Awards: Award of Arms- 13 Oct, 1990, Award of the Purple Fret- 07 Mar, 1998, Order of the Willow- 08 Apr, 2007
Authorizations: Heavy Weapon & Shield, Great Weapon, Spear, Two Weapon, Pole Arm, Dagger Youth Boffer Martial/Youth Rattan Martial
S.C.A. Hobbies: Armouring, Weapon Making and Restoration, Wood Working, Jewelry Making, Poetry, Singing, Dancing and Archery. Autocrat of Clancy Day 2 times Autocrat of the Forgan Memorial Ice Tourney
Bio: Sigmund der Schwarze von Wolfhalden, is a Swiss
Crusader born in the year 1275, in the town of
Wolfhalden Switzerland. Although the first born
son of the Lord, he was considered the black sheep
of the family, and did not measure up to his
father's expectations. In his 13th year he met,
and was recruited by a Templar Knight named Peter
de Sevrey, who would become Marshal of the
Templar, and left home to go on crusade, leaving
his younger brother to inherit his father's title
and lands.
He joined the Knights Templar and under the
strict rule and training of the Templar, he found
his calling. He served in the Kingdom of
Jerusalem, in the city of Acre until just before
the city was taken by the Sultan Malek-Aschraf and
his army on the 28th of May, 1291, where he was
reassigned to the Contingent in Sidon. For the
most part, the Kingdom of Jerusalem ceased to
exist, and when most the order left the Holy Lands
for France, and their many other holdings, he left
with them. He served in the Aragonese province of
Rossillon until reassigned to the
Rennes-le-Chateau area in southern France. This
fresh detachment established itself on the summit
of the mountain of Bezu in the Pyrenees mountain
range, erecting the castle, Le Château du Bézu .
The Templar contingent at Bezu was under the
command of Seigneur de Goth until the Order was
dissolved by the Pope on the 16th of October,
1311. Instead of joining Order of Hospitallers as
many other of his Templar brethren did, he decided
to travel to Scotland with a few of his fellow
Templar Brothers. It is in Scotland where he met
his wife and decided to settle and raise a family.
His wife, a Scottish noble woman, named Gwenhyfar,
of the Stuart clan, has given him a Son and 3
Daughters. His son is named Marek, his three
daughters Roslinde, Aurelia and Aislynn. Although the
Templar Order is disbanded, he still tries to
follow the rule in most things and remains proud
of his Templar origins
