It can be a piece of weapon or a song or a legend or really anything – it just has to be enough to lead you into the setting. To me it was unimaginable I’d ever larp in a videogame universe – nooo way… It lasted roughly until the moment I discovered the great Frandar Hunding. It really doesn’t matter what it is – it doesn’t even need to be relevant in the universe as a whole. In the TES lore, for me it was the Redguard race (blame it on GG Kay’s Lions of Al-Rassan ).
#2 Find something in a lore – a detail of any kind – which you really like at first glance. The project we’re slowly starting to work on will probably include a simple entry quiz none of the fanlarps I’ve participated in so far had anything of the sort. There are larps and larps, and, more importantly, GMs and GMs. After all, you’ll pay credit to the author(s) of the original material if you do it – and that’s always a nice thing. Don’t sweat it if you can’t do it – but do consider it. – which cannot be explored in any other way – not to mention that sometimes it’s faster to read a book than explore a wiki site.
There are little details in familiar settings – atmosphere, style etc. I did it once – for my first outdoor fantasy larp based on a Croatian literary universe – and loved it. g., I’m really not one for videogames – but it’s definitely the easiest, when you can spare the time.
Sure, it ain’t always possible or adequate – e. Random note – Whenever possible, lorediving should start with participating in the fictional universe by consuming the original product – be it a game, a movie/tv show, or a book. Since I’ve found myself recently in both roles – the student and the teacher (for a larp the co-alpha and I might run next year, more about that later) – I thought it might be fun to share a few observations and hints for lorediving – exploring lore while you’re getting ready for a larp in an already existing setting. So diving into a familiar setting’s lore is more like a challenge than a curse to me, even when the lore is vast, complicated and/or totally unrelated to me (hint: the Elder Scrolls larp I’m going to on – shit, it’s tomorrow already!). Nah, I’ll just say it – I love learning about things I might want to know something about in the future. I’m a huge learning geek – especially when the knowledge is “how-to” or, khm, theoretical.
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