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Who am I? | Bit of LARP lore
Little sketch I made regarding my Hogwarts LARP session. My character Eirian Orvis (still not sir Warrington, ehhhh).
It was very active and intense, it was much fun yet there were too many activities and things to do. My friend who was my character's twin sister got extremely tired too, and due to her anxiety it was hard for her to deal with things.
By the end of the week both Eirian (my character) and me IRL were exhausted and stressed. When LARPing, you can easily lose the track of time and get involved into the story and your role way TOO MUCH.
We have a deep personal quest mostly connected with finding answers to a question "who are we and what is our place?" It's a kind of a family drama connected with a family curse, fire magic, half-blood issues and even OTHER characters being tightly connected with us. Being an older brother, my character is supposed to become the head of the family we actually belong to. Our characters learnt that their parents were wizards, not muggles. Moreover, Alexander, the twins' dad, was the last descendant of the Warringtons, an old noble family which was tightly connected to fire magic and dragons. But parents willingly got rid of their magic abilities and memory to keep their children safe from the curse. Unfortunately, it didn't work well, the curse and all the issues connected with it still follow both twins, Eirian and Robin.
Both twins are currently trying to get their REAL family name back and become the heads of Warrington noble family by the Right of Blood (as they're children of the last male Warrington representative who lost his family name as well as memory and magic), but it turned out to be very hard, socially (being half-bloods isn't fun at all), physically (there were so many things to do) and mentally (always running in a hurry here and there didn't end up well on the mental state).
There's a little scrap of text with Eirian's thoughts:
"When November came, I felt I was losing control too. My nerves started to fail me.
My head didn't work well, everything was going off-hands, I got extremely absent-minded, my surgeon practice was awfully uneven and the whole practice in st Mungo hosp was awkward. I dropped stuff, stumbled a lot, forgot to eat and sometimes just found myself standing in the street absolutely lost and disorientated or looking at potion-making equipment without any idea what I was supposed to make. I couldn't track time at all, I was absolutely lost in questions.
Who should I find in Hogsmeade? Where should I go? Who am I? What potion should I make for st Mungo hosp? How should I hang with my head down? What is it to follow the route of the Hanged Man?
— Oh, no, everything is fine, I said with a nervous smile and looked vacantly at the window when my mentor touched my shoulder. — I've already had a dose of the Soothing Balm today, I shouldn't drink more so I don't get addicted. I'll clean the pot and make a new portion of the Soothing Balm.. Or... should I leave? What time is it? Oh, I should find someone.... but who? Sorry, what time is it?.."
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I kinda miss LARP a bit, I admit. But boy I sure don't miss how awful it made me feel... The in-game drama would have been fine, even fun, if it was an isolated thing. The IRL and OOC drama was horrible, and the way it interacted with the IC drama was.... Well, it was too much.
There's a reason I used to stick to TTRPGs over LARP. And honestly, I'm satisfied with my decision to walk away from LARP altogether after all these years.
But still, I will cherish the fun and friendships I made. I will cherish the stories I told, and the character I didn't just get to play... But got to be.
I love this art, and the snippet of story that comes with it. I would have enjoyed a Harry Potter LARP, I'm sure of that. Maybe someday I can again. It's been relieving finding out that, at least outside of Oregon, queer and trans Harry Potter fans still exist.
There's a reason I used to stick to TTRPGs over LARP. And honestly, I'm satisfied with my decision to walk away from LARP altogether after all these years.
But still, I will cherish the fun and friendships I made. I will cherish the stories I told, and the character I didn't just get to play... But got to be.
I love this art, and the snippet of story that comes with it. I would have enjoyed a Harry Potter LARP, I'm sure of that. Maybe someday I can again. It's been relieving finding out that, at least outside of Oregon, queer and trans Harry Potter fans still exist.
Oh, I can understand why LARP can be a hard thing. I'm quite new to LARPing, it was my 4th week session, but now I'm getting more and more involved and I SEE how people can mistreat each other because of the characters drama or whatever. IRL and OOC drama is the worst, I agree. But at least you have memories and stories, that's great! I'm glad to know you cherish all the things and experience you got from LARPs!
I also take part in TTRPGs, but the Hogwarts game involved me a lot! Having two week-long sessions plus smaller events during the year gave me quite a schedule XD
I'd say we have several Hogwarts-related games, but this one is the biggest. I guess we had more than 200 players this time, up to 220 if I'm not mistaken. There are some disadvantages for sure like Game Masters not giving proper personal quests to new players or making logical mistakes in plots, but we got lucky with my friend! We lack LARP experience and told it to the GM group when it changed. They decided to help us as we were ready to get really involved and communicative with other characters. We had no idea what quest we'll get, we had extremely rough bios and than WOW OH GOSH.
We were very active, I bet we communicated with almost 80% of the whole gaming group. XD It is a fantastic quest with a lot of opportunities for our characters to grow, but yeah, it is VERY challenging and tiresome XD
I's also add the Harry Potter stuff is very popular in our LARP community yet rather... mistreated by others who think Harry Potter games are for losers, not for REAL life-action role-players. But we don't listen and have fun! :>
I also take part in TTRPGs, but the Hogwarts game involved me a lot! Having two week-long sessions plus smaller events during the year gave me quite a schedule XD
I'd say we have several Hogwarts-related games, but this one is the biggest. I guess we had more than 200 players this time, up to 220 if I'm not mistaken. There are some disadvantages for sure like Game Masters not giving proper personal quests to new players or making logical mistakes in plots, but we got lucky with my friend! We lack LARP experience and told it to the GM group when it changed. They decided to help us as we were ready to get really involved and communicative with other characters. We had no idea what quest we'll get, we had extremely rough bios and than WOW OH GOSH.
We were very active, I bet we communicated with almost 80% of the whole gaming group. XD It is a fantastic quest with a lot of opportunities for our characters to grow, but yeah, it is VERY challenging and tiresome XD
I's also add the Harry Potter stuff is very popular in our LARP community yet rather... mistreated by others who think Harry Potter games are for losers, not for REAL life-action role-players. But we don't listen and have fun! :>
A lot of people tend to think Harry Potter fandom is only for bigots and transphobes and racists. And I think that's very unfair, especially to all the trans, and queer, and POC Harry Potter fans who actively buck J.K. Rowling and her hatred. But it's sometimes easy to forget that where I live is particularly aggressively and fanatically politically extreme. Most people aren't as overzealous about their activism or cancel culture or whatever as Portland Oregon. XD
In any case, I may try and see if there are any Harry Potter LARP groups in Oregon, Washington, North California, or Idaho. I might consider playing.
And if you ever wanna see art or stories about my Dystopia Rising LARP character (Ivan, a mutant priest), or hear about what that LARP was like, I'd be happy to share.
In any case, I may try and see if there are any Harry Potter LARP groups in Oregon, Washington, North California, or Idaho. I might consider playing.
And if you ever wanna see art or stories about my Dystopia Rising LARP character (Ivan, a mutant priest), or hear about what that LARP was like, I'd be happy to share.
Oh, actually it wasn't that bad! It's based on Tarot Major Arcana. Following the route of the Hanged Man is going through mental experience when you try to apply the meaning of the Tarot Major Arcana to find answers to your questions. It was necessary for my character to collect an extremely rare Great Herb that required going through specific mental experience of trying to calm down at the peak of stress, observe and wait even though there was an extreme lack of time.
It turned out to be EXTREMELY hard for me IRL because I was exhausted. I tried to keep calm and ended up crying in the middle of the hall half in-character, half personally because I didn't know what to do. I got all the support I needed, I was comforted and calmed down for sure, but it shows how a player actually goes through their character's experience too!
It turned out to be EXTREMELY hard for me IRL because I was exhausted. I tried to keep calm and ended up crying in the middle of the hall half in-character, half personally because I didn't know what to do. I got all the support I needed, I was comforted and calmed down for sure, but it shows how a player actually goes through their character's experience too!
Hmmm, kinda? Like when you're having fortune-telling and you get a card which is supposed to give you an advice. The Hanged Man usually means that you need to stop, to look at the situation from another point of view, to sacrifice smth for a greater purpose and to stay calm. Honestly, I thought it's the closest Tarot Major Arcana for me, I was sure following this "advice" would be easy, but it wasn't in the end XD
But I'm sure it's because I was very tired, I didn't sleep or eat enough and so on
But I'm sure it's because I was very tired, I didn't sleep or eat enough and so on
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