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As the power over stories was stripped from the Dreamer’s hands, ink began to return to the pages. It started with drops and then rivers and torrents. Each word repenning itself back into the paper. Each drawing reillustrated by an artisan’s hand. People began to remember the stories once more. Though if you weren’t a Hero of Travance you wouldn’t notice the changes to the tales.  Maeve once again regaled her daughter with the tale of Ser Alfid and the Lochmire Beast, albeit with the addition of a rather grumpy  lawman who aided the knight in her quest. The skald, telling the story of the Wolf, gave mention of an enterprising lord within the edda whose signet ring could rally a pack of wolves of his own. The Chosen did not face the Wyrm alone but instead an army of warriors with emblazoned spears made their way into its lair. Elaine could not help but chuckle as she sealed away the First Books within their wards, thinking about how the tales have been changed for the better by the intervention of Travance. Hopes and dreams were not just restored. They were emblazoned.        Ser Calenhal noticed just how different his story felt when he returned. A day or so before he found himself thrust into the real world. The reveal that he was a story did not hold weight to him. The virtuous actions of the Heroes of Travance did hold weight to him. He played with the gold coin in his pocket as he reminisced, a gift from another world with good people and virtuous knights. The Archmage Mirion found in their time in the proper a boundless curiosity that rivaled their own. They studied a journal given to them by an enterprising mage, a piece of the world they visited that they can always study. The Princess saw from the Heroes kindness and willingness to admit fault. As rugged and cruel as they can act they were willing to hold themselves accountable when they knew they were wrong. She gazed upon a small statue made of a corncob upon her mantle, a token of the friends she had made.           Naiche awoke from a nap in a sunbeam, a steaming mug of cider near them. They grabbed a blanket that was crumpled on the floor as they experienced the cold of the December air. Being real meant that they had to learn a lot of new things. Though these new things were strange to think about, such as cooking or the cold, they have friends that are willing to teach them. Naiche never had friends before. No story would ever let them. But they're not a Trickster anymore. They're Naiche. They thought about all the tricks they played on Travance as they lazily wrapped themself in the blanket. Their tricks are theirs and they wouldn't have it any other way.         The Chosen took a moment to reminisce upon her story before she heard the call to action. Once upon a time she was a humble scholar, a scribe of Chronicler. She was loved. She had friends and family that cherished her. She had a home where she was truly herself, ever devoted to the Great Story . But that was a chapter in the tale of the Chosen. She was no longer a scribe. She is a Tale. She is a story. “In this moment and all others, my feet tread this path gladly”. Words uttered upon a battlefield that now carry the Chosen ever forward.  And they all lived happily ever after.

Please fill out this form for the December 2025 event! It runs December 19-21, 2025. This form will remain open until Tuesday, December 16. Please fill this out even if you are attending for a single day or plan on staying offsite, as it helps us keep track of planned attendance numbers. https://forms.gle/VZsT2iRQghfLKk5G8

Sleeping Assignments Earliest arrival on Friday: 12pm Check In begins: 6pm Lay on: 10pm Lay off: 2pm Sunday To help us get cleaned up after game is over in a timely manner, if you are staying either upstairs of the Inn  or in the AG , your belongings must be fully packed up by noon Sunday. This doesn’t mean your things need to be removed from the space, but they should be packed and ready to go! Please continue to respect the shiny new Inn floor. Parking at Logistics At this time, the only people authorized to park in the area behind or next to logistics are with direct permission from the Director, or the Officers, Safety Lead, Weekend Event Runner, and Exalted Team. Anyone else cannot  leave their cars parked in that area. Please do not park in front of the door/garage door to the area under the barn, or you will be parked in. Early Camp Cleanup If you are leaving early (before lay off) and need cleanup assignments, please see the Logistics Marshals. They will be able to assign you tasks to complete. Please do not see them for early cleanup if you will still be on camp at lay-off on Sunday at 2pm, and instead come to lay-off to get your assignment. We are hosting a Feast on Saturday of this event, and helping set up, serve, or do dishes CAN count as your Early Clean Up! The Wolves' Den Bar will be closed for the duration of the winter months due to temperature. Players are free to use the space, just be mindful that there will be no bartender tending to it. Please keep the space clean. Community Announcements New player Training will be held at 7:30 PM Friday in the Inn. First event players are required to attend. Should you miss this scheduled training, please find a community manager to give you your own. Saturday around 10:30am are usually best for make-ups. Your character card needs to be signed off to prove you attended. Important safety tools for the game are gone over at this time. Should you want a more in depth training about certain mechanics like combat, death, crafting, etc., you are welcome to stay longer. The mandatory part of training should only be 20 or so minutes. We ask all other players to please stay clear of new player training as multiple people makes for more distractions and will cause training to go longer. Yes it is harder with it being in the Inn, we ask you just try your best. Reminder that if you are engaging in CvC to please utilize the "Ok check-in system!" Safety tools are for anyone and everyone. Even if you think the other person is okay, it doesn't hurt to just flash the sign. There will be a new player tour mod at 11am Saturday. This mod is optional but encouraged. There will be combat spec'd to your level, loot, and an in game tour of the proper. This is also a good way to get more comfortable with fighting/combat in general. Ask questions if you have them! Do not forget to donate to the Sparta Food Pantry if you find yourself able to give back! Bins will be located in logistics and players will receive 1000 sp per 10 dollars donated. Please have you receipt with you for proof of purchase. Below are helpful links for new and old players alike! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tq47jOfEk_MRzuasNNgDHG_tx_ZXkasazziFv6qPQr4/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.yawm5ozd75h https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FQwj_9lmbsXM8ttLB1uFh5mxc8ezBD3dX8ftNINrdFw/edit?tab=t.0 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1afVYFlqHgRlGuFzSZsUGTvL92KBcSAaCDFq0BDF66Rc/edit?tab=t.0 https://docs.google.com/document/d/10XB4uAkuAT1k1BgT6NqE2qic1irG4yFqejIEn0M7KQA/edit?tab=t.0   Safety Announcements We are starting to get into the colder months with highs of 40 and lows of high 20's for this coming event as of the time of this announcement. Please remember to pack appropriately.  This means layers, extra socks, and perhaps an outer garment like a cloak. For sleeping, bring extra blankets or a heavier weighted sleeping bag. We also haven't had consistent cold snaps or snow falls to kill bugs yet. So while you may not need to check yourself often, please check yourself for ticks at least once this event as there still may be some around. Likewise most wildlife should be starting to, if they haven't already going to hibernate for the winter. But with the warmer weather some may be active and looking for food to hold themselves over for the winter. Please do not leave food out even more than usual. Card Announcements As always, Card Team will be available in the Bar room from 6p-9p Friday (during check-in) to help new players with their cards. Please be respectful of our team and do not ask them for help before hours have started. If you are a regularly attending player, please try to resolve any card issues before arriving at camp (reach out to us on Discord!) so we can focus on helping new players! All signatures on cards (bank transactions, lessons, signoffs, rituals, etc) must have the player's initials AND card number. We recommend taking photos of your card before turning them in! Card team does their best, but we are only human(...ish). Photos are great for both you and us if we need to correct any mistakes. Read your card notes! This is the primary way for our teams to contact you and tell you important things.

Once upon a time stories began to leave their pages. It started with drops of ink dripping off parchment and paper, innocuous at first as readers thought the books and newspapers they were reading just had not fully dried. Drops turned to words, words turned to pages and pages turned into entire books as they went blank.  Maeve read to her daughter the story of Ser Alfid and the Lochmire Beast at bedtime. She has been doing this for months now and secretly hoped for her daughter to get bored of it, but her raptured eyes as she sat underneath the blanket was enough for Maeve to continue the tradition. She made it an effort to accentuate every sword swing, every movement to make the story everything her daughter wanted it to be. “The knight turned to the beast and said…” She could not read the words on the page. They were falling away. She tried to remember. After all she has read this story dozens of times but nothing came to mind. The title of the book faded away, and with that her daughter’s dreams of heroic deeds and slaying monsters.  The skald forgot his voice as he was telling the tale of the Winter Wolf. For a moment he thought it was the cold that got in the way of his words but as he tried to recollect he could not for the life of him remember the words of the edda. He looked towards the drawings etched into wood on the wall of the longhouse but there was no drawing as the etching disappeared within moments. He could only sit in silence as he knew something was missing but he could not remember just what it was. Only that it was something that his father and fathers before would tell their people.  Archivist Elaine could not believe her eyes as the books trapped behind enchanted chains and warding began to rattle. Each of the tomes a world within the pages, brought to life by their very readers. They buckled and shook as ink began to fall upon the floor. She knew that days before a book went missing from their archives, an omnibus created by a former member containing many fantastical tales. She ran into an office as panicked archivists, wayfarers and librarians of the Order of the Forgotten Tome tried to calm the storm of pages and ink in front of them. She quickly lit a candle, muttered words in the arcane tongue and scried upon where this could be. She saw the tome nestled in the bag of a traveller headed to Travance. As she went to end the ritual, with a wave of a hand the traveller took control, his eyes settled on the Archivist’s. “Soon my dream will be realized,” He sneered, “the Hero will die and in its absence shall be a god.” Cold sweat ran down her back as she collected her things and rushed back to a Proper that she knew from a book of Knights so long ago.

Here is the voting form for the 2025 Banquet! It is always difficult narrowing down the categories, and everyone nominated has truly earned their spots on these lists. So congratulations to everyone! Voting will close December 18th! https://forms.gle/Fay4FHBhGf5twpaV8

Hey everyone, photos from the September event are available in the gallery. https://drew0899.editorx.io/event-photos

Please fill out this form if you are planning to attend the November 2025 event. This event begins Friday, November 28 and runs through Sunday, November 30.  This form will remain open until the evening of Monday, November 24. It will close on Tuesday, November 25 and we will send out sleeping assignments on the evening of Wednesday, November 26. At the November event, we will be hosting an in-game Feast on Saturday (around 6pm!) https://forms.gle/XFqmCB3ECTpBfABq8

This year, we are looking for submissions that fit the theme " A Return to Traditional Knight Realms Fantasy ".  This hearkens back to traditional enemies, like liches, demons, enemy kingdoms, and the occasional giant.  It draws on stories rooted in the epic of good's struggle to triumph over evil, and the grimbright setting that Knight Realms is based on.  As with all submissions, we may ask certain plot points to be edited if approved, or certain changes to be made to more appropriately fit the game's vision. We will aim to start slotting bids by the end of November, so please get your submissions in! https://forms.gle/Y7aYCUKhxBG6FRv78

Please follow the link for the event RSVP https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScau3QOgS1AxmkXAMMnnixbeUEp8OtyS9Gb9qfPlWO8kLSWSA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=111722482455220913713

Photos from the August event are posted in the gallery. https://drew0899.editorx.io/event-photos

Photos from the July event are posted! https://drew0899.editorx.io/event-photos/

Sleeping Assignments The day camp is no longer in. Arrival/ability to be on site returns to normal. You can arrive beginning at 12pm on Friday. Locations previously off limits because of the day camp have also returned to normal.  With Ren Faire starting the week after the event, we will once again need a crew to assist with moving things around the site. This will be rewarded with extra build/service as well as camp clean up.  With Ren faire next week, Goose and Marybeth will be hard at work with prep for that, so there will be no food service this month.  For this event, we are trying something new - CVC Decompression Zones, where you can remain in-game but take a breather from aggressive CVC roleplay. If you happen to see someone there that you want to fight (verbally or physically), please do them the courtesy of avoiding them until they leave that immediate area. Remaining in these areas to avoid consequences (versus to take some time to chill without fully going OOG) is bad sportsmanship and if abused will be punished. These two areas will be the smoker’s porch  and the back porch of the kitchen . We’ll temperature check how this goes to see if we want to instate something like this (whether these areas or others) long-term. (As always, you can step out of game in OOG zones like the kitchen/drink room, bathrooms, parking lot, leave camp or sit quietly in white headband in your sleeping area if you need to decompress OOG. Starbucks is also an OOG decomp zone, especially if you bring Alice back a PSL.) Check in Friday begins at 6pm. Friday Lay on is at 10pm. Lay off is Sunday at 2pm. To help us get cleaned up after game is over in a timely manner, if you are staying either upstairs of the Inn  or in the AG , your belongings must be fully packed up by noon Sunday. This doesn’t mean your things need to be removed from the space, but they should be packed and ready to go! Please continue to respect the shiny new Inn floor. Parking at Logistics At this time, the only people authorized to park in the area behind or next to logistics are with direct permission from the Director, or the Officers, Safety Lead, Weekend Event Runner, and Exalted Team. Anyone else cannot  leave their cars parked in that area. Please do not park in front of the door/garage door to the area under the barn, or you will be parked in. Early Camp Cleanup If you are leaving early (before lay off) and need cleanup assignments, please see the Logistics Marshals. They will be able to assign you tasks to complete. Please do not see them for early cleanup if you will still be on camp at lay-off on Sunday at 2pm, and instead come to lay-off to get your assignment. Community Announcements New player Training will be held at 7:30 PM Friday night under the white tent outside the Inn. First event players are required to attend. Should you miss this scheduled training, please find a community manager to give you your own. Saturdays around 10:30am are usually best for make-ups. Your character card needs to be signed off to prove you attended. Important safety tools for the game are gone over at this time. Should you want a more in depth training about certain mechanics like combat, death, crafting, etc., you are welcome to stay longer. The mandatory part of training should only be 20 or so minutes. We ask all other players to please stay clear of new player training as multiple people makes for more distractions and will cause training to go longer. Reminder that if you are engaging in CvC to please utilize the "Ok check-in system!" Safety tools are for anyone and everyone. Even if you think the other person is okay, it doesn't hurt to just flash the sign. There will be a new player tour mod at 11am Saturday. This mod is optional but encouraged. There will be combat spec'd to your level, loot, and an in game tour of the proper. This is also a good way to get more comfortable with fighting/combat in general. Ask questions if you have them! Below are helpful links for new and old players alike! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AGnNK4tXme0f195dipefnS0X-_EzIUd3gvPRGxgLXIE/edit?usp=drivesdk https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tq47jOfEk_MRzuasNNgDHG_tx_ZXkasazziFv6qPQr4/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.yawm5ozd75h https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FQwj_9lmbsXM8ttLB1uFh5mxc8ezBD3dX8ftNINrdFw/edit?tab=t.0 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1afVYFlqHgRlGuFzSZsUGTvL92KBcSAaCDFq0BDF66Rc/edit?tab=t.0 https://docs.google.com/document/d/10XB4uAkuAT1k1BgT6NqE2qic1irG4yFqejIEn0M7KQA/edit?tab=t.0 Safety Announcements It is going to get quite chilly this weekend at night, please pack and dress accordingly. Remember it’s possible to get hypothermia sub 50 degrees, especially if you’re sweating and improperly dressed. It may get below these temps.  Despite the forecasted cooler weather players should be doing their best to keep fed and hydrated, not doing so increases bad health outcomes across the board.  Safety will continue to monitor for improper fighting and aggressive strikes, remember to do your best and pull your swings especially with the colder temps.  The on call list will be posted on the marshal discord and logistics. Atmosphere Announcements Crystal (plays Kestrel), one of our stage combat trained players, will be teaching a workshop on roleplaying injuries. Look for her by the inn/market tent at 9pm on Friday. Reminders from the Atmosphere Team this month! Please stay in character. If for some reason you need to go out of game, please do so away from other players as to not impact their immersion and gameplay. Please do not interrupt a scene for an OOG comment unless it is absolutely necessary.  Roleplay your combat and sell your blows. It makes combat more fun for everyone Please do not openly use your phone. We get that there are times when you may need to check the time or check a rule, but please try to do these checks with your phone under a table or away from other players. Please be mindful of your trash and OOG food containers. If they are left out, they will be thrown out/moved to the drink area of the kitchen. Exalted Announcements Players may not longer utilize skills to unlearn Exalted Opening and Legendary passive skills, and must reach out to the Exalted Team before attempting to unlearn one of these skills as additional steps may need to be taken first. Unlearning an Exalted class now carries a cumulative 6 month timer before you may learn a new class. IE if you unlearn an Exalted Class for the second time, you may not learn a new one in it's place for 12 months. These details can be found in the General Exalted Mechanics. Descriptions, achievements, and other mentions to the Weave, the Crucible, and Visigalis will be updated in the coming months alongside the story being run about these topics. If you have any questions about how the changes effect your class roleplay, feel free to reach out to the Exalted Team after the event. Photography Announcements Eve will be doing player portraits starting at 9:30 pm until opening announcements! Find them at the Dragon's Claw Inn. If you have any limitation on your photo being taken, please let the photographers know! We ask that you reach out to a photographer at game (ideally when the photographer is OOG/taking photos) so we can get to know you and discuss your limits (eg. no photos at all, only when a certain character, etc.). You can also reach out to us through this form:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1oem4Ok2pLGxrpPx0UPDCuHtbKR-ZOBcZNryK4d6R4sw_5A/viewform?usp=dialog