I don't think we need new players. There aren't too many characters anyway. I suppose, if the two of us are doing it alone, we can use Dárin and Valesseka and others to help our characters along. That way we wouldn't have to make their characters do anything which their creator might have a problem with.
(Were someone else to write about Éomeléo I wouldn't want my character doing crazy things I had no part in.
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So we could have a Jen & Éomeléo-heavy conclusion to this story (with Thin-Gloomy of course) but if someone returns and sees us continuing then they would still be able to post.
My idea is basically Éomeléo being taken by the gang and seeing Thin-Gloomy again. The others can join up for the climax pretty soon after that.