Folwren,
I've sent you the post we discussed. Feel free to adjust and add as needed. Pio - Yes, I will have her remember some things in a rather jumbled way. I'll put it in a new box.....she may not wake up for a bit. |
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Save filled! The post was written by both Tevildo and myself. :) (Tell me if anything is wrong with what I did after you worked it, Tevildo.)
-- Folwren |
Hilde, Durelin, Brinniel, ...
If no one objects I will do a short "generic" post that has Lindir lead our small band westward. The post will end as we approach the knoll where Athwen and the others are waiting. I'll wait till Saturday evening to put this up. That way, if anyone has anything they want to say or do before we arrive at the knoll, they'll have a chance to post first or at least reserve a save. As it stands now, there will be no immediate attacks from Imak per his last post. (Given the state of several of our members, that is a lucky thing!) Lindir will be fairly certain that there won't be a mass attack but will still wonder if there might be a slaver or two taking pot shots at us. Fortunately, that will not happen. Everyone (except the orcs who are patiently waiting) Once everyone gets to the knoll, I am assuming we'll move out fairly quickly and make our way uneventfully to the slave camp. We haven't really talked or planned for what will happen once we get there. I am thinking we might want to talk about this a little on the discussion thread (not that everything has to be pinned down). Even if we don't spell out the specifics, it's nice to get an idea of the general outline of things. Just a few random thoughts/questions......
Anyone else with thoughts on this or additional questions/ideas? ******************* Secondly, I just wanted to tell everyone how much I've enjoyed the quality of writing in this game. Some really great stuff! I am looking forward (maybe that's the wrong word?) to pulling the slaves and fellowship together and then bringing the wild card--the orcs--into the equation. |
No objections here.
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Really, I think the majority of the slaves will readily accept the Fellowship. I imagine a few will be bitter, but mostly I imagine they will readily accept an outside force as more of a 'leader' (though they would never consciously admit that they need to be or want to be lead by anyone or anything), in place of any leading Khamir has done. Quote:
Or...the Fellowship can be readily accepted because they are the rescuers of the children, and are those who were promised by the King of Gondor (and the slaves are ready to accept aid from Gondor), and someone(s) calls for revenge on the slavers. Or, someone could be a voice of 'common sense,' either in the Fellowship or one of the slaves, saying that there's no sense in them running off if those slavers are just going to be on their tails the rest of the way...wherever. (I can see Vror doing that, if need be. ;) ) Quote:
I'll have to think about those questions, and the others, a little bit more... Also, I'd like to second that remark on the quality of this game. It's really marvellous! I can't believe everyone's been so into character development and interaction that we've gone five pages already without getting all the groups together that we initially intended to have together near the start of the game! It's astounding...in a wonderful way, at least in my opinion. :D |
I'm bent to the direction of the ex-slaves greeting the fellowship as the saviours who will solve all their problems... That would be just natural. Surely some would grunt, though.
But at the same time it would leave open the question of the ex-slaves freedom in the first place: so just changing a bad lord to a good one - where is the freedom if you are under someone's orders anyhow, good or bad?? Looks very good indeed! |
Johari's going to be somewhere between neutral and opposed, I think. She certainly won't be welcoming them with open arms. :D
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A quick question - can you give me an estimate of how many women and children are in the slave escapee party? What would be a good number to assume?
Brenna has been a slave for a long time - she will greet the fellowship with a misxture of fear and hope once she sees how they've rescued the two children. I don't think she's at the place where she can consider what it means to be free, and so she would see being under the protection of/subject to a good lord/ruler/decision maker as being a right move for her. |
My save #199 is filled... at last.
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I think anything can go. Perhaps we should say there are more women and children together than men, but men out number women? We could say there are 37 women and children, and 23 men. Out of the women and children, 9 women and 7 children can and are willing to fight. Or something like that. Though I suppose it also depends what we determine 'children' are. What age makes a boy a man, a girl a woman? Perhaps as early as sixteen, considering?? I think I might be making this more difficult than it really is. :eek: :D |
Yeah. Is Adnan "a man"?
Or some others sharing his stature? A mod-decision here would be worthwhile as we close the action / meeting... |
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Remember, these ex-slaves are the most radical of slaves. Slavery is a horrible lifestyle, but at least as long as a slave is obedient, they have a chance to survive. By escaping, all these ex-slaves put their lives on the line. Though few may be skilled in weaponry, because they managed to escape in the first place, almost all the slaves should be capable of fighting. Exceptions are but not limited to the oldest of the ex-slaves, the youngest, the injured, the mentally incapacitated, and of course, those who aren't willing to participate (which would most likely be more women than men). Anyways, I apologize if I just rambled- it's a bit late, but hopefully I did make some sense. Just my thought on the matter.... :cool: |
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Yeah, there might be a few rebels who wanted to be totally on their own. But those people would probably choose to live a life of wandering. |
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Everyone has excellent points here, and I think the solution is simply to choose, since we determine what is appropriate for Mordor's inhabitants at this time in ME history.
Trust me, I can be quite the feminist, but I'm also often a stick-in-the-mud realist when it comes to roleplaying and storytelling in general - and right now I'm just trying to figure out what could be 'realistic' in the Fourth Age of ME Mordor. ;) At any rate, perhaps the wisest way to go is to say that all of the slaves will play a role, all will be armed with whatever they can find, but, the older slaves, the women who are not accustomed to fighting or would not like to fight (or who simply volunteer to look after and guard the children), and the younger children will be in charge of the traps and decoys we must plan. The men, women who are quite fine wielding a weapon, and the older children (which could range from even 13 or 14 on), will be taking up the 'better' weapons available, and being the core of the slave fighting force. What those numbers are is relative, I think. But I think it is safe to assume that the majority of the slaves will be fighting. We could make it simple and approximate 40:20, or even 45:15, to get an idea. Does anyone (or everyone) feel we need specific numbers? I don't know if that's quite important. |
Thanks for the answers to my question - I only wanted to get an approximate idea of the numbers of women and children who might be along.
So, I've filled my SAVE. And been vague about the numbers of women and children. There are two characters I used/made up: Gwenith - @ 11 y/o girl and Nia who I see as @ 16, and so a 'woman', really. Granny and the women and girls gathered about her will certainly able to offer some defence if attacked as you can read in the post. Hope this serves. ~ U |
This looks good Undome!
I hope you don't mind if I will make Hadith to call for the females so ready alredy... We need to have an organised defense for the the slave-escapees anyhow. They would be stupid indeed not to pay attention to any common effort... |
My save #195 is filled. I'm sorry it took so long; RL has really been catching up with me lately and writing time has been scarce this week. I promise my involvement will pick up after the next two weeks or so. A lot's happening right now and I really wish I could post more.
Concerning gender ratios: I don't think it's ultimately important. The same goes for age; unless it becomes important for some reason, I'm comfortable going for now with general guidelines such as about twice or three times as many men than women, and most of the people are probably between 15 and 35 years old. But that's me. |
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Yes, you can have Hadith drop by. That would be good. Hmmm . . . Hadith is 18 right? ~ U |
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How we can see things! :rolleyes: Yeah, Hadith is 18. I'll see if I have time to make a drop in today, tomorrow... |
The save for Carl has been filled.
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My save is also filled. Dorran - you have your lead-in. Use Lindir as needed.
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I was thinking about the riding double thing a few days ago. . .Azhar will have to ride with someone who can keep her up on the horse and steady. She's not going to really be strong enough to keep herself up. (That is, I don't think she'll be able to in her present condition, but if Tevildo wants to change that, that's fine.) I was thinking (others can disagree with me) that Azhar would ride in front of the original rider, where he could keep and arm about her as they rode. Athwen can't keep her up. She's too small. Azhar's probably as tall as she is (I can't remember how tall Tevildo said Azhar was) and a weight like that would be hard to keep on a horse. Can Lindir take Azhar with him?
We also have a few additional horses, with Shae's and that slaver's horse that Dorran picked up. :) Kwell can ride behind anybody. -- Folwren |
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Tevildo, how does that sound to you? Folwren, Tevildo -- Shall I edit Lindir's original suggestion in the post, or shall we deal with the change of plans in the actual story? I'm very open here to either option. |
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But I don't care that much. Whatever you want to do. -- Folwren |
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In the post I'm about to place, I used Shae a bit, Brinniel. If you need anything changed, let me know, of course, and I'll be quite happy to change it.
Hilde, I'd gotten from your last post that Carl was going to tell Athwen about Shae's hands. That's what he was speaking to her about when Aiwendil walks up. (Anyway, it will be, once I place my post.) I did not think that he would have mentioned the stone just then. If you want him to tell her sometime, you can write it. :) And I think that's all. If not, I'll edit this again after I finish and place the post. -- Folwren |
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I think everything looks good for Shae on your post, Folwren. I think I'll put in a save, but due the load of schoolwork I'm not sure how soon I can fill it. Friday night would probably be the latest; if that's too long, let me know and I'll remove it. Folwren, most of my post will most likely be between Shae and Athwen. Let me know if there's anything specific you would like me to add into it. |
Thanks Folwren. Carl with have to work up the courage to tell Athwen. :p
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Hm, yes, I did mean 'He had feared'. I'll fix that. Thanks. :D
I can't think of anything I want Athwen to do or say in particular, besidse trying to clean it and put something onto it to help it heal. She'll probably ask what it is from, though, but if Shae doesn't want to tell her, she's not likely to push for an answer. Quote:
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Lindir and Dorran are doing a joint post. I've put Child's post in the save and will give my response for Dorran later, hopefully tonight. So for now please bear with me for a half done post.
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I haven't forgotten the rest of my save. This has been a crazy week. Every time I set aside time to write, something messes it up! :mad:
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OK, I filled my save. I put it in a new post. Child wrote the end of the post and I put that up with mine.
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I didn't want people to think I've dropped out of the game. Since both my characters are orcs (and there aren't many of us), I am having a hard time coming up with an idea till time moves forward. Once the slavers move out of their camp, Ishkur will have plenty of things to do. :D
If any of you other orcs have any ideas for right now, please send me a pm. I won't be on till late Monday night. - Regin |
Okay, save filled.
Sorry it took so long. I swear I was planning to fill it last night, but for some reason I couldn't get onto the site... I hope you approve of my use of Athwen, Folwren. :) |
Seems like I'm in the habit of saying this on this thread, but here we go again....
Carl's save is filled. EDIT: Nice image of a tower Child. Thanks for including it. |
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SAVE filled.
Just waiting for Hadith to introduce himself and tell his plan. |
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