Event 1: Gods Road Edict and Announcements

(Please see the bottom of this post for Out of Game announcements.)

Gods Road Edict (full text)

To Current Residents of Gods Road:

As you may have heard, a new cohort of Devout will soon be taking up the Highgate Barracks of Gods Road. They will be arriving in a little under a month and joining our township as the attending Devout.

We the High Clergy have personally called these Devout to replace those lost to the Abyssal Incursion of the last year. They are individually revered for their talent, determination, and unique service to their Patron Gods. To those of you who are not yet caught up on the current events and the necessity of Devout presence, a brief reminder:

1. The Abyssal Scar nearest Gods Road has been increasingly active and deadly. The Devout lives lost to it are not insignificant, and it has started to directly threaten the layfolk of Gods Road. It needs to be guarded and maintained.
2. With the guidance of the Rakes family, the High Clergy has convened and decided to formally reinvigorate exploration of the Abyss. Paladin Pilar Rakes of Beodhen and Nepheris will lead expeditions but has mandated that only Devout be allowed to pursue such endeavors.
3. Criminal activities have increased in Gods Road and surrounding areas. These need to be marshaled effectively.

Which leads us to the most immediate matter at hand.

We approach the Day of Negotiation, the Highest of Holy Days of Nepheris. As is longstanding tradition, the Old Laws of Circadia will be committed to the realm of Shadows and Truth but erased from formal practice. The laws of all Circadia will be written by the attending Devout of Highgate with guidance from the High Clergy and lay representatives. These laws will govern Circadia until the next Day of Negotiation, at which point they too will be overturned.

This is both a great honor and burden. The attending Devout will need to come together to imagine how the legal proceedings of the next year will work. 

This is an especially difficult responsibility for the Devout new to this area: indeed, the large influx of newcomers makes this a complex process. However, we the High Clergy will invite them to make their perspectives known, and we will ask them to invite a new year based on their experiences.

The current laws of Circadia have been in effect for decades, but they no longer serve our needs. We are soundly out of the Blood War, and new threats and opportunities emerge.

As always, we invite any layfolk interested in contributing their ideas to submit them in writing or by verbal report. Sébastien Silverschloss, the innkeeper of Highgate Barracks, will mediate your contributions.

Every non-heretical voice, Devout or not, will be heard.

The formal Negotiations will begin at the start of the 14th Day of the Tenth Month; they will continue until the dinner hours, at which point a representative will arrive to draft the proposed rules. Immediately at the end of the dinner hour, the rules will be read aloud and submitted for formal codification and circulation.

I trust you will offer this new group of Devout a warm welcome and the respect they are due. While they may be new to our area, they are seasoned veterans in many walks of life.

In Service,

The High Clergy

Petra Lionhardt, High Priestess of Beodhen

Myr’naianesa, High Priestess of Nepheris

Duncan of Fairchild, High Priest of Steramestei

Cyrus and Milot Aspera, High Priests of Kasamei

Sympathy Called Sincerity, High Priest of T’Zyri

Out of Game Announcements

Please register! We will start sending out individualized in-game materials in the next few weeks. We need your sign-up and character history to do so.

The Registration Link is here.

The Donations List is now available. Contact us if you have any questions. (Zealot.larp@gmail.com.)

Click here for Donations List.

We would like people to start signing up for In-Game spaces that they will take responsibility for. I’ve heard specific interest from three players, but I’d like you all to formally sign-up.

As we discussed, we are providing the opportunity for PCs to earn CP by taking responsibility for a PC space in order to earn CP. Anyone involved in adopting a space will receive 1 CP per event they decorate the space. This CP does not count to your overall CP cap. (You can go over cap.)

Your responsibilities would include:

1. Setting up the space and cleaning it up at game-off.
2. Providing props. (One exception.)
3. Storing the props and bringing them to site. (We are flexible on this if storage and transport would prevent a person from adopting a space.)

PC Tavern Spaces

Table 1: Shrine to Beodhen, Open

Table 2: Shrine to Nepheris, Open

Table 3: Shrine to T’Zyri, Open

Table 4: Open Concept, Open

Table 5: Open Concept, Open

Other Spaces

Outdoor Pavilion: Shrine to the Sisters, Open (props are provides for this, including the pavilion; we will store this)

Mac’s Shack: Auxiliary PC space, Claimed

If you have other suggestions, we are open to hearing them. Multiple players will be welcome to collaborate on a space. We also know that some people who may be interested in setting up a space regularly may not be able to make it to game–we know life happens and will work with you should that arise.

Sign up for a space here.