Director of Veritas Swordplay Academy, Eric Slyter has been researching medieval and renaissance arms and armour actively since 1993. As a professional performer with the theatrical group Seattle Knights from 1996-2001, he earned the titles of both Educational Director and Certified Instructor, performing at countless events throughout the Pacific Northwest and around the US. He has been featured on The History Channel and at the Seattle Art Museum, among many other accomplishments, including roles in three film productions.

Eric has been studying Western Martial Arts since 2002, with his primary track of study being the medieval arts of the German master Johannes Liechtenauer. He has studied with noted expert and author Christian H. Tobler numerous times both in workshop format and via personal correspondence. Eric has also studied Italian rapier, Scottish broadsword and a variety of other Western Martial Arts, always eager to expand his knowledge. He was awarded the 2006 Col. Dwight C. McLemore Scholarship for the International Swordfighting and Martial Arts Convention in Lansing, Michigan. In addition to teaching workshops and ongoing classes regionally, in 2007 Eric became one of the first Western Martial Arts instructors to teach in Mexico, having returned in 2008. Eric was granted the title Free Scholar when Veritas Swordplay Academy became a chapter of the Selohaar Fechtschule in 2007.

Eric brings this expertise of arms, armour, knighthood, chivalry and combat to the public with Knights of Veritas school and library presentations. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Living History Library and assists with combat choreography for local theater groups.