WHAT IS UNDERWORLD LARP?
RUN. FIGHT. HIDE.
These three words are what exemplifies the dark fantasy LARP known as Underworld. When monsters come, you have three options. You may Run from them, and hope that you are fast enough to escape. Those that are brave may Fight. Others may seek to Hide, in hopes that their labored breathing doesn’t give them away.
While Underworld is primarily set in a fantasy world, where you will see elves, dwarves, and magic, it also incorporates many horror elements. While there may be stalwart heroes in their shiny mail, there are also dread creatures that lurk in the night waiting to feast on flesh.
Due to the serious tone of the setting, it is an adult-only LARP and participants must be 18 years of age or older.
WHAT IS DARK HARBOR?
The Florida-Based Guild of Underworld LARP.
The port town of Dark Harbor is a pirate town on an island covered in forests and swamps. The inhabitants are barely kept in line with a few rules that are enforced by the most powerful captains residing on the island. While most begrudgingly hold to these rules because of their own best interests, others just make sure they don’t get caught breaking them. Merchants from all over sail into these waters knowing that they are protected as long as they are within sight of the island, and because goods can be sold without taxation and without scrutiny over their origins.
The island is also said to be cursed, where tortured souls never truly rest. Hushed stories told late at night speak of the dead that seek their vengeance, and other horrors lurking in the woods, just out of range of the lantern’s light.