Spring Holiday Vala Workshops

Week 1

Monday September 26th

Time Bandit – Treasures of Pompei

What better way to visit significant time and places in history and culture than as a member of the ʻTime Banditsʼ- a band of dwarfs who once served the Supreme Being, making all the small things like boulders and shrubs until they angered him by making a particularly smelly bush, were rebuked and then petulantly stole His map to All-of-Space-and Time, and are now travelling through portals therein identified… stealing the greatest treasures ever known at the moments of greatest opportunity! (Just as we have stolen this idea from some of the original Monty Python team, ahem).

Get into Pompeii just as the volcano erupts, panic sets in, and the populace abandon their wealth. Get out before you are overcome with smoke, ash and lava. Manoeuvre around the panicked crowds and find out more about the bizarre cult of Vesuvius, while you search for the treasures of Pompeii. All that you’ve gotta do is escape before you burn.

 

Tuesday September 27th

Secrets of the Ninja- The old man of the mountain 

Live Action Role Playing (LARP) & Boffer Weapon Masterclass.

In Japan the current Ashikaga Shogunate has been the true power behind the emperor for over a century. Yet now the Ashikaga line has become thin, Shogun Yoshimasa is yet to produce an heir. Hearing the whispers in his court about who will inherit his power, he reaches out to his younger brother, living as a monk, to become heir.

The land stands on the brink of great upheaval and conflict, a world where tyrannical Warlords battle for control of the country. And during the ceaseless struggle for power, a new secret tool will come to the fore, The Ninja… Masters of stealth and deception. 

After a failed assassination attempt is made on Shogun Yoshimasa his Ninja spies must ask themselves, who stands to gain most from the death of the current Shogun..

Wednesday September 28th

Knight School –Templar Vs Teutonic

Vala’s longest running Live Action Role Playing (LARP) & Boffer Weapon Masterclass.

Like their Templar or Teuton ancestors before them in mediaeval times, students in today’s world accept secret invitations to join an ancient College of Knighthood which remains hidden deep in the countryside of mysterious ime-hallowed Cornwall. 

Discover why now that the Crusaders Cup has begun, it cannot be stopped until it is completed, no matter the cost…

Start as a page, and train your way up through the ranks of squire, to eventually join the honourable knights order.

Thursday September 29th

North World –  Kingdom of Ice  

With Live Action Role Playing (LARP), Boffer, and tabletop dice play.

A story surrounding the sagas of Norse exploration in North America. As the ‘Vikings’ celebrate their alliance with the local Mi’kmaq people, strongly ensured by a newborn of both Mi’kmaq and Norse origins. Their sworn enemy the Grey wolf, Okwoho, strikes & steals away the newborn child. The Vikings must follow Okwoho’s trail across this mysterious land before their alliance crumbles. Leave your long ship, for the Kayak that the people of the North use to traverse the freezing north waters. 

As the Vikings emerge from the Land without sun, they find themselves in the largest Thule settlement, a great ‘Kingdom of Ice’. 

Friday September 30th

Dawnsaga – Elf Towers of Dawn (Ages 10+)    

Diceplay & Tabletop Special + LARP during holiday.

Sites of mystic wonder, the Elf-Towers mark nodes of earth-power flowing through the Ancient Most Realm. Join a band of adventurers, the Peregrines, and answer the Summons of the Towers- to raise the sleeping power of the Towers, and to heal The Realm and prepare the Way for the Choosing of a High King and Queen to lead us against the Evil Empire that threatens the Realm’s destruction. 

As the group heads out from inland, a new chapter begins. 

Travelling along the coastline, the Peregrines make their way down the Ocean Way, to what is known as the Old Elf Heartland. Hoping to find healing and peace at the next Elf-Tower, the blue dreaming tower, they soon learn that the ancient college of dreams and healing has fallen into the hands of frauds and charlatans.

 

PUBLIC HOLIDAY Monday October 3rd

Tuesday October 4th

Secrets of the Ninja – The Heir to the Shogunate

Live Action Role Playing (LARP) & Boffer Weapon Masterclass.

In Japan the current Ashikaga Shogunate has been the true power behind the emperor for over a century. Yet now the Ashikaga line has become thin, Shogun Yoshimasa is yet to produce an heir. Hearing the whispers in his court about who will inherit his power, he reaches out to his younger brother, living as a monk, to become heir.

The land stands on the brink of great upheaval and conflict, a world where tyrannical Warlords battle for control of the country. And during the ceaseless struggle for power, a new secret tool will come to the fore, The Ninja… Masters of stealth and deception. 

After a failed assassination attempt is made on Shogun Yoshimasa his Ninja spies must ask themselves, who stands to gain most from the death of the current Shogun..

Wednesday October 5th

Knight School –  The Holy Trinity

Vala’s longest running Live Action Role Playing (LARP) & Boffer Weapon Masterclass.

Like their Templar or Teuton ancestors before them in mediaeval times, students in today’s world accept secret invitations to join an ancient College of Knighthood which remains hidden deep in the countryside of mysterious time-hallowed Cornwall.  The Two Ancient Knights Orders compete in the ancient Crusaders cup, but there is a Third group required to complete the ancient Trinity

Discover why now that the Crusaders Cup has begun, it cannot stop until it is completed, no matter the cost…

Thursday October 6th

North World – Beneath the Ice

A story surrounding the sagas of Norse exploration in North America.

As the ‘Vikings’ celebrate their alliance with the local Mi’kmaq people, strongly ensured by a newborn of both Mi’kmaq and Norse origins. Their sworn enemy the Grey wolf, Okwoho, strikes & steals away the newborn child. The Vikings must follow Okwoho’s trail across this mysterious land before their alliance crumbles.

Having followed the thief across the land without Sun, they find themselves finally within reach of their enemy. But as the winter ice melts what other secrets will be uncovered with it.

 

Friday October 7th

Dawnsaga – Elf Towers of Dawn (Ages 10+)   

Sites of mystic wonder, the Elf-Towers mark nodes of earth-power flowing through the Ancient Most Realm. 

Join a band of adventurers, the Peregrines, and answer the Summons of the Towers- to raise the sleeping power of the Towers, and to heal The Realm and prepare the Way for the Choosing of a High King and Queen to lead us against the Evil Empire that threatens the Realm’s destruction.

As the group heads out from inland, a new chapter begins. 

Travelling along the coastline, the Peregrines make their way down the Ocean Way, to what is known as the Old Elf Heartland.

Hoping to find healing and peace at the next Elf-Tower, the blue dreaming tower, they soon learn that the ancient college of dreams and healing has fallen into the hands of frauds and charlatans.