Drustan of Old Stonebridges

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Introduction

Although Drustan (pronounced DREW-stan) was aware of and interested in the SCA for almost twenty years, his first event wasn’t until Spring of 2018 at the Tournament of the Daffodils. Since then, he has found a love of the bardic arts, fencing, and the wonderful people in the SCA that have made him feel at home. Drustan resides in the Shire of Old Stonebridges (formerly Nordenfjord).

Within the Bardic Arts, Drustan has a special passion for comedic storytelling, song, and tragic poetry He currently plays guitar and is learning the lyre. He is interested in expanding his range and learning period music and instruments.

In his mundane life, Drustan is a professional novelist and teacher. He has had five novels published and his short fiction has been collected in several anthologies and magazines over the years. He was also a music journalist for five years and was once sweat on by Pete Seeger.

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Persona

Drustan was born in 1164, Waterford, Ireland. His parents were killed during the assault on Waterford, and he was left to fend for himself on the newly occupied streets of the city. By age 12, he had taken to fishing upon Waterford Harbor to feed the younger orphans that he had gathered, and by 15 he had signed on with a sailing vessel to earn them a more substantial living. Eventually, as the children aged and set out on their own, Drustan followed his heart and took fully to the “vast and shapeless sea.”

A natural storyteller and poet, Drustan loves collecting folk tales and retelling them in his own way. He also devises his own stories, a talent he developed while caring for the other young refugees of Strongbow’s invasion. He sails from port to port, spreading tales, where he can, dreaming of a time when Eire will again be free.

Offices & Positions

• Deputy Chatelaine, East Kingdom College of Performers, 08/15/2020 - Nov 2020
• Chatelaine, East Kingdom College of Performers Nov 2020 - July 2022 (I’m Iffy on the dates)
• Deputy Chatelaine, East Kingdom College of Performers July 2022 - Current

Event Staff

• Host, EKCOP Online Workshop and Bardic Circle, Nov 2020 - July 2022, May 2024 - Present
• Co-Autocrat - Virtual Commedia Del Arte (I think that’s what it was called) November 2020
• Deputy Autocrat - EKCOP Assembly, May 2022

Classes Taught

• The Hero’s Journey - EKCOP Assembly Apr 2019
• Your Piece is a Pokemon: Revising A Story: EKCOP Assembly May 2022
• It’s Alive! Bringing Your Piece to Life EKCOP Assembly Apr 2024
• EKCOP Bardic Workshop, EKCOP Assembly Apr 2024

Stories, Poems, and Songs Written or Adapted

• The Devil’s Claw
• The Storm King of Dunderberg Mountain
• Baby Bard (Filk adapted from “I’m Just a Bill”)
• Sweeney’s Feathers
• A Piece of the Rainbow
• Der Jaegermeister’s Game
• The Feathered Princess
• Maribell of the Needles
• Canterbury-Stock (Filk adapted from “Woodstock”
• Thrice-Nine
• The Selkie’s Son
• The Old Man and His Sons (Adapted from Aesop’s Fables)
• The Frogs, the Ox, and the Mother Frog (Adapted from Aesop’s Fables)
• The Alabaster Grapes (Adapted from Aesop’s Fables)
• The Children of Mil (Story adapted from poem “Invocation”)

In Case of Court

Please contact Katie Wilt or Solveig Bjarnardottir.

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