You leave me with no choice but to reply in a bulletted form of my own
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Easterlings stay - Aylwen is most certainly an
excellent easterling, Durelin likes them, and playing my easterling character, Kane...well, he's still one of my favourites (obviously I won't be playing him here - it would involve going back in time...)
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Spiders - they're topical, and they would only be a sidenote, maybe a few posts, that's all really. The point would be that it would give the easterlings a way to get away (however narrowly), as if they were headed towards a spiders' den, the elves, who would know the forest well, probably wouldn't chase them, dismissing them as being done for ERGO they have a chance of escape - although maybe not all of them will get away *snickers* Goodbye NPCs...
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Elves - they are a favourite on the Downs and on any role-playing site because they are so much 'better' than men, and have the ability to be so much more powerful, experienced, wise, ancient...etc. Welcome to the legacy of the 'Mary-Sue'.
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The Houseless - how did they really come into this even?!
Ok, anyway, they are apparently staying. But a thought about the Houseless being played seperately...all I can say is that it would definitely have to be a secondary character for most of the time, or some people would spend a heck of alot of time doing absolutely nothing. But I like the idea of it. And, as Durelin said, elves are
not easy targets - the weaker and much less experienced Haradrim would be much easier, and when you're desperate for a body and there are some nearby...well, I would take the chance, no matter whether they are mortal or not. I suspect the easterlings wouldn't be too keen on this, either - the Houseless might work like a parasite on its much less experienced human 'host', and when finished with it, might kill it. So picture the scene once the Haradrim (sorry to hearken back to them again, but...) have been forced to flee from the battle - they would be in mortal, almost uncomprehending fear of these things which they can't see or identify until it's too late...well, I'm seeing a plotline there.
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Elves groups - go with one from Lorien, one from Mirkwood...and some of those from both would have to jump on speedy steeds (try saying that when drunk) to save the day when they learn of the Dol Guldur force a-heading straight for the Golden Wood.
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Seduced v Possessed - possessed is x-filesish, yes, but seduced isn't really...correct. Technically they probably wouldn't have been seduced into it by promises (ooh, maybe actually - think about that), they would (in general) have probably been tricked into it. So possessed?