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A Vision of Honor

        Her first memories of the Myth Wood
were of waking up in the Graveyard of the Fallen as a succubus. Waking to an overwhelming need to feed on
the souls of Einherjar to survive. She thought of this as her birth, because she had no memories before that
day, and chose the name Mara. Then Sam’El, the Daemon Lord, called to her from his prison within the
Black Sword. Mara and the other succubi answered his call, and in this way discovered they were not alone.
All the succubi of the Wood served him in all his many incarnations. They aided in all his many battles to
spread chaos and destruction.

        This continued until Mara was given
the opportunity to restore a soul to her form and become an Einherjar herself. She was reborn, again, as
Marta the Mage. She joined with Balin on his quest to become king, to begin to right the wrongs she had
committed as a succubus. With the crown on Balin’s head he made her a Thane, and put the Mage Tower
into her care. It was the greatest day of her life in the Myth Wood.

        This was followed by the worst time
of her remembered life. When Lady Myth took control of her body, and left her as a powerless observer of the
violence her hands inflicted. The war of the Skulls raged through the Myth Wood. Lady Myth in Marta’s
body commanded her forces to lay waste to her brothers and those they controlled.

        The war ended with Rokai’s
rebellion against the skulls. He freed Jarl Elric from their hold, and then Jarl Elric freed Marta from the
Lady’s control over her. When the war of the skulls was ended, King Balin once again entrusted Marta
with the Mage tower and now the conclave of magic users as well. It was at this point that she became a
Sage, and began the long road to mastering those magical arts. She was also given charge of her nephew, and
the joys of raising him to be a man. She enjoyed this time of her life immensely. The 11 years went by far
to quickly.

        Then King Balin went missing. The
Plague arrived in the form of a meteorite. Einherjar of the Myth Wood began changing into Trolls, and
Werewolves. Marta helped the Jarls as much as she could, but as soon as one problem was dealt with another
emerged. Then the Blighted arrived, with their Lich leader. The Four Devils manifested and spread terror.

        As the Lich’s power grew,
others realized that the only cure for the problems that could be found was to Seal away the Mage Tower, her
home.  Marta was not given a choice. Jarl Faolin and the Blacksmiths did the deed. She eventually came
to learn that the Green Skull, that was the prison of Lady Myth, had been placed in the Tower before it was
sealed. The ramifications of this act was not clear to her, but shortly after the Tower was sealed away the
Lich disappeared. Then the Blighted entered into a agreement with Hela of Helheim, thus becoming the
Helions.

        It seemed losing her home and title
had served the greater good of the Myth Wood. It was for this reason that the once powerful and revered
Thane Marta of the Mage Tower, now found herself homeless and sleeping in the graveyard of the fallen once
again.

        In past years the arrival of the snow
and short days would not have worried her. She could have made a fire easy enough with her magic. This too
had been taken away from her. The Helions had joined up with the Jarls and vanquished the Four Devils. As
she understood it, Jarl Faolin devised a way to cover the cube of the four and in doing so severed the magic
that made the four devils. Unfortunately, that magic was also the source of all Arcane spells in the Myth
Wood. Jarl Elric had taken the cube and set sail for Folkvangr. In this way magic had been changed forever
in the Wood. For Marta, at the moment, it meant she could not create fire to keep her warm throughout the
winter.

        It was on a cold night in the middle
of the month Yuwn-Ko, after the days had begun to lengthen that Marta received a vision in the form of a
dream. The vision was sent to her from the Higher Plane of the Myth Wood, while she was sleeping in the
Graveyard of the Fallen.

        At first she thought she was in
King’s Rest, standing before the tree in the center of town. The buildings however were misty and
transparent. The wooden platform at the base of the tree was bigger as well. Six thrones were on the
platform. Three of them were filled.

        One Throne in the middle of the six
had a majestic looking man with a crown on his head. He spoke to Marta. “Hello Marta. I am the
Monarch, the Higher Powers have need of your services. We need you to spread information to the rest of the
Wood.” He paused and looked at the other two.

        The one she knew was Agamemnon, but
now he looked like a old wizard with a beat up pointed hat. The amber crystal around his neck was what gave
him away, she knew Agamemnon wore that crystal. The other was a mystery to her. He had long flowing hair and
a goatee, and was dressed in green. Both sat in thrones equal to the one the Monarch sat in.

        “My apologies Marta. This is
the Mystic and the Recarnit. The three of us make up half of the Six Higher Power that govern the Myth Wood.
As long as I sit on a Throne in the Higher Plane, there is governed Order in the Wood. As long as the Mystic
sits on a Throne in the Higher Plane, governed Magic may exist in the Myth Wood. As long as the Recarnit
sits on a Throne in the Higher Plane, governed rebirth of all living things in the Myth Wood can
happen.” He stopped again, looking to see if the other two had anything to add. They did not.

        “As you can see we are missing
three of our number. That however is not the most distressing part. We find ourselves in a weakened
condition. We need to sit on the Thrones to connect with our province of power in the Myth Wood.” The
Monarch then looked over Marta’s shoulder and to the right. She followed his line of sight. She saw
what in King’s Rest would have been Waylander’s Smithy. It was not translucent, and the sounds
of hammering metal could be heard from within. “We needed the skill of a great smith, and use of a
hammer of Unmaking. So we invited Vandergrah to the Higher Plane to work the EverMist Forge. He made the
Thrones. He has also made these.” The Monarch held out to Marta a strange little device. It looked
like a counter of some sort. Numbers could be moved on one of its surfaces.

        “This is an Honor counter.
Those who chose to wear one will have their names recorded in the Honor Scroll, this will link their deeds
to the thrones. Their actions, honorable or otherwise, will strengthen the Myth Wood. We hope it will also
aid us in finding those worthy of a seat on one of the vacant Thrones.” He pulled his hand away.
“We cannot directly interfere with the Lower Plane, so we ask you to spread this knowledge to the
people of the Myth Wood. We would also ask that when it comes to you, you will accept the burden of managing
the Honor Scroll.”

        “Do not answer now. This is a
dream and promises made in dreams are meaningless. When you wake, your memory of this discussion will be
vague. However, when the Honor Scroll is placed in your hands all will be made clear to you.”

        “Good by Marta, and good
luck.”

        Marta awoke in the Graveyard of the
Fallen. Her head fuzzy, and her body cold. The dream she had quickly fading as physical reality set in. She
made her way to King’s Rest, to warm herself at the forge. When she arrived in King’s Rest the
forge was silent. She asked Mike, the proprietor of the Brotherhood tavern, where Vandergrah was.

        His reply was that several weeks ago
the sound of forging could be heard coming from Waylander’s Smithy both day and night. It had gone on
for six days and then on the seventh day the forge had gone silent. When people stopped in to check on
Vandergrah, he and everything he had been working on was gone. Not wanting an empty forge, the people of
King’s Rest had contacted Hammer’s Hold and asked Arthur Anymoredonuts if he would move his
operation to King’s Rest. He had agreed, and should be arriving soon.

        Marta was not sure how she felt about
it. Something was changing in the Myth Wood, she could feel it. She purchased a drink and meal from Mike,
and then headed back to the Graveyard.

Continue reading A Vision of Honor

Honor of the Six 1.0

Honor of the Six 1.0

 

To take part in the “Honor of the Six”, a player will need to receive an
Honor counter and put there character name on the Honor Roll. A player can receive this from the holder of
the Honor Roll, in game, at the beginning of each scenario. It will be the players responsibility to keep
track of their current number of honor points, and give that number to the holder of the Honor Roll at the
end of each scenario.

 

Ways to get Honor points

1.        Player is awarded one point for
each Honor duel they take part in.

2.        Player is awarded one point for
each Honor duel they win.

3.        Player is awarded one point for
each hold or keep they help successfully defend.

4.        Player is awarded one point for
each hold or keep they help to conquer.

5.        Player is awarded one point for
each piece of property owned at end of each scenario.

 

Honor duel

A player with equal or less honor points then another player may challenge that
player to an honor duel. If the challenged player accepts the duel, each player will get one point of honor.
The winner of the honor duel will receive another honor point.

 

If the challenged player has equal or greater honor points than the player
challenging them, and refused the challenge, they lose an honor point.

 

During an Honor duel the participating players will have no active buffs. Armor
points will not be active. Shields will only be used if both players have shields. All weapons will be
reduced to a normal variety for the duration of the duel. Any character killed in an honor duel must report
that they were killed in an honor duel to the purgatory they report to.

 

Any interference in an honor duel will result in loss of honor points for all
involved in the interference.

Oath Bands

Once a player has gained 50 honor points, they may return to the holder of the Honor
Roll and have those 50 points turned into a Oath Band, with the aid of a blacksmith. This will require the
player make an Oath. As long as the player keeps this Oath, they cannot lose the 50 points they have
invested in the band.

 

If a character has 51 honor points and turns 50 of them into a Oath Band, they may
now challenge other players as if they only have 1 honor point.

 

Oath Bands may be used to have a Blacksmith improve a player’s weapons, armor,
or abilities. If the Oath Band is used in this way the player loses all the honor points they have invested
in the Oath Band.

Continue reading Honor of the Six 1.0

2019 Tournament Reminder

Hey all, just a reminder that our yearly Tournament is next Saturday from 10-4 at the Pine City National Guard Armory.  You can’t win any of the fabulous prizes if you don’t show! We will provide hotdogs and chips for everyone, feel free to bring any other food that you would like.

We also cleaned up our Foamsmithing tutorial and added a link to it on our Handbooks page.   

 

 

The council of Jarls turned into the council of Chamberlains…. Both Brannheim and Hammer’s Hold rejected the sovereignty of Balin Grumpkinsbane. The council did raise Constantine up to Jarl of Champion’s Hall, and the Helions acknowledged him as their King. As the Myth Wood prepares for its annual tournament, alliances are made, and loyalty is tested. Who will have the honor of claiming Fairen’Gar this year? Which Jarl will be able to claim Fairen’Gar for their Jarldom?

This year’s Tournament will be held April 13, at the Pine City Armory. The doors open at 10:00 a.m. The Tournament starts at 11:00 a.m. Bring water to stay hydrated as combat will make you sweat. Hot Dogs will be provided, feel free to bring snacks to share.

We will have the Tournament of the Sword (Fairen’Gar), the Tournament of Locks (Fairen’Row), and the Tournament of Spells (Fairen’Eld). We will also have weapons training and weapon making discussions. Everyone is encouraged to attend whether you wish to take part in the Tournament or not. Our aim this year is for everyone to leave with a greater understanding of Myth Wood combat and how to be proficient at it.

Continue reading 2019 Tournament Reminder

Updated Photos Page

Tanner
Nick
Fonzi
Chelon

The Myth Wood is made up of some fantastic people.   Today I would like to shoot out an extra thank you to everyone in the Wood who takes photographs and share them with us.  The majority of the moments captured in the last few years were shared by the four people above, including Fonzi who I don’t have a single full faced picture of.  Thanks again!

Recently I took some time and pulled together all the pictures, from many different places, that have been taken over the years and organized them into photo albums.  The Photos page now has at least a few pictures from every Myth Wood event that has ever been held. Feel free to dig in and look at the history.  If you find that you have some pictures that are not in the albums feel free to add them to the correct event album, Google Photos makes it easy.

Also, there is a video on the page that was taken at this years feast of the Jarls conference.  If you missed the feast and want to know what was discussed have a look.

Photos

2019 Events

Location When Summary Description
Pine City Armory April 13, 2019 2019 Myth Wood Tournament Annual Tournament
The Myth Wood June 1, 2019 2019 Myth Wood First Event First Event
The Myth Wood July 13, 2019 2019 Myth Wood Second Event Second Event
The Myth Wood August 17, 2019 2019 Myth Wood Third Event Third Event
The Myth Wood September 28, 2019 2019 Myth Wood Fourth Event Fourth Event

2019 Stories & Guides

 

2018 Awards results and Fun Filled facts

Council of Jarls

The Myth Wood 2019 Feast and Awards ceremony was, as all are past Feasts, a great success. A big thank you to all the brave souls who attended and brought with them so much wonderful food. Even with the threat of impending blizzard-like conditions and debilitating plague like symptoms in certain households, we were able to celebrate the accomplishments of last year and begin the story for the 2019 Myth Wood L.A.R.P. season.

It was a wonderful day, and I am happy to report everyone made it home safely after the event. The Tournament this year will be held at the Pine City Armory and will be on April 13th. I hope to see you all again then.

Photos

Thanks to those who took pictures that day.   If you have any that we have not gotten yet, please add them to the photo album.  Let me know if you need any help with it.  http://themythwood.com/photos/

Awards

  1. Rookie of the year 2018, went to Death (Daniel Milliman)
  2. Character Most likely not to die 2018, Wild (Phil Ableman)
  3. Character Most likely to die 2018, Erebus (Lucas Johnson)
  4. Wealthiest Character 2018, The Derf (Jason Johnson)
  5. Most completed Quests 2018, Rocky (Hunter Drummond)
  6. Most Experience gained 2018, Natsra (Dan Pangerl)
  7. Death Bringer 2018, Azazel, (Cameron Pelkey)
  8. Best Support Character 2018, D’eir (DeWayne Cameron)
  9. Best Death 2018, Riddick for Troll no more (Brent Pick)
  10. Most Valuable Character 2018, Jarl Faolin (Micah Burton)

Fun filled Facts

  1. 89 characters were played by 78 people in 2018, 33 of the 78 were new people this year. 
  2. Of the 1469 possible deaths this year, people hoarded 117 of them.  This totaled around 285k missed experience.  (Not counting the devils lives)
  3. Eir & D’eir gathered 519 deaths for their gardens this year.   2457 have been gathered since Day 1.
  4. 19,159 dirks are actively circulating through the Einherjar’s pockets.  
  5. 107,705 for Questing alone.
  6. 295,242 experience points were earned this year. 243 is the average experience points awarded per death.
  7. One of the things I do is keep track of all kills for all characters over time.   I rolled up the totals by person (not character) and here are the results. Matt – 132.5, Dan – 156, Ed – 161, & Cam 200.5
  8. Of the original 16 characters who played in the first Myth Wood event in 2013, 8 are still active in the wood.
  9. We had our highest single day record ever in June of this year with 56 people actively participating in the Events.

Continue reading 2018 Awards results and Fun Filled facts

Letter to Riddick from the Gnomes #4, On Mythrainum

To:         Jarl T. Riddick

Brannhiem Penitentiary

Brannhiem JR

Myth Wood

From:        Gnome Council

453 Gnominton Street

 Old Tickle JE

Myth Wood

Greetings Jarl,

        As you requested, we put our best Sigh-N-Tests on the research and discovery of the history as well as past uses of the substance your people call Mythrainum. The following is the paper that will be published in the Journal Mystica later this year by Realms Tree press.

Regards

Gnome Council

Continue reading Letter to Riddick from the Gnomes #4, On Mythrainum

2019 Feast Event Invite

As the cold winds of winter continue to blow through the Myth Wood, a ship makes anchorage at the new harbor on Dragon Fall lake. From the ship emerges Jarl Elric, accompanied by ambassador Riven, the Hunter, Morgan Daniels, and Burnie the once rover. They look far older than the few months away can account for. Grim and battle scarred they make their way to King’s Rest.


Elric has his people clean and prepare King’s Rests’ hall for a feast. For it is that time of year again. When the Jarls feast under one roof and hear the problems of the land. Their decisions and laws will shape the course of the future of the Myth Wood. As a special treat Jarl Elric has brought with him a Theater Troupe to entertain at this years feast.


Elric sends his fastest messagers to Hammer’s Hold, Brannheim, Gray Arrow, and Champions Hall. All of the people of the Myth Wood are invited, let none miss the opportunity to feast with the Nobility of the Wood. 

I look forward to seeing all who can attend this year. As a reminder the feast is a potluck. The feast will be held at the Rock Creek town hall. Doors will open at 9:00 a.m. Out of character meet and greet will run from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. We will have a storyline meeting of the Jarls starting at 11:30 a.m. After that the play will be performed. We plan to start the actual feasting at 12:30 p.m. Following the feasting we will have the annual awards ceremony with guest presenters Jarl Rokai of Gray Arrow and Constantine of the Helions. Finally, we will go over the changes to the Handbooks. We encourage everyone to come dressed as their characters but it is by no means required.

Click Here for the FaceBook Event

2019 Events

No upcoming events

Announcing the Mercantile

Dear Denizens of the Myth Wood,

Our Scholarly Sigh-N-Tests have developed a new cutting edge magic that allows the opening of an online Mercantile.   We are now able to provide you with a way to purchase official Myth Wood gear including shirts for all ages & sizes, hats, mugs, and even covers for your magical communication devices.  Purchase what you would like and our Gnomish delivery services (otherwise known as UPS, USPS, or FedEx) will bring it directly to your home. To get there click the “Shop our Mercantile” link in the top menu of the website.

Sincerely,

Marie Runesmith

2019 Myth Wood Schedule & 2018 Final Myth Times

Greetings people of the Myth Wood. I hope you all enjoyed the 2018 L.A.R.P. season. We are already quite a ways along in the planning stages for 2019. First up is our list of events and their dates, as well as the final copy of the 2018 Myth Times. I hope you enjoy the recap and are thinking up ideas for your characters. I look forward to seeing you all soon.

Ed


2019 Events

No upcoming events

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The Main Story Arc of the Myth Wood Season 6

September 2018 Stats

Well 2018 is coming to a close and as a final farewell we thought it would be nice to finally get the last stats of 2018 posted. We are happy to say that 16 people leveled up and there is a list of about 8 more that are likely to level up early next year! We had a fantastic season and are so happy you all choose to join our (not so) little world and have so much fun.

See you in 2019!

September 2018 Photos & Map

We now have the photos up for the final event of 2018!   Thanks to the Myth Wood Historical Society (Tanner, Nick, Fonzi, and Chelon) for all the great pictures you guys take at each event.   It’s awesome to have such a great visual history of our fun.   


The Main Story Arc of the Myth Wood Season 6

Letter to Riddick from the Gnomes #3

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Here is a link to our next event, on August 11 

Last LARP of 2018


The Main Story Arc of the Myth Wood Season 6

August 2018 Stats and Photos

 

 

 

20! Wow!  We had a total of 20 characters level up in this event alone.   Congrats to all, it was a great day.

As usual, our Myth Wood Battle Photographers did a stellar job of capturing many great moments from the day.  Check the memories out here.  As always if you happen to have a few photos laying around to add please contact me so I can get them where they need to be. 

If you didn’t see our last post make sure to check out the Myth Times Issue 2.


Here is a link to our next event, on August 11 

Last LARP of 2018


The Main Story Arc of the Myth Wood Season 6

Myth Times Vol 1 Issue 2

 

In the Myth Wood things never stay the same. Land is gained and land is lost.  We have updated the Political Map with the many changes from the August event.  The news of the Myth Wood is always interesting. Enjoy the second Volume of the Myth Times.  Our next event is set up on Facebook and set for September 15th.

 

 


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2018 Handbook Addendum: Claiming Keeps

After getting a bunch of feedback and a a ton of suggestions, we have decided to try playtesting a new way of capturing keeps and other locations.   Please read these rules and let us know if you have any questions or anything is not clear.  

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Here is a link to our next event, on August 11 

Third LARP of 2018


The Main Story Arc of the Myth Wood Season 6

Story: Hidden Secrets

 

Ever wonder what happened to Blackstaff and Lilith?  What about Arsten? Who is Natsra? Where did he come from?   A visit from Agamemnon?  

Guess you will have to read this story to see what happened!

Hidden Secrets

 

 

 


Here is a link to our next event, on August 11 

Third LARP of 2018


The Main Story Arc of the Myth Wood Season 6

2018 June Stats

 

Coffee pot empty.

Numbers crunched.  

Characters updated (ALL 55 OF THEM!).  

As promised the statistics are done.

Congratulations to all who leveled up!

Things of Note:

  1. Kill Rankings are the total number of kills reported to Eir or D’eir by people who lost a life.
  2. The number in parenthesis for those who leveled up indicate total number of levels that the character currently has.
  3. Not all characters appear in the rankings, if you have any questions let me know.  I’m happy to answer them.

 


Here is a link to our next event, on August 11 

Third LARP of 2018


The Main Story Arc of the Myth Wood Season 6

Letter To Riddick From The Gnomes #2

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Here is a link to our next event, on August 11 

Third LARP of 2018


The Main Story Arc of the Myth Wood Season 6

June 2018 Videos

Riddick the Troll used a magical device that captures images to record a history of some moments from our June event.   There are a more videos but these are the ones that seemed to be the most entertaining. Enjoy.

 

 

 


Here is a link to our next event, on August 11 

Third LARP of 2018


The Main Story Arc of the Myth Wood Season 6