[Child of the 7th Age]

Just throwing in my 2 cents...

Fiduilas informs Ecthelion who -after hearing of the corsairs´ retreat- starts planning a campaign to eliminate said corsairs.

Yes, but make it very clear that the preparations will take some time. Perhaps it will take some initial spy work on the part of Gondor (perhaps by Aragorn himself?) before they mount the attack. That would explain the 4-year delay.

Also, with the survival of the evil lady and the necessity of a spying campaign, I can already smell a sequel to this story!

Sophia - Regarding the time frame for Aragorn, the chronology says he worked for both Thengal of Rohan and Ecthelion II of Gondor from 2957 until the victory over the Corsairs in 2980. So there's plenty of time.

Also, I agree that Finduilas should love her husband. Otherwise things become too complicated. And ending with the wedding is good, nice and clear cut.

I do have one question:

I really like this idea (especially Finduilas' speech! Go Maika!) except Tolkien tells us that at no point does Denethor ever agree to take action against the corsairs. His father Ecthelion does it four years after Finduilas' arrival at court. So unless we want the game to cover a time period of four years, there isn't going to be any destroying of corsairs. And whatever's revealed needs to be revealed to Ecthelion instead of Denethor, because if Denethor knows all this stuff that Finduilas is supposed to know, and still opposes attacking the corsairs it makes him more than negligent to the safety of Gondor. We don't want him to come out looking like the bad guy.

Why doesn't either Finduilas or Ecthelion eventually tell Denethor what happened? Perhaps they do...

Tolkien never specifically says that Denethor disapproved of the attack on the Corsairs in 2980. Only that he disliked Gandalf and Thorongil. Tolkien says perhaps Denethor discovered who Throngil really was, and suspected Gandalf of working to supplant the Stewards and bring in Aragorn as king.

Perhaps Denethor knew of the spying and later preparations, but still remained distrustful of the particular policy because Aragorn himself recommended and supported it?

Any ideas? I think you've got to tie up this end one way or another.

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Runs off to get other hat as a Shire Mod.........

Manardariel ,

I think we need to go with the planners that have applied up till now and cut off the list, since you are now far advanced in your planning of the plot.

Also, in the proposal itself, in the historical background section, you will need a note telling all posters to read this in LotR----the chronology in Appendix B that runs from 2950 through 2988 (just a half page), plus the two pages in Appendix A under part iv, just before the section on Aragorn and Arwen that deals with the history of Ecthelion and Denethor (just two pages).

[ May 24, 2003: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ]