Kseniia Aleksandrova is the SCA persona for Chrissy Mackey. Chrissy holds a PhD in Organizational Development with a specialization in training, and is the founder of Sunflower Entertainment Group, a one-woman production company.

The persona of Kseniia Aleksandrova is an 11th Century Kievan-Rus’ woman, living in an undisclosed region of what is mundanely known as Ukraine. Though Christianity had begun to spin its way into the (mundane) Eastern Bloc, there were many tribes in the Kievan-Rus’ region who did not see it necessary to adopt the Christian practices.

Kseniia is apprenticed to [enter insanely long title here] Seamus O'Caellaigh in the Shire of Tymberhavene, Principality of the Summits, Kingdom of An Tir. Kseniia also serves as the Corporate DEIB Deputy for Training & Development under Master Charles DeBourbon, OL. Her interests in Arts & Sciences lie mostly in the Sciences—alchemy, poisons, torture, and psychology. She also dabbles in calligraphy and illumination and recreating very specific medieval art (generally naughty marginalia). She is an aspiring archer and a herald—expert in voice, novice in book and armory, native in slaughtering French & Gaelic names.

This blog came about by request of several who noted a lack of resources for period substitutions for things such as celiacs disease (allergy to gluten), soy, eggs, dairy, etc. We are the Society for Creative Anachronism: Experiencing the Middle Ages as They Should Have Been.