Brilliant posts so far everybody, but just one question (although maybe it's just me nit-picking over minor details):
When the Elves speak any Elvish in the text of the game, are they going to speak Quenya or Sindarin? I only comment on this because, without wanting to criticise what is so far an otherwise excellent RPG, in Garen's first post the Elvish spoken is a combination of both. The film's Elvish is a mixture - Galadriel speaks Quenya when saying goodbye to the Fellowship, as does Saruman when standing on top of Orthanc causing the avalanche on Caradhras. However, most of the second film's Elvish is Sindarin (Arwen talking to Frodo and Aragorn in her first scenes; Gandalf discovering the password to open the doors of Moria). So which do we speak when we want our Elves to be in character?
NB: While Quenya is probably easier to learn and more accessible, it is generally only used for ceremonial purposes. A search for dictionaries etc of Sindarin, the everday speech, has turned up little. Try the RPG Resources topic in The Shire for information on learning these languages.
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