First (rough) draft for Shire worksheet
Title: The Princess Guard (I donīt like this title... ideas?)
Basic Storyline:
Finduilas of Dol Amroth and a group of her ladies have just arrived in Minas Tirith, where Finduilas is about to marry Denethor. There, they are greeted with some repudiation by the local ladies, and with ador by a group of three women. These people call themselves "Friends from Dol Amroth". The ladies are suspcious, as they donīt know said Friends, and start investigating. It turns out the "Friends" are really spies of the corsairs, and the itīs the ladies job to stop them.
The purpose of the story is to: celebrate the weddding and uncover the spies
This means we will know the story is over when: The weddding is celebrated and the spies are uncovered
Historical Backround: (thanks Cami! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img])
Ecthelion II was the son of Steward Turgon, and was a wise and foresightful Man. He put his efforts into strengthening his realm against the approaching danger of Sauron, who had openly revealed himself in the last years of Turgon's Stewardship. He was aided in this work by Gandalf, and by a mysterious stranger named 'Thorongil', who was later known to be none other than Aragorn. It was Throngil who constantly urged Ecthelion to take a stand against the rebels in Umbar. In 2980, just four years after this story takes place, Thorongil finally got permission from the Steward to go ahead and destroyed most of the Corsair ships with little loss of life. After this Aragorn disappeared, never having set foot in Minis Tirith.
Tolkien implies that Ecthelion's son
Denethor viewed Thorongil as his rival and was pleased to see him leave. Moreover, Denethor had a much more negative attitude towards Gandalf. It is said that, even before becoming steward, Denethor learned of Gandalf's plans to restore the Heir of Isildur to the throne, and this accounts for his lifelong distrust of both the wizard and Aragorn.
In 2984, Ecthelion died and was succeeded as Steward by Denthor, who ruled Gondor at the time of the War of the Ring. Denethor's later history and eventual suicide is well known from the LotR.
Finduilas of Dol Amroth was born in 2950 TA, and married Denethor in 2976, the year this game takes place. She was a lady of great beauty and gentle heart who died when she will still young, just twelve years after her marriage. She was the mother of Boromir and Farimir, characters well known to us from LotR. Tolkien states the following:
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Denethor loved her, in his fashion, more dearly than any other, unless it was the elder of the sons that she bore him. But it seemed to men that she withered in the guarded city, as a flower of the seaward vales set upon a barren rock. The shadow in the east filled her with horror, and she turned her eyes ever south to the seas that she missed.
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With her passing in 2988, Denethor became increasingly depressed and withdrawn
Startintg Location: Citadel of Mins Tirith
Likely destination: Citadel of Minas Tirith
Timeframes:
This game takes place in the third Age at around year 2976
The storyline itself or plot covers six to eight??? weeks.
This game requires a time commitment of about two months (a bit more?) from me, the game owner and from the major players.
Characters: – be specific as to type:
Main character types are: ONLY FEMALE!
Finduilasī Group (GROUP A)
Ladies-in-waiting
Maids
Old Maid
Scolar (??)
Minas Tirith Group (Group B)
Maids
Servants
Wives/daughters of the court VIPs
Young aristocratic girls from the provinces, send to court to be educated
Evil Group (Group C)
ECL
her sister (the double agent)
her mother
Secondary character types likely are: Like the main characters, only they donīt appear that often
Character types which would not belong: GUYS, elves, hobbits, dwarves, ents....
So we still need
*A better title (I think...)
*A better idea how much time we need
Thatīs all! Wow! So I guess you can start submitting characters... and any critics are welcome. It was only a draft. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
[ May 26, 2003: Message edited by: Manardariel ]