Númenórean Blood Runs Black Planning/Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Dunwen · 03-29-2006, 12:17 AM

Greetings from RL, all. My apologies for not getting back to the game sooner, but work has been getting more intense over the last 6 weeks. I've posted a save so Nimir can participate in the battle at hand. Hopefully things are quiet for the next month, so I'll be able to actually *write posts*.

Thinlómien · 03-29-2006, 06:15 AM

Great to see you around, Dunwen. I feared you had mysteriously disappeared.

I'm rather amused by the names in this game. The Ráca is pronounced like 'raaka' in Finnish which means raw or savage. Also I presume the 'cura' part in Curamir is pronounced like 'kura' in Finnish which means mud. And the 'nimi' part of Nimir reminds me of Finnish 'nimi' which means name. So I'm sailing aboard the Raw with Mudmir and Name-r...

Dunwen · 03-29-2006, 05:06 PM

Thinlómien wrote:

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Great to see you around, Dunwen. I feared you had mysteriously disappeared.

<groans> Only into bowels of bookkeeping, but I have escaped my chains for a brief time -- Wheeeeeee!!!!

Lommy, I made a reference in my post to the bit where your would-be killer is stopped by a couple of arrows (go archers! go archers!), but if it seems too far-fetched, or you have other objections, I'll be happy to edit that part out. Just let me know.

Alcarillo · 03-29-2006, 08:26 PM

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I'm rather amused by the names in this game. The Ráca is pronounced like 'raaka' in Finnish which means raw or savage.

Ráca is a Quenya word for wolf, actually, so the savage definition is not far off. Maybe Tolkien saw the Finnish word and thought it would make a nice word for wolf. He did make Quenya to sound like Finnish.

Dunwen - Glad to see ya! Great post. And not to be nit-picky, but I think the corsair archers were in a line on deck, not in the masts. I think Arry called it a firing line in one of his posts. And it'd be a rather dangerous keeping lit braziers in the rigging.

Dunwen · 03-30-2006, 12:16 AM

Thanks for the welcome back, Cap'n -- it was a pain in certain body parts to be AWOL so long.

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Dunwen - Glad to see ya! Great post. And not to be nit-picky, but I think the corsair archers were in a line on deck, not in the masts. I think Arry called it a firing line in one of his posts. And it'd be a rather dangerous keeping lit braziers in the rigging.

Bother! Off to do a re-write

Thanks for pointing that out!

Thinlómien · 03-30-2006, 02:45 AM

Great post, Dunwen. I think the reference was okay. I even quite liked it.

One thing: I think it's Lebennin, not Lebinnin. (I might be wrong.)

And "spawn of Sauron" amuses me.

Firefoot · 04-04-2006, 05:11 PM

Well, the fight has been going on for a while (RL time, that is) - I think we need to start looking at who still wants to get up fighting posts and then move on. Maybe that's what this game needs is a change of pace. As far as I can tell, what needs to happen is the Gondorians need to be forced back off the F&F (ideas, anyone?), and the rest of the Corsair ships need to make their escape. And after that...? I don't think Perky was ever very specific on what he intended to happen past the Corsair city being taken and them defeated. So would we like to look at anything else happening in between?

pio - did Perky have some sort of timeline of events?

03-29-2006, 12:17 AM	#1
Dunwen Wight Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 107	Greetings from RL, all. My apologies for not getting back to the game sooner, but work has been getting more intense over the last 6 weeks. I've posted a save so Nimir can participate in the battle at hand. Hopefully things are quiet for the next month, so I'll be able to actually write posts. Last edited by Dunwen; 03-29-2006 at 12:48 AM.

03-29-2006, 06:15 AM	#2
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Great to see you around, Dunwen. I feared you had mysteriously disappeared. I'm rather amused by the names in this game. The Ráca is pronounced like 'raaka' in Finnish which means raw or savage. Also I presume the 'cura' part in Curamir is pronounced like 'kura' in Finnish which means mud. And the 'nimi' part of Nimir reminds me of Finnish 'nimi' which means name. So I'm sailing aboard the Raw with Mudmir and Name-r... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

03-30-2006, 02:45 AM	#6
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Great post, Dunwen. I think the reference was okay. I even quite liked it. One thing: I think it's Lebennin, not Lebinnin. (I might be wrong.) And "spawn of Sauron" amuses me. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

04-04-2006, 05:11 PM	#7
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Well, the fight has been going on for a while (RL time, that is) - I think we need to start looking at who still wants to get up fighting posts and then move on. Maybe that's what this game needs is a change of pace. As far as I can tell, what needs to happen is the Gondorians need to be forced back off the F&F (ideas, anyone?), and the rest of the Corsair ships need to make their escape. And after that...? I don't think Perky was ever very specific on what he intended to happen past the Corsair city being taken and them defeated. So would we like to look at anything else happening in between? pio - did Perky have some sort of timeline of events?