TW: sexual assault and abuse, grooming, bullying, threats, talk of suicide, racism.
Raquel Skellington (she/her), the world’s first full-time professional LARPer, tells the story of how she built her career, survived a traumatic public character assassination during the peak of cancel culture, and now represents some of the biggest companies in the LARP sphere. She also shares her thoughts about being the first pro LARPer as a woman of color, and what that means for her.

00:02:06 -- Meet Raquel!
00:13:02 -- “LARP fundamentally changed me”
00:22:49 -- Becoming a professional LARPer
00:39:38 -- When modeling and LARPing converge
00:47:59 -- Surviving a racially fueled public attack
01:06:51 -- Recovery and growth
01:21:21 -- What keeps Raquel going

Games
Sims series -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims
House of the Dead 2 -- https://bit.ly/39cqL25
Civilization series -- https://bit.ly/3zpXWK9
Paladins -- https://www.paladins.com/
Dystopia Rising -- http://www.dystopiarisinglarp.com/
Dammerung -- https://www.larpcoop.com/dammerung

Other Resources
Calimacil -- https://calimacil.com/?aff=117
Ateliers Nemesis -- https://ateliers-nemesis.com/en/
Drachenfest US -- https://www.drachenfest.us/

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Credits
Guest -- Raquel Skellington, https://raquel-skellington.carrd.co/
Production by Victor Media Group, Inc. -- https://victormediagroup.co/
Original Music by Byson -- https://spoti.fi/3eoC47l
Creator / Host -- Clara Mount (@bubblegum_titan on Twitter)
Executive Producers -- J.B. Adams and Gerard Mitchell
Sound Editing -- Anna Hughes