SCA Resume

Boiarynia Katalena Ivaniaia zhena Shishova, OP (formerly Kateline Eliot)
(she/her/hers)

Persona

Katalena Ivaniaia is a 12th century Englishwoman who lives in Novgorod with her husband, a member of the Kievan Prince’s druzhina. She focuses on the management of their holdings in the city as well as in the countryside.

When not managing the estates and business interests, Katalena focuses her energies on the creation of clothing from beginning to end – spinning, weaving, dyeing and printing, and construction. Her efforts focus on the clothing appropriate to the time and place in which she and her family live.

Offices and Positions

• Exchequer, Pennsic War (August 2020 – Present)
• Education Deputy Exchequer, Middle Kingdom (May 2018 – Oct 2020)
• North Oaken Regional Deputy Exchequer (May 2019 – Oct 2020)
• Emergency Deputy Exchequer, Middle Kingdom (May 2018 – May 2020)
• Reign Coordinator, Their Highnesses Alric and Katherine (October 2017 – October 2018)
• Kingdom Exchequer, Middle Kingdom (May 2016 – May 2018)
• Equestrian Marshal-at-Large, North Oaken region, Middle Kingdom (July 2017 – Present)
• Thuban Herald, Deputy to Dragon Herald, Middle Kingdom (September 2013 – May 2016)
• Media Liaison, Deputy to Kingdom Seneschal, Middle Kingdom (May 2013 – May 2016)
• Webminister, Shire of Falcon’s Quarry, Middle Kingdom (2007 – 2009, 2011 – May 2016, September 2017 – Present)
• Sign Herald-at-Large, Middle Kingdom (2010 – Present)
• Pursuivant, Shire of Falcon’s Quarry, Middle Kingdom (2005 – 2009, 2011 – 2013, 2018-Present)

Event Activities

• Feast Steward, Red Dragon, Marche of Tirnewydd (October 2019)
• Event Steward, North Oaken Regional Arts and Sciences Faire, Shire of Falcon’s Quarry (February 2018)
• Royalty Liaison, Regular Event in the Clefltands, Barony of Cleftlands (January 2017)
• Equestrian Marshal in Charge, Brawl at the Crooked Dragon, Shire of Falcon’s Quarry (2016-2017)
• Silent Herald Coordinator, Pennsic War 42 – 44,46 Kingdom of Aethelmearc (2013 – 2015, 2017)
• Event Steward, Brawl at the Crooked Dragon, Middle Kingdom (2008-2010, 2012, 2014-2015, 2017-2019)
• Royalty Liaison, North Oaken War Maneuvers, Middle Kingdom (2014-2016, 2018-2019)
• Artisan’s Row Co-coordinator, North Oaken War Maneuvers, Middle Kingdom (2013)
• Artisan’s Row participant, North Oaken War Maneuvers, Middle Kingdom (2012)
• Feast Steward, Brawl at the Crooked Dragon, Middle Kingdom  (2005)

Arts and Sciences Activities

• Judge, Middle Kingdom Arts and Sciences Competition (May 2014, May 2016)
• Judge, North Oaken Regional Arts and Sciences Competition (April 2014, April 2015)
• Participant, North Oaken Regional Arts and Sciences Competition populace display (April 2014) – various samples of spinning
• Participant, Middle Kingdom Craftsperson Faire (October 2013) – Jacob sheep fleece spun worsted laceweight

Classes and Presentations

• Exchequer Policies and Procedures
  • Candlemas XXXI, Shire of Dragonsmark (February 2019)
  • Christmas Tourney, Barony of Flame (December 2018)
  • Grand Day of Tournaments, Barony of Cynnabar (November 2017)
  • Red Dragon, Marche of Tirnewydd (October 2017)
  • Fall Coronation, Barony of White Waters (September 2017)
  • Harvest Days, Marche of Winged Hills (September 2017)
  • North Oaken War Maneuvers, Shire of Falcon’s Quarry (June 2017)
  • Winter War Maneuvers, Canton of Pferdestadt (March 2017)
  • Regular Event in the Cleftlands, Barony of the Cleftlands (January 2017)
  • Yule Feast, Canton of Hrothgeirsfjordr (December 2016)
  • Harvest Days, Marche of Winged Hills (September 2016)
• Kingdom Exchequer Roundtable
  • Pennsic War 45, Kingdom of Aethelmearc (August 2016)
• Baltic-style Pickup Patterns and Warp-faced Weaving
  • Regular Event in the Cleftlands, Barony of the Cleftlands (January 2015 and January 2016)
  • Gulf Wars, Kingdom of Gleann Abhann, March 2015
  • Pennsic War 44 and 45, Kingdom of Aethelmearc (August 2015 and August 2016)
• Sign Heralds Roundtable
  • Pennsic War 43 and 44, Kingdom of Aethelmearc (August 2015 and August 2016)
• Early Period Rus Clothing and Accessories
  • North Oaken Regional Academy of Defense (2014)
• Basic Fiber Preparation and Spinning
  • North Oaken Regional Academy of Defense, Barony of Brendoken (2014)
  • Royal University of the Midrealm (2013)
• Silent Heraldry: Interpreting for the Deaf at Medieval Recreational Events
  • Pennsic War, Kingdom of Aethelmearc (August 2012)
  • North Oaken War Maneuvers, Shire of Falcon’s Quarry and Barony of Cleftlands (2011)
• Basic Sign Language
  • Pennsic War, Kingdom of Aethelmearc (2012)
  • North Oaken War Maneuvers, Shire of Falcon’s Quarry and Barony of Cleftlands (2011)

Awards and Honors

• Baroness of the Court: September 2018 (A.S. 53), Harvest Days
• Order of the Pelican: January 2018 (A.S. 52), Regular Event in the Cleftlands
• Grant of Arms: April 2017 (A.S. 51), Grand Pageant
• Order of the Dragon’s Heart: 12 March, 2015 (A.S. 50), Gulf Wars XXIV
• Order of the Willow: 8 June, 2013 (A.S. 48), North Oaken War Maneuvers
• Award of the Purple Fret: 8 September, 2012 (A.S. 47), Harvest Days
• Award of Arms: 16 July, 2005 (A.S. 40), Brawl at the Crooked Dragon

Affiliations

• Two Tygers Keep in alliance with the houses of Wyvern Gaard and Lion and Lotus
• Shire of Falcon’s Quarry, North Oaken Region of the Middle Kingdom
• House Bohaterski