2023 Hero Quest Details

Hero Quest is a one-day simulation, just for our Youth Leaders, designed to help our youth grow, have fun, develop strong friendships with other quality youth, and be even more prepared to lead and guide our young knights and handmaidens at Summit. Please make sure to read the information below thoroughly as there are instructions for youth, adult volunteers, and volunteer villains. To see details for Summit, click HERE.

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Date and Location

Thursday, August 24th
American Fork Amphitheater
850 E 700 N
American Fork, UT 84003

Parking

There are two available parking lots at the Amphitheater. The lower parking lot, on the west side of the park, is available for drop-off/pick up only. For all parking longer than 20 minutes, please park in the upper gravel parking lot on the north side of the park, or on the street to the east of the park (across the street from the temple). Please carpool wherever possible to help us keep parking under control. (See Parking Map)

Arrival Times/Schedule (as of 8/12/2023)

If you have arranged an arrival time not listed, please disregard the other times listed and keep to your specifically arranged time.

7:00 AM - Equipment Team
7:30 AM - Check-in, Costumes, Facilities Teams, and Hero Quest Staff Check-in
7:30 AM - Royal House Check-in
7:45 AM - Master Knight, and Princess Check-in
8:00 AM - Cast Members, House Mentors, and Challenge Leaders Check-in
8:00 AM - Photography/Videography Staff Check-in
8:30 AM - All Youth Leader Check-in
9:00 AM - Event Starts
9:00 AM to 12:45 PM - Villain Check-in (see emails from villain coordinator for details.)
7:30 PM - Clean up Houses and complete House assignments. Remember the order of departure and follow it carefully. (leaving around 8:00 pm)

Check-in Heroic Youth costumes and weapons.
Put personal belongings in your car or in designated areas for those waiting on rides.
Take down and clean-up Camp/Kingdom area, returning equipment.
Complete clean up assignment as listed below
Go home (except for MKs, Princesses, and Royal House for a brief debrief). Get lots of rest and food and water and de-stinkify.

Youth Dress Code

Girls: Modest dresses or skirts and blouses. For more role-specific information, please refer to: My Ladies’ Guide to Christathel Fashions. Princesses will be lent a cloak. Ladies in Waiting will be lent a sash and a small flower crown. Flag Bearers will be lent a sash and buckle. Shield Maidens will be lent a shield. Valkyrie Commanders will be lent an arm bracer, and Valkyries will be lent a wristband.

All girls need to wear a dress according to costume guidelines
No cleavage showing or emphasized
Shoulders and stomach covered
No sheer fabrics
No long trains, huge, trailing sleeves, or hoops in the skirt
Layers should be worn underneath the dresses and can be removed if the day is too warm
Skirts/dresses should be at least finger-tip length, with light pants or leggings worn underneath if they are shorter than mid-calf length
Good shoes. Even though the girls will be wearing dresses, they need to have supportive closed-toe shoes. Shoes are required to be worn at all times while on the premises.
Plan to shower and wear deodorant each day, and plan for heat, cold, and wet weather.

Boys: T-shirt or long-sleeved shirt (dressing in layers is best) and pants. Master Knights, Squires, Pages, Royal Guards, and Guardians will be lent a tabard and belt. Attire/Costume Guide

Athletic pants, golf pants, or cotton slacks are better than jeans, no denim
No shorts are allowed for youth leaders
No inappropriate slogans on shirts
Good fitting, supportive, closed-toe shoes are required to be worn at all times while on the premises.
Medieval-style shirts are always welcome but not required.
No additions to costumes that would cover the tabard
Armor is discouraged except arm bracers. No chainmail other than possible small accent pieces due to the heat and weight.
Hats for shade are encouraged but not required. They should be a style with a brim all around, not baseball caps style, and without slogans.
Plan to shower and wear deodorant each day, and plan for heat, cold, and wet weather.

Youth Leader Weapons and T-shirt Information

In general, swords/shields and bows/arrows will be given to Youth Leaders at Hero Quest. If a Youth Leader is given a weapon before Hero Quest, they will be required to turn it in at the Summit Walkthrough before Hero Quest. They will turn them in each evening until the Saturday of Summit when they can take them home. Youth leaders will be given a t-shirt on the first day of Summit when the attendees receive them, not at Hero Quest.

Youth Packing List

Every youth leader needs to be prepared in order to have the best experience possible. We frequently experience all four seasons in one day at this time of year, and it is crucial that you are prepared for heat and for cold. Summit goes on, rain or shine. Please bring the following in a backpack or bag. All personal belongings should be labeled with your name to keep them from getting lost or inadvertently stolen.

Come dressed in your costume and wearing sunblock
Refillable water bottle (labeled)
Warm jacket
Rain poncho
Sun blocking hat if desired and appropriate for your role
Camp/portable chair
Food: Bring a sack lunch, snacks, AND sack dinner in an insulated, labeled lunch box/cooler. Be generous. You will be very hungry. NO FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED at the Hero Quest event and FOOD DELIVERIES ARE NOT ALLOWED. Please bring plenty of food and at least two snacks. You should start drinking water at least a couple of days before the event to prevent dehydration, even if you plan to drink plenty of water on the day of the event.
Supplies for your role, if applicable

Adult Volunteers

Please note: Adult House Mentors ARE needed this day. Camp Sergeants/Matrons & Lords/Ladies are not needed this day.

For volunteer questions, please contact our volunteer coordinator:
Amory Petersen
heroicyouthvolunteers@gmail.com
Cell: 801 842 3846

All Volunteers, please make sure you have done the following:

Sign a waiver (contact the volunteer coordinator via email at heroicyouthvolunteers@gmail.com or via text at 801 842 3846.)
Update your Youth Protection Training: For the safety of the youth, all volunteers are required to complete a free online 30-60-minute youth protection training course at their convenience. Choose ONE of these trainings:

Protecting Children and Youth (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
Youth Protection (Boy Scouts of America)

Report completion to heroicyouthvolunteers@gmail.com

Adult Volunteer Packing List

Every volunteer needs to be prepared in order to have the best experience possible. We frequently experience all four seasons in one day at this time of year and it is crucial that you are prepared for heat and for cold. Summit goes on, rain or shine. Please bring the following in a backpack or bag. All personal belongings should be labeled with your name to keep them from getting lost or inadvertently stolen.

Refillable water bottle (labeled)
Warm jacket
Rain poncho
Hand-held umbrella for blocking sun and/or rain
Sunscreen
Sunglasses and/or sun blocking hat, bandanna, etc.
Camping chair or blanket
Costume (please see costume ideas here). House Mentors will be lent a tabard/belt (male) or apron/overdress (female) in their assigned house color. We also have a few underdresses that we can lend to female House Mentors; however, please contact our Christathel Costumer, Lady Pamela Mickelsen (801 719 4417) to reserve one. House Mentors need to be dressed in their House color. Other adult volunteers need to provide their own costumes.
Backup chargers for your phone, especially if you are assigned to a check-in area
Food: Sack lunch, snacks, AND sack dinner in an insulated, labeled lunch box. Be generous. You will be very hungry. NO FOOD WILL NOT BE PROVIDED at the event and FOOD DELIVERIES ARE NOT ALLOWED. Please bring plenty of food and at least two snacks. You should start drinking water at least a couple of days before the event to prevent dehydration, even if you plan to drink plenty of water on the day of the event.
Supplies for your volunteer role, if applicable.

Villain Information

For villain questions, please contact our villain coordinator:
Drew Nelson
be.a.heroicvillain@gmail.com
Cell: 801 691 4421

Villain Check-in Times (as of 8/12/2023)

9:00 AM to 12:45 PM It takes time to arm and process each villain, hence the check-in time range. Please see email from villain coordinators for more details.

Villains are invited (but are not required) to attend the debrief after the battle.

Please Wear:

Dark-colored long pants (that you don't mind getting grass stains on). Preferably something that can pass as "medieval" like sweats or old Dockers. Stay away from jeans and no shorts, please.
A black shirt
Eye protection (sunglasses, safety glasses, etc.)
It is recommended that men wear a cup for some extra protection.
You may also wear black or dark-colored capes, robes, medieval-looking uniforms, headdresses, makeup, etc.

Please Bring:

Refillable water bottle (labeled)
Sunblock
Heroic Youth approved sword if you have one (please bring extras if you are willing to share! We have markers to label them, if needed.)
Food: Bring the food you think you’ll need. NO FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED at the event and FOOD DELIVERIES ARE NOT ALLOWED. You should start drinking water at least a couple of days before the event to prevent dehydration, even if you plan to drink plenty of water on the day of the event.
Supplies for your villain role, if applicable

Please Help:

We are still in need of male and female adult villains for Thursday (as well as Saturday)! Villain registration is here.

Parking Map

Thank you for your participation in Hero Quest this year! We can't wait for the day to arrive!