(Crafted April 2020)
"Welcome. Come in if you are of a need. Don't just stand there fiddling about.
But be warned:
Touch Nothing!
Most things within are
toxic, poisonous, venomous,
magically enchanted,
or just want to eat you."
If you haven't yet met Anivon, she is an Elven potion-maker. It's not a major role she plays but it helps her pay the bills. She is also eager to learn about the new world she has come into. So she travels about the countryside in the comfortable winter season, seeking knowledge and collecting...everything. Books, recipes, lore, a shrunken head, bones, a haunted mirror...you get the idea.
Anivon is an outsider, therefore a bit of an outcast. So what few friends she has often come from odd places. Not many are willing to have Imps vacationing in their home, or keep a large venomous spider as a door guard.
Clerical duties must also be performed. She may not be overly devoted to the gods she is bound to serve, but after being drawn into an in-between place with a party of them all at once, she is a believer and fulfills her required duties to the letter with near zealous piety.
My first LARP event I just had my little potion-making kit. Anivon had been traveling and this was portable (and I was a complete noob, still am really but hey). Since then though she has settled in the village and built a shop.
Unfortunately, the following weekend-long event (the first to bring the shop too) was canceled due to the C-word. I had worked hard all winter on creating and collecting so I set the rough-around-the-edges shop up in my yard.
Ignore the odd accent, my character is from far far away and it helps to convey the sense of her misunderstanding of the culture, politics, and interactions of the established game. It allowed me, as a person who has never roleplayed at all, to join in with little understanding of the deeper lore and backstories of everybody. If I don't know exactly what's going on or how to behave Anivon just shrugs or gets impatient or makes a snarky remark because she isn't expected to know what's going on either.
The rocks leading up to the door are a firm sponge-like material covered in silicone to soften the rough edges, so they are throwable. A youngling made off with one at a child- friend's birthday party.
The entire fireplace is made of foam board insulation. It is easy to carve, lightweight, and cheap. However, it's not very strong so it won't last very long. I don't expect it to last forever. Fireplaces just add a nice warm glow to a cottage, don't you think?
Most crafted pieces in fact are foam, cardboard, or paper mache because of the cheap, easy, disposablity of them. Also to keep the weight down as I load it all into my van, unload it at the game, load it back up, and unload it at home. Whew! Other items are found or repurposed.
This did get set up at said child's party (small outdoor gathering) but I can't wait to bring it to the village.
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