L'Uso del Lupo

The use of the wolf is a scenario between nature and literature by Lorenzo Trenti. The larp is a tribute to the novel “Mabel and I” by Helen Macdonald. The protagonists are people facing a particular moment in life; they do not know each other and have decided to take part in an organised nature hike. The themes in the characters’ backgrounds are not extreme, but concern things that can happen to anyone: the death of a parent, a disability in the family, the breakdown of a relationship, a change in job, the cultivation of a friendship. The characters, outlined by the author, are better defined by the players in the week before the larp by means of an open questionnaire (about forty questions), which establishes a priori several fixed points in the character’s background, but leaves everything else to the creativity of the player. This larp is made up of small things: inner reflection, words, sharing the effort of the walk, observing the environment, plants, animals and rocks.