SCA newcomers faced with creating a persona may want to visit Modar's Heraldry Page for information and links on how to build a usable SCA persona.

Links included on the website:

• CHOOSING A NAME & CREATING A PERSONA
• Research Questions for Developing a Persona
• Persona stories of various gentles from the Shire of Adamestor
• WHO'S WHEN: A History Timeline
• (A list of people that can be researched to determine historic events that would impact the lives of your persona.)
• Seamus Donn's Persona Story
• On Choosing a Name and a Persona; A Quick and Dirty Guide by Daniel Raoul Le Vascon du Navarre
• Rhonwen y Llysieuydd's Persona Story
• Portraying a Japanese Buddhist Monk in the SCA
• Four Easy Steps To Persona Development
• Echna dalta Óengusa's Persona Story
• Finding a Rapier Persona by Isobel Grace Hadleigh
• Finding a Name and Arms for the Historical Re-Creation by Alan Fairfax