Friends of Nimrodel: Tapestry of Dreams - Discussion

[Celuien]

Originally Posted by Aylwen Dreamsong

Another thing to think about: What dream is strong enough to take the women away from the ones they care about (aka Mellondu/Amroth, Ædegard, Nethwador) and wouldn't they tell these dreams to the menfolk anyway? Maybe the men don't believe them? It would have to be a pretty compelling dream to take the women into the wild.

Brainstorming...

Maybe it's a dream that's more than a dream where Nimrodel or Mithrellas mysteriously put an overwhelming compulsion to leave into their heads. Or they hear poor Gwyllion calling to them, though that vision would logically go to Aeron as well since it looks like he's the one who has to release her - which might not work if he's being dropped. They could slip out in the middle of the night under the 'control' of their dreams and have their disappearance cause concern to everyone else (who wouldn't really know, but might guess what happened) when they're missed in the morning.

Anyway, the women would have to leave in fairly quick succession in order to avoid their companions taking steps to prevent them from vanishing. Once the men know that something's going on after one disappearance, they'd be on the watch for further trouble.