Marco Paolo d'Este (SCA)

Biography

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

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.

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.

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.