The Weave - Sheol

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Don’t look down. The sky is clear and blue. When you breathe in for the first time after your months-long voyage, the fresh air tastes impossibly sweet.

Don’t look down. A single star rests in the heavens, yellow and warm. Shoals of silvery fish dart through picturesque waves.

Don’t look down. The islands quake and churn beneath your feet. Alerts appear hourly on your screens about impossibilities, measurements beyond rational explanation.

You look down. What lies beneath? What might be unearthed from the strata of the past? What has been forgotten? And what should have remained buried?

What's going on?

A week ago, three ships landed on the planet called Etsen. The Highmit Research Mission has journeyed to this planet, across the vast dangers of space, to help the planet’s scientists understand the impossibility of measuring a second star in a 100 kilometre diameter patch of their sky.

You landed at Scion. It’s small, compared to the average communities on your home planets. Not even 5000 people. But it’s the largest settlement in Etsen’s affected zone. And it’s a strange new environment for many of you, perched on an island in a temperate archipelago.

The research mission’s primary team has already set up their main base of operations in Scion. Alongside the limited number of specialised Etsenite scientists, they are beginning initial research into the planet’s anomaly.

A few days ago, a small settlement in the affected zone, Axis, reported abnormal technological errors. Yesterday, a different settlement, closer to Scion, reported similar malfunctions.

You are members of the secondary research team dispatched to Axis. Your task sounds simple enough.

• Identify the cause of the errors.

• Prevent them from spreading further.

But, just like the impossible second star, you suspect nothing is as simple as it seems.

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OOC information

Sheol is the first weekend game of The Weave LARP.

• The game is running on 20-21 March 2027 in Wellington at Khandallah Scout Hall (11A Station Road, Khandallah, Wellington 6035).
• The game runs for 2 full days. There is no overnight accommodation. You will have the opportunity to leave a small amount of gear on-site overnight.
• Players are self-catered. We are currently working with a generous volunteer to see if we can cater our crew. The crew will get confirmation closer to the start of the game if we can cater them.
• The game is open to new player-characters, pending available tickets.

This game is 18+.

Tickets

Tickets go on sale Tuesday 29 September at 7pm through Eventbrite. Participants who attended the July 2026 day game will have early bird access. You must buy a ticket to secure your place. Ticket costs do not include Eventbrite fees.

Ticket price:

• Players: $110 ($100 with NZLARPs member discount)
• Crew: $60 ($50 with NZLARPs member discount)

Find the NZLARPs discount code by logging into your NZLARPs account and looking at the event page (https://nzlarps.org/events/detail/356). If your NZLARP membership details are still pending or you can't figure out how to log into the website, ask us for the code in an email at [email protected].

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This is an NZLARPs project. By purchasing a ticket, you are agreeing to follow the NZLARPs Code of Conduct: https://nzlarps.org/join/conduct/.

To join NZLARPs visit: https://nzlarps.org/join/

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