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Gypsy dinner party gone wrong!

yomikibagamiPosted for Everyone to comment on, 5 years ago3 min read

Halloween is approaching! I'd been thinking of what I can share that was Halloween related and I had remembered one of the funnest nights. Winterfest was hosted by Mythic Realms late one November weekend and I got to spend the next 30 hours in a haunted house.

Mythic Realms

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Mythic Realms is a Live Action Role Playing group out of Salt Lake City. I know, I know, LARPing, hear me out there, haha! I saw a post about an event on Facebook for an event. I really like the whole Medieval time period, and had seen LARPing in movies and TV. Didn't quite know what to expect because at the time, the viral videos of the kid throwing things yelling, "LIGHTNING BOLT" were going around.

The main people behind the group were also ones that owned 2 of the biggest haunted house attractions in the city. This weekend event was going to be held in the bigger of the two. I thought that it sounded fun, so I decided to check it out.

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The theme for this year's Winterfest was a Gypsy dinner party. The story behind it was some ruling figures of the lands had a peaceful dinner party with a gypsy group, but there were darker intentions on the gypsies side of things about raising the dead. Most of the people there go play weekly, had their own characters/personas that they played/ They spoke in character with the others that played the game. The 'Game Master' and his group of volunteers played the parts of the Non Player Characters(NPCs), the gypsies and later on the monsters.

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The players and NPCs had prepared food for the feast as specialties from their lands (it was a potluck dinner.) There was drinking, dancing, gambling, and shows put on throughout the night as entertainment.

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Gypsies danced.

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Players showed of their unique skills. Friendly duels happened, culminating into a challenge by the Gypsy king.

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The duel went on and ended up the death of one of the player's character, thus moving the night from fun and games into a gate to hell being opened, unleashing demons and monsters upon the players. At this point, we paused the action and let the players all get ready, while the NPCs all got ready. They had the makeup artists who do all the makeup for the Haunted House characters painting up the NPCs and making them all into boss monsters for them to fight.

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It was awesome! I was newer and never really been to events, so I was an NPC. I got to be a monster that the other players fought. I wasn't quite sure how to do things. The guy running things told me that my job was to make it fun for the players and that I was there to die over and over for the players. There was a whole story for them of battling different monsters and things throughout the haunted house. I love going to haunted houses during Halloween time, and it was awesome getting a backstage pass in one. I got to sneak around in the dark all night long and beat people with swords. One point during the night, I got put into some big creepy doll costume and was a boss controlling my marionettes to attack. It was a blast. If you have never been LARPing and you hear of any events or anything, think about giving it a go. It may turn out tons of fun!

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All pictures taken by me @yomikibagami

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