PaxLair, Chesapeake (PaxLair Times) – September 19, 1998 – by Winfield — PaxLair will host the first Festival of Races in PaxLair on Saturday, September 19, 1998 at 9 PM EDT. ‘Tis time for all the races of Britannia to come together and introduce themselves in one grand festival. Many races do exist in the great expanse of Britannia, yet some are still scattered in small groups and clans. Some lone wanderers are known to seek their bretheren. PaxLair offers this festival as a perfect time to meet thy brothers and sisters.
This festival event is one that you will make, aye, all of you. There are no special events pre-planned for thy entertainment because you will make the entertainment. Thy creativeness and imagination in “roleplaying” and storylines will bring to Britannia events upon events. How can you do this, you ask? Simply establish thy storyline, thy history, and thy quests. Tell others. Invite others to participate. If part of thy storyline is to challenge another race or group to battle in the arena, challenge them and the other people may place their bets. If thy storyline is one of seeking an artifact or a particular person, tell the others and maybe they can help.
 PaxLair Guard |
 Dwarves in PaxLair |
 The Tribe outside of PaxLair |
 Vampires and the Soulslave |
 Orcs in PaxLair |
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(Out of Character): Roleplaying is a talent and an art. Festivals such as this are based entirely on roleplaying one’s character and using your imagination to “make something happen” in Britannia worth enjoying. You or your race, group, or clan can bring to this festival all the intrigue you can muster up for others to enjoy.
You might give out books about your race. You might challenge some to a duel. You might hold an impromptu wedding. You might inform the others at the festival that there is a lost child in the wilderness and offer a reward for his safe return. You might organize a spontaneous dungeon crawl. You might hand out books with riddles to be solved and the Mayor honors the winners with a certificate. You might sing songs of the adventures in Britannia. The possibilities are endless, but it is up to you, the visitors and participants to try out your ideas.
PaxLair is an open community to all. It is not a large community of organizers and planners as found in other player-towns because all people on the “staff” are roleplayers first and organizers second. The setting in PaxLair is for everyone to roleplay and try their hand at quests and stories with others of similar interests. No one needs to ask permission of the PaxLair staff to hold events or use the town for your roleplaying. In fact, we encourage you to simply bring surprises and intrigue into the town streets through excellent roleplaying. Be sure to report the news of what happens so others not in town may learn about it.
The enjoyment you receive from coming to this roleplaying festival will be based on your own creativeness, not on what you expect to be organized for you or handed to you. If you are interested in coming to “get some action” you might find yourself bored, unless you create the action. You are the organizers and the creative people. Come with your imaginations in high gear and you will make this festival one worth remembering for all time!!
A final note: PaxLair is in the wilderness and not protected by guards. The player-guards of PaxLair are roleplayers and are particularly focused on combat with different roleplaying groups who attack PaxLair or create a quest involving combat. These roleplaying groups have an established story and purpose that goes well beyond “we are taking over the town and will kill everyone”. There are even agreed-upon rules for these roleplayed engagements.
If you have any questions, ideas, or want your race published on the PaxLair website (links and news), please let me know.
Winfield