Marco Paolo d'Este (SCA)

From Silver Sun Republic Codex

Biography

Overview

  • Name: Marco Paolo D'Este
  • Device:
  • House Position: Capitano di ventura
  • Baronial Position: Rook Pursuivant of arms
  • Kingdom Position: None
  • Awards: none


Level 1 - The Basics

  • A. What is your Name? Marco Paolo D'Este
  • B. In what century were you born? 15th
  • C. What is your native country? Italy/ Republic of Venice

Level 2 - A Bit More Information ...

  • A. What were / are your parent's names? Antonius D'Este and Ysabel de Acosta
  • B. What was / is your parent's occupation? Tailors
  • C. In what 25 year period were you born? 1413-1437
  • D. Where were you born? What city do you currently claim as home? Ferrara, held up in Florence.
  • E. What is your ethnicity? Italian/Spanish
  • F. Who is your current employer? Bernardo dei Medici
  • G. What kind of money do you use? Florins

Level 3 - Some Personal History

  • A. What is your occupation? Capitano di ventura
  • B. What year were you born? 1436
  • C. How old are you? 32
  • D. What level of education do you have? University
  • E. Do you practice the call of arms? Yes
  • F. List your skills and hobbies and where you learned them? Leatherworking, Armorcraft, College of Arms, Tailoring, and Brewing
  • G. What social class are you in? Middle Class
  • H. How widely have you traveled? In what capacity? Been on and off the silk roads.

Level 4 - This Takes Some Research

  • A. Who is your current Monarch? Cosimo de'Medici
  • B. Who is the current Pope or head of your religion? Pope Pius II
  • C. What religion do you belong to? Catholic
  • D. Were you educated? If so, where and by whom? University of Ferrara
  • E. Do you favor colonization, isolationism, conquest, conversion, etc.? Conquest
  • F. Name your favorite musicians, artists, dances... the Italian madrigal
  • G. Depending on your trade or profession, what is your life expectancy? Till god takes me.
  • H. What major events have happened in your lifetime? Wars between Milan, Florence and Venice over dominance for Northern Italy; Conflicts between Italian city-states and the Ottoman Empire.

Level 5 - In Pretty Deep...

  • A. What political figure, party, movement do you support? The Medici family and the Margraves of Este.
  • B. Who is the most significant thinker of your time? George Gemistos Plethon
  • C. What is most likely to cause your death? War
  • D. List at least three of your current goals? Money in my pocket, reunite all of Italy, and expand the holding and wealth of the family.
  • E. What is the most striking scientific achievement of which you are aware? Muzzle-loaded rifles invented in Italy and Germany, Oil painting invente, The first piano called the Spinet invented.
  • F. Is the Earth round, flat or hollow? Does it revolve around the Sun or vice versa? The earth was round, no educated man in the Renaissance would believe in a flat world.