My SCA Persona Information

Well met, friend.

I am Androu MacGregor (Gaelic: mac Griogair). I was born a minor noble in the Scottish Highlands area of Glenstrae. My father, who I barely knew, joined the religious military order of The Templars soon after my birth and was off to the crusades. He was killed in battle within two years time. To me, my father is a hero. For I believe the old saying, "Tis better to die for a purpose, then to live for none." Needless to say, as soon as I was old enough, I followed in his footsteps and joined the Holy Order of The Templars for by this time you no longer had to be a knight to join the Order. As a Templar, I served in many campaigns against the 'Infidel' -- though I must admit we seemed to lose more battles then we won.

But, I survived, and was eventually recalled to the French Atlantic port of La Rochelle. There I was promoted to the position of Sergeant. Unfortunately my term was short, for on the morning of Friday, October the 13th, 1307 I was on one of the 18 ships that slipped anchor in the early hours to avoid false arrest by King Philip. Our esteemed Templar Grand Master, Jacques deMolay had been forewarned of the King's plot to destroy the Order and commanded us to take the Templar treasury and flee the country without telling him our destination. For he planned to stay behind and try to fight the false charges placed against us and to return to the Order it's good name. The Grand Master was among the fifty Templars that were burned at the stake by King Philip, supposedly to break a budding defense plea.

Our fleet of 18 ships split in two shortly after leaving La Rochelle. One group sailed south to join up with the Portuguese branch of the Order, whilst the group I was with, headed north, to my war-torn country of Scotland.
Oh, how I had missed her...

It wasn't long after our arrival in Scotland, that I was married to a beautiful noble lady named Arianna. She is a lowlander, and cousin to Robert the Bruce. Due to our marriage, Robert the Bruce discovered the presence of the Templars hiding on Scottish soil. The Bruce, who had been in hiding from the English, soon approached us Templars for he wanted to enlist our military help in freeing the country from the tyrant, King Edward. In response, we have been helping The Bruce by showing him Templaresque warfare strategies that were learned during the Crusades. The Bruce has been putting his new knowledge to good work. . .

Blazons designed by me for my wife and I in the SCA.

Androu MacGregor

Arianna MacGregor

A wee joke for those of you that took the time to look this far down my web page:

At the beginning of time God was discussing the creation of the world with the Angel Gabriel. Leaning back in His golden throne, He told him of His plans for Scotland.

"Gabriel," said God, "I am going to give Scotland towering mountains and magnificent glens resplendent with purple heather. Red deer will roam the countryside, golden eagles will circle in the skies, salmon will leap in the crystal clear rivers and lochs, and the surrounding seas will team with fish. Agriculture will flourish and there will be a glorious coming together of water with barley to be known as whisky. Coal, oil, gas - all will be there. The Scots will be intelligent, innovative, industrious and......."

"Wait a minute!" interrupted Gabriel. "Are you not being just a wee bit too generous to these Scots?"

But the Almighty replied, "Ah, but here is the sad part - I haven't told you yet who their neighbors will be!"