Feast of Voraniss I Coronation of the Druid King

Hello friends,

Please excuse my verbose nature but I must now take the time to thank the many, many people that helped make this event possible. For those of you that don't know, this was my first time as a Realms EH and I couldn't have done it without the aid of our generous community who were constantly offering help, support, friendship, and encouragement.

First, to my wonderful kitchen staff: Nola King, Marty Goldblatt, Don and Victoria Pulver, our Feastocrat Craig Blais and Lani who all tirelessly prepared enough delicious food for an army. A feast is nothing without its food and you all managed to deliver an abundance of tasty delight. Joe Sims, we also caught you checking on drinks for us and making sure they were stocked throughout the day.

Next, for help with the months of crafting, I have to thank my husband, Derek Booke, who crafted nonstop to help me realize my dream of a beautifully decorated hall, amazing handmade prizes, and scary looking NPC's that represented the locals of Voraniss. Lynn Butler was my makeup guru and den mother in the back, and many of you got to see her work come to life on our wandering NPC's. I also have to mention Justin Mitchell, who developed custom rune sets and created so many scrolls for me that I think he became fluent in Elven. Additionally, there is my talented Magic Marshall Alex Sokolowski. Thank you for all the meetings and discussion and helping me make the start of this story a reality. You brought a level of creativity and talent to this event that I deeply admire and want to utilize more in the future.

To Danielle Guimont, you were a rock star! You showed up early and helped with set up, stayed late and helped with clean up, and even aided me all day by checking on things outside the hall and making sure we were all stopping to hydrate. Thank you for going above and beyond for us, you are a true friend.

Thank you to DJ and Sarah for running our reg-desk and directing people towards various tournaments. Sarah also designed the Voraniss silver and Wolfsbane collecting licenses for a more IC check-in experience, organized Bardics and court. Ted Vecchitto generously stepped up and volunteered to run our gaming corner and contributed a game of his original design for players to have fun with, not to mention all the time he took to play test games we may use in the future. We also had Jennifer Gallagher who was in charge of Rhiassa Cub Care and entertained the little adventurers all day. It seems like they had a blast! We also lucked out because we had the charity of Anthony Quintana donating prizes and arrows to the armory.

To Matt Butler, Kelly Bonci, and Jason Gray: Thank you all for letting me pick your brains about all sorts of things. Your advice and mentorship meant so much to me. Jason, you also sent me a lot of what you had so I didn't have to stress out about waivers or PEL's and jumped in to assist with a very important NPC role when I needed it. I will not forget your kindness.

Next, to our vendors who filled our hall with an exciting array of their crafts wares: Mercenary Market, Realms Outfitters, and Arken Auction. Thank you for your contribution to immersion and making the day feel more like a festival!

I'd also like to thank Zach Senchuk, Aaron and Melissa Metzger, Joshua Bryant, Ethan Goldman (who also drove up early in the morning to check and see if we were okay) and all the other kind and generous people that volunteered to help us with clean up after the day was through. I know there are more of you, so you have my sincerest apologies if I didn't catch you while I was busy running around. Just please know how much I appreciated all of the help.

Lastly, to my nation: As I mentioned to you all before, I couldn't have gotten this far without you. Down to a person you were all eager to help and assist with whatever needed to be done and I was never lacking in volunteers. I am grateful to know you all and want to thank you again and again.

To the community: One last thank you to all who attended. Your support made this event special for myself and our entire nation and we can't wait to host you again. Hopefully, we will see you next year! Please take the time to fill out our PEL for the event. We want to learn from our efforts and can't do that without the information you provide. What was successful about the event, what could be better?

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