Vindiorix Ordovix

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Vindiorix "Black Finn" Ordovix
Information
Resides: Shire of Mountain Freehold
Status: Active Member
Awards: Order of Precedence
Heraldry
Vindiorix Ordovix's Device

Award & Office Badges

Introduction

Vindiorix "Black Finn" Ordovix of Clan Preachain, Fir naLeon, the Shire of Mountain Freehold, and the Northern Army.

A 1st Century CE Briton of the Ordovices tribe.

Forester, fighter, brewer, and half-ass maker of various things.

(He/Him)

Persona

Vindiorix Ordovix is a late 1st Century CE Briton of the Ordovices Tribe from what is now western Wales. He served for a time as a legionary with Legio V Alaudae along the Rhine frontier and during the Batavian Rebellion of 70 CE. When he learned Rome was campaigning against the tribes of western Britain in 74 CE, he deserted from the Legion and made his way back to defend his homeland. Four years later, in 78 CE, Rome successfully defeated the Ordovices and conquered Mona. Vindiorix fled Britannia and served as an auxiliary cavalryman with Ala Gallorum et Thracum Constantium in Syria. He now serves with Cohors III Legio Polaris (3rd Cohort of the Northern Legion of the East Kingdom's Army) and is perpetually stuck in the year 85 CE.

See "Masterwork Submission: Persona" for additional information: Paper

Interests

I enjoy fighting, learning and teaching. I strive to be a better singles and melee fighter, and particularly enjoy planning and leading battles. I currently serve as a sergeant in the 3rd Cohort of the Northern Legion, and am active in both the Royal Forester's Guild and the Brewer's Guild. In addition to improving my own skills I am passionate about teaching others. Much of my teaching focuses on basics for new fighters, forester skills (both wilderness living skills and actual medieval forester topics), and historical brewing. I also particularly enjoy studying historical military tactics and strategy, comparing them to modern US military doctrine, and applying them to SCA battles.

Group Memberships and Affiliations

Shire of Mountain Freehold
Clan Preachain (Household)
Fir naLeon (Household)
East Kingdom Army's Northern Legion, Third Cohort
East Kingdom Royal Forester's Guild
East Kingdom Brewer's Guild
Stonemarche Apothecary Guild
Vindiorix is squired to Master Tiernan Mac Alpin

Awards and Recognition

Awards:

Award of Arms - Panteria 2018
Sliver Brooch - Mudthaw 2019
Silver Tyger - Mimir's Well 2020
Golden Lyre - Ethereal Court February 2021
Order of the Maunche - Ethereal Court June 2021

East Kingdom Forester's Guild:

Forester - Panteria 2018
Ranger (Order of Saint Hubert) - Endewearde Hunt 2018
Master Forester - Mimir's Well 2020

East Kingdom Brewer's Guild:

Brewer - Birka 2019
Journeyman - Ethereal 2021

Offices and Positions

Former Keeper of the Royal Forest of Mountain Freehold in the Shire of Mountain Freehold (2016 - 2019)

Sergeant in 3rd Cohort, Northern Legion, Eastern Army (2019 - present)

SCA Battle Tactics

SCA Battle Planning: A primer on how to plan large-scale SCA battles using appropriate tactical fundamentals (Updated May 2021) Paper
Game of Thrones Winterfell Defense Critique and Tactical Decision Game (not period, but fun) Critique Tactical Decision Game
Tactical Decision Game - Scenarios 1 and 2 (attrition, overmatch, and flanking) (2021): Scenario Solution
Tactical Decision Game - Scenario 3 (analyzing the adversary) (2021): Scenario Solution
Tactical Decision Game - Scenario 4 (reserves and feints) (2021): Scenario Solution

Classes Taught

Introduction to the EK Royal Foresters Guild (October 2016)
Basic Forester Skills (October 2016)
Basic Knots for SCA Camping (October 2016)
Wild Edibles and Medicines (February 2017)
Introduction to Tracking (April 2017)
SCA Period Packs and Straps (AKA "How to Carry Stuff") (February 2018)
Wild Edibles and Domestic Fires (May 2018 and August 2019), co-taught with Corotica "Clovis" Senebelenae of Preachain, Pennsic Independent article here: PI 9 August 2019
A Romano-Celtic Cena (September 2018), co-taught with Corotica "Clovis" Senebelenae of Preachain
Forester Kit (AKA "What Should I Carry, and Why?") (March 2019)
Reconnaissance Patrol Class Appendix 1 Appendix 2 (May 2019)
Children's Class: Introduction to Tracking (May 2019)
Experimental Bronze Age Mead Class taught at BrewU (August 2020) Class Notes Enclosure 1 Enclosure 2
Romano-Celtic Hard and Soft Kit: Working Toward a More Historically Accurate Persona (September 2020)

East Kingdom Brewer's Guild Entries

First entry: Hydromeli (ca 77 CE), Panel Score 94 of 100 points, Panel Link, Documentation, Addendum

Second entry: Cocke Ale (ca 1666 CE), Panel Score 86 of 100 points, Documentation, Addendum

(Label by Clovis)

Third entry: Ninkasi - Sumerian Ale (ca 1800 BCE), Panel Score 96 of 100 points, Documentation

Fourth entry: Meadowsweet Mead (Bronze Age Scotland), Panel Score 63 of 70 points (0-30 for Workmanship not scored because it was an online paneling at BrewU due to COVID-19), see class on Meadowsweet Mead above for more details, Documentation
Fifth entry: Brakkot (ca 14th Century CE), panel score 93 of 100 points, Documentation

Projects

Leather work (pouches, sheaths, and bog shoes) for Corotica and my persona.

Armor I made for myself.

Otzi-style pack frames based on artifacts and documentation from the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology. Link

Roy Croft pack frame, based on Mors Kochanski's book Northern Bushcraft. Anachronistic, but a reasonable and technologically legitimate approximation of period packs.

Stick (award winning entry at the 2018 Shire of Mountain Freehold Feast of Fools Silly A&S competition).

Teaching burning in a bowl and spoon with coals, Early Period A&S, Pennsic 48.

Celtic Shields, based on period examples but modified for SCA heavy combat.

Papers

How to Make an SCA Rattan Sword (2021): Paper
How to Make an SCA Unpadded Pole Arm (2021): Paper
How to Make an SCA Center-Grip Shield (2021): Paper
Armor Tips for New Fighters (2020): Paper
Reconnaissance and Security: European Medieval Military Doctrine, scored 32.5 of 48 points at EK K&Q A&S Competition at Mudthaw 2019, Paper Annotated Bibliography
Masterwork Submission: Persona, accepted as my East Kingdom Royal Forester's Guild masterwork submission in December 2019, Paper
Ninkasi Ale: recreation of an ale recipe based on the "Hymn to Ninkasi," scored 38 2/3 of 48 points at EK K&Q A&S Competition in 2021 placing as a finalist,Paper Score Sheet

In Case of Court

Please inform my wife, Corotica "Clovis" Senebelenae (Jennifer Davis) if I need to attend court.

More Information

In mundane life I am Justin Davis, a career military officer and outdoors enthusiast. I dabbled in the SCA in college but only really became active starting in 2016 with the Shire of Mountain Freehold.

Vindiorix "Black Finn" Ordovix is in NO WAY related to Jack Flynn the infamous poacher known to frequent the forests of Mountain Freehold.