This event will be located in Camp Kettle Run in Medford, NJ. Right across the bridge from Philadelphia into New Jersey. Very convenient for anyone who wants to try live action roleplaying in Pennsylvania, Delaware, or New York.
Notable things about the Marhc (or “Maris” as we call it in-game) LARP event:
Maris is the month of Spring Thawing. The snows begin melting in the temperate regions, and the ground softens. The birds leave their winter homes in the Ansaki Fens and begin flying northward. Cool weather crops can be planted as far north as the Dale.
The winters are long and dark in the northern lands of Shoria. On the first day of Maris, the Shorians celebrate the summoning of spring by decorating with colored paper lanterns. The lanterns are hung along the roads and around homes as a traditional ceremony of banishing the darkness and cold of winter.
The Equinoxes are especially sacred to followers of the Way of the Five who come together on these days to honor the Five by visiting local holy sites. During the Spring Equinox, Solnus can be seen in the balance between day and night. Karthis makes himself known in that this balance lasts for one night only and soon day and night will be unequal and changing again. And Natallis is waking the world to the coming warmth.
This custom has been adopted by many cultures. In the late afternoon, objects are hidden in a defined area and the whole community comes out to find them. The Giovy celebrate this holiday by decorating eggs with bright colors, the Prenian hide arrows, the Weetles hide shiny objects, and the people of the Dale hide baskets of sweetcakes.