Righto, another year’s past since the last EFF and some of you may remember I posted a picture of me, my shield and shoulders(+gorget) back then.
I also claimed more of my costume would follow sometime, but that the beginning was there.

The beginning of this year was about marked by a LARP event we(me and my mate Steven) attended.
on that event I had an awesome picture moment
The only downside of that picture, it’s my old costume you partially see there.
What has changed/not visible then?
– The cuirass is now adepted so I can actually sit down, and it looks BAD ASS!
– The length of the straps on my greaves are extended, so I can wear them(hooray! they won’t go for my shins so fast now!)
– The shoulder you lot see is replaced by a leather one
– I have a new belt which is a _lot_ longer(1.75M(5.7 feet))
– I actually have 2 short swords, one you can see in my hand, the other one peeks from behind my shield.
– The swords vary greatly in weight and lenght, the one I’m holding is the lightest and has a very easy swing. The one sheated is a very crude and heavy sword I use a backup should I be disarmed
– I have a proper IC pouch now for all the IC coin we make(I hoard the coin of my mate as well )
– The pouch is filled with various precious looking stones and some IC coin
– A warrior’s pouch, mostly filled by OoC stuff
– There is now a band with the clan logo(a wolf) added to my leg
– My shield now has a strap so I can hang it on my back(I had to walk the whole event with that shield in hand(very annoying for certain situations))

Seeing the next event is next week, I’ll try if i can get a picture of it and upload it here.

Other then that, the first event we attended, the Dwaler 9(the Stray 9) was pretty much EPIC.
The event is based around a tavern somewhere in the Schwarzwald in Mythic Europe. Yes, MYTHIC Europe, meaning it’s Europe as you know it, but with Mythical elements. That is basically with Magic, Elves, Drow, Vampires, Orcs and so on and so on.
When we(Pascal(me) and Keidas(my mate)) arrived on a late friday night we did the introduction and wandered through the woods afterwards and decided to go home when it was real dark.
The next day we walked to the main camp and stood there for a while, and it was not very long until a pointy-ear(Elf) approached us with the question whether or not we were for hire.
Seeing we both play Mercs that wasn’t the problem, as long as they paid up(my exact quote, just add a rawish voice and a money-hungry grin). And so it came to be we were part of the Militia.
That day was filled with various battles as well as numerous word exchanges between us and some random other player, a whole group was even denied for a few hours by the Jarl(Viking king/leader), a player whose group decided they would lead the whole camp. I must say, they became rather creative after a while.
The short version of it: We got promoted to Guardmasters and we gained the privilege to kick various other smalltime members around in the Militia, something my character enjoys doing so, and I am hinting to the literal kicking.
Sunday we were asked to join a Vampire hunt by the Vikings. Our weapons were blessed by a ritual, as well as ourselves.
With about 15 men we hiked to the Vampire camp to supposedly eradicate them once and for all, so we conquered their camp and chased them off, by that time only 10 of us were left, and we marched back to the village.
We where halted by a ritual we joined the fray and closed that same fray about an hour later. Then we finally marched back to the village only to have the most unpleasant surprise, the whole village was waiting for us, and I don’t mean the nice variant of the said waiting, with the slaughtered Vampires up front(bearing a wide grin of course)
So, at that point we looked at each other and shouted ‘For Odin'(our warcry) one last time and stormed into the waiting players.
Seeing we were outnumbered 5 to 1 I don’t have to mention the outcome.
Somehow my character managed to survive(hooray for the ‘It’s nothing personal, I was just paid to slaughter you’-card the Mercenary can play) and as such we were reinstated as the watchmasters we were(save for a few minor conditions).
and with that my major roleplay ended that day, there was of course a traditional(or so I was told) end fight(the ~30 Players versus about 50 NPCs) which I also managed to survive by standing behind them all(no armour or health after the first wave with a boss).

and next weekend we are going to see how it goes on a different event.
My character there, Pascal, will be opting for a Paladin(but not a holy goody-goody, the Merc kind) along with a set up clan(don’t know all the details, but Merc afaik)
I’ll see if I can let you lot know more about it. For now, till next time