A Land to Call Their Own Discussion Thread

[Child of the 7th Age]

Alak,

The first section of Memory's last post in now in box #71. The second section is in #79.

Please eyeball to be sure this is right. If you need any other shifts, let me know.

Cami

[alaklondewen]

Child - It looks great...thank you so much.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Alak,

This is the leader of the wolfpack asking for clarification. Please eyeball Fordim and Kransha's comments above on the discussion thread.

I also am not certain how the Hobbits are going into the woods. Is there an organized group with Marcho in the lead, or perhaps chasing them from the rear?

Or are the parents rushing in willy-nilly in all directions?

This information would help me in how I set up my attack and/or describe the scene. I wasn't sure from reading the story, so can someone help me here?

Child

P.S. An imporant note to everyone..... When it comes down to the 'battle', please don't kill off the poor wolves. You can wound them mightily or send them packing with their tales between their legs. You never know but we might need or meet them again at a later point in the story.....

I will also try to refrain from muching on the Hobbits, although I understand they are quite tasty.

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

Like I said above, I don't think that the parents are going to want to take time to organise anything much beyond a quick "let's all stay together!". As I read the situation, at the moment Fordogrim, Harold and Kalimac are racing into the woods just ahead of the rest -- which makes sense as these three are mounted and the rest seem to be on foot. Perhaps these three could reach the scene of the wolf attack first, cause the wolves to back off from the children for a moment, and then become the centre of their attack. Things could get pretty desperate for them before Marcho arrives with a more orderly group of hobbits to save the day (I hope. . . )

[alaklondewen]

Fordim is on the right track. I was going to suggest something very similar to this. Marcho will be calling after them, thinking they are fools to be running in there on their own, but he will stay long enough to organize enough hobbits to do damage. In fact, I'll post this this afternoon when I'm home from class, so we can have some order and the reader is not confused.

One question, is Elsa riding with her husband, or is she running behind on foot? And where is Sarah in all of this?

[Arestevana]

Elsa's not with Kalimac at the moment; he wanted her to stay behind. I do believe she is running along behind on her little furry feet. If you'd prefer, though, I could have her fetch the Whitfoot's other pony and ride. I will make sure to clarify this in my next post, whichever is decided.

[ArwenBaggins]

Now another hobbit in the forest! What will Crispin do?

He's getting frantic, hope his parents and the Chubbs come soon!

My birthday is tomorrow! YAY!
~Fëa