Friends of Nimrodel: Tapestry of Dreams - Discussion

[mark12_30]

Nice post, Immy!

[alaklondewen]

I spoke with Helen and LMP earlier this week, and now I'd like to tell everyone. Because of several real life events in my recent life, I must withdraw from the game and all gaming on the Downs. I will be without internet access for the next two months or so after tonight.

I would just like to say that it has been such an honor to write in this game and with such a talented group of writers. Thank you for the opportunity.

I look forward to coming back and reading the rest of the tale. Take care of Erebemlin for me. He has become a dear friend of mine. I do hope he will find his way back to Marigold when the end comes.

Take care, and I hope to see you all in a few months.

~Alak

[mark12_30]

More than one of us is busy in Real Life. I will be extremely busy over the next two months as well.

I am seriously considering calling this Part One of the game, and finishing it up, and closing the thread for now. We all seem to be winding down except for the ever-productive lmp. It's hardly fair to ask him to carry ALL of the characters and write in a vaccuum...

So-- please think about how you want Book One to end for your character. I expect that the final scene of Book One will be here in Minas Tirith. Erebemlin, Amroth, and Mellondu will have to come to some sort of conclusion; and the Rohirrim will have choices to make (at least in theory.)

Sometime after August or September, we can pick it back up again (if we have even wound it down by then! We've all been quite pokey lately...)

So... questions? Comments? Ideas for the "To Be Continued" end-of-season cliffhanger?

[littlemanpoet]

I'm willing to bring this to a head with the help of Orual and Imladris. We have a confrontation broiling now, the one that Helen was hoping to generate. I'd love to see it turn into a multilayered thing with Ravion and Mellondu at odds over Mellonin, while Erebemlin and Mellondu are at odds over Amroth. Added to this might be Raefindan being at odds with Erebemlin for his harsh dealing with Mellondu, Erebemlin irate that Aeron not be allowed back into the group's doings - to which Aeron can respond with Marigold's blessing upon him, which Erebemlin would have a hard time arguing with, considering where Erebemlin's heart is.

Of course, there I go again. Maybe we need to just have Ravion and Aeron arrive at the scene in order to create the cliff-hanger set of potential confrontations I've suggested above, and have the whole thing just teeter on the edge until we're ready to pick it back up this late summer or something.

[Nurumaiel]

If there's going to be a Book Two, I don't think there's really anything specific that needs to be done with Liornung and Leafa. They're both in a relatively comfortable position... Liornung hasn't had any trouble recently, and Leafa is now in a very satisfied state, all things being resolved with Ædegard. In other words, whatever the general plan for the Rohirrim is will work for them.

I apologise for my lack of writing recently... we've just finished up a very exciting baseball season (and, Helen, perhaps you'd like to hear how the boys did... the twelve-year-old's team won the championship, both twelve and nine y/o made it to their league All-Stars, both won the MIP award, and the twelve y/o made it to the travelling team made up of the best players in the league), and I've been sewing rather frantically to get ready for a trip to Virginia which will take up most of my June. And more impairing than that, I've had a tremendous writer's block that has affected RPGs, my own stories, my journal, letters, and everything else that involves writing.

I'll be leaving for VA on June the 7th, so if there's anything I should do before the end of Book One, I'll try to have it done before then, in the case that you're finished before I get home.

However, I'm looking forward to seeing what lmp, Orual, and Imladris do with this confrontation!

[Orual]

I like where Ravion is right now, character-wise, for the end of Book One. Also, I'm leaving for a week tomorrow morning, with dubious internet access. I'll try to get online, but I don't *know* if I can. Otherwise, this is a great time for me to take a break...I have three theatrical projects this summer (one of which being an epic Shakespearean undertaking with TONS of lines for me), and though I'll still be busy in the fall, writing will give me an outlet.

It's been great writing with everybody, and I look forward to Book Two!

[Nurumaiel]

I'm leaving in a couple hours for that trip to the east coast I mentioned earlier. I'm sure I can trust every one of you to handle Liornung and Leafa when and if necessary. If Book I is finished before I return, I'll see you all in Book II, which I greatly look forward to!