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littlemanpoet · 10-25-2004, 07:47 PM

Clarification on the knife: The lead merlock wrested it from Tharonwe, none too pleased with its Elven overlord; Tharonwe admittedly did not put up any resistance to having the knife removed from his possession. The merlocks have decided that since this last of the maidens (Gwyllion) was captured by them separately, that Tharonwe's order not to harm them (much) did not apply to this one, and they did not entirely curb their cannibalistic appetites. Still fearing potential wrath from Tharonwe, they started with extremities, which is why Gwyllion was missing anything below one knee (sorry). Anyway, this lead merlock, in his ire, plunges the knife into Gwyllion's chest, killing her instantly. Mellonin, in a momentary fit of instinctive, unthinking, and ferocious loyalty, forces her way to Gwyllion and grabs her, and races away from the merlocks. She takes the knife from Gwyllion's chest and hands it to Bellyn, ordering her to bring up the rear as Leafa and she carry Gwyllion away from the merlocks. Does that work? I hope so, because Mellonin seems to be the most assertive of the women; and as things have turned out, Bellyn the most - er - healthy. You might take this as an opportunity, Aylwen, for Bellyn to realize that there are things about her that she had no idea...... growth of character type stuff, or on the other hand, Bellyn could feel that this was quite out of her element, and turn to angsty, contemplative remenations on why she was left unmarred while the others suffered or died. 'nuff said, I hope....

oh, one last thing. If there are 40 merlocks and just 4 maidens, it must surely mean that even Bellyn does not come away unscathed, but the path is narrow and it's kind of like how Jackson portrayed the hand to hand combat on that parapet at Helm's Deep: only two can attack Bellyn at any one time, and they don't like that knife. She's taller than they are, and so can outrun them - but she keeps catching up to Leafa and Mellonin carrying Gwyllion, and must turn and face the pursueing merlocks again... and again..l. and again. So Bellyn should have claw marks on her arms, maybe her face, but that would be it. And the other maidens will have claw marks all over their faces, arms, and their legs (or what's left of them in the late Gwyllion's case).

10-25-2004, 07:47 PM	#640
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Clarification on the knife: The lead merlock wrested it from Tharonwe, none too pleased with its Elven overlord; Tharonwe admittedly did not put up any resistance to having the knife removed from his possession. The merlocks have decided that since this last of the maidens (Gwyllion) was captured by them separately, that Tharonwe's order not to harm them (much) did not apply to this one, and they did not entirely curb their cannibalistic appetites. Still fearing potential wrath from Tharonwe, they started with extremities, which is why Gwyllion was missing anything below one knee (sorry). Anyway, this lead merlock, in his ire, plunges the knife into Gwyllion's chest, killing her instantly. Mellonin, in a momentary fit of instinctive, unthinking, and ferocious loyalty, forces her way to Gwyllion and grabs her, and races away from the merlocks. She takes the knife from Gwyllion's chest and hands it to Bellyn, ordering her to bring up the rear as Leafa and she carry Gwyllion away from the merlocks. Does that work? I hope so, because Mellonin seems to be the most assertive of the women; and as things have turned out, Bellyn the most - er - healthy. You might take this as an opportunity, Aylwen, for Bellyn to realize that there are things about her that she had no idea...... growth of character type stuff, or on the other hand, Bellyn could feel that this was quite out of her element, and turn to angsty, contemplative remenations on why she was left unmarred while the others suffered or died. 'nuff said, I hope.... oh, one last thing. If there are 40 merlocks and just 4 maidens, it must surely mean that even Bellyn does not come away unscathed, but the path is narrow and it's kind of like how Jackson portrayed the hand to hand combat on that parapet at Helm's Deep: only two can attack Bellyn at any one time, and they don't like that knife. She's taller than they are, and so can outrun them - but she keeps catching up to Leafa and Mellonin carrying Gwyllion, and must turn and face the pursueing merlocks again... and again..l. and again. So Bellyn should have claw marks on her arms, maybe her face, but that would be it. And the other maidens will have claw marks all over their faces, arms, and their legs (or what's left of them in the late Gwyllion's case). Last edited by littlemanpoet; 10-25-2004 at 07:52 PM.