The Dance and the Dawn

Author

Warren Tusk, run by Malcolm Harbrow and Donna Giltrap

Characters

15 players:

  • Lady Clara (F) - social, domineering
  • Lady Elia (F) - cheery, hollow
  • Lady Gedra (F) - humble, passive
  • Lady Jade (F) - worldly, headstrong
  • Lady Kassarin (F) - wily, deviant
  • Lady Viridian (F) - pious, self-absorbed
  • Lord Marius Armster (M) - learned, guilt-ridden
  • Lord Paleos Kalbrock (M) - brooding, stalwart
  • Lord Rene Mirabilis (M) - earnest, idealistic
  • Lord Shain Rymon (M) - unassuming, envious
  • Lord Jael Samangelov (F) - aloof, brokenhearted
  • Lord Joachim Selle (M) - passionate, arrogant
  • His Highness Aedron Lavalle (M) - manipulative, princely
  • her Majesty Alise Lavalle, the Queen of Ice (F) - hateful, cruel
  • His Grace Kasriel Abraxas, the Duke of Ash (M) - scholarly, remorseful

    • Costume

    Gothic fairytale. Old fashioned formalwear and ballgowns.

    Timing Notice

    Please be aware this game may run as late as midnight, an hour longer than the normal time for Round 1.

    GM Contact

    catnipmousegames@gmail.com


Background

This game tells the tale of six beautiful Ladies who came to the court of the Queen of Ice for a midnight ball, and there danced with seven noble Lords, all in pursuit of the True Love that could heal their hearts.

The players take on the roles of nobles in a gothic fairy-tale realm, convened for a great ritual dance, who have one night to find love and redemption. Six players become the Ladies of Ash, who have come to the midnight ball in hopes of healing their heartbreak; seven become the cold, proud Lords of Ice who are there waiting for them, and who struggle with tragedies of their own; and the other two become the Queen of Ice and the Duke of Ash, the enigmatic figures who have arranged the whole affair. The game is an event that lasts about four hours, which will be taken up with dancing and dueling and courtly intrigue...and, of course, with the eternal hope of romance and joy.

This game will involve formal dancing, and therefore a certain amount of unavoidable personal contact.