However, these types of content won't play out in-game during the larp itself. There will be content in some characters' backstories, and offgame during the act break, which will include torture, acts that would be considered sexual violence by a modern standard, miscarriage, and abortion. Some individual characters will have content that includes pregnancy, illness, adultery and loss of a loved one. The people of the village will believe in witchcraft but none of the villagers will actually be witches. There are no costume requirements beyond dressing in neutral colours – we will provide head coverings to denote gender and status. Any knowledge that you will need about the time period is covered in the Setting part of this website. Needing extensive knowledge of the time period, or period-appropriate costume.Any pre-designed plot beyond that which is in your character sheet or in the larp structure.
For more information see the Gender Roles part of this website. Participants, of any gender, can play any character of any gender.
An exploration of the beliefs and attitudes of 1645.