Editing Players of Celum (section)

== Overview ==
They are a group of [Actors] founded to put on stage plays in [[Celum]] (hence the name). After an overwhelmingly successful debut, they stayed together and became a regular theater troupe.

Since being founded, the group has expanded significantly. Starting with Volume 6, the Players have split up into two distinct groups that are still in close contact with each other through the branch in Celum: A traveling troupe touring the human cities of Northern [[Izril]], and a permanent stage in [[Liscor]].<ref name="6.56" />

=== Volume 3 and 4 ===
They were initially formed when Erin was searching for a calling for [[Jasi]], a Drake living in [[Celum]].<ref name=":3.16">[[Chapter 3.16]]</ref> Because of Erin's [Perfect Recall] skill, she was able to reconstruct human plays and teach them to the members of the troupe. Erin recruited the other actors especially from Celum's City Watch, but also from other Celum citizens. The male lead, [[Wesle Salkie|Wesle]] had been a [City Guard], and even the Captain of Celum's City Watch resigned eventually and became a permanent actor.<ref name="numb-part1" />

They first only performed in standing-room only shows at the [[Frenzied Hare]]. When Erin returned to Liscor, they moved to become a traveling troupe in the local area, mostly performing in inns and able to afford a home base in Celum. They put on shows in Ocre, Remendia, and Wales.<ref name="5.04"/>

=== Volume 5 ===
Erin invited the original cast of the troupe to put on regular performances in [[The Wandering Inn]], which earned her the [Grand Theatre] Skill, allowing her to transform the barroom into a stage area.<ref name="5.04">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/07/21/5-04/ Chapter 5.04]</ref> The exclusitivity of that deal made for a few disgruntled theatre patrons in Celum.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/11/27/5-41/ Chapter 5.41]</ref>

The Players even performed a new play written after the Moth Attack on Liscor, called the ''Triumph of Liscor'', which was well received.<ref name="5.14"/> However, the romance of ''Juliet and Romeo'' which entered Erin's Inn's stage for the first time afterwards, turned out to incite riots and protests among the audience<ref name="5.27">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/10/09/5-27/ Chapter 5.27]</ref> until Erin found out that this was for sexist reasons that could be avoided by switching the races of the families.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/11/03/5-34/ Chapter 5.34]</ref> The players also participated in the [[Innworld|Innworld's]] first game of Baseball.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/12/15/5-46/ Chapter 5.46]</ref>

=== Volume 6 ===
Most of the co-founders of the group (Wesle, Jasi, Esme, Grav, Kilkran) moved on to the north. They performed in Lellisdam when Erin's inn was inaccessible during the Siege of Liscor and the downtime afterwards.<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/04/16/6-08/ Chapter 6.08]</ref> This travelling branch of the Players eventually reached the region near Invrisil, where they travelled in coaches from city to city and performed in sold-out locations due to their fame. As they make more money than they can spend, many of these earnings is finding the way back to Celum.<ref name="6.56" />

Soon after what became the travelling branch of the troupe left the Celum area, Liscor and [[The Wandering Inn]] became accessible again. [[Lyonette]] contracted the remaining [Actors] to perform in Erin's Inn again, but they had to start from scratch.<ref name=":0" /> Since the most renowned actors were away by then, [[Temile]] took the role of organizing the plays, including casting and practicing with his actors, which meant 10 "veteran" humans and freshly recruited local Drakes and Gnolls from Liscor.<ref name="6.28">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/06/25/6-28/ Chapter 6.28]</ref>

Their shows have since been proven especially popular with the crowd in [[Pallass]], who watch the performances via the re-opened [[Magical Door]] and even get pauses or replays of the scenes they missed due to "door downtime".<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/08/17/6-38/ Chapter 6.38]</ref> The interest of Pallass into the plays went so far that several inquiring people had booked trips through the magical door to learn from the players themselves.<ref name="numb-part1">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/07/30/interlude-numbtongue-pt-1/ Interlude – Numbtongue (Pt.1)]</ref>

The players still have their permanent home in Celum, but thanks to the steady income from both troupes they have contracts with [Builders] and [Carpenters] to create stage props and a [Hedge Mage] for special effects, they could rent more apartments for their crew and were looking for similar deals for the team members from Liscor. Temile was certain that he would be able to even buy a place as a permanent theater, but the Wandering Inn remained his preferred stage.<ref name="6.56">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/11/12/6-56/ Chapter 6.56]</ref>