Scarburg Meadhall Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Firefoot · 08-21-2012, 07:27 PM

Elempi - I was just looking over some old conversations between Scyld and Rowenna and discovered that Scyld has already told her a much summarized and somewhat falsified tale of his connection to Scarburg. I'd totally forgotten and in case you had too it's the first post on page 6. I don't know if that background information will color their conversation at all but I figure it might.

littlemanpoet · 08-23-2012, 09:49 AM

I read it, Firefoot. It's a pack of lies!

Worth remembering.

I'm going to be on the road Friday through Sunday, so I probably won't be posting then.

Firefoot · 09-24-2012, 08:27 PM

Elempi - any thoughts on what would have happened to Osfrid and Muriel? I looked through the old Eorling Mead Hall thread and couldn't find any mention of them.

littlemanpoet · 09-28-2012, 10:26 AM

Sorry for my delay. I do not know about Osfrid and Muriel. I believe we are free to create their history. Do you have a sense for whose body this was? I had not thought that it could be a female, though it was never stated that it was not.

I'd like to get a sense for what you and others think before I post on the thread.

Firefoot · 09-28-2012, 10:49 AM

I really have no idea. Sorn's household as potrayed in the Abduction RPG was quite small, so there's a pretty limited list of options if we want it to be a character who's been introduced before. Otherwise, it could be anyone... and regardless of who the body is, the perpetrators are really up for grabs. Also, was it a deliberate murder? An accident of some sort?

littlemanpoet · 09-28-2012, 10:52 AM

My opinion was that it was supposed to have occurred during the burning, and was probably an accident. But it need not be that way. So it could be one of the arsonists, or not. And the arsonists, to my understanding, were looters who had resentment and decided to take it out on the memory of Sorn by burning what they couldn't take with them.

Firefoot · 09-28-2012, 12:30 PM

That sounds like the most likely explanation to me as well, though I would say that if you wanted to hide a body, an old burned out homestead would be a good place to do it. Probably the simplest explanation is best though.

08-21-2012, 07:27 PM	#1
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Elempi - I was just looking over some old conversations between Scyld and Rowenna and discovered that Scyld has already told her a much summarized and somewhat falsified tale of his connection to Scarburg. I'd totally forgotten and in case you had too it's the first post on page 6. I don't know if that background information will color their conversation at all but I figure it might.

08-23-2012, 09:49 AM	#2
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I read it, Firefoot. It's a pack of lies! Worth remembering. I'm going to be on the road Friday through Sunday, so I probably won't be posting then.

09-24-2012, 08:27 PM	#3
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Elempi - any thoughts on what would have happened to Osfrid and Muriel? I looked through the old Eorling Mead Hall thread and couldn't find any mention of them.

09-28-2012, 10:26 AM	#4
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Sorry for my delay. I do not know about Osfrid and Muriel. I believe we are free to create their history. Do you have a sense for whose body this was? I had not thought that it could be a female, though it was never stated that it was not. I'd like to get a sense for what you and others think before I post on the thread.

09-28-2012, 10:49 AM	#5
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	I really have no idea. Sorn's household as potrayed in the Abduction RPG was quite small, so there's a pretty limited list of options if we want it to be a character who's been introduced before. Otherwise, it could be anyone... and regardless of who the body is, the perpetrators are really up for grabs. Also, was it a deliberate murder? An accident of some sort?

09-28-2012, 10:52 AM	#6
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	My opinion was that it was supposed to have occurred during the burning, and was probably an accident. But it need not be that way. So it could be one of the arsonists, or not. And the arsonists, to my understanding, were looters who had resentment and decided to take it out on the memory of Sorn by burning what they couldn't take with them.

09-28-2012, 12:30 PM	#7
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	That sounds like the most likely explanation to me as well, though I would say that if you wanted to hide a body, an old burned out homestead would be a good place to do it. Probably the simplest explanation is best though.