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{{Populace|photo = [[Image: Unicorn Bard.jpg|300px]]|
photocaption = Tali at Christmas Tourney LI|
pronouns = she/her|
title = Lady |
location = [[Shattered Crystal]]|
status = Current Member |
Awards = [[Award of Arms]] 
Order of the [[Willow]] 
[[Sakura | Sakura of Shattered Crystal]] 
[[Beacon of Shattered Crystal | Order of the Beacon of Shattered Crystal]]|
device = [[Image:Tali_Arms.png|300px]] |
devicecaption = Azure, a moon in her plenitude and on a chief argent three roses gules.}}

==Bardic Persona==
 
Tali Essen, called '''The Unicorn Bard''', is shenaniagatorious both online and in person. She can be identified by her Argent and Azure garb, or the fact she, and her gear, is covered in Unicorns. She writes songs, stories, and poems of various types from the sublime to the just plain silly. 
 
'''Why Am I Called the Unicorn Bard?'''
 
January 11, 2024 reasons:
:"There was an embarrassing incident with a Narwhal…." ~[[Tommaso Franceschi]]
:"I thought it was an office..." ~[[Kallinikos Gavras]]
:"I thought you were formerly of that kingdom with a unicorn device... Wales? No... that's a Dragon.... Scotland!" ~[[Edward the Stranger]]

::''[https://sites.google.com/view/unicorn-bard/contact-me?authuser=2 Have a reason you think I'm the Unicorn Bard? Contact me, and maybe I'll add it]''
 
'''Households and Affiliations''' 
:Apprenticed to Owen Alun
:The Danger Apprentices
:The Loonacy
 
'''Interests and SCA related Hobbies'''

:Bardic
:Scribal
:Heraldry
:Service
 
==Awards==

'''[[Purple Fretty]]'''
::[[image:Frettycrowntournamentguide.jpg|100px]]
'''Where''': Marche of the Marshes
 
'''When''': May 25, 2025
 
'''Awarded By''': King [[Wigthegn the Younger]] and Queen [[Neassa O’Cathasaigh]]
 
'''For''': The exemplary service that the Crown Tourney Field Guide Team have provided by creating guides to the combatants and consorts participating in Crown Tournaments
 
 
'''[[Order of the Beacon of Shattered Crystal]]'''
::[[image:Tali Beacon.jpg|100px]]
'''Where''': Barony of Shattered Crystal
 
'''When''': January 6, 2024
 
'''Awarded By''': Baron [[Avery Austringer]] and Baroness [[Berengaria Mordaunt]]
 
'''For''': Service done outside of the Barony commitment to online bardic, and volunteering at events
 
 
'''[[Award of the Sakura]]'''
 
'''Where''': Barony of Shattered Crystal
 
'''When''': October 7, 2023
 
'''Awarded By''': Baron [[Avery Austringer]] and Baroness [[Berengaria Mordaunt]]
 
'''For''': Work in Bardic and Scribal Arts.
 
 
'''Baroness' Award of Patronage'''
::[[image:Tali BAP.jpg|100px]]
'''Where''': Barony of Three Rivers, Calontir
 
'''When''': July 2021
 
'''Awarded By''': Baroness Gwendolyn Verch Morgaine
 
'''For''': Improvement in Bardic.
 
 
'''[[Award of Arms]] (Simple)'''
::[[Image:Tali AoA.png|150px]]
'''Where''': Calontir
 
'''When''': April 14, 2018
 
'''Awarded By''': King Ashir and Queen Ashland
 
'''For''': Unknown

==In Case of Court==

'''''MEDICAL WARNING'''''
 
Do not call Tali up without warning. She suffers from Cataplexy and surprise can cause her to '''FALL''' and '''INJURE''' herself.
 
Please make sure there is somewhere she can sit, or stand with her staff. She has arthritis and is no longer capable of kneeling.
 

==Scroll Preferences==

'''She prefers for scrolls to be in English unless properly translated into Anglo Saxon.''' 
Tali Essen of the Isles is a pre-conquest Anglo Saxon residing sometime between the years of 400-900 AD. 
:Color preferences are argent and azure.
 
'''Possible ideas:'''
:Called Unicorn Bard
:Oldest daughter loves Dragons
:She has twin daughters
:Raises chickens.

== Tali's Tentative Travels for 2024==

'''November'''
:'''2nd: Bardic Madness (Roaring Wastes), ''Staff: Deputy Provost / Clue Wrangler''
:'''16th: Artisan's Day (Ravenslake)
 
'''December'''
:'''7th: Christmas Tourney (Flame), ''Merchanting as Unicorn Bard Press''

==Where to Find Me==

*'''[https://sites.google.com/view/unicorn-bard/home Unicorn Bard Website]'''
**'''[https://sites.google.com/view/unicorn-bard/kingdom-award-rec-list Known World Kingdom Award Rec List]'''
***A list of all Known World Kingdoms:
****Awards descriptions
****Orders of Precedence
****Award Recommendations
****Royal Contact Page
**'''[https://sites.google.com/view/unicorn-bard/traceable-manuscripts Traceable Scribal Art]'''
***My compendium of cleaned up Period Art
**'''[https://sites.google.com/view/unicorn-bard/scribal/period-manuscripts-online Period Manuscripts Online]'''
***A list of online Period Manuscripts that I use in my scribal art
**'''[https://sites.google.com/view/unicorn-bard/bardic/my-songs My Songbook]'''
***Songs I have written
**'''[https://sites.google.com/view/unicorn-bard/bardic/class-handouts Class Handouts]'''
***Handouts for the classes I teach
 
*'''Social Media'''
**'''[https://ko-fi.com/unicornbard My Ko-Fi]'''
***''Blog, Scribal commissions, scroll blank PDFs''
**'''[https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092311191863 Unicorn Bard on Facebook]'''
**'''[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5hwUmvQBKJpwJa00nuJL5Q Unicorn Bard on YouTube]'''
***Performances
***Scribal Activities

==Medical Notice==

'''Tali suffers from [https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/what-is-cataplexy Cataplexy]. Please make sure she has seen or heard you before touching her.'''
 
Being startled will cause her to '''fall''' and '''injure''' herself.
 
'''For Court'''
 
Please give Tali advance notice. Cataplexy is triggered by any strong emotion and she does not wish to fall. 
Please make sure Tali has a place to stand with her staff, or sit as she is no longer capable of kneeling.
 
'''Food Allergies'''
 
Tali is allergic to:
*Any artificial sweetner
*Wheat/Gluten
*Benadryl

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