Members of the Mercenaries Faction are residents from numerous Planes and do not hold a Tower upon Orin Rakatha.
Instead they are based at a set of waystations which surround the planar portal device known as the World Window. This area is treated the same as a tower and mercenaries in this area are safe from attacks from other factions.
Tower Colours:
Members of the Mercenaries Faction are not normally resident upon Orin Rakatha and therefore do not wear distinctive colours. There may be some Mercenary bands that have their own uniform. For the Herofest Larp events all mercenaries must wear a sash to show they are in the mercenary larp faction .
Faction Representative:
Spardan.
Summary:
An association of Mercenaries, with their own goals and agenda. All players that attend a Herofest Larp event will be considered mercenaries until they have either been accepted into a faction or formed one of their own.
Larping Notes:
The Mercenaries are not normally a unified and cohesive faction and generally prefer to work in small groups. However, in order to maximise their potential (and income), they have banded together into one faction. This faction will work together in order to secure their individual aims. They are from numerous Planes and normally do not reside on Orin Rakatha. Consequently they are a varied group of all races. It is difficult to ascertain what their motives are and they can be hired by all. It would not be unusual to see them opposing your faction one minute and then see them fighting alongside you the next.
Why do you need to join the Mercenary Larp Faction
If you have not been larping at Herofest before you are unlikely to know much about the campaign world of Orin Rakatha and may therefore encounter problems being able to successfully play a towered faction. Once you have signed up for a faction we will send you more information that we don’t want to reveal to other factions on the website. This should more than cover everything you need to know for the weekend. However some people still weren’t sure which is why we have created the mercenary faction. By joining this faction you can come along as any character type you like and we will ensure they fit in to the weekend. Almost any costume will do but if you don’t have anything suitable we can help you out. This also means that you are unlikely to join a faction only to find after one event that perhaps you had made the wrong choice.
Diplomatic status with the other Herofest larp factions
The Mercenaries will start every event with neutrality towards all other factions. This of course may change on the event and your actions as the players will affect diplomatic relations on future events. Because of their nature it is possible that part of your faction may be working alongside some mercenaries on a mission whilst in another part of the site members of your faction are opposed by mercenaries.
How to Join the Mercenaries Larp Faction
If you would like to join the Mercenaries faction either as an individual or as a group send an email to Herofest Live action role playing mark@herofest.co.uk and the faction representative will contact you with more information about your faction and your missions for the event.
The Mercenaries is the faction for me. Where do I sign up?
Fill out the bookings form found and tick the box marked Mercenaries.
The booking form can be found here –
