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A [[Shire]] of the [[Kingdom]] of the [[Rising Winds]], located in Paducah, KY.
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{{Infobox Amtgard Chapter|
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name=Blüdfrost|
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name=The Riverlands|
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image=[[Image:BlüdfrostShield.png|100px]]|
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image=[[Image:TheRiverlandsShield.png|200px]]|
 
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kingdom=[[Freehold]]|
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kingdom=[[Rising Winds]]|
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status=[[Freehold]]|
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status=[[Shire]]|
 
city=Paducah, KY|
 
city=Paducah, KY|
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park=[http://paducahky.gov/paducah/kolb-park Kolb Park]|
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park=[http://paducahky.gov/paducah/noble-park Noble Park]|
 
founded=[[Events in 2011|2011]]|
 
founded=[[Events in 2011|2011]]|
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meets=Sundays 2p-5p (Winter Months)<br>'''Sundays 4p-7p (Summer Months)'''|
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meets='''Sundays 3p-Dusk (Summer Months)'''<br>Sundays 12p-3p (Winter Months)<br>Inclement Weather:<br>[http://www.facebook.com/groups/paducahamtgard Check FB]|
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active=Defunct
 
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'''Blüdfrost''' ''(purposely [[#Chapter Name|mispronounced]] blood frost)'' is a [[Freehold]] of [[Amtgard]] - a live action boffer combat game with medieval reenactment undertones - operating out of the city of Paducah in western Kentucky. The club is ran by members of the analog/tabletop club the [http://www.quiltcityogres.com Quilt City Ogres]. The freehold is currently petitioning for membership in the [[Rising Winds|Kingdom of the Valley of the Rising Winds]].
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'''The Riverlands''' ''(formerly Blüdfrost)'' is a [[Shire]] of [[Amtgard]] - a live action boffer combat game with medieval reenactment undertones - operating out of the city of Paducah in western Kentucky.  
  
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==Heraldry==
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====Heraldry====
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The group's [[Heraldry]] is ''azure, a rose sable barbed and seeded Vert'' representing death, and it's words are simply '''''"By Force."''''' However, a joking submotto is '''"Don't forget the umlaut"'''.
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[[Image:TheRiverlandsShield.png|right|200px]]
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The group's [[Heraldry]] is ''azure, a buck argent passant toward sinister over a stream argent''.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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The chapter was formed by members of the [http://www.QuiltCityOGREs.com Quilt City Ogres], a chapter of the international analog gaming club - the [http://www.ogrelair.org Organization of Gamers & Roleplaying Enthusiasts] - operating in Paducah, Kentucky as an outlet for live action gaming. The park was officially recognized in October of 2011, and began fully gaming weekly by January of 2012.
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On November 18th 2012, via allthing, [[Blüdfrost]] voted to change its name to '''The Riverlands'''. The name is a reference to the region's four distinct rivers, which results in many buisnesses and organizations utilizing the ''Four Rivers'' moniker. The park went defunct in October 2014 due to lack of leadership but reformed in April 2015.
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===Officers===
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For a full listing of officers, including current and former since the park's beginning, please [[Blüdfrost/Officers|see here]].
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==Unique Traditions==
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===Personas===
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Personas in The Riverlands are allowed to be from any time period, as long as the weapons still meet current Amtgard standards. This is explained via a basic storyline that there is a time anomaly/portal near Blüdfrost that occasionally catches people from different settings/eras and exiles them to the park. This allows for some interesting and very unique boffer personas.
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===Battlegames===
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====Interquest====
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The park currently plays a light version of [http://www.nwamtgard.com/images/8/81/InterQuest.pdf InterQuest].
  
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===Chapter Name===
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=====Park War=====
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The purposeful mispronouncing of the letter Ü is a joke, referencing a fictional location in DC Comics that a writer once misused the letter in - not understanding the sound it is supposed to make.
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Blüdfrostians formerlly partook in a land control game from one session to the next, where players are able to challenge via dueling other players for fictional hexes of land. The Blüdfrost map, which coordinates directly with the shape and size of the park the chapter plays in, was divided by hexs that could be controlled by players, whether individually or by [[House]]/[[Company]].
  
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===Former Officers===
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====Park Weaponmaster====
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For a full listing of officers since the park's beginning, please [[Blüdfrost/Officers|see here]].
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The Riverlands weaponmaster tournament and dragonmaster competition is known as the '''Blüdfrost Occasional Fight Festival''' or as '''B.O.F.F.''' - named after the original name of the park - and it is held twice annually.  Sign-ins are taken in advance online and at-park via the ''Blüdfrost Occasional Fight Festival Event Registration (B.O.F.F.E.R.)''. For a history of outcomes, please [[Blüdfrost/Weaponmaster|click here]].
  
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==Unique Battlegames==
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====Park Relics====
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===Park War===
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The Riverlands currently has two local relics in use: a pair of '''[[Gauntlets of Ogre Power]]''' and a '''[[Compass of True Sight]]'''.
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Blüdfrostians partake in a land control game from one session to the next, where players are able to challenge via dueling other players for fictional hexes of land. The Blüdfrost map, which coordinates directly with the shape and size of the park the chapter plays in, is divided by hexs that can be controlled by players, whether individually or by [[House]]/[[Company]]. The map is "reset" annually, with each Land Control campaign lasting roughly six months. The winner is the player who controls the most or all land by the end of that game's season. The inaugural season began in January of 2012. A blank version of the hex map [http://ogres.wikia.com/wiki/File:BlankBl%C3%BCdfrostHexMap.png can be seen here].
 
  
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===Park Weaponmaster===
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===Subshire of Puns Deep===
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The Blüdfrost weaponmaster tournament is known as the '''Blüdfrost Occasional Fight Festival''' or as '''B.O.F.F.''' and it is held twice annually.  Sign-ins are taken in advance online and at-park via the ''Blüdfrost Occasional Fight Festival Event Registration (B.O.F.F.E.R.)''. For a history of outcomes, please [[Blüdfrost/Weaponmaster|click here]].
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A in-joke a ficticious faction within the shire is Puns Deep ''(sometimes stylized as Püns Deep, Pun's Deep or Pün's Deep)'' after the nature of pun abuse by members. The faction is made up of out-of-time-and-place personas, trolls, and jesters who act as a quest opponent for the shire at large.
  
 
==Roster==
 
==Roster==
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Here is a roster of Blüdfrost players who have registered heraldic devices with the park's [[Guildmaster of Heraldry]], in a roll of arms form. For a basic listing of players with articles on [[Amtwiki]], please see [[:category:Blüdfrost People|the chapter's user category]].
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For a listing of Officers of the Park, including past officers, please see [[The Riverlands/Officers]]. For a '''roll of arms''' depicting the heraldry of players in this park, please see [[Riverlands/Roll of Arms]].
  
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For a basic listing of players with articles on [[Amtwiki]], please see [[:category:Riverlands People|the chapter's user category]].
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{|
 
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===Officers===
 
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| [[Image:BlüdfrostLaceycoat.png|180px|Sheriff Lacey Wilson|link=Moira Kennit]]
 
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| [[Image:BlüdfrostHoopercoat.png|180px|Chancellor Hooper|link=Hooper]]
 
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| [[Image:BlüdfrostChasitycoat.png|180px|Regent Chasity Bottoms|link=Sanaa Naji]]
 
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| [[Image:BlüdfrostJakeshield.png|180px|Champion Jake Kubitschek|link=Thugdar]]
 
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| [[Image:BlüdfrostWaltershield.png|180px|Weaponmaster Walter Howard Pfeifer-Thompson|link=Kane Xune]]
 
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==Contacts and Directions==
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For quickest reply, please contact the Chancellor who will field the questions for other officers.
  
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;Monarch
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:[[Takaffi]] (email: info@votehooper.com)
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===Members===
 
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| [[Image:BlüdfrostJeffDossettshield.png|180px|Jeffrey Dossett|link=Kelfryn]]
 
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| [[Image:HouseNaarayalokiSmall.png|180px|Jason Bennett|link=Tommy Whitecaster]]
 
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| [[Image:HouseNaarayalokiSmall.png|180px|Brandon Fritts|link=Alexis Naaraya'loki]]
 
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| [[Image:BlüdfrostDaniellecoat.png|180px|Danielle Spencer|link=Mirabella Boffin]]
 
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| [[Image:KoreIronbackshield.png|180px|Jacob Wilson|link=Kore Ironback]]
 
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| [[Image:BlüdfrostRichardSmithShield.png|180px|Richard Smith|link=Robert the Black]]
 
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| [[Image:BlüdfrostElijahshield.png|180px|Elijah Williams|link=Shaldn Boc]]
 
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| [[Image:BlüdfrostJarrettShield.jpg|180px|Jarrett Hughes|link=Lock McFall]]
 
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| [[Image:HouseOgswaldShield.png|180px|Charles Ringstaff|link=Razzerak]]
 
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| [[Image:HouseNaarayalokiSmall.png|180px|Kenneth Gould|link=Stephen Naaraya'loki]]
 
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===Represented Houses & Companies with Members in This Park===
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;Regent
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:[[Sanaa Naji]]
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| [[Image:HouseNaarayalokiSmall.png|180px|House Naaraya'loki|link=House Naaraya'loki]]
 
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| [[Image:HouseOgswaldShield.png|180px|House of Ogswald|link=House of Ogswald]]
 
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| [[Image:LindensBruteSquad.jpg|180px|Linden's Brute Squad|link=Linden's Brute Squad]]
 
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==Contacts and Directions==
 
 
;Chancellor
 
;Chancellor
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:[[User:Hooper|Hooper]] (email: hooper AT quiltcityogres DOT com)
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:[[Nazzak]]
  
 
;Park
 
;Park
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:[http://paducahky.gov/paducah/kolb-park Kolb Park] in Paducah, KY (1650 S. 6th St, Paducah, KY 42001) Sundays 2pm-5pm during the winter months (Sep-Mar) and Sundays 4pm-7pm during the summer months (Apr-Aug)
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:[http://paducahky.gov/paducah/noble-park Noble Park] in Paducah, KY (2801 Park Ave, Paducah, KY 42001)
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::[http://paducahky.gov/paducah/files/6/Parks_Kolb_11x17.pdf Click here for PDF map of park]
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:Sundays, hours alternating depending on season, please see Facebook group.
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<googlemap lat="37.068336" lon="-88.588085">
 
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==Links==
 
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*[http://www.facebook.com/groups/paducahamtgard {{Facebook Groups Page}}]
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*[http://www.facebook.com/groups/quiltcityogres/ Umbrella OGREs Facebook Group]
 
*[http://www.QuiltCityOGREs.com Umbrella OGREs Chapter Website]
 
*[http://www.QuiltCityOGREs.com Umbrella OGREs Chapter Website]
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*[http://quiltcityogres.guildlaunch.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7853247&gid=245574 Chapter Forum Dedicated to Blüdfrost]
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*{{ork_chapter|index=463}}
  
 
===Nearby Parks===
 
===Nearby Parks===
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*[[Elysian Fields]] - Bowling Green, KY
 
*[[Elysian Fields]] - Bowling Green, KY
 
*[[Hallow Dale]] - Cadiz, KY
 
*[[Hallow Dale]] - Cadiz, KY
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*[[Kapaha Keep]] - Cape Girardeau, MO
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*[[The Mire]] - Henderson, KY
  
  
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Back To: [[Amtgard]] &rarr; [[Chapters]] &rarr; [[Kentucky]] &rarr; [[Blüdfrost]]
 
Back To: [[Amtgard]] &rarr; [[Chapters]] &rarr; [[Kentucky]] &rarr; [[Blüdfrost]]
  
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[[Category:Active Kentucky Chapters]] [[Category:Active Freeholds]][[Category:Active Amtgard Chapters]] [[Category:Founded in 2011]][[Category:Sunday Parks]][[Category:Blüdfrost]]
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[[Category:Defunct Kentucky Chapters]]
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[[Category:Defunct Amtgard Chapters]]
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[[Category:Founded in 2012]]
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[[Category:Sunday Parks]][[Category:Defunct in 2014]][[Category:Founded in 2015]]
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[[Category:Previous Burning Lands Places]]
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[[Category: Riverlands People]]
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[[Category:Audited in 2014]][[Category:Audited for 2015]]
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[[Category:Defunct in 2017]]

Latest revision as of 20:05, 7 September 2024

A Shire of the Kingdom of the Rising Winds, located in Paducah, KY.

Amtgard Chapter
TheRiverlandsShield.png
The Riverlands
Kingdom Rising Winds
Status Shire
City Paducah, KY
Park Noble Park
Meets on Sundays 3p-Dusk (Summer Months)
Sundays 12p-3p (Winter Months)
Inclement Weather:
Check FB
Founded 2011
Active Defunct


The Riverlands (formerly Blüdfrost) is a Shire of Amtgard - a live action boffer combat game with medieval reenactment undertones - operating out of the city of Paducah in western Kentucky.

Heraldry

TheRiverlandsShield.png

The group's Heraldry is azure, a buck argent passant toward sinister over a stream argent.

History

On November 18th 2012, via allthing, Blüdfrost voted to change its name to The Riverlands. The name is a reference to the region's four distinct rivers, which results in many buisnesses and organizations utilizing the Four Rivers moniker. The park went defunct in October 2014 due to lack of leadership but reformed in April 2015.

Officers

For a full listing of officers, including current and former since the park's beginning, please see here.

Unique Traditions

Personas

Personas in The Riverlands are allowed to be from any time period, as long as the weapons still meet current Amtgard standards. This is explained via a basic storyline that there is a time anomaly/portal near Blüdfrost that occasionally catches people from different settings/eras and exiles them to the park. This allows for some interesting and very unique boffer personas.

Battlegames

Interquest

The park currently plays a light version of InterQuest.

Park War

Blüdfrostians formerlly partook in a land control game from one session to the next, where players are able to challenge via dueling other players for fictional hexes of land. The Blüdfrost map, which coordinates directly with the shape and size of the park the chapter plays in, was divided by hexs that could be controlled by players, whether individually or by House/Company.

Park Weaponmaster

The Riverlands weaponmaster tournament and dragonmaster competition is known as the Blüdfrost Occasional Fight Festival or as B.O.F.F. - named after the original name of the park - and it is held twice annually. Sign-ins are taken in advance online and at-park via the Blüdfrost Occasional Fight Festival Event Registration (B.O.F.F.E.R.). For a history of outcomes, please click here.

Park Relics

The Riverlands currently has two local relics in use: a pair of Gauntlets of Ogre Power and a Compass of True Sight.

Subshire of Puns Deep

A in-joke a ficticious faction within the shire is Puns Deep (sometimes stylized as Püns Deep, Pun's Deep or Pün's Deep) after the nature of pun abuse by members. The faction is made up of out-of-time-and-place personas, trolls, and jesters who act as a quest opponent for the shire at large.

Roster

For a listing of Officers of the Park, including past officers, please see The Riverlands/Officers. For a roll of arms depicting the heraldry of players in this park, please see Riverlands/Roll of Arms.

For a basic listing of players with articles on Amtwiki, please see the chapter's user category.

Contacts and Directions

For quickest reply, please contact the Chancellor who will field the questions for other officers.

Monarch
Takaffi (email: [email protected])
Regent
Sanaa Naji
Chancellor
Nazzak
Park
Noble Park in Paducah, KY (2801 Park Ave, Paducah, KY 42001)
Sundays, hours alternating depending on season, please see Facebook group.

Links

Nearby Parks


Back To: Amtgard → Chapters → Kentucky → Blüdfrost


Amtgard Chapters within the Kingdom of the Rising Winds
Sponsored Lands: Gryphon's Perch · Raven's Hollow · Stormcrest

Grand Duchy of Ebonmarch: Five Oaks · Grim Garrison · Kirin Grove · The Mire · Storm Bridge

Grand Duchy of Lochaven: Ashen Hills · Black Marsh · Elk Glenn · The Port of Winter's Night · Rivers Edge · Satyrs Crossing · Valley by the Coast

Grand Duchy of Midgard: Blackfire Pass · Blackfire Valley · Burning Shores · Direwolf's Rest · Emerald Glades · Mountain of the Sixth Dawn · Serpent's Hollow · Valley of the Twin Rivers

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