Cloudia Di Richesa De Sarvos, Banditore of the Golden Thread!
Empire for me is less about the plot and more about the friends! I missed strutting about the field like no one could afford me ;p and I get to do it with some of the best and most talented women I know x
#empirelrp
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Dragons Hunt 2
Lady Minisa Tully - Her son was not breathing. And now, neither was she.
This was the first LARP I wrote an Epilogue for and that is because of the heartbreaking fate of my character! It feels so good to be back in the LARP season, being outside, staying away from technology and just enjoying life! Get me back in a field!
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@chris_thomas_photography@shield_intern
Dragon Hunt 2
A moment of joy in the setting sun! My first ever posed photoshoot EVER! And I was so lucky to have @shield_intern look after me the way she did! We only had 5 mins together but she made me so happy and I returned to the trauma Mines in Westeros feeling so confident!!
Since Christmas a lot has changed in my life and whilst some is bad. The way I feel about myself has improved tenfold and I see these photos of me at larps and I am eternally grateful to the TOGs for capturing it! There's still a long way to go! And if anyone wants to teach me facial or hand poses so I dont feel so awkward haha please do!
@feastyoureyesevents Dragons Hunt 2
Lady Minisa Tully - Lady Paramount of the Riverlands, wife and mother of 3 (Cat, Lysa and Edmure)
This was an incredible game that is still playing on repeat in my mind a week after we called Time Out!
I was so lucky to have a group of incredibly players around me and a massive bonus support both emotionally and in Lore dumping @kearney.ryan what a powerful pair!
📸 - @chris_thomas_photography
Flying Lead: Blood and Gold
Molly Murdoch - tell me Mr. Have you experienced the pain of a bullet ripping through your leg? You will if you keep annoying me
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Flying Lead: Blood and Gold
Molly Murdoch - Remind me friend, what use is all that gold if I bury you right beside it?
Get yourself a girl who can do both - murderous gremlin, or demure cowgirl trying not to get caught.
Can't wait for more cowboy shenanigans next time we play this game!
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@feastyoureyesevents held their first installment of their new Flying Lead: Blood and Gold this last weekend and it was amazing to introduce the world to Molly Murdoch. Cattle Rancher turned Deputy with an attitude!
I have said this once! And I will continue to say it until the Cattle come home! @chris_thomas_photography is one of the only people who take photos I am proud to see myself in. He listens to my insecurities and takes photos that highlight what I love about me! So go give his account some love!
Next event is in August so save the date and get your tickets because it's a good game! And it's so good to be back
Shall we take a second to talk about body positivity? TW for weight related bits and body dysmorphia should thou wish to scroll away!
So last year, especially the final 3 months was pretty crap. Because of the burnout from doing too many things, work and general lack of a good diet. I managed to gain 30kg last year....which isnt really the high score I wanted! Since the new year I have been steadily losing it again and enjoying the process (even if morning runs are the Devil's doing)
But what really has me thinking as I scrolled back through my phone to find photos of me is that I never try and look pretty in my photos...this isnt to say "gawd, being beautiful is so effortless" but I always try and pull faces at the camera or mask whenever I see a Photographer around at LARP. I think I deliberately make the photo a joke or funny because then I dont have to hate myself when I notice the wonky smile, the double chin, the spots, the scars or the bald spots that creep in every once in a while. (This also isn't a pity post, more reflective)
I look in the mirror now and I still see all of those things, but my mental health has improved to the point where I like what I see despite them all. And now whenever I see a camera I am not filled with dread or a sudden urge to flip off the camera, make a face or turn away. I am excited to keep running, keep losing weight and finding out about myself a lil bit more....the first 3 decades of my life have woven a pretty fun tapestry and now im looking back at all the work and feeling excited about the next 3 decades! After that ill be a cyborg i wreckon, so emotions or perspective won't really matter. What im trying to say is...that i have realised this fitness challenge isnt just to lose weight, pr get fit enough to keep up with Holly in a 10k race. It's a way of reclaiming the person I lost last year
This is a photo of a sunrise over the Sahara on the last morning I had in Morocco. Seemed fitting to use a sunrise as I look back on 2025, and look forward to 2026.
2025 has been a test of my limits; emotionally, physically and mentally. I have learnt my limits and realised a lot about the people around me and how harshly I look at myself. I will honestly say I am the lowest mentally I have been in 10 years. I am the heaviest I have been all year and a heart breaking amount of people I loved are not coming with me into 2026.
I am fine, I am so happy for everyone who had an incredible 2025, I also had some phenomenal moments. I just have a lot of work to do on myself in 2026 and I will relish the challenge. Im just allowing myself to feel low at the moment. I love you all! I have such high hopes for 2026 and I am looking forward to feeling happier, healthier and stronger at the end of it! Time to get to work
Last week was the final Portents event. This has been one of my favourite games to crew and I loved every second!
Crewing a LARP keeps you on your toes. Especially when the game runner comes to you on the Friday an hour before time in and says 'you'll be one of two pivotal characters over the weekend, so whatever you do, don't worry' I got to play a cheeky little Fae called Babbling Brook (Babble), what the players didnt know what that Babble would become The Hag, an NPC played by @vivalasombra what resulted was a quick brief of how Dani played the Hag, what they wanted and how I should do it! With a lot of hand holding from the team, I would say we pulled it off! Culminating in a really cool ritual at midnight on the saturday!
These photos were taken by @chris_thomas_photography during a wedding Babble so rudely disrupted! And it was some of the most fun I have had RPing so far! Especially as I got to play Crazy, in the rain, in my old Aagni kit!!
Thank you to the game team for trusting me, thank you to Dani for not going 'You're doing this all wrong!' And thank you to the players for putting up with my crazy throughout the weekend!
Shall we talk about the elephant in the room? I think we shall!
So Menhirs...I may or may not be involved in how its run, and frankly, I'm still as flummoxed thinking about why I am now as I was then. It all started as 'Come and learn about how this thing called Game Control works' then....'youre now one of 2 people in Game Control'....'You're now head of Game Control'....'we need someone to coordinate the OC elements of this' to 'Millie, we have a new site and 6 weeks....make it so'
I still haven't properly processed the effect Menhirs Fate has had on my life. The 100+hr work weeks, the scheduling, the planning, learning what an EMP was, figuring out plumbing systems, pillow tanks, lighting systems, power feeds and Genny distribution grids. FLIPPING ECK its been insane. Last event I was more than a little broken even before I called 'Time In' and I was often marched off to a seat or given a glass of water (Mostly without nefarious and hilarious poison RPs attached - Gotta love me Court of Daggers).
So on that point. Menhirs was created by the directors, but it is sustained by its crew, an army of volunteers that I consider myself incredibly luckily and privileged to be a part of. Through Menhirs I have formed incredibly strong bonds with a wonderful group of people. People who carry (sort of) fake rocks over to me so I can stop people falling into rabit warrens. Who will sprint across from the Bank to give me a hug after landing back from Morocco and heading straight to site. Who will scream 'SISSTEEEEEER' at me to give me the energy to just keep going in those stupidly impractical...yet oddly comfortable (And sexy) boots. Oh and stand in the centre of a fight so we can chat about how proud we are. Plus photographers who will give me my main character moments and make me feel like Mr Darcy as I come and deliver monster to them before time in.
You know what im like with Sentiment, its gross and horrible and if anyone reads this far along, I hope youre as uncomfortable as I am right now. Bring on 2026 and bring on more Menhirs Fate. I wont tag anyone because you know who you are and if you dont...check your birth certificates? I don't know....feelings Bleh
