Warhammer 40k LARP at Origins

Posted by Ranillon on 15. April 2009 21:13

I just received an email from a group of people who are running a Warhammer 40K Live Action Role-Playing game at Origins.  Here is the description of the event:

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Our LARP is entitled Nox Termimus, and takes place on the hive world of Megiddo.  We'll be using pre-made characters, but as a result we've tried to include as broad a selection of character as possible.  The rules set is home brewed, based primarily on Cthulhu Live 3rd Edition and heavily informed by Dark Heresy.  The player's introduction and cast list follows:

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.

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
Feral Goor, The Render - Primitive brute and right hand to Captain Malifax Felinn Baal - Off-world entrepreneur

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Sounds pretty interesting to me.  The event is currently scheduled for 9pm on Friday, so after you've finished playing our Apocalypse game earlier in the day consider heading off for some live-action 40K.  The more 40K themed events the better I say!