Bjergtaget (Spellbound)

In a time before reason and order, before the forests were cut down, the lakes straightened and all of the soil farmed. In the shadows, in the corner of your eyes, beneath the earth we walked upon, dwelled something not human. Before the dawn of reason shredded the shadows of magic, it was the time of the Undergrounders. Magical creatures of the North that played, danced, and longed to be near humans.

Sometimes a young man or woman would venture into the forest on Midsummer’s Eve and catch the eyes of an undergrounder. They would be lured to the halls of the Mountain King, where they would forget time, love, loyalty and all that they left behind. There they would get lost for perhaps even hundreds of years before returning to a world changed.

This scenario is about Humans and Undergrounders, about luring and being lured, about losing yourself and remembering and about finding your way back home. And it’s about those things that bring you back home: Faith, Love & Hope.

Long Description

ntroduction Bjergtaget is a four hour long non verbal black box larp for 10-30 participants. The participants play either humans or creatures of the Underground. Through symbolic gestures and movement to music a night in the world of the Undergrounders is played out. The humans are lured by and bonded to an Undergrounder, and in a series of scenes the relation between the human and the Undergrounder is explored. Both the attraction, the conflict and the memories of what is waiting at home for the human before the break of Dawn offers a possibility for a resolution - will they stay together or will the human return home. Through workshops the participants learn the symbolic gestures and how to move to the music, before we all enter a world of magic and myth.

Vision In a time before reason and order, before the forests were cut down, the lakes straightened and all of the soil farmed. In the shadows, in the corner of your eyes, beneath the earth we walked upon, dwelled something not human. Before the dawn of reason shredded the shadows of magic, it was the time of the Undergrounders. Magical creatures of the North that played, danced, and longed to be near humans. Sometimes a young man or woman would venture into the forest in Midsummer’s Eve and catch the eyes of an Undergrounder. They would be lured to the halls of the Mountain King, where they would forget time, love, loyalty and all that they left behind. There they would get lost for perhaps even hundreds of years before returning to a world changed. This scenario is about humans and Undergrounders, about luring and being lured, about losing yourself, remembering and about finding your way back home. And it’s about those things that bring you back home: Faith, Love & Hope. We will play a night in the halls of the Mountain King, a night of seduction, ecstasy, memories, conflict and the possibility of returning back home, when dawn disturbs the magic of the underground. The scenario will use a soundscape of music and light to create the atmosphere of a magical time in the north. The participants will play either humans or creatures from the nordic folklore - the Undergrounders. They will interact through symbolic gestures and through movement to music.