THE VALKYRIE GATHERING
For the women ready to step inside the story.
To the stars who listen—and the dreams that are answered.
FIFTEEN WOMEN ARE DISAPPEARING INTO THE MOUNTAINS FOR FOUR DAYS.
AND RETURNING AS
FUCKING
VALKYRIE
WARRIORS!!!
Three nights in a mountain cabin built for the Night Court fever dream we've all been carrying around in our heads.
Sword yoga. Valkyrie trials. Fantasy portraits. Mead by the fire. A Court of Starlight. The Forbidden Chapter. One very mysterious Rite. Books. Sauna. Hot tubs. Mountain views. Magic, mischief, and fifteen grown women taking book club somewhere considerably less respectable.
A vulgar gesture to boring book retreats.
THE VALKYRIE CYCLE IS HERE.
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A COURT OF
SPLINTERED HARMONY
The Valkyrie Cycle: Movement I
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A COURT OF
FORGOTTEN MELODY
The Valkyrie Cycle: Movements II & III
READ BOTH.
Then bring your conspiracy theories, unresolved emotional damage, and unreasonably strong opinions about fictional people.
Come to the mountains.
This may be the most unhinged book club of your life.
For real for real. 🔥
WELCOME TO
THE NIGHT COURT.
Well. Asheville.
Perched in the Blue Ridge Mountains outside Asheville, our cabin is tucked into the woods with sweeping mountain views, expansive decks, gathering spaces, fireplaces, sauna, hot tubs, and enough distance from ordinary life to let the outside world go quiet for a while.
Three nights under one roof, somewhere between the forest and the stars.
Join us in the Illyrian Mountains for a minute.
THE VALKYRIE
TRIALS
We did not come all the way to the Illyrian Mountains to sit around and discuss sword training.
We're training.
Sword yoga. Movement. Play. And a series of Valkyrie challenges designed to bring out the badass wild woman you already are.
There will be teamwork.
There will be glory.
And yes. There will be swords.
THE RITE
After dark, you will be summoned.
That's all we're telling you.
Wear something warm.
And maybe don't wander too far from the lanterns.
YOUR FANTASY
PORTRAIT
Your own fantasy-styled portrait session, created around whatever version of you wants to bring forward.
Boudoir. Badass. High Lady. Valkyrie warrior. Witch. Villainess. Soft and otherworldly. Sword in hand and prepared to destroy a kingdom.
A photographer. Styling. A mountain cabin. And permission to go considerably further than you normally would when someone points a camera at you.
THE COURT
OF STARLIGHT
One night, the cabin becomes our Court.
This is the fantasy dinner party.
Dress however the hell you want to enter the world: gown, leather, velvet, crown, boots, something slinky, something dangerous—or whatever your version of fantasy looks like.
After dinner: music, fire, stars, sauna, hot tubs, bare feet, wet hair, more mead, and wherever the night decides to go.
AFTER DARK
Some things are better once the responsible adults have gone to bed.
Unfortunately, we are the responsible adults.
THE FORBIDDEN CHAPTER
Before the Gathering, we'll send you a chapter of the story. What happens when you arrive is another matter entirely.
Let's just say you won't only be reading it.THE TAVERN
Mead. Games. Secrets. Extremely serious fantasy business.
ROMANTASY TRIVIA
At some point, your years of accumulating completely useless information about fictional worlds will finally become an asset.
Details forthcoming. Or not.
AND THEN
THERE'S THE BOOK.
We actually mean book club.
We will have just spent months reading the newest chapter of a world many of us have inhabited for years.
And now we're going to be in a cabin in the mountains with fifteen women who also need to talk about what just happened.
We are going in.
MAYBE PLAY
WAS ALWAYS
A PORTAL.
We call it ritual when we're being serious.
We call it silliness when we're not.
But we have always dressed up. We have always entered the woods.
We have gathered around fires, told stories, danced and feasted, taken on other names, enacted myths and stepped outside ordinary reality for a while.
Sometimes because something sacred was happening.
Sometimes because something dangerous was happening.
And sometimes, presumably, because being a person all the fucking time is exhausting.
Part sacred.
Part dangerous.
Part completely ridiculous.
Which, frankly, is where some of the best things in life happen.
This is grown-woman make-believe.
Erotic imagination. Embodiment. Story. Friendship. Beauty. Competition. Fire. Laughter. Myth. Pleasure.
The particular intimacy that happens when women stay up too late together and nobody has to drive home.
Not everything meaningful has to be serious.
Not everything sacred needs to behave itself.
And not everything we do needs to improve us, monetize us, optimize us, heal us or turn us into a better version of ourselves.
We're inviting you to step out of your ordinary life for four days, enter your favorite fantasy world with us, and get weird again.
ORACLE MOTHER
×
ASH TO ASHES
Two women who should probably know better.
Our work already lives in the places where story becomes ritual, imagination becomes embodied, women cross thresholds, the sacred gets a little unruly, and the parts of ourselves that don't fit neatly inside ordinary life get more room.
The Valkyrie Gathering is what happens when we turn all of that toward our mutual obsession with fantasy books.
SABRINA OURANIA
ORACLE MOTHER[SHORT SABRINA BIO]
ASH
ASH TO ASHES[SHORT ASH BIO]
Part sacred. Part dangerous. Part completely ridiculous.
THE VALKYRIE
GATHERING
JANUARY 31 — FEBRUARY 3, 2027
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
BOOKS · FANTASY · FRIENDSHIP · PLEASURE · PLAY
ABSOLUTELY NO MORTAL SUPERVISION.
Payment plan available.
CLAIM YOUR PLACEFAQ
DO I NEED TO HAVE READ ACOTAR?
Yes. This is not the weekend to find out who Rhysand is.
And because we'll be discussing the newest books openly and enthusiastically, read both parts of The Valkyrie Cycle before you come unless you want to spend four days screaming SPOILERS from the hot tub.
DO I NEED TO BE GOOD AT YOGA / SWORDS / VALKYRIE-ING?
No. The Valkyrie Trials are about movement, play, teamwork and trying things—not proving you're the fittest woman on the mountain.
WHAT DO I WEAR?
Normal clothes exist here too. We'll send you everything you need to know about the Court of Starlight, your fantasy portrait session and anything else worth packing something ridiculous for before the Gathering.
DO I HAVE TO DO BOUDOIR PHOTOS?
No. Your portrait is yours. It can be sensual, fully clothed, warrior-like, strange, soft, glamorous, feral—or somewhere in between.
WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENS DURING THE RITE?
Nice try.
ARE MEALS INCLUDED?
[ADD FINAL DETAILS]
HOW DO I GET THERE?
[ADD TRAVEL / AIRPORT / TRANSPORT DETAILS]
WHAT ARE THE SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS?
[ADD ACTUAL ROOM + BED DETAILS]
And yes, there may be only one bed. We didn't write the rules of romantasy.
WHAT IS THE CANCELLATION POLICY?
[ADD POLICY]
THREE NIGHTS
IN THE MOUNTAINS.
FIFTEEN WOMEN. ONE CABIN.
Swords. Starlight. Fire. Books. Fantasy. Mead. Feasting. Portraits. Pleasure. Play.
ABSOLUTELY NO MORTAL SUPERVISION.
A vulgar gesture to boring book retreats.
JANUARY 31 — FEBRUARY 3, 2027