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Now that I think about it - no, we don't need the ship to be an elven ship.
What about this idea: Child comes to the tavern to hire the ship to pursue the stories and clues concerning the lost hobbits. She's been told the man, Mithadan, might have a ship available for hire. She pours out her story to him before he has a chance to tell her he is just about to lose his ship due to an acumulation of poor previous voyages and debts of his coming due. Pio and Bird, their ears ever open for a promising deal, overhear what she is proposing, and propose to strike a deal with the hobbit and the man. For a share in the ship and a share in whatever profits this voyage might generate, they would be willing to pay the debt off. Mithadan can keep a share in the ship if he agrees to pay them back the price of his share from the generated profits. Surely Child and Rose can come up with a little money to put into the pot - all with the agreement that the elf and skin changer will eventually be paid the price of the others' shares of the ship. Pio can bring Veritas on board either later, or she can be sitting there with them, eavesdropping.
I think the original name of the ship should not be The Lonely Star - we should rechristen it (probably at a later date if we aren't dragging I & T into the beginning of the story - possibly when we find Kali and resolve to go on the quest). Mithadan can conveniently find the flag of Eärendil in his seaman's trunk, or something like that.(opening the possibility for another reinforcement of his ancestry). Khelek we can pick up at the library in Minas Anor as per the RPG.
What do you think? Might this sort of scenario be doable for us?
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I thought we were still possibly doing this scenario as a lead in after you do your lead in as to why you are searching for the hobbit history. Or did we wander off into some other scenario? I personally think this would be funny - Bird and I could write most of it. Yours and Mith's lead-ins to the story are of a more serious tone - this could bring some comic relief. Mithadan has only assumed full command of the ship when were were in periods of disarray.
I have no problems with Mithadan being the Star's Captain - let him have the headache of it!
Sure, Pio will introduce Mithadan. Hopefully Gamba will not go after him with one of the sharpened spoons! Since this rescue is a joint venture, she will not introduce him as
THE Leader, but as one of the Leaders.
BTW - I need to know exactly when you will be wanting to go to the caves.(And how will you bring this up to Pio and Mithadan? Perhaps after Pio shares her report of the meeting with the Elders?!) Pio is going to be exhausted by the number of trips she now is planning - one for the large meeting of the hobbits (Levanto is reporting to her today, game day is the big meeting tomorrow gameday at night?); two is the trip to escort you and Rose to the caves (I'll let Mith handle that write, if her doesn't mind.); three to assasinate the crew of the ship docked upriver (which will have to be just prior to us on our way to rescue the hobbits; and then four, the actual rescue itself.
*flexes her shoulder, arm, and leg muscles*
She will be sick of swimming for a while!
Will you write the big, first hobbit meeting scene? When do you think you might post it? Pio will then give a brief talk on logistics.