Treachery of Men Discussion/Planning Thread

[Celuien]

Will do, Anguirel, once I catch up with everything. *mutters about the impossibility of my current studying and interview schedule* :)

[Folwren]

By all means, sir! Use Ulwarth as necessary. I expected what you said above to take place before I posted again, so go right ahead.

-- Folwren

[CaptainofDespair]

Oh yes! Of course of you may use Ulfang, Ang! :)

And if I am needed to post in the next few days, I may be unavailable and will be unable to do so (Thanksgiving and all that family stuff).

--CoD

[Anguirel]

My SAVE is filled in, and I've put up another...

[Volo]

:( I'm really sorry that I haven't posted a single post yet. To tell the truth I haven't even read the game thread fully. RL attacked me really hard and I just can't find enough time and concentration for RPG at the moment. If somebody wants to take my place/character, you're welcome.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Borrim posters...

Please let me know if Khandr can push the dinner up. Thanks.

I'll go ahead late Monday if I don't hear anything beforehand.

[Lalaith]

Sorry bill_n_sam and Child, I promised to get something up days ago and have singularly failed to do so. I'll do my best tonight but if time's winged chariot conspires against me, then Child by all means go ahead without me and I'll pick up from where you leave off.

And yes, fellow Borrim, dinner can be anytime that suits y'all, I'm easy....unlike dear Embla...

[Kath]

I'm sorry I haven't posted anything. RL appeared with a bang this last week or so!

Child, I'm fine with the meal being on the first day rather than the second. It will give me somewhere to start. :)

[Nogrod]

As I suggested, I'm all for having the dinner on this day as I presume the negotiations will take time (RL)...

[Child of the 7th Age]

To the Borrim,

Khandr's dinner invitation for this evening has gone winging out. Please let me know if you will attend. :D

[Nogrod]

One attendance to Khandr's party confirmed...

And sorry you all local villagers. Fastarr's idea of the town is not very elevating, but that's just his view of it - of the part of the town known to him. I think he may be longing for home. ;)

[Nogrod]

Are we having a vacation here? :D

[Kath]

Sorry, sorry. So much practice this week! Monday. I will have a post up Monday.

[Noinkling]

SAVE filled.


piosenniel

I mentioned Falki as we discussed :)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

bill_n_sam

Left a surprise for Mem from Granny! :eek: :p

[Folwren]

Anguirel, Mith, Celuien, and Captain, I have placed a short post. If no one can continue any time in the near future, let me know (or try to) and perhaps I can egg it on a little bit more.

-- Folwren

[Lalaith]

I'm really sorry about Embla's evaporation. I've barely had time to breathe in RL. I will try to get something up soon, I promise.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Lalaith,

Outr timing is uncanny. At 11:06 CDT, you posted on the discussion thread for Embla while I was posting on the game thread for Briga!

Now, you definitely have something to write about, since Briga has shooed your character away from the door and told you to go polish cups. :p

[bill_n_sam]

I hope that post wasn't too confusing. I thought it would work OK to cover the three scenarios with one post, instead of posting three separate ones. If that's too awkward, let me know and I can edit.

[Mithalwen]

Folwren, I was going to ask for ashort Tathren post to be inserted but I can follow yours instead - thought I think Ang had better do the letter ..... but it will be tomorrow now

[Child of the 7th Age]

Fordim,

Your character may or may not agree to do what Briga has asked him. You'll just have to decide. :D

**************

bill_n_sam-

The post looked good to me!

[Anguirel]

Back from Oxford me hearties...

[Anguirel]

Everyone, this is developing fabulously.

CaptainofDespair, could I approach Brodda with Drenda in the hall? There's currently no one else there with whom he can interact. He'd be interested in a chat with Brodda to fulfil his ambitions of rising in Uldor's service. PM me if you want to plan in more detail.

Ulfing party...would you mind if Gausen dropped by for a cup of tea?!?

Ulfang, Uldor & co plus Tathren...hoping to end this audience relatively quickly, so our characters can be free to have fun outside the hall. Can we come to a preliminary agreement soonish?

Finally, I'm in India from about the 21st Dec to the 2nd Jan. If other people have Christmas breaks perhaps a pause would be in order around then.

[bill_n_sam]

Anguriel Gausen is more than welcome, although Gunna may have to quickly build a new wing onto her little house :)

As for me, I will be on vacation 12/22 to 1/2, so a break would be good for me. But if everyone else wants to keep on going, my characters can just be carried along.

[Folwren]

Anguirel,

Drawing the audience to a close sounds fine. Durelin and I have been waiting paitently until Uldor could escape for a while and we could write some together...

But I can wait still longer. Take what time you need.

Have fun in India. (Do you like the food there?)

-- Folwren

[Nogrod]

Child: Feel free to post for the "dinner-party" as you feel it being the right time. I think it's better you start it. If I happen to have time I may try to post something for Fastarr before that, but the next days surely look busy enough...

[CaptainofDespair]

CaptainofDespair, could I approach Brodda with Drenda in the hall? There's currently no one else there with whom he can interact. He'd be interested in a chat with Brodda to fulfil his ambitions of rising in Uldor's service. PM me if you want to plan in more detail.

Ulfang, Uldor & co plus Tathren...hoping to end this audience relatively quickly, so our characters can be free to have fun outside the hall. Can we come to a preliminary agreement soonish?


Oh yes! Of course you may approach Brodda! I don't see a need to plan anything in great detail, however. Let me know what'd you like to do, and we'll 'wing it' from there. :)

As for Ulfang, I can certainly post an 'official' notice of acceptance of Caranthir's request for troops. If you'd prefer, as well, I could have Ulfang turn over the 'details' of the discussions to Uldor.

And that can have several implications. ;)

On that note, I would like to inform everyone that I am leaving college tomorrow for the winter break. I will be able to post during the week, but on weekends I will most likely be unable to.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Sorry for being absent, but the last week has been crazy. . .I haven't had time to look through the thread, so I have no idea what is going on.

I don't think I will have the time before Sunday or Monday unfortunately. . .sorry.

[bill_n_sam]

I am going to be gone starting Friday until January 2. As the little get together is going on at Gunna and Dag's house, please let me know if you need me to post anything to move that in any certain direction before I leave. Fordim If you have no objection, I will do a post tomorrow where Hunta steps inside briefly with Gunna, so as to carry the meat in for her, and then leaves in a hurry, not wanting to stay and take tea with a bunch of gossiping hens :rolleyes: :) If you'd like for something different to happen, please let me know asap. Thanks

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

Sadly for Hunta, but happily for me, our hero is under instruction from the Lord's wife to make some kind of contact with the people of this here village and try to find out what's going on. Although it will be painful for the poor fellow, he's going to try and keep up with the gossiping hens as best he can so he can report back what he hears.

To that end, could you have Hunta come in, introduce him round, offer him some tea (which he will accept) and then he can quietly retire to a corner where he will listen and (try to) chat. I'll get something up for him as soon as I can after you've done this. (I hope it's not too much that I'm asking for you do here -- could all easily be accomplished in just a couple of sentences and then you can go on with your post as normal.)

[bill_n_sam]

That's fine Fordim. Poor Hunta indeed! :p I'll have something up by tomorrow.

EDIT: OK, Hunta is in the mix! Hope this works for everyone. Let me know if anything needs changing.

[Anguirel]

I'm trying to get one post up before I go tomorrow, but I'm not wholly confident.

By the way, for anyone waiting with baited breath...I got into Oxford. Life Mission #1 completed, providing I avail myself of an A Level or three...

[Celuien]

By the way, for anyone waiting with baited breath...I got into Oxford. Life Mission #1 completed, providing I avail myself of an A Level or three...
That's wonderful news. :D

Congratulations!

[Durelin]

Spectacular news! Congrats!!!!! I'm jealous. ;)

Ang - if you don't have time to do a post, perhaps you could leave either a save somehow or leave directions as to how you want the rest of the meeting carried out? Might be too tricky, and you might want more control over that, so I understand completely if that's not possible. Sorry, it's just my impatience and excitement getting the best of me (Thuringwethil wants out of my head!). :D

[Anguirel]

I've manhandled the characters of CoD, Celuien and Folwren. Do say if you object and I'll be happy to edit on my return, or pio can implement changes if greater urgency is wanted.

Thuringwethil is now free to meet her sweetheart...

I may also try and get up a post in which Drenda talks to Brodda.

[Folwren]

All's well with me. I especially liked the way you had the three sons dispurse at once. :D

Congrats on getting into Oxford. Funny thing is, I was under the impression last Christmas that you were already enrolled and in Oxford already.

My brother went to England as an exchange student. When he found that all they were doing was very simple classes and partying half the time, he was very displeased. He came back after two weeks. But in those two weeks, he visited Oxford. Upon being asked what he thought of it, he paused, grinned and said, "Thou shalt not covet." Needless to say, he wished he could go there.

I am busy with family now, but sometime hopefully in the next..............sometime I'll be able to post. (Maybe shortly after Christmas.)

-- Folwren

[Folwren]

Thuringwethil is now free to meet her sweetheart...

SWEETHEART?!?! Good heavens above! :eek:

-- Folwren

[Durelin]

I quite agree, Folwren. Bat-lady is quite prepared to pop right out of the computer screen of yours, Ang, and "tear you a new one..." :p

Oh, and as for Oxford - I doubt this, but you aren't by any chance going to be there over the summer, are you? It would just be kinda cool to say hello. :D

[Noinkling]

SAVE filled --- sorry it took so long!

Hope everyone had a good holiday!! :)

[Child of the 7th Age]

Ang and everyone,

Hope you all had a great holiday.

I am wondering how time is flowing in the storyline. The Borrim group have structured their story in such a way that they must wait for "dinner" to be able to go ahead with our meeting. Until that point, it's hard for us to do much. I don't have a clear sense of where we are now in terms of time of day or how "long" this day will actually be.

If it is very early in the day and time will advance slowly, one possibility would be for us to go back and edit the invitations to make it a lunch meeting instead. :D
But before we do that, it would be helpful to get some sense of how fast we're going forward.

Many thanks.

[Anguirel]

Well, in the Chieftain's Hall it's still probably afternoon...the talks so far can't have taken that long. Perhaps a change to lunch would indeed be in order?

Brunch?? Lupper?!

I shall post as Drenda quite soon.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Thanks, Ang. I've sent a pm to the other Borrim (also in response to Lalaith's query) and will see how others want to handle this....if we'll wait till the actual evening arrives or go ahead with a "late lunch". :D

[Folwren]

I have very high hopes for getting a post up this afternoon sometime.

I don't care if a meal is served. We can do that if it is wanted. Uldor will be absent, probably.

-- Folwren

[CaptainofDespair]

I do not think I will be able to respond to Drenda today. I may be able to this evening, but that is unlikely. At the latest, tomorrow afternoon there will be a post up (barring any surprises).

[Kath]

I think that your suggestion of a late lunch is a good one Child. I want to see where the Borrim are going.

[Celuien]

Good stuff, Folwren! I've moved my save to after your last post. I'll try to fill it by tomorrow evening.

[Nogrod]

Maybe a late lunch or an early dinner? :)

The problem is, how do we know when it would be the one or the other?

But if it's afternoon in the Chieftain's hall...

Maybe we then should just go with the dinner (as that also sounds more suitable when we have talked about a feast of sorts) as soon as we can get started and just try to finish everyone - people in the chieftain's hall & people at the dinner (and others) - about the same time to go forwards to the night etc. smoothly? I don't think it such a discrepancy that some of us would talk on a couple of hours different plane at a time?

How do you think Ang, Child, others?

I will be able to post something on Monday the earliest, more probably on Tuesday.

[Lalaith]

I'm with Noggie on this one. What say the rest of us?

[Kath]

Sounds fine to me.

[Child of the 7th Age]

I agree.

I've been in other rpg's where the time line on two sides of the story runs slightly differently at certain points. The important thing is that we all end up on the same page timewise by late nightfall when folks go home to their beds. I think we can do that.

I'll try to get a post up late tonight (real time) where the house is prepared for "dinner" and we're waiting for the arrival of guests. I will be suitably vague about precisely what time this "dinner" is. (That covers a multitude of sins.) If someone wants to forge ahead before that and do a post of their own arrival at the house, that would be fine with me as well.....I'll just incorporate that response in my own post. Plus, people can filter in at different times if they have some other business they need to finish up in their writing (Perhaps Fordim?). We will be serving sweet wine and appetizers as a prelude to dinner. :D

At least this will get us all writing. Ang, if you see any serious problems with this slight adjustment, let us know. Otherwise it's full steam ahead.

[Nogrod]

Looks good to me.

I try to make a post or two to the Fellowship-rpg tomorrow (it's now a bit past midnight here) and will then post for my character's entry into the dinner - whether the party is on or not... I will be making Fastarr enjoying the appetizers if nothing has happened so far. :)

[Child of the 7th Age]

Borrim

The set-up post for the Borrim feast is up.

As you can see, Khnadr will "assign" everyone a particular courtier or household to spy on. Women characters will be assigned to women at court. Presumably Briga will spy on the wife of Ulfang.

Lalaith -- would you be willing to have your character spy on Durelin's bat lady? :D I hope you like living dangerously.

Everyone else ....if you have a preference for your character, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll just throw names in a hat and pick.

[Lalaith]

The spying is a splendid idea, Child.

Hehe. Embla would like nothing more than to stalk the batlady. What information she choses to share, and with whom, is another question...

[Folwren]

Hehe. Embla would like nothing more than to stalk the batlady. What information she choses to share, and with whom, is another question...

Haha! That is if Durelin's 'bat lady' gives you any information to share. I wouldn't count on it. :p

[Lalaith]

Fair enuffski.... ;)

[Nogrod]

Nice idea Child! You can assign Fastarr to spy on anyone you like.
(I'm little behind with my planned schedual, but I will be trying to catch it soon enough)

[Durelin]

Mwahaha...ha...ha....

The two girls can have a bit of heart to heart. ;)

[Folwren]

I received the PM from B&S about a banquet in honor of the elves and was directed to post here. :)

I'd say that would be fine. I have no particular plans for Uldor at present. It also seems likely that Ulfang would want to do something like that to honor the ambassadors.

--

The two girls can have a bit of heart to heart. ;)

Being who your girl is, Durelin, I would personally get deathly sick before going to have a heart to heart with her. :p She's rather evil, I think...and hardly a girl.

-- Foley

[Celuien]

I received the PM from B&S about a banquet in honor of the elves and was directed to post here.
Me too. :)

A banquet is fine for me as well. I have no particular plans for Ulfast at the moment outside of his general gloominess and plotting.

[Anguirel]

The banquet is an excellent idea. So good to see everyone in motion. I'm afraid I've been slightly slack of late.

I wonder if Lachrandir and Tathren should pay Khandr a visit, out of politeness? That would involve them in the Ulfing supper...

[CaptainofDespair]

I am certainly fine with a feast. How can one have a feast without Ulfang himself, anyway? :)

And I'm sure Brodda can find something to do...

[piosenniel]

SAVE filled.....& sorry it took so long to do so! :rolleyes:

~*~ Pio

[Nogrod]

Fastarr invites you all to a sauna-experience! ;)

I made it a sweatlodge in the tradition of early Finns and native North American plains indians. I thought that could fit the culture here nicely. Feel free to disagree and we can see if something can be done to it.

I have myself indeed bathed in that kind of thing and I can assure you it's great. My sister's husband is a smith/carpenter who's got an interest in the old cultures and we built one of these sweatlodges to our summer-cottage a few years ago. Fun. The washing tent surely is a add-on as at least in Finland one would just jump to the lake or river nearby to wash oneself, but then I thought that this was in the middle of the village and thence there wouldn't be a lake nicely by...

And sorry Child & other Borrim! I thought of making a post where Fastarr gets ready, meets a few ruffians to dirty his nice clothes and then arrive at the feast, but as this sweatlodge-episode turned this long I decided to rethink the things once more.

I'll be writing Fastarr into Khandr's place - with or without any further adventures - in a day or two.

[Anguirel]

Lachrandir and Tathren, uncertain of where to find Khandr, have stopped at the house of Grimr...

Is it alright if I crash the Borrim party? That's where that post seems to be heading. If you Borrim would rather be alone, then I'll find a reason for Mith and I to hang around chatting to Ulfings.

[Nogrod]

Party-crashers! Sounds good to me.

But we should have our party going before it can be crashed... :p
(and surely our host is allowed to decide whether he lets any uninvited guests in in the first place.)

I'll have Fastarr in there pretty soon. How about you others?

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

To my Borrim Brethren

I've sent Hunta back for the party, and he's got a Ruddy Great Cheese with him!

I'm not sure of who's at the house right now and/or where they may be in the house. If there's anyone in the vicinity of the kitchen, however, please feel free to bring Hunta there with the RGC (see above) so he can deposit that. If nobody feels moved to do this before I have a chance to post next I will simply bring Hunta into the party myself later.

[Nogrod]

If I have time to write Fastarr in this evening (RL), should I make the two meet outside and get in together? We might then use the servant-NPC Hugo to take the cheese to where it belongs...

If yes, have you any points to make (besides the ones I can read from your earlier posts and Bio) as to how Hunta would greet his kinsman? If I write something, I'll be doing it within the next four hours time, about.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Ang,

Crashing the party with Elves is an interesting complication!

Khandr is too much of a diplomat and has too much respect for the old ways to throw out Elves but he'll have to figure out a way to "invite" them to leave at some point in the evening so that the Borrim can plot and plan freely. :D Meanwhile, Khandr will try to worm out what information he can from the visitors. Khandr will be discreet but he may give some indication that he thinks something "fishy" is going on at the Hall. This will not be said directly, but a bright Elf will undoubtedly get the meaning.....

[piosenniel]

As he walked from the house he saw coming toward him two tall strangers. He immediately recognised them as Elves, even though he had never seen such people before. He stumbled to a halt for a moment as he regarded them. They were indeed fair folk, tall and graceful, with features that were clear and fresh but also aged and full of wisdom. One of them glanced in his direction and Hunta found himself gazing into two deep eyes that glittered like starlight. He quickly ducked his head, overcome by a queer feeling the likes of which had never yet come to his isolated and callow heart. Rather than face them directly he slunk into a side street and found a different way back to the house of the lord Khandr.


Fordie & Ang --

I'll put a post at the start of Fordim's latest post for Grimr to redirect the Elves to Khandr's hall.


~*~ Pio

[Nogrod]

I've taken Fastarr and Hunta into the dinner-party. And the cheese is taken care of too. :)

Fordim: care to notify me if there is something in my usage of Hunta that does not fit your view of him. I'll make the changes required, certainly.

I hope to see the party gather soon enough...

[Nogrod]

Ang & Child: I hope it sounds reasonable enough to you as I have said in my post that the Borrim hunter-party had been to see Ulfang the first day they had come in to the town to introduce themselves to the local lord. I think that sounds plausible...

[Child of the 7th Age]

Sounds good, Nogrod.

Save filled. Lalaith - you're up next.

[Folwren]

Sheesh, Durelin, I tell you - I do wish Jord had said some of her things out loud. I would have had perfect answers for them. But that's okay. I have ideas already spinning in my mind.

How much longer do you want to go with these two together? I need to get Uldor back eventually to get Ulfast's note about the banquet.

-- Folwren

[Durelin]

Sorry if it is at all frustrating, I'm really winging it with this character...and I have way too many ideas in my head. ;)

I can't see her as being too chatty, though. :p

We can wrap it up whenever you'd like...I guess the goal became just Thuringy (odd, but I'll go with it) being nasty and "putting things" into Uldor's head... I don't know how successful I was in conveying that at all, but... If you wanted to accomplish something else/more, I'll get my butt in gear so we can finish up.

Anyway, if you find a nice way to have Uldor end it, by all means go ahead. Otherwise I can have Thuringy end it in my next post (or the post after that...whatever; whenever you want to move on is fine).

And really the goal was just to have some fun being nasssty evil characters, right? How are you liking it? :D

(Sorry if I'm completely incoherent...it's late...)

[Folwren]

How am I liking playing an evil character? It’s interesting. Interesting because it’s difficult. Uldor repulses me. I hate him. He is disgusting and vile and his very thinking is sickening. ‘Do what it takes, cost what it will, kill who needs to be killed, I will have power. And when I have power? I do what ever I jolly well please. No more of this faked goodness, no more morals...I am very excited, but I can wait.'

It’s also difficult to play opposite your character, because I find Jord equally evil and vile (oh wow, do you notice? Vile is Evil with it’s ‘E’ moved to the end!). See, if I had a good, honorable man instead of Uldor, I’d have him say some stuff and get out of her clutches. But with Uldor, I can’t, because he’s likely to be attracted to such harlotrous woman. She's so flattering when she speaks it's sickening. Have you ever eaten something so sweet that your stomach turns? That's what I feel Uldor should feel like, but then I realize...no...he's evil.

Anyhow, I’ll get them separated. If you don’t mind, I’m going to twist that smile of hers and make it rather beautiful, trying to draw him in. I don’t know if you wanted the smile to try to make him like her, or if the smile was supposed to be mocking or what, but it’ll be seductive. No fears, my dear moderators, he won’t fall. He can’t afford to get mixed up even with the most beautiful of ladies. Besides, I can’t afford to write such stuff.

-- Folwren

[Durelin]

I love playing characters that are so incredibly different from me.

At least, I don't think I'm an evil maia...or at least not a maia...

As for the smile, I'd say seductive is what it is (far from "beautiful," though, in my opinion)...but I'm sure she finds it hilarious for him to think she really wants him. :D

And I think Uldor can feel that vile sickly-sweetness...it's just other "feelings" will be more of interest to him, perhaps. Or maybe he'll even like that feeling.


No fears, my dear moderators, he won’t fall. He can’t afford to get mixed up even with the most beautiful of ladies.

Pshaw, Uldor? Uldor can do whatever he wants. :p He may have been "banished," but I don't think it was very long before he was allowed to come running back. And I'm sure he feels he can risk "banishment" again. But...that's just me thinking evilly. And don't worry, I want to avoid the x-rated stuff, too...though so does Thuringwethil. ;)

[Folwren]

Pshaw, Uldor? Uldor can do whatever he wants. :p He may have been "banished," but I don't think it was very long before he was allowed to come running back. And I'm sure he feels he can risk "banishment" again. But...that's just me thinking evilly. And don't worry, I want to avoid the x-rated stuff, too...though so does Thuringwethil. ;)

Yeah, Uldor. He can't afford it just now, seriously. I think that in his inner most mind he know that things are about to get hot. He can't fall short of his father's affection and trust right at this most crucial moment.

Besides that, he doesn't want to get entangled with someone that he thinks might have higher connections with Morgoth!

So, we're good, and your character is safe from my moron. :rolleyes:

-- Folwren

[Lalaith]

SAVE filled. Sorry, Child, does Khandr have a beard, I just checked and in your description it doesn't say and I just realised I gave him one. I'll edit it to something else if you want to keep him clean-shaven!

[Child of the 7th Age]

Hah....that sneaky character. He obviously grew a beard when I wasn't looking! Seriously, though, it's fine. Your post looks great. I had a note from Kath, and she is hoping to post Bergr's arrival sometime this week.

[Lalaith]

It's funny, in my mind's eye he had a beard - mostly pepper with a bit of salt. Odd how these things work....

[Kath]

Ok Bergr has finally arrived. Sorry for the delay!

[Anguirel]

My post for Gausen and Drenda is simply teeming with plot hooks, many romantic.

Folwren, I know Uldor is busy with Jord's attentions, but according to Gausen's profile he's also led Gausen on...we might want to play out a meeting between them.

Dimturiel, your profile states that Tora's father wants to marry off his daughter. Looks like Drenda's going to be a suitor!

CoD, Brodda and Drenda will meet again as hinted in the post.

Celuien, you, Ulfast, killed Drenda's father. This is eventually going to become an issue.

How do people like these complications? PM me if you want me to clarify or cut a strand involving you...

[Anguirel]

Oh, and my post also suggested that there are about 60,000 Ulfings - if seven thousand is "a quarter of the males in these lands".

Economics is not my strongpoint and I know the status of the settlement is still vague, but perhaps that gives you a rough idea. I should think that the settlement is populated by only a few thousand, most farming arable land outside it.

[Folwren]

Folwren, I know Uldor is busy with Jord's attentions, but according to Gausen's profile he's also led Gausen on...we might want to play out a meeting between them.

My darn character seems to have a history I don't know about. :mad: He keeps getting himself into trouble.

That's fine, Anguirel. I rather think it's like him, the monstrous brute. We can play out a meeting, if you like.

I haven't read your post yet, though, and I don't have time just now. I'm about ot walk out the door.

-- Folwren

[Anguirel]

Well, I arranged that particular tryst with Feanor, and you inherited it, I'm afraid! Should be fun though...

[Celuien]

Celuien, you, Ulfast, killed Drenda's father. This is eventually going to become an issue.
Conflict. Major grudges. Excellent. ;)

[bill_n_sam]

I hope the use of the term "my lord" was appropriate for Dag addressing Ulfast. I couldn't remember if that issue had come up yet in other posts. But I thought a smith would need to be very respectful of such a person of importance. Please let me know if there is some other term that seems to work better and I'll edit.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Anguirel,

I think the Borrim crew needs some guidance. We've all arrived at the party. However, I wasn't sure whether to go on and get the serious talk of spying under way or wait for the Elves to make their appearance.

Will the elves be crashing our party soon, or should we go ahead and do the conspiracy part first? :p

[Anguirel]

Conspire away. Maybe Lachy and Tathy can come in at an awkward moment...

[bill_n_sam]

Ooops! I didn't realize I had double posted in the IC. Sorry. I had written up my next post, which I wasn't going to put up, as I didn't want to seem like a post-hog. But I thought it would be better to go ahead and take out the double post and put that one in its place. So I hope no-one minds too much. :rolleyes: *feeling rather stupid* :D Sorry!

[Anguirel]

It's fine, bill_n_sam. I was going to bring it up, but was sure you'd put it to rights...

What a Jane Austen-like web we are weaving...

[piosenniel]

bill_n_sam

Problem solved for the double post -- since they are for different sets of characters and different locations, I just labeled the posts for the characters of yours which were involved.

[Folwren]

My save is filled. Durelin, let me know if I did alright.

It is so tough playing this character!! Augh! I can't help but be possitively repulsed by Jord, but how on earth am I supposed to logically make Uldor also repulsed? Anyhow, as you may tell, even though he got out of it this time, he's still thinking about her....

-- Folwren

[Durelin]

Your post is awesome! Sooooo awesome! I love it...that second paragraph especially...and the third, too...okay, so all of it...amazing! :D

[Child of the 7th Age]

If none of the Borrim object, I'll do a generic narrative post to get us through the actual meal and then start the conversation afterwards where Khandr makes his request for help in spying....

I'll put up a save now but won't fill it till late Sunday or Monday. So if any member of the Borrim has something else they want to do first, just give the word and I'll hold off on this.

[Nogrod]

Go ahead with it Child.

At the moment I don't see how my character might help but coming up with some wild stories from my own mind... So I think it better you stage the situation and we'll respond then.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Save filled. (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=508710&postcount=94)

The Borrim have their "assignments". I've thrown the floor open for discussion.... So far there are no elves in sight.

[Anguirel]

Child, you refer to "the lady Thuringwethil"...shouldn't that be Jord? And perhaps more importantly, why would Khandr know at this stage that a spy should be set on Jord? She's not apparently a figure of much importance, except as a possible attachment of Uldor's.

Very nice post though!

[Durelin]

If she's assumed "close" to Uldor (as a mistress-type), which is how I thought people would likely see her (and the best way for her to hide right out in the open), then I'd guess it's quite possible they'd see her as a way to information...whether or not they felt they had to spy on her, or if they could just get information out of her about Uldor and his father, though, is another matter, I suppose...

[bill_n_sam]

Celuien,Dimturiel Sorry to leave you hanging. We had snow here the last day before I left the state for a conference and I didn't get in to work so I couldn't let you know. I will try to get something up tomorrow, but, as always, if you have something, don't wait for me.
BS

[Nogrod]

Child & other Borrim.

I made Fastarr to say that Ulfast's servant is a drunkard and goes regularly to the Inn he knows and should be talked to. I chose Ulfast just from the hat.

Kath has now written that Bergr could get information about Ulfast.

What do you think? Should we accept this as a "narrated fact" ie. we have two means to get knowledge of Ulfast which poses us a short-term problem? Another option is that I just go and edit my last post and change Ulfast to one of the other brothers.

Both ways are fine with me.

Nice to have this going on again!

[Kath]

I'm sorry Noggie! When I read Child's post I saw that Fastarr had been given Ulwarth to deal with, so I simply assumed that the servant you mentioned was one of his.

I can change it if necessary?

[Lalaith]

Nogrod, I see Fastarr hasn't mentioned his unpleasant encounter with the wretched Embla...Can't say I blame him, really.
Shall I just carry on with my thoughts on shadowing Jord now?

[Nogrod]

Well, it was my bad to begin with... I just thought it would look naive if the thing Fastarr knew would relate to the person that had been just given to him... Kind of fairy-tale niceness where the pieces of the puzzle just clik to their places with the first try. :)

And as I made Fastarr say, I'm ready to make him go for Khandr's errand to meet Ulwarth or to see this drunkard servant... or something else.

Khandr decides. :cool:

[Nogrod]

Nogrod, I see Fastarr hasn't mentioned his unpleasant encounter with the wretched Embla...Can't say I blame him, really.
Shall I just carry on with my thoughts on shadowing Jord now?You probably should... as far as I can see the general discussion is now on and everyone should say something.

But I'll be coming with Fastarr's thoughts about Embla too later. Maybe after you post something I could make Fastarr notice her again and... :)

[Nogrod]

Child: I agree with you that the "great hunt" and the individual spying need not cancel each other out.

It's now something like early evening if I'm correct and we can suggest the hunt to the elves this evening. But the Ulfings should be approached too. So the hunt probably wouldn't take place the next day (gametime) anyway? That means the Borrim can use the next day to spy as well as they can and the hunt would be the day after that the earliest?

Ang: what do you think about the schedule?

[Lalaith]

I'll put up a short post tomorrow about Embla's thoughts on spying on Jord. She'll be quite keen.
could make Fastarr notice her again and... :)

I would have thought :( more appropriate. Or even :mad:

[Nogrod]

I would have thought :( more appropriate. Or even :mad: :rolleyes:

[Child of the 7th Age]

Thanks Ang. I did the edit. Yes, I think Khandr sees her a source of information on others rather than of personal interest to him. Of course, that may definitely change!

_________

Regarding the hunt.... There's no reason to have it the very next day. Briga will yell and scream that she can't get ready that fast, since she must prepare foods for the returning party. :D There could be two or more days for individual spying efforts before we hit the hunt.

[Child of the 7th Age]

What do you think? Should we accept this as a "narrated fact" ie. we have two means to get knowledge of Ulfast which poses us a short-term problem? Another option is that I just go and edit my last post and change Ulfast to one of the other brothers.

Both ways are fine with me.

Nogrod -

Me, too. You and Kath can figure this out and decide how you want to handle it. I'll go along (and Khandr too) with however you want to frame this.

[Nogrod]

Me, too. You and Kath can figure this out and decide how you want to handle it. I'll go along (and Khandr too) with however you want to frame this.Okay. But in the actual thread it should be Khandr who gives the individual tasks. It's hard to see the relations between him and his retainer / servants / hunters as that democratic... ;)

I'll try to look at those brothers a bit if I could find something interesting where we could "hit"... (meaning: if there is something in their characters or their daily doings that could serve as a possibility to go spying on them).

[Lalaith]

:rolleyes:

Yes, I wanted to put that in too, but there seems to be a smiley limit in posts.

[Nogrod]

Yes, I wanted to put that in too, but there seems to be a smiley limit in posts.Fortunately/unfortunately there is... :D

Celuien & Foley:I went through all your posts but sadly there was very little revealing the way these brothers go on with their daily life. But have you thought of it? Would there be some things in their daily bussinessess that might be known by people generally like A going to have a walk at time B almost every day or C paying a visit to place D regularly? Or anything like that? E's servant always making the groceries at place F, villager G visiting brother H regularly or known to have good relations with him...?

And I stress that I mean things that would be general knowledge in the town.

[Folwren]

Ulwarth likes to appear the bumbling idiot that hides in the hall day in and day out, shy of strangers, and all that. So, most people probably don't see him much. I am not saying that he never leaves the hall, he just doesn't do it so that many people know it.

Uldor, on the other hand, doesn't bother to hide himself, but I can't say that he has any set schedule. I've a feeling that he likes to go out for a lot of 'walks'. These walks probably have a lot of different purposes, but mostly it is to think and to plot by himself. Also, he likes to see what the common people are up to, where their loyalty lies and what their qualities are. Not that he talks much with them. He's more likely to silently observe. Whether or not he is observed himself doesn't bother him much. Though, occasionally, I don't doubt he walks the streets incognito and pretty much 'spies' people out.

As for servants...yes, there might be a few here and there now and again, but not really any personal servants right now, that I know of. You must understand, that this character of mine is much deeper and has a lot of history and a lot of friends that I don't know about yet. I think that Anguirel's character is pretty close to Uldor, but we haven't had a chance to figure that out yet in the game. I'm letting it rest until they meet in the game, as you've probably noticed.

The grocery shopping people are just hirelings of the hall in general. No one close to Uldor or Ulwarth.

Celuien will speak for Ulfast, I'm sure. :D

-- Folwren

[Child of the 7th Age]

Okay. But in the actual thread it should be Khandr who gives the individual tasks. It's hard to see the relations between him and his retainer / servants / hunters as that democratic...

Nogrod,

Yes, I think you're right, but I was talking as Child rather than Khandr. :D Sorry if that wasn't clear.

Let me know what arrangement you two would prefer and I'll make sure Khandr says that in his instructions....either by editing my original post or by referring to it in one of his later posts. I just wanted to handle this in the manner you and Kath felt most comfortable with....

[Celuien]

I'd imagine that Ulfast doesn't have a regular schedule that brings him out of the hall. However, he does have a habit of taking nighttime walks. If he visits the town, it's usually to meet with his allies, but it's not on any particularly known timeframe.

Ulfast doesn't trust the general pool of servants from the hall - he thinks they're all spies for Uldor - so he keeps a few of his own to run any of his more personal errands, such as the sword commission. But I'd expect that things like groceries are more general hall business that he doesn't really concern his personal staff with.

[Nogrod]

That seems to be just as I feared it would be. Too canny brothers to have any weak spots... :)

Now what I see as important is the following: only Uldor seems to have a servant / servants. So maybe Kath and I should edit our respective posts to attribute the servant-stuff to Uldor... I'll do it immediately after this post myself.

And we might possibly make the person I mentioned, Crogulf, the man of whose wife Bergr knows so it's the one and the same servant and his wife.

Foley: would you like to have a guy named Crogulf as Uldor's servant, even though he seems to be a drunkard spending his evenings at the Dragontail Inn when possible? ;)

Of course we can edit all the talk of the servants out if needs be.

Child: all this seems to be calling for at least some missions straight from Khandr ie. "official things" to contact the brothers. I'll put a post into the thread where Fastarr suggests one possibility.

[Nogrod]

Mith: please when you post your gatecrashing post, remove the save and post it as a new one as I have already posted something that happens before the Elves get in... :)

EDIT: Lalaith has also posted things that happen before the elves come in...

[Nogrod]

Child: I had to use Khandr a little bit to not make it a pure monologue. I tried to make it as obvious as possible. If there is something you wish to change...

(And now I will stop this flood-posting) :)

[Anguirel]

Mith, I've pre-empted your gate-crashing...sorry. Hope you like my post...felt we had to get there otherwise we wouldn't catch anything interesting!

It's occurred to me that with a formal feast to receive us later, we Elves are going to have a pretty busy night. Also, how and when are we to be told about the feast?

I suggest that someone in the employ of the Chieftain or one of his sons should have seen us making our way to Khandr's tent, and that a messenger from the Hall (played by, say, CoD -could perhaps be Brodda himself, or even Ulfast who's close by at Dag's smithy) come to ask us Elves to the Hall...but slightly pointedly, not Khandr.

Dimturiel, I haven't forgotten our plans. Do you want to create an NPC for Tora's father, or shall I?

[Mithalwen]

OK..... will fit in..... was confined to barracks dsomewhat over the weekend then couldn't access the downs... :( sorry Tathren will get more active I promise

[Anguirel]

I have no doubt of it Mith. All completely fine.

On the other hand, Volo and Garen LiLorian have yet to post to the game. I think I will PM both of them; if they're too busy, their characters can be claimed by other players, given to new players or made into NPCs.

[Folwren]

Foley: would you like to have a guy named Crogulf as Uldor's servant, even though he seems to be a drunkard spending his evenings at the Dragontail Inn when possible? ;)

Of course we can edit all the talk of the servants out if needs be.

I think it's brilliant. When I read about him in your post on the game thread, my first thought was, "Golly, when Uldor finds out that Crogulf's been spreading talk and information about him when he's drunk, he's not going to be happy."

I don't know how much Crogulf will know of anything important, understand. He may not know too much. It depends on what sort of information you're expecting to get out of him. :P

Anguirel, as Uldor has been prodded into actually preparing the feast, I guess he can be the one who sends someone to invite the elves. Does CoD want to play the messenger?

-- Folwren

[CaptainofDespair]

Does CoD want to play the messenger?

Perhaps. I am getting involved with our dear Jord, as Durelin's last post indicated. If I can wrap that up fairly soon (which may take at least a week, given the amount of papers and reading that I must do for my courses) then I would certainly act as the messenger to the Elves.

[Dimturiel]

Anguirel, you won't mind if I left Tora's father to you, would you? I sort of lack inspiration for such a character, and anyway, I'm quite busy at the moment, so Tora is as much as I can manage right now.

[Anguirel]

Dimturiel, nothing would give me more pleasure. Though handing Tora's father into my power may put her in more danger of Drenda's suit!

Volo has resigned from this RP; the role of Anydor is open for a new player; until someone comes forward he is an NPC, up for grabs if anyone thinks he could be useful.

[Nogrod]

Anguirel: I think Khandr lives in an actual wooden building - and not a small one - not in a tent. I think I recall some discussion about this issue from a long time ago (and haven't just now the time to check it) where Child said she preferred an actual house. And at least I myself have after that written about a gate that is opened to get to the "yard", about stables on which wall a kicked pebble would hit and about stairs one needs to climb to get in... but check Child about this.

Foley: I didn't think Crogulf would tell us "everything"... :D What I was thinking was mainly stuff like how the brothers fare together in general or some possible hints of how his master had behaved as the ambassadours visited or something. So don't be afraid, I try to make this somewhat realistic anyhow - you know me in this...

All: What say you? How general knowledge it is in the Ulfing settlement that the brothers don't come some well together / the bitter relations between the father & the sons? What is general knowledge and where goes the line where their plottings are known only to themselves and us writers here in the thread?

[Child of the 7th Age]

Thanks, Nogrod. for catching that. Ang, yes, Khandr and his household are in a house. Nothing grand, I imagine. Just a serviceable wood and stone structure of a decent size.

The post is grand!

[Folwren]

Foley: I didn't think Crogulf would tell us "everything"... :D What I was thinking was mainly stuff like how the brothers fare together in general or some possible hints of how his master had behaved as the ambassadours visited or something. So don't be afraid, I try to make this somewhat realistic anyhow - you know me in this...

Haha! Yes. lol!

Don't suppose that Crogulf won't tell more than you might think, especially if he's drunk. But even if he doens't give too much away, it will be more than Uldor will like. No fears, though. Nothing will happen to him until things begin to get more heated. We'll have to see...

Um...is there anything I'm supposed to be writing right now?

-- Folwren

[Celuien]

Save filled. Let me know if anything needs changing - I wasn't sure how to introduce the idea of Mem's coming to the party. :)

[Child of the 7th Age]

Ang, Mithalwen,

I thought the Elves might appreciate being met by an armed posse. :p

As I understand it, although the Borrim are the "good guys", the Elves will not appreciate our loyalty or true worth, being deceived by the treacheries of the "Ulfang boys". I thought this would get our relationship off on the right foot. Believe me, Khandr will be apologetic and embarrassed once he's realized his gaffe. And, yes, you will get your invitation to the Hunt.

I don't know why, but for some reason this game gives me the feeling that we are playing out a tragic "western"......

[bill_n_sam]

CEL I had been thinking that perhaps Mem had something of a reputation in the settlement for her storytelling and songs, and that Ulfast would simply have heard of that and suggest she come to entertain. It's been a little hard for me to get a handle on the size of this "town". I know there was some discussion way back at the beginning, and I think it was like more than a village but not a big bustling metropolis (like Minas Tirith). I'm picturing something like a market town, with lots of outlying farms and fields and woods. So maybe Anguriel or Pio could be more specific. But still, I think it would be reasonable just for Ulfast to hear about Mem's "talents" and this might just be one more way for Ulfast to try to gain Dag's committed loyalty, or force it.

NOGROD I have been posting with the assumption that most of the Ulfings know something of the unhappy relations of the three brothers, especially Uldor and Ulfast, as Ulfast was somewhat in charge until Uldor returned. But I would think generally speaking they would not know much about actual plots or schemes, just the general dislike and distrust among the three. It seems to me in that situation, all the Ulfings would be on their guard and nervous because they could get caught up in that unwillingly but with no way to stay "neutral". Again, I guess that would depend somewhat on the size of the community, as to who knows what about whom. Those are just my thoughts.

[Celuien]

I had been thinking that perhaps Mem had something of a reputation in the settlement for her storytelling and songs...

Okay. I can make that edit. Will be done shortly.

[piosenniel]

This sounds good to work with for me.....but, Anguirel, please chime in here with your thoughts.

CEL.....I know there was some discussion way back at the beginning, and I think it was like more than a village but not a big bustling metropolis (like Minas Tirith). I'm picturing something like a market town, with lots of outlying farms and fields and woods. So maybe Anguriel or Pio could be more specific.

[Anguirel]

I compared the settlement earlier to early mediaeval London; that's overegging it, but I think that, say, Saxon Nottingham, Oxford or Guilford wouldn't be far out...a more eastern feel I suppose, perhaps a bit like Buda, Hungary, or something similar.

Cobbled streets give way to mud. Older houses and huts give way to groups of tents, large and small. Like Edoras, the settlement's centre is the Hall of the Chieftain.

Many more Ulfings would live in the country than the settlement; perhaps a few thousand would be "urban" (not the right adjective) as opposed to agrarian farmers.

I'm uncertain in my mind myself and would appreciate the opinions of the rest of you...

Now, an NPC who will be needed for a nasty little subplot...

NAME: Torguar, father of Tora

AGE: Believes himself to be about fifty, but is uncertain

RACE: Human, Ulfing.

GENDER: Male.

WEAPONS: Torguar has lived the life of a farmer, not a fighter, but his people were nomadic marauders not so long ago, and if pressed he could handle an axe sufficiently.

APPEARANCE: Torguar stands about four inches above five feet, medium height among the Ulfings. His body is wiry, muscled and burnt by the sun; his face wrinkling and hair greying prematurely due to his hard outdoor life. His voice is deep and slow. He wears simple garments woven from flax, or a white robe if more formal attire is demanded.

PERSONALITY/STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Torguar is a very shrewd businessman, and has got a reputation as a man who should not be double-crossed; but he is aware of this, which sometimes makes him bigheaded. He is proud of his children, especially of his fine sons and his grandsons, twin children of his oldest boy; his daughter is slightly overlooked. His wife is extremely quiet, and Torguar probably likes it that way. He is talkative himself, inclined to tell long, inexorable stories which his audience has usually heard before.

HISTORY: Torguar’s father was among the first wave of settlers in the west under Ulfang, but his son, born late in his father’s life, remembers little of him. Nothing much has changed in Torguar’s life, and he probably doesn’t expect that it ever will. He sees the world as a slow, upward struggle, and suspects that although great things will not come to him, they are destined to fall to his descendants, whether grand-children or great-grand-children. With this slow-burning ambition comes piety, and Torguar makes regular offerings of grain to a small ancestor-shrine commemorating his father, and by extension the fathers before him.

[Mithalwen]

Save filled - I may have jumped you gun slightly Ang - Tathren hasn't quite got the hangof diplomacy :rolleyes: .

I will probably need to tidy a little ..I have edited so much I can't read or type straight now..

Let me know if I need to change stuff - I seem to have got over my mental block so should be quicker now..

[Child of the 7th Age]

Ang,

Shall I have Khandr respond to Tathren now or wait till your own save is filled? As Khandr is standing with a blade near his heart, he is feeling a bit nervous. But perhaps you intend to do something else to make us poor Borrim miserable? Either way is fine.

[Anguirel]

I'd rather go first, Child, if you don't mind. Mith preempted me a bt, though in excellent fashion, so Lachrandir may be more conciliatory...or at least, may think he's more conciliatory...

[Mithalwen]

Sorry ..I hadn't fully grasped the situation when I put up my save and then when I did I didn't want to scrub another save and realised that my lad's patience would have surely reached it's limits. He is a loyal pup but like all good guard dogs his bark is worse than his bite :D .

[Child of the 7th Age]

Ang,

Exellent. I await your post with interest.

[Noinkling]

Pio

Saved filled at long last.

I've left you the lead in you wanted.

[Child of the 7th Age]

My dear Elves,

You are welcome to enter! :p

Child

[Mithalwen]

Free cheese? how could we resist! But I had better follow my master's lead...

[Anguirel]

I've been v. quiet of late due to a history dissertation. Will try to post this evening, or failing that tomorrow...

[Anguirel]

Everyone,

Easter Holidays are about to commence which means four weeks of extremely irregular access for me, oddly enough, as I shall be in various locales...

So...I plan to write one post for Torguar, Tora's father, and maybe one for Lachrandir before I go home tomorrow. I hope things can muddle on for a bit mostly without me after that.

[Nogrod]

It has been pretty quiet the last weeks and I admit I'm one to blame for it. But then again the elves visiting the Borrim -scene is in a situation where it's pretty hard for us others than the elves and Khandr to put anything in but inner thoughts as it would be inappropriate for the "servants" to break in...

So please Anguirel or Child if you'd wish to give us others some loose ends to bring our characters into the discussion as well so we could also carry the story forwards?

[Lalaith]

yes, I feel the same, right now Embla is just lurking about. Not much else she can do, until her elders and betters have finished their business....

[Child of the 7th Age]

I have definitely been part of the roadblock... :( Sorry! A combination of heavy workload and a definite writing block. One way or another, I'll get something up by Tuesday that throws things open for us so we can start chugging ahead.

Hopefully, neither ang or Mithalwen will mind if I drag the Elves over to the table and start some kind of conversation. With Ang out of town, we may have to be clever to somehow move things ahead.

[Mithalwen]

No that would be great Sharon, as a visitor, I would prefer one of the Borrim to do the next post - seems a bit presumptious ot describe someeone else's house! But I follow up if I can...bearing in mind that Tathren is the monkey not the organ grinder ;).

[Child of the 7th Age]

Loose ends?? :D That should do it. I have tried to leave it open enough that anyone can talk.

Khandr is playing Cassandra, and I suspect he will meet with a smilar fate.

[Nogrod]

Sorry for my part. We've had the annual national exams in the senior secondary high-schools during the past couple of weeks and then my choir had three performances this weekend accompanying a movie from 30's in a movie theatre (making the sounds, ie. sound-effects and music live on the spot). So I have been more than busy.

But I'm coming back again now as my schedual eases considerably this week. So if nothing else is possible, I will be burdening you with Fastarr's private thoughts in a day or two and would love to catch up with anything that actually happens... :rolleyes:

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

Oh dear....

My fellow gamers....I have an embarassing and shameful confession to make....I actually managed to forget about this game! :eek:

Work and other obligations called me away from the Downs for over a month and in that time I simply let Hunta slip from my mind. I'm not sure when or if I shall have time to read through what's been going on and resume so if anyone In Charge wishes to off Hunta, take him over, write for him or assign him to someone else I would understand completely.

"Shame, shame, and more shame. Nothing, but shame."

[Folwren]

I have not forgotten about the game...I just simply haven't posted, which may be worse.

But I really can't post. Well, I could, but it'd be pointless. What I need to do next is send Broda off to fetch the elves, but Broda is stuck with that stuck up lady ... what's her name. Durelin's character. And until he returns, I ... am not going to post, unless someone convinces me to.

So, that's my scoop on the story.

-- Folwren

[CaptainofDespair]

But I really can't post. Well, I could, but it'd be pointless. What I need to do next is send Broda off to fetch the elves, but Broda is stuck with that stuck up lady ... what's her name. Durelin's character. And until he returns, I ... am not going to post, unless someone convinces me to.

Agh! I'm sorry, Folwren! I've been meaning to move along from my rendezvous with Thuringwethil.

Durelin and I will be wrapping up our little meeting shortly. When that's all done, I'll be free to take up whatever Uldor requests of his lackey. :)

-CoD

[Durelin]

It is my fault that has been dragging on for so long. I am so very sorry. A combination of busy-ness and a severe lack of inspiration particularly in the evil department has kept me from posting. I am dreadfully sorry.

I think I'm feeling the evil seductress a bit now, so I'll start to work on a post, soon, I promise! And CoD and I have agreed to wrap it up with just this one last post.

Then Thurgy/Jord is free. Anybody need her? :p

[Child of the 7th Age]

Fordim,

Also check your pms. I hope you'll continue to play with Hunta.

Child

[Lalaith]

Well, Jordy me proud beauty, I'm supposed to be befriending/spying on you, on the orders of my husband. Where will I find you?

[Durelin]

Oh yes! Fun fun... Well, I can put her somewhere nice and out in the open...perhaps meeting some sort of contact... Let me think on it and I'll make sure to put her somewhere (hopefully) convenient in my post, and I'll let you know where she is.

If you think of anywhere/any interesting situation just let me know. :D

Edit:

Lalaith - In my post I just have Thurgy/Jord leaving her chambers/house place, which I invision as near(ish) to the great hall or whatever. But I don't really specify where she's going, so either I can edit that in if you'd prefer, or you can place her wherever is convenient for you in your post (you can follow her out of her house, follow her around somewhere else, spy on her meeting with her "contact," intercept her before she finds that contact, whatever you want is fine by me). She's gone off to find someone who's a little lackey of hers, but they could basically be anywhere.

[bill_n_sam]

I have a post ready to go but I need to know where the Ulfings are in regards to the feast/preparations for the feast????

Is it still late afternoon, or evening yet? I know the Borrim and elves are already on into the evening, right? And now Broda will be sent to look for them/invite them to the main great hall? Is that correct?

My post ends with Dag and Mem leaving to go to the Ulfing feast so I don't want to put it up too soon.

Any guidance would be great.

[Folwren]

I don't think the Borrim and the elves should be too late in the evening... How early does it get dark? The Banquet can't be too late.

I'm going to post eventually and have Uldor looking for Broda so that he can send him to the elves. Captain, could you follow my post with Broda arriving and having Uldor give him his orders and take off?

-- Folwren

[CaptainofDespair]

I'm going to post eventually and have Uldor looking for Broda so that he can send him to the elves. Captain, could you follow my post with Broda arriving and having Uldor give him his orders and take off?

Aye! And I will surely make every effort to respond as quickly as possible. It'll be nice to get Brodda...moving...again. That couch was getting quite uncomfortable. Or maybe that was just Thuringwethil's presence...;)

[Lalaith]

Durelin....I think I'll have her (Embla) slip out quite soon and follow Jord....she knows where you live, she's already quite interested in you.....

[Folwren]

Aye! And I will surely make every effort to respond as quickly as possible. It'll be nice to get Brodda...moving...again. That couch was getting quite uncomfortable. Or maybe that was just Thuringwethil's presence...;)

Heh...that makes me have to write a post quick, too, so that you can... I'll get to that now.

-- Folwren

Edit: Post up, Captain.

Make Uldor a bit grumpy at Brodda's lateness, will you?

[CaptainofDespair]

Heh...that makes me have to write a post quick, too, so that you can... I'll get to that now.

-- Folwren

Edit: Post up, Captain.

Make Uldor a bit grumpy at Brodda's lateness, will you?

Okey dokey.

Just to be clear, though...

Do you want me to gloss over Uldor's orders in the conversation and make my post an in-and-out one post deal for Brodda?

[Folwren]

I would prefer that, yes, but you can do whatever you choose, of course. I'm giving you free license to have Uldor do and say what he needs to and have Brodda come and go in your one post.

-- Folwren

[CaptainofDespair]

Alrighty. My post for Brodda is up, Folwren. Let me know if there need to be any changes.

I'll put up another post soon to get Brodda to invite the Elves and Jord to Uldor's feast.

Oh, and where are the Elves? From what I've picked up, they went to the Borrim feast, yes? But are they still there, or have they gone/will go elsewhere?

[Folwren]

It was fine, Captain. Not precisely how I would have written him, but that's fine and don't worry about it.

Thanks much for doing it.

-- Folwren

[Child of the 7th Age]

The Elves are still with the Borrim. No one has responded to my initial set-up post. :( I'll rattle the bushes and try and find out what is going on later tonight.

[Lalaith]

Actually, if its ok with everyone, I thought I might just sneak out quite soon and go and find Jord. Its not likely I'd speak out at the feast, anyway.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Lalaith -

Feel free to sneak out.

It would be helpful if you could include just a sentence or two saying that there is a conversation going on between the Elves and the Borrim. Whoever posts (whether it's me wrapping things up or someone else) can then build on that.

[Nogrod]

I indeed wrote a post for Fastarr a couple of days ago, but it's only on paper (I haven't had time to type it). If the elves are not wishing / able to answer it, it would be futile to write it down here and only leave a loose end. But if there is a willing on part of the elves to engage in the conversation I could post it.

[Anguirel]

Everyone, you've come very well through my annoying absence, for which I apologise.

In the meantime, we have had a few casualties. The characters of Garen LiLorian, Volo and Rune son of Bjarne are now NPCs. This leaves us very short of Ulfing males - would it be viable to advertise for some more?

I will post as Lachrandir today.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Ang -

We may also have lost Fordim's Borrim hunter. See his comment a few spaces back. I wrote him a pm to check but have not heard a response.

Nogrod - I'll get a short response up from Briga (with perhaps an aside by Khandr) late tonight. Looks as if we have our Elves back :D so perhaps you'll want to go ahead with that post.

After the conversation with the Elves, my plan is to wrap up the feast and have Khandr go out searching for a member of the court to make the Borrim offer of sponsoring a hunt. That can be night or morning...whatever works with the timing of the game.

[Nogrod]

Nogrod - I'll get a short response up from Briga (with perhaps an aside by Khandr) late tonight. Looks as if we have our Elves back :D so perhaps you'll want to go ahead with that post.Good. I'll wait for your post and then adapt my post to fit the situation.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Save filled. I think Khandr may have given Embla a reason to leave the table. :p

[Nogrod]

Save filled as well.

Anyone's turn I think...

[Child of the 7th Age]

Nogrod and other Borrim.

Just read your post, Nogrod. Whoot! You've blown the ship out of the water. My congratulations. I'm not sure if there's anything else that can be said by the Borrim at this point. You've voiced what all of us were thinking but were afraid to say.

BTW, I think you are right. If the leaders "turned over" to Melkor, surely there were hints of this within their own people. Such things must have soil to grow, even though we are not talking about the actions of choices of each and every individual. People also get caught up in bad situations not of their own making.

I think the answer will have to come from one of our two elves....even it it's just a bland "non-answer" or "non-response".

After the elves' response, I was thinking of closing down the feast and sending everyone out the door to their dwellings. If this won't work, let me know.

BTW, Ang, I will be sending Khandr to court to query one of the leaders about the desirability of a hunt. Feel free to have them say yes or no....whatever you'd prefer to do with the game. Khandr will adjust accordingly.

[Lalaith]

Save filled. Sorry it took so long.

[Anguirel]

Save filled. Lachrandir hasn't addressed the matter of the hunt; perhaps Mith could get Tathren to brightly change the subject to it?

After that we Elves should get moving; we have a busy evening ahead if the banquet's tonight!

Future things to get done -

A (fairly quick?) banquet for the Elves

The hunt

Drenda courts Tora

And we really need to find some substitute Ulfings...

[Child of the 7th Age]

Mithalwen,

Were you going to post next, or should I just have Khandr do a wrap-up post for the feast? (I noticed you had erased your saves.) Either way is fine.....

[Anguirel]

Child, could you full steam ahead? I think we need to pick up the pace a bit!

[Child of the 7th Age]

Will try to do that in the next day or two....

[Nogrod]

Will try to do that in the next day or two....Good. The idea of the party was excellent but it pretty much turned out to a situation where only you and Ang could say something... So it's good that we can take a step forwards. Too dominating characters in a situation easily freeze the posting as the "lower people" are not supposed to voice their mind anyhow in the company of their betters...

Let's keep this moving!

[CaptainofDespair]

I'm going to try to get a post up for Brodda tonight to tie the loose ends involving the feast invites together.

Do the Elves/Borrim mind if a mean-spirited Brodda crashes the event to hand over the invitation, or would you prefer I...be more subtle in some way? ;)

[Anguirel]

Personally I think that sounds perfect...go ahead

[Mithalwen]

Mithalwen,

Were you going to post next, or should I just have Khandr do a wrap-up post for the feast? (I noticed you had erased your saves.) Either way is fine.....


Sorry I had power cuts last night which made posting impossible.. I could have young tathren ask about the hunt but I am not sure his curiosity will seem too " gauche" eve3n for an adolescent elf?

[Child of the 7th Age]

CaptainofDespair,

That sounds good. I will erase my save, since it would make more sense for you to go first.

Mithalwen,

Hope your electricity problems are over. That can be a pain in the neck in many ways!

Perhaps I can help you here. If you want to use my character to give your elf a lead in, you're welcome to do so. You can have Khandr say thanks for the invite to the nasty Brodda and indicate that this will give him the chance to approach one of the Ulfang leaders about the Borrim sponsoring the hunt. (However nasty Brodda may be, Khandr will be polite to a guest.) Khandr can also restate his desire to have the Elves come to the hunt. In that context, it would not seem strange if your character asked a question or two.

I'll try and respond in my next post and, if it is alright with you, indicate that the Elves then leave. There are some things I need to say to my people behind your back :p before I clear everyone out of the house.....

If this will work, let me know. If not, that's fine too. I'll go with the flow of whatever you put down.

[Mithalwen]

thanks Child but I have slightly inverted your suggestion since I didn't want neither to wait for COD nor preempt him. So if you can assume his polite enquiry ...... he is quite polite when he isn't brandishing his knife... as he makes his farewells and enlighten him slightly that would be great.. Or I can scrub this and try again :D

[Anguirel]

I hurried things on a bit. Mith, if you want to post a proper version of the Tathren banter please feel free. I just feel this night is lasting many a day!

[bill_n_sam]

I still have a post ready to go with Dag and Mem heading out the door to the Ulfing feast. Is it still to early to put that up? I will be gone until next week so I needed to know if I should go ahead and post or if that can wait a week?
BS

[Anguirel]

Please post, bill, that would be superb...

[Mithalwen]

I may have missed something obvious but is Tathren still schlepping the bag of loot around the place?

[Anguirel]

Think so, yep. Don't think Lachrandir confiscated it!

Ooo, I insulted Khandr. Good good.

[Mithalwen]

He may yet ;) Ah well I may well have Tathren make some innocent comment ...

Edit : save filled. I don't think the boy is exactly squiffy and I am sure the Elvish constitution will cope... but this is reminding me of when I moved once and had to face an unexpected "welcome" meal provided by my new flat mate with the same enthusisasm as I had consumed a splendid farewell dinner from the landlady I was leaving .....

[Anguirel]

A delicate question of Ulfing snobbery has just been settled!

In addition to which I've made Volo's old character Anydor an NPC for now, in charge of the door...Ulfang's Hama if you will. Anyone is free to come across him...

[piosenniel]

♥ Notice of New Game Opening ♥

Durelin and Firefoot are starting a game in the Shire.

Blood Run: A Terror Returns

If you are interested, please read the proposal – HERE (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=13884).

The Discussion thread will open soon to take on players and to answer any questions.

See you there!

~*~ Pio

[Anguirel]

Everyone,

I feel this game has slowed for a halt. I can't keep posting in a void, but what are you all waiting for? Is there some way I could facilitate everyone else's posting? I've left things pointing towards the Ulfing feast.

One problem is that so many Ulfing characters have deserted us, but the sons of Ulfang also seem pretty quiet. Folwren? Celuien? Could we have some action please?

[Folwren]

One problem is that so many Ulfing characters have deserted us, but the sons of Ulfang also seem pretty quiet. Folwren? Celuien? Could we have some action please?

Yes. Sorry. Shall I begin the feast today, then?

And after this first night, how quicky shall things move forward? When must the muster start? How soon do we march to war?

-- Folwren

[Child of the 7th Age]

Ang,

I will be glad to post the letter inviting folk to the Borrim hunting party (assuming we are still going forward with that). Which character should the messenger give that to?

[Folwren]

Hm... I just read the beginning posts of this thread, for like timeline and purpose of this game. This is more going to be focused upon the time before marching to war.

So...what is it exactly that you'll be needing from me? Lots of posts about options of treachery? Oh man! Ulwarth could totally come into this tale now....sweet. How long do you want this game to go? We've written four pages of the first day. :Merisu: Shocking.

Anyhow, I might write Celuien a PM and figure stuff out with her...

-- Folwren

[bill_n_sam]

Sorry that didn't go up last week but I got a little overwhelmed at work.

And for myself, I can't say there's been any failing on the part of anyone here that had led to the doldrums we've encountered. Slow posting is just . . . slow posting :p RL and other threads can suck up time. And again, for myself, there are times I just am not inspired.

I think a lot could go on at this feast, and then the hunt, and sometimes it helps (me) to get with other players and cook up some sub-plots. That always makes it more interesting.

Well, those thoughts are probably not that helpful Anguriel. I think you've done a great job so far!

[Celuien]

Plotting in progress... The feast should give Ulfast something to do. :)

[Anguirel]

Excellent response me old crew. I shall attempt to address queries now...

Child, I think the messenger should probably go to Ulfang in theory...but probably Uldor in practice.

Folwren - the action of the story follows about a month. It covers plotting and counter-plotting, arranging the muster, and the superficial ironing out of differences simultaneous with secret, and widespread, treachery.

We have been rather verbose so far! I thought maybe after the feast we should move time on a fortnight or so, allowing relationships, friendships, plots to develop a stage? If we do that I'll write a summary post for the fortnight. Just an idea.

Gausen has entered the scene! This is going to be a wild night...but I don't want it to last too long, if poss. Say another half-page.

I suppose I'm envisaging a pretty ambitious length. About ten pages ideally.

[Folwren]

Gausen has entered the scene! This is going to be a wild night...but I don't want it to last too long, if poss. Say another half-page.

Wild, yes, and tight, for Uldor. Yipes. Poor fellow is going to be hard put, if Jord accepts the invitation. Poor fellow? He's a jerk. :mad:

Folwren - the action of the story follows about a month. It covers plotting and counter-plotting, arranging the muster, and the superficial ironing out of differences simultaneous with secret, and widespread, treachery.

Right. After I asked the question, I did a little research a the beginning of this thread and figured that out myself. It will be extremely interesting.

-- Folwren

[Dimturiel]

Say, Anguirel, I've got an idea, just let me know if you agree with it. I was thinking, what if Tora should be sent to look for her father and to bring him back home? Well, I don't think it would be suitable for Tora to actually enter the place of the feasting, but she might ask a guard to fetch her father. That way Drenda has the chance of taking a look at her, and she can also get her father out of there before he causes more embarrassment to all those concerned :p.
Let me know if you agree, and I'll write my post. If not, well, at least you'll see I haven't abandoned the game :p.

[Anguirel]

Good idea Dimturiel. Feel free to use Anydor if it helps, and Torguar is of course our common property so deal with him as you like too...

[Folwren]

Anguirel,

I will try to post for Uldor again today. I apologize I haven't done it sooner. If I don't get it done today, I'll do it tomorrow afternoon sometime, after I reach Grandma's house. :) I am so happy my Grandparents got into having a computer and high speed internet.

-- Folwren

[Child of the 7th Age]

I'll wait just a bit to have Khandr's messenger arrive,,,,till folk are actually settled in the hall.

[Celuien]

And I'll post for Ulfast either tomorrow or Sunday.

[Folwren]

Herm...Anguirel? I posted, but I don't know how great I did. What...exactly is the relationship between these two? I'm somewhat confused on that score. So, I did the best I could with that confusion. If it's alright, if Uldor is acting right for the circumstances (past and present), then that's good, but if not, just let me know and I can change anything that needs changing.

-- Folwren

[Durelin]

Agh, I am soooooooo sorry. That save sat up there way too long. And I have a personal dislike for saves, so it has been very rough on my conscience. It is finally filled, though.

Lalaith - I guess CoD should interrupt us with Brodda soon because the banquet I guess needs to run to the finish. I don't mind Jord being quite fashionably late, though, of course. So, just say the word when you think it's wrapped up enough that they can be interrupted.

And grah, "Jord" wasn't very subtle this time. I hope she hasn't scared Embla off already. :D

[Anguirel]

All going brilliantly so far. Now, shall I conduct the Elves to the Hall, go on with Drenda and Gausen, or attempt both at the same time...?

[Folwren]

I say, go for attempting both at once. :D

[Anguirel]

I tried...didn't quite work the Elves in...

[Lalaith]

thanks Durelin/Jord, lots to work with there.

When I am slightly less busy *stares at screen in insane overworked panic-stricken way* I will respond accordingly.

[piosenniel]

SAVE filled - :)

~*~ Pio

[Anguirel]

Prod. A few more posts me hearties, could Celuien fill in her SAVE please, and I'll post with the elves if people feel it's required to speed things up.

I'm also looking for a reaction to my last post from Folwren if poss

Sorry to be such a Tartar, but...

EDIT: Oops, sorry Celuien, seem to have wronged you. Only just saw your post. It's just Khandr we're waiting on then.

[Folwren]

I'm also looking for a reaction to my last post from Folwren if poss

Sorry to be such a Tartar, but...

Ah, yes. A post. Quite honestly, I've been thinking like fury to come up with something, but I'mt no sure quite what to have him say or do next. I'm still wondering about exactly what sort of relationship there is betwen Gausen and Uldor. I will try my best to come up with something.

Don't apologize about anything. The game needs to keep moving and someone's got to prod it on.

-- Folwren

[Anguirel]

Originally, I was imagining that their relationship was almost total fantasy on Gausen's part based on some polit word from Uldor. I'm now thinking there might be more to it, in that Gausen could use a close relationship with Uldor as a way to control her son...but still, I doubt it's amounted to anything solid yet. Just a lot of pretty lies on one side and dreaming of power on the other. If that helps.

[Folwren]

Originally, I was imagining that their relationship was almost total fantasy on Gausen's part based on some polit word from Uldor. I'm now thinking there might be more to it, in that Gausen could use a close relationship with Uldor as a way to control her son...but still, I doubt it's amounted to anything solid yet. Just a lot of pretty lies on one side and dreaming of power on the other. If that helps.

Yes, I think that helps. I'll write something today. :)

-- Folwren

[Anguirel]

Lachrandir has entered and addressed Grimr...

[Noinkling]

OK, Pio, I've left a little lead in for your younger characters. :)

[piosenniel]

Save filled. :)

A rather unceremonious welcome for the Elves, I fear. :p

~*~ Pio

[Folwren]

Greetings one and all. I am currently suffering some sort of problem with my stomach area and I will not be able to post for a few days yet, if all goes as it has been going.

Anguirel, if Uldor is still taking up your time in any way, do what you like with getting Gausen away from him.

I'm so sorry. (More for myself than for you...but, oh well...;) )

-- Folwren

[Folwren]

I'm getting better, so I may be able to post sometime soon.

Thursday evening I am leaving for camp. I am working there six weeks this summer. Below is a schedule in which it tells you when you can expect me to be online and posting. I'm very, very sorry it is such little time. I hope I gave you some warning that I'd be gone (?).

June 8 (after 6:00) to June 10 (until 3:00)
June 15 (after 6:00) to June 17 (until 3:00)
June 22 (after 6:00) to June 24 (until 3:00)
Jun 29 (after 6:00) to July 5
Maybe July 7 and 8 for about 24 hours.
July 13 (after 6:00) to July 15 (until 3:00)
July 20 is the last day of camp. And we'll be leaving for Virginia sometime between the 23 and the 27, I think, but I'm not sure when.

-- Folwren

[bill_n_sam]

Hello all,
I've been sick too but now I'm back. So Celuien, I will have Dag reply asap. Sorry for any inconvenience!
BS

[Lalaith]

sorry everyone...I didn't have time to reply to Jord before I went away on hols. Back now, and will be sticking something up tomorrow.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Ang,

The Borrim invitation is finally up. I've constructed it in such a way that any of the family can pick it up and decide on an answer. Since Folwren is away for a chunk of time, I don't know if you'd want to wait for her return, have Ulfast answer, or do a simple generic narrative response at the end of the feast and then a time condense post that jumps us ahead to the actual hunt. Or perhaps there are other things that need spelling out before the hunt? I'll leave that up to you and follow your lead.

[Anguirel]

Sorry everyone, have been lying low and revising of late (plus computer got taken out by a fire). Will try to be more on the case as of this evening...

[Anguirel]

Celuien, could you get Ulfast to pick up the letter? He'd likely be more pro-Borrim anyway, perhaps. That might be interesting.

[Celuien]

Celuien, could you get Ulfast to pick up the letter? He'd likely be more pro-Borrim anyway, perhaps. That might be interesting.

I think Ulfast will be very interested in the letter...

Post to follow later.

Just so everyone knows, I'll be out of town this weekend. Next week, I have to move, so after Friday, I may not be able to come online very often until everything is sorted out.

[Celuien]

Sorry, everyone. I've had some issues come up this week that have kept me away from writing.

I'll get back to this as soon as I can (early next week). :(

[Folwren]

Save filled. And shortly, I'm off for another week at camp. So, I'll see you next Friday. Have fun!

-- Folwren

[Nogrod]

"Long time no sea!" as Kath's signature says...

I try to read myself up to date this weekend and if not earlier then after the Midsummer eve's party I will be joining again with full effort...

I have not forgotten this game. It's just that the RL keeps running over...

[Celuien]

Folwren - I've borrowed Ulwarth in my post to fix a continuity issue. Ulfast had to get to the letter, but was still talking to Dag when it was picked up, so I had Ulwarth find it. Please let me know if I need to change anything.

My internet issue still isn't resolved (see signature), but I hope it will be soon. Moving is such a hassle. :rolleyes:

[Anguirel]

Have just finished my A Levels. That's all fine, I think.

However, I am still in deep trouble from all of you. There's no way I will be able to make this game work over this summer, or even be at all regularly on the Downs.

It's clealy a game that needs prodding and motivation. A high-maintenance game. I can't provide such maintenance. My mother's health has meant she's going to have to move to a flat in London. I thus lose my main Downery ( among the most trivial, I admit, of my various concerns on this point...) I will soon be starting, God willing, at Oxford...I have a hectic summer ahead, and a nomadic one...argh.

All this still sounds feeble. I'd love someone to leap into the breach and save this game, but somehow I don't see this as likely.

I feel pathetic for letting down Pio like this. But I really can't see what else I can do.

Please e-mail me at minocher@hotmail.co.uk if you want to stay in touch.

[Folwren]

Anguirel,

I'm very sorry about your mother's health problems. I hope she gets well soon. :(

I hope to see you around the Downs frequently again sometime.

-- Folwren

[Durelin]

Ang,

Please do NOT blame yourself in any way!

First off, this is just a game and for fun. Secondly, it is not all your 'fault' that the game has been moving so slowly. You have lost so many people who have actually dropped out, and then others have been very busy in general. The various factions were supposed to be able to work alone when they could not interact together, but there are not really any Ulfings left, and even the Borrim's numbers have dropped very low indeed.

At any rate...it's not just that games need guidance (some more than others, yes) by any means (and really that they 'need' it is debatable in my opinion... ;)).

I do not not not want to see this game just close, but I do not know who else is able to continue it. :(

Both you and your mother will be in my prayers -- I hope her health improves, and I hope your life will settle down soon, as much as it can. I also wish you much luck at Oxford!

No worries here, just take care of yourself!

-Durelin

[Folwren]

I have written Pio, telling her I'd be willing to continue the game for Anguirel. I won't do as good a job, to be sure, but I'll do my best. I will do my utmost to leap in the breach, as Anguirel says, but whether or not I'll save the game - well, that remains to be seen.

First off - I hope Anguirel takes no offence, but I am going to try to talk someone into taking Anguirel's character, Lachrandir. Gausen and Drenda, I believe, can both be carried as necessary, but if I can find someone willing to play their parts, I willl certainly not turn the player down.

Second off - let's finish this banquet night. I have until Thursday and then I'm off for camp again. I have two and a half weeks of camp left and then, a little while later (I don't know what date), we're leaving for vacation. During vacation, while we're staying at my brother's home, I should have internet access. If I do not have access there, the latest I'll be back with force on the BD again is early August, I think.

In August, when school starts, I may begin tutoring some students. That should not cut into time spent on these games too much. I can't imagine having more than a few hours work a day anyway...

So, my job now is to find someone to play Anguirel's parts. :( I'm so, so, so sorry to replace someone, though. *sniff* It seems so sad and somehow...low and unfair. Oh well.

Give me any ideas or opinions, everyone....

-- Folwren

[Lalaith]

Warm thoughts to you, Ang, and I hope your summer turns out to be a happy as well as a hectic one.
Congratulations on your A levels - I don't think that is premature, somehow...and as you say yourself, let Treachery be the least of your concerns.


I apologise for my own crapness, and will post as Embla later today, liberating poor Durelin from the field where she has been standing all these weeks.

[Mithalwen]

I feel so guilty for neglecting this .. but I will do what I can to help ..time for Tathren to step up I think. It won't be anything like up to Ang's standard but I can move things along even witha Page's eye view as necessary and now some of my personal issues have been resolved (alas a parent going "on the blink" is something I can identify and sympathise with), I should be able to concentrate more..

[Child of the 7th Age]

Ang,

I hope things work out with you and your mom. My own schedule has been crazy this summer for similar reasons. I am trying to help my mom find a new place to live because of advancing age and up and down health. She's in another state and I am trying to handle all her business long distance, which is a juggling act.

I don't want to see this game crater. Folwren - My schedule is a bit strange going in and out of town in July and August, but I will definitely do what I can to help.

[Anguirel]

Everyone,

I can't say how happy and thankful I am that you're rallying round so thoroughly, and that you don't seem to think I've let you down much.

I too would love to see this game somehow survive and will struggle to post a bit while I can. I'm willing to play Caranthir if and when he's needed at the end, to keep on with Gausen and Drenda a bit...but Lachrandir...that's a hard proposition for me. I just can't be around regularly.

Maybe we could kill him off, eg in a hunting accident, leaving negotiations in the hands of the inexperienced Tathren? Drastic and Mith would have to agree.

Thanks again so much - I was expecting a way more condemnatory and scary reaction.

[Anguirel]

Oh yeah, was so relieved didn't read Folwren's post properly. You can have Lachy, m'dear, with my best wishes. I'd like to maintain my Ulfings for the present, though. I will say if I'm sinking still further into inactivity.

You're all wonderful. Kiss kiss.

[Folwren]

Were you honestly, trully expecting us to be that angry? Shame, Anguirel - we're your friends, not judges! ;)

I sincerely hope that all goes very well for you, in school and with your mother.

I'd rather not see Lachrandir die. I've asked Elempi (hope you don't mind) if he would play the elf for you. Elempi said that he will look at the game and think about it. It will be a while until he gives me an answer, though, due to his busy scehdule.

-- Folwren

[Folwren]

Oh yeah, was so relieved didn't read Folwren's post properly. You can have Lachy, m'dear, with my best wishes. I'd like to maintain my Ulfings for the present, though. I will say if I'm sinking still further into inactivity.

You're all wonderful. Kiss kiss.

Excellent! But mind yourself, fellow! I've no desire to be kissed by anyone but my husband. :p

[Mithalwen]

Oh blimey I wasn't expecting Tathren to actually negotiate himself - they would make mincemeat of the hapless youngling - more give observers account of what his master was up to... and for me generally to devote more time to this.

Of course far more satisfactory if Lachrandir can be played properly . If Elempi can't or won't maybe Aman might be approached - she may have more time post A-Levels or Envinyatar or Formendacil?

Ang .... We will miss your writing but you are dealing with things out of your control why should we condemn.... must be horrible to have so much upheaval at once. Just do what you have to do and get back to us when you can.

And I'll have Folwren's kiss ;) Well as Galadriel briefly to Ang's Celeborn, it is my right ..if one is taking it so seriously ( what kind of kiss are you imagining, Foley?!!) a kiss is just a kiss....

*mwa mwa mwa* (bisoux)

[Folwren]

And I'll have Folwren's kiss ;) Well as Galadriel briefly to Ang's Celeborn, it is my right ..if one is taking it so seriously ( what kind of kiss are you imagining, Foley?!!) a kiss is just a kiss....

*mwa mwa mwa* (bisoux)

Any sort of kiss, from a gentleman, would not be acceptable to me. Save maybe one on the hand. However, I doubt that's what you or Ang had in mind.

But what would you care for my kiss? Unless I am sadly mistaken (and unless I have remained sadly mistaken for a very long time), you are a girl, aren't you?

---

Ahem...back on track. Yes. Uldor would most certainly make very small mincemeat of your young, inexperienced Tathren if he had to carry on with Lachrandir.

Has Aman been around very much lately? I have not seen her. I think any of those that you mentioned would be fine. My only fears would be their lack of posting, for I don't know if any of them are around often. I could be mistaken, though. Let's wait to see if Elempi can do it.

-- Folwren

[Mithalwen]

Any sort of kiss, from a gentleman, would not be acceptable to me. Save maybe one on the hand. However, I doubt that's what you or Ang had in mind.

But what would you care for my kiss? Unless I am sadly mistaken (and unless I have remained sadly mistaken for a very long time), you are a girl, aren't you?


-- Folwren

Really Folwren, shame on you. For someone who generally seems to try to see the best in people you have managed to put the most unpleasant spin on something quite sweet and innocent. :rolleyes: I also strongly advise you never to visit France where bisous

http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa051801f.htm

is a part of social interraction. Having lived there for two years I have kissed both genders regardless of their marital status or indeed sexual orientation and do not regard it as a stain on my character. I have not yet met the handsome prince but I have certainly kissed a lot of Frogs!!

Once I got over the "In England we shake hands froideur" and the anxiety over which side to start and when to stop (the proper number depends on region) I found this warmer gesture rather delightful. And in my book it is the mark of a gentleman that he removes his spectacles first. A hand kiss can be enchanting if done properly with a bow a click of the heels and the merest suggestion of contact... http://sprezzatura.editthispage.com/kiss , although strictly speaking this like tiaras are the preserve of married woman. The film style hand kiss that is more of an arm lick is deeply sleazy.

Even in my reserved homeland a kiss is a usual greeting among some of my friends and family, often a single kiss combined with a half hug - not the mwah mwah air kiss of more pretentious circles. And with others a kiss is a common expression of hard to express emotions ..... kisses will be exchanged at weddings, births, deaths, sickbeds, on receiving presents, even with those with whom it is not a routine greeting. A world without these signs of affection, appreciation, comfort, condolence or congratulation would be colder and bleaker.

Of such a genre I took Ang's kisses to be and the kiss I claimed was the one of his you rejected... I did not wish for one from you personally and given that I am just about old enough to be his mother it would be inapropriate and rather sordid to claim anything other than a social kiss from him. I have the greatest affection for Anguirel.. but really.. the Galadriel / Celeborn thing was a jest , not a statement of cradle-snatching intent.:eek:

As for my suggestions for alternatives should LMP be unavailable, they may well be busy with other things but the fact that both are primarily RPG posters but not currently involved with RPGs gave the possibility that non-posting generally didn't automatically mean they were too busy..if that at least makes sense...

[Folwren]

I am most apologetic, then. I did not mean to imply any such thing as what you think I meant to imply.

Thank you. I have no intention of visiting France.

You're pardoned, of course, for what you said (as is Anguirel). I took no offense by anything, you do understand I hope. I was just...extracting myself from being included in the formatilites.

I'm all confused when I shoudln't be. :confused: Oh well.

Yes, your final paragraph made sense, about players being busy or not.

-- Folwren

[Child of the 7th Age]

My suggestion would be to wait for a response from Imp and cross our fingers. I'd love to see Aman or one of the others involved. However, Aman hasn't participated in an RPG for a year and a half and was unable to continue as the Green Dragon Innkeeper because of constraints of time. Envinyatar's last involvement was nine months ago when he posted in the Golden Perch. So, although there's always a possibility, I don't think we can count on these two at least.

There is another complication to throw into the pot. I've hesitated to say this publicly, since it was intended to be a mysterious plot twist. However, with the problems with posters we're now encountering, I thought others should be aware. According to our original planning for this game (plans made with Ang, Durelin, and Lalaith), my character is not long for this world (:D) and is shortly expected to hit the dust. I was then supposed to pull out of the game. This early demise was connectd with the whole theme of "spying" that's been introduced at the Borim banquet. While there's been no specific time set for this event, I was thinking in terms of the hunt, which should come up shortly.

I would not want to scrap this idea since everything Khandr's done in this story has been leading up to this. But it does give us one less character and one less poster (namely me!) unless I scramble over to handle someone/something else. Are there other people needed beyond the head Elf?