A Mirror of Dark Water

A larp about human sacrifice.

Long Description

A Mirror Of Dark Water is a larp about human sacrifice. How does a community decide who from their tight knit and non heirarchal society is worthy enough to appease nature even if they emotionally can’t live without them? How do they balance giving up what they value most to potentially save their own existence? How do you ask someone to go into the water knowing everything they leave behind? How do you prepare for this loss when you know it was a choice? How do you look your loved one in the eye as you both prepare for a death that was preventable? Can violence ever be the ultimate act of love?

Based in the Northern Eurpoean Iron Age this larp uses both science and history to frame the world of the community and anchor the subject in a past reality, one we only know about because of those who were put into dark water. Sacrificed to preserve their communities they have also become ambassadors for a people who left us no written record. Can we reach back and understand them and what can they teach us about ourselves?