Scarburg Meadhall Discussion Thread

[littlemanpoet]

Hold your horses, Foley! I'm planning a post soon in which Eodwine lays out the activities to be accomplished for the day. Building the new hall is at least a week of game time away yet. There are more tents to raise, a smithy to build, and a latrine to repair, for starters. With no planting having been done on old Sorn's land, there's no crop to be tended or harvested, so hunting will be in order, and that might be tough. So there' plenty to do, and plenty of delays before stone-hauling comes into the picture. And let's not forget a humble party to well-wish Falco on his way back to the Shire.

[Folwren]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Hold your horses, Foley! I'm planning a post soon in which Eodwine lays out the activities to be accomplished for the day. Building the new hall is at least a week of game time away yet. There are more tents to raise, a smithy to build, and a latrine to repair, for starters. With no planting having been done on old Sorn's land, there's no crop to be tended or harvested, so hunting will be in order, and that might be tough. So there' plenty to do, and plenty of delays before stone-hauling comes into the picture. And let's not forget a humble party to well-wish Falco on his way back to the Shire.

Oh. Oh, right. I knew stuff had to come first, really. I just had an idea and wanted to know if we were going to be hauling stones and if we'll be writing about the day that they do it...or one of the days that they do it. I didn't mean to sound impatient. Sorry.

I'm alright. And patient - sometimes.

-- Folwren

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Folwren

Oh. Oh, right. I knew stuff had to come first, really. I just had an idea and wanted to know if we were going to be hauling stones and if we'll be writing about the day that they do it...or one of the days that they do it. I didn't mean to sound impatient. Sorry.

I'm alright. And patient - sometimes.

-- Folwren

If folks want to write about the day stones are hauled from the scar, we can do that.

[littlemanpoet]

I hope to get a post up today in which Eodwine will answer Stigend and also lay out for everyone what will be done this Day.

One thing I think will be necessary is a discussion right here on this thread laying out a schedule of what must be, can be, and is likely to be, achieved in Scarburg before the winter snows begin to fall..... assuming that in this Gallic climate zone, snows fall at all?

[shaggydog]

Here is my very brief bio for my character. It's brief but will be expanded upon through the IC thread as we go along.

NAME: Oeric
AGE: late 20’s
GENDER: male
RACE: human
WHERE FROM: Rohan, around the Scarburg area
APPEARANCE: tall, medium build, longish blonde-brown hair, green eyes, wears what might be called peasant or farmer type garb
BITS OF CHARACTER/HISTORY YOU FEEL MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN DEFINING THE CHARACTER: born and raised as a peasant/farmer on what was Sorn’s family’s lands. As an adult has been tending sheep in a small “community” on the far outskirts of those lands. Is presently in the vicinity of the old, now burnt down, hall.

Thanks to Firefoot, LMP, Nogrod and Thinlomien for your help!

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LINKED ~*~ Pio

[Groin Redbeard]

Welcome Shaggydog! I liked your writing in the RPG, I'm glad to see that you've joined.

I'll get a post in right away!

[littlemanpoet]

Shaggy, the wait was well worth it! I like everything you're tying in. Great start! Can't wait to see how this unfolds!

[shaggydog]

Thanks for the encouraging words Groin, LMP If anyone is interested in "sighting" Oeric feel free to PM me. I suppose sooner or later he will be discovered so we could plan that out. Otherwise, he'll just be hanging around, spying on the newcomers.

[Groin Redbeard]

Great post, Folwren!

Originally Posted by shaggydog

Thanks for the encouraging words Groin, LMP If anyone is interested in "sighting" Oeric feel free to PM me. I suppose sooner or later he will be discovered so we could plan that out. Otherwise, he'll just be hanging around, spying on the newcomers.

Erbrand can spot your character, he's watching more than talking at the moment, but I'll have to get a post in soon, I'll be leaving in two days for a two week vacation.

[Folwren]

Thanks, Groin.

I wanted to say that I edited the end of my last post. I didn't think that dismounting and waiting was very good. Anyone who wishes to speak to Saeryn when she firsts arrives can write about her stopping her horse and getting down.

-- Folwren

[Groin Redbeard]

I'm just about to put my last post in before I leave. Remember, don't ask Erbrand any questions, because he won't be here to respond. I'll see ya'll in two weeks, have fun!

[shaggydog]

Guess I better run - fast!

Great post Groin! Enjoy your vacation

[littlemanpoet]

I'll try to get in a post for one (or more) of my characters soon. Maybe tonight, more likely tomorrow.

[Thinlómien]

This is what I call action. Great. I hope I'll be able to post this weekend.

[littlemanpoet]

Whew! That was a bit of a rushed post - had to squeeze its writing into 15 minutes of my lunch. Anyway, I seem to have corralled a whole bunch of other writers' characters to my use. If I did less than adequately with anyone, just let me know and I'll fix.

I foresee a rather embarrassing re-introduction between the mud-covered Eodwine and the tired Saeryn.

[Folwren]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

I foresee a rather embarrassing re-introduction between the mud-covered Eodwine and the tired Saeryn.

Yeeaah...that could be interesting. Do you want me to write next concerning it?

[littlemanpoet]

Feel free. I prefer not to double post, so if you have an idea, go with it. I'll be too busy to post until probably tomorrow.

[Folwren]

I posted, but I didn't actually post with Eodwine coming back into the scene. Sorry. I guess at this point anyone can address her. I kind of figure someone will before Eodwine returns. But anything works for me.

[Folwren]

I have edited the end of my latest post just slightly.

[shaggydog]

I tried to do a little research on marshes, bogs and fens. Can't say I know too much more than I did before I started. So I hope it's OK to have that reference to bogginess and getting stuck therein in my post? If not I can always take it out. Also, if it has qualities of a bog, the newcomers could cut peat as a fuel source, as there don't appear to be many trees around. Don't know if that was part of the culture of Rohan or not.

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by shaggydog

I tried to do a little research on marshes, bogs and fens. Can't say I know too much more than I did before I started. So I hope it's OK to have that reference to bogginess and getting stuck therein in my post? If not I can always take it out. Also, if it has qualities of a bog, the newcomers could cut peat as a fuel source, as there don't appear to be many trees around. Don't know if that was part of the culture of Rohan or not.

If not part of the culture, it looks as if it soon must become! Man! I didn't realize those marshes had such deep pits in them! Yike! Don't change a thing. It just means that clearing, diking, and all that will be a more major project than originally anticipated. Eodwine will thank the King even more for his "luck", tongue firmly in cheek, of course.

I could post, but I want to allow others to do so again. Actually, I need Foley to post before I do so that Saeryn can say something back to Rowenna.

Or, Foley, is a PM-built post needed here?

[Eönwë]

OK, I am very sorry, but I will not be able to post this week, until Friday at least.

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Eönwë

OK, I am very sorry, but I will not be able to post this week, until Friday at least.

Thanks for letting us know! That is grealty appreciated.

Perhaps a PM post is needed for when Eodwine and Saeryn meet.

That depends on whether Eodwine is willing to speak with her in private, which could look strange in an out in the open tent-like setting such as this.

[Folwren]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

That depends on whether Eodwine is willing to speak with her in private, which could look strange in an out in the open tent-like setting such as this.

Willing to? It'd have to be his call in the first place, because I don't think Saeryn is going to ask to be spoken with in private.

And I didn't write that post this evening, did I? I'll get up early tomorrow morning and do it....

-- Folwren

[Folwren]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

I could post, but I want to allow others to do so again. Actually, I need Foley to post before I do so that Saeryn can say something back to Rowenna.

Or, Foley, is a PM-built post needed here?

Whatever you think best. Perhaps a PM post is needed for when Eodwine and Saeryn meet. I'll try to post something about Saeryn talking to Rowenna today, though. Then we can do a PM post.

-- Folwren

[Folwren]

Eh...the post is kind of rough, I think. Sorry. But at least it's posted.

Elempi, tell me if I need to change Rowenna at all. (Or Saeryn, for that matter...heh...)


-- Folwren

[Eönwë]

Well, plans change, so here is my post!

edit (after post): I'm sorry if that post is boring and badly written, but there really is nothing for him to do yet, until he is either introduced or used as a tracker.

[Folwren]

Alrighty, I edited Javan's, Thornden's, and Saeryn's bios. Javan and Thornden I am happy with. Saeryn, I'm not so sure about. I reserve the right to alter it if necessary. I may have made Saeryn a bit too steady. We'll see.

[piosenniel]

I need to put whatever is your first post for the game on the game thread - so, whoever is going to write the first post, just post it on the new RPG discussion thread thread HERE.

And by the way - it would be great if you came up with a NAME for the game. So far, it's just being called the So Far Unnamed RPG.

[littlemanpoet]

I'll take a stab at a name for the new thread, and if there is a hue and cry against it, I suppose Pio can change it.

Scarburg Meadhall: Hard Winters

Who says there has to be only one hard winter? And we could change up what kind of 'hard', too. It could be hard ground because of drought, hard because orcs or bandits raid it, hard emotionally, or hard weather.

I'm happy to write the first post, but I think we need to wait a little while for others (and me) to write their seque posts on the old thread.

[Folwren]

Knowing us, it'll take another 10 years before we get to the next winter season. What if it was

Scarburg Meadhall: After the Hard Winter

[piosenniel]

Folwren - are you going to write a brief bio for Saeryn and Eodwine's twins?

[Folwren]

I need to talk to Elempi first.