Arry and
Pio,
I'm working on a post that tells about the huge gathering in the Stonecut Halls. I thought it was a great idea and think it'll be fun to write, but I'm not sure what all the Dwarves would do. I've considered it a little bit today...different things they might do. I was wondering what you two thought would be Dwarven type things to do.
I was thinking that some sort of dancing would be fun. I don't know what sort of dancing they do, and if they could even do it with so few women. I only know English Country Dancing (which I don't really see Dwarves doing) and Square Dancing, which is even less likely for Dwarves to do, seeing as it's an American version, pretty much. But that's really a minor detail.
There is a lot of mentioning of songs in Tolkien's work, and probably story telling of some sorts.
But what sort of games do you think? The first thing that came to my mind was Scottish Games...seeing who could pick up and carry the rediculously heavy boulder the farthest, who could toss the treee trunk farthest (I don't see how they could do that in the halls, though), possibly even a sort of randition of tug of war. If 'capture the ledge' that Arry mentioned in one of his earlier posts is a real game, or if it's something you just made up the title for the fun of it, explain it to me. It sounded cool to me, seeing as Riv got an awesome throwing arm and excellent aim from it.
So, really, all I want is some input and thoughts from you two. I'll be writing and thinking on my own to be sure, but whatever you all think will be nice to know, too.
Until then,
-- Folwren