Scarburg Meadhall Discussion Thread

[Folwren]

Oh, no, Eorl. Don't even attempt it. Um...what kind of character are you thinking of introducing? Allow me to give you a summary of what has occurred, and then you can form your character accordingly and join.

About a month ago, Lord Eodwine, the realy eorl of Scarburg, fell sick. No one realized how sick he as until he positively collapsed, and no one in Scarburg could do anything about it, so they took him to Edoras. King Eomer, who had granted Eodwine his position as Eorl and given him Scarburg, did not think Eodwine likely to return soon, so he decided to set a new eorl over the place, despite the fact that Eodwine had a wife, Saeryn, who the people of Scarburg thought perfectly capable of ruling in Eodwine's stead until his return.

The new eorl is Athanar, who has just arrived in the game the previous day, game time. We are currently playing the day after his first night. The day of his arrival proved full of conflict, his people did not mix well with the Scarburg people. There were some fights and disagreements. Some of the Scarburgians think that Athanar and his people are usurpers of power - they especially resent the fact that Saeryn is being ousted from her place of lady of the hall by Athanar's wife. Tension, as you can imagine, is high.

Where we are now in the game - all the men-at-arms have just finished a drill type thing under the new captain/commander, Coenred. Thornden, the man who Eodwine had put into the position of captain, etc., is Coenred's .... lieutenant, you might say. He's under him, anyway.

One of Athanar's men-at-arms was for some reason unable to be with the others at the time of the drill, and he got into a fight with the Scarburgian man named Erbrand. Erbrand in the heat of the moment nearly strangled Scyrr to death and when he thought he was dead, he came to himself and realized his own danger and ran. Before he could leave he was met up by another Scarburgian man named Lithor (a man-at-arms who quite unintentionally got mixed up the wrong way with Athanar the previous night) and he and Lithor left together...

So, right now, Scyrr has just been found, Athanar has been allerted about what happened to him, Lithor's absence has not been verified, and I have a vague feeling the place is about to errupt. Good luck slipping unnoticed into the story.

Does that help? Anything else I should add, anyone?

-- Foley

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Folwren

Does that help? Anything else I should add, anyone?

You have basically summed up the most important general events very well. I would only add that if you want any help with introducing your character into the story, Eorl, you might as well try to ask us around here. I mean: it's probably the easiest if you come up with a character to your own likes, and then unless you have a good idea yourself, you can ask around and we might help you to find his place. Basically there can be "old" soldiers, "new" soldiers* (including soldiers from Edoras from the King himself, who however are expected to leave back home later - though that's still some time and certainly an excuse could be devised for a single person who'd wish to stay, or something ), (old) peasants, whatnot... and of course you can even introduce somebody from the outside, if you really wanted (though that'd prove a bit more tricky, but only a bit)...

*There are a few "half-NPC" characters who don't have much of a character up to now and whom you could pick and develop if you didn't have any better idea - though I assume you'd have an idea of your own, too.

[Thinlómien]

Nice to see you're interested, Eorl. I hope Folwren and Legate have satisfied your curiousity for starters, if not just ask. We like new writers.

[Eorl of Rohan]

The Shire Roleplay Form that I sent Piosenniel have been received with profound silence, so I decided to tackle the 18 pages of the Meadhall in the meantime. I'm on page 9 as of now. Heh. Rowenna is so cute! And so is Eodwine. And Erbrand. And Dan, too, he's adorable. And Oeric. And Scyld!

PS. shaggydog? Winterfell?

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Eorl of Rohan

The Shire Roleplay Form that I sent Piosenniel have been received with profound silence, so I decided to tackle the 18 pages of the Meadhall in the meantime. I'm on page 9 as of now. Heh. Rowenna is so cute! And so is Eodwine. And Erbrand. And Dan, too, he's adorable. And Oeric. And Scyld!

PS. shaggydog? Winterfell?

Now you have set yourself a really demanding task, Eorl But if you manage to read it all, you'll probably be better "updated" than many of us (also with having it all fresh in the memory).

I think the relevant part most related to today starts somewhere in about half of page 13, in the lower half there is a post by Nogrod entitled 11th November, that's where many of the new characters who are active now come into the picture. Sadly, many of the old characters have disappeared (basically all you have named are not around anymore... their players are not, at least). Anyway, so if you feel you can read all the thread, I think it'll be brilliant, however if you felt you cannot, maybe it'll be better to focus more on the later pages (but given that you've made it this far...)

[Eorl of Rohan]

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

Now you have set yourself a really demanding task, Eorl But if you manage to read it all, you'll probably be better "updated" than many of us (also with having it all fresh in the memory).

It's 3:16 in the morning and I have just finished. Wow. You've all certainly played an exciting RPG, haven't you? o_o
Though the question remains, how am I to integrate a new character into this hopelessly bizarre and completely absorbing storyline?
Although I would be glad to take charge of Scyrr, he seems my type of character. Is it okay for me to take him as my character?
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[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Hey, if you want to take him, I would be happy to give him to your custody And at least I will have a good counterpart for Hilderinc there. In that case you could also decide what exactly is his condition. I will entrust him to you in hope that you will not treat him with any discontinuity with his previous personality, but looking positively forward to how you are going to unfold his character...

If not, otherwise, you can easily invent a soldier of your own, too.

And yes, it's been an interesting one. You've made quite a feat in reading all the stuff... so if you are decided, welcome among us and I am looking forward to your posting...