Past LARP List

Important Notes

The below information is strictly Out of Character and relatively little of it will be publicly known, except (in most cases) by the characters involved. Please do not assume that, just because it's written here, your character might know about it. Also, much of the below information has been written from memory, some of it over a year and a half after the original events mentioned, so there are likely to be any number of errors and omissions.
If you can help correct any mistakes or fill in any gaps, then please email the webmaster to let us know.

Glass Bandits

Run by Dan on 5th January 2003 (a Sunday in the Xmas vacation)
Players: Anna De Almedia (Natalie), Julia van der Meer (Laura), Vincenzi Velasquez (Xan), The Ashen Scholar (Jen)
Mission Brief: The De Almedia merchant caravans to the Port of Glass are being attacked by bandits. The Family sends two of its junior members, one of their bodyguards and a member of the Velasquez Family who owes them a favour to put a stop to the attacks.
Adventure Summary

Where Have All The Dreamers Gone?

Run by Jen on 25th January 2003 (Saturday 0th week, Hilary term)
Players: unknown
Mission Brief: The Earl de Borres is afflicted by a strange sleeping sickness, and some adventurers are hired to seek out the cause and find a cure.
Adventure Summary

Bound to the East

Run by Xan on 8th February 2003 (Saturday 3rd week, Hilary term)
Players: Bartholomew D'Artois (Ben), Fitz (Neil), Julia van der Meer (Laura), The Ashen Scholar (Jen)
Mission Brief: Oliviero Cristofori hires some adventurers to take a small package East to the City of Crossroads. Fitz is given a message to deliver by the Low Guard while he's there.
Adventure Summary

The Black Widow

Run by Jen on 22nd February 2003 (Saturday 5th week, Hilary term)
Players: Bartholomew D'Artois (Ben), Claret (Frances), Julia van der Meer (Laura), Duke Renaldo De Mallarde (Arthur), Sir Robert Cristofori of the Shining Order (Paul)
Mission Brief: The Exalted Church of the Light, the Temple of Ashes, the Port of Glass Embassy and the White City's shrine to the Old Powers all ask some of their affiliates to investigate the pious settlement of Dragontown, as they have all recently lost contact with their associates there.
Adventure Summary

Dem Bones

Run by Natalie & Laura on 8th March 2003 (Saturday 7th week, Hilary term)
Players: Claret (Frances), Sir Robert Cristofori of the Shining Order (Paul), Sirius (Rich), Vincenzi Velasquez (Xan)
Mission Brief: The Temple of Ashes finds out that a necromancer is attempting to get hold of the bones of the First Returned - the first people to come back from the Burned Realm - and sends a party of adventurers to try and get there first and retrieve them before the necromancer's minions can.
Adventure Summary

Looking for Luciano

Run by Xan on 3rd May 2003 (Saturday 1st week, Hilary term)
Players: Anna De Almedia (Natalie), ? (Callum), ? (Chris ?), ? (Steve ?)
Mission Brief: Luciano De Almedia and his bodyguard go missing, following which a ransom note is sent by a group of bandits from the Western Forest. The Duke and Duchess De Almedia offer a very generous reward for Luciano's recovery and the head of the bandit leader, so Anna De Almedia takes a tracker and a couple of High Guard soldiers and sets out to claim it.
Adventure Summary

Journey to the Burned Realm

Part one of the "Necromancer At Three Rivers" campaign.
Run by Natalie & Dan on 10th May 2003 (Saturday 2nd week, Trinity term)
Players: Bartholomew D'Artois (Ben), Sirius (Rich), Vincenzi Velasquez (Xan)
Mission Brief: People have started returning from the Burned Realm. The Temple of Ashes hires some adventurers to question them, find out why, then go to the Burned Realm and put a stop to it.
Adventure Summary

Binding the Light

Run by Ben on 17th May 2003 (Saturday 3rd week, Trinity term)
Players: Anna De Almedia (Natalie), Tanner (James W), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W), other(s) ?
Mission Brief: The White City has been disturbed by reports of a strange and growing darkness hanging over one of the great Battlefields to the East. Merchant caravans coming from the City of Crossroads have reported seeing a looming cloud upon the horizon, like a black mist that doesn't move in the wind. More worryingly, a pedlar has been heard in the taverns saying that the path to the small village of Imbar's Dyke has been swallowed up by the darkness. As these rumours spread, a quiet word is put out to the noble Families and reliable adventurers of the White City; a request from the Exalted Church of the Light for a powerful Blood sorcerer and some reliable associates for a confidential mission.
Adventure Summary

The Black Wind

Part two of the "Necromancer At Three Rivers" campaign.
Run by Natalie & Dan on 24th May 2003 (Saturday 4th week, Trinity term)
Players: Bartholomew D'Artois (Ben), Sirius (Rich), Vincenzi Velasquez (Xan)
Mission Brief: The necromancer at the Palace at Three Rivers has raised a great Black Wind, which is travelling across the land towards one of the Battlefields in the East and raising the dead wherever it passes. The party must outrun the wind and those it raises in order to ward the Battlefield with the consecrated ash given to them by the Temple of Ashes before the ancient armies of the Binding War can arise once more.
Adventure Summary

Mahogadon

Run by James W on 1st June 2003 (Sunday 6th week, Trinity term)
Players: Sir Gustav Oberon of the Shining Order (Hanbury), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W)
Mission Brief: A vast forest has suddenly appeared in the lands to the East of the White City. Following rumours of treasure to be found at the woodland's heart, two adventurers go to investigate.
Adventure Summary

Saving the Great River

Part three of the "Necromancer At Three Rivers" campaign.
Run by Natalie on 7th June 2003 (Saturday 6th week, Trinity term)
Players: Bartholomew D'Artois (Ben), Sirius Panastra (Rich), Vincenzi Velasquez (Xan)
Mission Brief: The Great River that provides the White City's water supply is being poisoned. Rebecca De Courci commands some adventurers to travel North along the river's course, find out why and put a stop to it.
Adventure Summary

The Palace at Three Rivers

Part four of the "Necromancer At Three Rivers" campaign.
Run by Natalie & Laura on 21st June 2003 (Saturday 8th week, Trinity term)
Players: Bartholomew D'Artois (Ben), Sirius Panastra (Rich), Vincenzi Velasquez (Xan)
Mission Brief: The Temple of Ashes sends some adventurers to infiltrate the Palace at Three Rivers while the necromancer is away, in order to recover his wife and son and bring them back to the White City.
Adventure Summary

Mahogadon II: Evolution

Run by Xan on 2nd August 2003 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
Players: Fishknife (Arthur), Sir Gustav Oberon of the Shining Order (Hanbury), Julia van der Meer (Laura)
Mission Brief: The Cloistered Brethren of Chains and the College of the Thousand Arts hire some adventurers to travel East and bring them a chunk of heartwood from the now-dead Mahogadon, giving them a supply of alchemical blade-herbicide to help with their mission.
Adventure Summary

Oxford University academic year 2003-2004 begins.

Run Rabbit Run

Run by Natalie on 18th October 2003 (Saturday 1st week, Michaelmas term)
Players: Brick (Jen), Kit Fisable (Helen W), Captain Matteus De Almedia (Xan), Ryn Coth (Ellie)
Mission Brief: An assassin attempts to assassinate Anna de Almedia and frame the Port of Glass. Anna is slowly dying of poison, so Captain Matteus and an entourage are sent to catch the assassin and persuade him to tell the Family what the antidote is.
Adventure Summary

Partridge Escort

Run by Natalie, date uncertain
This was an unofficial LARP occurring out of the usual schedule, on an occasion when several players and a GM happened to find themselves in the same place as a plot and a bunch of swords on a free weekend. Because it was not officially announced beforehand, no XP was given, no levels were made available, and the characters gained no tangible IC benefits. Nevertheless, the events occurring within this LARP are considered to be canon, and their repercussions on the lives of the characters concerned are considered to be as IC as those of any other LARP.
Players: Kit Fisable (Helen W), Sebastian (Joff)
Mission Brief: Following the scandalous assassination attempt on Anna de Almedia, the ambassador from the Port of Glass to the White City is cleared of all responsibility, but - for tact's sake - must be returned to the Port. A pair of bored adventurers, one of whom has previously proved herself useful to the City by helping to track down the would-be assassin, are persuaded to act as an escort.
Adventure Summary

Waterfire

Run by Ben - date uncertain, either 1st November 2003 (Saturday 3rd week, Michaelmas term)
or 22nd November 2003 (Saturday 6th week, Michaelmas term)
Players: "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), La Colpa (Caz), Serafine D'Artois (Laura), Tibs (Joe W)
Mission Brief: The great Western Forest has always been a dangerous place, but the wise foresters and silk gatherers of the City of Silk knew its ways and its creatures and walked at least its outskirts in safety. Now they dare not enter save in large groups, for those that hunt alone do not return. Something has awoken in the depths of the Forest, the streams are running deeper and the calling of the frogs seems to carry hidden messages. Queen Marianna Mor, ruler of the City of Silk, is looking for scouts to search the Forest and find out what is going on.
Adventure Summary

After Party Emergency

Run by Rich on 29th November 2003 (Saturday 7th week, Michaelmas term)
Players: Captain Matteus De Almedia (Xan), Winsel (Ben)
Mission Brief: The morning after Rosie Cristofori's latest party, she discovers that a gang of guests has made off with her silverware. Captain Matteus, also a guest at the party, volunteers to track them down and recover it, taking along the criminal he currently has under probationary supervision to help.
Adventure Summary

Hunting Jacques

Run by Natalie on 24th January 2004 (Saturday 1st week, Hilary term)
Players: Arik Blackthorne (Julian), Kit Fisable (Helen W), Ratrina De Almedia (Andrea), Sebastian (Joff), Winsel (Ben)
Mission Brief: It is discovered that a scion of the De Almedia Family has been raised by bandits out in the woods, so a member of the Family and some adventurers are sent to fetch him home.
Adventure Summary

The Chain-Snake

Run by James W on 7th February 2004 (Saturday 3rd week, Hilary term)
Players: Corinna (Claire S), Fal-Kar De Almedia (Rich), Lacey (Chris N), Ratrina De Almedia (Andrea), Sebastian (Joff)
Mission Brief: The village of Quaint, near the City of Crossroads, has stopped sending the consignments of armour that the High Guard need. Adventurers are sent to find out what has happened and ensure that the shipments start again.
Adventure Summary

Troglodyte Missionaries

Run by Natalie on 21st February 2004 (Saturday 5th week, Hilary term)
Players: Carmina Curiana (Vicky), Fal-Kar De Almedia (Rich), Mistor De Almedia (Tristram), Ratrina De Almedia (Andrea), Ryn Coth (Ellie), Serafine D'Artois (Laura)
Mission Brief: Serafine D'Artois recruits a group of priestesses and De Almedia nobles to visit the Tattered Hat tribe of troglodytes and convert them away from the worship of the Vitriarchs.
Adventure Summary

Returning Waterfire

Run by Ben on 6th March 2004 (Saturday 7th week, Hilary term)
Players: Antonio (Steve J), "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Captain Matteus De Almedia (Xan), Serafine D'Artois (Laura), Tibs (Joe W)
Mission Brief: The Waterfire is causing problems in the City of Silk. The White City sends a High Guard Captain, a Low Guard agent and some adventurers with previous experience of the Waterfire to collect it and bring it to the Cloistered Brethren of Chains so that it can be properly dealt with.
Adventure Summary

Innocence

Run by Chris N on 20th March 2004 (a Saturday in the Easter vacation)
Players: Antonio (Steve J), Brick (Jen), Kit Fisable (Helen W), Captain Matteus De Almedia (Xan)
Mission Brief: The Dream sorcerer Alexis de Tariq hires a group of adventurers to go and map some of the Dreamlands on the far side of the Northern mountains and look for an unusual creature of which he's recently been dreaming.
Adventure Summary

Pirates of the Breathing Isle

Run by Natalie & Steve J on 16th-18th April 2004 (36-hour special event over the Easter vacation, from Friday evening to Sunday 0th week afternoon at Candleston campsite in South Wales)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by various people and hosted by Chris N.
Players: Fal-Kar De Almedia (Rich), Jacques De Almedia (Chris N), Kit Fisable (Helen W), Captain Matteus De Almedia (Xan), Sebastian (Joff), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W)
Mission Brief: The De Almedia Family sends a mission to the Breathing Isle to negotiate trade contracts with the inhabitants. Rebecca De Courci insists that another noble Family is also represented on the venture.
Adventure Summary

Steelsilk

Run by Helen W & Steve J on 1st May 2004 (Saturday 1st week, Trinity term)
Players: "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Carmina Curiana (Vicky), Fal-Kar De Almedia (Rich), Sebastian (Joff)
Mission Brief: The De Almedia steelsilk trade with the City of Silk is suffering. Fal-Kar is sent, with an entourage, to find out why and to restore the regular flow of trade.
Adventure Summary

The Sentinel

Part one of the "Dreams & Nightmares" campaign.
Run by Rich on 8th May 2004 (Saturday 2nd week, Trinity term)
Players: Antonio (Steve J), Dr. Edward Holtz (Joe W), Jacques De Almedia (Chris N), Ryn Coth (Ellie)
Mission Brief: Four adventurers receive a mysterious note asking them to seek out and destroy a camp of bandits as a test for an unknown potential employer.
Adventure Summary

Recovering the Defector

Run by Natalie & Chris N on 15th May 2004 (Saturday 3rd week, Trinity term)
Players: "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Carmina Curiana (Vicky), Kit Fisable (Helen W), Mab (Emma ?), Winsel (Ben)
Mission Brief: A defector from the Port of Glass military has found her way into the hands of the Bodach in the Garden Lands. The party are sent to find her and bring her back to the White City before the forces of the Port of Glass can retrieve her.
Adventure Summary

D'Edibri Kidnap

Run by Helen W on 22nd May 2004 (Saturday 4th week, Trinity term)
Players: "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Brick (Jen), Carmina Curiana (Vicky), Kevin (Smaff), Winsel (Ben)
Mission Brief: Robert Ivanescu, a merchant from the City of Crossroads, hires a band of adventurers to kidnap Alissa D'Edibri, heiress of the D'Edibri Family of Crossroads nobility, under false pretenses.
Adventure Summary

The Sword of Drant

Part two of the "Dreams & Nightmares" campaign.
Run by Rich on 29th May 2004 (Saturday 5th week, Trinity term)
Players: Antonio (Steve J), Dr. Edward Holtz (Joe W), Jacques De Almedia (Chris N), Ryn Coth (Ellie)
Mission Brief: Having proven themselves to their employer, a Dream sorcerer named Brucci, he sends the party North to find and recover the mystical Sword of Drant.
Adventure Summary: unknown.

Ashen Memorial

Run by Joff on 5th June 2004 (Saturday 6th week, Trinity term)
Players: Arik Blackthorne (Julian), Gideon Vassily (Twitch), Loric (Joe R), Marek - RIP (Martin), ? (Joe P)
Mission Brief: An Ash sorcerer from the City of Crossroads named Dreshush has stolen various papers and animated a statue, causing vast destruction and setting it free to roam the lands. As the statue rampages westwards past the White City, a group of adventurers is hired by the Temple of Ashes to stop Dreshush and his creation.
Adventure Summary

Waking Nightmares

Part three of the "Dreams & Nightmares" campaign.
Run by Rich on 12th June 2004 (Saturday 7th week, Trinity term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Izzy and hosted by Chris N.
Players: Antonio (Steve J), Dr. Edward Holtz (Joe W), Jacques De Almedia (Chris N), Ryn Coth (Ellie)
Mission Brief: Heading back to the White City, the party find a town beset by nightmarish spirits and attempt to save the town from this evil menace.
Adventure Summary

Splintered Personality

Part four of the "Dreams & Nightmares" campaign.
Run by Rich on 19th June 2004 (Saturday 8th week, Trinity term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Izzy and hosted by Chris N.
Players: Antonio (Steve J), Dr. Edward Holtz (Joe W), Jacques De Almedia (Chris N), Ryn Coth (Ellie)
Mission Brief: Returning to the White City, the party meet up with Brucci to give him the Sword of Drant. But he is sorely afflicted by Glass magic and they must enter his dreams to try and save him.
Adventure Summary

Search & Destroy

Run by Steve J & Ellie on 3rd July 2004 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
There is an In-Character write-up of this adventure available here, written by Xan.
Players: Brynna Mortivelli (Helen W), Jzad (Caz), Loric (Joe R), Vincenzi Velasquez (Xan)
Mission Brief: Bandits based in the village of Four Elms are attacking Cristofori caravans, and the Family's own men are failing to stop them, so Duke Cristofori hires some adventurers to seek out and destroy the bandit group.
Adventure Summary

The Adventures of Bobbin Snood

Run by Jen on 11th July 2004 (a Sunday in the summer vacation)
Players: Agelmar Cristofori (Steve J), Althea (Rei), Sir Gustav Oberon of the Shining Order (Hanbury), Thalia (Laura)
Mission Brief: Agelmar Cristofori and an entourage are sent to help the Sheriff of Shottingham collect taxes on behalf of Lord Corioli, as the Sheriff is being hampered by the bandit Bobbin Snood and his men.
Adventure Summary

Rich succeeds Natalie as LARP Organiser.

Love Burns

Run by Xan on 24th July 2004 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
Players: Agelmar Cristofori (Steve J), Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Marcellus the Seer (Dan), Marco di Falconi (Joff), Thalia (Laura)
Mission Brief: The merchant Alfred Burns hires some adventurers to find out why he's stopped receiving regular letters from his daughter Emily, who lives in the small Garden Lands farming village of Golden Hills with her husband Simeon, a Priest and sorcerer of the Light.
Adventure Summary

Saving Private Kit

Run by Dan on 14th August 2004 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
Players: Antonio (Steve J), Fal-Kar De Almedia (Rich), Jacques De Almedia - RIP (Chris N), Serafine D'Artois (Laura)
Mission Brief: Some adventurers put together a plan to rescue their friend Kit Fisable from the clutches of Lemuel D'Artois in the Port of Glass.
Adventure Summary

The Kind Man

Run by Jen on 28th August 2004 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
Players: Bartholomew D'Artois (Ben), Marco di Falconi (Joff), Serafine D'Artois (Laura), ??? - the adventurer formerly known as "Tibs" (Joe W)
Mission Brief: Four adventurers wake up in a field late one afternoon, dressed only in their nightclothes.
Adventure Summary

Blessed Are The Cheesemakers

Run by Hanbury & Laura on 4th September 2004 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
Players: Althea (Rei), Marcellus the Seer (Dan), Vincenzi Velasquez (Xan)
Mission Brief: Harding & Sons cheese merchants are suffering from a shortage of cheeses, as their caravans from the village of Urdale have stopped arriving. In need of cheese for his next party, Vincenzi recruits some random adventurers to go with him and restore the cheese supply.
Adventure Summary

Disciples of Darkness

Run by Xan on 11th September 2004 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
Players: Bartholomew D'Artois (Ben), Marco di Falconi (Joff), Mistor De Almedia (Tristram), Thalia (Laura)
Mission Brief: Banditry on the South Road between the White City and the Port of Glass is on the increase, caravans vanishing without trace along with their guards and passengers. The attacks seem to be centred around the area containing the small farming village of Golden Hills, once famed for its wine and olives and now the heart of a black canker upon the landscape. General Sanders of the High Guard sends a representative of the White City's noble Families, accompanied by two adventurers who have been to the area before and a diplomatic representative of the Port of Glass, to investigate and hopefully put a stop to the problems.
Adventure Summary

Dragonfire & Deep Water

Run by Ben on 25th September 2004 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
There is an In-Character diary covering the events of this adventure available here, written by Helen W.
Players: Kit Fisable (Helen W), Sirius Panastra (Rich), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W), Vincenzi Velasquez (Xan)
Mission Brief: Having come into possession of the Waterfire, Toquell Velasquez seeks to persuade a dragon to sacrifice its fire so that he may then take the Waterfire to the deep ocean and destroy it. At least, that's what he's telling his brother and the adventurers he's hired...
Adventure Summary

Oxford University academic year 2004-2005 begins.

Bookbinders

Run by Joe W on 9th October 2004 (Saturday 0th week, Michaelmas term)
Players: Agelmar Cristofori (Steve J), Arik Blackthorne (Julian), "Guy Cristofori" aka Shardface - RIP? (James W), Marcellus the Seer (Dan), Selena Curiana (Vicky)
Mission Brief: Brother Bertrand of the Cloistered Brethren of Chains hires Agelmar Cristofori to lead a group of adventurers to the City of Chains and recover an ancient book for him.
Adventure Summary

The Hunt for Radjic Tobarr

Run by Joff & Helen W on 23rd October 2004 (Saturday 2nd week, Michaelmas term)
Players: Alberto (Ben), Belor de Velland (Peter M), Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Yana (Ellie)
Mission Brief: Bandit activity between the White City and the Port of Glass has increased to the point where trade is becoming all-but-impossible. The De Courci Family hires some adventurers to clean out the bandits.
Adventure Summary

Bounty for the Guy

Run by Vicky & James W on 6th November 2004 (Saturday 4th week, Michaelmas term)
Players: Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Brother Jara (Xan), Marco di Falconi (Joff), Shenya Cristofori (Helen W)
Mission Brief: Guy Cristofori was last seen fleeing into the City of Chains in service to the Bound Ones. The Family Cristofori hires some adventurers to help Shenya bring him back before he embarrasses them - alive if possible, dead if necessary.
Adventure Summary

Four Legs Good

Run by James W on 20th November 2004 (Saturday 6th week, Michaelmas term)
Players: Artemis (Claire), Crow (Carla), Jared (Fergus), Ryn Coth (Ellie), Selena Curiana (Vicky), Winsel (Ben), Nameless (Olivia)
Mission Brief: The Low Guard sends a party of adventurers to investigate a spate of robberies in the area of a swamp to the southwest of the White City.
Adventure Summary - Original Plot Document (.rtf file)

The Spider & The Fly

Run by Ellie & Joe W on 27th November 2004 (Saturday 7th week, Michaelmas term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Joe R and hosted by Chris N.
Players: Arik Blackthorne (Julian), Dante De Almedia (Chris V), Brother Jara (Xan), Morgock Sarm (Rich), Sebastian (Joff), Shenya Cristofori (Helen W)
Mission Brief: Nadia-Caterina De Almedia has had visions that the Spider-Queen of the Seven-Legs tribe in the Western Forest is having trouble and requires assistance. She hires a group of adventurers led by Dante De Almedia to find the tribe's territory, discover what's going on and help solve the tribe's problems.
Adventure Summary

It Came From The Forest!

Run by Rich on 4th December 2004 (Saturday 8th week, Michaelmas term)
Players: Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Carmina Curiana (Vicky), Phillionel Curiana (James W), Winsel (Ben), Yana (Ellie)
Mission Brief: The White City's inns and whorehouses seem full to the gills. Unsavoury types are flooding into the city for some unknown reason. A merchant hires some adventurers to find out why everyone is fleeing the lands to the North for the safety of the White City.
Adventure Summary

It Came From The Forest II: Data Capture

Run by Helen W & Xan on 18th December 2004 (a Saturday in the winter vacation)
Players: Alexis (Tristram), Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Thalia (Laura), Winsel (Ben)
Mission Brief: Two separate and rival faculties of the College of the Thousand Arts, the Faculty of the Arcane and the Faculty of the Western Forest, both wish to acquire a live specimen of one of the northern wolfmen. The Faculty of the Arcane has already sent out a retrieval team, so the Faculty of the Western Forest hires some adventurers to foil the rival team and to help their own guide and scholar gather data.
Adventure Summary - Original Plot Document (.rtf file)

Red Over White

Run by Laura & Xan on 16th January 2005 (Sunday 1st week, Hilary term)
Players: "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Jared (Fergus), Reimus Velasquez - RIP (Julian), Ryn Coth (Ellie), Shenya Cristofori (Helen W)
Mission Brief: Vincenzi Velasquez hires a group of adventurers to travel to the village of Redbridge in the great Western Forest, a place where humans and Children of the Vine live in peace under the guidance of a powerful sorceress and priestess of the Lady of Blood and Wine named Belladonna. Redbridge is known for producing some exceptionally fine wines, but no word or wine has arrived from the village for two weeks and the last letter Vincenzi received from Belladonna has him worried...
Adventure Summary - Original Plot Document (.rtf file)

The Mysterious City of Gold

Run by Ellie & Joe W on 22nd January 2005 (Saturday 1st week, Hilary term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Helen W and hosted by Chris N.
Players: Bartholomew D'Artois (Ben), "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Gideon Vassily (Twitch), Captain Matteus De Almedia (Xan), Sebastian (Joff), Selena Curiana (Vicky)
Mission Brief: The merchant Marlin Carstel has come into possession of a map that shows the location of a city of gold on one of the Breathing Isles in the southern seas, which he hires a group of adventurers to investigate. At least, he has half of the map - first the adventurers will have to retrieve the other half from the Port of Glass.
Adventure Summary

Heads & Minds

Part one of the "Naming & Binding War" campaign.
Run by Rich on 29th January 2005 (Saturday 2nd week, Hilary term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Joff and hosted by Chris N.
Players: Bartholomew D'Artois (Ben), Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Dante De Almedia (Chris V), Jared - RIP (Fergus), Shenya Cristofori (Helen W)
Mission Brief: A worshipper of the Bound Ones named Wate is recruiting cultists in the southern reaches of the great Western Forest. The De Courci Family hires some adventurers to kill the cultists and bring back their heads for sorcerous interrogation.
Adventure Summary

Troggle Death Cult

Run by Joff & James W on 5th February 2005 (Saturday 3rd week, Hilary term)
Players: Arik Blackthorne (Julian), Cassio (Glyn), Gex the Ratcatcher (Rich), Brother Jara (Xan), Phillippe de Navarro Velasquez (Gobion)
Mission Brief: A colony of troglodytes in the Western Forest is causing trouble, particularly since some of their number appear to be Ash sorcerers. The Temple of Ashes hires a group of adventurers to go and deal with them, bringing any non-Ordained Ash sorcerers back with them for conversion if possible.
Adventure Summary

Life is Cheap

Part two of the "Naming & Binding War" campaign.
Run by Rich on 12th February 2005 (Saturday 4th week, Hilary term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Fergus and hosted by Chris N.
Players: "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Kit Fisable (Helen W), Selena Curiana (Vicky), Serafine D'Artois (Laura), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W)
Mission Brief: The word goes out through certain channels in the White City that somebody wants some people dead and is willing to pay very well for the deed. Five adventurers of dubious moral integrity come to the Rotting Badger Tavern to answer the call.
Adventure Summary

Mad Dogs & Vitriarchs
aka
Purging the Low Guard

Run by Xan & Joff on 19th February 2005 (Saturday 5th week, Hilary term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Joe R and Chris V, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Carmina Curiana (Vicky), Dante De Almedia (Chris V), Gex the Ratcatcher (Rich), Quinn (Fergus), Phillionel Curiana - RIP (James W), Winsel (Ben), Yana (Ellie)
Mission Brief: A small cell in the Low Guard has started learning Glass magic. Several factions within the White City, among them the Exalted Church of the Light, the Knights of the Shining Order, the High Guard and some factions of the Low Guard, are very concerned about this and send some of their members, along with some sympathetic hired adventurers, to find the cell's isolated base of operations and wipe it out.
Adventure Summary - Edited Original Plot Document (.rtf file)

If I Had A Hammer

Part three of the "Naming & Binding War" campaign.
Run by Rich & Chris N on 26th February 2005 (Saturday 6th week, Hilary term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Fergus and Jen and hosted by Chris N.
Players: Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Kit Fisable (Helen W), Sebastian (Joff), Vincenzi Velasquez (Xan), Yana (Ellie)
Mission Brief: Murmurs are going around the adventuring circles of the White City that information has come to light of a powerful artefact that could free the Bound Ones! Soon the High Guard and Gob ion the Cloistered Brethren of Chains will be forming a expedition to go and recover the artefact. Already various parties have left the White City in various directions to seek out this artefact, not knowing what it is or where it is. Various people are murmuring that if anybody was able to bring this thing back before the High Guard and the Cloistered Brethren got to it then they would be the toast of the City. It would be a powerful symbol of the fact the Bound Ones are going to stay bound, a massive reassurance to the City.
Everybody is rooting around for information on what this artefact is and where it might be. The more well informed adventurers may have heard that a Priest of the Bound Ones was apprehended out to the southwest of the White City and into the great Western Forest. Now if only somebody was to discover the information of what it was that was being looked for. One merchant, named Trab Bas, got a little more drunk in the Black Griffin than he intended and did go on about knowing what the artefact was. So rather than be mobbed or killed for the information he has put out word that he wants people to go and find the thing to bring it back to the White City and donate it to the authorities before people badger him so much that he has to give up work as a trader in the City.
Adventure Summary

Pocketful Of Posies

Run by Joe W & Ellie on 5th March 2005 (Saturday 7th week, Hilary term)
Players: Belor de Velland (Peter M), Gex the Ratcatcher (Rich), Marco di Falconi (Joff), Selena Curiana (Vicky), Stephano De Courci (Julian)
Mission Brief: There is a sickness in the White City. At first it was but a minor concern, those seriously ill being easily treated by the City's sorcerers and healers; now the numbers of people affected have spiralled beyond control - those lucky another to be cured early on can only watch as those close to them sicken. Last night the pestilence claimed its first life and by sunrise over a hundred more were dead. In the marketplaces people talk of plague and eye each other warily for any symptoms. Faced with this disaster the College of the Thousand Arts has put out a call for adventurers to step forward and do their bit for the City...
Adventure Summary

Hammering the Snake

Part four of the "Naming & Binding War" campaign.
Run by Rich & Ellie on 12th March 2005 (Saturday 8th week, Hilary term)
Players: Bartholomew D'Artois (Ben), Kit Fisable (Helen W), Selena Curiana (Vicky), Serafine D'Artois (Laura), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W)
Mission Brief: Toquell Velasquez and his Band of Merry Bastards steal the First Hammer from the College of the Thousand Arts and head East to hunt down the Chain-Snake.
Adventure Summary

The Hunt for Shenya Cristofori

Run by Julian & Helen W on 26th March 2005 (a Saturday in the Easter vacation)
Players: Shardface (James W), Sirius Panastra (Rich), ??? - the adventurer formerly known as "Tibs" (Joe W)
Mission Brief: Arik Blackthorne hires some adventurers to find and kill Shenya Cristofori for him.
Adventure Summary

Trollberries

Run by Rich on 9th April 2005 (a Saturday in the Easter vacation)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Helen W & Laura, hosted by Chris N.
Players: David Southpaw (Arthur), Federico Velasquez (Joff), Captain Matteus De Almedia (Xan), Stephano De Courci (Julian), Winsel (Ben)
Mission Brief: Five adventurers are drinking in a tavern in the village of Treamdip on the borders of the Great Forest when a breathless villager runs in to announce that it's trollberry season again - so they decide to try their luck.
Adventure Summary

Prince of Winters

Run by Julian & Joff on 16th April 2005 (a Saturday in the Easter vacation)
Players: Abelard Velasquez (Rich), David Southpaw (Arthur), Kit Fisable (Helen W)
Mission Brief: Laodisia De Courci hires some adventurers to find her daughter Tithona, an explorer from the College of the Thousand Arts who has disappeared on a visit to the Whistful City.
Adventure Summary

Patriot Chains

Run by Joff & Helen W on 24th April 2005 (Sunday 1st week, Trinity term)
Players: Belor de Velland (Peter M), Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Brother Jara (Xan), Julia van der Meer (Laura), Yana (Ellie)
Mission Brief: Agent Verrone of the Low Guard calls some adventurers to the Grassy Knoll tavern and tells them that a highly placed politician and merchant in the City of Crossroads has come into possession of the First Hammer and is preparing a ritual to free the Bound Ones. The adventurers are tasked with recovering the First Hammer at any cost, in order to save the world.
Adventure Summary

Escape From The Red Gryphon

Part five of the "Naming & Binding War" campaign.
Run by Rich & Joe W on 30th April 2005 (Saturday 1st week, Trinity term)
Players: Belor de Velland (Peter M), Brynna Mortivelli (Helen W), Sebastian (Joff), Stephano De Courci (Julian), Vincenzi Velasquez (Xan)
Mission Brief: Sir Francis De Courci has a quiet word in Vincenzi's ear and asks him to put together a team of adventurers to head East and scout out the Army of the Red Gryphon in a manner which gives the White City full deniability.
Adventure Summary

White City Banquet

GMed by Rich, organised by Chris V, Ellie, Helen W & Joe R
Run at The Mitre on the evening of 6th May 2005 (Friday 2nd week, Trinity term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Chris V & hosted by Chris N.
PCs: Belor de Velland (Peter M), "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Dante De Almedia (Chris V), Edwin Lunn (Andrew C), Erica de Velland (Vicky), Federico Velasquez (Joff), Johanna De Courci (Christi), Kisu (Dom), Professor Kit Fisable (Helen W), Lucia du Bois (Lucy), Neara (Helen L), Sebastian (Joff), Serafine D'Artois (Laura), Stephano De Courci (Julian), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W), Toramil Ayaron Loralion (Francis), Vincenzi Velasquez (Xan)
NPCs: Sir Alexander Monteveri of the Shining Order (Matt H), Brand of the Temple of Ashes (Arthur), Captain Caraban of the Army of the Red Gryphon (Chris V), Rebecca De Courci (Ellie), Lady Sophia of the City of Crossroads (Tristram), Xerxes of the Port of Glass (Mark B), a skeletal emissary of the Necromancer of Three Rivers (Rich), a Sergeant of the High Guard (Rich), a Brother of the Cloistered Brethren of Chains (Rich)
Event Brief: With tensions between the White City and the City of Crossroads running at an all-time high following the theft of the First Hammer, a banquet was arranged for the people of the two cities to mingle, politic and socialise in an effort to foster more cordial diplomatic relations while current events are discussed.
The De Courcis have announced that the small event they had organised to smooth things over further between the White City and the City of Crossroads now has greater importance. They wish, in the coming conflict, to see their allies stand with them so they can be counted and praised.
Event Summary

The Horse Whisperers

Run by Joe W, Ellie & Xan on 7th May 2005 (Saturday 2nd week, Trinity term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Fergus & hosted by Chris N.
Players: Alexis (Tristram), Erica de Velland (Vicky), Erskine Uskglass aka "Roland the Subtle" (Matt H), Johanna De Courci (Christi), Kisu (Dom), Lucia du Bois (Lucy), Toramil Ayaron Loralion (Francis)
Mission Brief: Louis Trentard, a priest of the Verdant Lord, asks a group of adventurers to travel West into the Great Forest to speak with a friendly tribe of centaurs in an attempt to persuade them to lend their aid in the war against the Army of the Red Gryphon.
Adventure Summary

Forging Kit Fisable

Part six-A of the "Naming & Binding War" campaign.
Run by Rich & Ellie on 14th May 2005 (Saturday 3rd week, Trinity term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Fergus, Dom & Lucy, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Arik Blackthorne (Julian), Belor de Velland (Peter M), "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Professor Kit Fisable (Helen W), Selena Curiana (Vicky), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W)
Mission Brief: Toquell and his "Band of Merry Bastards" head West into the Great Forest in search of the First Anvil, where they hope to use the First Hammer, the remains of the Serpent of Chains and a willing sacrifice to create a weapon that will bring down the Powers themselves.
Adventure Summary

Uniting The Tribes

Part six-B of the "Naming & Binding War" campaign.
Run by Rich & Joe W on 14th May 2005 (Saturday 3rd week, Trinity term)
Players: Federico Velasquez (Joff), Kisu (Dom), Lucia du Bois (Lucy), Neara (Helen L), Vincenzi Velasquez (Xan), Yana (Ellie)
Mission Brief: Kisu leads a mission East under Vincenzi's sponsorship in an attempt to unite the tribes of the East and recruit their aid against the Army of the Red Gryphon.
Adventure Summary

Hope From The North

Part six-C of the "Naming & Binding War" campaign.
Run by Rich & Ellie on 14th May 2005 (Saturday 3rd week, Trinity term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Fergus, Dom & Lucy, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Andreas Garric (Fergus), Dr. Edward Holtz (Joe W), Erskine Uskglass aka "Roland the Subtle" (Matt H), Brother Jara (Xan), Johanna De Courci (Christi), Professor Kit Fisable (Helen W)
Mission Brief: Kit leads a College of the Thousand Arts sponsored mission North in an attempt to recruit the aid of the dragon known as "Toramaes, The Burning Ghost" and the army known as "The Black Sword of Hope" for the war against the Army of the Red Gryphon.
Adventure Summary

Pirates of the Southern Seas

Run by Laura on 21st May 2005 (Saturday 4th week, Trinity term)
Players: Abelard Velasquez (Rich), Andreas Garric (Fergus), Erica de Velland (Vicky), Sebastian (Joff), Stephano De Courci (Julian)
Mission Brief: A group of adventurers from the White City head to the Breathing Isles to talk to the Pirate King in an attempt to recruit his aid against the Army of the Red Gryphon.
Adventure Summary

Avalanche Delivery

Part seven of the "Naming & Binding War" campaign.
Run by Rich & Ellie on 28th May 2005 (Saturday 5th week, Trinity term)
Players: Belor de Velland (Peter M), "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Professor Kit Fisable (Helen W), Selena Curiana (Vicky), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W)
Mission Brief: Toquell and his entourage travel North in search of an avalanche, which he plans to bind in his recently acquired Chain of Gold and deliver to the Army of the Red Gryphon in their mountain hideaway to the East.
Adventure Summary

The Cruel Tutelage of Liu-Ne
aka
Dancing Ferret, Chomping Wombat

Run by Joff & Vicky on 4th June 2005 (Saturday 6th week, Trinity term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by various people & hosted by Chris N.
Players: Abelard Velasquez (Rich), Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Edwin Lunn (Andrew C)
Mission Brief: Carlos de Mamushi has come into possession of a fragment of a map of the northeast, which he believes will lead him to the origin of the deadly art of TrogloFu.
Adventure Summary

The Battle For The White City

Part eight of the "Naming & Binding War" campaign.
Run by Rich on 11th June 2005 (Saturday 7th week, Trinity term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by various people & hosted by Chris N.
The duel between Sirius and Matteus has inspired a song.
Players: Andreas Garric (Fergus), Arik Blackthorne (Julian), Belor de Velland (Peter M), "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Brick (Jen), Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Carmina Curiana (Vicky), Edwin Lunn (Andrew C), Erskine Uskglass aka "Roland the Subtle" (Matt H), Federico Velasquez (Joff), Brother Jara (Xan), Professor Kit Fisable (Helen W), Marco di Falconi (Joff), Captain Matteus De Almedia (Xan), Neara (Helen L), Rupert Blake (James W), Ryn Coth - RIP (Ellie), Sebastian (Joff), Selena Curiana (Vicky), Shenya Cristofori (Helen W), Simon de Briganza (Matt H), Stephano De Courci (Julian), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W), Yana (Ellie), ??? - the adventurer formerly known as "Tibs" (Joe W)
Mission Brief: With the Army of the Red Gryphon only a few miles from the White City, battle will soon be joined. The White City has been asked to send forth a champion to face the Red Gryphon's champion before the armies clash.
Adventure Summary

Death & The Maiden

Run by Julian & Rich on 18th June 2005 (Saturday 8th week, Trinity term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Joff & Fergus, hosted by Chris N.
The events of this LARP have inspired a popular song about the ship Inferno.
Players: "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Professor Kit Fisable (Helen W), Selena Curiana (Vicky), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W)
Mission Brief: Toquell and his Band of Merry Bastards seek an entrance to the Burned Realm so they can visit the House of Gods and steal a valuable artefact containing the soul of a dead god.
Adventure Summary

Hunt The Gryphon

Run by Xan on 25th June 2005 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Helen W, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Carmina Curiana (Vicky), Fal-Kar De Almedia (Rich), Marco di Falconi (Joff)
Mission Brief: The Army of the Red Gryphon has been defeated, but many of its scattered and demoralised troops still roam the lands - some of them human, others less so. The High Guard has offered a bounty for every right hand (or bestial equivalent) brought back, which many adventurers are eager to collect.
Adventure Summary - Original Plot Document (.rtf file)

Housekeeping

Run by Helen W & Joff on 9th July 2005 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
Players: Brother Jara (Xan), Loric (Joe R)
Mission Brief: The Low Guard introduce two adventurers in a pub.
Adventure Summary

Logan's Runners

Run by Joe W on 16th July 2005 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
Players: Arik Blackthorne (Julian), Baragh (Paul), Brother Jara (Xan), Marco di Falconi (Joff)
Mission Brief: Messages are put up around the White City stating that Oliviero Cristofori wishes to recruit some adventurers for a simple caravan escort job to the Whistful City and back.
Adventure Summary

Glass & Green

Run by Dom, Helen W, Lucy & Ellie on 23rd July 2005 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Dom & Lucy, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Abelard Velasquez (Rich), "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Erica de Velland (Vicky), Federico Velasquez (Joff),
Mission Brief: The young noble Johann de Cotteril must spend a night in a ruined abbey in the Great Forest as part of his Family's traditional "coming of age" rites. He asks his friend Federico Velasquez to gather some companions to keep him company and safeguard his sojourn.
Adventure Summary

Everybody Dies!

Run by James W & Vicky on 13th August 2005 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
This was an experimental one-off LARP run for six GM-created NPCs given to the players at random at the start of the LARP. Every one of the NPCs had a secret mission to try and kill the Cotter il rest of the party.
NPCs: Billy - RIP (Lucy), Sir Enzo Cristofori - RIP (Joe W), Gilbert Green (Dom), Morrid Dostor (Xan), Rufus - RIP (Joff), Sable - RIP (Tristram)
Mission Brief: Six adventurers are hired by the Low Guard to assassinate a necromancer named Choke-Bone, who has a lair in the wooded hills to the northwest of the White City.
Adventure Summary - Original Plot Document (.rtf file)

Raindrops & Roses

Run by Chris N, Helen W & Joe R on the evening of 13th August 2005 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by unknown photographer(s), hosted by Chris N.
Players: Lieutenant Ambriel Chermes (Helen W), Bartholomew D'Artois (Ben), Captain "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Neara Therapainas (Helen L), "Francesca Correlli" aka Serafine D'Artois (Laura), Shardface (James W), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W)
NPCs: Alice Gower (Lucy), Alicia Fane (Ellie), Arturo de Verlay (Dan), Belinda Thaler (Jen), Duchess Caroline D'Artois (Celine), Capt. (ret) Dominic Laird (Chris N), Emmanuel D'Artois (Xan), Engel Karlsson (James W), Horatio Cristofori (Joff), Imelda Foucard (Helen L), Jeniveive De Almedia (Tristram), Karl D’Artois (Matt H), Duke Lemuel D'Artois (Joe R), Niske D’Artois (Dom), Raddigan Bey (Julian), Rose D’Artois (Vicky), Silvestre D’Artois (Chris N), Thaddeus de Verlay (Rich), Wat Miller (Arthur)
Mission Brief: Various movers and shakers are invited by Duke Lemuel D'Artois to a party, held at his Ducal Palace in the Port of Glass, to celebrate the twenty-second birthday of his latest wife, Duchess Caroline D'Artois. The attendants will be a mix of D'Artois, merchants, criminals and other nobles from the Port, and foreign notables - both those attached to the Embassy and those attending for the occasion. Anyone with an ear to the ground will know that such parties are popular breeding grounds for political manoeuvring, and that this occasion in particular is rumoured to be a fertile one for anyone contemplating the idea of regime change in the Port.
Adventure Summary - Official Invitation (.rtf file)
There is an In-Character write-up of the event available here, written by Xan.

Tournament Trophies

Run by Joff & Joe W on 27th August 2005 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
Players: Adanemoay (Xan), Captain "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Don Inigo Montoya (Julian), Sebastian (Joff), ??? - the adventurer formerly known as "Tibs" (Joe W)
Mission Brief: To celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of his shop, Sebastian organises a small melée tournament in the adjoining market square with some choice weapons as prizes for the winners.
Adventure Summary

The Blind Leading The Blind

Run by Rich on 10th September 2005 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
Players: Diego (Joe W), Don Inigo Montoya of the Shining Order (Julian), "John Coates" aka Erskine Uskglass (Matt H)
Mission Brief: The Exalted Church of the Light advertises for some adventurers to go to the Great Forest and find out what has happened to one of their missionaries, a man named Sloughberne who went forth to spread the doctrine of the Light.
Adventure Summary

Lands of the Dying Sun

Run by Julian on 17th September 2005 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
Players: Belor de Velland (Peter M), Captain Matteus De Almedia (Xan), "Roland the Subtle" aka Erskine Uskglass (Matt H), Yana (Ellie)
Mission Brief: Her Eminence Rebecca De Courci sponsors a large caravan led by the merchant Marco Grigori to travel far to the West, journeying many weeks beyond the City of Silk, in search of new trading partners and more information about the great danger warned of by Belor de Velland. The party are hired as scouts and guards.
Adventure Summary

Vengeance Is Whose?

Run by Joe W & Ellie on 24th September 2005 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
Players: Abelard Velasquez (Rich), Stephano De Courci (Julian)
Mission Brief: Word is put out amongst adventuring circles that Duchess Chiara Velasquez is looking for capable and discreet individuals to engage in a lucrative but risky venture outside the lands of the White City.
Adventure Summary

The Name Of The Rose

Run by Matt H & Joff on 1st October 2005 (a Saturday in the summer vacation)
Players: Diego (Joe W), Don Inigo Montoya (Julian), Brother Jara (Xan), Ratrina De Almedia (Andrea)
Mission Brief: Gilliano de Riaga, brother to the Count de Riaga, seeks enterprising individuals for search and retrieval work of an unusual nature.
Adventure Summary

Oxford University academic year 2005-2006 begins.

Best Served Cold (Part 1)

Run by Julian & Xan on 8th October 2005 (Saturday 0th week, Michaelmas term)
Players: Captain "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Professor Kit Fisable (Helen W), Marietta (Andrea), Selena Curiana (Vicky), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W)
Mission Brief: Desiring vengeance on Imaldo D'Artois, the party start by researching his background... until Kit receives a vision of the Maiden of Tempests and they set off towards the south coast in search of the site she saw.
Adventure Summary

Gilliano Dreaming

Part one of the "Dream A Little Dream" campaign.
Run by Joff & Matt H on 15th October 2005 (Saturday 1st week, Michaelmas term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Denise, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Baragh (Paul F), Edwin Lunn (Andrew C), Harriet Pinter (Ellie), Mrs. Hespera Pax (Helen L), Jamus de Ar (Andrew P), Paulo (Tom), Sir Pedoran of the Shining Order (Peter R), Ratrina De Almedia (Andrea)
Mission Brief: Many people in the White City receive a strange dream in which the Dream sorcerer Gilliano de Riaga appears and requests their aid, asking them to travel to the Whistful City and meet with Juliana Casemore for a further briefing.
Adventure Summary

Bill & The Bodach

Run by James W & Joe W on Saturday 22nd October 2005 (Saturday 2nd week, Michaelmas term)
There is an In-Character write-up of this adventure available here, written by James F.
Players: Adanemoay (Xan), Arbella Luxfrey (James F), Bairoth (Peter M), Franceso di Vert (Matt R), Gex the Ratcatcher (Rich), Marco di Falconi (Joff), Sir Pedoran of the Shining Order (Peter R)
Mission Brief: News has reached the White City that the Port of Glass are beginning an invasion of the Three Gardens. While the diplomatic channels seem unwilling to do anything about this, word on the street is that the feared pirate, Blood sorcerer and psychopathic madman Bill McKenzie is looking for adventurers to travel with him and assist the Bodach in their fight. Exact details remain unclear, but interested parties can probably find him in his favourite drinking-hole, 'The Boot & Jockstrap'.
Adventure Summary - Original plot document (.rtf)
There is an In-Character writeup of this adventure available here, written by James F.

I Dream of Vengeance

Part two of the "Dream A Little Dream" campaign.
Run by Joff & Andrea on Saturday 29th October 2005 (Saturday 3rd week, Michaelmas term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Lucy, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Aramil (Mark P), Edwin Lunn (Andrew C), Jamus de Ar (Andrew P), Orpheus du Valle (Dom), "Roland the Subtle" aka Erskine Uskglass (Matt H), ? (Kali)
Mission Brief: "Roland the Subtle" advertises for people to accompany him to the Whistful City for a business venture trading in "herbal remedies".
Adventure Summary

Best Served Cold (Part 2)

Run by Julian on 5th November 2005 (Saturday 4th week, Michaelmas term)
Players: Belor de Velland (Peter M), Professor Kit Fisable (Helen W), Selena Curiana (Vicky), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W)
Mission Brief: Toquell and his Merry Band continue their quest to hunt down and destroy Imaldo D'Artois.
Adventure Summary

Infinite Dreams (Part 1)

Part three of the "Dream A Little Dream" campaign.
Run by Joff on 12th November 2005 (Saturday 5th week, Michaelmas term)
Players: Adi (Jessie), Arbella Luxfrey (James F), Clare Shelton (Emma L), Eldron Haderas (Andrew P), Harriet Pinter (Ellie), Don Inigo Montoya (Julian), Rupert Locke (James W), ? (Amy)
Mission Brief: Singing recruiters from the High Guard send people north to assist the beleaguered army known as the Black Sword of Hope.
Adventure Summary - Recruitment Song

Apocalypse Miaow

Run by Dom on 19th November 2005 (Saturday 6th week, Michaelmas term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Dom, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Abelard Velasquez (Rich), Arabella Dawn (Lucy), Ambassador Constantine D'Artois (Nathan), "John Coates" aka Erskine Uskglass (Matt H), Baron Rorschach (Ralph)
Mission Brief: Professor Heinrich Estall of the Zoology Faculty at the College of a Thousand Arts wishes to mount an expedition to the edge of the Great Forest in hopes of capturing some catkin.
Adventure Summary

Infinite Dreams (Part 2)

Part four of the "Dream A Little Dream" campaign.
Run by Joff & Matt H on 26th November 2005 (Saturday 7th week, Michaelmas term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Helen W, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Adi (Jessie), Arbella Luxfrey (James F), Clare Shelton (Emma L), Diego (Joe W), Eldron Haderas (Andrew P), Harriet Pinter (Ellie), Rupert Locke (James W), Tora (sp?) (Steve ?)
Mission Brief: Fighting off attacks by the minions of the Necromancer of Three Rivers, the adventurers attempt to restore Hope to her former glory.
Adventure Summary

Bill, The Bodach & The Broken Guard

Run by James W & Matt H on 3rd December 2005 (Saturday 8th week, Michaelmas term)
Players: Lieutenant Ambriel Chermes (Helen W), Aramil (Mark P), Ambassador Constantine D'Artois (Nathan), Selena Curiana (Vicky), ??? - the adventurer formerly known as "Tibs" (Joe W)
Mission Brief: Waldo, the Port of Glass' crazed spymaster, hires some adventurers to journey into one of the Three Gardens of the Bodach and deal with the horrible Blood-sorcery fuelled monstrosity that has arisen there.
Adventure Summary - Original plot document (.rtf)

Salvage Rites

Run by Joe W & Ellie on 10th December 2005 (a Saturday in the winter vacation)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Tom, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Abelard Velasquez (Rich), Federico Velasquez (Joff), "Roland" aka Erskine Uskglass (Matt H), Stephano De Courci (Julian)
Mission Brief: Stephano gathers some companions and heads for the City of Chains to seek mystical components with which to forge a sword to kill Toquell Velasquez.
Adventure Summary

Engagement Party

Run by Joff on 17th December 2005 (a Saturday in the winter vacation)
Players: Lieutenant Ambriel Chermes (Helen W), The Honourable Arbella Luxfrey (James F), Captain "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Ambassador Constantine D'Artois (Nathan), Erica de Velland (Vicky), Federico Velasquez (Joff), Harriet Pinter (Ellie), Professor Kit Fisable (Helen W), Rupert Locke (James W), "Joan" aka Selena Curiana (Vicky), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W), Yana (Ellie)
Event Brief: This was an IC social event held in the Port Mahon pub on St. Clement's to provide an afternoon of plot-light freeform roleplaying. IC it was a party held in the Seven Candles tavern to celebrate the engagement of Federico Velasquez and Erica de Velland. The Seven Candles is one of the nicest upper-class taverns in the White City, with a reputation for superb wines and exquisite food. It has a zero tolerance policy on barfights and use of sorcery, all weapons are peace-bonded on the door with darling little gold thread and steelsilk ropetassels with the Seven Candles sign on a little shield in the middle.
Event Summary

Many Mansions

Run by Helen W & James W on 7th January 2006 (a Saturday in the winter vacation)
Players: Adanemoay (Xan), Bairoth (Peter M), Paulo (Tom)
Mission Brief: The morning after a grand Midwinter party held at the Whistful City Embassy, none of the guests have emerged from the Embassy compound. The windows are all darkened, and none of those who have entered the Embassy to find out what happened - including a full squadron of crack High Guard troops - have returned. Realising that subtlety may triumph where brute force could not, Rebecca De Courci promptly orders the High Guard to round up all the adventurers they can find who aren't totally incapacitated from post-Midwinter hangovers, and sends them in...
Adventure Summary - Original Plot Document (.doc file)

War in the Greenwood

Run by Matt H & Rich on 14th January 2006 (Saturday 0th week, Hilary term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Helen L & Dom, hosted by Chris N.
There is an In-Character write-up of this adventure available here, written by Julian.
Players: Baragh (Paul), Belor de Velland (Peter M), Captain "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Iago de Beus (Julian), Professor Kit Fisable (Helen W), Paulo (Tom), Selena Curiana (Vicky), Toquell Velasquez (Joe W)
Mission Brief: In the Great Forest, Lord Roderick Blakelock is searching for the mother of his young son. Meanwhile, rumours spread of the Exalted Church of the Light outfitting an army in and around the City of Silk. In the White City, Toquell Velasquez is asked to undertake a mission for a high ranking member of the Cloistered Brethren of Chains, and the Merry Band is called together once again...
Adventure Summary

Cult Activity

Part one of the "Child Of The Light" campaign.
Run by Julian & Joe W on 21st January 2006 (Saturday 1st week, Hilary term)
Players: Andreas Garric (Fergus), Ambassador Constantine D'Artois (Nathan), Gex the Ratcatcher (Rich), Brother Jara (Xan), Marco di Falconi (Joff), "Roland" aka Erskine Uskglass (Matt H)
Mission Brief: Francis De Courci is seeking adventurers for a secret mission in the East: few think it is a coincidence that rumours of a great prophet of the Light arising in the City of Crossroads reached the White City only a few days ago...
Adventure Summary

Peak Performance

Run by Joe W on 28th January 2006 (Saturday 2nd week, Hilary term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Ellie & James F, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Alain De Almedia (Lucy), Alex the Sociologist (Chris O), Dale Coth (Chris N), David Southpaw (Arthur), Eldron Haderas (Andrew P), Elias Vincenzi (Dom), Mrs. Hespera Pax (Helen L), Professor Kit Fisable (Helen W), Morgock Sarm (Rich), Thumbs McCracken (Marcus)
Mission Brief: Unknown.
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Night of the Long Knives

Part two of the "Child Of The Light" campaign.
Run by Julian & Rich on 4th February 2006 (Saturday 3rd week, Hilary term)
Players: Carmina Curiana (Vicky), Cassandra (Ellie), Diego (Joe W), various PC & NPC Knights of the Shining Order & Priests of the Light
Mission Brief: Marius De Courci, the great prophet of the Light who conquered the City of Crossroads, has taken control of the Shining Order and the Exalted Church of the Light. He sends a group of fanatical Light worshippers to assassinate the High Captains of the High Guard and Sir Francis De Courci before aiding the Shining Order in their assault on the Governor's Palace with the intent of assassinating Rebecca De Courci herself.
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Intimations of Mortality

The Light Corrupt

Part three of the "Child Of The Light" campaign.
Run by Julian on 18th February 2006 (Saturday 5th week, Hilary term)
Players: Belor de Velland (Peter M), Lord Belric Luxfrey (James F), Ambassador Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Ratrina De Almedia (Andrea), Yana (Ellie)
Mission Brief: Carlos de Mamushi, White City Ambassador to the Port of Glass, is called to Rebecca De Courci's military base on the borders of the Great Forest, where the armies that remain loyal to the old regime are being commanded by High Captain Matteus. He is joined by Lord Belor de Velland, Lord Belric Luxfrey (representing the Church of the Light Indivisible), Ratrina De Almedia and Yana of the Cloistered Brethren. They are taken to Rebecca's headquarters, where she briefs them personally that their task is to visit the Port of Glass and retrieve an artifact Duke Lemuel D'Artois has informed her may have the power to destroy Marius De Courci. In return she will use her influence to help the adventurers gain prestige and power in the White City, after she is Governess again of course.
She authorises them to use whatever force is necessary, but tells them to be very careful in dealing with Duke Lemuel.
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Reflections of Ruins

Run by Vicky & Matt H on 25th February 2006 (Saturday 6th week, Hilary term)
Players: Adanemoay (Xan), Bairoth (Peter M), Harriet Pinter (Ellie), Marco di Falconi (Joff), Sir Pedoran of the Shining Order (Peter R), Phillippe D'Artois (Andrew C), Trintignan Dauphin D'Argent (Aubrey)
Mission Brief: A High Priest of the Lord of the Gardens has stolen an artefact from the Temple of Ashes and headed South. The Temple hires a group of Ash priests and adventurers to bring back both the priest and the artefact.
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Comes the Night

Part four of the "Child Of The Light" campaign.
Run by Julian on 4th March 2006 (Saturday 7th week, Hilary term)
Players: Baren (Ralph), Captain Belor de Velland (Peter M), Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Professor Kit Fisable (Helen W), Sebastian (Joff)
Mission Brief: As the armies of Rebecca De Courci approach the White City, several loyalists are contacted by her agents with a mission - the assassination of Marius.
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Blades & Feathers

Part one of the "Shattered States" campaign.
Run by Helen W & Chris N on 11th March 2006 (Saturday 8th week, Hilary term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Helen W, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Adi (Jessie), Eldron Haderas (Andrew P), Lord Fal-Kar De Almedia (Rich), Lecturer Neara Therapainas (Helen L), "Roland the Long-Winded" aka Erskine Uskglass (Matt H), Paulo (Tom)
Mission Brief: Some adventurers from the White City are hired to discreetly escort Niske D'Artois from the Port of Glass to the Breathing Isles so that he can kill his half-brother Emmanuel D'Artois.
Adventure Summary - Original Plot Document (.rtf file) - Lemuel's announcement of a week of mourning for Emmanuel

Season of Shards

Part one of the "Broken Gardener" campaign.
Run by Matt H & James W on 18th March 2006 (a Saturday in the vernal vacation)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Dom, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Abelard Velasquez (Rich), Captain Belor de Velland (Peter M), Dr. Edward Holtz (Joe W), Selena Curiana (Vicky), Stephano De Courci (Julian)
Mission Brief: Selena Curiana and minions friends head East in search of a shard of the King in Fragments and the world's greatest alchemist.
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Fire & Ice

Part two of the "Broken Gardener" campaign.
Run by Matt H & James W on 25th March 2006 (a Saturday in the vernal vacation)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Jen, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Adanemoay (Xan), Lord Belric Luxfrey (James F), Brynna Mortivelli - RIP (Helen W), Harriet Pinter (Ellie), Allie Carpenter (NPC)(Helen W)
Mission Brief: Rumours of the growing madness of the Lord of the Gardens come to a head. From the White City stride a party of brave adventurers, determined to recreate the Coldfire in order to purge the Glass from the Lord of the Gardens. Their plan: to go to the North and obtain the coldest thing in the world from the Frost Prince, then to go to the West and obtain dragonfire. The one snag: Selena Curiana has recently left the Port of Glass, heading East, on a similar mission with quite the opposite intent...
Adventure Summary - Original plot document (.rtf) - Automatic drawing received as a vision at the start of the mission

The Horror In The Garden

Part three of the "Broken Gardener" campaign.
Run by Matt H & James W on 1st April 2006 (a Saturday in the vernal vacation)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Matt H, Ralph & Ellie, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Lieutenant Ambriel Chermes (Helen W), Selena Curiana (Vicky), Stephano De Courci (Julian)
Mission Brief: Selena attempts to complete the corruption of the Burned Lord known as the Lord of the Gardens into a new Vitriarch.
Adventure Summary - Speculative plot document for Ash party (.rtf)

Grey Ford Anniversary

Organised by Helen W on 10th April 2006 (a Monday evening in the vernal vacation)
Players: unknown
Event Brief: This was an IC social event held in the Port Mahon pub on St. Clement's to provide an evening of plot-light freeform roleplaying. IC it was a party held in the Black Griffin tavern to celebrate the anniversary of the battle at Grey Ford, the last battle in the war between the Port of Glass and the White City some forty-three years ago. Traditionally, people meet up and celebrate the anniversary of peace in various pubs.
Event Summary

Blood In The Streets

Part two of the "Shattered States" campaign.
Run by Helen W, Joe W & Chris N on 15th April 2006 (a Saturday in the vernal vacation)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Helen W, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Adi (Jessie), Clare Shelton (Emma L), Rupert Locke (James W)
Mission Brief: Karl D'Artois is looking for some capable people to run a few errands for him in the Port of Glass in order to aid the revolution and the overthrow of Lemuel's regent, Silvestre D'Artois.
"Smoke from burning buildings clouds the sky over the Port of Glass. The Broken Guard, with their numbers depleted and morale falling, are slipping to desertion or fanaticism. Along with his wife Caroline and High Priestess Rose, Lemuel D'Artois has left on a state visit to Crossroads, and there are those who say he has no intention of returning. His regent, Silvestre, seems to be losing his grip. The great rabble-rouser Engel Karlsson has been arrested for treason, but the common people have already caught his fervour. Revolutionaries and rioters clog the streets, and nobody yet knows which side Commandante Iarendo and the Port's navy will declare for. And on the edge of Laughing Hill, a quiet tavern called the Joyous Raven has closed to the public - behind its heavily-guarded doors, Karl and Niske D'Artois are masterminding the revolution..."
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Milamber's Down

Part three of the "Shattered States" campaign.
Run by Chris N & Helen W on 22nd April 2006 (Saturday 0th week, Trinity term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Joe d'Artois, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Captain "Ripper" Bill McKenzie (James W), Sir Carlos de Mamushi (Joe W), Carmina Curiana (Vicky), Brother Jara (Xan), Lord Sebastian de Fideli (Joff), Serafine D'Artois (Laura), Yana (Ellie)
Mission Brief: Serafine recruits some companions for an attempt to kidnap the wife of her father, Duke Lemuel, and use her as a hostage to blackmail him into renouncing the Vitriarchs, then to try and kill him once he's reduced in power.
Adventure Summary - Original Plot Document (.rtf)

Marriage Party

Run by Vicky & Ellie on 29th April 2006 (Saturday 1st week, Trinity term)
Players: Federico Velasquez (Joff), Philippe D'Artois (Andrew C), Ratrina De Almedia (Andrea), Rhiannon Slater (Ann), Paulo (Tom), the Hon. Arbella Luxfrey (James F), Adi (Jessie)
Mission Brief: It's the wedding of Federico Velasquez and Erica de Velland, and the White City minor nobility is mixing with a variety of other associates of Federico's. However Erica is noticeably late - and then a messenger bursts in with news that the temple she's been staying in has been attacked by Glass mages and she's been kidnapped! A group of the guests get armed and prepare to help Federico save his bride...
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Crossroads Burning

Run by Matt H & James F on 6th May 2006 (Saturday 2nd week, Trinity term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by various people including Jessie, Tom and Peter, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Captain Ambriel Chermes (Helen W), Carmina Curiana (Vicky), Diego (Joe W), Edwin Lunn (Andrew C), Don Inigo Montoya (Julian), Kratos (Rich)
Mission Brief: "In the eastern city of Crossroads, bloody civil war rages, as it has for many months past. The revolutionary Council of the Faithful has long lost control of the city. Since the death of the Prophet Marius the Council had behaved increasingly erratically and brutally, with summary executions, witchhunts for "Bound One cultists, necromancers, glass worshippers, and all other stains on the purity of the city", and the burning of temples of every faith not dedicated to the Light. Inevitably the other faiths soon began to fight back, and the city dissolved into blood. With the refugees, dark rumours reach the White City, rumours of false confessions extracted by torture and whole families burnt in their homes on the whim of the Council’s interrogators.
Rumours also of the murderous lengths to which the followers of Blood and Wind will go to protect their faiths. In the taverns of the White City, the regulars shudder at the news from the East, and look askance at any passing in the robes of the Shining Order or the Exalted Church. How near was it to happening here...?
But in the City of Four Winds, the city of caravans built by the refugees from Crossroads, a new resolve is taking hold. An army is building, swelled by the ranks of the dispossessed and funded by the wealth of merchants returned from the Far East to find the city of their birth destroyed. Mercenary companies have been hired on, and a force of ‘volunteers’ from the White City is joining the people of Crossroads (the word is that the ‘volunteers’ have been mainly funded by the De Courci family and the Cloistered Bretheren, but that shouldn’t diminish the charitable gesture). The caravans and wagons of the City of Four Winds are stirring again, and the feeling is that it is time, at long last, to go home...
The head of the army of the City of Four Winds, General Holden, has discreetly let it be known that he requires the services of some adventurers. There is business to be taken care of in the burning city of Crossroads, it seems, before the people of Four Winds can march in and reclaim their home. Quiet business, that promises to be well paid. Any interested should enquire with all speed for General Holden at the sign of The Rose of the North, in the City of Four Winds."
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No, Nay, Never

Run by Joe W and Andrew C on 13th May 2006 (Saturday 3rd week, Trinity term)
There is a gallery of photographs from this game available here, taken by Joff, hosted by Chris N.
Players: Captain Belor de Velland (Peter), Professor Kit Fisable (Helen W), Selena Curiana (Vicky), Abelard Velasquez (Rich), Paulo (Tom), Roland (Matt)
Mission Brief:The Merry Band of Bastards gathers itself, and some trusted hirelings, for one last quest. They intend to destroy the Never-Queen, but must first weaken her by seeking out their cultists. They also have some unfinished business with the Great Western Forest...
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By Any Other Name

Run by Ellie & Jessie on 20th May 2006 (Saturday 4th week, Trinity term)
Players: Stephano De Courci (Julian), Markos (Gareth), Dr. Edward Holtz (Joe W), Matteus De Almedia (Xan), Elias Vincenzi (Dom), Lucia du Bois (Lucy), Bairoth (Peter)
Mission Brief: Stephano De Courci and companions attempt to find the child of the Rose-Princess of the East.
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Toquell's Lesser House

Run by Rich & Peter on 27th May 2006 (Saturday 5th week, Trinity term)
Players: Draven (?), Kane (?), Poppy (Lucy K), 6 or 7 others
Mission Brief: With the flight of Kit, Belor and Selena, Toquell's estate has been taken over in various parts to various extents by the Velasquez Family, the High Guard, the Low Guard, the cult of the Black Flame and others - anyone who is anyone has tried to grab a bit of it. One relatively unknown house remains.
The College of the Thousand Arts has been hit rather hard by the problems caused by a major professor going off in the way she did. A figure purporting to be from the College has been secretly recruiting relatively unknown figures from the adventuring groups around the White City. It is said they are to be going into and exploring this house to find what riches remain and extract them.
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Things of Glass, Darcly

Run by Andrew C & Vicky on 3