[Child of the 7th Age]

I like a lot of these ideas.

Maybe the jealously thing could just be an undercurrent at the beginning so it would be harder for Finduilas to accomplish her goals and make friends. Poor Finduilias arrives in court and half the women are throwing stones at her, even though she didn't do anything! (It's even possible the Friends of Dol Amroth could exploit this and play both sides.)

Perhaps, she'd have some kind of breakthrough in the making friends department fairly early in the game (after 3 weeks or so, real time?). Then she and the other ladies who are leaders in the court could put their heads together and begin to get suspicious about these "Friends".

That means you'd have three main groups in the story:

A. Finduilas and her servants and ladies-in-waiting she brought with her. This would include the older Nurse whom Annun just described.

B. The local court ladies who start out very jealous of group A and only gradually make friends. (Maybe one of them almost got to marry Denethor and is pretty huffed about that at first).

C. The real baddies who pit group A and B against one another, and ho go around spying, but who get found out by the end.

Someone suggested group C could be tied to the Corsairs rather than directly to Sauron, and that's a good idea too.

Cami

[ May 22, 2003: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ]