The Long Road Begins

A year from now I know where I will be. I know where I am now. Between these two points lay many days during which I have no vision of. I have goals. I know what I want to do during these days. I sometimes doubt I have the will to do them.

I will be travelling to Canada in July of 2017 to take part in the Bicolline, a large scale LARP and battle reenactment as part of the Ordo Cervi. I will be taking part in combat as a soldier in the Heavy Infantry section of the Ordo, wearing plate armor and carrying a nine foot spear, sword and dagger. For this I am very excited.

I am slowly piecing together my armor and other gear for this week long event. Luckily I have a lot of it already. However I am adding several new items including the bulk of the plate armor and weapons.

I am also building up my secondary impression and general clothing items. As this is a week long full immersion style of LARP I require more than just for your typical weekend LARP game. In addition I will be staying in a large tent so all the items I will need I will bring with me.

In addition I am training in combat and increasing my physical fitness in order to be an effective part of the Ordo. I must admit that since leaving the military my physical fitness has gone to shit. I am going back to the gym to lift and need to start walking , then running, until I can complete five miles without much effort.

Who am I?

In game I am Thorwald Hrodgerson. I was born in the north to a typical family in Godrfiskrborg and left at a young age to raid the southern lands with my father and the rest of the village. Later I became a soldier for a Southern Kingdom and eventually wound up with the Odro Cervi.

I am older than most of the people in the Ordo. I have seen more of the world. I tempers me and my emotions. I am not so quick to anger as I was when I was young. I trust the world less and the people in it. 

Each road begins with a single step.