All Topics  
Lorien Trust

 
Lorien Trust

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Lorien Trust
 
 
  Topics Lorien Trust Topic Home

Lorien Trust (sometimes abbreviated to LT) is the trading name of Merlinroute ltd., a live action role-play
Live action role-playing game

A live action role-playing game is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically act out their characters' actions. The players pursue their characters' goals within a fictional setting represented by the real world, while interacting with one another in character....
 organisation that runs LARP events in Locko Park
Locko Park

Locko Park is a privately owned 18th century country house, near Spondon, Derbyshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.The estate was acquired by William Gilbert in 1563....
, Derby
Derby

Derby is a city status in the United Kingdom in the East Midlands region of England in the United Kingdom. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent, Derbyshire and is located in the south of the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire....
, UK. It runs Britain's largest Live Roleplay events, attracting around 4,000 people to the larger events. It was formed in 1992, originally as a charitable organisation (hence "Trust" in the name), in response to perceived problems with the Summerfest (LARP) event.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Lorien Trust'
Start a new discussion about 'Lorien Trust'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Lorien Trust (sometimes abbreviated to LT) is the trading name of Merlinroute ltd., a live action role-play
Live action role-playing game

A live action role-playing game is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically act out their characters' actions. The players pursue their characters' goals within a fictional setting represented by the real world, while interacting with one another in character....
 organisation that runs LARP events in Locko Park
Locko Park

Locko Park is a privately owned 18th century country house, near Spondon, Derbyshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.The estate was acquired by William Gilbert in 1563....
, Derby
Derby

Derby is a city status in the United Kingdom in the East Midlands region of England in the United Kingdom. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent, Derbyshire and is located in the south of the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire....
, UK. It runs Britain's largest Live Roleplay events, attracting around 4,000 people to the larger events. It was formed in 1992, originally as a charitable organisation (hence "Trust" in the name), in response to perceived problems with the Summerfest (LARP) event. The Lorien Trust uses its own set of LARP rules, known simply as the "Lorien Trust rules system". In addition to the four events held per year, the Lorien Trust also sanctions many smaller events to use the same system and game world.

The Lorien Trust's flagship event is The Gathering. It is held over the August bank holiday weekend. The final battle of The Gathering normally draws over 1200 players on each side . Lorien Trust claims that these are the largest live action battles in Europe.

These events are set in the fictional world of Erdreja. The Erdreja setting is described as "high fantasy/medieval".

In 1995 Curious Pastimes
Curious Pastimes

Curious Pastimes is an organisation that runs one of the most well known Live action role-playing campaigns in the UK. CP is a private, profit-making company head-quartered in Moreton, Merseyside in the Wirral in Northern England....
 broke away from Lorien Trust due to internal schisms.

Lorien Trust Events

  • The Great Edrejan Fayre (GEF)- A sports competition themed event, previously known as the Heartland Games
  • Faction Moot 1
  • Faction Moot 2
  • The Gathering - Lorien Trust's flagship event


Erdreja

Erdreja is a relatively free-form fantasy world which imports its concepts from numerous sources including D&D and fantasy novels. The LT's campaign focuses around a small region of the Erdreja, known as the Heartlands. This region is divided into ten separate kingdoms, each governed by one of the Factions of Erdreja. Each Faction takes its name from an animal associated with the country. Every player character
Player character

A player character or playable character is a fictional character in a video game or role playing game who is controlled or controllable by a player , and is typically a protagonist of the story told in the course of the game....
 belongs to one of the ten Factions.

The ten factions and their main inspirations are:
  • The Bears (primarily Scottish clansmen)
  • The Dragons (based on Celts from Ireland and Wales)
  • The Gryphons (French and Spanish noblemen)
  • The Harts (English in the tradition of King Arthur)
  • The Jackals (Arabic and Ancient Greek people)
  • The Lions (also English, sharing the Harts' background with Viking Roots)
  • The Tarantulas (mainly Drow from the Underdark
    Underdark

    The Underdark is a fictional setting which has appeared in Dungeons & Dragons role-playing campaigns and Dungeons & Dragons-based fiction books, including the The Dark Elf Trilogy series by R....
    )
  • The Unicorns (seafaring traders)
  • The Vipers (Teutonic people including many Goblins and Orcs)
  • The Wolves (based on Viking cultures)


Within the Factions, players organise themselves into semi-independent groups. Each group usually has some kind of common purpose (a military unit, for example, or a trading company), and many players will put great effort into giving their group a strong identity.

In addition to the Factions, there are also a number of international Guilds, whose In Character
In Character

In Character is an acting term referring to an actor playing the part of a character, either in a format setting or a public appearance. At a public appearance the actor behaves in accordance with the role or assumed personality of the character....
 role is to provide training and support for members of different professions. Out of Character
Out of character

Out of character is a phrase used in entertainment and role-playing to differentiate between a person playing a fictional character and the character itself....
, the Guilds also help to administer the LT system - the Mages' Guild, for example, handles the distribution of spell-cards (OOC items needed by players of magic-using characters).

In the early years of the LT, Erdreja was conceived as an open gameworld: players were allowed to play any kind of character they wished. Over time, the problems of maintaining continuity in such a free-flowing system, coupled with the growing prevalence of larps with closed gameworlds, led the LT to exert some control over the types of character permitted in the system. That said, there is still a wide variety of races and character roles available to players. The races, like much of the rest of the gameworld, are drawn from fantasy literature:
  • Humans
    Human

    A human being, also human or man, is a member of a species of bipedalism primates in the family Hominidae . Mitochondrial DNA evidence indicates that modern humans originated in east Africa about 200,000 years ago....
  • Beastkin (Werewolves
    Werewolf

    Werewolves, also known as lycanthropes from the Greek ????????p??, ????? and ?????p?? , are Mythology or folklore humans with the ability to shape shifting into Gray Wolf or anthropomorphism wolf-like creatures, either purposely, by being bitten by another werewolf, or after being placed under a curse....
    , Beastmen
    Beastmen

    Beastmen can refer to: -*Beastmen in Final Fantasy bestiary *Beastmen in the Warhammer Fantasy setting*A Beasts of Chaos army in the Warhammer setting...
    , etc.)
  • Elves
    Elf

    An elf is a creature of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of minor nature and fertility deity, who are often pictured as youthful-seeming men and women of great beauty living in forests and underground places and caves, or in wells and springs....
  • Urucks (Goblin
    Goblin

    A goblin is an imaginary evil, crabby, and mischievous creature described as a grotesquely disfigured or gnome-like Wiktionary:phantom, that may range in height from that of a dwarf to that of a human....
    s, Orc
    Orc

    Orc is a word used to refer to various race of tough and warlike humanoid creatures in various fantasy settings, appearing originally in the stories of Middle-earth written by J....
    s, etc.)
  • Ologs (Ogre
    Ogre

    An ogre is a large, cruel and hideous humanoid monster], featured in mythology, folklore and fiction. Ogres are often depicted in fairy tales and folklore as feeding on human beings, and have appeared in many classic works of literature....
    s, Troll
    Troll

    A troll is a fearsome member of a race of creatures from Norse mythology. Originally more or less the Nordic equivalents of giant , although often smaller in size, the different depictions have come to range from the fiendish giants ? similar to the ogres of England ? to a devious, more human-like folk of the wilderness, living underground...
    s, etc.)
  • Dark Elves
    Dark elf

    Dark elves are known as a class of elves living underground in Old Norse mythology, the counterparts to the Lj?s?lfar . They are very similar to Dwarf as they mainly live in places where there is little light, though unlike both high elves and dwarves the dark elves are an evil race that like suffering and pain....
     - Dark Elves, Drow
    Drow

    The drow or dark elves are a generally evil, dark-skinned subrace of Elf in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game....
     and Norns
    Norns

    The Norns are a kind of d?sir, numerous female beings who rule the fates of the various races of Norse mythology.According to Snorri Sturluson's interpretation of the V?lusp?, the three most important norns, Ur?r , Ver?andi and Skuld come out from a hall standing at the Well of Ur?r and they draw water from the well and take sand t...
  • Dwarves
    Dwarf

    A dwarf is a creature from Continental Germanic mythology, fairy tales, fantasy fiction, and role-playing games. It usually has magical talents, often involving metallurgy....
  • Fey
    Fairy

    A fairy is a type of mythological being or legendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as spirit#Metaphysical and metaphorical uses, supernatural or preternatural....
     - Wild Fey, Seelie
    Seelie

    In mythology and folklore, fairies are classified in a variety of ways.Two of the most prominent categories, derived from Scottish folklore, are the division into the Seelie Court and the Unseelie Court....
    , Unseelie
  • Wee folk (Halfling
    Halfling

    Halfling is another name for J. R. R. Tolkien's Hobbit and is a fictional race sometimes found in fantasy novels and games. In many settings, they are similar to humans except about half the size....
    s, etc.)
  • Other (Which encompasses anything else a player can make an acceptable costume for, including; Golem
    Golem

    In Jewish folklore, a golem is an animate being created entirely from inanimate matter. In modern Hebrew language the word golem literally means "cocoon", but can also mean "fool", "silly", or even "stupid"....
    s, Genie
    Genie

    In Islam and Arabian mythology, a genie is a supernatural fiery creature which possesses free will. Genies are mentioned in the Qur'an, wherein a whole Sura is named after them ....
    s or Garthim. Though only in very special cases are the related attributes of these races applied to the character.)


Erdreja is saturated with magic
Magic (gaming)

Some role-playing games or game systems can include a set of wiktionary:rules that are used to portray magic in the paranormal sense. These rules simulate the effects that magic would have within the game context, according to how the game designer intended the magic to be portrayed....
 of various kinds, and spell-casting characters are common. In-character rituals are often carried out by players to create magical items or to further an ongoing plot. Religion is universally based around ancestor worship
Ancestor worship

Ancestor worship or ancestor veneration is a practice based on the belief that deceased family members have a continued existence, take an interest in the affairs of the world, and/or possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living....
.

External links

  • Lorien Trust Links - Links to other LT sites. Publicly editable.