“My grandfather’s Heaven is bloodless and I am not. Let him offer a better place, where we may love and sing and grow as we are wont, where our children and our children’s children may join us, and I will go.”
~ Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel’s Dart
The Longest Night Midwinter Masque is an all-volunteer event, celebrating the Kushiel’s Legacy series by Jacqueline Carey. The annual masquerade ball is an opportunity for fans of the book series to meet and socialize at a formal costume party. An original storyline posted on our blog, taking place between the second and third trilogies of the series, provides guests with a framework for an opportunity to engage in live action role play.
We honor people of all identities under Blessed Elua’s tenet of “Love as thou wilt.”
Originally conceived as a charity fundraiser, the first and second Masques – in December 2016 and 2017 – were held in Eastern Pennsylvania. The event changed hands with a move to Northern Virginia in January 2019. In 2022, a new leadership group took over operation of the Masque.