⚔My First Experience at EMPIRE LARP⚔
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
- I have wanted to try LARP for the longest time, and in 2023 I finally did! Empire is one of (if not) the biggest LRP events in the UK and this is my experience of how it went - Spoiler alert: It was amazing.
Thank you to everyone at the event who made me feel so welcome. I look forward to coming back in 2024 ❤
Music: Silent Wood by Purrrple Cat
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I used to go to Empire yeeears ago 2017-18, but I didn't really have friends going and travelling down from Scotland on public transport was long and expensive for a uni student, so I stopped after a handful of events, but this really made me want to start planning it again! I miss my Varushka!
There's quite a big Scottish contingent. Quite a few out of character "froth" meets in the central belt too.
@@jackbale4840 Oh really! I should try and look into it, it might be nice to go back to Empire, certainly if traveling down there with others 😄
@ltkaarina absolutely. We have a pretty big fb presence. Scottish Empire Travel Plans is a good one for organising lifts and stuff. Empire LRP: Scotland Froth is great for more general stuff.
Hopefully see you back in the field soon!
Just got my winter ticket for the year, and thought id look for a video to send some friends! Marcher here, drinking singing, drinking, fighting and singing, followed by more drinking.
So glad you had fun! Hope to meet Selene on the field one day. Great video, keep it up! ❤
Thank you so much! And I hope Selene meets you both next year :)
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From us going for the first time at Empire, this has been really helpful from understanding someones first experience there!
My pleasure! I'm actually booked to come see you on Friday haha!
@@RhianneMurphy Awesome! We mid-way through packing everything.... im like where are my tent pegs...
@@KriosPhotography always brings extra!
Wow you made it sound amazing!! Plus that price sounds very fair when compared with a weekend ticket to a festival :P Selene sounds so cool, and this is such a good vid
Thank you so much! ❤️
Glad to hear you're coming back, hope to see you there!
your smile was so big in the end when you talked about starting as somewhat of a blank slate and now having found where you want to take her organically, because you had so many inspirations during the weekend. oof thats so good.
Thank you so much for sharing! Super helpful and informative ❤ Me and some friends are starting in September 2024 with the Navarr so we may see you by the fire ✌️
I'm so glad you had a good time. I was on that Goosewhisper vision quest too, apologies for giggling so hard, Nagas get super high on that stuff!
Welcome to larp! I'm a long time larper but April will be my first Empire event having been convinced to go and this was really helpful ❤
Amazing! :D I hope you have a great time, maybe see you there :)
I'll be joining the Navarr in E2 next month, so hearing your experience was great. I'm really looking for the Songs & Stories as it seems to be a legendary event at this point! Hopefully meet you on the field!
Navarr is great fun, I often visit there . Highly recommend the Goose , there's a good bunch in there :)
I absolutely loved watching this and hearing about your experience!
Thank you so much!!
@@RhianneMurphy I hope you make more videos about your kit upgrades and/or your continued adventures at Empire!
Welcome to the hobby! So cool to see you had fun. Also great respect that you pulled this off on your own. really cool! I have some tips for your outfit:
The entire fetaher setup is awesome! huge respect for that :) Also the makeup is really nice! love the design overall!
But In your case I would exchange the entire currently black dress with corsage and all with something more ambient-fitting. You are trying to portray a fantasy middle age viking. So your garments look way to modern and clean. The black helps hiding that though. I advise you to use Linen-Fabric, or Wool. its not about the colour though, but about the fabrics texture. Its also not about it getting dirty and muddy, thats very cliche and mostly ahistorical. Its about making the things look worn, not like they are "fresh of the shelf" if you know what I mean.
Its also not about the price. You can get very cheap linen and dye it yourself and sow the cloth based on the cloth you already have. dead cheap.
I wish you the best of fun in the hobby. its really one of the best :)
I'm looking to update my kit for E1 in a couple of months, thank you for the advice.
@@RhianneMurphyI just want to put out there that you outfit was absolutely perfect for your first time. There is absolutely no point in investing in a bunch of kit before you know if you like the hobby! Empire is aspirational and generally doesn't encourage costume critique unless requested because it understands that people are going to make improvements to their kit over time, it's absolutely fine to start from bits of modern clothing and upgrade as you go x
I said last year I was going to go but things got in the way, I'm going to try and make E4 this year. Cheers for making this video, it has given me an idea on what to expect,
Also joining Wintermark 😊
I really want to go to Empire as well! I’ve got a bunch of costume stuff but I don’t really know how it works and the wiki is really a lot to process. I’ve done LARP before so I’m alright with the fighting it’s just kinda overwhelming. Thanks for the video, it’s really helped understanding it all. :)
One thing I'd say is don't feel like you have to absorb even a fraction of the wiki - part of the fun is just experiencing the current lore and politics as you go :)
A mystic!! Okay I have like a lot of questions about the magic and Rp as a mystic. I’m deciding between icewalker and mystic and want to know how people play each style to know what I want
Have you joined to Wintermark discord/Facebook group? Everyone (myself included) will be more than happy to share our experiences with them both :)
@@RhianneMurphy I have not yet. I will do so!
I love your description of On The Wall on the Saturday 😭 I play a Navarri character and though me and my friends don't really sit through the whole of Songs and Stories that is the one not to miss. This event I specifically remembered legging out of a portaloo from the other end of the woods when I heard it starting 😂
I too would leg it out of a portaloo for On The Wall
if you get a little adventures come to Drachenfest in germany, its once a year, the 3 biggest larp in the world and really stunning. only difference is that there is a 24/7 in time and you can use ur character from empire if you want
It will be great and fun to meet you there. I also started 2023 winter. Trying to find more friends and people to explore more of Empire and its system. Being a brass coaster you will find me there! or well I'll spot you and find you!
I watched this while sewing my kit for E1 24 right now! Been playing since E2 2013 (I have a older brother who took me as a teen) and I was so cool hearing someone’s first experience of Empire! It’s good to see a fellow night mage!
If you’d like to make a Urizen friend, or someone to guide you through conclave I’m happy to share my IC name ❤
Ah Thank you so much! I've not done any conclave stuff yet. What's your IC name, I hope we bump into each other :)
The song that always concludes Songs and Stories is "On the West Wall" by Jamie Wakefield - it's on Spotify & Apple music.
We (Navarr) really fucking love that song, I'm glad you felt it :)
Omg I'm so happy it's on Spotify! It was fantastic, can't wait to share it with my friends who come with me next time ❤️
Don't worry, you're not expected to hand your coins back in!
Hey, myself and 3 friends are going in April for my first time. Also going Wintermark and trying to decide between healing or fighting 🤔
I will keep an eye out for you there if your going.
The video was super informative thank you!
I can assure you, you can do both. You can either grab physik and chirurgeon to do herb healing on the field. You can also go Mage and pick up the heal, restore limb and purify spells to be able to do healing on the move (nothing scarier that a mage with a staff of imperial mastery though ;) ).
Look forward to seeing you there! Don't stress too much about getting your character build right first time, as first-time players can amend their skills after the first event (even during!) :) Go with what sounds good then roll with it!
I'm starting my Empire journey soon! If I see you there, I'll give you a wave!
If you see me In character, always happy to chat in character :)
Those lanterns look amazing! Where did you get them?
I found them on Amazon! They're are super bright too.
Me and my gf have finally decided to go in 2025 and I’ve fallen deep into the rabbit whole. Patiently waiting for the 2025 tickets
Oh you could see the back of my bar
Oh hey I recognise you my hall is camped by the mystic school we had fun watching you all do whatever it is you guys do lol
Oh nice! Maybe we'll see you there next time :)
@@RhianneMurphy yeah definitely recommend doing stuff for and with the shaman he’s a great roleplayer
Where did you get the cool lantern!?
They come in a pair on Amazon :) just search for camping lanterns and there are quite a few I think
jeus. can't find any in norway
nice guitar
im pretty sure you blessed me before we went to battle? think it was like a purple mark?
Sorry, I don't think it was! I don't do blessings I'm afraid :(
@@RhianneMurphy must have been another blonde in our nation 😅
Love the video i'm trying to go back in larping myself and i can't wait !
btw where did you find that lilith statue ? :)
Thank you! We got it a few years ago during aa sale on the Blizzard store :)