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Boromir88 · 12-29-2010, 01:45 PM

I shall be a Maia of Mandos, and orc-sympathizer. Proud Chair-person of the "Orcs have Spirits too" movement.

Nogrod · 12-29-2010, 06:05 PM

Ohh Boro... sorry I have not revealed any further info yet (well I checked the actual timelines only today to be honest), but your request is impossible as there are no orcs yet when the game begins. It was a nice idea...

So let me state it here:

The game begins in the era where everyone is waiting for the Firstborn to emerge in the Middle-Earth. Yavanna and Oromë are roaming the M-E with some Maiar either accompanying them, or some of the Maiar being there more or less on their own, whatever their reason for being there is...

Melkor has heard about the dwarves through his spies but has not been able to locate the sleeping ones - therefore the idea of catching some of the Maiar dwelling in the M-E at the time... It is more or less Valian year 4500 when we begin the game (you have been captured around that time or a bit earlier).

So all of you players are Maiar who have never seen an elf, an orc... or a dwarf or a human to that matter. Things will start to pour outside your prison soon enough, but I'm afraid little of it will get to you wretched guys in the deepest recesses of Utumno... even if some of the great turns of history might affect you at least indirectly.

Boromir88 · 12-30-2010, 01:23 AM

No worries Nog, I didn't take into consideration the timeframe you had in mind. In that case,

I shall still be a Maia of Mandos, the interpretter of dreams.

(or would that put me in Vaire territory?)

skip spence · 12-30-2010, 05:35 AM

Sorry if this has been specified already but when are you planning to start this?

I might join if the starting date is in a few days from now, preferably around Jan 1st.

Nerwen · 12-30-2010, 07:39 AM

You'd better take me off the "maybe" list, Nog– I'm definitely not going to be able to play, much to my regret.

Sorry not to let you know earlier, but it wasn't certain until today.

Nogrod · 12-30-2010, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skip spence

I might join if the starting date is in a few days from now, preferably around Jan 1st.

We're actually starting on your date of choice! So welcome Skip!

Sorry to see you can't make it Nerwen.

About 47 hours to the go!

Thinlómien · 12-31-2010, 08:06 AM

Okay, confirming. I'm in.

And if that's not too much interfering on Boro's territory of dream-interpretation, I'll be a maia who lives in Lórien and paints the dreams of those sleeping there.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-31-2010, 08:12 AM

You can make my sign-up confirmed as well.

And I see we have alredy several Maiar associated with water, but they are rather differently defined than what I had in mind, so I hope it won't be such a big deal to make me a Maia associated with the unfathomed depths of the world's seas but also with the waters surrounding Arda in the outer space...

skip spence · 12-31-2010, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nogrod

We're actually starting on your date of choice! So welcome Skip!

Alright then!

Haven't read the rules nor the theme yet other than in passing and no time for that right now either but I'll be a follower of Aule with an avid interest in behavioural sciences.

12-29-2010, 01:45 PM	#1
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	I shall be a Maia of Mandos, and orc-sympathizer. Proud Chair-person of the "Orcs have Spirits too" movement. __________________ Fenris Penguin

12-29-2010, 06:05 PM	#2
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	Ohh Boro... sorry I have not revealed any further info yet (well I checked the actual timelines only today to be honest), but your request is impossible as there are no orcs yet when the game begins. It was a nice idea... So let me state it here: The game begins in the era where everyone is waiting for the Firstborn to emerge in the Middle-Earth. Yavanna and Oromë are roaming the M-E with some Maiar either accompanying them, or some of the Maiar being there more or less on their own, whatever their reason for being there is... Melkor has heard about the dwarves through his spies but has not been able to locate the sleeping ones - therefore the idea of catching some of the Maiar dwelling in the M-E at the time... It is more or less Valian year 4500 when we begin the game (you have been captured around that time or a bit earlier). So all of you players are Maiar who have never seen an elf, an orc... or a dwarf or a human to that matter. Things will start to pour outside your prison soon enough, but I'm afraid little of it will get to you wretched guys in the deepest recesses of Utumno... even if some of the great turns of history might affect you at least indirectly. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

12-30-2010, 01:23 AM	#3
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	No worries Nog, I didn't take into consideration the timeframe you had in mind. In that case, I shall still be a Maia of Mandos, the interpretter of dreams. (or would that put me in Vaire territory?) __________________ Fenris Penguin

12-30-2010, 05:35 AM	#4
skip spence shadow of a doubt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the streets Posts: 1,125	Sorry if this has been specified already but when are you planning to start this? I might join if the starting date is in a few days from now, preferably around Jan 1st. __________________ "You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way" ~ Bob Dylan

12-30-2010, 07:39 AM	#5
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	You'd better take me off the "maybe" list, Nog– I'm definitely not going to be able to play, much to my regret. Sorry not to let you know earlier, but it wasn't certain until today. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

12-31-2010, 08:06 AM	#7
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Okay, confirming. I'm in. And if that's not too much interfering on Boro's territory of dream-interpretation, I'll be a maia who lives in Lórien and paints the dreams of those sleeping there. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

12-31-2010, 08:12 AM	#8
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	You can make my sign-up confirmed as well. And I see we have alredy several Maiar associated with water, but they are rather differently defined than what I had in mind, so I hope it won't be such a big deal to make me a Maia associated with the unfathomed depths of the world's seas but also with the waters surrounding Arda in the outer space... __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

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