Hello, everyone
Beth still has a few spaces open in the playtest of her mediaeval Dragonfire LARP, which will happen on Saturday the 30th of July.
You don't have to be a seasoned LARP veteran to sign up -- we'd like to avoid first-time LARPers, but it's OK if you've only LARPed a couple of times before.
Please let Beth (darkoutthere at gmail dot com) or me (adrianna dot pinska at gmail dot com) know ASAP if you would like to play.
Here is the blurb:
----
The Nineteen-Year Winter
King Henry died in 1135 leaving his throne to his daughter, the Empress Maud. Before his death he made his barons, including his favourite nephew Stephen, swear their allegiance to her several times. However no woman has ever ruled England in her own right.
Not surprisingly it did not workout quite like King Henry had hoped. Stephan claimed the throne, stating King Henry had changed his mind on his deathbed and named him as his heir. Stephan entered London and was acclaimed king by the townspeople. Once crowned, Stephen gained the support of the majority of the barons and the Pope. The barons ratified the usurpation, with the opposition of Maud's illegitimate half-brother, Robert, the Earl of Gloucester.
In 1139 , the civil war had begun. The Earl's first moves were revealing. He commanded raids. Stephen faced the forces of the Empress Maud at several places around the country. Bad omens haunted him before the Battle of Lincoln, at which Stephen faced Robert. Stephen fought bravely but was captured by a knight in Robert's army. Stephen was defeated and brought before his cousin Maud, and was imprisoned at Bristol. The Empress's victory was immanent.
Stephen's wife, Matilda of Boulogne, rallied support amongst the people of London and the barons. Maud was forced out of London. With the capture of her most able lieutenant, her half-brother, Robert, he was captured fighting a rearguard action which allowed his sister to escape. This was followed by lose of Arundel Castle in Arundel, which had been a stronghold for the Empress. The Empress was distort. After two months of imprisonment for both Stephan and Robert a bargain was struck, a trade of Stephan for Robert.
A sudden violent storm has driven the inhabitants of Arundel inside and those unluckily enough to be travelling in search of shelter. An inn, The Crown, on the edge of the town is suddenly full of people as many find shelter from the weather within its walls and wait for the storm to blow over...
Edit: it's in July, not June, obviously. ;)