Symposium

An annual event held in the Kingdom of Winter's Edge

The Symposium was founded by Winter's Edge artisans Fiddles and Valkyrie. With a class oriented event in mind, they submitted a bid in 2015 for Winter's Edge to host the event in February 2016. Bid accepted, they started planning the event a year in advance. Each event has a facebook event page and independent website listing classes and activities.

2016: | Arts & Sciences Symposium* This event was fairly small in size with <60 attendees and had over 20 classes.

2017: Arts & Sciences Symposium II This event grew to <70 attendees with instructors flying in to teach from other kingdoms.

2018: Arts & Sciences Symposium III: Winter's Edge Midreign In order to accommodate the introduction of Kingdom-level tournaments, the event expanded to a 4-day event. Winter's Edge artisan, H.B. Puddin was knighted Saturday evening for order of the Serpent.

2019: Winter's Edge Symposium IV: Midreign + Olympiad This event expanded to host Olympiad tournaments, an overarching Harry Potter event theme, battle games, fighting classes, house parties at night, and an evening dungeon quest. Winter's Edge artisan,Fiddles was knighted Saturday evening for order of the Serpent.

Current 2020: Symposium V: Winter's Edge Midreign