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Desultory Dwimmerlaik
Join Date: Mar 2002
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I want to share this passage from Morgoth’s Ring; The Later Quenta Silmarillion (II); “Laws and Customs among the Eldar”; ‘Of Re-birth and other Dooms of Those That Go to Mandos’:
This concerns the fëar (spirits) of those of the Elves who, when their body dies, refuse the call of Mandos to the Halls of Waiting. It gives some precedent for Evil to have overtaken some of the Elves. If you do plan to use Evil Elves, I would like to see them based along these lines – not Elves who chose to do evil but who made the unfortunate choice to refuse the summons to the Halls of Mandos at their bodies’ death and whose Houseless fëar were then called in by whatever incarnation of Shadow there was at the time. I would also like their number to be limited – though you could perhaps have some of them who have come from the Necromancer at Dol Guldur, or they may have been Houseless spirits who overcame the Elven guard that’s gone missing at the border – taking their bodies as needed and killing the others with the aid of the orcs. Quote:
Now, about the Dwarven Rings of Power: I’m not sure how you are planning to use them – and how many you are planning to have in the possession of the Evil Elves. One would be preferable as a maximum in my opinion. They were all under the dominion of the One Ring of Sauron. So Sauron will be aware of their use, even if he does not at the moment have the Ring of Power on his hand. And any who wears one, he can bend to his will and in the end utterly enslave them. Quote:
Tolkien does discuss the powers of the lesser rings in Letter #131, also. I do want any appearance of unusual or greatly overpowering magical abilities conferred on the wearers of the lesser rings of power. Tolkien states in the same letter as above that the chief power of all the rings alike was: Quote:
The 3 Elven rings of power, it is stated in this same letter, did not confer invisibility. And they remained unsullied by Sauron. __________________________________ So, a couple of questions here, to consider as you plan the game: 1.) How will you introduce the idea of these evil Elves into the game? Their origin, and how they now fit into your storyline, I think, will need to be documented in the History section that precedes the Storyline section of the Proposal. 2.) How many will you introduce into the game? Will they be carry-along characters or will some one actually play one. If there are to be evil Elf characters played – then I want them to be done by the game’s planners, so that the other moderator and I can see those character bios and histories prior to putting the Game up as a Discussion Thread. We will require that these characters be very carefully done, and do not stray beyond the bounds that Tolkien crafted for his Elves. 3.) How many Dwarven rings of power will your evil Elves have? 4.) What specific powers do you see being conferred on the wearers? How are their natural Elven powers enhanced. 5.) Since none of this finding of a lesser ring of power or evil Elves is mentioned in the LotR or its Appendices, how are you going to wrap this game up so that such an incident passes out of memory and is not recorded? __________________________________ While I have you – I have another request concerning Elven characters. Hair color is preferably dark (black or dark brown) or yellow. Eyes are grey as Tolkien specified (though we will accept variations of grey-blues). No red-haired, green or violet eyed elves from Lothlorien or Mirkwood. Also, Tolkien’s female Elves do not usually go into battle – so most of your characters will need to be male if they are involved in the battles. Just some things to consider. Thanks! ~*~ Pio, Game Moderator |
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