Outracing the Flames Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Farael · 05-30-2006, 08:22 PM

Save's up.... the other post will have to wait, I'm not really inspired at the moment... hoping for a sudden bout of inspiration before I go to bed tonight but if not I'll try to write somethng soon... or I'll just won't do that post

Nogrod · 05-31-2006, 03:02 AM

Farael!

There seems to be something like a contradiction to earlier post in your filled save.

In my post (the one before yours) Sythric calls everyone to run away, shouts to be given a bow and tries to get up to fight. I don't know of course how you others reacted to his bellowing, but the situation wasn't quite like you describe it, as you write:

Quote:

The sound of horses, riding towards the camp. There weren’t enough men to resist; the wounded would be easy pray for the easterlings. They could only sit back and wait, and hope that the riders moved along worried about their own business.

PS. I'm having quite full days RL-wise, so I probably won't be writing very actively in couple of days...

Undómë · 05-31-2006, 03:41 AM

SAVE filled

~ U

Arry · 05-31-2006, 08:56 AM

Let's bring this section of the RPG to a resolve by day after tomorrow.

At that time, I will leap us forward to Edoras and then each of you may write a final post/epilog as you wish.

Child of the 7th Age · 05-31-2006, 09:38 AM

Nogrod,

Could you let me know on this thread or by pm if Sythric is going to recover? I'd like to write my farewell post for the Elves, but can't do that until I know the status of the patients.
_______________________________

It looks as if Brand is showing some improvement (though slow), and I will go ahead on that assumption unless I hear otherwise.

Nogrod · 05-31-2006, 09:46 AM

Child!

I guess he should survive - as people have been recurrently mentioning that it will depend on his strength to fight the poison. I guess that is the one thing he would have: a man gone through a life of hardship and injuries, his body knows the trade, and he has kept his condition after the rider-years by teaching the youngsters, riding and sporting continually.

Without the elves I probably would have wanted to write him dead. But now I guess it would not be a miracle if he lives after all.

Farael · 05-31-2006, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Farael!

There seems to be something like a contradiction to earlier post in your filled save.

In my post (the one before yours) Sythric calls everyone to run away, shouts to be given a bow and tries to get up to fight. I don't know of course how you others reacted to his bellowing

Well, Sythric can do what ever he wants to, that doesn't mean Osmod will even pay attention to the ramblings of a fevered old man!

No, I don't think there's a contradiction, just different spins on the story.

Nogrod · 05-31-2006, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Farael

No, I don't think there's a contradiction, just different spins on the story.

Well, it's not a big deal anyway. And I totally agree with the "different spins"-stuff. That's just right. I just thought it a bit weird that you gave an impression of everyone just sitting back and waiting when someone is kind of shouting and bellowing and calling for action - and making almost lethal effort to get up... (but maybe no one noticed?

)

Tevildo · 06-02-2006, 09:57 AM

Child,

I've left a lead-in for the Elves (or should I say a chance to say goodbye?)

Child of the 7th Age · 06-03-2006, 08:14 PM

I've responded to Leod, and the Elves have left camp.

I've enjoyed writing with you all, and I look forward to seeing your epilogues.

Folwren · 06-04-2006, 01:00 PM

Save Filled.

Undómë, I kind of hope you write a post in response to this last one, but if you don't want to, that's fine. Whatever you wish.

-- Folwren

Farael · 06-04-2006, 03:08 PM

I think I'll save my "strenght" and creativity for the epilogue... whoever writes us leaving camp (Arry, most likely) could you say that Osmod organized the riders and took the lead?

piosenniel · 06-05-2006, 01:52 AM

Undómë

I placed your post in Arry's 'SAVE'.

~*~ Pio

Undómë · 06-05-2006, 02:45 AM

Thanks!!

~ U

Nogrod · 06-06-2006, 11:58 AM

Sorry about myself being away. I had a hard period with the schools' ending but will be having time from now on. I'll check the thread and look if I would have something to fill Arry's save with.

So the elves seem to have been rescuing both Brand and Sythric, but I hope you Arry would take it into consideration that Sythric is not very well - although getting better. I'll try to decide his fate in the closing post...

Folwren · 06-07-2006, 06:18 PM

Great Arry!! Excellent post, and if I hadn't repped you so recently, I'd do it for that one.

Grima is sick! But I guess he was in the book, too.

Anyway, I've not say in the matter about your guys' villages. I hope they make it safely. I will be writing an epilogue sometime, however. Hopefully everyone else will, too.

Time for dinner!

-- Folwren

Nogrod · 06-08-2006, 01:16 AM

So fellow Bregowarians, what do you think has happened to our people? Did they get over the Great River?

Farael, Undömé, what say you?

And surely we need to write the story of our characters riding to search for them?

Undómë · 06-08-2006, 01:59 AM

To be quite honest, I don't want to write about how the Bregos went searching for their village.

We have only 1 post apiece now left to go before the game is done. I intend my epilog to be about 2 years in the future from Arry's last post.

I would prefer that the Bregowarians arrive safely for the most part at Hengistham. I can, though, write it either way.

Nogrod · 06-08-2006, 05:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undómë

To be quite honest, I don't want to write about how the Bregos went searching for their village.

We have only 1 post apiece now left to go before the game is done. I intend my epilog to be about 2 years in the future from Arry's last post.

I'm not insisting on anyone writing anything they don't want to, but I thought we should have similar ideas about what has happened so that we don't contradict each others last posts.

Surely I have nothing against the village being somewhat safe.

Undómë · 06-08-2006, 10:02 AM

My last post will not cover the trip from Edoras to Hengistham. Meghan will have stayed in Hengistham until the villagers arrive there safely as "Theodred" suggested. - so she will not have ridden out to find them.

My epilog post for Meghan will be about what is happening in her life 2 years after the arrival in Hengistham. It will be late summer of 3019 - in August after the funeral for Theoden in Edoras.

Tevildo · 06-08-2006, 10:36 AM

Arry - I really like your ending post. It's likely what would have happened!

My preference is that most of the people in Wulfham survive the journey and make it to Edoras and then on to a place of safety. (Of course, a few would likely have been killed on the road due to hardships, and there might have been some "close escapes".) If Arry or someone else prefers a different ending, I would request that Dorran's sister Creide not die because I may use her in another RPG. After the war, I think some Wulfhamites realistically would go back to restart the village, while others would venture elsewhere (kind of like what is happening with New Orleans).

I prefer to do personal epilogs for my characters, but I'd have no trouble weaving this history into Dorran's post (in 2-3 sentences) if that is needed. I am thinking of taking Dorran about 10 years ahead. Dorran will likely join the Riders and, shortly after the war, end up as part of Eomer's household.

Leod will become a "teacher of healers". He will start that even in the refuge to which they are fleeing. (It is a bit much for the poor fellow to go out with the Riders.) If any of your characters are interested in getting training as a healer, you are welcome to mention in your post that you received such training from Leod

.

I still have one or two things I need to coordinate with another poster, and I am working on that. Then I'll put up my epilog.

05-30-2006, 08:22 PM	#1
Farael Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In hospitals, call rooms and (rarely) my apartment. Posts: 1,538	Save's up.... the other post will have to wait, I'm not really inspired at the moment... hoping for a sudden bout of inspiration before I go to bed tonight but if not I'll try to write somethng soon... or I'll just won't do that post __________________ I prepared Explosive Runes this morning.

05-31-2006, 03:41 AM	#3
Undómë Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 400	SAVE filled ~ U __________________ Young she was and yet not so. The braids of her dark hair were touched by no frost, her white arms and clear face were flawless and smooth, and the light of stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night . . .

05-31-2006, 08:56 AM	#4
Arry Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 704	Let's bring this section of the RPG to a resolve by day after tomorrow. At that time, I will leap us forward to Edoras and then each of you may write a final post/epilog as you wish. __________________ If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world – J.R.R. Tolkien

05-31-2006, 09:38 AM	#5
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Nogrod, Could you let me know on this thread or by pm if Sythric is going to recover? I'd like to write my farewell post for the Elves, but can't do that until I know the status of the patients. _______________________________ It looks as if Brand is showing some improvement (though slow), and I will go ahead on that assumption unless I hear otherwise. __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

05-31-2006, 09:46 AM	#6
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Child! I guess he should survive - as people have been recurrently mentioning that it will depend on his strength to fight the poison. I guess that is the one thing he would have: a man gone through a life of hardship and injuries, his body knows the trade, and he has kept his condition after the rider-years by teaching the youngsters, riding and sporting continually. Without the elves I probably would have wanted to write him dead. But now I guess it would not be a miracle if he lives after all. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

06-02-2006, 09:57 AM	#9
Tevildo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Curled up on Melko's lap Posts: 425	Child, I've left a lead-in for the Elves (or should I say a chance to say goodbye?) __________________ Now Tevildo was a mighty cat--the mightiest of all--and possessed of an evil spirit,...and he was in Melko's constant following; and that cat had all cats subject to him, and he and his subjects were the chasers and getters of meat for Melko's table.

06-03-2006, 08:14 PM	#10
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	I've responded to Leod, and the Elves have left camp. I've enjoyed writing with you all, and I look forward to seeing your epilogues. __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

06-04-2006, 01:00 PM	#11
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Save Filled. Undómë, I kind of hope you write a post in response to this last one, but if you don't want to, that's fine. Whatever you wish. -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

06-04-2006, 03:08 PM	#12
Farael Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In hospitals, call rooms and (rarely) my apartment. Posts: 1,538	I think I'll save my "strenght" and creativity for the epilogue... whoever writes us leaving camp (Arry, most likely) could you say that Osmod organized the riders and took the lead? __________________ I prepared Explosive Runes this morning.

06-05-2006, 01:52 AM	#13
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Undómë I placed your post in Arry's 'SAVE'. ~*~ Pio __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

06-05-2006, 02:45 AM	#14
Undómë Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 400	Thanks!! ~ U __________________ Young she was and yet not so. The braids of her dark hair were touched by no frost, her white arms and clear face were flawless and smooth, and the light of stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night . . .

06-06-2006, 11:58 AM	#15
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Sorry about myself being away. I had a hard period with the schools' ending but will be having time from now on. I'll check the thread and look if I would have something to fill Arry's save with. So the elves seem to have been rescuing both Brand and Sythric, but I hope you Arry would take it into consideration that Sythric is not very well - although getting better. I'll try to decide his fate in the closing post... __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

06-07-2006, 06:18 PM	#16
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Great Arry!! Excellent post, and if I hadn't repped you so recently, I'd do it for that one. Grima is sick! But I guess he was in the book, too. Anyway, I've not say in the matter about your guys' villages. I hope they make it safely. I will be writing an epilogue sometime, however. Hopefully everyone else will, too. Time for dinner! -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

06-08-2006, 01:16 AM	#17
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	So fellow Bregowarians, what do you think has happened to our people? Did they get over the Great River? Farael, Undömé, what say you? And surely we need to write the story of our characters riding to search for them? __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

06-08-2006, 01:59 AM	#18
Undómë Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 400	To be quite honest, I don't want to write about how the Bregos went searching for their village. We have only 1 post apiece now left to go before the game is done. I intend my epilog to be about 2 years in the future from Arry's last post. I would prefer that the Bregowarians arrive safely for the most part at Hengistham. I can, though, write it either way. __________________ Young she was and yet not so. The braids of her dark hair were touched by no frost, her white arms and clear face were flawless and smooth, and the light of stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night . . .

06-08-2006, 10:02 AM	#20
Undómë Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 400	My last post will not cover the trip from Edoras to Hengistham. Meghan will have stayed in Hengistham until the villagers arrive there safely as "Theodred" suggested. - so she will not have ridden out to find them. My epilog post for Meghan will be about what is happening in her life 2 years after the arrival in Hengistham. It will be late summer of 3019 - in August after the funeral for Theoden in Edoras. __________________ Young she was and yet not so. The braids of her dark hair were touched by no frost, her white arms and clear face were flawless and smooth, and the light of stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night . . . Last edited by Undómë; 06-08-2006 at 10:29 AM.

06-08-2006, 10:36 AM	#21
Tevildo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Curled up on Melko's lap Posts: 425	Arry - I really like your ending post. It's likely what would have happened! My preference is that most of the people in Wulfham survive the journey and make it to Edoras and then on to a place of safety. (Of course, a few would likely have been killed on the road due to hardships, and there might have been some "close escapes".) If Arry or someone else prefers a different ending, I would request that Dorran's sister Creide not die because I may use her in another RPG. After the war, I think some Wulfhamites realistically would go back to restart the village, while others would venture elsewhere (kind of like what is happening with New Orleans). I prefer to do personal epilogs for my characters, but I'd have no trouble weaving this history into Dorran's post (in 2-3 sentences) if that is needed. I am thinking of taking Dorran about 10 years ahead. Dorran will likely join the Riders and, shortly after the war, end up as part of Eomer's household. Leod will become a "teacher of healers". He will start that even in the refuge to which they are fleeing. (It is a bit much for the poor fellow to go out with the Riders.) If any of your characters are interested in getting training as a healer, you are welcome to mention in your post that you received such training from Leod . I still have one or two things I need to coordinate with another poster, and I am working on that. Then I'll put up my epilog. __________________ Now Tevildo was a mighty cat--the mightiest of all--and possessed of an evil spirit,...and he was in Melko's constant following; and that cat had all cats subject to him, and he and his subjects were the chasers and getters of meat for Melko's table.

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