The Ambassador's Son Discussion Thread

[Earendil Halfelven]

GAME ENDS THE EVENING OF SATURDAY MAY 30.

Ok, Devon is dead and the corsairs are captured. You guys who still have characters can post after-battle posts. Tomorrow I'll post of the fleet returning to Umbar to try Doran and the surviving corsairs for treason, murder, etc.
We can end on this saturday.

This is the last stretch, guys. Only two days left.

Nuranar, I've always been under the impression that the corsairs capture everyone before being beaten by the arriving gondorians. But oh well, I've posted that the Gondorians capture Doran while the battle is finishing up. I'll fix my post where Jurex dies in two different ways.

Pio-I'll pm you when we're finished.

[piosenniel]

Thanks, Earendil!

I'll close the game then and leave the Discussion Thread open for a few days to catch any farewells.

~*~ Pio

[Nuranar]

Wow, I go away for the day and see what happens! I've really enjoyed writing this story, but frankly, it'll be quite a relief when it's done.

Himaran, I'm so glad the death of Jurex is fine with you. And thanks for sighting the Gondorians; it helps to tie the story together.

Earendil, terrific work! Thanks for moving it along so swiftly. And I'm glad that the confusion has sort of... resolved itself. Your posts are great.

Durelin and Aman, marvelous job! I haven't read many death scenes from the protagonist's side. And both of you, your writing is incredibly vivid and graphic (in a good way, of course ). I enjoyed your posts very much.

I'll get up at least one more post for Calnan. One thing, though: How many loose ends do we tie up? We've got Meri without Avershire, of course; I'd hate to just leave the girl on the beach like that. Then there's Devon himself; do we drag Ambassador Thrann back in? Or can he just stay fallen out of the story?

Then there's our "fellowship," if you will. I suppose Telson (if Arvedui can post for him one last time) will get back to his duties. He seems the loner type. Adeline has a family in Umbar; I'm fuzzy on the details now, but she does have a life she can get back to. As for Callath and Calnan, they were pretty close to Devon and it'll hit them hard. Aman, you've shown pretty well how this is for Callath, even for the "new" friends he's made and lost. Calnan was rethinking his political career earlier in the story anyway, so he'll be returning to Gondor, at least en route to someplace else. If he asks Callath to go with him, would Callath be interested?

Finally, our secondary characters. After taking such good care of Sedal and Orda (way to go, Callath! er, Aman), I wouldn't like them to have to fend for themselves in the struggles of restoring Umbar to tranquility. Plus there's Callath's friend Rilgari, a seaman without a captain. I know in real life things don't just end neatly, but also in real life people are forced to make decisions and do something with the rest of their lives, even after a major crisis of these proportions.

Do you think I'm going into too much detail here? I plead guilty by reason of perfectionism.

The end is in sight!
~ Nuranar

[Earendil Halfelven]

Nuranar , you bring up good points that probably should be resolved, either in a negative or positive way so that we just don't leave any loose ends hanging. Calnan, Callath, and Adeline can take out everything at Doran's trial where I plan on having him executed by hanging. They can testify against him and be present at his execution. That would be the most realistic end, IMHO.

As for Acacia, I don't think that it would be likely that she would be executed. She wasn't seen by any Gondorians while in Umbar. The only person to really have anything against her would be Adeline. Acacia was mostly working behind the scenes. But we'll let Acacia decide her fate!

Jurex is dead and so is Devon. I think Ambassador Thrann should only be mentioned in like a post about Devon's funeral, which Calnan, Callath, and Adeline would probably have for him. I think, realisticly, that Ambassador Thrann would have been removed for being so blind and naive with Doran and letting him take so much control.

Secondary characters-everyone just tie up whoever they control. I don't know all the personal stories for each one because of the length of this game. Sound good, Nuranar?

Earendil, terrific work!

Thanks, Nuranar, and right back at ya!

[Himaran]

Ok - I will put in a final post for Graring this afternoon.

Himaran

[Earendil Halfelven]

I just noticed that I posted that the game ends on Saturday May 30th. Well, today is Saturday but its the 29th. Tomorrow is the 30th. So, if we can end today, GREAT! If you guys need to post end posts tomorrow, than GREAT! But I'm going to post Doran's end today and let the Gondorians play off of the execution scene.

EDIT: I guess I should wait for others to post after me until I post, so that way I don't post after me.

[Himaran]

Professional:

Ok, I will post about Graring coming to the shore the next day and finding the Gondorian fleet gone.

Nuranor/Durelin/Piosenniel:

I think that Nuranor's post should be moved in front of Durelin's preceding post; it is slightly off chronologically.

Personal:

Guys, this has been a great RPG. It had a great backstory and was well directed. I am extremely sad that Maikafanawen has disappeared; she was probably the most enthusiastic Barrowdowner I know.

However, I am extremely happy that we followed her last request. We pulled it together, started posting, and finished the game on schedule in an professional fashion. Thanks for being great co-writers and overall, a fun group.

Umbar, Umbar, Umbar!

The happiest Barrowdowner,
Himaran