Director

Brendan has a diverse background in business development, policy, and campaigning in the political and non-profit sector.

With a passion for making a positive impact in society, Brendan has dedicated his career to fighting for important causes and bringing people together through immersive storytelling experiences.

Community Safety

Zayne brings 15 years of relevant experience to the role of Manager, Community Safety.

With a background in law enforcement, interpersonal threat assessment and the investigation of integrity and misconduct (amongst other) matters, Zayne is well placed to lead Drachenfest Australia's Community Safety Team in 2024.

Outside of the above, Zayne has been LARP'ing in the local VIC community since circa-2021 and is both a warband leader and referee/marshal.

City Manager

Liz has been LARPing for the past twelve years at a variety of games in the Eastern United States. She has facilitated roleplay and behind-the-scenes coordination for four years, has attended DrachenFest Germany, and was a Fighter’s Guild Team Member at DrachenFest US. She coordinated Merchants in DFAU’s first year, and is looking forward to working with the coordinating team to build up the City.

Communications

Liam is a lifelong gamer and geek at heart, with a love for IT, PC gaming, fantasy, and sci-fi. Like many LARPers Liam has played Dungeons & Dragons on and off for over 30 years, which has fueled his creativity and passion for immersive storytelling. By day, Liam is a IT professional leading high-functioning specialist teams of engineers, and by night (and weekends) he bring that same mix of strategy, collaboration, and imagination into LARP. He's been part of local, national, and international events, from DrachenFest Australia and USA to Winds of Change and Canberra’s Wargrounds, playing everything from swashbuckling musketeers to shadow-aligned warrior priests.

Head Referee

Nathan’s role-playing journey began in 1992 when he began playing Dungeons & Dragons, evolving over time as he brought together his love of fantasy storytelling, improvised theatre,
and martial arts into Live Action Roleplay.
In 2009, he co-founded a role-play focused LARP community in Sydney, building it from the ground up with like-minded friends.
Over the last decade and a half, the system and community they created have inspired numerous other groups, many of which Nathan has supported as a player, referee, storyteller, event planner, logistics coordinator, creature designer, and prop builder.
Through his and his partner’s online presence, NoLARPing Matter, Nathan continues to mentor, consult, and advocate - driven by a belief in inclusive, collaborative, and imaginative play where communities grow and thrive together.

Design & Production

Robert is a lifelong fan of all things nerdy. His love of roleplay started two decades ago with Dungeons and Dragons, before bringing his roleplay into real life with LARP. For 7 years was involved with and assisted the design and organisation of Liburnicon Croatia, a sci-fi/ fantasy convention. He's frequented both Swordcraft and Exodus events in Melbourne, ranging from player to warband leader to NPC.

Build Coordinator

As a technical services engineer, Lysa has professional experience in managing and collaborating with construction work groups in both civil and resource sectors. In conjunction, she has been organising and running a LARP battlegame within Sydney for over 5 years, with sound experience in effectively communicating with, and managing large groups of volunteers during public events.

Story Coordinator

Mhairi has LARPed for many years and has a PhD in writing. She is the Head of Story for Exodus Battle LARP in Melbourne, helping to create the world and story for the game when it was first started in 2019.

Design

Karin has been drawing her entire life. After 4 years of graphic design at the school of Applied Arts, she helped with the visual identity of Liburnicon Croatia, a scifi-fantasy convention, for over ten years. Some of her works include contributing art for a record breaking boardgame in Croatia, several book covers and illustrating a folklore book from her home town. She's been larping for 5 years and is quite well known in the Melbourne community for her popular character portraits.

Guildmaster

Joe has been LARPing for 10 years, both as a warband leader and referee. He has built up a wealth of knowledge across many aspects of LARP both at a planning level and player level, recently starting the Hunters Guild at Swordcraft, a Melbourne-based LARP. His expertise with this Guild has earned the group a stellar reputation for providing fun and engaging LARP experiences.

Creative Director