Tapestry of Dreams, Part 2 Discussion

[mark12_30]

....and that's a jolly good thing! WOOOT!

Aylwen, for the ladies, how about Bella invites Leafa and Mellonin (or joins them at the Inn) for a cup of tea (or something). "My, how we miss our companions, and how empty the day is without them", or some such...

Menfolk-- it's tough without Alak (where are yooooou!) but we need to pull the quest onto the road south.

Generally speaking-- Dive in, folks. Don't feel compelled by the old rules; do feel compelled by what makes sense in the story.

Dreams, dreams, dreams. It's all about the dreams, and the Osanwe.

Speaking of Osanwe, what's up with that dratted Tharonwe? And what makes him oooo soooo twisssted?

Someone can introduce the two new horses. Whose are they...? Raefindan's and .... Aeron's? Does Aeron know how to ride a horse? How funny that the king provided a mount for a thief and a redheaded stranger.

I'm pondering the archery lessons.

How about some commentary on the road south? Have any of our menfolk ever BEEN south before?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Is there any specific way that the next [part of the] story should start, or anybody specific that should start it?

[mark12_30]

Good question. I think I'll reserve a few slots for the men's parade south, and then open it up-- wide!

As in, it's open now. I've posted for Erebemin & the menfolk, and an other just-in-case (I'll probably put a Mellonin post there of some sort if it doesn't get used for something else.) Did I remember all the menfolk? Uneasy feeling that I forgot somebody... please pipe up if so!!!

New characters, dive in as inspired.



Edit-- and ladies, dream away!

For my own sanity:

Celuien: Sæthryd
Firefoot: Rugh
Fea: Eledhwen (Indil )
Formendacil: Bergil; Elessar
lmp: Raefindan, Ædegard, Tharonwe, Jorje
Alak: Erebemlin, Taitheneb
Nuru: Liornung, Leafa
Immy: Aeron, Gwyllion's shade
Aylwen: Bella
Orual: Ravion
mark12_30: Mellondu/Amroth, Mellonin, Nethwador
Characters played at will: Nimrodel, Mithrellas, Marigold

[Firefoot]

So for those of us who wrote first posts, should we put those up now?

[mark12_30]

Yes!

[Celuien]

I was just thinking...my character is hiding up in the mountains, so I was going to wait to transfer my first post to the game thread until after the ladies have started out in her direction. Does that sound okay with everyone?

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Haha, I just thought this was cute...

One. Two. Three. He counted the steps until he lost count and had to begin again. And again.

That's what I do when I run a race.

Anyway...right, so, I'll start on a post as soon as I'm done with my homework. Yeah.

[mark12_30]

Originally Posted by Celuien

I was just thinking...my character is hiding up in the mountains, so I was going to wait to transfer my first post to the game thread until after the ladies have started out in her direction. Does that sound okay with everyone?

No problem! Just don't be left out of the general fun....

[alaklondewen]

Hallelujah, I'm back online with my very own computer! God is good.

Let me get all the way caught up and get my juices flowing and I'll get to work on the elves.

~one happy Alak

[mark12_30]

Originally Posted by alaklondewen

Hallelujah, I'm back online with my very own computer! God is good.

Let me get all the way caught up and get my juices flowing and I'll get to work on the elves.

~one happy Alak

WOOOOOT WOOT WOOT WAHOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Here--wait, I have a couple of things to give you. Lemme see, where'd they go-- ah. Here's an Erebemlin and here-- a Taitheneb! ALL YOURS!!!

Originally Posted by Imladris

Forgive me if I'm being dense, but since they are not using Elessar's horses then why couldn't Bergil use one of them...?

They mounted up just outside the gate. They're riding south now.

Originally Posted by lmp

Frankly, I'd almost like to kill of Ædegard so I can concentrate on Jorje.

I dunno, would Ædegard be of more use to the story as a one-handed guy or as a one-handed ghost? And who would pine after Leafa? Liornung would have to be her big brother all over again. I s'pose Ædegard could haunt the mountain passes... make Saethryd nervous. Push Rugh around. Could be fun.

I saw Nuru lurking. Post, girl! And somebody give Orual a poke...

[Imladris]

They mounted up just outside the gate. They're riding south now.

Oh. I see. I missed that part...obviously.

My apologies.

[mark12_30]

No worries, girl!

I've been enjoying rereading the last couple pages of the older thread. Aeron's been doing some growing, and some thinking. Good stuff.

[Celuien]

Saethryd will be most happy to (un)welcome any visitors. Including Jorje.

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by mark12_30

I dunno, would Ædegard be of more use to the story as a one-handed guy or as a one-handed ghost? And who would pine after Leafa? Liornung would have to be her big brother all over again. I s'pose Ædegard could haunt the mountain passes...

Oh, that was off the cuff. Although I had originally planned on him dying. Every attempt at killing him off just didn't work out. It's like he's destined to survive or something.....

Sæthryd better be nice to Jorje.

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Is it okay if my post brings it to the next morning? Should I wait a bit or change mine?

[mark12_30]

Anyone else wants archery lessons let me know.

Alak, I've got plans for this archery thing... drop me a line for details if you'd like/ when you're ready.

It's hard for me to make a shift from Mellondu, Taitheneb and Erebemlin, to Mellondu only. Can you tell?

I forget whether Nethwador can shoot or not... must go look it up.

Rohirrim-- well, actually, I guess Ædegard can't shoot! Poor Ædegard-- but does Liornung want lessons too?

Does Aeron? Whoa, Aeron getting skilled with a bow-- together with his thieving skills, we'd have something dangerous!

[mark12_30]

Whups Aylwen, we cross-posted. I have no objections to going to next morning-- I can take the menfolk to "tomorrow" if need be. If anyone else needs mroe time, Aylwen, we can just leapfrog as usual. Go ahead and post.

[mark12_30]

For my own future sanity: Nethwador's first wild-boy appearance by the stream, soon to be tamed by Amroth & co

[mark12_30]

Formie, that was most enjoyable.

I've been pondering the gist of Mellonin's dream and here's what I think: Mellonin for logistical reasons can't be dreaming Nimrodel, since her brother is dreaming Amroth-- too incestuous, so to speak. And although for a while she was heavily influenced by Mithrellas, having a Thing between her and Raefindan (so to speak) also seems somehow icky (or eeermy as Jorje would growl). So I've been hunting for alternatives.

I think it highly unlikely that Mithrellas was Nimrodel's ONLY travelling companion. So I'm tossing ideas around for another travelling companion, one who was (somehow) considered faithless (in contrast to Mithrellas' astounding faithfulness.) Mellonin will now be dreaming that she is this "faithless" handmaiden, who does not think of herself as faithless, only driven by logical circumstances (heck the boat was leaving, what did you want me to do, jump off and swim??) Now, stung by the realization that she is considered faithless, will come back to try and make things right. Haunted by virtual guilt, as it were.

I'm not yet sure what her original name was, but "Unwilling maiden" might be rendered either "Avarien" or "Avarwen", and should sting a bit.

So I hope to write the dream and the horse-stealing scene this afternoon.

Meanwhile (I can hear you asking) what the heck has happened to Mark12_30? Well, it's like this. I am getting up for work early, leaving early-- the military no longer allows access to Forum sites, nor blogging sites either-- and then I come home, tend my boys, do the dinner and homework thing, and then collapse into bed immediately after the boys do.

That schedule is about to change-- but there's no indication that it will get easier or that I'll have more access. So my original estimate that I'll only be posting at most a couple of times a week, seems accurate.

Bottom line-- don't wait for me. Unless I can figure out a way to somehow involve my sons in this (a very appealing idea, but fraught with difficulties) I will have little RPG time. Please, nobody take it personally.

Love to all, and I'll have a shot at that post later today.

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by mark12_30

I've been pondering the gist of Mellonin's dream and here's what I think: Mellonin for logistical reasons can't be dreaming Nimrodel, since her brother is dreaming Amroth-- too incestuous, so to speak.

That didn't stop Tolkien: Turin. Niniel.

And although for a while she was heavily influenced by Mithrellas, having a Thing between her and Raefindan (so to speak) also seems somehow icky (or eeermy as Jorje would growl).

Yeah, I'm with you on this one.

So I've been hunting for alternatives.

Well, I think it's a clever idea and I'm glad you came to it, although I'm not convinced that all of the reasoning that got you there was entirely appropo. But hey.

[mark12_30]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

That didn't stop Tolkien: Turin. Niniel..

True; but that was a pretty special story, and atypical, I think. Besides, we've got enough romantic connections of connections of connections-- adding that to this seems like overkill. Anyway, I'm glad you like the idea of Avarwen (Avarien? Still not quite decided.)

She'll be glad to see Jorje.


Question: How long has Marigold been dwelling in the Anduin delta? Just curious. Seems like the elves might have heard a rumor of her being there unless she's recently arrived from elsewhere. (Where elsewhere? I dunno. Depths of Fangorn maybe? Remote corner of Ithilien? Just thrashing, don't mind me.) So anyway, do some of the elves know about her or is she always a complete surprise? And has she been hiding from elves? Tharonwe didnt know about her, did he? And he's been in the swamp for how long?

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by mark12_30

I'm glad you like the idea of Avarwen (Avarien? Still not quite decided.)

I would prefer Avarien. "-wen" endings seem a bit overkill on the Downs.

Originally Posted by mark

Question: How long has Marigold been dwelling in the Anduin delta? Just curious. Seems like the elves might have heard a rumor of her being there unless she's recently arrived from elsewhere. (Where elsewhere? I dunno. Depths of Fangorn maybe? Remote corner of Ithilien? Just thrashing, don't mind me.) So anyway, do some of the elves know about her or is she always a complete surprise? And has she been hiding from elves? Tharonwe didnt know about her, did he? And he's been in the swamp for how long?

She has been there for (almost) as long as Tom Bombadil and Goldberry have been where they are. She has not usually manifested herself as the young seeming maiden that has grown upon Erebemlin's awareness. Oft-times she has taken the shape of a current of water, perhaps for thousands of years, being a water Maia (so I personally consider Tom an Earth Maia and Goldberry a Water Maia). So some elves might supposedly have heard of her, but she has had very, very little to do with the affairs of elves or Men. Not all Maia who choose to dwell in Arda concern themselves at all times (maybe hardly ever) with bipedal affairs. Tharonwe knew nothing of her. He's been in the swamp for a few centuries, corresponding with the loss of Nimrodel. So the upshot is that Marigold is "home" in the Entwash Delta region; it is her realm as the Barrows are Tom's. That is, at any rate, how I have set it up. Hope it works.

[mark12_30]

OK. So a pleasant but blindsiding surprise.

I'll go edit Avarwen to Avarien. I think that I was leaning towards Avarwen precisely because it seemed like the one I wouldn't choose-- for the very reason you mentioned. Ah, circularity.

Avarien is fine.

[mark12_30]

Anyone seen alak?