"One of the greatest mental freedoms is truly not caring what anyone else thinks of you."
-Yennefer of Vengerberg
Have you ever wondered how would it be if you are a witcher? Well, what if I told you that while you can play as a witcher in The Witcher games, you can also be a witcher yourself. If to be a witcher and to know how it feels like to be in a world full of witchers, monsters, and magic is what you wanted, then the LARP of Witcher School is what you need.
For those who don't know what LARP is (like me, until a few hours ago)--
LARP, a short for Live Action Role-Playing, is the form of role-playing game where the participants physically act out their characters' actions. Basically, you are playing as your fictional character in real world. You get on adventures, interacting with other players and create your own story, act and make choices to decide how your story gonna flow within the specified setting and rules.
Located in Moszna and Grodziec Castle in Poland that has been redecorated and transformed to resemble the proper witchers' abode, Witcher School allows you to get into the great fictional world and meet the dozens of famous characters known from The Witcher games and books created by the Polish fantasy writer whose the novels inspire The Witcher Games series, Andrzej Sapkowski.
During your time there, you will become an apprentice to the witchers for three full days. Tutored by experienced witchers, you are going to go through many challenging witcher trainings in which you will develop skills such as; survival skills, fencing, archery, meditation, herbalism, and alchemy.
Everything in Witcher School are all designed to perfectly resemble the world of The Witcher, giving you great immersion by bringing the fantasy atmosphere into the real world while you enjoying your time as a witcher apprentice in there--From the foods you will eat, the costumes you will wear, the weapons you will use and the monsters you will up against.
You read that right, there are also monsters in there. Ciri practice her skills in Kaer Morhen to be a real witcher who is ready for such encounter. And so will you in these castles, what's the point of your training if you are not ready to use it to do what witchers really do? Killing monsters (you know where that come from, don't you?). You will hunt monsters, unveil secrets and intrigues, and face tough choices and bear the consequences. And the best part is.. To play Gwent.
However it's only held several times throughout the year, and the next event will be held in 31 August - 3 September 2017 for the continuation of the previous event. So you might need to wait until the next after that in 14 - 17 September 2017 for the adventure from the beginning in Grodziec Castle. At the end of the event you can take the witcher medallion home so you can wear it everyday and be as witcher as you can. And maybe some badass scars too.
But! Before you get more hyped, Witcher School is meant to be participated by adults only. So make sure you are 18+ before you immediately hop onto your horse's back and galloping your way to the castles in Poland. If you are interested you will need to stay tune on the official Facebook page and website.
It's always great to get into fantastic adventures in fantasy worlds by playing video games and read books, it could be even better to experience such thing in real life. I think this is a very interesting event to participate to, and I would if only I could open a portal to go there. So, are you fancy this contract?
All images credit goes to Witcher School
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I'm a witcher fan and this is interesting and fresh to me. =)
I was surprised myself when I see this, I never knew if this exist. I love The Witcher even more now
Great post. Witcher 3 is my favorite game of all time. I would like to experience what it feels like to be a real life Witcher. :D
You definitely know whats good!
Me too, but I live far away from Poland, so unlucky. I really want to see the characters from the game in person, it would be awesome
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STOPThank you for the info! I live near Grodziec castle but I've never visited it, looks like I should make this up :)
You're welcome! You are one lucky person. Once you joined please tell Yen to open a portal to get me there, would you? Hahaha
sure :) I will get there on my horse cause I hate portals lol
That's what Geralt would say lol
This is hilarious and awesome! Have your up vote!
Thank you! Geralt approve
As a huge Witcher fan, I have to say this is one of the coolest pieces of news I've seen all week, maybe even all month! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks a lot! Happy to share with fellow witcher (fan), and hey, adventure awaits! Haha
omg how cool is that! thanks for the post ♥
Woah, you just found this old post of mine. Good witcher sense you have there hahah.
Anyway, glad you liked it. So thank you!