ENLIGHTENMENT
IN BLOOD
This is the first night of the revolution..
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For many long years, you lived in terror of the Camarilla. The undying caprice of Princes, Traditions you could break without understanding them. Friends who disappeared in the night, never to be heard of again. Rumors of strange prisons where those who dared to challenge the rule of the Elders went slowly insane.
Berlin has long been a city at war with itself. Two Princes vied for power in a terrible deadlock that slowly drained the power and relevance of the Elders. Preoccupied with their own little games, they let the city languish. As they looked elsewhere, Berlin became the destination of the poor and the desperate among the Kindred of Europe.
Tonight is the night you realize your power. The Camarilla is weak. One of the Princes is rumored to be dead, and the other one is missing. You've long known that if you'd stand up to the system, you'll get crushed. But now you wonder if that was ever true.
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As the sun goes down, the revolution starts with a spontaneous act of anger that reveals the emptiness of the Camarilla threat. The old rules no longer apply. The Anarchs of Berlin have their revolution, and if a Camarilla vampire wants to make something of it, she better come down herself. The Anarch is no longer willing to play the role of the supplicant. Now it's time for the mighty to bow down.
Yet among the joy, the terror and the freedom of life in the new Berlin, different forces gather. Old, long marginalised Anarch groups suddenly come to the fore. Persecuted blood religions find themselves suddenly respectable.
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Tonight is the night when everything is settled. Who gets to decide what Berlin will stand for? The battle of the soul of the revolution is on. It will not be decided in meetings or closed cabinets as is the Camarilla way, but in the streets and among the dispossessed.
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Will Berlin be a city of radical freedom where nothing holds down the violent hunger of the Blood? Will it be a hypocritical paradise where Anarchs extol the virtues of equality while grinding down their blood slaves? Will it be a vampiric utopia where the heady victories of rebellion are transmuted into the strict control imposed by faith?
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This is the night when you will make Berlin into something never seen before.
To create a character for yourself and to find your optimum experience, you'll use a character creation software specifically designed for this larp. It will make sure that you're tied to the themes, groups and events of the game while giving you the freedom to customise your character to your liking.
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Every character will be the main character of their own story. There will be two main types of play experiences available:
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Style: Enlightenment in Blood will be played in a rules-light, collaborative style. The easy-to-master mechanics are designed specifically to enable this particular story, and will be similar to those already seen in larps such as End of the Line. Despite the number of different aspects of the World of Darkness present in this game, the goal is that all you need to know can be learned in a simple pre-game workshop.
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Enlightenment in Blood will be quite physical and played in a what-you-see-is-what-you-get-style. This means the actions of the characters are acted out by the players. Players have the option to act out physical interaction in a slowed down manner and to simulate physical intimacy (always keeping their clothes on).
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The powerful playstyle calibration system allows you to:
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Opt in and opt opt of any situation
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To set your own boundaries in each interaction
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To see interactions coming so you can choose how to play (no nasty surprises!)
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Please note: depending on the choices of your co-players and the layout of the venues, it is possible you might witness physical play such as partial nudity, kissing or face slapping, even though you choose to opt out of such actions yourself.
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All interaction rules will be carefully practiced in the mandatory pre-larp workshop.
​It is not possible to play the larp without participating in the full workshop. It is also very important that you are present for the beginning of the larp.
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Blog posts about Enlightenment in Blood
On character generation 1
More on the first night of the revolution
FIND YOUR OWN DESTINY
OFFICIAL WORLD OF DARKNESS LARP
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THE OUTCOME OF ENLIGHTENMENT IN BLOOD
WILL CHANGE THE WORLD OF DARKNESS
YOU MAY FIND YOUR PERSONAL JOURNEY HAS BECOME CANON.
YOU MAY FIND YOUR CHARACTER IN A BOOK ONE DAY.
NO PRESSURE.