Darkness Visible

• Black & Green Games

RPG system: American Freeform
Participants: 7 players

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_The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven._

England, 17th century. Civil war rages. Plague, fire and heresy ravage the land. The European Enlightenment movement beckons, fed by study and scholarship hailing back to the ancient Greeks preserved and built upon by Muslim scholars, and forever changing the course of knowledge and politics in the Christian west.

In 1608, John Milton is born. Poet, theologian, political and social theorist and radical. From an idealist scholar to a disillusioned blind and ailing master poet. His works influenced centuries of English speaking poets and writers, undergirded the burgeoning French and American revolutions, and foreshadowed feminist critiques of society (perhaps despite himself).

In _Paradise Lost_, Milton's great epic poem, Satan raises a host of heaven against God. Milton's anti-hero has perilous parallels with the author and his chosen partisans, who rise up against Charles the First and eventually take the head of the King of England.

Explore _Paradise Lost_ from the inside. And examine the many sides of Milton.

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_Darkness Visible_ is a freeform larp, in the American Freeform tradition. It will be run in the Nordic freeform or scenario style of having discrete scenes, with a director using Meta-techniques. We'll do workshopping at the start to get familiar with the period and ease into the techniques. Roles are sets of different characters to play in the parallel settings, similar to roles in the Tale-telling larp tradition of Alleged Entertainment (such as The Last Seder and 10 Bad Larps). **Roles will be cast independent of gender.** Some roles involve directing scenes.

Knowledge of the era is not needed to play, but is welcome. Historical characters and events may be composited or abstracted.

**Content Warnings:** **18+ only.** Mentions of rape, warfare. Christian religious theology. Political and social analysis of historical events and figures. Poetry excerpts featured.

**Rule Warnings:** Scenes have set events, and are governed by active direction. Looking for people interested in exploring and interpreting these stories.

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Trivia

• Thematic sequels: The Dare and So Fine a Brush