Persona Questionnaire
or Who is Æthelric?
I got this questionnaire from Modar University
| 1. What is your persona’s name? | Æthelric |
| 2. What year was your persona born? | 780 CE |
| 3. What is your persona’s native country? | The Kingdom of Wessex |
| 4. What is your persona’s current country? | Saxony |
| 5. What are the climates of your persona's native and current countries? | Both Temperate with mild winters and warm summers |
| 6. What are the terrains of your persona's native and current countries? | Both Primarily hilly flat plains |
| 7. In what city/town/barn was your persona born? | Outside of Hamwic in the Kingdom of Wessex. |
| 8. What city does your persona currently claim as "home"? | Berlin in the Canton of Bärenau |
| 9. What are/were your persona’s parents’ names? | Wigbyhrt, Ceolthryth |
| 10. What are/were your persona’s parents’ occupation(s)? | Carpenter, and Shepherd respectively |
| 11. Does your persona have any siblings, and if so, are any still alive? | One Sister: Hereith, deceased at 11 months old |
| 12. Is your persona married? | Yes, to an Apothecarist |
| 13. What are the marriage customs and typical age of marriage for your persona's culture/time-frame? | Early 20s after an arrangement between the families at the behest of the couple. |
| 14. What type of building does your persona currently live in? | A small wattle and daub home with Thatched roof |
| 15. With whom does your persona live? | My wife and small family |
| 16. Are there members of your persona's household that are not related to your persons | No |
| (servants/retainers, wards/fosterlings, guests, etc.)? | No |
| 17. Were pets kept during your persona’s culture/time-frame? If so, what kind, if any, does your persona have? | Pets were not uncommon. I, personally, have a dog |
| 18. What is your persona’s occupation? | Blacksmith |
| 19. How old is your persona? | 36 |
| 20. How long do people like your persona tend to live? | Between 50 and 70 years old |
| 21. What is your persona’s ethnicity? | Anglo-Saxon, white |
| 22. Who is your persona’s current employer? | Self-Employed as a Blacksmith |
| 23. Would your persona have been literate in your chosen culture/time-frame? | Yes |
| 24. What level of education does your persona have? | Skilled Tradesman |
| 25. Where was your persona educated? | Hamwic Market by a master Blacksmith |
| 26. What languages does your persona speak? | English, Saxon |
| 27. What units of measure were used by your persona’s culture/time-frame? | Digit, Inch, Cubit, Foot, Perch, Acre, Furlong, Mile, Stone |
| 28. What type of money did people of your persona’s culture/time-frame use? | Pence, Ora, Mancus |
| 29. What kind of legal system exists in your persona’s culture/time-frame, and who make the laws? | Various legal systems, but predominately laws are laid down by the King. |
| 30. What is the status of women among your persona’s culture/time-frame, and can they own property | Near Equal status |
| or conduct business? | |
| 31. What major events have occurred during your persona’s lifetime? | The Raid at Lindesfarne, The deposition and return of the Kings of Wessex |
| (Natural catastrophes, wars, revolutions, discoveries, etc.?) | |
| 32. Does your persona fight? If so, where did your persona learn to fight? | Yes, as a member of the militia against the Normenn in Wessex. |
| 33 What type of armour and weapons were used by fighters in your persona’s culture/time-frame? | Leather armor, mail, with helms. Predominately Axe, Sword, or Spear and shield. |
| And how were such obtained? | Personally purchased, assigned, or taken. |
| 34. List your persona’s skills and hobbies. For each, write down where your persona learned them. | Lyre playing and singing, free time around the house Cookery, Matter of living from discussions in the Market Clothes making, Interest and a Matter of living from mother and Grandmother Carpentry, assisting father during upbringing Herb Gardening, as a supplement to cookery at home as a child of Farmers |
| 35. What "class" is your persona? (I.e., royalty, nobility, merchant, middle, artisan, slave, etc.) | Middle, Artisan. |
| 36. How widely has your persona traveled? | England, France, and Germany |
| 37. In what capacity has your persona traveled? (I.e., military, sailor, rich person’s hobby, etc.) | Trade |
| 38. Who is your persona’s current monarch? | Liudolf of Saxony |
| 39. Who is the current Pope during your persona time? | Pope Leo III / Pope Stephen IV |
| 40. What religion is your persona? | Catholic with Pagan influence |
| 41. What kind of religious duties would be required of your persona? | Attending Church and Tithe |
| 42. How did people of your persona’s culture/time-frame deal with trade? | Currency and Bartering |
| 43. With respect to international relations, does your persona favor colonization, isolationism, conquest/conversion, | My persona favors open trade and a general diplomatic view of Open borders. |
| open trade, etc.? | |
| 44. How does your persona personally obtain goods (food, drink, clothes, etc.)? | Trade and self-sufficiency |
| 45. How did people of your persona’s culture/time-frame tell time? | Position of the Sun |
| 46. How did people of your persona’s culture/time-frame keep track of days? | Julian Calendar |
| 47. What type of clothes does your persona normally wear? | Standard |
| 48. What type of clothes does your persona wear for special occasions? | Fancier Standard |
| 49. Are there any (sumptuary) laws restricting what your persona can wear? | No Purple or Blue |
| 50. What does your persona eat in a normal day? | Bread, vegetables, fish |
| 51. How is food prepared and preserved in your persona’s culture/time-frame? | Cooked at home, with bread from the Baker |
| 52. What spices were available to your persona and how expensive were they? | As the husband of an Apothecarist, I have access to a lot of herbs used for cooking. Also Salt. |
| 53. What were the eating habits of people of your persona’s culture/time-frame? | They would eat three meals a day, mostly vegetables and bread with fish and meats for hardy meals. Pottages were commonly made over fires in iron or clay pots. Stews were starting to exist. Most food was eaten out of a bowl with a spoon. Bread was known as a staple food. |
| 54. What are the cleaning/bathing habits of your persona’s culture/time-frame? | Generally, Anglo-Saxons would actually clean themselves one to two times a week. Hands would be rinsed when dirty, and if clothes were soiled they would be laundered. |
| 55. What types of wildlife live in your persona's area? | Rabbits, Deer, Bear, Wolves, Fish, Foxes |
| 56. Name your persona’s favorite musicians/artists/dances. | The author of Beowulf, My Grandfather’s riddles, The local bard |
| 57. What political figure/party/movement does your persona support? | I support Ecgberth as King of Wessex. |
| 58. Who is the most significant thinker of your persona’s time? | Rabanus Maurus, Leo the Mathematician, Several Arab mathematicians who my Persona may never have heard of. |
| 59. What does your persona consider to be the greatest social problem their country? | The Inequality of the Lords and commoners. |
| 60. What is most likely to cause your persona’s death? | Disease or injury |
| 61. What type of medical aid is available in your persona’s culture/time-frame, and does your persona have access to it? | Herbal apothecarists, some doctors. As the husband of an Apothecarist I have access to both styles of medical care as she works with Doctors. |
| 62. List at least three of your persona’s goals in life. (Learn to write, become apprenticed to a craftsman, visit the "big city", | Raise Honorable Children, make a pilgrimage to Rome, achieve glory in tournament |
| take over the family business, go to the Holy Land, usurp the crown, etc.) | |
| 63. What does your persona know of history/science/medicine/geography? | I know of herbalism via my wife, I know of metallurgy via my profession, I know of Geography of Northern and Western Europe from my profession. I know of history from Church teachings. |
| 64. What’s the most striking scientific achievement of which your persona is aware? | The blooming of Steel. |
| 65. Does your persona consider the Earth to be flat, round, or hollow? | The Earth is clearly flat, one can see the edges. |
| 66. Does your persona believe that the Earth revolves around the Sun, or vice-versa? | The Earth is obviously the center of the Universe, of what blasphemies do you speak? |
| 67. What does your persona consider to be the causes of criminal behavior? | Godlessness and loose morals |
| 68. What does your persona consider to be the true measure of a man? | The reliability of his word. |
| 69. Who has most influenced your persona’s thoughts on these questions? | My Grandparents, Christian Anglo-Saxon pagans. |
| 70. Did your persona’s culture/time-frame have heraldry? | Yes |
