40K LARP at Origins 2009

By Attila-IV, in Dark Heresy

Good day Citizens of the Imperium. Kettle of Fish Productions, the people behind ShadowRun: Year of The Monkey, and Fading Suns: Casino Imperiale, are proud to announce Warhammer 40,000: Nox Terminus. Join us at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus Ohio and experience live action role playing in the 41st millennium.

Player's Introduction:

For over fifty years the hive world of Megiddo has been embroiled in bloody civil war. On this planet overrun by mutants and heretics, only the great hive city of Arx Primoris stands as a beacon of order, orthodoxy, and Imperial authority. The citizens of this decaying world now prepare for a last desperate stand against the enemies of Mankind. But within this time of despair there is a glimmer of hope in the form of a Lord Inquisitor. The citizens of Arx Primoris pause in anticipation and fear, knowing that the mercy of The Inquisition is as harsh as it’s justice.

Dramatis Personae:

Inquisitorial Coterie

Lord Inquisitor Mortiphonsus Plaxx - Aged and respected Inquisitor

Apprentice Inquisitor Gorderic Zail - Young but ruthless apprentice of Lord Plaxx

Bella Nightfall - Mistress of Blades, Callidus Assassin, vengeful hand of the Lord Inquisitor

Young Stewart - Scribe, Savant, and Psyker thrall

The Rulers of Megiddo

Lord Governor Trask vonKilmer - Planetary governor and voice of The Emperor

Prince Daveen vonKilmer - Rake, Princeling, and scion of House vonKilmer

Lady Marium Dionisia vonKilmer - Eccentric daughter of Lord vonKilmer and jewel of the court

Heinrich the Confessor - Respected theologian and semi-retired priest of The Ecclesiarchy

Caspirov Maccabius - Director of the Admunustratum Bureau of Mutant Affairs

Guildmaster Erasmus Byle - Wealthy merchant and robber baron

Lady Lucretia Byle - Noble-born wife of Erasmus and a familiar sight at court

Imperial Navy Contingent

Admiral Doramus vanRichen - Former noble citizen of Megiddo, master of Battlefleet Walpurgus

Navigator Gadevillius Brom - Navis Nobilite and advisor to The Admiral

Engineseer Descart Gundamus - Tender to the machine-spirit of the Dominance

Lieutenant Maximillian Gorst - Last of an old naval family

Citizens of Megiddo

Esthme Genevieve vanHogarth - Last of a fallen noble house

Archibald Orvile Hrusk - Patriarch of the Hrusk line

Arthus Hrusk - Hab worker

Abigail Hrusk - Granddaughter of Archibald Hrusk

Half-Mad Thomas The Olde - Madman of the sump, and reluctant prophet of the ash wastes

Tien Voor - Last surviving Astropath of Megiddo

Registered Mutants

Quasimodo Kyphosis - Brute and bully of the mutant underclass

Hephaestus Vix - Wretched mutant slave

Travis the Bent - Humble toiler of the middle hive

Sigismund Seeungeheuer - Young mutant and agitator

Adeptus Mechanicus Explorator Contingent

Logis Mechanicus Eximius XXVIII - Senior Priest of Mars

Preceptor Pascal Mazinger - Lexmechanic, monk, and retainer to Logis Eximius

Servitor Ogram MXII - Augmented servitor and defender of Logis Eximius

Crew of The Jeweled Chalice

Captain Malifax Randal - Rogue Trader

Felinn Baal - Off-world entrepreneur

Additional characters to be announced

If you have any questions, or would like to lay claim to a character, please contact The Commissar at [email protected]

PS

There are 3 Space Marine characters available. However, these three characters will only be given out to players who have prepared an appropriate costume. We don't need full body terminator armor, only a costume that clearly communicates "Adeptus Astartes". It can be done.

For those who wonder just what makes up a character in our LARP, what follows is the character sheet we shall be using. A few things will be familiar to Dark Heresy players. Enjoy.

A Warhammer 40,000 LAEP character sheet.

As you can see, the sheet is made to be folded for the player's convenience.

When is this game running at Origins?


SJE

The planned date is Friday, the 26th of June at 9pm. The Origins event catalogue has not bee finalized quite yet, so there is a slim chance that the date or time might change. If there is any change it will be posted here as soon as I hear of it.

Sounds interesting. Are the characters fixed, or can we create our own?

Also, Friday at 9pm, hmmm I may be a bit drunk.

The event will be using the pre-made characters listed above. However, we are allowing some of our players from past events to request custom characters. So if you were in last years Death & Taxes, Year of The Monkey, or Casino Imperiale, make your request.

Tien Voor, Logis Eximius, Captain Malifax Randall, and Feral Goor have been claimed. Keep those character request coming.

Go ahead and put me down for LT Gorst.

Ill start working my my hat now!

Excellent. PM me your e-mail address and I'll send you Gorst's character bio.

its simply [email protected]

We've just heard from Origins, and the time and date for Nox Terminus has been confirmed.

The LARP will be taking place Friday night at 9pm in the Garfield ballroom.

The event number is #2441 for those registering tomorrow.

Probably a good idea to get your ticket early.

Looking forward to it

SJE (Director of Mutant Affairs)

Just a quick update. Online event registration is expected to go live this Friday. For those interested, we will be running 3 other LARPs. Check out our

The following characters have been reserved:

Apprentice Inquisitor Gorderic Zail

Admiral Doramus canRichen

Caspirov Maccabius

Abigail Hrusk

Half-Mad Thomas The Olde

Tien Voor

the entire Adeptus Mechanicus Explorator Contingent

Captain Malifac Randal

Feral Goor, The Render (accidentally omitted from original cast list)

FYI-

From the Origins staff-


Unfortunately, our tech issues are still not resolved. It continues to
be a problem with the software that we use to run events. The company
who supports that software is still working on it, and there's still
not a lot we here at the office can do.

We know that some of you re-arrange work schedules and your private
lives in order to make sure that you get into the events that you want
the minute things go live. So, rather than inconvenience the Origins
fans further with another 24 hour push back, we’re just going to push
to Tuesday, May 12, at noon Eastern Daylight Time (9:00 a.m. PDT).
That gives us several days to fix things and to troubleshoot, and with
any luck at all we’ll have a smooth Go Live day for you on Tuesday.

Thanks to everyone who has written with helpful suggestions, words of
encouragement, and patience. I know you’re all frustrated, and we’re
pretty frustrated ourselves. But the kind words of support remind us
here in the office of why we do all of the work to put on Origins in
the first place, and we can’t thank you enough for that.

It looks like event registration is finally up and running.

cool a 40k LARP - I hope someone takes some pics

No need to hope. We'll be taking photographs and video of the game. We'll have a highlight reel posted to YouTube within a week after the convention.

Attila- having bought my ticket from Origins and signed up with you as Director Caspirov, will you be sending out character dossiers or briefings before the con?


Thx.


Steve

Indeed I shall. You should find Director Caspirov Maccabius' bio in your inbox right now.

The final deadline for character reservation is this Monday at midnight EST. Any character requests we receive after this time cannot be processed because we'll be on the road to Columbus.