[Novnarwen]

Oro- Your post is up! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

My post is done as well.

Please feel free to take us further on the road and out of Tharbad.

1.) Lorien over the Redhorn Pass (in the Misty Mountains – the Elves would call it them the Hithaeglir; they are right on the western border of Lorien) and turning a little south to where the Sirranon River comes out from beneath the mountains:

75 miles – this would be a difficult passage – snowy, stormy and all – possibly a few orcs. Good for a little battle and some Elven fortitude and skill with sword and bow This scene are we definitely going to have. I'll come back to this later. In the mean time you should prepare, practise your battle skills.. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]


2.) Along the Sirannon River and a little south to Tharbad a little town where the Old North-South Road crosses the Greyflood River (the Gwathló River in Elven)
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225 miles – Along the river just before it reaches the Greyflood is an abandoned Elven city – Ost-in-Edhel, the capitol of a great Elven Nation of the 2nd Age. It was destroyed by Sauron long, long ago, But it was where Celebrimbor and the Mirdain (the Elven Jewel smiths) forged the Great Rings of Power. If anyone has more information about Ost-in-Edhel, I suggest either that you post your info on this thread or PM it to me, so I can make a summary. In that way we'll all have some clues regarding the city's history etc. It's so much easier to describe stuff you know something about. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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Remaining......
3.) From Tharbad you can travel northwest along a road to Michel Delving, in the Shire. You will be in the Western part of the Shire, called the Westfarthing; Michel Delving is its main town. The same counts for Michel Delving; the information should be placed here or by PMing it to me.

140 miles

4.) At Michel Delving you can pick up The Great East Road and head west on it going all the way to The Tower Hill (Emyn Beraid in Elven); Here there were built great Elven Towers that looked to the sea. One of them held a palantir, The Stone of Elostirion, which Gandalf and the other Ring-bearers took back to the blessed lands, Aman, on the Ring-bearers White Ship.

FYI: Valinor is the central portion of the continent of Aman.

75 miles.

4.) From the Tower Hills to the Grey Havens and the Ships to Aman

50 miles

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So your total, give or take a few miles is roughly 600 miles of travel

Walking clocks in at about 2.5mph (I’m thinking the untiring Elves could cover a good 25 miles per day)

I don’t think you could take horses over the Redhorn Pass. We will pick up horses in Tharbad!

At a gallop, quality horses can get about 7mph (Dunadain horses) – they can’t gallop for a long period of time.

I would give the Elves 1 1/2 to 2 months travel time.
Nice, huh? If it's a bit confusing, take a look at this Map (Yes, Pio gave me this too.. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img])

There will be two new characters involved, hopefully, by Thursday. We are not going to say anything more about them now, you'll have to wait. Mwhahaha [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

[ November 25, 2003: Message edited by: Novnarwen ]