Prisoner of Númenor Planning/Discussion Thread

[Himaran]

Great post, TB. I suppose that Abar, Inzi, and Aza (with Th in tow?) should be formulating a plan to get into Armenelos?

Hmm... would it be possible that there is some sort of sewer network that runs underneath the city. Dirty, yes, but traversable, perhaps? Just throwing out an idea - it seems unlikely that we could just walk in without being spotted and captured.

- Himaran

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Nice edit, Fea. I think it does reflect Azarmano better, and also shows a nice note of humility on Inzi's part.

As for Himaran's suggestion, I recall a mini-rp that ran in Gondor a couple years ago where Rimbaud and Estelyn blocked an invasion of Minas Tirith which would have entered through the sewers (The Saving of the Star, I believe?). It seems as though if it could be plausible in Minas Tirith it could be plausible in Armenelos. Both are examples of Numenorean city-planning. However there are a few thing that would need to be incorporated:
1. They would need a credible source to guide them into and/or through the sewers
2. I doubt (highly) the sewers would be unguarded.

Sophia

[littlemanpoet]

the sewer thing is getting a bit hackneyed. We did it in Hills of Evendim too.

Could we try harder? Some alternative?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

The Eagles could come.

More seriously though... the sewers have been shot down because of over-use and sheer difficulty.

We could do the hiding-in-plain-view approach, but that already failed where the King's Men didn't believe that the group was another bunch of them.

Our idea needs to be creative, clever, and unused (which means those darned Eagles need to stay put).

I'd say it would be better to avoid being overtly sneaky, but not to be too obvious. Is there a place in the city that these three would have reason to go? Once they're in the city, we can work from there. It's just getting them in without getting them in prison.

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Hm, I wasn't familiar with Halls of Evendim. There's a bit of a gap in my Downs RP experience.

So no sewers, then.

Could something be done with Monoizindu? Alaklondewen isn't with us anymore, but we still have her character description to work with. If he is in fact an old friend of Abar's, Inzi might know of him, and where to find him? Getting in that far would be a start.

[Meneltarmacil]

I returned from my road trip yesterday, so I'm not officially gone yet.

Maybe some kind of disguise might work? Like, if Sauron's priests/loyal servants/whatever wear something like black cloaks that conceal people's faces well enough?

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Ah, well then, welcome back Menel and Thoronmir. We weren't sure whether you intended to have written out your character or whether that's just what it looked like.

With Thoronmir and Inzi both accompanying the rescue party, we're short a Karibor. Perhaps someone would be up for going double? Or if an inferior horse were used the Armenelos trip would take longer than a day, although they would arrive at the city early on day 2 (which could perhaps be advantageous).