Bjergtaget (Jewish edition)
In the shadows, in the corners of our eyes, beneath the earth we walk upon, dwells something inhuman: magical creatures of the North that play, dance, and long to be near humans. It is said that their influence is felt everywhere, from the deep woods to the royal court. Sometimes a young person travels to see their family for the High Holy Days and catches the eyes of an Undergrounder. They are lured to the halls of the Mountain King, where they forget time, love, loyalty, even keeping Shabbat. There, they are lost for perhaps even hundreds of years before returning to a world changed.
This larp is about humans and Undergrounders, about Jewish community in a vast and terrifying world, about luring and being lured, about losing yourself, remembering and about finding your way back home.
Through workshops the participants learn the symbolic gestures and how to move to the music, before they enter a nonverbal world of magic and myth. The tone of the game is steered by the players: they can aim for any mood from hope to tragedy.
This Jewish hack was created with permission from the original authors of Bjergtaget, Maria and Jeppe Bergmann Hamming. The art is by Maria Bergmann Hamming (who drew the Undergrounders) and Catie Rowley (who drew the humans.)
Content notes: Glamour/mind control, dubiously consensual intimacy/romance/telepathic bonding, antisemitism and sexism in character backstories
