Scarburg Meadhall Discussion Thread

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Firefoot

I need to get Scyld back into action as well... time for him to go stir something up with someone, I guess. Anyone interested?

If there's nobody better, Hilderinc could possibly serve that purpose as well. Maybe also him being the quieter type, Scyld won't be as much afraid of exposing himself, as he seems to with most people (to be honest, I don't have much of a clear picture of Scyld's character, but then I think I got the main point and anyway, maybe I don't need to know more than my characters do. Or if I do, I can always be informed by you or something).

That said, I am still only a bit more than halfway through of what had happened since Eodwine's arrival, but it seems to be very entertatining this far And unless there comes something totally groundbreaking in the last couple of posts, I think Hilderinc will be ready to face anybody approaching him or whatever. (And if nobody wants to approach him after all, then I will probably post for him myself anyway, after I finish reading the rest of the posts, hopefully by tomorrow.)

Originally Posted by Gwathagor

Crabannan may have deserted from the Rohirrim (under what circumstances, I can't recall) and he also seems to think he recognizes Hilderinc from that period.

Oh yes, I see. I recall Crabannan thinking some stuff about his past earlier and somesuch (Hilderinc himself considers Crabannan rather mysterious, as much as I recall, and Crabannan seemed to avoid discussion with him several times, even though it might have been just a set of coincidences). Whatever - if you ever wish to elaborate on that, though, we can just double-check that you are not "off" of Hilderinc's past timeline or such (I can brief you more about that, if need be). But it's no big matter, I assume. And of course in case of conflict of data we can always say that memory is faulty, or that it wasn't Hilderinc at all whom Crabannan remembers.

Actually, my question was not exactly aimed at this, really, as I posted it before I have read the thread, it was more like a preemptive question in case some event or clash or whatever was expected or debated in the discussion thread, yet not mentioned on the game thread itself (as I am not really planning to go through all the discussion posts I've missed) - just so that I won't be surprised if something important happened.

[Gwathagor]

Yeah, I don't know whether or not it will turn into anything. But there it is.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Gwathagor

Yeah, I don't know whether or not it will turn into anything. But there it is.

Yes, that's what it more or less seemed to me as well. So whether, whenever, it's all up to you.

I'm still rather amused at the dramas taking place in Scarburg as I read the thread, getting just better and better I pity I haven't been present when it all was happening.

[Firefoot]

Legate - here's a rundown on Scyld for you:

I originally created him for an RPG called Abduction in Edoras, which was a side-RPG to the original Eorling Meadhall thread in which one of the Meadhall characters, Linduial, was abducted because of her status as Gondorian nobility. Her abductor was a man named Sorn, who was the original landholder of the Scarburg lands. Scyld was a lackey of his, you might say - sort of a jack-of-all-trades servingman, and one of Linduial's jailors.

Scyld had a tough life - his father basically sold him to Sorn because of debt, and Sorn wasn't a terribly nice person. Understandably, he had (has) some trust issues and a fairly large collection of unsavory skills, but Linduial won him over enough that Scyld ended up helping her escape. Although she promised him pardon for his role in her kidnapping, he didn't trust the Rohan authorities enough to go with her.

But when he found out that the Eorl's seat was moving from Edoras to the newly-named Scarburg, his curiosity got the best of him to find out just what these people were like that Linduial was so fond of. So he took on an assumed name (since he didn't know if Linduial may have mentioned him at some point) and has been living at Scarburg for... five months maybe? He arrived shortly after the hall moved to Scarburg.

So you can see why he'd be pretty reluctant to let his true identity be known, being a fugitive and all that. Hope this helps.

I'm not sure what work still needs doing at the hall, but maybe Scyld and one or more of the other characters looking for interaction (Hilderinc, Quin, Crabannan) could get involved in the same task?

[Folwren]

Originally Posted by Firefoot

I'm not sure what work still needs doing at the hall, but maybe Scyld and one or more of the other characters looking for interaction (Hilderinc, Quin, Crabannan) could get involved in the same task?

Good thought. I had an idea that we might write some about some building project going on, but I didn't know what stuff of interest would happen there.

-- Folwren

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Thanks for the info on Scyld, Firefoot! That was very helpful. And so now I assume everyone knows him only as this "Nydfara", right?

And as for the idea of making people interact during some task, I agree.

Originally Posted by Folwren

Good thought. I had an idea that we might write some about some building project going on, but I didn't know what stuff of interest would happen there.

-- Folwren

Didn't somebody just mention (as I was reading through the thread, this "just" could mean more than a month ago, but anyway) that there isn't a place for the sheep in Scarburg? Maybe that's something that could be done (especially with winter coming).

[Firefoot]

Yep, Scyld's only known as Nydfara.

A sheep shelter sounds good to me. I'll try to work on a post later on today.