We are working hard today to get ready for tomorrows event and are excited to see everyone out here again!
The character sheets are ready for your review. Please take a look as many of you leveled after our successful tournament. Be ready to let us know which (if any) skills you want to add to your character!
Note: Sorry Jeremy I just noticed I have your name spelled wrong, I will fix it in the next round of updates!!
Ordo 44, 1453 L.K.
The day of the Tournament of the Six arrived with clouds and comfortable temperatures. The people of the wood practiced with the Myth’gar standard short sword until Visuvious felt they all had a good understanding of its use. When all was ready Vala and Nobu began the event.
The Tournament of the Sword lasted the entire day. With every Crystal Bearer in the wood expected to face single combat against every other Crystal Bearer of the wood. For Ordo 44 that number was 25 Crystal Bearers. The Tournament of the Lock also lasted the entire day. With people running between the three locations trying to pick locks as fast as they could.
The Tournament of the Arrow and the Magi were both mostly decided midway through the day. However, the events were kept open in case any late arrivals wished to take part. Hero’Win Metherin presided over the Tournament of the Magi at the Black Tower. While a young Gnome lass Emily kept watch on the people in the archery tournament.
Towards the midpoint of the day Nobu called for all who had signed up for the Tournament of the Gate. The Team from Black Home had the honor of first defending Eir’s Gate. They were able to hold it against two other teams. First the team of Dom’s rebels, and then against the team from Dark Shire. However, they failed to hold against the team of New Crystal Bearers. The New Crystal Bearers were not able to hold against the team of Virtuous’ Monsters. Likewise, Virtuous’ Monsters fell to team Templum. Team Templum was able to hold against not only against each of the other five teams individually but also managed to withstand all five teams at once. Though they did lose their shield while fighting all the teams at once.
After the mid day meal, Nobo began the Tournament of the Shield. Each of the current 4 shields were represented. The Shield of Dark Shire, Black Home, Ramen, and Templum Bellatorum Abby held a shield. After a slow start Templum Bellatorum took the Shield of Black Home. Ramen managed to get the shield of Dark Shire. Dark Shire and Black Home teamed up to try and get Dark Shire’s Shield back from Ramen, but were only able to remove it from Ramen’s control before the horn sounded.
As the day wore on and each crystal bearer faced the other in combat by Sword, a pattern developed. Visuvious of Ramen had lost no battles of the day, but had yet to face Azrael. Azrael of Templum Bellatorum Abbey meanwhile had lost to only Tyrrin of Dark Shire. As Azrael faced off against Visuvious the tension in the air was thick. After many exchanges Vala determined Azrael the winner. This was not good enough however because now both Azrael and Visuvious were tied. They were forced to combat each other again, this time for the title of Champion of the Wood.
The sun moved towards the west and shadows began covering the wood. Visuvious and Azrael squared off again. The first exchange went to Azrael. The second to Visuvious. The third and the fourth were mutual deaths. In the fifth exchange it was determined Visuvious was the winner. Then Gnome Tanner with his magic eye piece of images proved that the fifth exchange was a mutual death as well. Finally, in the Sixth exchange Visuvious landed the killing blow first.
The Tournament of the Six ended as so:
The Tournament of the Arrow was won by McLaren of Black Home. He will now be able to enhance one of his weapons with an elemental effect once per event for a year.
The Tournament of the Magi was won by Draelich Bael of Ramen. He will now have one additional spell for a year.
The Tournament of the Lock was won by Dometheus of Dark Shire. He now has first level lock picking for a year.
The Tournament of Gate was won by the team of Azrael, Visuvious, Oreillus, and Knute Tzak. They will have 200 dirks to split between them.
The Tournament of the Shield was won by Templum Bellatorum Abbey. They will receive 4 bags of food, 1 red, blue, green and white flower, and 20 refined mythrainum.
The Tournament of the Sword was won by Visuvious of Ramen. He won the title of Champion of the Wood as well as the relic sword Fairen’Gar.
The finial rankings for the Tournament of the Sword were as follows
Aside from the tournament itself, the monsters of Ramen were able to corrupt the shrines of the Six for one scenario. Many honor duels were fought. Some rivalry was fomented between Black Home and the new crystal bearers.
All and all a wonderful day in the wood. Thank you everyone who made it out.
The day began with an almost festive air. The sun was bright. The temperature was high. The woods were filled with sunbeams and mosquitoes. Yet the pleasant day hid an underlying rot.
The Great Rune chest had been opened. In it was the crown of the Fen’Alfar. Only one elected by the people of the wood could claim it, and with it the prize of Fen’Arwen. To this end an election was scheduled for the day. Everyone was to make their way to the Black Tower and vote. Any being of the wood, whether Crystal Bearer or Gnome, could vote. Who they voted for was up to them.
The monsters of Ramen under the leadership of the gargoyle Visuvious, had put forth their choice for the crown, Kamek from Dark Shire. This choice baffled many of the people of the wood, as Kamek was a kind and well respected member of Dark Shire. He had no history or connection with the Monsters of Ramen.
Meanwhile the name of the famed warrior Azrael was put forth by many. His skill with a weapon and recent decision to sever direct allegiance to any one outpost had made him a promising, non-politically, complicated choice.
While the voting took place, attempts were made to raid Dark Shire by the monsters, but the outpost was guarded well by its people and strong walls. This gave the people of Dark Shire a time of peace to practice and prepare for the future.
The people of Home managed to regain their outpost shield. With it they moved locations to the ruins of Fizbandurr. They founded the Outpost of Black Home. They then set about building walls similar to Dark Shires. As they were doing that they devised a plan to take the Outpost shield of Ramen. They were successful in this, but the monsters retaliated before the walls of Black Home were finished. The monsters made off with Black Home’s shield.
It fell to Azrael to negotiate a shield swap between the two sides. Though neither side was happy about it they did agree to trade shields. Now Black Home had its shield and strong walls to defend it. However, while this was going on, the monsters had been working on a much more diabolical plan.
The votes were in, and counted. Azrael won the vote with Kamek coming in a close second. Azmar came in as an honorable mention. In celebration of this, the monsters of Ramen invited everyone to Einherhar’s Rest for a show of talents. They had secured the performance of a traveling minstrel, Julia the Just…because.
Everyone showed up, with even the Gnomes leaving their shops, for the entertainment. Papi, for the occasion, opened a refreshment stand in the chapel in Einherjar’s Rest. Maggie opened a flower and vegetable stand, so the people could show their appreciation, or lack thereof for each performer.
The goblin Syph was the announcer. The first act was Julia the Just…because. She performed the song “Dragonslayer” on her Viola of Virtues. Many flowers were bought and tossed at her feet as the song filled the air of Myth’gar. She finished to a rousing ovation from the assembled masses.
The next act was to be Syph reading the story, “Dragons love Tacos”. However, it was quickly observed that Syph was illiterate. So an innocent young boy stepped from the audience to read. For accompaniment, Visuvious the gargoyle spit fireballs into the air at appropriate moments. Though it had a rocky start, this act too was met with ovations from the audience.
The third act was the goblin Virtuous. He performed a standup comedian act. His jokes were found wanting by the crowd and many tomatoes were violently given to him. Midway through the act Azrael, who had voiced his mistrust for the monsters, took note of the other monsters leaving the area. Azrael tried to convince others to leave with him, but they branded him paranoid. He chose to leave.
Shortly after this, Virtuous took an antitoxin potion, and then pulled a string on the wand he held. With a loud BANG! The wand exploded. Green mist filled Einherjar’s Rest. Everyone but Virtuous and the Guides were poisoned and had 15 seconds to live. Virtuous then proceeded to rob the bodies. The Monsters returned and finished off anyone who had not succumbed to the toxin fast enough for them.
Azrael had gone to Fen’Arwen. Nobu met him there and gave him the Fen’Alfar crown. With it Azrael was able to open the door to the ancient fortress. Inside he found old manuscripts and weapons of various designs. One weapon was a large sword. It was in a black sheath and leaning against a chest. As Azrael put his hands on it knowledge flowed from the weapon to him. The sword was Fairen’Gar. One of six relic weapons of the original inhabitants of Myth’gar. The sword could only be claimed if it was won in a tournament.
Also, in Fen’Arwen, was a warrior’s helmet and gauntlets. When Azrael picked up the helm a voice whispered a phrase. When Azrael spoke the phrase a warrior was standing before him with the helm and gauntlets on.
The warrior, referring to himself as the Hunter, informed Azrael that he could be summoned twice per day, with two lives per summoning. The catch was he needed to be given a purpose or he would vanish. Also, he could be used as a fighter with a spear or he could use his gauntlets to move things within Myth’gar.
Azrael chose the gauntlets this time, and had the Hunter move the shrine of the Sentinel to within the confines of Fen’Arwen. Then he had him retrieve a Rune Forge for Fen’Arwen. Finally, he had the Hunter move both a farm and a wood splitting stump to close range of the walls of Fen’Arwen. Then he released the Hunter for the day. With all the changes Azrael had made he also decided to change the old fort’s name. Templum Bellatorum Abbey, was founded on the 9th of Ordo, 1452 L.K.
When those slain by the monsters returned to the wood they regrouped at Templum Bellatorum Abbey. There Azrael gave a speech to all of them. In summary he stated that he would not fight for them if they were not willing to fight for themselves. The monsters had wronged them and they should stand up and defend themselves.
The people took the message to heart. Battle groups of four were formed and the hunt for the monsters began. The first conflict was in Einherjar’s Rest. Though many Crystal Bears fell to the monster, they still were able to defeat them. At one point Visuvious the Vicious feigned injury so the people would lose interest in him. Then when they had turned away from him, he struck many in the back before fleeing into the woods.
Word was passed that Herowin Metherin had created a bounty ball for Visuvious the Vicious. A group of Crystal bears from Black Home got it first and tried to capture Visuvious. The plan failed but a group from Dark Shire took up the plan.
By the end of the day the monsters had been pushed back to Ramen, where they took up defensive positions and waited out the day.
So ended the 9th of Ordo, 1452 L.K.
May 21, 2022 Recap
As a new season of adventure begins in Myth’gar, the returning Crystal Bearers find those who stayed behind did not fare so well. Those of New Townland who chose to winter in Myth’gar were found starving and in near incoherent condition. The returning and new Crystal Bearers chose to use magic and potions of healing to return their friends to full health.
Once everyone was healed in New Townland, the leader and second in command of the town, Azrael, and Oreillus abdicated. They then formed an adventuring group to head out on their own. They were responsible for opening the Crossroads Tavern to the public, so all of Myth’gar had access to healing potions.
New Townland, now under the leadership of Tyrrin, employed Knute to finish constructing the walls to protect the town from monsters. He did finish but not before the Monster attacked and made off with the outpost shield.
Meanwhile in Home, The Cult leader Mike “Jim Jones” Ratrider was the only one who chose to winter in Myth’gar. When Zander the Mad found him in a sick and weakened condition, he chose to dispatch him and send his soul back to the garden for healing. Once Mike returned from the garden, the people of Home made deals with the Monsters for peace in exchange for raw Mythrainum. Then they made a deal with Azrael’s group for flowers that McLaren had been hoarding. Finally, they started the first steps of trade by escorting a caravan through the Wood.
The Monsters of Myth’gar, now Crystal Bearers themselves, set about getting an outpost shield forged. With the raw mythrainum they got from the people of Home and the help of the Grand Forger of Champion’s Fall, they were able to do just that. With that completed they set up the new outpost of Golgatha on the ruin of old Hammer’s Hold. With that done they opened the public bank at the ruins of Fizbandurr, for everyone in Myth’gar to use.
The People of New Townland desperately needed their Outpost Shield back that Visuvious of the Monsters was carrying. To get it from him meant defeating him in combat. Instead of that, Tyrrin, the Arcane Blade, kept the monsters busy while Seymor, a new Crystal Bearer, ran to the outpost of Golgatha. Finding it undefended he liberated the monster’s outpost shield and returned it to the ruins of New Townland. In this way the outpost of Dark Shire was formed. The people of New Townland, were now the people of Dark Shire.
Dark Shire, now with protecting walls in place, had little fear of the monsters. To improve their Outpost they retrieved a Rune Forge and completed a smithy within their walls. With this complete the people of Dark Shire participated in many random quests.
The people of Home continued to facilitate trade by combining resources to create “jungle juice”, a special export from Home. Several of Home’s inhabitants ran afoul of Azrael’s group and were summarily hunted down and dispatched with extreme prejudice. Many of Home’s people also took part in random quests, some of which were responsible for them running afoul of Azrael.
The Monsters tried, in vain, to retrieve their outpost shield from Dark Shire. In the end they settled with using the New Townland’s shield for their outpost. Now naming their outpost Ramen. Some of the monsters now felt it was time for them to enjoy a random quest or two. In this way Virtuous became a purple bunny and wiped out all of Home. Visuvious passing by the carnage took possession of Home’s outpost shield.
At the end of the day the great Rune chest was opened. Inside was the crown of the Gray Elves. The character who has possession of the crown may enter Fen’Arwen.
So ended Skyld 21, 1452 L.K.
Hey everyone, here is a new story to help you get caught up on last season, with a hint of things to come. Even if you thought you understood what was going on, you probably missed things. The story is worth a read.
We are excited to kick off the summer season and looking forward to seeing everyone next Saturday.
Bows are a favorite weapon in the Myth Wood, but you need to make sure that you choose the right option. The most important thing is that a Bow cannot have more than a 30 lb draw and that the arrows are LARP safe.
WOARCHERY Combat Archery Takedown Right-Left Handed 25LBS Recurve Bow
ZERIRA 12 Pack Color Foam Archery Arrowhead
WOARCHERY Round Foam Tip Safe Combat Archery LARP Arrow (Pack of 6)
The 2022 L.A.R.P. season prep is in full swing here in the Myth Wood. Today we have two updates for you. The new map and the new handbook. We are looking forward to seeing everyone soon.
It has been a few years now since we have been able to have a Feast and Awards gathering. It was a pleasure to finally be able to do it again. We were fortunate enough to have a wonderful sunny day, so our younger participants and Cam could run around on the playground when the rest of us were talking shop and doing the dull stuff. A big thank you to everyone who made it out last year. Everyone’s participation is what makes this possible. Our first event is May 21st, I look forward to seeing everyone in the Wood.
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A delicious quick bread that is a great way to use up some extra beverages.
Typically I serve it with a Cinnamon Honey Butter: 1 stick of butter melted, add 1 Tbsp of warm honey, and 1 tsp cinnamon. Blend thoroughly and cool overnight to harden.
Sneakpeek of the 2022 Character Journals! I will have them at the Feast this weekend for people to take a look at. hope to see you there.
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.
by: Papi (Ramon Ortiz)
The storm passed and the New Townland citizens were still struggling to claim land far into the monster’s territory. With the strongest caster Tyrrin headed to the Black Tower, and the others waiting on Knute’s return from his Blacksmithing quest, the defenders of New Townsland grew concerned that the town was left undefended.
There was just a small barracks of defenders to guard New Townland. They had held off attacks against the monsters before, but at what cost? Shelter and supplies grew short, and the battle groups were stretched out thin.
A young mage surveyed the land, looking to gain a better position for the town’s light defenses. Taking watch with an archer named Ciara, he discussed plans to create an improvised wall to slow the monster’s advancement. They gathered the town defenders and began construction on a rope wall across the main entrance to the town. As primitive as it seemed, it was a simple solution to help aid them with their dwindling numbers.
Ciara noticed, in the distance, a pack of monsters approaching the gate; everyone gathered for the assault on New Townland. The archer knocked her arrow and, with clarity and finesse, aimed for the lead monster and fired! The projectile landed a killing blow, driving the beast to the ground, lifeless. The victory was still far off as the wall came under siege by the remaining foes; Mages from New Townland began casting spells of fire and magic, creating a barrier of spells to protect one another. The battle raged fiercely, but as the monster’s front-line dwindled the larger, more powerful monsters stepped forward in their place. Defenders struggled against the growing onslaught, falling back to safety as a few stayed at the front to keep the hoard distracted while the rest escaped.
“Fall back!” The command echoed across the battlefield as a fresh beast charged over bodies of the fallen into New Townland to shatter the wall and get into the town. . “Papi, fall back!” The command was coming from Orellius, who had just struck down another creature pressing through the front line.
As a monster advanced on Papi. He lifted his large hammer over his head while casting a spell of protection around himself. Knowing he could not defeat the beast on his own, Papi began to fall back. Papi made it to the fleeing caravan striking down evil creatures along the way.
The Monster’s eyes roamed the town looking for other dangers. With no one to stop him the beast made it’s way to the town’s protective Shield, taking it for his own.
Now that the shield was lost Papi knew he must safeguard the caravan at all cost. There was nothing left to do but wait for the fire and smoke to clear.
As the sun rose to the peak of the midday sky, the defenders regrouped and returned to the town. The monsters had all cleared out and returned, with the shield, to their lair. Papi dropped to the ground in disgust, emotions riding on the line of anger and depression seeing his new home raided. The battle was over, and the town was lost, but there was a glimpse of hope. Their strongest mage, Tyrrin, was still out there heading to the Black Tower, and Knute had returned with reinforcements and information. Not all was lost for the defenders of New Townsland. The battle was lost, but they would work together to secure a victory and enable the safety of the leadership of New Townland, elsewhere in the land.
Papi was becoming more and more familiar with the tragedy of combat and war but understood that if he had stayed behind during the onslaught he would have died on the field, which was not his destiny. He looked at the hammer he had wielded in combat, dry blood smeared across each end; Papi whispered the words, “Misery, your name is Misery,”. He spoke sadly to his weapon, now baptized in combat, and bathed in the blood of fallen monsters. The Six Higher Powers of Myth’ Gar blessed a mage sworn to magic and a hammer forged for war that day. Papi and his hammer understood that nothing but death and suffering would follow them.
After that day, Papi made his home in New Townland, rebuilding the walls that were once protection for them and learning to improve his magic to help defend himself and others when the beasts return. Papi leads his life primarily alone and he turns to no one, but Misery enjoys company and she chooses Papi to share that with. The best gift a hammer can give to a lonely mage that wants peace, but is prepared to fight a war to obtain it.
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
As the Gnomes of the Myth Wood prepare for the coming of St. Ordel’s day, the Wood is visited by a strange man. He is a warrior from a land called Northpole. He is a protector of children and a bringer of joy. He heralds a season of spiritual reflection and the ending of a year.
While the Myth Wood has already changed it’s calendar to the new year, it is more than happy to welcome this man on his quest. He can stay only a moment because his quest lasts only one night, but when traveling the realms one night can be as a year.
He gives each of the Gnomen children a gift, enjoys a pint of Val’Haven mead for himself, then he passes through the gateway and is off. The Gnomes are fascinated by this man and his quest and all feel as though they are better for his stop in the Wood.
All this is to say Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and a very wonderful new year to all of you who travel through the Myth Wood. From all of us that call the Myth Wood home.
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.
For a day that started off with rain and thunder it certainly turned out to be epic. Thank you to all that were able to make it out on the 7th, it was a wonderful day of l.a.r.p.ing. Special thanks to Danyel Pick, Brent Pick, Nickolas Clark, and Mike Serphico, you guys were great NPCs.
Now onto the recap.
Sentinelagh the 38th of Ordo, Saint Vandergrah’s day
The day began with a natural storm of rain and thunder, it ended with a storm of chaos. With caravans loaded and settlement shields in hand delegations of Crystal bearers from both Val’Haven and D’Eirsted returned to Myth’gar. Knowing full well the outposts of Fizbandurrr and Brighten Creek had been reduced to ash by the actions of those being controlled by the black medallions.
The delegation from Val’Haven returned to the site of Fizbandurrr, and set the settlement shield down to once again open a trade outpost. The delegation from D’Eirsted however found a new location, and in this way the trade outpost of Freehold was established.
Meanwhile the squires who had pledged themselves to the cult of the Black heart brought a npc to Champions Fall. The Forge Master was established there and he was able to forge a settlement shield for the cult. The Cult of the Black heart then established their trade outpost of Dark Shire in the ruins of Brighten Creek. To further their enterprise they traded their special Cool-aid with both Val’Haven and D’Eirsted.
The monsters of the Wood under the command of a fierce Gargoyle were at this time raining havoc on the crystal bearers. Both Fizbandurrr and Freedomhold were overrun by the monsters. Their respective settlement shields were taken by and held captive by the monsters. With the completion of the Black Shrine they were also able to bring corrupted candles to the other shrines and increase the Black Shrine’s magic power.
The crystal bearers won back their settlement shields and lost them again many times. The cult of the Blackheart made peace treaties with the crystal bearers only to break those treaties when it was advantageous for them. It was discovered that the leader of the Monsters was able to speak with the cult leader. Many of the monsters even called Dark Shire their home for a while.
The delegations from Val’Haven and D’Eirsted decided to join forces and make one trade outpost that would then be easier to defend. In this way New Townland was established.
In a strange twist of fate one of the monsters turned on the cult of the Blackheart and destroyed the trade outpost of Dark Shire. As the sun was setting on Myth’gar the cult hurriedly rushed to establish the trade outpost of New Home. They were successful in this. Then with a renewed agreement of peace between the cult and the monsters an attempt to set all the Cronospheres to the 12:00 o’clock time was made. They almost completed this but were thwarted at the last minute by the people of New Townland.
Back in New Townland, Orellius and Azrael dueled each other to see who would be the war chief of New Townland. With Azrael’s victory he was named war chief and Orellius his second in command.
That brought the day to an end.
Again thanks everyone for making it out. It was a glorious day. We look forward to seeing everyone for the final event of the year on September 18.
Here is the Post Event Summary form for everyone to fill out.
Clear skies, comfortable temperatures, a light breeze at times. The sunlight filtered through the leaves of the forest onto the winding trails. The sound of battle, the screams of death and defeat. Children running for their lives. Towns sacked, and leaders left distraught at the wreckage of their former homes… A glorious day in the Myth Wood.
The June 19th event is over but what a day it was. We will be talking about it all for years to come. Thank you everyone who made it out and joined in on the mayhem and fun.
A Recap:
While both outposts got off to a fairly normal start it was not long before the monsters had them working hard to defend themselves. A few trade caravans were successful but not many. It was around this point that a few lucky characters found cursed coins that corrupted them and compelled them to work as double agents for the Darkheart. At the end of the first scenario the outpost of Brighten Creek had it’s townspeople killed and it’s shield stolen. The outpost of Fizbandurrr almost fell to the same fate but the double agent was not quite able to kill all the townsfolk.
The second half of the day had the monsters over-running Fizbandurr, and the squires of the Wood forming a cult to the Darkheart. A menacing Deathknight entered the Wood and proved to be a challenge for monsters and warriors alike. The warriors of both outposts united and were able to fight back the monsters, but not before the monsters built a shrine to the Blackheart. The unified outpost warriors were able to put down the squire’s cult for the time being and retrieve their two shields. However, they did not have enough time to rebuild the outposts.
In short, a glorious day of battle in the woods. Thank you all so much it was a lot of fun. I can’t wait to see what happens next at the August event.
Owen and Bobby’s heavy metal bands first recital. More songs to come!
Hey everyone! Our map has been updated with the changes from the May Event. We also have gathered together all the Photos from the Event, they look amazing!
Special thanks to everyone who sent them to us! Also, thanks to everyone who filled out the Post-Event Questionnaire it will make finishing the calculating of experience much easier.
