Jan 2014 Event Highlights!

Well ladies and gents, this weekend would not be called the most eventful due to the harsh weather outside, but I must say a lot of heart warming and amazing moments made everlasting memories that will forever be in this guys head. Seeing how this is the first full weekend event of the New Year, it makes sense that one of the loudest people in Travance brings in the first full event highlights of the New Year! So let everyone gather around the warm glow of their computer screens (Or I phone/ Android screens.) and share their memories!

Friday: Friday was sort of a bitter sweet night for me. Jack got out of trouble from all his antics during November, but the man behind the character Dane, was extremely worried for Charlie. I'm glad he's doing okay, and to be honest I could only hope to be half as dedicated as Charlie is in the long run. But! After a visit with Slack, Mr. Dimms was absolved of all his transgressions and out he went in order to do what he did best, be a fool. Well from friday I remember a lot of great rp. After Leyon, Jack would be introduced via Eva to a gypsy named Rostavella. Jack was terrified since he has nooooooo idea how to actually talk to women. That lead to Jack trying to run away from Eva, only to be caught by a Mr. JT Tierny (SP? and sorry, I can't for the life of me remember your IG name.) So he then sat down and had one of the most awkward conversations he's ever had. After that came Jack's baptism, one that had a lot of irony to the events afterward as he was confronted by two DEMONIC WOLVES.... Yes, not bunny rabbits, not butterflies, not anything silly...well except the rats... and died.

It was then a long time walking around as Jack's spirit headed into the Inn to try and find someone to help him out. After about 20 to 30 minutes of his spirit horsing around, he was finally brought to the Inn where Father Ashby I believe brought him back to life. After which it was a lot of awesome Rp that I can't fully remember as I was cold and tired, but just a quick thank you to the people in Pendarvin for putting myself and new player Jeremiah up in the statehouse. It was to say the least, friggin cold and we couldn't get our heat working inside of the cabin we were in.

Saturday: Ah yes Saturday, welp the day started with me being Jack for only about 20 minutes before my NPC shift, and so Jack sat with Brother Aldric and Yorick and ate some cookies the wind had dropped off to them. After that it was off to NPC shift which this month's was one of my favorite NPC shifts! You see, Jack as much rp as he does is a combat character, so combat is fun and all, but I love to do roleplaying as an NPC and boy did I ever get some great rp in. I think the most memorable one is where I was the farmer from Glensdale, Roland and I went out to get any sort of gold, food, or clothing from the other PC's. This lead to a lot of great roleplay with Raziel as they then would teach him the ways of Aguara and Roland would then approach other players and ask if they had anything for him, being now angered and wanting someone to do something useful for him. This led to him being stunned and stumbling all the way to the side doors of the Inn, only to be thrown onto a couple of seats, and snuggling up to his hat as it was handed to him.

After that I was sent out as a mugger and me and my partner in crime would grab a bit of tea, then follow two other NPCs out til they were alone, mug them, then walk back to the Inn to get someone to help them. We were then sent back out after a successful mugging, so we then tried to mug three guardsmen. We were taken down and apprehended. Before that I think I went out with as a scam artist who tried to scam the good people of Travance into thinking two hard working people out of their hard earned money. Sadly a couple of those people could see the actually truth and brought me in, which was may favorite part about that as I was trying to do anything to get away from Weyland's grasp.

After that I would be sent out one last time and was told do anything to get money out of the people. I got up on a stool and challenged a dwarf to a drinking competition which ended in hilarious results. After about the 5th drink, I dropped to the ground, only to be lifted up, which made my NPC puke all over the PC with the skeleton face mask. (Sorry I'm terrible with names.)

With NPC shift over Jack headed back to the Inn to hang around until something was going on, but first Jack needed to be punished for his slights against his new god. So Jack was taken to the back of the Inn and was forced to endure great pain. Jack then headed off to the tower mod in which demonic goblins were terrorizing a town. Now of course after which we were supposed to get loot, but no the others who came with decided they didn't really want loot so they had this huge argument over what to do with Jack. He was then sent back to the end of the line and got his new nickname Dimm-wit. Ahahahahaha...... Really funny..... But! That didn't stop Jack from getting loot. He then went back and got in all the great rp one man could ever ask for. I know one of my favorite parts of the whole event was sitting in on Jed's preaching. OOG I'm not a huge church goer, but if Judge was the preacher at any sort of thing like that, I would go cause those sermons had me actually riveting. I know I'm forgetting a lot of what happened too, but my brain was frozen after all of that, but I had to leave early so sadly I didn't get to stay for sunday. In any case thank you for all those who complimented me. I've only been doing larping since May but I feel like I'm making strides in my roleplay and fighting. It's making me feel awesome to be recognized for it.

So ladies and gentlemen what were your favorite moments from this weekend? Who were your favorites? Moments that were awesome? Moments not so awesome? Lay it all down and let's chop it up like only the people of KR can! Til next time this is everyone's favorite loud mouth saying I miss you all already and wishing everyone good health, good luck, and much ale in the future!

P.S. Justin plays an awesome Londwyin.

Well well…

January Event is now in the books and all I can say is… holy shit. On several levels, too.

I think this is the first time in the five months (has it really been that long/short) I was not involved in main plot in any major capacity. Involved in effects still roiling and boiling from events past (see the revealing of the Highlands deaths….) and a few more side plots where I got to be creative and well, evil… but nothing really pertaining to this month’s plot.

Goes to show you that there is PLENTY to get in the middle of besides the Big Stuff.

Friday pre-layon and stuff…

Omg cold. Standing on line for registration was the first point I doubted my sanity in coming. Or in at least how I dressed for travel. But once I got dressed into garb and my wonderful homemade double-layer cloak (thank you Leslie!!!), warmth was had as well as protection from the wind.

I am still honored to be allowed to give some of the lay-on brief for safety/medical… and I am glad folks pay attention. The fact there was only three Dehydration/cold weather injury issues (all preventable and all players repentant!) I know of out of the more than a hundred players on site at any one time… tells me everyone is listening and for that you guys rock; thank you!

Lay-on began the giving of information on the Highlands devastation. Some of the news was painful to give to those hailing from there and some of it not so much but raising questions with no answers. And the RP generated for this… was good. Everything from shock to anger to tears was had- and will make for interesting events/rp later.


Saturday…
First shift NPC duty. I had a feeling it was gonna be an interesting one- and even better in the light snow that appeared at 10am…. Which was about two hours ahead of when I thought it was gonna hit.
NPC Banditry/Looting was fun and I doubt the Great Banner Chase will be forgotten-Conor, I did wind up bleeding from that tumble but the cold kept it from being a lot).

RP’ing refugees was… interesting to say the least and some of the RP with Croinmara in this (who was still recovering from her news or so it seemed) was excellent. Then came the “Westboro Baptist Valos Priest” and the thundered comment that made an area so quiet as a result you could hear a pin drop…. In the SNOW. (I was told later the Inn got just as quiet when the comment was heard…). Remmy, had I an RP card, I’d have given it to you for the look on your face alone.

Then came the epic Wendigo battles that nearly cost two players a life tag and caused Magnus and Templar Rayven a large portion of their abilities in putting the four of us down along with our possessed minions. One of the two funniest parts of this involved Grimjell biting Angeliana to death while possessed- she did not know he was when she did her Sanctuary and included him inside it. Oops.

The other was during the Magnus/Rayven fight… when Rayven put a quick heal on the down Burkhart (one of our possessed minions) as I was chasing the Templar, I immediately smacked Burk with a Drainlife going “Drain life- get back down….” The Roar of happiness at being able to fight followed by the cry of despair at denial of that chance kibbled everyone.

Saturday night plotting fighting stuff with the Mercs and Bat Cooper was interesting… and more so when the fighting was discovered by the inn and we nearly missed it. This fight would be the first time I have been *that* close to a life tag loss… and the first time I have managed to nearly out-hit a major NPC. One more Parry… and I had him.

Grr…

Fighting at the inn later, was hectic and fun… though having to yell OOC at people for fighting on the icy slick porch was not. As it is, someone took a tumble later on off it… and was saved from major injury due to his shield and armor…. Thus proving Armor works against blunt trauma like slamming into frozen ground and stairs…

Wonderful RP with Lady Silverbow and one of the sons, some very pointed discussion with Clyde and a quiet conference with a few others about the highlands… was a great way to wind down

Sunday Morning was more light RP until I had to pack and depart at noon. Wish I could have stayed longer but with stuff to do in the evening and an up-to- 3-hour ride, staying was not part of the equation. February might be a better chance of that.


All in all, the weekend was a great one for RP and I want to thank everyone I interacted with while a PC and NPC for the wonderful fun I had.

For those asking after her, Leslie (tpo Birgitta) thanks you guys for asking and your concern. She will be back when its warmer… and maybe with Melody too (for those wishing the dog was there this weekend…)



**SIDE NOTE- Dane, that was me who caught you in the inn.**

This was an awesome RP event for me!!! Friday night Gaian Mass was great! I was happy about all who were able to make it and very pleased at the participation. The conversation with Bat and Caldor afterward was just as cool for me! Lots of good information and food for thought! Thank you guys for staying and hanging out!

Saturday's Market Faire was great. Setting up the alchemy shop was fun. I made so many potions, I was tapped out of crafting points. I loved interacting with the refugees and was happy to give away money to help them out. Gaia will provide and here is some coin to help with that! Also, getting to chat with my favorite gypsy, Dimitri! Then getting my Tarot done by my second favorite gypsy, Carlos! It was eerily acurate and when he turned the card that referenced her family, Maralas broke a little bit.

Feast was delicious!!! Thank you to all who worked so hard! Everything was tasty. My first time saying the benediction . . . Started off good; but then I got nervous, so I ended quick. I will have to work on that some.

Oh, my gosh, was it cold!!! So glad we had heaters, hand and feet warmers and good friends to squish up against!

Sunday morning lessons with Rudolph and chatting with Serje (SP? sorry Chris) and Caldor was just so much fun. Getting to say hello to Gideon and talk about Valentine a bit was fun . . .

Thank you very much to all the players and staff that made this event so awesome!!! I really loved the RP. For those who missed the Gaian Mass, I plan to make that a regular thing for Maralas. Hopefully those who missed it will be able to make one in the future. So much love to you all! Thanks again for an awesome event!

My highlights are very unusual to me this month, as different things stood out.

My favorite thing this event was being demonic goblins for Tower mod. The other NPCs I got to work with were GREAT people, and we had fun planning out how to do things. Its great to work with a good group. Beyond that, the group of low levels were fantastic. You guys fought well, tried to protect eachother (sorry about that Chris/Willow, it was just too much fun getting to you), and had a wonderful mix of skills an abilities.
Also THANK YOU for always being willing to let us stand up for dissection/searching.

Hats off again to Conor and David for the "mid-level" mod. I truly enjoy these "thinking" mods. they have the right balance of thinking, skill use and combat. I'm very proud that our group took down the enemies, but we didn't actually kill anything that we could save.

Gaian mass with Marals, Bat Cooper, Wife, Valentine and new barbarian whose name is escaping me (sorry) was excellent. It was so very different than other masses, and I was really impressed with your creative additions. I also loved hearing more about people's stories because of it. The post mass discussion was fantastic.

I really enjoyed getting to peek into some of the theology of town clergy. Marals, Bat, Remy, Razael, Lenore, Angelica, Lazarus, and everyone else who put up with my questions, I appreciate it.

First Arch Caster lesson! Woot!

Saw the Targetteer scroll... so awesome.

Light Mass was good as well.

Learned howling wind... and got to teach Gideon lessons. Caldor is extremely proud to have taught Gideon and Klyden druidics. Keavey should be proud that I continued her cat like grace teaching method. By the end, I think the whole inn was involved.

I really liked the main mod site.... Not just because it was close, but because that area has great geography for making an interesting battle.

Feast was delicious. I feel bad for anyone who didn't get to smell the Jar of sauce for the desert before Sam put it on.

I know I have more, but I'll think back later.

I must say I had a blast. This was my second event. First event as my new PC, Jorik Wulfsbane. I'd been playing with the character concept for about a year, but hadn't been able to make it due to time, money and lack of costume. Finally after NPCing the event for November/December, I made it my goal to attend January as my new PC even if I did not have all of my costume pieces that I desire. All of the compliments on my fur, and mail, definitely made me feel good about the countless hours I spent on it. Everyone was very helpful, and friendly and made me feel at home.

New player Mod after new player training was excellent. After touring the camp and getting introduced to some of the Brigands of Travance, we hit the inn. I was then introduced to Jack Dimms who OOG prior to the event hooked me up with a place to stay in the small cabin in Pendarvin. After sharing a drink at the Inn Jorik accompanied Jack to the Forge where he was introduced to some of the other Smiths. While at the forge we encountered a Girl who claimed that her brothers were being attacked by wolves. 5 or six of us left the forge and began to follow, but Jorik stayed back because he saw something moving behind the building. Needless to say, the girl was merely a lure for some thieves. Jorik did his best to defend the forge by himself, however he was outnumbered 3-1 and one of them managed to hit him with a waylay. Fortunately they left him where he was and attacked the rest of the party who were by now out in the middle of the field. Not quite sure what happend, but I think Carlos was able to talk sense into them after a short fight, and Thieves and heros alike left for the inn to warm up, unaware that Jorik was lying unconscious outside the forge. Needless to say Jack Dimms owes Jorik a drink or 20. Jorik met Caldor and Aella (sp??) on the road, and decided to take them up on their offer to attend a Gaian Mass. The mass was very enlightening for Jorik as he is very naive with regards to all things Divine.
After Role playing at winterdark for a bit, Jorik headed back to our cabin and realized that there was no heater. I decided to try and Bear Grylls the situation and test out just how well my subzero sleeping bag was, while Jack took up the offer from the group in Pendarvin's main cabin to sleep there since there was some extra room. 30 minutes later I moved the rest of my stuff into pendarvin and tried to warm up haha.

Next morning joined the guard, and became accquainted with some more players.

Tower Mod was excellent. Great combat, great roleplay. After having a somewhat uneventful day it was great to get moving and get into the thick of the action.

all of the food cooked over the weekend was amazing, but feast was especially delicious.

NPC'd main mod. Walking up the road, with the other NPC's and chanting in unison gave me the chills. I can only imagine what it was like for the PCs. it was quite an epic battle.
Went to bed saturday night shortly after my NPC shift. It was quite an exhausting day. Sunday morning I woke and went up to the inn, where there where only a few people stirring. I heard that most of the NPC's for sunday morning had bailed and that they needed volunteers so I headed over to Logistics to help out. Had quite a good time Sunday morning in the various NPC roles that I and the others got assigned.
All in all it was an awesome first event. It was cold, but I managed to stay warm. So glad that the february event is only 3 weeks away.

My highlights from this weekend?
Matt Majchrzak
Dan Osmun
Judge Devoe
Tim Ponjican
James Kimball
Gene Stern
Chris Zipeto
Sean Hallahan

Stay beautiful, all of you and PYD.