Eldritch

Eldritch

2018 to 2026Washington State

Eldritch is a fantasy live-action roleplaying (larp) campaign that Eldritch Workshop ran from 2018 to 2026. This site records the ten events that followed its 2021 reset, along with the world and the rules.

Two cloaked figures stand close together beside a misty lake at sunrise, with long shadows across the frosted grass.

The Story

The Kingdom of Arnesse lies at the far edge of the known world, worn down by centuries of war. Nine great houses contend for it, and the ninth is the Twilight Empire of Tian Zhou.

In the year 763, a fog covered the realm for a night and a day. When it lifted, a new land called the Annwyn lay beyond the western coast. Condemned prisoners were sent into the mists on the Last Walk, and the King's expedition followed to claim the land.

Players take the roles of the settlers who follow and make their home in Mystvale. Over ten events, they faced witches, the risen dead, a war for the crown, and at last the armies of Oblivion.

Annwyn is pronounced "a-noon." Arnesse is pronounced "are-ness."

A group of cloaked figures walks across a field toward the rising sun, with tall firs ahead.

The World

These pages cover the Kingdom of Arnesse, its nine great houses, and the Annwyn.

A timber hall crowded with costumed players seated at long tables under strings of warm lights.

The Chronicle

All ten events appear here in order, from the second expedition at Tamris to the siege of the Nest.

Two fighters in armor swing foam weapons at each other in a grass field while a third watches.

How to Play

The rules are given as they stood at the end of the campaign.

The Ten Events

The map of the Annwyn, a pale landmass of forests, hills, and scorched brown regions beside Duskwatch Harbour, with a cavalryman at lower left and two mounted musicians at upper right. A brass pin marks the Dread Run.
  1. IThe BeginningJuly 2022Middle Ground, Onalaska
  2. IIThe WrathMarch 2023Camp Lyle McLeod, Tahuya
  3. IIIThe AwakeningNovember 2023Millersylvania State Park
  4. IVThe SacrificeMarch 2024Millersylvania State Park
  5. VThe TrialOctober 2024Millersylvania State Park
  6. VIThe TowerApril 2025Millersylvania State Park
  7. VIIThe UnravelingOctober 2025Millersylvania State Park
  8. VIIIThe PrecipiceApril 2026Millersylvania State Park
  9. IXThe UndercroftJuly 2026Camlann Medieval Village, Carnation
  10. XThe EndOctober 2026Millersylvania State Park

Photographs

A carved figure on a pedestal rises from a ring of candles and goblets in the dark.
Tall firs and orange autumn trees stand at the edge of a meadow under a pale sky.
A fighter with a dark headband and painted face watches over the rim of a round shield, with a blue and white tent in the background.
A line of armored fighters with foam weapons charges into another line across wet grass.
Three cloaked players carrying lanterns gather in the dark woods.
A painted stained-glass panel of a green tree hangs in a window, with a misty field outside.
A pierced brass lantern, a bell, a goblet, and candles stand on a red and gold table runner.
An empty gravel path bends away into dark forest at dusk.
A pile of round brass game tokens on a red cloth, with a hand at the edge of the frame.

All photographs

Eldritch Workshop

Eldritch Workshop is an independent production company in Washington State. It develops and produces live-action roleplaying events and digital games, and it produced Eldritch.

Send questions and corrections to admin@eldritchworkshop.com.

See About for the company and Credits for the staff and crew.

Clothing with the house arms is sold at the Eldritch shop.

A crew member bends to apply creature makeup to a seated performer backstage.
A crew member in a black hoodie speaks into a microphone in the tavern hall.
A crew member in a black hoodie stands in a field, briefing players before a scene.
A crew member in a face mask works at a table covered in papers.