Search For The Book discussion

[Susan Delgado]

Aylwen Dreamsong invites you to...Search for the Book. Please do not post here until Aylwen has.

Title: Search for the Book

Basic Storyline: A storyteller in the market place of Dale told a tale once of a book that lay in a lone mountain not far from the Iron Mountain. The storyteller said the book contained the histories of a lost race, and spells and medicines they used. An interested Daleswoman in her nearby shop overhears, and decides to find the book, but there is no telling what she and a few companions may encounter, both in the mountain and in the wild.

Purpose of the Story is to: Find the mountain and successfully get the book
and return home.

The story ends when: Players find the book and return home.

Starting location: Dale

Destination: Hopefully they make it to the mountain, and in the end, back to Dale.

Timeframes:
This story takes place in the Middle-years of the Third Age, maybe 100 years before 770 when Smaug invades Erebor and Dale is destroyed.
The plot takes no more than a month and a half, two months at most. The game requires a commitment of a couple of months, not too long, hopefully.

Characters:
Main character types are: Humans of Dale, adventuring types.
Secondary characters may be: Bored Elves of Mirkwood looking for a good adventure.
People who don't belong: Hobbits, Dwarves.

My Character:

I plan on only playing one character, though if necessary I will play dual roles.

Name: Jadae Starfire
Race: Female human of Dale
Age: Eighteen

History: Jadae grew up the daughter of a metal crafter and a trader. She spent many a day sitting on the floor of her da's shop while he forged the metal. Such comfort Jadae found in the fire and the smell of the metals.

Jadae never agreed or got along with her parents, so when she was sixteen she left home. Knowing her love of welding and crafting, she worked many cheap jobs until she saved enough money to buy her own shop. There she worked making daggers, swords, and armor for anyone who had the money.

Personality: Jadae had always been a troublemaker and risk-taker. Still she puts her best foot forward while the other one stands still. Jadae is very impatient. She always looked for a new adventure and a new trail or path to keep her busy and occupied. Jadae often doesn't agree with people, but always has an unchanging opinion on everything. She likes to break the rules and rarely listens unless the topic is of interest to her.

Appearance: Dark, dark brown curly hair falls to Jadae's shoulder blades, and is often tied back while she works. Jadae has cool grey eyes. She wears comfortable breeches and tunics that she doesn't have to worry about dirtying while she works. Jadae had always been tanner than most, coming from her mother’s side. Short, about five feet tall, and slight but strong are words that describe Jadae.

Weapons/Gear: Jadae is not exactly skilled in weaponry or fighting, but any blade that is made by her and used by her finds it's mark, be it the right mark or no. Jadae's horse, Ronan, is always loyal to her. Jadae's most trusted weapon is her wit.

[ January 12, 2003: Message edited by: Susan Delgado ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Hello!

Right then. Thanks Susan! Okay, if you want to join this RPG, please post your character's bio here. Please, no Dwarves or Hobbits. Men (women!) and maybe one elf. Anything else? Oh yes, and if it helps, the Book is said to hold cures/recipes for some diseases and ailments, and may be useful to merchants or loremasters. I was hoping to keep the characters varied. smilies/biggrin.gif

I don't think there's anything else. smilies/smile.gif

Aylwen

[Bêthberry]

Hello Aylwen,

An imaginative, well-plotted story idea and an interesting character. I look forward to reading your game and cheering Jadae on. smilies/biggrin.gif

It's great to see your game here, too, "Frain"!

Bethberry

[ January 12, 2003: Message edited by: Bethberry ]

[Mattius]

Hello there, would it be okay if I posted my character, you can refuse or accept it then! Right-oh here goes...

Name: Mattius Strife
Race: Man (just) of the Dale
Age: 18 years and 1 month smilies/smile.gif

History: Mattius grew up in his parents tavern, 'The Rusty Hilt'. Although he enjoyed his childhood helping out his folks and meeting new people almost daily he soon found his heart lay in 'The Guard'. At the age of 16 he left home to become a trainee soilder and two years later he became a full member of The Guard, thinking that it would be full of adventure.

Unfortunatly he was mistaken and soon tired of the job wishing to have more fun.

Personality: Mattius has always got along well with people, this skill comming from meeting so many citizens in his parents pub. As mentioned above however, he is activly looking for excitment as his job in The Guard is no more than a policing role.

Appearance: Six foot tall, spikey blonde hair and blue eyes. Usually found wearing the uniform of The Guard, strong silver breastplate over a mail chain tunic and armour over his legs. And a top his head a round helmet with a nose piece falling down his face. In cold weather this is all shrouded by his dark green cloak.

Weapons/Gear: Mattius carries a short sword issued to him and also a gift from his father, two bronze tomohalk axes, crafted by the dwarves of the lonely mountain and bought by Mattius' father as a showpiece for 'The Rusty Hilt'.

Okay there you go!

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Bethberry, Thank you for the warm welcome, 'Frain' is always happy to see an old friend. smilies/biggrin.gif Maybe I should go to the White Horse and invite some adventurers along?

Mattius, Mattuis is accepted, and is allowed to follow Jadae in her search for the book.

Hopefully someone else will see this and join too. Is it just me or does January always seem really busy? Maybe it's just midterms.

smilies/biggrin.gif Aylwen smilies/biggrin.gif

[Bêthberry]

Aylwen,

Who are you calling old? smilies/wink.gif

That is a great idea. Come to The White Horse as Aylwen, Frain, or Jadae, post for a little while, and see what other characters are there, or if any gamers would be interested.

Ride to the Dark Side will be finishing this weekend, and so there should be several gamers who will have idle keyboards.... smilies/smile.gif

Bethberry

[ January 14, 2003: Message edited by: Bethberry ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Who are you calling old?

I had a hunch you would say that smilies/biggrin.gif . Of course, I was not meaning by your age... smilies/wink.gif

Yes. I think Frain would love to take a ride through Rohan, and visit Bethberry in the White Horse Inn smilies/smile.gif. Maybe tonight or tomorrow smilies/biggrin.gif .

For a minute there I was scared maybe it might only be Mattius and I...

Aylwen

[doug*platypus]

Please, no Dwarves or Hobbits.
I was hoping to keep the characters varied.
...hang on! Something doesn't quite add up...

Garn! I was so excited when I read the first post, but you Dale people think you're so much better than we Dwarves! How about just one? I already have a Dwarf Loremaster character who would be ideal on this quest, and would provide some variety and spice. In the pre-Smaug years I imagine there were quite a few Dwarves skulking around Dale. Here's a little sample:
After the second tale had finished, and it is apparent that the will to tell his tales was not dimmed, a man asked of the longbeard:
"Sir, what is your name? From whence came you?"
"MY NAME?! MY NAME??!!" he roared, his eyes blazing, and the beer swilling from his mug, as he stomped over to the man and slammed his tankard down on the wooden table. His eyes wide and wild, he stared at the man who was now quivering in his seat.
"I have forgotten." he said, took up his drink and walked across the room again. It may be that through the course of his long life, all the Dwarf came to remember were the tales that he told. For they were his life as well as his craft, and he had desire to know nothing else. That is not to say that he brooded endlessly on his lore and his histories. But when not at task, he simply thought of nothing else. He could roast a boar, pour a beer, change his clothes, and do by instinct all things necessary to sustain him through life. But the only reason he lived, now that he had been consumed by them, was to tell his stories.

This quest would be earlier on in his life, though, before he has gone completely nutty. Let me know if I should post a Bio for him or not. Cheers.

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

...hang on! Something doesn't quite add up...

When I said that, I meant motive/history wise, not species/race wise. You caught me there, for a second.

I don't know. So is the dwarf a loremaster? I'm not sure we would need one, unless he knew of the book. If he was a linguist-type character (I wish I could think of a better word!) we may have more need of someone like that. When you can, post a proper bio for your dwarf. smilies/biggrin.gif I'll think of it. Though I thought people would complain about not being able to be elves. I like dwarves though, don't get me wrong. smilies/biggrin.gif

Aylwen

[doug*platypus]

What's the book called?

As for the extent of his resume, my Dwarf could perhaps just be an accidental character, that is either picked up along the way or, hearing about the quest, follows along behind until he is accosted by the group and told to either join them or get lost.

[doug*platypus]

Rosfin of Erebor

Dwarf of the Lonely Mountain, bard and loremaster to King... whoever is King Under the Mountain at the time of this adventure.

Aged 114, over the hill but not too far down the tricky slope on the other side. His home is Erebor, but he travels frequently around the lands. Has even been through The Shire to the Blue Mountains on several occasions. As a bard and loremaster the Dwarf has a certain amount of respect accorded to him, but also a certain amount of disdain. He has not the time nor the inclination for metalwork or battle, the two pillars of Dwarven life.

Fluent in Sindarin, Khuzdul and Westron, with a fair knowledge of Quenya, and even knows a few garbled phrases of Orc language, mainly the few words that are common throughout all Orc kinds. Rosfin has a large repertoire of tales and ballads, and also plays a large version of a wooden recorder (like a cross between an oboe and a flute). As a consequence of remembering such things, he occasionally forgets the most basic of knowledge, such as how old he is or how well done he likes his roast boar.

Catching wind of the search for the Book, Rosfin decides to tag along out of professional interest. Somewhat of a recluse among the Dwarves he cannot afford to dislike the other races as many Dwarves do. Aside from his recorder, his hooded cloak and his pipe, Rosfin carries a jewelled mattock with a diamond-tipped blade, given to him by the King of the Iron Hills. He refers to his weapon The Pride of the Fleet. The only other such item he carries is a small knife, made in Erebor, whose hilt is in the shape of a dragon with its wings folded down towards the blade.

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

doug*platypus , I like Rosfin! He sounds very interesting and unlike many other dwarves. I have also read some of your posts in other RPGs, such as Kidnapped! and The Hobbits Gift. You and Rosfin are welcome to join Jadae and Mattius in their search for the book. That is, if we get enough people to join. smilies/wink.gif

To tell you the truth, I hadn't thought about what the race would call their book, yet I'll think of that name once my brain has recovered from midterms next and this week smilies/wink.gif . To the Humans (and Dwarf!) I thought to call it 'Wanaparma', meaning 'Lost Writings,' though it is not very original, and if I had time I was hoping to think of something more exotic and interesting.

Aylwen smilies/smile.gif

[Mattius]

So how many people more do we need before we can begin the RPG?

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Ride to the Dark Side will be finishing this weekend, and so there should be several gamers who will have idle keyboards

We'll wait at least until this weekend, Mattius.

I received a PM from Orual, who seems interested.

Aylwen

[Ithaeliel]

I am part of an RPG that will be wrapping up soon, so I will consider joining this one. It sounds rather interesting. I'll try and post my character tomorrow if I decide to join.

Hannon le!

Ithaeliel

[Orual]

Sorry this took so long, I was busy. But here's the profile that I worked up...

Name: Arethin
Age: 24
Race: Man of Dale

History: Arethin was the son of a trader and an artist, with one younger brother. His family was fairly well-off until his father's death in a fire when he was fourteen years old. He began working as a laborer to help support his family, in supplement to his mother's income selling her paintings. He was always a bright young man, but could not finish his education after his father's death.

His mother fell ill when he was twenty, and since then he has searched for a cure for her. His brother, seven years younger than he, is ready to take up the burden of helping to support the family.

Personality: Arethin is a gentle, easy-going man. He's very strong, and knows his strength, and is all the more gentle for it. Arethin is fiercely loyal to those he is close to, and though it is difficult to anger him, if his friends or family are threatened he is a force to be reckoned with. He's not argumentative, and generally bends to the will of those in charge, but occasionally he will pop out of his shell and debate heatedly over decisions.

Appearance: Arethin is a little over six feet tall with mid-neck length sun-bleached hair and brown eyes. He is strongly built from his work. He wears a khaki shirt and dark breeches. Despite his build, most peoples' first impressions of Arethin are of a shy, introverted, but kind young man.

Weapons: Arethin, being the self-appointed protector of his family, is quite skilled with a sword, and in hand-to-hand combat. He can use a bow if necessary, but prefers no weapon at all; his size is an advantage over most enemies.

~*~Orual~*~

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Good job, Orual. Arethin is a good character for the journey. He has good reason for being there smilies/wink.gif.

Hold tight everyone, Ithaeliel may want to join in, and then there are a few Rpg's finishing up in the next few days, so we may have some more company.

smilies/biggrin.gif Aylwen smilies/biggrin.gif

[Ithaeliel]

I'm trying out something totally out of the ordinary for myself- this will be fun it I get accepted!

Name: Angalos Stormaxe
Race: Man of Dale
Age: 27
Occupation: Trader with the wood-elves
Appearance: Dark brown hair down past his shoulders that he wears in a braid during the day; tanned and toned from working constantly in the sun, also quite well-featured. He wears a light shirt and trousers made from elven cloth for working hot days.
History: Growing up, Angalos' father and mother kept a general store, so they would often let him wander away and keep himself entertained on his own while they worked. Angalos would almost always go to the docks where the traders would unload barrels upon barrels of wine that came down the river from Mirkwood. He was fascinated with elves from the first, and whenever they came he would observe them with wonder. Naturally, Angalos opted to go into the trading business, where now he deals with elves quite often.
Weapons/gear: Throughout his life, Angalos' fascination with trading has not prevented him from learning to weild a weapon. Whenever he goes abroad, he carries his namesake with him- stormaxe, a silver, dwarf-style axe that is half his height and has a black handle.
Reason for going: He is looking for a little more adventure, but mostly it is because Angalos wants to see new lands and broaden his horizons, and perhaps be part of something great.

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Angalos sounds cool, Ithaeliel. Why is it so out of the ordinary for you? Cool.

Anyways, we have only five people:

Me-Jadae
Mattius-Mattius
doug*platypus-Rosfin
Orual-Arethin
Ithaeliel-Angalos

Maybe some of the other RPG's will end today or in the next two days, and we can open the actual Rpg this week. If we don't get too many more characters, I'll probably decide to be another character.

Aylwen smilies/smile.gif

[Susan Delgado]

Ready and waiting, just give me the Word smilies/smile.gif

[doug*platypus]

Yeah, ditto, but no hurry. Whenever you guys are set. I'd also like to say that I'm glad there are no bad guy PCs. In the case of this RPG it seems silly to have the story seen from the bad guys' perspective as well; this seems more like an FOTR mission... quest... thing. And I don't think that only having five PCs is necessarily a bad thing, either (although I'm sure one or two more wouldn't hurt). Check out The Blue Mountains RPG.

[Amanaduial the archer]

Ride to the Dark Side will be finishing this weekend, and so there should be several gamers who will have idle keyboards....

Hmmm, I wish (8 other games on at the moment. Or maybe 9. One is unmoving.)

As soon as the Ride finishes, Ill be there if I can.

[*Anuion*]

Greetings,

I humbly post my request to join you on your quest.

Here's my character:

Name:Anuion
age:1938
Description: Anuion wear's green clothing and has light brown hair. He is 1.87 meters high(sorry I don't use foot measures and don't know them either) and carries a light elven sword a bow and a long knife. (just think of a crossing between Legolas and Aragorn only not so perfect as both.
Biography: Anuion is a Sindar elf and was born (and still lived) in Mirkwood where he was a servant of king Thrandhuil. When reaching the age of 500 he had enough of a life of serving and began to master the art's of fighting and weaponry. When he reached the respectable age of 1000 he went out of Mirkwood and became a ranger. He has seen many places from the shire till ithilien.

Yeah well he's a ranger. What is he doing in Dale?
Good point. Well Angalos Stormaxe is a trader with the forrest elves. As a ranger he ofcautse needs money so he could have been going with him for some extra cash. Or he could just be returning from a visit to his father in Mirkwood wich he does quite often. (Not just on Holyday's smilies/wink.gif )

Okay that's clear, why would he come with us?
Because he is always eager to help and the mountains arren't pretty at night if you know what I mean. Strange folk runnin around at night. Besides, it is always good to have a battle brused elve along.

Well here it is. Hope you like him.

If you will be needing any referances just look at the "Wolf Run RPG" and the "Shadow of Umbria RPG"

This WILL be my firsth RPG in Rohan (if I am accepted that is) so I will work my but of to see that I get it right.

Greetings,

Anuion

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Wow! You're one step ahead of me, *Anuion*. I suppose you're used to the answers the game owners ask...

Well, I did say I'd let an elf go along, and you provided a reason as well. Lets see how the Elf and Dwarf get along on the journey smilies/smile.gif.

To Everyone:

My apologies for leaving this thread alone for a few days. I was hoping a few more people would join, but it seems 'Ride to the Dark Side' is taking longer than we thought. Plus, I have been a bit busy with midterms (Especially Spanish..) but after this Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday it shouldn't take up my time anymore.

So, I suppose we have to start the Rpg sooner or later. If miss Susan Delgado has time, we could start it tomorrow (Sunday) or the day after.

Thanks for the patience,
Aylwen

[*Anuion*]

Dear Aylwen Dreamsong,

I guess I really was ahead of you. Because the secondarie character's where elves I taught it would come in handy if I gave you some reason's. Did it help anyway?

Don't worry about the dwarf. Anuion is peaceloving and not violent of nature. Unless nature or friends are treatend. And if the dwarf get's nasty Ill just cut his beard of smilies/wink.gif .

Don't worry. I wont do that.

Greetings,

Anuion

P.S. Thank you for accepting me.

[Mattius]

Check out The Blue Mountains RPG.

Good idea, its so great (possibly the best!).

[doug*platypus]

Ill just cut his beard of smilies/wink.gif.
Beard of smiles? What kind of a dwarf do you think you're dealing with? Don't fuss with the kingdoms of Erebor and the Iron Mountains. Them dwarves is CRAZY.

Semi-auto mattocks.

[*Anuion*]

Yes,

And those weird five-assed monkey's are crazy aswell. (Don't know if anyone has seen that Southpark Episode)

Greetings,

Anuion

[Susan Delgado]

Wouldn't a LotR-themed Southpark episode be bizarre? Yes, it certainly would! smilies/smile.gif Or have they done that? I know they've done Star Wars and...something else. Anyway, I've been requested to open your game thread, so this I will do. Now.

[Mattius]

Hey, a quick note to you all, I am changing my character's name to Jack Strife, not Mattius Strife as I previously put. Everything else about him is exactly the same as I put above!

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

No problem Mattius!

Aylwen

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Also: Don't forget to disable your sigs when you post!

Thanks for starting the game, Susan!

Aylwen

[doug*platypus]

First Post, Rosfin the Bard

Hi all, nice to see the game has started, I'll be along shortly. I may wait a wee while for my first post, please just continue along and my character will, I'm sure, bump into you in the middle of a market, or coming out of an Inn. He has read a notice posted in an Inn regarding the quest, and is determined to find the party and either join or follow along behind, mattock in hand.

[Garen LiLorian]

when he discovered that in the Dale a criminal was about as frequent as a dragon attack.

Hee hee. Nice one, Mattius.

This sounds like a fun game, I look forward to reading it!

[doug*platypus]

Hi again. I realise I'm neither a mod nor the gameowner and that this may be out of place, but as one of the participants I'd like to remind everyone to please disable sigs on the game thread.

Love your new pic, btw Susan - what is it? Some kind of totemic bird?

[Susan Delgado]

doug*platypus:
Such a reminder is never out of place no matter who you are, and thank you for making it. smilies/smile.gif

It's a Phoenix, a bird with fiery feathers which once every five hundred years is consumed in an inferno and is reborn from its own ashes. It's not a totem in a Native American sense, but...I could go into a long and rambling discourse about why the Phoenix is important to me, but suffice it to say it's my favorite bird for many reasons smilies/smile.gif

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Susan Delgado, I do not have mod powers, so would you mind terribly if you deleted the last post on the Rpg thread, as it was made by someone who did not join the game (Rochelle). I didn't want to post on the Rpg thread asking her/him not to post and for her/him to delete it, and wasn't sure if s/he would look here (as they didn't before they posted on the Rpg thread). Thanks.

As doug has said, please disable your sig before posting!

Aylwen

[Bêthberry]

Dear Aylwen,

Done! I also PMed Rochelle explaining our RPG procedures to her and suggesting she post on your Discussion thread or join one of our Inns. That was her first post here at the Barrow Downs, so I'm sure she meant well.

I sent her a copy of her post for her records.

Bethberry

[Helkahothion]

Hello,

My real account is working again so I will be posting under this one again. My old account was *anuion*. Everything he said, I support. Except thebad things. I did not said those smilies/wink.gif.

Greetings,

Anuion
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[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Welcome back (at least to your old acount!) Helka. Please remember to disable your sigs when you post! As you said in your post, it seems Jadae has plenty of sharpening to do!

An old man, a guard, a worker, the smith herself and his travel companion.

Two of them are workers...Arethin and Angalos. Who is 'his travel companion'?

That's turning out to be quite a company in the smithy! Who are we waiting for? Oh yes! Rosfin! I'm sure we'll run into Rosfin soon smilies/wink.gif .

Aylwen

[ January 29, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Mattius]

Not often is a storyteller found in a smith’s forge,” The dwarf said.

I thought the charcter was an elf or has the dwarf made an appearence? Im confused!!!

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

So am I...Angalos is a human. The only elf so far should be Helka's character, and the only dwarf should be Rosfin, who we haven't met yet.

Aylwen

[Mattius]

I think they have posted a mistake in which case after reading this they will probably change it.

I was thinking about posting but seeing as though you are online at the same time Aylwen you can go first if you would like.

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

I was thinking about posting but seeing as though you are online at the same time Aylwen you can go first if you would like.

Soon after this was posted I left for tae kwon do, lo ciento! Though I shall post tonight after soccer.

Helka-Please don't forget to disable your sig smilies/smile.gif .


Orual-Please try not to quote on the actual game thread. Copying and pasting someone's words is okay, but try not to quote. But Jadae's been quoted! WOW!

Aylwen

Edit: Reminder for everyone, (even myself! Don't forget!! smilies/biggrin.gif ) Spell check, please! If you have Word or another program of the like, type your post there first, then copy and paste after checking spelling.

[ January 30, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Helkahothion]

Issn't that dwarf the trader that is coming with us?

ANd yes I know that damn sig is in the game. Ill change it. It bug's me a lot when people put there sig's in the game and now here I am doing it aswell.

*slap's himself*

Greetings,

Anuion

[ January 31, 2003: Message edited by: Helkahothion ]
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[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Helka- Master Rosfin of Erebor is our only dwarf. We haven't met up with him yet, but even so, he is a:

Dwarf of the Lonely Mountain, bard and loremaster to King

smilies/biggrin.gif

Maybe this will help a bit:

Mattius-Jack Strife, a Guard.
doug*platypus-Rosfin of Erebor, a loremaster and bard. ((Where are you, doug?))
Orual-Arethin, a worker/laborer.
Ithaeliel-Angalos Stormaxe, a trader with the Elves of Mirkwood.
Helka-Anuion, a ranger (right? Or did I get mixed up?)
Aylwen-Jadae, a smith.


So, we have not met Master Rosfin yet, but we should soon. Keep in mind that Jadae, Jack, Arethin, Angalos, and Anuion have never met before the game started, save maybe they have seen each other once or twice (It's a small Middle-Earth after all!). Don't forget everyone to read all the posts before your own. You might miss something important if you don't.

Okay, I'm done. smilies/biggrin.gif

Aylwen

[Helkahothion]

Yes you got it right,

Sorry I tought that Angalos Stormaxe was a Dwarf. He was at firsth right?

Greetings,

Anuion
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[Orual]

Oh, sure thing, Aylwen! I'm overly used to the Green Dragon, I guess...lots of quoting over there. I'll edit. Thanks for the heads-up!

~*~Orual~*~

[Susan Delgado]

*bichsl*p's himself*
Please keep the language clean. This is a family site. smilies/smile.gif

[Helkahothion]

All taken care of susan.

Greetings,

Anuion
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[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Okay, I don't mean to single anybody out, but I enjoyed reading your last post, Orual. smilies/smile.gif

On to 'The Rusty Hilt'! I think I'll post tonight after Tae Kwon Do practice. Tomorrow's the state compeition and I can't miss practice smilies/biggrin.gif . If not, I'll post tomorrow afternoon.

Don't forget sigs and spelling (I promise I won't say that too many more times!). Good job everyone.

Aylwen

[doug*platypus]

Where are you, doug?

I'm here! Just waiting for a while to introduce dwarf-boy. So that there's a little departure from the norm of first posts, I thought I'd let the quest develop a tiny bit and ambush you all on the way out of town, or on the way out of The Rusty Hilt or something.

My character saw a notice in The White Horse in Rohan notifying about the quest. This might not be very realistic, though, so if there is no note in an Inn, he's probably just been lurking about behind the forge. Be patient, and don't wait. Expect me when you see me.

[Helkahothion]

As long as you don't scare Anuion when you enter,

He could missinterpent things and cut of a sertain peace of hair is you follw be, beggin your pardon.

I prsume the "The rusty hilt" is the inn where I am staying?

Greetings,

Anuion
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[doug*platypus]

I assure you that I probably WILL scare your elf when I appear. Most of the fair folk seem to become a little nervous, and perhaps self-conscious, when around Durin's people. Some of them even exhibit a curious form of beard envy, probably as a result of the feminine nature of all but a few examples of elven males.

Is there an existing description of the Rusty Hilt? If so, can someone please post it? Cheers.

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

The Rusty Hilt is Mattuis's creation, and yes, it would be helpful to post a description of the inn/tavern/pub....

Beard envy?

Aylwen smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/wink.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Helkahothion]

Dear Doug*platypuss,

Better a female like man than a manly woman. smilies/wink.gif Elves can have beards you know?

I will be staying in the "Rusty Hilt".

Greetings,

Anuion
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[Aylwen Dreamsong]

We have a beard debate going on! But it is no wonder so few dwarves marry.

It also seems that our new friend Angalos has taken a wrong turn!

before he turned back in the direction of the smithy

We decided on meeting at Jack's parent's pub/tavern/inn, 'the Rusty Hilt'. If Angalos continues to the smithy, he will find it closed and under the guard of Jadae's good friend. smilies/biggrin.gif

Aylwen

[Mattius]

hey yall, sorry i havent posted for a bit but i will right now!!

matt

ps, this rpg is going great!

[Orual]

Okay, I have a couple of questions: a trivial question and a more serious one.

The trivial question is this: Aylwen, how do you pronounce Jadae? Is it -day, or -die? I'm inclined to say -day, but I know that in Elvish the -ae is pronounced like -ie. Then again, Jadae isn't an Elf. This isn't important, but it's bugging me... smilies/rolleyes.gif

Okay, serious question. What are the limits of "bunnying" or "godding" or whatever, on this RPG? On my other major RPG, Nurumaiel's "A Hobbit's Gift," the rules are basically don't have any drawn-out dialogues and try not to make other characters talk at all. Just so I don't break any rules, what are the guidelines for this game?

Namarie and many thanks,

~*~Orual~*~

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Orual-To be honest, I can't remember where I saw the name, but I have been pronouncing it Ja-day. I like names that start with J. smilies/biggrin.gif

When you graduate to Rohan, you can experience more independence, exercise your creativity more

I'm not sure if this refers much to what we're talking about, but I'm not going to say that you can't let Jadae or Jack talk during one of your posts. As long as you don't take them out of their character or move them around too much. If that makes no sense, sorry smilies/frown.gif smilies/redface.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif . What I mean is, don't go too far with another character, but you can post dialogue between your character and another, if you take my meaning.

I'm sure if you do something that I (or the character you use's owner..person.... smilies/rolleyes.gif ) object to, you can always edit.

Hope that helps... smilies/frown.gif

Aylwen

[Ithaeliel]

I like names that start with J.

I could tell, Jemel/Jadae. smilies/biggrin.gif

I'm editing my post! I'm not getting confused... yet. smilies/confused.gif

[Orual]

Thanks, Aylwen! I was just wondering. I don't want to break any rules and get people upset with me on my first Rohan RPG!

Oh, and by the way, please don't take my question on bunnying as a complaint--everybody's take on Arethin seems right on. I was just asking for future reference.

Namarie,

~*~Orual~*~

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

No problem, Orual. On that note, if any of you do find an interpretation of your character "unsuitable", please let the person who posted know. Then they can edit! After all, they can't fix it unless you say something!

Mattius, if you had a description of the Rusty Hilt, it would certainly be appreciated.

So, we are still waiting on Angalos and Anuion to join Arethin, Jadae, and Jack in the pub...right? Then doug can finally introduce Rosfin to us.

Aylwen

[Mattius]

Well, I don't really have a clear idea about the pub so everyone can just go with the flow!!!

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Alright then. Of course, we can always (yup, you guessed it) EDIT!! smilies/biggrin.gif

I'll post later tonight after rehearsal.

Aylwen

[Helkahothion]

OK,

I'm with the group. About the inn. Maybe we can make it a happy bar. With pink wallpaper and little cute ponies everywhere. THe we should probably rename it to the "The cute prancing pony". smilies/wink.gif

Just kidding folks.

Greetings,

Anuion
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[doug*platypus]

On one condition: we call that chapter, At the Sign of the My Little Pony.

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

LoL. When I was little I used to love that show! And Strawberry shortcake, and carebears....LoL. I don't watch them anymore though...I promise!!!

Anyways, good job Helka. One thing though:

During the war of the ring...

This story takes place in the Middle-years of the Third Age, maybe 100 years before 770 when Smaug invades Erebor and Dale is destroyed.

smilies/biggrin.gif At the time of our tale, there had been no War of the Ring.

How about purple wallpaper with pink flamingoes on the border?

Aylwen

[Helkahothion]

I'm sorry Aylwin,

Pretty dumb. I was confused with the storyline of th RPG that I am starting soon. Sorry. I wil edit it. The inn description is going wonderfull. Maybe we should put under the sighn a little note saying:

Arda's firsth Rainbowbar. smilies/wink.gif Just kidding, My little ponies are cool.

Greetings,

Anuion
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[Orual]

After talking with Mattius, we agreed that I could post this description of the Inn that I'd come up with.


A smallish Inn, cozy, old-looking and careworn from lots of visitors. Upon entering the inn the bar would be to one's right, and the kitchen out of sight behind it. On the left would be tables and benches, and a fireplace on the far left wall with an armless chair in front of it for passing storytellers or musicians (armless to make it easier to hold an instrument while sitting). The walls are sparsely decorated with paintings of Dale by local artists.

So there you have it! A description of the Rusty Hilt.

~*~Orual~*~

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Orual~Thank you for coming up with the description! Good job (Thanks for leaving out the pink flamingoes!)!

doug*platypus~Your post was well worth the wait, I must admit! Very good post for Rosfin!

He was almost drooling.

That was good!

Good job everyone! We still have to wait for Angalos, then we can start on our way.

Aylwen

[Ithaeliel]

Sorry for my lack of posting; this week has been a living nightmare... something every night!!! Plus, my dad's been working a lot and I don't have my own internet yet, so I haven't had much opportunity at all to get on.

Anyway, Angalos is now at the tavern/inn/etc., and I hope my bringing Rosfin more into the tale wasn't too intrusive. But we can leave anytime!

Thanks y'all,

Angalos

[ February 06, 2003: Message edited by: Ithaeliel ]

[doug*platypus]

Dear God,

After reading of this latest development on the discussion thread, I did think it was a bit... presumptious. I knew that someone would do it. I personally couldn't see what was wrong with one of the party having a slightly different introduction, and was going to follow along behind for a little while first.

But after reading the post on the RPG thread, I changed my mind a little. While not in the exact words I would have used for him, that was pretty much something that the dwarf would do - he's a little bit eccentric. I had to laugh when he burst out of the shadows and stormed over to the group, especially since he's only a little over half their height! I think we'll keep going from there. At any rate, that was a great post Ithaeliel!

[doug*platypus]

Dwarf Manners
bowed a greeting to all as they were introduced.
Nicely done, Aylwen! By the way, Rosfin was going to introduce himself after he had been accepted. It's only much later in his life that he actually forgets his name.

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Ah, I see. Care for me to edit?

I wouldn't forget dwarf manners... smilies/wink.gif

Aylwen

[doug*platypus]

No, no! No need at all to edit, the post was very good, thanks. By the way, my bad about saying Iron Mountains instead of Iron Hills. Wouldn't seem to matter, until you remember that the Iron Mountains were where Morgoth liked to hang out!

[Helkahothion]

Dear Aylwen,

I wouldn't forget dwarf manners...
And you don't forget Easterlings either. smilies/wink.gif

Just a note: Your avatar issn't showing.

Greetings,

Anuion
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[Ithaeliel]

"I guess we need to go to the market afther all then." Angalos said cheerfully. A little to cheerfully.

*Looks around confusedly* Eh? Sorry, am I a bad guy here or annoying or what? I don't understand the point of that...

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

*Glares at Helka* Yes, it seems Helka here is suspicious, a little tooooooo suspicious. smilies/smile.gif

I'm not sure. He's an elf, what did you expect? (Just kidding, smilies/wink.gif Helka! Don't hurt me! I'll pull a Tae Kwon Do stunt on you!)

If you want, Ith, we could always ask Helka to (yes, you guessed it) edit. I don't know about you all, but I use the edit button a lot. smilies/smile.gif

Aylwen

[Ithaeliel]

Hm, same here. That's usually because I forget to remove my sig, though smilies/wink.gif. Course maybe we should let him explain what he means.

then Angalos' hurry to leave--he wasn't ready to leave yet

ARRRRRGH!!!!! *rips out chunk of hair* I was never in a hurry to leave!!!! It was other people who did that!!! Jeez! smilies/mad.gif Okay, at this point I would ask for an edit.

[ February 09, 2003: Message edited by: Ithaeliel ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Breathe, Ith! Take a deep breath, In...and out.

Everyone: Please edit your post if it in any way depicts Angalos being hasty and wanting to leave so soon. Right? Right.

Aylwen

[ February 16, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Orual]

Sorry, Ithaeliel! Chalk it up to a misread and a bad day. smilies/rolleyes.gif I've edited.

Namarie,

~*~Orual~*~

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

I've edited as well. See how easy that was? Ith, we would never purposely make Angalos look bad! *Looks innocent*

Good job Orual. Don't feel bad, happens to the best of us (I mean...happens to everyone of course!).

*Helps Ith to stop hyperventilating.*

Aylwen

[ February 28, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Orual]

LoL, believe me, this is not the first time I've edited...at the Green Dragon I started talking to a guy who was actually outside. smilies/tongue.gif But it is a good lesson--make sure to read the posts well! Don't take anything for granted based on the rest of the post, or take liberties based on something said, especially when dealing with other peoples' characters. /nods wisely/ Orual's Lesson of the Day. Kind of like my other Lesson for an earlier Day, which was not to put Orajel on an open sore. /winces/ Ouch...

~*~Orual~*~

[Ithaeliel]

*breathes normally* Thank you. I wasn't trying to blame anyone, I just tend to overreact a lot. Sorry about that! I'm still confused about the "tooo cheerfully..." thing though. *Puts on Treebeard voice* But, hoom, let's not be hasty now; we've plenty of time to fix these things.

[doug*platypus]

I don't need to buy a vowel, but like Ithaeliel I think I'm going to have to use my Edit Card.
"Now tell me, you don't believe in this book do you? Surely its just children's stories. Right?" Rosfin finished his sip and looked up at Jack from under his bushy eyebrows.
This is OOC. Sorry. The quote, not the bushy eyebrows! Rosfin believes in the Book probably even more than the Book does. Don't bother pointing out that that last sentence didn't make sense... it sounded good!

[Orual]

Oh! I guess I have to edit, too--I thought that Jack was talking, going on again about how he didn't believe that the book existed. Mattius? Who's talking?

~*~Orual~*~

[Mattius]

What you mean that line what doug just quoted? Jack is speaking in the speak marks.

Hang on, I'll edit!! smilies/cool.gif

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Okay, so almost everyone edited their posts for Angalos being hasty and Rosfin not believing? I believe Helka may still have to edit for our friend Ith, but he can always do that when he has time...

Now, I must ask: Does anyone else feel the need to play their Edit Card before we 'move on' so to speak?

I know that some, like Rosfin, would prefer to leave in the morning, or at least later than the evening. Yet Jack seems ready to leave.

Let's leave in the morning. It would prvide a little time for every character to wrap things up in Dale. Orual could send Arethin on a quick trip home to talk to his brother and mother. We can get enough supplies for the six of them.

Maybe Jack can get his new buddies a discount smilies/wink.gif on the rooms, if they are so needed?

How does everyone feel about leaving in the morning?

smilies/smile.gif Aylwen smilies/smile.gif

[ February 10, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Ithaeliel]

Morning is fine with me, thanks smilies/smile.gif.

[Mattius]

morning sounds good to me!

[doug*platypus]

Hmmm... I went back to check if I had misread who was speaking, but Mattius had already edited! Quick work! Nice post, too! I guess that earlier I didn't read the post clearly, and I thought that Rosfin was speaking when it was Jack. Sorry. Lines like,
"Can I offer you a refil my new friend?" Rosfin grinned widely.
Can make it a bit confusing, especially when I don't take the time to read and understand it properly. I'll look closer next time... after I trundle back from the little dwarves' room!

[Bêthberry]

The new RPG forums have been up for three months now. You are invited to come and discuss how well they are working in the thread A Measure of Success (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=21&t=000012).

Share your ideas, folks!

Bethberry

[Helkahothion]

As always Beth,

Thank you.

Greetings,

Anuion
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[Mattius]

OKay I understand, I will try and make it clearer in the future, I can see how it is confusing. I was thinking about going back and editing it but that would leave me with more edits than actual posts!!! smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Ithaeliel]

Hello all!

Just a friendly reminder from your friendly friend Ith: please remember to disable your sigs when you post in the RPG!

Going well so far, y'all!

Thanks,
Ithaeliel

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Awww! Orual! Such a heartfelt post! Poor Elethil! Poor Arethin! smilies/frown.gif Good post, though.

Everything is going good guys. Like Ith said, lose those sigs!

Oh and Orual:


I can't post Airan's thoughts yet, I'm not feeling very well and really need to get off--sinus headache plus online reading equals quite a nasty headache, so expect it tomorrow.

Saw this on the Holiday in the Sun discussion. LoL. Hope ya feel better though. I had the flu last week and could barely get out of bed. At least we had no school due to snow!

Anyway, keep up the good work everyone!

Aylwen

[ February 13, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Orual]

Merci, Aylwen! I'd break into song (I will survive!) but that might push me over the edge. I'm feeling better, but I've taken so many extra-strength Tylenol that that's really no surprise. smilies/rolleyes.gif

~*~Orual~*~

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Okay Guys:

As much as I like Dale, we aren't getting any closer to the book by staying here. We need:

*Orual to bring Arethin back to the Inn

*The people at the Inn need to wake up after a good night's sleep

*Get supplies (ie food, water...) from the market.

And we need to get the heck outta Dale! Can everyone do that? Okay? Okay.

*Puts checklist down and prays for the snow to pile up on the roads*

Also, Bethberry has snowed us all in at the White Horse, so take a look and share all your Rpg experiences and ideas. I'm making my way over there as soon as I can!

Aylwen

[ February 15, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Helkahothion]

Dear Aylwen,

Also, Bethberry has snowed us all in at the White Horse, so take a look and share all your Rpg experiences and ideas. I'm making my way over there as soon as I can! What the heck does that mean?

Greetings,

Anuion
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[Orual]

Helka--

I don't know if you frequent the White Horse, but what's going on there right now is that all of the patrons of the Inn are snowed in after a storm, courtesy of the all-powerful weather-altering Bethberry ( smilies/biggrin.gif ), giving everybody a chance to share their views and opinions on RP-ing in general, out of character. Hope that helps!

~*~Orual/Arethin~*~

[Helkahothion]

I'm not often in inn's. I think that I could use my time here better. Does that sound arrogant?
*looks at sig*

Hm guess not. I will go there someday. Ill just see when the time fit's me smilies/biggrin.gif.

Greetings,

Anuion

P.S. New sig and new title. And a new theme to go along with it. It must be one of god's little miracles.
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[Ithaeliel]

Oh goody, bacon butties

Er... what are those? And what do you mean by the phrase 'tucked into the house specialty?' WARNING: Uninformed American!

Sorry I haven't posted that much, I couldn't find the right time to do so. I'll try to do it more often *bows*.

Thanks,
Ith

[Orual]

Is there a set place for Arethin to meet the company, or can I just wing it?

[Helkahothion]

Er... what are those?

I have absolutely idea. I was just going with the flow. I like bacon tough. smilies/wink.gif

We are not leaving imideatly, we have to run some errands before we leave. So Arethin could join us later. Just be with us before we leave. Was that a good answer. Just doing a little modding here. Hope you don't mind.

Greetings,

Anuion

[ February 20, 2003: Message edited by: Helkahothion ]
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[Mattius]

My uneducated American friends! Bacon butties are part of that great tradition, the English fry up. You fry bacon on the pan and the buttie part just refers to two pieces of bread with butter on- hey presto Bacon Butties. NB the bacon is not like it is in the States, it is not burnt to an absolute crisp, just until it is nice enough to eat!

[Ithaeliel]

Ooh, yummy! I don't like burnt bacon either, Matt; at our house we cook it the English way. That's so cool!

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Thanks, Mattius, you lost all of us Americans for a second there smilies/wink.gif. Though I still prefer my older sister's pancakes.

Helka, you have your own game where you can boss people around! LoL. smilies/wink.gif

Orual, just make sure Arethin doesn't get left behind! smilies/biggrin.gif

Oh goody, BACON BUTTIES!!!

Aylwen

[Helkahothion]

Hmm, those things sound nice. I like my bacon well done tough. Man what the *unfitting word* are we talking about?

Aylwen: Sorry, I will mod my own RPG's again from now on. Just don't slap me in the face.

Greetings,

Anuion
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[Mattius]

Just a quick question, are we all trying to get to the Iron Hills directly east of Dale or the Grey Mountains north of the Dale?

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Sorry it's been a few days! The mountain which contains the book is just north of the Iron Hills, so we would be travelling east.

It won't take long (real time) to get our characters to the mountain. This Rpg was not meant to last very long in the first place. Anyways, the trick will be getting inside the mountain and getting the book. No doubt there will be traps and surprises in store for our adventurers smilies/evil.gif !

I will post soon. We'll go to the market (carefully avoiding Arethin's old buddies!) and Jadae will grab some candles and then the group can begin there trip out of Dale.

Aylwen smilies/biggrin.gif

[ February 23, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Helkahothion]

No need for candles, Anuion carries torches arround. He is almost all the time outdoors so he is never unprepared. Will there be some serious combat? I always like a good battle post.

Greetings,

Anuion
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[Aylwen Dreamsong]

We may have a slight run-in with a group of orcs, but not much more for battling. Sorry! The real thing is getting through the mountain, what with them smart Elves leaving traps to guard their book.

I never said this'd be a war/battle RPG so there! Yet again, I must say, you have your own RPG, which has seemingly more fighting than this one.

Aylwen

[Mattius]

I like the idea of a Raiders of the Lost Arc bobby trapped mountain, go Indy, I mean Jack smilies/biggrin.gif Lots of teamwork will be needed I suspect! smilies/cool.gif

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

You got it! And plenty of surprises too! Some of you will be randomly (I promise!) selected and I will send you a pm about what will happen to your character. Then we must see what your companions do for you!

Aylwen

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Moving On!

Okay! We're all leaving Dale! It has been exactly a month (I think!) since Susan started the Game Thead. This game was only supposed to last from 2 1/2 to three months. We have barely left Dale (if you could call it 'leaving'). As I said earlier, it will not take long for us to get to the Mountain. And it won't be hard to find, either. Just north of the Iron Hills. Though we may run into some sort of evil group (I haven't quite decided yet) to give us a little taste of battle. Then we'll get to the Mountain. As I said in the White Horse:

the most exciting part of the Rpg will come when the travelers have to get through the mountain (pyramid!) and avoid all the booby traps and tricks in the place and get the book (and get the heck outta there!).

Yeah. Thus, it won't be as easy as you may have thought to get into and through and out of the mountain.

If none of you want to post about us really leaving Dale, I will sometime soon. Though I'd really prefer it if one of you did, so that I'd be giving you all more of a chance to 'take the itiative' so to speak. Did that make sense? I hope so.

Aylwen

[ March 01, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Helkahothion]

No need to get mean, I was just asking.( smilies/wink.gif)

I will be ready for any trap. Just don't kill Anuion. You would be getting a very upset Helkahothion if you would.

Greetings,

Anuion
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[Aylwen Dreamsong]

And of course none of us would want an upset smilies/mad.gif Helkahothion smilies/mad.gif , would we? Scary smilies/frown.gif

Okay, so no one wants to post? Okay, I will. I will tonight or tomorrow morning. Then we can move on soon.

Aylwen

P.S. Methinks the uses of our good lore master shall come in handy when our travelors wish to enter the Mountain. smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/evil.gif smilies/redface.gif

[ March 03, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Helkahothion]

Anuion has agreed that Rosfin can go first. If he dies, we know there is a trap. smilies/evil.gif

You would be like the bird in the cole mine. Mwuahahahahahaha.

Just kidding. The mine.. I mean moutain will contain boobytraps. What kind of traps will that be? Are they like pits with walls closing in and chrushing and giant rolling boulders kinda traps or more like wild animals kinda traps?

Greetings,

Anuion
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[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Helka, I didn't mean like that! I forbid you to use our Dwarf-friend as a warning for pitfalls! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/wink.gif

Helka, as much as we all love your clever and wondrous signature, it is a requirement that posts in the RPG thread be devoid of our sigs.

Helka (again...sheesh, you keep gettin into trouble!), I am not telling you what sort of traps until the time is right (and that is not now!).

I won't kill any of your characters, unless of course you want me to. We can have them mysteriously spontaneously combust after using Jadae's gifts. smilies/evil.gif

Where has doug*platypus gone? Rosfin is bing asked for a story or song!!

Aylwen

[Helkahothion]

I guess he has stage fever hehehehehehe.

I will delete my sig with grief. Nah just kidding. I'm kinda stupid. I hate sig's on treads, but I keep forgetting my own.

Greetings,

Anuion

P.S. Can't we just trow Rosfin under a big giant boulder? smilies/evil.gif
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[Aylwen Dreamsong]

P.S. Can't we just trow Rosfin under a big giant boulder?

That would be mean, Helka. smilies/wink.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

We're only waiting on Rosfin to tell us a story.

Aylwen

[doug*platypus]

Hm. I haven't read page 3 of the discussion thread in a while. Looks like it's probably best not to. Funny, despite the attention on the discussion thread, I've only received one PM. PMs are the way to get peoples' attention. Cheers, Aylwen.

Apologies for my unexplained absence. University, moving house, and family have been insurmountable lately, and what little spare time I do end up with I pretty much use for sleeping and eating. When you're older, Helkahothion, perhaps you'll understand.

This weekend I should be able to find enough time to post. Feel free to "god" WITHIN REASON for the rest of the RPG. If you become immensely frustrated, I will allow the Gameowner to drop Rosfin off at the Iron Hills or wherever, but do not kill him off.

[Helkahothion]

When you're older, Helkahothion, perhaps you'll understand.

Do you mean to tell me that I don't sleep old pall?


Greetings,

Anuion
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[Orual]

Since doug is occupied in RL (I think we all understand, doug...I was AWOL for a little while there in February), should we go back and act like Arethin never asked for a tale? Because I think that godding a whole story from a character might be going a bit far, and it wouldn't be that difficult just to delete that and keep on, Rosfin just being Dwarvishly quiet.

~*~Orual~*~

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Sí, Orual. Makes sense. We (Or at least everyone but Helka! smilies/smile.gif) understand.

So, Helka, if you could, please delete or edit your post to a SAVE. I think I'll just edit for a song from Jadae.

The song in my post was taken and horrible disfigured a tiny bit by me, and was written by an unknown author/poet (I'm pretty sure) who lived in Maine in the early 1900's. I saw it in my midterm test booklet and had to write it down. I was waiting for a chance to use it.

Gracias,
Aylwen

[ March 09, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Hola, everyone.

Everything is going great, and (hopefully) our group will be at the Mountain by this weekend (Real Time), Friday.

Our group will have a bit of trouble getting into the Mountain, and I will be PMing Helka and doug*platypus this afternoon.

And, as Sadbh's sig states so well: 'Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow (Today) we take the Standerdized Tests.' At least we get out 3 hours early, eh?

So...keep it up and hopefully our travelers will safely get to the Mountain by Friday (or Sunday, at the latest). And, Helka and doug (if you read this), you guys will be getting a PM about your character and/or getting into the cave.

Aylwen

[Ithaeliel]

Whoa, you've all gotten way ahead of me! I'm sorry to have not posted for so long. I wasn't too sure what to write... sadly, that's still the case. I haven't really had a chance to plant my feet in this RPG yet. I'll try to think of something. In the meantime, how far are we from the mountain?

[Helkahothion]

I believe we are almost there.
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[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Stupid Cable company! *Bites lower lip to keep from screaming inappropriate words*

Anyway...*Breathes*, LoL. No worries, Ith. We've got plenty (a month and a half, I think) of time to develop our characters a little more.

I'm still waiting on a response to a PM I sent doug*platypus, but I think if he doesn't show by Monday or reply by then I'll have to figure something out. Of course *Glares at Helka* there'll be no hard feelings if we have to find away to slip Rosfin out of the game, for everyone has RL issues.

Okay, so by Sunday we'll be figuring how to get into the Mountain. If you want to post (Ith smilies/smile.gif) before then, go ahead and bring us to the Mount if you feel like it. They can take a nap or something smilies/biggrin.gif. But please, please, please don't post about them getting into the cave. Thank you!

Lucky number three, eh Ith?

Aylwen


EDIT ON MARCH 17: With great regret, I had to pull Rosfin from the game. No hard feelings, doug*platypus, if you're reading. I understand how hectic/busy RL can get. If you cannot participate in the game once or twice a week though, I'm not sure it will be an easy task with Rosfin. Of course, we enjoyed having him along, and I'm sorry we had to make Rosfin leave. If any details of his departure are inadiquete, please feel free to tell me!

[ March 17, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Ithaeliel]

Lucky number three indeed... so then, what were the results?

[ March 16, 2003: Message edited by: Ithaeliel ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Okay everyone, just to let you know, the results of opening the door of the entryway were all random. If you have a problem with the results...see Ith!!! LoL. She was the one who picked lucky number three.

Ack! Anyway, I'll be posting later tonight on this thread about what's happening next.

Aylwen

[ March 18, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Ithaeliel]

Ooh... I drew a bad straw! Luck can only last so long, can't it now? What are we going to find in our way? Orcs? Traps? TREASURE? This is getting interesting!

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Heh smilies/wink.gif....Right Ith! But Angalos only thinks he's alone....dun dun dun!! I have a little suprise in store for you still, Angalos! Actually, a suprise for all of you, in a way.

Anyway, I will be pm-ing everyone tonight about what they'll be seeing first depending on where they're going. It will be a little later tonight though, as I have both Tae Kwon Do, Soccer, and practice for my band on Wednesdays.

Look out for my Pm later tonight!

BTW, Great job, Ith, with your post! You too, Mattius!

Aylwen

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Oh yes! Before I forget, Jadae gave everyone (except Anuion! smilies/wink.gif) candles and ways to light them for a reason! Use them!

Aylwen

P.S. Helka, wouldn't want to be using your torches, there's no telling what sort of traps you'll set off with such a big flame!

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Mattius~ Good job! We've got ourselves a little cliffhanger...dun dun dun!

Ith~ *Waits patiently for Ith to fill in her save post*

Helka (If you're out there?)~ Helka...WHERE ARE YOU?

Orual~ I figured since Ari's mother is a painter and all, Ari might like the room the two are in now. But if you want to move on, let me know!

Aylwen

[Ithaeliel]

I filled it in! I'm sorry it took so long; I would have had it done yesterday, but my luck ran out. The computer froze right as I was finishing it. @*&*&#*(&!!!! This seems to be my unlucky week. I had my purse stolen yesterday too. smilies/frown.gif But nevermind that, I filled it in and I hope it was okay.

Love Ith

[Ransom]

Hello, everyone! smilies/smile.gif

Aylwen's asked me to do a cameo as one of the denizens of the mountain. I'll post a character description after Ithaeliel discovers who the mysterious figure is. Wouldn't want to ruin the fun. smilies/smile.gif

However, my posting might be a little slower this next week 'cause of finals and reports. >_<

Ithaeliel-

Hope you don't mind me borrowing Angolo for a little while. smilies/smile.gif

-Ransom

[ March 27, 2003: Message edited by: Ransom ]

[Ithaeliel]

No, I don't mind at all. Carry on!

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

One of you please tell me you didn't see that coming! LoL. I went through all that work to get Ransom over here and suprise you all (Especially Angalos!)! Angalos is not alone...BOO!

Anyway, welcome to the game, Ransom! I have to PM DayVampyre and see if she's still into a cameo. You might be our Lone Ti'Lavan!

Explorers:

I need to know from each group: are you ready to move on? Ith, are you done with the library spooking Angalos out? Mattius (And Helka, who I haven't heard from in a LONG time smilies/confused.gif Hint, Hint, Helka!), I am going to PM you later about what Jack and Anuion will do, once I talk to and hear from DayVampyre. Orual, does Arethin want to check out the art/music room a little more, or are you ready to move on?

We have either a little more or a little less than a month left in this game, so let me know soon!

Aylwen

[ March 27, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Orual]

Aylwen--

I am so sorry about my inactivity! Things have been a little crazy around here with the school year winding down, sickness, auditions, blah blah blah. I plugged in a save, so go right ahead. I'll fill in the save as soon as possible.

~*~Orual~*~

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Orual-- No problemo. I'll post this afternoon getting us out of the art/music room, and take us to our next destination. And since Arethin brought us so gracefully into the art/music room, Jadae will have a hard act to follow! smilies/wink.gif

Mattius-- If I do not hear from DayVampyre (Who is supposed to be following Jack and Anuion) or Helka by Saturday, I will assume that DayV is no longer interested and that Helka has abandoned us. So, by Saturday afternoon or night, you'll have a PM telling you what happens next for Jack and Anuion. I realize this isn't a lot of time for DayV or Helka, but this game has to be wrapped up by the end of April, or a little before, so I don't have much time to spare!

Ith-- Whenever you're ready to leave the library, let me know!

Ransom-- Follow her like a hawk! smilies/evil.gif

Thanks!
Aylwen

[ March 28, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Helkahothion]

*waves*

Over here. Sorry bout my absence, but I am kinda hooked up at the moment. I'll try to be here as much as possible, but school is not going as planned.

Greetings,

Anuion
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[DayVampyre]

To Everyones:

Sorry about my not being on, The server went down here and we've just gotten it back. I am still defintly in for the cameo.

For the record, I posted on Friday

Just in the nic of time! smilies/wink.gif


Here bes my bio

Name- Crystwen
Age-3921
Sex-female
Eyes-drk blue
Hair-Light brown w/ blonde streaks
Physical App- Athletic build, light skin color, wears drk blue longsleeved shirt, black pants and boots, over the top of the long sleeved shirt, she wears a mithril chest-plate and mithril gauntlets that come up to her elbow, often wears a drk blue hooded cloak as well.
Weapons-carries a leather quiver of metal tipped arrows and a short bow. She perfers to use her sword. The sword hangs off a belt in a very detailed scabbard
History- Crystwen was born at the end of the first age. She and her mother and father lived together on the mountain. Crystwen's father was a captain of the elite soldiers on the mountain. When Crystwen was older, she wished to join them. At first, her father did not think that she would be able to handle the pressures of the postion, but at letting her try, Crystwen proved herself to be a capable and ruthless soldier.
Demeanor-Very stoic, trys to think things out first before acting, suspicious of strangers to the mountain. When around her own people however, Crystwen is more lighthearted and aimable.

Once again, sorry I haven't been on, I would post more, but know I have to go play catch up on the RPG! See ya'll in there. smilies/evil.gif

[Ithaeliel]

I have no doubt that Angalos is ready to leave! It's scary in there... all alone... could you get him out?

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

TO EVERYONE:

Terribly sorry about not filling in my save post when I promised to, my dad did a suprise fix up on my computer, and I won't get it back until tomorrow, so I have to use my sister's laptop.

Anyway, I'll fill in the save post soon, either tonight or tomorrow when I get my computer back, and I'll move everyone along, so I hope no one minds if I use their character a bit, if only to get them to their next destination.

DayVampyre and Ransom: Again, welcome to the game! Your parts are more in-depth and longer than a regular cameo would be, I believe, but I brought you all in later in the game so that you guys wouldn't have to wait for the travelers to get there! Also, please please please remember to disable your sig during the game!

Thanks,
Aylwen

[Orual]

I filled in my save, finally. Sorry about the wait!

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Where is everyone? We've got to finish this game up soon, in say, three or four weeks (or maybe that's too long?). Since I have little time nowadays I think I'll just write where you all go and what you all see in this post, is that all right?

Ithaeliel/Ransom~What can I say? It's a kitchen...kind of...that Angalos finds next, and you can describe it any way you wish, and Ransom will follow you in there, being the suspicious guy he is smilies/wink.gif.

Anuion/Jack/Crystwen~Hmm, okay. Helka wanted a battle scene, he's getting one. Hopefully, you two guys are smart enough to find the ladder and figure it's the way out. If you do pass this tremendous mental obstacle of finding the rope *sarcasm*, you enter the Weapons Storage room, where Crystwen is waiting (dun dun dun). Whether a suspicious Crystwen or one of the warriors starts a little fight, I don't think it matters. Just...don't kill each other...please.

Ari/Jadae~Yippee for Jadae, the first stop after the pairs' duct crawling, is the SMITHY! Woot! Anyhoo, seems a regular smithy, so if you have time Orual, you can bring the two from the beginning of the ducts and into the first few minutes in the smithy, but then I'll take it from there smilies/evil.gif.

Any questions? After this, I think I'll have one or two traps left, then we'll begin winding the game down. smilies/frown.gif

Aylwen

[Ithaeliel]

Right; I'll try to work on that post soon. I'm sorry, I've just been so busy with the Trees RPG and the Nurn one that I'm spending every ounce of my time there. Ack!

I won't be here after Friday probably; you'll have to do without me for a while til my next progress report. Ransom, can you carry Angalos whilest I'm gone?

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Good job Mattius. Now, since Helka has been on and off and I haven't seen him post in a while, we'll get DayVampyre / Crystwen to post, so that you don't have to double post.

Then theres...who else? Yes, Ith and Ransom. Ith I guess is kind of busy and won't be here after tonight for a while, I think. So Ransom, if you've got time on your hands, feel free to bring Angalos and Llu into the kitchen.

And Orual and I are duct crawling. Orual, if you've got time, would you please send Jadae and Ari through the air ducts and into the smithy? Then pick a number 1-5.

Thanks
Aylwen

[Orual]

Orual, if you've got time, would you please send Jadae and Ari through the air ducts and into the smithy?

Done!

Then pick a number 1-5.

Three?

~*~Orual~*~

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Sorry I couldn't respond quicker, I had a busy day Saturday. I'll post this afternoon. Or maybe now. Why'd you have to pick three, Orual, why? smilies/frown.gif

Will post soon,
Aylwen, the brand new Black Belt!

[ April 06, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

DayVampyre-Don't forget to disable your sig and post out of character comments here, in the discussion thread.

Thanks,
Aylwen

[DayVampyre]

Sorry about that, it was a rushed post and I forgot smilies/wink.gif

[Ransom]

Sorry about going MIA. SAT tests this Saturday and coursework. >_<

Unless Ith wants to post, I'll get a post up later this week.

-Ransom

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

No problemo, Ransom. Good luck on your tests.

I won't be here after Friday probably; you'll have to do without me for a while til my next progress report.

So if you're not busy it'd be best if you posted later this week. smilies/smile.gif

DayVampyre-Thanks for the congratulations, but don't forget to disable that sig! smilies/wink.gif

smilies/biggrin.gif
Aylwen

[ April 07, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Ransom]

Urg...I feel coked out right now.

SATs were this last Saturday, not this comming Saturday. I was studying, so I didn't post much last week. My mistake. ^_^

[Helkahothion]

Helkahothion said:
*waves*
Over here. Sorry bout my absence, but I am kinda hooked up at the moment. I'll try to be here as much as possible, but school is not going as planned.

Yush Helkahothion really said that!!

Ok that went terrebly wrong. I failed again. But atleast I posted this time. I am more on now. Atleast once a weak. (my parents are always gone on tuesday hehe smilies/biggrin.gif)
Anyway, sorry for my lack of presence. I'll try to be her ones a week like I said.

Greetings,

Anuion
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[DayVampyre]

one of these darn days I'll remember to check that dumb little box!


Til then I'll just have to go back and fix it. If that happens again, I don't know, maybe I'll send my self into exile

**parting shot**
91 days til Pirates of the Caribbean opens, with that now scruffy elf of ours.

also I must say that Johnny Depp was a pirate in a former life.

[ April 08, 2003: Message edited by: DayVampyre ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

No worries, DV. I always used to forget to check the box too when they first made that rule. I'd always have to edit, and I still forget it sometimes now!

Welcome back, Helka! I was just starting to worry about you again. Like they always say though, you only fail if you don't try. At least you got back to posting!

~Aylwen

P.S. I want to see that movie too, DayVampyre smilies/biggrin.gif. I like pirate movies...I still watch Muppet Treasure Island every now and then smilies/wink.gif.

[DayVampyre]

Now there was a campy movie smilies/wink.gif

However, one can never go wrong with singing muppets, I mean how could you?

...well...there was that space fiasco....

Gonzo is Gonzo is Gonzo..that's it...no more story..I'm sorry...

Long live Muppets and Pirates!

but again, I digress smilies/evil.gif

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Anyone in the Weapon Storage Room with Crystwen

Please do not tell Crystwen that we are in the mountain to find the Wanaparma yet! If you tell her, she certainly would do everything in her power to keep us from the book. So, go ahead and lie to her. smilies/evil.gif

Aylwen

P.S. Thanks for the link, DayVampyre!

[ April 09, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Orual]

Aylwen, are Jadae and Arethin in the room with Crystwen?

~*~Orual~*~

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Yes, Jadae and Arethin are in the weaponroom with Crystwen, Jack, and Anuion.

Aylwen

[Helkahothion]

Aylwen Dreamsong said:
Please do not tell Crystwen that we are in the mountain to find the Wanaparma yet! If you tell her, she certainly would do everything in her power to keep us from the book. So, go ahead and lie to her.
Yush Aylwen Dreamsong really said that.

I'm I popped out the truth. Lies are bad. Do you want Crystewen to respond to this or should I edit?

Greetings,

Anuion
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[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Fine, I guess it's ok that you told her. But could you edit something? Or add??

"Surely the immortals in here have been able to learn the curings by heart considering that you can't get a lot of different deceases inside a cave. You have had a lot of time to learn a book that would have taken a lot of elves only a few years to master completely."

Technically, diseases can spread quickly throughout an enclosed space. It's like how people say, "there's a bug going around." Since the Elves of the caves (the Ti'Lavan, by the way) are in such close quarters, any communicable diseases can be easily spread throughout the cave. I think...but I'm no doctor. Also, the book isn't just a medical-type book, it also holds the customs and the histories of the Ti'Lavan. So it's not just that they can give away the book because they have memorized the contents of the medical items within it, but they also have to consider that the history of their kind are stored in the book.

So, can you edit a little bit, Helka?

Aylwen

P.S. Helka, check your Private Messages! smilies/biggrin.gif

[ April 11, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Mattius]

So whats the plan to happen next Aylwen?

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Sorry for forgetting this thread for a few days. It's been really busy. Anyways, I was hoping for DayVampyre to post, but since she isn't, I'll edit my last post to have us leave (whether Crystwen is in the way or not) the weapons room and return to the common room.

Then, the group will go find Angalos, since after waiting for a while in the common room they will decide to go to his rescue smilies/wink.gif. We'll find Angalos, probably run into Ransom's character Llu, and then I'll post with us actually getting to the book (finally!). Once we get there though doesn't mean it's over smilies/evil.gif. What happens after that I'll get to later. smilies/smile.gif

Aylwen.

EDIT- I told ya'll those candles would be useful sooner or later! smilies/wink.gif

[ April 13, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Mattius]

Wow just read my post back it sucks *** , well it is nearly 1am, i'll edit it tomorrow morning- sorry bout that!

[Ithaeliel]

I'm.... BACK! And raring to go! Just tell me what to do next; I'm anxious to post after so long.

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Yay! Ith is back after her long absence! SHE'S ALIVE! smilies/biggrin.gif

Ith, since Angalos failed to show up in the Common Room (which was mentioned in Mattius' last post but I'm sure will be edited once he gets some sleepy time!), his buddies are going to go look for him. What I had planned for Angalos was for him to get locked in one of the kitchen pantries by Ransom's Lluniach (that's still his name, right, Ransom? You haven't posted a bio so I'm getting that from memory smilies/smile.gif). But you really have to watch out for spiders... smilies/evil.gif.

So, next person to post for Ari, Jack, Anuion, and Jadae (and I'm hoping that person is Helka, since he's only on once or twice a week now) will follow the path Angalos took originally...which was into the library. Let us take a look at the library, then I'll see what goes on next.

Then we'll see to getting into the chamber with the Wanaparma. smilies/biggrin.gif What do ya'll think?

Aylwen.

[ April 14, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[DayVampyre]

Sorry for lack of posts on my part, I've been dragged to Memphis and getting my hands on a keyboard hasn't been easy.

[Helkahothion]

I know the feeling.
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[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Good Job DayVampyre!
Good to see you back, Helka!
If only we could find Ith again! I'm sure she'll get here soon!

PAUSE!

Can ya'll be patient while I paint some eater eggs and get a post written about the outcome of this?

Aylwen

[DayVampyre]

So I'll take over while she's gone...

How about those red Easter eggs? I think they taste better than the green ones. But I have a soft spot for the blues

And whats the deal with the Easter bunny?

Whose idea was it to give eggs to an animal that hops?
GIMME THE EGGS!! GIMMIE THE EGGS!!!

Thats why they hard boil them and put them in a basket of grass

AND Cadbury eggs are divinely inspired

[ April 19, 2003: Message edited by: DayVampyre ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Thank you for that inspiring report, DayVampyre. Now, to you Fred, for the weather... smilies/wink.gif

Forgive the pretty long post. Can't help but go into detail like that. smilies/rolleyes.gif

Anyone care to post next?

Aylwen

P.S. Whether you celebrate Easter or not: Happy Holidays! Hopefully you guys got more vacation than I did!

[Helkahothion]

Aylen Dreamsong said:
Forgive the pretty long post. Can't help but go into detail like that.
Yush, Aylwen Dreamsong really said that.

Ehmn, issn't that what RPGing is all about?
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[Aylwen Dreamsong]

DayV, could you please edit your post and leave out the magical transportation thing? The stone giant was 'out there' enough, but I don't think it's plausable to transport a group in that way in Middle-Earth.

Thankee,
Aylwen

[DayVampyre]

'Kay I scraped the whole 'shabang'

However, are the any probs. with the poison arrows? and am I spelling 'poison' right?


One more question...do the elves now about the Book?

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Sí! Sí! The elves know about the book, they know where/what it is. They just don't want to tell because it is so valuable to them (plus they aren't sure what'll happen if it gets into the wrong hands...)!

Aylwen

Poison...that's right! smilies/wink.gif

[ April 20, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Helkahothion]

Who shot that arrow?

[ May 01, 2003: Message edited by: Helkahothion ]
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[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Where *has* everyone gone?

Ith will hopefully posts when she is done with a choir competition, but until then, we really need to get moving. We need to:

1) Get into the kitchen
2) Save poor Angalos & meet Lluniach
3) Go back to the common room

After that, I need to talk to Orual about after that. It involves her character. So can someone post to bring us into the Kitchen? As long as anyone is alive out there?

Aylwen

[ April 26, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Awww Helka!

Please, please do not split up the group. Why would they agree to let the two of you go when they're out to find the book as well?

Also, does Anuion have some sort of magic power that lets him see into other people's thoughts or something? As the reader/writer, you might read things that are secrets, or something else that people don't actually know about (ie, other character's thoughts/feelings). Just remember that your character does not know everything that you know about from reading. Unless Anuion is told something, he doesn't know it. Don't make unrealistic leaps like that.

Please edit, Helka man. Watch your dern spelling! smilies/tongue.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Thankee,
Aylwen

EDIT- Don't forget those evil sigs!

[ April 27, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Helkahothion]

Okee, no splitting up the group, and no spelling. Got it.

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Don't forget Helka, there is an Elf and a hiding Angalos in the kitchen...I think it'd be kinda hard to miss that... smilies/biggrin.gif

Now, I guess just about anyone can post now (except for Helka, we don't want to double-post). I'd prefer it if Ith or Ransom posted, but it doean't really matter that much. Also, once we're all out of the kitchen and are a whole group again, DayVampyre, can you bring us back to the common room (but don't do anything once we get there).

They need to add a 'sleepy' smilie. smilies/redface.gif

Aylwen

[ April 28, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Ransom]

*ponderponder*

Have you heard from Ith? If she's busy, I'll try to get an Llu-Angalos by Wednesday.

Do you want me to keep the character in the kitchen? Or could I start herding Angalos toward your group?

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

I think she was supposed to be back from some sort of choir thing today, but I don't know what is going on with her anymore. If you could post by Wed. Ransom, it would be great. It would also help if you started getting things in the kitchen wrapped up, since we're practically running overtime on this game.

Thanks
Aylwen

[Helkahothion]

Over time is a good thing right. I'm shure the mod's won't mind keeping this one up for a few more weeks. We still have to get the book right? Nice avvy BTW Aylwen. Female rockstars good.

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Thanks, Helka!

The reason I say it is my last post is because, for those who didn't already know, I will be taking a leave of absence for a month or so and will not be able to post again here.

--Ith, Kidnapped! Discussion

So, Ith apparantly is taking a month-long hiatus and won't be returning in time to finish the RPG (I think...), so we will just have to carry Angalos around and just assumed she doesn't want him killed.

So Ransom, until we leave the kitchen, Angalos is yours to command and do what you will with him, within reason of course.

Aylwen

[Helkahothion]

Can't we just cut him up a little? smilies/evil.gif

It's a pitty he is leaving, but couldn't he have tolled us?

[Bêthberry]

Over time is a good thing right. I'm shure the mod's won't mind keeping this one up for a few more weeks.

1. Re: overtime. No. It depends upon the circumstances.

2. Do not attempt to read the Moderator's mind.


Can't we just cut him up a little?

Please see the comments concerning "wack and slash" on the RPlague thread from Child of the Seventh Age and Rimbaud. Games in Rohan should provide more thoughtful character and plot development.

On the other hand, the point bears repetition. Here's the comments:

Tolkien's Middle-earth, although a dangerous world, was a place where there was a great deal more going on than folk taking hacks at each other with weapons. I don't think we do enough to explore those other aspects: character development, outwitting your opponent through brains and deception rather than sheer might, exploring historical trends like migrations, etc.
[Child]

The other side of the coin is less well explored; the male characters that ring perhaps more true than our myriad shieldmaidens (and in the hack 'n' slash routine so ably described above by the estimable COT7A, they do) are all flawed, albeit seemingly quite unintentionally. Their comments are frequently misogynist, they have no recourse but to violence, and as for emotional depth, its scarcity in most stories here borders on deliberation.

The avoidance of violence and suffering is a stronger and nobler aim than the indiscriminate use of force. Might does not make right. When you have a conflict between two characters, try and resolve it, work through the issues. Or, leave those issues festering in their minds, while the night turns black around them, which is invariably easier and more enjoyable.
[Rimbaud]


Both of these statements express concepts of writing which can very productively be explored in Rohan.

Your friendly neighbourhood moderator,
Bethberry

[ April 30, 2003: Message edited by: Bethberry ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Hey Again,

Helka, mind the Mods! (Thank you, Bb smilies/wink.gif!)

Ransom, if you could please get a post up soon about a confrontation in the kitchen and then getting them out of the kitchen, then I'll get someone to bring us to the common room. After that, I'll probably write one of the last posts (when they get to the book!), then we'll see how everyone want's to finish up with their character.

Aylwen

[Ransom]

I've got a doctor's appointment at 10:30 a.m. so I probably won't get the post done 'till this afternoon. It's half completed as of now. >_<

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Thank you, Ransom. Your part is almost done!

Now we need someone to write about us 'saving' Angalos, meeting Llu and get us back to the common room. Lets see...who have we *not* seen a post from in a while...Mattius! Would you mind?

Thanks,
Aylwen

[ April 30, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Mattius]

Sure thing, I'll get right on it just after I've finished my pizza smilies/biggrin.gif

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Yum...pizza.

Thank you, Mattius. Since there are so few of us in this game, I'm going to recruit Orual to write the next post (pretty please with Mattius' pizza on top?), and I'll be sending her a pm about the post before I leave for Tae Kwon Do.

Thankee,

Aylwen

[Ithaeliel]

Ith apparantly is taking a month-long hiatus and won't be returning in time to finish the RPG (I think...), so we will just have to carry Angalos around and just assumed she doesn't want him killed.

Indeed; I would not like it if Angalos died!

I have to say that I'm very sorry I haven't made an effort to be more involved in the Search for the Book RPG. I have been overloaded almost since it began, and this time it's become too much. That's why I will be taking this break. I apologize for not having posted more and I hope you all have a great time with the rest of this RPG.

Ithaeliel

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Right. Thanks Orual.

In case anyone didn't get it, Arethin is unconsious, out cold, passed out, whatever you want to call it.

So, as I have decided to ask Helka take the next post (PLEASE CHECK YOUR PM BOX!), the work of our two Elves is finished. Termine! Fin! Though I would like to thank them for their cameo appearances! *Applaud* Thanks, DayVampyre and Ransom, or...Crystwen and Llu.

Aylwen

P.S. If there is anything you want to be wrapped up or added to the post involving the finding of the book, please PM me soon!

[Helkahothion]

I believe I missed that PM Aylwen, what did you ask? I only got an e-mail about what Anuion conserned most.

Never mind, I missed it in my box. Post is up. Is your post of finding the book the last one in the game? It would be a crying shame but allas. Life goes on. I would like to thank Aylwen for letting me in. This was my first Rohan RPG and I simply loved it! Aylwen, thanks!!!!

[ May 02, 2003: Message edited by: Helkahothion ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Thanks Helka. It's not the last post, I only consider it the most important one, is all. After I put the post up about us finding the book, we'll still have a few posts left over of the travelers getting back to Dale and wrapping things up!

So give me a little while and I'll hopefully have that oh-so-important post up tonight. smilies/wink.gif

Aylwen

[Helkahothion]

Cool, can't wait to read it. Hurry up. Oh wait, not supposed to rush you right? Take it easy. Have a cup of tea.

BTW, was my post up to what you wanted?

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

LoL, I'm working on it, Helka! And except for a few grammatical errors, your post was fine. smilies/smile.gif

Aylwen

[DayVampyre]

Hey Everybody!

I just wanted to say that I had a great time of RPGing with you all, and that I hope to RPG with every single one of you!

[Helkahothion]

Thanks DayVampire,

Same to you and I really mean that.

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Hey everyone!

Lets get this RPG wrapped up. Someone (Mattius please, since Ari is unconsious and Helka just posted before me) please get us out of the chamber and out of the mountain. I don't care how really, as long as it is within reason. If you can, try and wake Ari up so Anuion won't have to carry him all the way home. I'm sure he'll be pleased to know we found the book. And I'm sure everyone is wondering what's up with your mist-spirit thingy, Mattius smilies/wink.gif

Okay? Now...off to that pile of homework dating back to last month...

Aylwen

[Mattius]

Okay then, I'm at school now but I will post when I get back home today.

EDIT: Wait what do you mean by

It held up a circular object in it's hand, and looked to Jack before dissipating into thin air

The braclet? I just want to confirm as to not mess up the post, I still should be able to post today if you reply before I get back from my employment!

[ May 06, 2003: Message edited by: Mattius ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

*Nods* You got it, Mattius. El...erm...well I'm close enough to failing Spanish this semester and I have no idea what the word for 'bracelet' is...but yes, I meant the bracelet.

Aylwen

[ May 06, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Mattius]

Good stuff, I'll post soon, maybe before work maybe afterwards.

Matt

PS We have a building company working at our school and they are called RIVENDELL! THere is a big RIVENDELL sign outside our school!

[ May 06, 2003: Message edited by: Mattius ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Okay people! Last round of posts, then you're done!

I don't care which order you all post, as long as it wraps up your character to an extent. Like...where they are going next/what they are doing next, or how the finding of the Wanaparma has affected them...or how they will use the Wanaparma.

Then I'll post the last post!

Then we'll be done!

Aylwen

[Helkahothion]

Just asking Aylwen. Who is taking the book with him? Quite important I must say. and another thing; you know what this RPG screams for? SEQUEL!!!!!!!!!!! I think it would be great if that happened. Gimmie a head's up about the book so I can post on it later. Thanks.

Anuion

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Well, Mattius' character, as they were leaving the mountain, said the book could help impress and convince the father of a certain Elven Maiden that Jack should be able to see her. Since Anuion is an Elf, perhaps they could travel together to wherever the Elf lives? After all, Ari only needed a cure, Jadae only needed adventure, and I have no idea what is with Angalos, we didn't get much out of him in this game.

Hope that helps.

Aylwen

Oh, and I was thinking sequel too, maybe. Once Rohan busies up again and we can have everyone back, and maybe a few more players (dedicated ones). But we'll see, and I'll put something to that extent in my last post of the game.

[Helkahothion]

Sure I will send Anuion along with jack. He had no company at that time. So it is always good to travel along with him.

[Mattius]

Okay Helka, can you post about Jack and Anuion going towards Mirkwood and I'll post what happens there?

[ May 11, 2003: Message edited by: Mattius ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Don't forget saying goodbye to old friends! But after that, Mattius and Helka are done for SFTB. Then Orual can post her last post and I'll finish the game.

Adios!

Aylwen

Feliz Dia de la Madre! Though I don't think anyone in this game is a mother...

[Mattius]

Anuion/Helkahothion, you need to contact me because your account was shut down due to posting a vulgar picture. The Anuion account is also closed now. Don''t open another.

Thats a quote from the B-W. Shall I wait for a few days to see if Helka posts or shall I just go ahead and post for Anuion and Jack?

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Go ahead and post, Mattius.

Aylwen

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Thanks Matt.

One last question. Orual, do you want to put in one more post, or shall I post the final Search for the Book post?

Aylwen

EDIT: Orual, if you do want to post, You don't have to post as if it is a year in the future, as Mattius has if you don't want to.

[ May 13, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Orual]

Actually, I liked the idea of a year in the future, so I did a post set then. Arethin, Elethil, and their mom have come a long way, baby!

Aylwen, thank you for making this game so much fun. I had a wonderful time, and I hope to see all of you at the Inns or in other games in the future!

~*~Orual/Arethin~*~

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Thank you Orual! Thank you everyone!

Right then! I'll write the last post and post it this afternoon after school. Edit: Erm, actually...maybe after Tae Kwon Do.

Then when Bb gets back this sunday I'll see about getting this closed down.

Aylwen

[ May 14, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Anuion! In your absence, I had planned on that last post of mine to be the final in Search for the Book! Since half of your post at least happened after mine, I think I'll copy and paste yours into my post, and I hope you'll please delete yours.

Next time please the discussion thread before posting to see what our/my plans are.

Thank you,

Aylwen

[Helkahothion]

Terrebly sorry. Can I delete it now, or do you still need to copy?

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

You can delete it, I already copied it and added it to my last post. smilies/smile.gif

Aylwen

[Helkahothion]

Okay then. I just had this feeling that my feelings where being completely ignored. Ehr something. But anyway, thank you very much. Everybody! you have made my first Rohan RPG a blast.

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

I just had this feeling that my feelings where being completely ignored.

Eh? I just wasn't sure if you'd be back to finish the game up, if that's what you mean.

Aylwen

And did you purposely spell Winona (Whinonah?) incorrectly?

[Helkahothion]

Ofcourse I did!!!! smilies/rolleyes.gif

Nah, but thanks anyway.

[Mattius]

Sweet endings people!

[Helkahothion]

*bows to Mattius*

It was a plesure writing with you ehm, ehm, guy with the dancing chicken. (having bad party memories? smilies/wink.gif) That jack guy is a quite a character smilies/biggrin.gif

[Mattius]

Hee hee, that chiken has had some crazy adventures!

Jack was a cool character to play with, and should a sequel arise he will have benefited from the teachings of the elves too.

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

smilies/biggrin.gif

If anyone wants to edit any posts, do it now. I think Bethberry will be back full time this Sunday.

I'm kind of waiting for a few more of my games to wrap up, and then if anybody else wants to, I'll see about a sequel if we are allowed.

Aylwen

[Helkahothion]

Okay then, kewl with me!

[Bêthberry]

Fellow Rohan gamers,

Our gaming comes with a cost; it is time to reflect on this fact and make some changes to how we run our games.

We RPGers are the most voracious consumers of Barrow Downs resources. We use a game thread, a discussion thread, PMs to plan games, and are constant visitors to the site, often returning more than two or three times a day to keep up with developments in the game in order to prepare our own posts.

Why is this a drain on BD resources? Please take some time to read carefully and reflect seriously upon the Barrow Wight's recent posts in the "Announcements >> The Barrow Downs" forum concerning storage space and bandwidth, chat and discussion, and the costs of running the site, and then change your posting habits.

What are the most beneficial changes in our posting habits? For one, we need to stop using the discussion threads for idle banter, for personal comment. We must restrict our posts to discussion of the games only, that is, to issues of plotting, character interaction, clarification, and notification of absences. For most occasions, we don't need to make multiple posts about why we are absent or how we are doing and we don't need to make a string of 'see ya' posts in reply. For personal comments, we can use the chat room or PMs. A discussion thread that is far longer than a game thread is often a signal of a misuse of the discussion thread.

Please take the time to do several things: Delete posts or run of the mill comments in the discussion thread that have no bearing on the game. Refrain from such posts and comments in future discussions of the games. Limit your daily visits to the thread.

If we all help out, we can ensure that our games remain treasures in the Barrow Downs.

Thanks for being responsible gamers and credible members of the Downs!

Bêthberry