Lorien Trust (sometimes abbreviated to LT) is the trading name of Merlinroute ltd., a live action role-play organisation that runs LARP events in Locko Park, Derby, UK. It runs what were some of Britain's largest Live Roleplay events, once attracting around 4,000 people to the larger events. Numbers however are significantly less in recent years with an estimation of around 1000 attending the larger events due to strong competition from rival organisers such as Profound Decisions. It was formed in 1992, originally as a charitable organisation (hence "Trust" in the name), in response to perceived problems with the Summerfest (LARP) event. The Lorien Trust uses its own set of LARP rules, known simply as the "Lorien Trust rules system". In addition to the four events held per year, the Lorien Trust also sanctions many smaller events to use the same system and game world.
The Lorien Trust's flagship event is The Gathering. It is held over the August bank holiday weekend. The final battle of The Gathering normally draws over 1200 players on each side. Lorien Trust claims that these are the largest live action battles in Europe.
These events are set in the fictional world of Erdreja. The Erdreja setting is described as "high fantasy/medieval".
In 1995 Curious Pastimes broke away from Lorien Trust due to internal schisms.
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