The Great Golden Hoard Game Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Sleepy Ranger · 08-12-2006, 10:27 AM

Ransley was making his way silently in his chosen direction, one hand resting gently on the hilt of his sword. "Stupid Eoln..." is all he could think of as he moved forward. He had by no means made any attempt to hide his hate for the elf. Along his path he had carved, "Eoln is a sissy elf." into various things. It wasn't long till he arrived at a river. The bank would be a perfect place to carve another message for the stupid elf. He drew his short sword and dropped to a knee and began to carve 'E-O-L-N I-S A S-I-S-S-Y E-L-F'. He then seathed his short sword as he rose back to his feet.

He streched his arms and looked forward. "That's interesting..." he thought as he noticed a yellowish-brown bear fishing on the opposite end. He looked at it for a while, fully aware that the bear too knew of his presence. The bear however kept fishing, seeing no reaction Ransley decided to cross the river but the moment he put a foot into the water the bear turned to him and growled. "Ah... how damned." thought Ransley as he withdrew his foot, careful not to look the bear in the eye.

He begin to move into the river slowly and steadily, both hands away from his swords. No point making the bear think he was a threat. Animal evasion came natural to Ransley and a bear was an easy one. He knew well enough it would be a waste of energy to charm a beast such as this when he could just get away from it in a snap of his fingers, not literally but around that easily. He took a deep breath and repeated the steps in his mind, "Walk backwards and away from the bear slowly, keep speaking calmly and loudly and do not look into its eyes." All check.

He would need a way to get across though. He had not thought of that, luckily there were a couple of thin tress on the bank. He did not want to but had little choice at present. He drew his sword and cut one of the thin trees from the bottom, letting it fall diagonaly across the river. He fell a few more and placed them the same way forming a makeshift bridge leading diagonally away from the bear. "Here goes..."

Ransley put a foot onto the bridge, he was aware that his steps would have to be quick and light and all the while he would have to concentrate on not looking the bear straight in the eye and speaking calmly and loudly. The odds were not quite in his favor, just how he liked it. So he began, barely letting a foot touch the ground as he made his way across. Looking at the bear but not into it's eyes while speaking calmly and loudly, "I am only an illusion, pay me no heed. Go back to your fishing as I vanish into the distance. Look at yummy salmon, mmm tasty, go on and reach in. Pick one up and take a bite."

By now Ransley had reached the other end of the river, the side where the bear was. The bear had still not diverted it's attention from Ransley just as he had suspected but it was no need to worry all he had to do was keep doing th... oh damn... the bear had started to advance towards him. Well there was still no need to worry, plenty of trees around. "If thats how you want to play you big lagoot..." He drew his metallic sheet. "Come and get me."

Ransley ducked behind a tree as the bear approached him, turning away from the bear as it turned towards him. He kept moving from tree to tree whenever he found an opening as the bear kept cricling each tree Ransley passed. A couple of minutes later Ransley had completed a complete circle and found himself behind the bear. Not exactly something he had wished to do but the bear just did not seem natural to him. It was trying too hard, he drew his short sword as the bear began to circle the tree and impaled it in the top right corner of his neck taking a pot shot to his head with his metallic sheet after that.

The bear stumbled forward a bit and dropped to it's side. Ransley put the sheet back in his bag and moved over to the bear slowly. He searched around for and medicinal plants and then soaked them in the river. He then pulled his sword out of the bear's neck and pressed the plants against them. It was a tough animal, it would make it through. Once he was done nursing the bear he went over to where it was fishing and found a few salmon there. He picked them up and dropped them down near the bear. "You'll need these, champ."

He smiled at the bear and went back to the river drawing his short sword. A few fish wouldn't hurt him either. He waited there for a while and caught a good number of them himself. He looked them over, almost twenty of them. He grinned and placed just one in his bag. "They spoil fast, this will do for dinner." He then went over to the bear and dropped the rest of the fish by it. "You'll need these too, champ." To his surprise the bear raised his head and nodded letting out a low growl as to say thank you.

Ransley nodded back at the bear. "And remember Eoln is a sissy elf." With that Ransley headed off, continuing his journey till nightfall.

Naria · 08-12-2006, 12:36 PM

Narleah wasn't in the best of moods this day. The suns rays were relentless upon her head and her floppy hat provided little relief. It was extremely hot, making Narleah more and more miserable with every step. "Bah, is this treasure really worth all of this?" She scowled. Soon she came upon a thicket of berries that looked to have been cleaned out of its supply. "Aye, I wonder who or what has been here....and not too long ago either." She pondered this for a moment. Narleah figured that the culprit must have been the one that introduced himself to her as Novogord the night before. She was not at all impressed with the carnage that took place and kicked the bush in front of her. Almost immediately berries fell onto her foot and rolled to the ground. Narleah was very hungry and wanted desperately to eat some of the swollen fruit.

She took her hat off to examine the situation and give her head a scratch, "hmmm of course, this will work!" Holding the hat out in front of her. Narleah knelt down to take a closer look at what the bushes held for her and spied a copious amount of berries hanging from the bottom. "Ah ha, he didn't take all of them." With an evil grin on her face, she tasted one, then another and another. "Mmmm so good," smacking her lips together she filled her hat. Narleah groaned, "This will not do, I am so hungry and these will be finished before I leave here." She needed to fill her belly and just then a thought occurred to her, I am small and these berries are lower to the ground, I wonder if I were to lay down and pull myself under them. She lay on her back and pulled herself underneath the thicket. "Yes, this will work just fine" She said with a proud tone in her voice. Narleah was so close to the berries that she didn't even need to use her hands, she just raised her head off of the ground and began plucking the berries off with her teeth. If someone had not seen her wiggle under the bush, one would have assumed that a boar or a small bear was in the thicket gorging itself. The sounds that Narleah was making was horrendous, loud slurping, slapping and gulping noises as she swallowed each mouth full. She was having quite a time in her blueberry world.

A large belch escaped her belly and Narleah was satisfied. She wiggled her way out of her feeding den, wiping her face with the back of her sleeve as she picked up her berry filled hat and continued on. However, what Narleah did not realize was the mess on her face. She had blueberries everywhere! The pulp and skins were caught in her teeth, beard and hair; not to mention the juice, it was all over her skin. Narleah looked like a hairy blueberry, she was oblivious to what she looked like, nor would she have cared, and set off into a now setting sun.

Valier · 08-12-2006, 12:51 PM

The sun began to set on the second day. The wind was dying down and the adventurers began to settle down for the night after a long day. One traveller did not move that day, Galadster felt ill from the sun on the first day and decided to stay put at his first camp till he felt well enough to continue. (did not finish in 36 hours)

Night 2 has now begun, You have 24 hours.

Players please pm me your votes for your daily favorite, these are due in by the start of Day 3 (24hrs)

Players that may converse are in groups as follows...

Group 1
Eomeleo
Valesseka

Group 2
Thin-Gloomy
Ransley

Group 3
Galadster

Group 4
Glirdingo

Group 5
Narleah
Novgorod

Group 6
Kafkalina

All players that are in their own groups, may not converse with other players on this night, players in the same group may chat away....

Valier · 08-12-2006, 12:59 PM

I present the second Mod Award to..........Narleah!!!!! For her hilarious and messy,Feeding frenzy of a hungry SheDwarf!!

Valesse · 08-12-2006, 02:59 PM

The wind howlled grotesquely over Valesseka's thick, grassy haven where she had decided to stop for the night. It was the best place the Arnorian could figure to stay surrounded in the large plains. Here a hip-high cliff had formed in the usually gentle rolling expanse. She had greedily collected some of the taller grasses around to make a nice bed for herself, but in a spurt of boredom, started weaving it through the nearby living blades. Soon she had a fairly well-sized mat created, and let it flop over onto of her declared living space. I bet I'm ahead, she grinned to herself, sure that Éomeléo had fallen behind, or even better, not found the open plains that she had stumbled (quite literally) through.

Rubbing her face with care, Valesseka shivered. It was dry now, and she had yet to experiance the blustery sting of the frozen Misty Mountains. This journey was not going to be easy on her.

Just then she heard something coming through the grass... from the sound of it, it was large. Her eyes bugged out a little, scared to think what or who it might be. After a number of moments she mustered up the courage to turn her head and peek through the grass only to see that unmistakeable hat. I was ahead! How could this be?! she privately steamed. With a sigh Valesseka inspected her hidden camp, and stood up. "Hail, Lord Éomeléo!" that scummy man must have followed me! "There is shelter from the wind here... Come share it with me." With a kindly smile the girl sat down, secretly wishing that he was too disoriented by the gusts to ever get to her abode.

Naria · 08-12-2006, 07:31 PM

Narleah was a very tired and a very full dwarf. "Ugh, I couldn't eat another bite," she sighed as she plopped herself down beside the fire. Whilst giving her arse a good scratch, she couldn't help wondering where that Novogrod man had gotten himself. She remembered him humming a tune that her uncle sang every so often, but she couldn't remember the name of it nor be bothered to remember. Narleah was a tougher sort and having the males around her treating her like she was not to be seen outside was more than enough for her to have no second thoughts on taking such a journey as this.

She sat up and scanned the area for him, "that must have been him that got to the berries first, but where is his fire?" She was wondering where this man was only because she was extremely full and knew that there was no chance of getting to sleep any time soon. She was in need of some conversation. Aye, there he be. Narleah spotted him not more than a few trees away and he had a fire going. "hmmm wonder why I didn't see that before," she said with a shrug. Narleah pulled herself up off the ground and walked over to his camp. With outstretched hat, she offered her berries to him....well actually to share with him, she wouldn't have wanted all of the berries to be his.

"Er-hm...I don't know if I introduced myself yesternight. My name is Narleah." With that she sat down without Novgorod's approval. "I cannot recall the name of that song that you were humming....sir....sire?....lord?" She had no idea how to address him, with being kept away she didn't know how to act, nor how to talk to other people. Narleah pulled nervously on her beard, flicking pieces of berry into the fire.

Nogrod · 08-12-2006, 07:52 PM

Novgorod found a nice shelter between some boulders as the night was drawing closer. He lit a fire with the shrubs and then came up with some thicker logs from the nearby stunted birches. Soon enough he was having a merry campfire going on. The evening was just perfect: the air was not cold and the stars lighted the sky. Everything seemed to be as they would have to be; peace and quiet.

He was leaning backwards to a boulder, enjoying the warmth of the fire and the Blueberries he occasionally picked from his basket as he heard the sound of someone approaching. He was feeling too lazy to sprint up right away. The moment was too relaxed. Just from the routine, he took hold of the hilt of his sword and stared to the falling darkness of the surrounding landscape where the noises had come from.

Soon enough a figure of a dwarf appeared into the sphere of the fire. It was Narleah, the dwarf he had met the night before. She offered him some berries from her hat. Novgorod quickly showed his self-made basket almost full of berries to her and she retreated the offer.

They looked at each other for a while. Then the dwarf began: "Er-hm...I don't know if I introduced myself yesternight. My name is Narleah." With that she sat down without Novgorod's approval. "I cannot recall the name of that song that you were humming....sir....sire?....lord?" Narleah pulled nervously on her beard, flicking pieces of berry into the fire.

“Narleah! Welcome to the fire my friend! Just call me Novgo’”, Novgorod answered cheerily, casting away his doubts about the non-talkativeness of his company of this second night. “Sad you don’t remember the song, but maybe later...”, he said, pulling his breath as he was disappointed with the news. “If you have some water, we could make tea for two again”.

After a nod from Narleah, Novgorod added some more leaves to the kettle and gave the oncoming tea a new twist. “This will be a little strong, but I’ve got not so much water anymore” he told Narleah and smiled to her, passing his basket of Blueberries to the dwarf.

Glirdan · 08-12-2006, 07:54 PM

"Ahhh! Peace and quiet," Glirdingo said aloud to the starry night. It seemed that he was the only one had changed directions. "That just means I get to enjoy the peace and tranquility of this beautiful night."

He took out a piece of lembas, broke it in half and put the other piece back in his bag for toorrow's breakfast. He also took his canteen out of his sack and took a drink. He had filled it at a a little stream that he had passed on the day's journey.

After eating and drinking, he decided to take a little stroll in the moonlight, soaking in all the beauty that was shown to him in the moonlight. "This is beautiful, but not as beautiful as home," he said aloud, thinking about his home back in Lorien.

After an hour or so, he returned to his camp and sat down for his nightly meditation, hoping to get enough rest for the next day's journey.

08-12-2006, 12:36 PM	#2
Naria Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 500	Narleah wasn't in the best of moods this day. The suns rays were relentless upon her head and her floppy hat provided little relief. It was extremely hot, making Narleah more and more miserable with every step. "Bah, is this treasure really worth all of this?" She scowled. Soon she came upon a thicket of berries that looked to have been cleaned out of its supply. "Aye, I wonder who or what has been here....and not too long ago either." She pondered this for a moment. Narleah figured that the culprit must have been the one that introduced himself to her as Novogord the night before. She was not at all impressed with the carnage that took place and kicked the bush in front of her. Almost immediately berries fell onto her foot and rolled to the ground. Narleah was very hungry and wanted desperately to eat some of the swollen fruit. She took her hat off to examine the situation and give her head a scratch, "hmmm of course, this will work!" Holding the hat out in front of her. Narleah knelt down to take a closer look at what the bushes held for her and spied a copious amount of berries hanging from the bottom. "Ah ha, he didn't take all of them." With an evil grin on her face, she tasted one, then another and another. "Mmmm so good," smacking her lips together she filled her hat. Narleah groaned, "This will not do, I am so hungry and these will be finished before I leave here." She needed to fill her belly and just then a thought occurred to her, I am small and these berries are lower to the ground, I wonder if I were to lay down and pull myself under them. She lay on her back and pulled herself underneath the thicket. "Yes, this will work just fine" She said with a proud tone in her voice. Narleah was so close to the berries that she didn't even need to use her hands, she just raised her head off of the ground and began plucking the berries off with her teeth. If someone had not seen her wiggle under the bush, one would have assumed that a boar or a small bear was in the thicket gorging itself. The sounds that Narleah was making was horrendous, loud slurping, slapping and gulping noises as she swallowed each mouth full. She was having quite a time in her blueberry world. A large belch escaped her belly and Narleah was satisfied. She wiggled her way out of her feeding den, wiping her face with the back of her sleeve as she picked up her berry filled hat and continued on. However, what Narleah did not realize was the mess on her face. She had blueberries everywhere! The pulp and skins were caught in her teeth, beard and hair; not to mention the juice, it was all over her skin. Narleah looked like a hairy blueberry, she was oblivious to what she looked like, nor would she have cared, and set off into a now setting sun. __________________ MONEY Anyone who says it doesn't buy happiness.....is probably broke.

08-12-2006, 02:59 PM	#5
Valesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: \|Away Posts: 614	The wind howlled grotesquely over Valesseka's thick, grassy haven where she had decided to stop for the night. It was the best place the Arnorian could figure to stay surrounded in the large plains. Here a hip-high cliff had formed in the usually gentle rolling expanse. She had greedily collected some of the taller grasses around to make a nice bed for herself, but in a spurt of boredom, started weaving it through the nearby living blades. Soon she had a fairly well-sized mat created, and let it flop over onto of her declared living space. I bet I'm ahead, she grinned to herself, sure that Éomeléo had fallen behind, or even better, not found the open plains that she had stumbled (quite literally) through. Rubbing her face with care, Valesseka shivered. It was dry now, and she had yet to experiance the blustery sting of the frozen Misty Mountains. This journey was not going to be easy on her. Just then she heard something coming through the grass... from the sound of it, it was large. Her eyes bugged out a little, scared to think what or who it might be. After a number of moments she mustered up the courage to turn her head and peek through the grass only to see that unmistakeable hat. I was ahead! How could this be?! she privately steamed. With a sigh Valesseka inspected her hidden camp, and stood up. "Hail, Lord Éomeléo!" that scummy man must have followed me! "There is shelter from the wind here... Come share it with me." With a kindly smile the girl sat down, secretly wishing that he was too disoriented by the gusts to ever get to her abode. Last edited by Valesse; 08-12-2006 at 03:03 PM.

08-12-2006, 07:31 PM	#6
Naria Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 500	Narleah was a very tired and a very full dwarf. "Ugh, I couldn't eat another bite," she sighed as she plopped herself down beside the fire. Whilst giving her arse a good scratch, she couldn't help wondering where that Novogrod man had gotten himself. She remembered him humming a tune that her uncle sang every so often, but she couldn't remember the name of it nor be bothered to remember. Narleah was a tougher sort and having the males around her treating her like she was not to be seen outside was more than enough for her to have no second thoughts on taking such a journey as this. She sat up and scanned the area for him, "that must have been him that got to the berries first, but where is his fire?" She was wondering where this man was only because she was extremely full and knew that there was no chance of getting to sleep any time soon. She was in need of some conversation. Aye, there he be. Narleah spotted him not more than a few trees away and he had a fire going. "hmmm wonder why I didn't see that before," she said with a shrug. Narleah pulled herself up off the ground and walked over to his camp. With outstretched hat, she offered her berries to him....well actually to share with him, she wouldn't have wanted all of the berries to be his. "Er-hm...I don't know if I introduced myself yesternight. My name is Narleah." With that she sat down without Novgorod's approval. "I cannot recall the name of that song that you were humming....sir....sire?....lord?" She had no idea how to address him, with being kept away she didn't know how to act, nor how to talk to other people. Narleah pulled nervously on her beard, flicking pieces of berry into the fire. __________________ MONEY Anyone who says it doesn't buy happiness.....is probably broke.

08-12-2006, 07:52 PM	#7
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Novgorod found a nice shelter between some boulders as the night was drawing closer. He lit a fire with the shrubs and then came up with some thicker logs from the nearby stunted birches. Soon enough he was having a merry campfire going on. The evening was just perfect: the air was not cold and the stars lighted the sky. Everything seemed to be as they would have to be; peace and quiet. He was leaning backwards to a boulder, enjoying the warmth of the fire and the Blueberries he occasionally picked from his basket as he heard the sound of someone approaching. He was feeling too lazy to sprint up right away. The moment was too relaxed. Just from the routine, he took hold of the hilt of his sword and stared to the falling darkness of the surrounding landscape where the noises had come from. Soon enough a figure of a dwarf appeared into the sphere of the fire. It was Narleah, the dwarf he had met the night before. She offered him some berries from her hat. Novgorod quickly showed his self-made basket almost full of berries to her and she retreated the offer. They looked at each other for a while. Then the dwarf began: "Er-hm...I don't know if I introduced myself yesternight. My name is Narleah." With that she sat down without Novgorod's approval. "I cannot recall the name of that song that you were humming....sir....sire?....lord?" Narleah pulled nervously on her beard, flicking pieces of berry into the fire. “Narleah! Welcome to the fire my friend! Just call me Novgo’”, Novgorod answered cheerily, casting away his doubts about the non-talkativeness of his company of this second night. “Sad you don’t remember the song, but maybe later...”, he said, pulling his breath as he was disappointed with the news. “If you have some water, we could make tea for two again”. After a nod from Narleah, Novgorod added some more leaves to the kettle and gave the oncoming tea a new twist. “This will be a little strong, but I’ve got not so much water anymore” he told Narleah and smiled to her, passing his basket of Blueberries to the dwarf. Last edited by Nogrod; 08-14-2006 at 12:38 PM.

08-12-2006, 10:27 AM	#1
Sleepy Ranger Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: On the field, kissing the 'Downs crest Posts: 1,654	Ransley was making his way silently in his chosen direction, one hand resting gently on the hilt of his sword. "Stupid Eoln..." is all he could think of as he moved forward. He had by no means made any attempt to hide his hate for the elf. Along his path he had carved, "Eoln is a sissy elf." into various things. It wasn't long till he arrived at a river. The bank would be a perfect place to carve another message for the stupid elf. He drew his short sword and dropped to a knee and began to carve 'E-O-L-N I-S A S-I-S-S-Y E-L-F'. He then seathed his short sword as he rose back to his feet. He streched his arms and looked forward. "That's interesting..." he thought as he noticed a yellowish-brown bear fishing on the opposite end. He looked at it for a while, fully aware that the bear too knew of his presence. The bear however kept fishing, seeing no reaction Ransley decided to cross the river but the moment he put a foot into the water the bear turned to him and growled. "Ah... how damned." thought Ransley as he withdrew his foot, careful not to look the bear in the eye. He begin to move into the river slowly and steadily, both hands away from his swords. No point making the bear think he was a threat. Animal evasion came natural to Ransley and a bear was an easy one. He knew well enough it would be a waste of energy to charm a beast such as this when he could just get away from it in a snap of his fingers, not literally but around that easily. He took a deep breath and repeated the steps in his mind, "Walk backwards and away from the bear slowly, keep speaking calmly and loudly and do not look into its eyes." All check. He would need a way to get across though. He had not thought of that, luckily there were a couple of thin tress on the bank. He did not want to but had little choice at present. He drew his sword and cut one of the thin trees from the bottom, letting it fall diagonaly across the river. He fell a few more and placed them the same way forming a makeshift bridge leading diagonally away from the bear. "Here goes..." Ransley put a foot onto the bridge, he was aware that his steps would have to be quick and light and all the while he would have to concentrate on not looking the bear straight in the eye and speaking calmly and loudly. The odds were not quite in his favor, just how he liked it. So he began, barely letting a foot touch the ground as he made his way across. Looking at the bear but not into it's eyes while speaking calmly and loudly, "I am only an illusion, pay me no heed. Go back to your fishing as I vanish into the distance. Look at yummy salmon, mmm tasty, go on and reach in. Pick one up and take a bite." By now Ransley had reached the other end of the river, the side where the bear was. The bear had still not diverted it's attention from Ransley just as he had suspected but it was no need to worry all he had to do was keep doing th... oh damn... the bear had started to advance towards him. Well there was still no need to worry, plenty of trees around. "If thats how you want to play you big lagoot..." He drew his metallic sheet. "Come and get me." Ransley ducked behind a tree as the bear approached him, turning away from the bear as it turned towards him. He kept moving from tree to tree whenever he found an opening as the bear kept cricling each tree Ransley passed. A couple of minutes later Ransley had completed a complete circle and found himself behind the bear. Not exactly something he had wished to do but the bear just did not seem natural to him. It was trying too hard, he drew his short sword as the bear began to circle the tree and impaled it in the top right corner of his neck taking a pot shot to his head with his metallic sheet after that. The bear stumbled forward a bit and dropped to it's side. Ransley put the sheet back in his bag and moved over to the bear slowly. He searched around for and medicinal plants and then soaked them in the river. He then pulled his sword out of the bear's neck and pressed the plants against them. It was a tough animal, it would make it through. Once he was done nursing the bear he went over to where it was fishing and found a few salmon there. He picked them up and dropped them down near the bear. "You'll need these, champ." He smiled at the bear and went back to the river drawing his short sword. A few fish wouldn't hurt him either. He waited there for a while and caught a good number of them himself. He looked them over, almost twenty of them. He grinned and placed just one in his bag. "They spoil fast, this will do for dinner." He then went over to the bear and dropped the rest of the fish by it. "You'll need these too, champ." To his surprise the bear raised his head and nodded letting out a low growl as to say thank you. Ransley nodded back at the bear. "And remember Eoln is a sissy elf." With that Ransley headed off, continuing his journey till nightfall.

08-12-2006, 07:54 PM	#8
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	"Ahhh! Peace and quiet," Glirdingo said aloud to the starry night. It seemed that he was the only one had changed directions. "That just means I get to enjoy the peace and tranquility of this beautiful night." He took out a piece of lembas, broke it in half and put the other piece back in his bag for toorrow's breakfast. He also took his canteen out of his sack and took a drink. He had filled it at a a little stream that he had passed on the day's journey. After eating and drinking, he decided to take a little stroll in the moonlight, soaking in all the beauty that was shown to him in the moonlight. "This is beautiful, but not as beautiful as home," he said aloud, thinking about his home back in Lorien. After an hour or so, he returned to his camp and sat down for his nightly meditation, hoping to get enough rest for the next day's journey.