[Amanaduial the archer]

Merry: Amanaduial the Archer: she's always on top of things, and quick to let you know that you're on the right track (or to give suggestions on what the right track actually is).

Aww.

Hmm, if I was Frodo...

Sam - well, I'm caught: I think probably Bethberry would be my Sam. Quietly responsible, you can rest assured that even if she doesn't seem to say much, she is always there, and will listen to whatever you need to say; and that whatever she says will be well worth listening to. A steadying prescence and very good friend.

Gandalph - Well, who else could play- sorry, represent, the mithterious and wise white wizard? Who else but the Downs very own pet enigma, Mithadan. Not so often seen, maybe it sometimes seems that Mith has left you, as Gandalph left the fellowship (and the dwarves in The Hobbit), you find out later that actually, he was quite aware of what he was doing all the time, and it was for the best, working behind the scenes. But Mithadan is not all mystery: he is a pleasure to talk to, and is full of little surprises that will get revealed in conversation. Incredibly smart and, yes, powerful, as well as being amusing, Mithadan also knows when to draw a line and can be rather stern when need be. The perfect Gandalph.

Merry - Incredibly organised while seeming relaxed, Piosenniel fits the bill. Her posts on the Green Dragon have often made me smile or laugh, and she is as witty in self as she is in her characters. She is not invulnerable though, and does not seem a transcendant, distant prescence: Pio is very much human. And also, she has always reminded me of a hobbit, although why I'm not entirely sure.

Pippin - Aylwen Dreamsong, actually. Now, there are aspects of this, one of my favourite gamers, which would maybe fit Aragorn better (and here I dithered!), but Pippin it is. Maybe it is because her characters, whatever darkness you place them in, always seem to have that lighter, 'fairer' side: for examples, Haven in 'Escape from Nurn', or Ehan in 'Bloodstained Elanor' - but it is not a side that undermines them: it makes them more admirable. And the same goes for Aylwen, if that makes any sense - she is a pleasure to be around, has that lighter side, and, like Pio, makes me smile. But she has her struggles, and a serious side as well - a side that will stand up for what it wants and believes is right, just like Pippin (for example when he pledged himself to Gondor). And her posts are always worthwhile.

Now, I'm aware I haven't even done half the fellowship, but very soon the HTML limit is going to run out on me, and besides, I don't seem to have quite got the hang of punctuation this morning...