About Us

This is the on-line home of the off-line Elfquest based Role-playing Fan Holt. What does all this mean? To put it simply... this is the website for a fan club that role-plays by snail-mail using the Elfquest rules. And since the fan club is Elfquest based, the club is called a Holt.

For those of you that have no idea what Elfquest is... I can only say that you are truly missing a wonderful world that was created back in (about) 1975 by the creative husband and wife team of Richard and Wendy Pini. I don't want to label Elfquest by saying that it is a fantasy world...because that is just too limiting for what it was, is, and has become.

Perhaps if you would please go to www.elfquest.com, this is the official website, that should explain a lot of it. And if it doesn't explain everything, this will at least give you an idea of what our role-play is based on. The role-play mainly deals with the elves in Havenwood Holt and the World of Two Moons that they live in.

Havenwood is an open Holt, which means that anyone who wishes may join. It is snail mail based and the play turns do take a little longer than if you played via email... post office ships mail at a longer time than the instantanious moments of email... but that has an advantage. You get that time to think through all the possiblities of what your character does or how best to get your character out of any trouble that he/she has gotten into.

Snail mail based also means that post office mailing addresses are used. If you have questions about this or wish further information on joining Havenwood Holt, you can email the Havenwood Holt president and she should be able to help you...but then, that's what she says she's there for!

Club History

Established: around 1989

Revised: 1990

Correspondance: Email-havenwood@usa.net

Correspondance 2: Snailmail-Contact editor via email for this information!

Fanzine: The Howl (2000) Published ever three months(4 per year)

Gateways(1998) was published bi-monthly, now monthly (12 per year).

Misc. Publications: Havenwood Newsletters, Holt/Character Profile Guild, Major Scenarios, Role-playing rules and guidelines, Creation Packet.

Havenwood Holt's first fanzine was proposed, then temporarily shelved while the Holt underwent reorganization. The working title of the intra-Holt project, Sendings, was discovered to have been concurrently claimed already, and the name has been tentatively changed to The Howl. The first issue of The Howl was sent out in Jan.2000. We encourage any fan-art, fiction and the like to still be sent to the Game Editors. Also, in the new year we will hopefully be subscribing to one of our sister-fan publications, Sendings, an American based Elf-Fanzine run by Ariel Wulf. The Gateways continues to serve as our newsletter communicative link.

Membership

To Join the Havenwood Holt, Elfquest Fan Club is FREE.

But there are a few choices in your personal club membership status.

1. You can be a FREE member.
· Which includes receiving ONLY the Free Update Newsletters.

2. You can become a SUBSCRIBING member.
· Which you would be paying $5.00 per issue of the Havenwood Holt Fanzine.

3. You can become an ACTIVE member.
· Which (most likely, but not always) you will need the Holt Character Profile Guide-*$30.00 (One Time Fee Only)
· You receive all Membership Updates, Special Events Notices, and the Free Update Newsletters.
· And participation in ALL Holt Activities.

NOTE:: Because of the Cost of being a SUBSCRIBING Member and an ACTIVE Member; we request that if you are under age, that you ask permission of your Parents or Gaurdians!!

The Subscription cost is only to defray the cost of copying and mailing the Fanzines out, there is no profit...

ALL MEMBERS:
· May have as many characters, in the Role Playing via Snail Mail Game, as they can comfortably maintain and keep active.
· Any members(Free membership, Subscribing members, or Active members), for the purpose of writing stories about Havenwood Holt, may use any or all characters.
· Note: You MUST ASK permission of the person that the character Belongs to IF you are planning to Damage, Seriously Damage (lose of arm or eye), or Kill their Character in your story!

As an ACTIVE MEMBER:
· You would be required to contribute at least 3 pieces of original work per year in any form or combination you choose.
· Examples would be:
· one story and 2 pieces of artwork
· one story, one poem, and one piece of artwork
· or one piece of artwork and two poems.
You get the idea?

For those joining, an information packet containing detailed information about the World of Two Moons in general, the role-playing rules that this Fan Holt plays by, and the character classes available, as well as the history so far, will be sent to you.

Each tribe that is in the Havenwood world of role-play is covered only briefly here on the web-site, but in much more detail within the packet.

All characters may be used by all members for purpose of writing stories about the holt, Although they can't be killed or damaged without prior permission from the creating member and all rights pertainning to the character remain with the member that first created the character(s). It is your RESPONSIBILITY to ASK.

Role-Playing Information

• The Rules

This game uses the Elfquest Role-Playing Rules printed by the Chaosium Inc. Company. If you don't own or have access to a copy of the Rules Book, the fan club president will forward a copy of these rules for use in the role-playing game.

• The Setting

The game is set on the World of 2 Moons in an Alternate universe. It is centered on a splinter tribe of Wolfriders, that have been driven by an unstoppable plague to find a new home.

Udates

 New Club related Update!! (Feb 28, 2000)

The Havenwood Holt Fanzine, The Howl, will be published once Every month!

The Havenwood Newsletter, Gateways, will now be published Every month too!

Note: WRITERS and ARTISTS!! For all our members, Stories and Artwork will be needed for the Fanzine to continue being published.

New Members for Havenwood.

4 more elves have found happy mun's to belong too in the Havenwood Holt Fan Club!

Sunset and Slasher of the Wolfriders, have the same Human!

Dreamstar, Little Wolf, and have found equally nice humans to peaster ;)

The 5 humans behind the Clubs 8 newest Elves:Wolfriders- Creseant, Hunter, Moonshadow, Sparkle, Swift, and Windsong. Gliders-Hawkcaller. Sea Elves - Spraydancer. And a Troll-Twedge!

 

Club related:

2 members, Scott and Jenn, have retired from the active game; leaving behind all their characters for adoption...with one exception-Dove...who has currently left Havenwood Holt, but not without leaving behind some interesting questions.

Carolyn's 2 characters, Dreamgaze and Silver Eyes have run afoul (temperarily) of a small group of Perservers. While Nymph, SilverEyes's recognized, has given birth to a son-Greentwig, during the seasonal change from Winter to Spring.

Coral is currently considering reassurting her 2 characters, Evensong & Snowdrop, thereby changing her status within the holt to a more active role.

Joe is thinking of adopting one or more characters for Role-play.

Crystal will be leaving her character, Tristram & Isolde, temperarily in the game editors care.

Shawna has adopted Spraydancer of the Sea Elves for Role-Play.

 

Game related:

The renegade Gliders & the Havenwood Wolfriders have joined forces to create a lasting peace between the Gret Valley's inhabitants- the Plainsrunners, the Mountaineers, a furtive group of Trolls (which are at odds [war]), and a small tribe of humans that are neutral to the elves.

Directly to the East of the Great Valley is a lush, fertile, and seemingly uninhabited larger valley, which tempts the weary tribe of wandering wolfriders. As a group, the Wolfriders can't reach the valley, due largle to impassible mountains, hostile mountaineers, trolls, bad weather & terrain.

Tael's exiled father, Ariu, is still missing, but rumors 'fly' of a planned searchand rescue in the works.

The Plainsrunners & Mountaineers will help the Wolfriders of Havenwood Holt explore the extensive forest past their Great Valley, in gratitude for their help in restoring their valley to peace & revealing the duplicity & treachery of Stonewart's Troll colony.

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