June Event Highlights

I have to add a nod to Goose and MaryBeth for the Xod stuff again. Xander is so obsessed with the plot and events of last game that he's writing things into Xod's story and keeps talking to me about it.

GinGinny GinRum wrote: That was a super emotional evening, and props to poor Nalick who held a sobbing Ginny.

That's what Andorrans do.

Thanks to everyone who helped me put on and take off my armor all weekend!

Fun coming back to KR after another multi-year hiatus.

All the new players are really putting their best foot forward, very fun interacting with everyone.

Behind the scenes things are running better than ever and it shows, great job to all the volunteers and NPCs.

Looking forward to July. *clink clink clink*

Friday night was more about shenanigans than anything else.

Like going all the way to towards the grove only to find out there wasn't anything there.
Having a man offer to read my fortune in tea leaves to which Billiam takes over hilariously.
And playing blackjack of the first time and actually being decent at it.

Of course there was the serious moment of Caldor's mass, trying to find all the bards, scouting with Grim, flipping out over a new Dark Elf in town, and learning about the Hollow Song from Almat.

But then Saturday was crazy!
As in Logistics was BUSSSYYYYY

Heroic Buccaneer mod was awesome, despite the fact that Keavy's not a sailor in the slightest. After just portaling to Port Valandra:
Jun: Hey, Lord Aleister! I found your ship!
Aleister: Awesome!.....Wait. Why is it going away from port? Crap!
So then we plan shift to the ship and thanks to being the only druid on the mod, YOU get a Cat-Like Grace, and YOU get a Cat-Like Grace! EVERYBODY gets a Cat-Like Grace! Keavy gave everyone sea legs while they dealt with the crazy pirates.
Also:
Keavy: -looking over side of ship- Wow! Are those what they call dolphins? I've never seen them before.
Arza: Yes!....Well, that one is a shark.
Keavy: What's a shark?
Arza: It's like a dolphin only angry.
Coming back and telling everyone Keavy is now a sailor was hilarious.

And then....
Feast.
All day Sean had been taunting me saying "You're gonna die~!" and I didn't know why until he started mentioning at Feast. I kept Keavy clueless, though.
Squire Keavy!!!! I honestly didn't expect this to happen, and especially not this soon. Keavy was very surprised and overwhelmed.

And by overwhelmed I mean SO MANY FEELS AS SOON AS IT ALL HIT THE FAN.

Scrambling to get away from the inn, trying to convince Tori's Lorestri to keep moving, using my first Terror on Haroldson, being told grim news from Anhil in front of Tori's Lorestri, watching Alister disappear...
Then getting hooked into making a group of fighters because Hey, Ima Squire now! Immediately shouting for Arden, forming my group with Tyros, Cinder, Lathiel, Aquene, and Tari. Our target: The Dark Elf Hollow Song.

COOOOOOONCH!

Leading the 7 of us into the first battle and all of us failing miserably. Nearly died on the porch if it hadn't been for Harldson seeing me. Irony!

Heading back to the Barracks after hearing the news that people had disappeared, worn and completely overwhelmed.

Caelvan's rousing speech. I remember Keavy thinking "That's my husband!"

After everyone coming back, charging back again better than ever with Arden until we finally found the Dark Elf.

"14PRIMALBANE14PRIMALBANE14PRIMALBANE14PRIMALBANE!CAT-LIKEGRACE!BYNATURE'SWILLICASTCAT-LIKEGRACE!14PRIMALBANE!!"

Also: "~Why are you attacking me~!?"
"BECAUSE I WANNA ****ING KILL YOU!"

Chasing him all around until he ended up inside and being the one to call the last blow, a Slay, on him. After a victory scream, I hear Caelvan go:
"That's my wife!!"

And then chopping off his ears!

Later on going back to Kaladonia to sit by the fire and chat. Wall of bunnies hitting the fire and other shenanigans.

Sunday:
Coming out as Malakai. I was very exhausted from the night before that I felt a little lazy to get his full sarcasm, but he had some interesting conversations with new friends. Also meeting Tari and the Guild Master, giving him a possible place to stay in return for handiwork around the guild. Also Ice cream. In my hand. And a clearly drawn illusionary script drawing showing that Malakai is indeed a man. Tari and Malakai get along very well and I'm interested to see where this friendship goes.

Groundhog's Day Travance, however, will be interesting to see next event!

Busy event, and in a lot of ways important for how I conceive this character. First of all, thank you to staff and NPCs for giving us a challenging event and one that pushed boundaries all over the place. Second, but no means secondary, thank you to the kitchen Staff. Not only were you awesome cooks, and in getting the feast back on track, but you guys make a fair Volunteer Fire Department!

Friday: Set up of the Monastery, finding who had the key, dragging stuff out only to have to wait for the fabric to arrive. I finally gave up and wandered the camp. The lighting was really good however this event and I cant wait to be able to RP in that space. After lay on, went to my office. Found out about somebody being named a saint, which made me curious, and then there was some sort of gathering at Pendarvin, chided Jack Dimms for a while, observed and left. Noted what I needed to and then went back to my office, chuckling. Met with Caldor and headed to Caladonea for his Mass and wound up fighting our way through to get to it. Mass was nice, interesting interactions after the Mass and a pleasant stroll back to the Tavern. Later that night the Monastery gets attacked by a Shadow thingy, and it seemed like chaos was breaking out all over. Running around was tiring, but how could I refuse Aleister when he greets me with, "Hey, there's one of the people that do not make me crazy, good. Come with us." and then when I ask what I can do to help, his response: "Keep me sane." That became my theme for the event.

Saturday: Undead in the Daytime? Odd. Though the amount of Undead made me feel useful this event. Church of Light Mass had a pretty good turnout this month, even got Jonas Kane to speak at the pulpit. Everyone was respectful and patient with some of our clergy, and it was a really positive event. Holding it outside had the effect of allowing curious people to stop and listen as they were walking past. Might do that more often, weather permitting. The Monastery was taken over as a food prep area due to the fire, so it was kind of a make shift decision to hold it outside, but I liked it and it was a great day for it.

Saturday Night; Feast, Main Mod and such. The Feast was great. I will say it again, the Feast was great. Some of the cooks have said they were disappointed about the fire changing their plans, but honestly you guys ROCKED. As the Feast was winding down I got that feeling that we were due for a Feast interruption, call it veteran larper's plot sense, so kept my gear close and finished the feast quicker than usual. Then BAM, we get hit by the Hollow Song. The Baroness disappears, and chaos reigns. Withdrawing to the Manor allows the smart people to come up with a plan, while the rest of us are itching to fight. I get approached to join a group that is taking out a Hollow Singer, but that plan quickly breaks down into kill whatever is attacking you. Wield Faith is a useful crowd control tag skill. I have never used it as much as I did that battle. Pretty much took it upon myself to protect the flanks of whatever group was charging or doing something, after the second push, managed to keep the entrance walkway into the Tavern free of attackers, mostly.

Sunday: Clean up and leave camp for work. That is sucking by the way, I am so wiped after the event. I managed it though and its a small price to pay.

So thanks to all the PCs and NPCs I interacted with this event and again a super big thank you to Staff and Kitchen Staff for all your work!

I still don't have suitable words for that weekend, even after collecting my thoughts for days after the event.

Thank you, all the plot NPCs. Every single one of you are incredible role-players and I enjoyed all the interactions with you guys and gals. Antoine, Romeo, Nathan, Christine, you guys made main mod as incredible as it was. I never loved hating friends as much as I had with you talented monkeys! Tori, MB, and Goose, I absolutely loved being on your side and creating personal relationships with your NPC and I hope that in the future, (with all the crazy, wibbly, time-funk rules and tangents) we'll get to see more of the Lorestri we all love.

There are a few moments that flash back to me almost every time I close m7 eyes, so I'll share that with you crazy ducklings:

-Being face-to-face with Cymoril to see and hear all of her pain/hatred/guilt/love/acceptance up front.
-The Temporis Keep. It felt like real-life magic. I was in awe IG and OOG.
-That wave of inspiration. The purpose of the story clicked together at that moment and I was reminded of how much beauty and creativity there is in storytelling.
-Discovering wonderment with the Silverbows.
-Myxolidia's great performance. Thank you, Jen, for the invitation to make some incredible music. I'm gonna take you up on any future offers
-Singing the bards in the clearing and the events afterwards with Eralynn.
-The beautiful scene at the Lake and the Mermaids, as well as the excitement and pressure of the trials.

Goose, thank you so much for everything about the event and all the planning that happened leading up to it. So much work went into this plot and in the end, it wasn't only the bards that got involved, but so many groups of characters and players that got to experience such a sense of awe.