The Fellowship of the Fourth Age (Part 1): A New Beginning Discussion Thread

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Tevildo

I'll wait to see what direction you've gone. This posting on a holiday weekend is a bit of a scramble!

Hopefully you can clear that situation as Hadith is going to pass out quite soon... He has been young and brave.. but as it so often happens, foolish and unexperienced. These are the prices ones have to pay to grow up?

But please Tevildo, handle your enemy as a real experienced fighter. He's a bad one... (as most of the slavers should be) So not an easy prey...

And hopefully Folwren agrees with my interpretation of Athwen getting actively into the fight as soon as she was able?!

[Folwren]

Hm, hm, hm. I'll think about what Athwen did and then sometime maybe tonight maybe tomorrow morning get back with you.

Apparently, I have some access to a computer. I don't know if it's enough to post. If I do have time and ability, I will try to decide if I'm alright with Athwen jumping in like that and then maybe write a post.

What if, though, I asked you to take out that end part with Athwen adn then I could write a post about what she does to at least buy Hadith a little more time...perhaps until Dorran get's there?

-- Folwren

[Folwren]

Nogrod, here is the last paragraph of your post in the game.

Hadith turned his head to see what happened. The slaver was about to give him the finishing hit when he suddenly was drawn away. There were the hands of a woman around his throat from behind. Athwen had jumped to her back! And just from the corner of his eye he could see Dorran to rush in with a yell.

Could you some how change it so that it will go along with what I have copied here and then copy and paste this bit into your post? I'd appreciate it.

-- Folwren

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POSTED TO GAME BY NOGGIE


Folwren's Post

Athwen knew at once that the advantage in this fight would be completely on the slaver's side. He was man, fully built and probably fully trained in fighting. Hadith would go down quickly with no hope of ever getting back up again. She had not a moment to loose in figuring out something to help him with, at least until Dorran reached them. But how? How was she supposed to stop a man twice her size from killing another? She looked around her, hoping to find something that she might use as a weapon.

Her eyes lit upon the slaver's horse. A plan instantly leaped into her mind. She ran forward to him and grasped his rein as he shied away from her. She spoke calming words to him, whispering reassuringly in his ear as she gathered his reins above his neck. As soon as he stood tolerably still she thrust her foot into the stirrup and launched herself upward into the saddle. Once there, her feet could not reach the stirrups, but that did not worry her. She clenched her knees tight against the hard leather of the saddle, turned his head about with one rein and urged him on with her heels in his side.

As the horse made the turn, Athwen could see the two combatants. Hadith was stumbling, his sword arm was far out in attempt to regain the balance he had lost. The slaver stepped forward and his arm swung upwards. Athwen bit back a cry and drove her heels into the horse just as the man's curved blade came slicing down.

The rushing, pounding hooves of the horse seemed to drive the emotion from Athwen's mind. She saw Hadith fall. She watched as he first collapsed to his knees and then fell onto his face in the ground before his enemy. Though the thought that he had been killed before her very eyes flashed through her mind, Athwen did not think to be sorry for him, she did not think of anything, except bearing down on this slaver.

The man looked up, hearing her approach. An expression of surprise filled his face and he stumbled back out of the horse's path. Athwen passed him, but her hand was already on the tight rein and in a moment, she and her horse were turned about again and charged once more upon the slaver.

[Nogrod]

Folwren: I've changed the ending of my post & placed yours after it.

[Tevildo]

Nogrod, Folwren,

Could you check my post? I am playing fast and loose with both your characters. Please tell me what to change. I did think we desperately needed Athwen's skill as a doctor..... Will this work?

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Tevildo

Nogrod, Folwren,

Could you check my post? I am playing fast and loose with both your characters. Please tell me what to change.

Looks good, Tevildo.

But I would like Hadith to be not totally unconscious. Something like semi-conscious (or whatever is the suitable term here). I would like to write a semi-conscious Hadith post...

It will be interesting to see what happens when Athwen gets Hadith to the place they think is the safest but where the next action indeed is going to take place (among the women and the children)...

They should also pick up the easterling's weapons, at least the sword should be a good one. There surely would be someone who could find use for it as the general level of our escapees' weaponry seems pretty bad. Although I'm not sure whether that needs to be written out openly as long as we all share the idea that there will be a weapon or two with Athwen to hand out.

[Folwren]

Tevildo,

It looks alright to me. Athwen is quite ready to go behind the lines and start working as a doctor instead of as one of the fighters.

Only one thing I noticed was that when he was pulling Hadith's body towards a horse, you refered to it as Athwen's horse. Was it actually her horse, or was it the slaver's horse? Her horse is somewhere nearby, I guess. He just trotted away a little bit when the slaver grabbed Athwen and they were fighting. Hadith would definitely be safest on her horse.

Is Dorran going to be going with them, or is he going to stay out and find more people to fight?

Nogrod, in your post, are you planning on going all the way to the place where the women and children are? If you're just doing a post about him during the fight and being taken to the horse and put on it, then I will plan to post and take them all the way to the sheltered place. But if you want to go all the way there, then that's fine. If you're not going to be able to fill your save immediately, let me know where you intend to stop, and I may be able to write a post.

-- Folwren