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2022 Myth Wood Feast and Awards Ceremony

With great pleasure, we are happy to announce the 2022 Feast and Awards Ceremony. It has been two years since we have been able to host this event, and we are very pleased to do it again. We will present Awards to characters for 2019 and 2020 together and then present Awards for 2021.

We look forward to seeing all who can attend this year. The feast is a potluck and will be held at the Rock Creek town hall. Doors will open at 9:00 a.m. Meet and greet will run from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.  The 2021 storyline recap will be presented by  Nobu and Vala from 11:30 to 12:30.  We will start the actual feasting at 12:30 p.m. Following the feasting we will have the annual awards ceremony.  Finally, we will review the changes to the Handbooks. We encourage everyone to come dressed as their characters, but it is by no means required.

2022 Season & 2021 Survey

Welcome everyone to the start of the 2022 Myth Wood L.A.R.P. season. To start a new season we must finish the last, so below is the 2021 end of year survey. Also, we are posting the dates to the events for this year. If enough people let us know that one of the dates will not work we will try to adjust those dates. I look forward to seeing you all this year.

Feast: April 9th
Event #1: May 21st
Event #2: July 9th
Event #3: August 20th
Event #4: October 1st

Survey Link:  https://forms.gle/1TDH9cG9Ga9HELf16

 

October 2021 Event Recap

On October 30th 2021 the L.A.R.P. season for the Myth Wood came to a close. Though the day started out a bit chilly, it allowed for the wearing of cloaks and other fun garb. The day was a wonderful success on all fronts. I would like to thank everyone who made not only the last event of this year, but all the events so great. Those people would be all of you who are reading this. Thank you very much.  Here is a link to the album for the photos. With that, on to the day’s recap.

New Townland, under the leadership of Azreal, worked to secure the site of their outpost. For this endeavor the smith Knute Tzak armed with his hammer of unmaking traveled to the Chaos Forge in Champion’s Fall. There, with the aid of the Master Forger, he used raw Mythranium to build some of the barrier defences the Outpost needed.

While Knute did this, Papi back at New Townland put up some improvised barriers from rope he had in his pack. This initially proved greatly beneficial to Ciara, Hrafngeirr, Orellius, and Kamek, the defenders of New Townland. They were able to hold back an onslaught of monsters. Ciara’s arrow finding the lead monster and taking him out quickly. Ultimately however, the rope failed and the monsters were able to ransack New Townland for the spare Outpost shield.

Meanwhile, the cultists of the Blackheart and the squires of the rebellion faced their own problems. Though they had claimed an outpost and named it Home, a leader was not agreed upon. The cult leader, Michael “Jim Jones” Ratrider, tried to claim leadership; he was opposed by McLaren, the leader of the Squires. Also contesting for the role of leader was Zander the Mad. With no clear leader or direction the people of Home were in chaos. While the leaders fought each other and quested for what they felt was right, a small group was left to defend the Outpost. Augustus, Colton, and Speedster did their best and succeeded in protecting the outpost from both the people of New Townland as well as roaming monsters. However, once the leaders returned and the defenders left to quest for themselves, the leaders installed no new defenders, and the monsters ransacked the outpost and took the Outpost shield.

In an effort to gain a magical advantage the people of New Townland sent their strongest magic user Tyrrin to the Black Tower. When he arrived at the barrier that prevented entrance to the tower he discovered that it would take two magic users to open it. At that time a particularly vicious gargoyle was at the far side of the barrier. It too possessed strong magical powers. This was enough to lower the barrier and allow magic users of any level to enter the grounds of the Black Tower. The apparition of the old custodian of the tower, Hero’Win Metherin, appeared to the two. The apparition informed them that no harm can come to a magic user on the grounds of the Black Tower, and as a reward for their efforts they would get a page from the Book of Anjimore D’Notts, and the instructions on how to forge capture balls. The gargoyle took the instructions and Tyrrin took the page.

The Monsters now under the leadership of the particularly vicious gargoyle traveled to Champion’s Fall and had the Master Forger make for them Black Soul crystals. Now the monsters with these black crystals became crystal bearers just as the people from the Outposts. The monsters became more intelligent and picked names for themselves. The lead gargoyle named himself Visuvious. While at Champion’s Fall, Visuvious also found the Daemonblade Chaos. With this he was able to enthrall a crystal bearer. While he had a thrall he was not able to be killed.

The monster hoard, Visuvious the gargoyle, Virtuous the goblin, Draelich Bael the cursed Gray Elf, and Cerise a small but energetic gargoyle, now with the power of a Daemonblade, wreaked havoc across Myth’gar. They destroyed outposts, and murdered entire caravans. Their power seemed absolute.

However, as the sun set on Saint Riddick’s Day the people of New Townland had secured their Outpost and were in possession of both their Outpost Shields as well as having one defence barrier of Mythrainum up. The people of Home had secured their outpost and had possession of their shield. Also the people of New Townland had synchronized the chronosphere.

This was a truly fun and engaging year, I hope all who participated had as much fun as I did. Amy and I will try to have the rough draft of the 2022 schedule up in January. I look forward to seeing everyone again next season.

 

2021 Build Day Event

So the weather was against us and the ability to rent an off-site location was against us. Yet, as always, the Myth Wood L.A.R.P.ers soldiered through. Thanks to everyone who joined us for the build day yesterday!! We had a fantastic turn out! 23 people attended, 22 weapons started, 13 weapons completed. The new shop worked out very well and a good time was had by all. I have never seen so many people in one place making foam weapons before. We have lots of great pictures of the day. A big thank you to all who donated materials and your time to make so many nice and functional weapons. A special thank you to ElVera Ableman for her delicious wild rice hot dish, and banana bread, it kept all of us fed while we worked.

2019-2020 Awards

  1. Rookie of the Year: Billy Bushae (Nathaniel)
  2. Most likely Not to Die: Rocky (Hunter)
  3. Most Likely to Die: Baulder (Mikhayl)
  4. Questing Award: Ordell (Scott)
  5. Most Experienced: Faolin (Micah)
  6. Most Kills: Elric (Cam)
  7. MVP: Mephisto (Bobby)
  8. Most Epic Death: Gnome Village (Chuck E Cheese Customers)

We are looking forward to May 15th, the first official story event of the 2021 season. We hope to see you all then.

As a side note. If you are planning on using a bow this season. Make sure you purchase one that has no more than a 30 pound draw. We do not have any spare bows. We have a limited supply of larp safe arrows we will be happy to share. Also, If you are concerned that you do not have a weapon to use on the event day, we have enough weapons for everyone to use. So please do not let that be the reason you do not show up to participate.

2020 Myth Wood Event Schedule

Happy New Year to all the people of the Myth Wood. We have come up with the dates for the Myth Wood 2020 L.A.R.P. schedule. We look forward to seeing everyone this year and continuing the story of our land of make believe.  Best wishes to everyone for 2020.

  • March 21st – Feast
  • April 25th – Tournament
  • June 13th – 1st Outdoor
  • July 25th – 2nd Outdoor
  • August 29th – 3rd Outdoor
  • October 10th – 4th Outdoor 

 

Happy Holidays, 2020 Feast

A heartfelt Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Seasons greetings to all the wonderful members of the Myth Wood. May your time be filled with family and love. As the year winds to a close we begin our planning for the new year. The first event in our Myth Wood year will be the Feast and Awards ceremony on March 21st. Part of the ceremony will be a Crafting Competition.

Rules to the Crafting Competition

Each person can enter up to 3 items into the competition.  Each item must be something that the person has created themselves.  Items entered must be something the creator is willing to part with, as they will become door prizes for people who attend the feast.  Feast attendees will vote for the winners. Prizes will be a gift card: $100 – 1st place, $50 – 2nd place, and $25 – 3rd place.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone again soon!  Happy Holidays to all our LARP friends.

Myth Times Vol 2, Issue 2

Here is a copy of the Newspaper from the July event of 2019.  Copies will be available for purchase today in the Wood.  Hope to see everyone out today!

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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

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

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.

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2019 Events

No upcoming events

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

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 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

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