Radagast ordered further pints for his companions and included Aylwen in the round. "Dear girl, he does tell a good tale does he not? Take no notice of anything he says about me I am just a shepherd. An animal friend. I was never concerned with the to-ing and fro-ing of the world of men and elves until I met these folk. I haven't really a clue why he travels with me still. Perhaps it is time I retired. Those adventures took a great deal out of me you know. I'm not Mithrandir, he's far better suited to such exploits. I'm just poor old Radagast. I've used all the enchantments I need for a thousand lifetimes." The old one sighed and smiled at the young listener. "That said, dear girl it is so nice to see the young folk after all this time. I won't complain if they persuade me into some other mischief. Just a little, gentle mischief. No more monsters, goodness, no."
Endereth leaned across the table. "I heard that Radagast! I think I may have a little mischief just for you if we can just raise a few more companions this time."
"Oh dear, oh dear. I should have kept my own counsel, shouldn't I Aylwen?" The old man smiled to himself, leaned back in his chair and sipped upon his ale.
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Put me in any town you fancy folks but it seems to make sense that we start in Edoras, seeing as that is where we are, aren't we?
Also, all ideas sound great but here's an extra one to go with the Fanghorn idea: Entwives! It upsets me in the book that they've gone and left old Treebeard and his young friend alone. It would be so nice if we could fix that problem in a way Tolkien would have approved of. We'll have to advertise for an Entwife or two - personal column anyone?
Sorry, lacking sleep and typing gibberish.
Someone asked me some serious questions up above, here goes ye olde answers:-
I feel planning is needed for the over all direction of where something is going, even if that plan is particularly skeletal. Good discussions go with that obviously. Within is the opportunity to be spontaneous and branch out the facets of your character. For example I never read Radagast as a negative character in the books, just so wrapped up in his own work he couldn't see the bigger picture and when faced with it just plain didn't want to. How many people in marriages etc in the mortal world end up the same way? Something comes along and shakes you out of it. You're still the same character you've always been, you just rediscover yourself at the same time. I hope that makes sense and doesn't sound too heavy for this time of night. (22.33!)
I agree with Mattius that our story worked because we didn't give up on it, even when we ended up writing for the characters we'd lost along the way. I'm looking forward to working with others who are equally committed. We didn't post daily. We couldn't: we have lives to lead, but we put our heart and soul into what we did do and perhaps that's the key to a good RPG. I also think that being nice to each other is important too, even if you probably think that's very wet and Radagast of me.
I think I've written too much. Demand an edit of me if I've given anyone migraine!
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