What To Do About Tam Lin

By Emily Care Boss & Julia Ellingboe
Players: 17
Genre: Celtic fantasy
Loosely
based on the folk ballad Tam Lin, intertwined with the plots of several other
ballads.
This
is a hybrid LARP with flashbacks in the style of improvisational theatre.
Costumes
strongly encouraged!
At
Samhain in early Pagan England, Fae and Mortals congregate at the ruins of
Carterhaugh for their annual Court. The fate of Tam Lin and his Mortal lover
Janet hangs in the balance. The Court tell their stories of lust, incest,
murder, and true love to try to influence the decision of the judges, the Queen
of Fae and Thomas the Rhymer. 
Janet,
the daughter of the Earl of Murray discovers Tam Lin, a mortal man raised by
the Fae, at the ruins of Carterhaugh. Without either knowing the full story of
Tam Lin’s lineage or circumstances, they fall in love and Janet is determined
to free him from the Fae. Janet and Tam Lin make their appeal to a joint Court
of Fae and Mortals on the night of Samhain. Witnesses present their testimonies
in order to sway the Queen of Fae to either let the lovers marry, or to keep
Tam Lin in the realm of the Fae.
If
you are Fae do you have a grudge against Tam Lin or his kin, or Janet and her
kin? Do you want him or her for yourself?
If
you are a mortal, do you fear the lovers will never be happy, based on your own
dealings with Fae lovers? Do you trust the Fae to keep their bargains? Do you
wonder if Tam Lin is too Fae to live among you?
Perhaps
you are one of those who hopes true love will prevail. Perhaps their story
reminds you of your own past.
Cost: free
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Previous NZ runs
Auckland 2016
Category:Emily Care Boss
Category:Julia Ellingboe
Category:15-20 player
Category:Fantasy