|- 
!Pennsic War LI 2024
| Youth Heavy Combat Deputy MIC<br> Runnymede Dinner (East Kingdom Coronets) volunteer, Brewer, Bartender
|- 
!Persen House Demo 2024 
| [https://carrick4.wordpress.com/2024/10/08/medieval-medicines/ Medieval Medicine] Display and discussion<br> Provided [https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Carrick%27s_Stepponi Stepponi] (Medieval non-alcoholic drink from Digby)
|- 
![https://www.eastkingdom.org/event-details/?eid=4287 Hunter's Moon 2024]
| Provided a competition prize of a bottle of Pear Melomel <br> Participated in the A&S Moot with a display and discussion on [https://carrick4.wordpress.com/2024/10/08/medieval-medicines/ Medieval Medicine]s
|- 
![https://www.eastkingdom.org/event-details/?eid=4228 Goats Inn 2024 ]
| [https://carrick4.wordpress.com/2024/10/08/medieval-medicines/ Medieval Medicine] Display and discussion
|- 
!East Kingdom Online Arts and Sciences Display, December 2024
| [https://carrick4.wordpress.com/2024/10/08/medieval-medicines/ Medieval Medicine] Display and discussion
|- 
!East Kingdom 12th Night, 2025
| Provided handcrafted Stepponi for the dayboard drinks table
|- 
!At the Sign of the Dancing Fox XXV
| Chancellor Minor<br> Youth Game Room Attendant<br> Provided handcrafted [https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Carrick%27s_Stepponi Stepponi] for the dayboard drinks table
|- 
!West Hurley Library Medieval Day Demonstration (Local Homeschool group)
| [https://carrick4.wordpress.com/2024/10/08/medieval-medicines/ Medieval Medicine] display and discussion
|- 
!Balfar's Challenge 2025
| MIC Youth Heavy Combat  
|- 
!War of the Roses XLV (2025)
| Organized the Brewing Schola - 6 instructors on topics ranging from beginning brewing of ales and meads, deriving natural yeasts for brewing and baking, to cordials and infusions
|-
![[Nordenhalle]] Monthly Workshops July 2025
| [https://carrick4.wordpress.com/2024/10/08/medieval-medicines/ Medieval Medicine] Demo and hands-on balm making
|-
!Pennsic War LII
| Runnymede Dinner (East Kingdom Coronets) volunteer, Brewer, Bartender<br> Family Point Volunteer - Background Checked Supervisor <br> East Kingdom Brewers Guild panelist
|-
![https://www.eastkingdom.org/event-details/?eid=4439 Hunter's Moon - Fencing and Forestry on the Borderlands (2025)]
| Instructed a class on [https://wordpress.com/post/carrick4.wordpress.com/101 Medieval Medicine], which contained a hands-on demonstration of making a hand balm.
|-
![https://www.eastkingdom.org/event-details/?eid=4446 East Kingdom Brewers Collegium (Brew U) 2025]
|Mashing grains for brewing: Developed and presented a live demonstration and discussion of how to convert malted barley into fermentable wort with [https://carrick4.wordpress.com/2024/10/24/167  handouts]
|-
![https://www.eastkingdom.org/event-details/?eid=4465 John Barleycorn - Ostgardr Champions Day 2025]
|Youth Combat MIC
|-
![https://www.eastkingdom.org/event-details/?eid=4464 Bjorn's Ceilidh 2025]
|Provided the following items for feast:
* Honey Butter
* Herbed Butter
* Garlic confit
* Cranberry and Raspberry compote
* [https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/wiki/Carrick%27s_Stepponi Stepponi]
|-
![https://www.eastkingdom.org/event-details/?eid=4472 at the sign of the Dancing Fox XXVI]
|Site setup help<br>Silent Auction help<br>Site cleanup help
|-
|}


== Projects & Publications ==
*Projects
**Contributed to the [https://youtu.be/SpfyQ4bPD8U video on how to modify a hockey helmet] for Youth Combat
**Game Set fabrication for the toybox. Alquerque and Nine Men's Morris. March 2021
**[https://www.facebook.com/groups/17551346704/permalink/10159382360036705/ EK Insignia] machine embroidery files. 
**Belt Favors - Creates the stitch-able machine files for most embroidery machines/
***[https://drive.google.com/file/d/18EWwfMgrCfAOPxm3tM8bhxYMjRCwz0yA/view?usp=share_link Officer Belt loop insignia] for the Shire of [[Nordenhalle]], May 2021
***Officer Belt loop insignia for the Canton of [[Northpass]], May 2024
**Belt favors for
***[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TmbpvmZL9nKzVv3uw-fPnhFDfai7G3A7/view?usp=sharing HRM Indrakshi (I)], May 2022 created many belt favors, and created and shared the embroidery machine files of her Majesty's belt favor device.
***[https://drive.google.com/file/d/12n_qTIT_DuutBTtiRGMry28n_wZ77pTb/view?usp=sharing HRM Corotica], August 2023 many belt favors + embroidery machine files
***[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qo1rTYO0Aa0co_FT9KeAAP5VEJerZty1/view?usp=sharing HRM Caoilfhionn IV], May 2023 many belt favors + embroidery machine files
***[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L9RSnwO1BRKYyOsOxNFtMNpkHo6iegbV/view?usp=sharing HRM Emerson True], March 2024 many belt favors + embroidery machine files
***HRM Fiamun, November 2024 - embroidery machine files.
***Her Excellency Angelica di Nova Lipa, January 2025 - three dozen favors, and favor embroidery machine files.
***[https://www.facebook.com/groups/17551346704/permalink/10160995791591705/ HRM Indrakshi II] , March 2025 favor embroidery machine files 
***[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IM_FQj0ggMJefDXrHnp2NDQBHeI_PWTA/view?usp=sharing HRM Chatricam Meghanta], September 2025  favor embroidery machine files

**Baldrics
*** Provided a new legacy baldric for the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b-7R9qhtFStgBVu0kMTeQybvIr_hNjkq/view?usp=share_link Baronial Rattan Champion] of the Barony of [[Concordia of the Snows]] (War of the Roses 2024)
***Provided the Crown with new [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zL8gGLnlxUDt4o785SJID95L1nbS0jI-/view?usp=share_link Youth Combat Divisional Championship baldrics] (War of the Roses 2024)
***Provided a new legacy baldric for the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dtDYaGNLTDFg2Mh5itnLpBgdqdiYwJ5f/view?usp=share_link Baronial Arts and Sciences Champion] of the Barony of [[Concordia of the Snows]] (Bjorn's Ceilidh 2024)
*Wiki Page Assistance <br> Carrick assisted in the creation or editing of the following East Kingdom Wiki pages:
**[[Angelica and Sofya]]
**[[Ceinwen Bleddyn]]
**[[Pia Maletesta d'Rimini]]
*Publications are accessible [https://wordpress.com/post/carrick4.wordpress.com online].
**Developed and delivered a presentation on advanced brewing techniques at The Brewing Schola at War of the Roses XLIV
***[[Media:The_Magic_of_Mashing.pdf| The Magic of Mashing]] 
**Researched [https://wordpress.com/post/carrick4.wordpress.com/101 Medieval Medicine] 
**Medieval non-alcoholic drink.
***Documentation for a medieval lemon and raisin drink called [https://carrick4.wordpress.com/2024/11/15/stepponi-documentation/ Stepponi] from [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16441/16441-h/16441-h.htm The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened] 
** [https://ekbg.eastkingdom.org/wp-content/uploads/EKBG-Panel-Documentation-Template.docx East Kingdom Brewers Guild paneling documentation template. ]

*EKBG Paneled Beverages
**[[Carrick's Ordinary Ale]]
**[[Carrick's Small Ale]]
**[[Carrick's Stepponi]]
**[[Carrick's Medicinal Cordial]]




== In Case of Court ==
In case of court contact [mailto:240199@members.eastkingdom.org Carriick], his pelican, 
Mistress [[Eikaterine tin Elliniki]], and [mailto:240200@members.eastkingdom.org his wife], [[Lann ingen Uí Corcráin Dubglas]].

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sjhXCx2UKwVBAsUAJ9uY0a8LueZelsmRikVWgGzDvQM/edit?usp=sharing In Case of Peerage Letter]

Preferred pronouns he/him

== More Information ==
Carrick may be contacted via [mailto:240199@members.eastkingdom.org Kingdom eMail]