Alchemy LARP

"Night of Long Revels - This Holiday is observed by travelers of all sorts, particularly Sailors and Caravan Teamsters. It is time when the heat of the sun beats everyone down, however, the days have just started becoming longer which means more rest has begun for those that wander.
It is celebrated by a great feast followed by tavern games and drinking, a Lighting of small paper boats with candles is often done by children and adults alike to celebrate before the festivities fully get into swing.
The Dead are a bit more restless because the night is when they operate and they are ready for the length of them to become longer. They may become more aggressive some scholars say.
Adventures often make midnight runs into dangerous areas as a sign of daring after losing or winning in gambles riding high on their wins or out of desperation of their losses.
Gwillian Annwn and Calliope are venerated as they deal with wandering and travel. Many road side shrines are decorated in homage to them."
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A. H. Stephens State Park Group camp.
Directions From Atlanta:
Take I-20 East out of Atlanta.
Take Exit 148 to Crawfordville.
Take a left off the exit on to Highway 22.
Continue about two miles to the intersection with Highway 278; take a right.
Go about a mile and take a left on Monument Street, the first light.
The road will end at a T-intersection, take a left.
Take the first right, the road the leads into the campsite.
Follow the signs toward “Group Camp.”
Directions From Augusta:
Take I-95 South to I-20 in South Carolina, exit 160B
Take I-20 West to Exit 148 in Crawfordville.
Take a right off the exit onto Highway 22.
Continue about two miles to the intersection with Highway 278; take a right.
Go about a mile and take a left onto Monument Street, the first light.
The road will end at a T-intersection; take a left.
Take the first right. The road leads into the campsite.
Follow the signs toward “Group Camp.”
Parking is along the entrance road no closer than the central field.

Amazing view of Alchemy Larp at night! Come join Alchemy this weekend, June 16-18th, 2023 at Rock Hill Castle, Barnsville, GA!

Welcome to the June 16-18 Event. "Time of the Wandering Stars". It is that time of year, where everyone and everything seems a bit restless. The desire to explore and travel pours from the celestial sky and seeps into the very ground. Merchants travel from town to town in the safety of day. However, at night, other things move.....

Menu: Friday's Traveler's Fare(Braised Pull Pork, Potatoe salad, and Broccoli cranberry salad) Saturday (Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, Bacon, Cornbeef Hash, Southwestern hashbrown, and Fresh Fruit) Lunch: (Hamburgers, Hotdogs, chips, Fresh Fruit and cookies) Evening Feast: (Smoked Chicken, pasta salad, bake beans, green beans, and watermelon)

The Golden Fang Shows Its Teeth

Tian criminal syndicate, The Golden Fang, sends mercenary troops to Annex Bruin home island

By Jung Wo

Traditionally the Immortal Tian Empire has kept its focus on internal affairs and allowed the outside world to see to its own affairs without the guiding hand of our benevolent leadership. While the Light of Heaven has perhaps not been able to drive out all Shadows in His Illustrious Empire, the darkness grew after The Great Defiler reaped her terrible destruction those many decades ago.

A balanced normalcy became the status quo after this time of great upheaval. Since this years high summer, however, the Golden Fang have quickly spread their black claws in every direction, grabbing more and more from the officers of The Light of Heaven and, due to some magical empowerment, seem destined to continue to grow in power.

The balance has been shifted unnaturally.

The reach of the Tong has grown so rapidly, they have even seen fit to Annex foreign lands for themselves, claiming the Bruin states of Loughglinn and Dringah as the newest providences of the Empire under Governor General Phayne and Governor General First Class Bao, respectively.

While The Light of Heaven has yet to sign the ratification documents making these new providences permanent parts of the empire, it is only a matter of time before the bureaucrats finish their work and the official codification commences and the providences are given official new names, which they will ever been known by. Until then, the Golden Fang's mercenary forces are all the aid the Empire will send to the two newest Governor Generals.

Once the ratification is complete, however, and The Light of Heaven adds his seal thereto, the permanency of such a codification would require the protection of these two providences to be every bit as strong at it would be were any of the current home providences to be threatened; from without or from within.

The mighty armies of The Light of Heaven stand ever ready to defend the empire and its people from any threat, and will allow no reduction in our territory or any threat to the safety of our homeland people.

Long Awaited Royal Bruin Wedding to Take Place This Saturday in Harrowdale

Prince Lochan of Dringah and Princess Orla of Loughglinn make a second attempt to unite the two main Bruin factions

By Rita Ragland

Bruins the world over rejoice as their best hope at unification in hundreds of years finally draws close, once again. After the tragic attack over a year ago during their first attempted wedding ceremony drove the Duke of Loughglinn and his family into hiding, the royal couple, now reunified though a year further apart in age, are still willing to give it another go at getting married.

Prince Lochan managed to stay faithful to his then-proclaimed-dead fiancee during his year alone, a feat which itself suggest he must either really be in love with Princess Orla or that his goal to be the first true king of a unified Bruin state in nearly a thousand years is his only motivation.

Yes, that's right; while the two rulers of the Bruin states are called 'kings' by courtesy, they both acknowledge their real title is merely Duke. While there are many factions seeking to rise to the level of King of the Bruins, and both Dukes and their fathers have at times subtlety, and at times not so subtlety, declared themselves the one true king of the Bruins, it seems only by uniting these two families, who have traditionally been more often at war than at peace, can true leader of all the Bruin peoples be crowned.

Of course, while Prince Lochan will become the heir of both Duchies through this marriage, he won't inherit either title till the current Dukes pass on. How the Princess feels about this requirement is currently under much speculation. Of course, being the first One True Queen in a thousand years also has its allures, I'm sure.

As for the wedding itself, it is sure to be a wild affair. The Bruin, always a folks steeped in tradition and touchy about their personal honor, family honor, and clan honor, and the ceremonies behind it all, will have to make sure the wedding goes just so to prevent the various Bruin factions from seeing any bad omens or dire portents therein should some detail be overlooked. How all the various requirements and traditions, both in dress and ceremony, can been seen to while the Bruin island is held in enemy hands is anyone's guess, but the royal couple seems bent on getting hitched as soon as possible, come what may.

This all ignors the threat of a second attempt on the Princess's life; assassins guilds don't take missing their marks lightly. Will they count killing her once as their contract fulfilled? Will they strike again between now and 'I do'? Is there anything that can be done to stop this group of dedicated professionals?

Rumors will keep flying, I'm sure, and yours truly will be here to report on them all, so be sure to pick up the next edition of the Herald.

Treachery In Loughglinn!

Lord Patrick Phayne, Former First Assistant to Lord Devon Benentt, Seneschal of Loughglinn, Opens Gates and Welcomes Tian Invaders

By Staff writers

With the Bruin Civil War now shown to be caused by a critical lack of information of the King of Loughglinn's true whereabouts, it seems no coincidence that the source of this misinformation for both sides, the former Lord Phayne, now purports to call himself Governor General of Loughglinn. This purposefully misdirection and intentional agitation of both sides of the civil war seems to have been planned from the beginning to weaken the Bruin states and to allow the former lords allies in the Golden Fang, the organized crime syndicate whose assassins recently have begun to assert an unprecedented level of control over the Imperial Government of Tian, to conquer the Bruin Island.

The war stripped the Bruin island of nearly all garrison troops. Evenso, the treacherous lord ordered the gates opened and the invaders welcomed as guests. Before any one knew what had happened, armsmen of the Golden Fang were stationed in the gatehouses and watchtowers, and their flags were flying over the keep.

Drinagah, on the other hand, still resisted the Golden Fang invaders that struck there, skeleton garrisons notwithstanding. The fighting was generally pretty one sided, but required the invaders to take forts and walls one at a time, the native Bruins not giving an inch without a fight. These two attacks seemed to have been coordinated to the hour, and make it quite clear that the historically introverted Tian Empire is ready, willing, and able to aggressively look outside its borders for future expansion.

The Bruin armies, now peacefully unified under the leadership of Prince Lochan of Dringah, have assembled and been resupplied by their allies in Harrowdale and now stand ready to take the fight back to their island. This has both reinvigorated the Bruin ranks and been a huge source of relief to rulers throughout the continent. Even now the ships are sailing towards the Bruin isle.

The forts along the Bruin islands, isislands not known for their overabundance of laudable port locations, stand as a bulwark in the way of any landing of the Bruin Army and will be the first obstacle in the way of any invasion force ferried from Harrowdale. It's seems a great number of casualties could be expected in the coming confrontation.

Weather is looking great for the weekend!

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