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The Perky Ent · 03-26-2004, 06:48 PM

Yay! I'm in! This looks like fun! I heard about Road to Erebor and this looks promising! It's nice to work with some new people as well as those dwarves and orcs in Moria

! Should be cool! Now if we could just get those 6 dwarves...

Himaran · 03-26-2004, 08:11 PM

Eorl of Rohan (sadly) dropped out, so....

Six male dwarves remain, along with one male Ruhn Native

I realize the bad timing, as many people are playing dwarves in 'Moria. Pio, you had mentioned pming some people that play in Rohan - could you do that? I would like to fill up these spots asap!!!

Himaran

The Perky Ent · 03-27-2004, 08:18 AM

Man, i'm really going crazy over this thread not starting up, and i'm sure you are Hilmaran. So, an idea. Maybe we should post adds in other forums in case they don't know. You know, something in the form of a stickie. To me, it seems like either no one cares, or they don't know. So i think we should get the message out ASAP so we can start the RPG and start having fun!

piosenniel · 03-27-2004, 10:32 AM

Posting ads in other forums would be considered bad form.

In addition, players must have posted in the Shire Inn or in Rohan before they can play in a game in the Shire.

I have PM'd all the people on the Shire Players list and a number of people in Rohan who are not in several games already. Just sent out 5 more PM's this a.m.

What you can do is PM people you think might be interested if you wish and talk up the game to them.

~*~ Pio

The Perky Ent · 03-27-2004, 10:37 AM

Oh yeah, you're right Pio. It would be weird having an add for a RPG in the Quiz Room or something! But i'll get right on that pm-ing people thing!

piosenniel · 03-27-2004, 10:47 AM

Please remember players need to have read through The Red Book and posted in the Shire or Rohan Inn - which they can do before they post on the game's discussion thread.

So - you will need to tell them that . . .OK?!

~*~ Pio

The Perky Ent · 03-27-2004, 11:08 AM

Red Book, check, Shire/Rohan Inn, Check, Players, Check! I'm off! I'm sure we can recruit six people by Monday! I'm off!

Also, if there really is no one interested, is there a chance we might play 2 characters?

piosenniel · 03-31-2004, 01:15 AM

The Game will be ready to open once the last Character Bios and First Posts are in.

So:

1.) Novnarwen - (Please clear all your PM folders out so you can receive messages. I sent you an email through your Xanga site.) Place your Dwarf's Character Bio and First Post on this Discussion Thread.

~*~

2.) Esgallhugwen - See your PM's & place your Dwarf's Character Bio and First Post on this Discussion Thread.

__________________________________________________ _____

Eruantalon - Good to have you on board!

~*~

Fordim - Thanks for getting your bio and first post on board!

~*~

Saraphim - Thanks for getting that bio and post to Himaran!

-- Pio, Game Moderator

Novnarwen · 03-27-2004, 04:40 PM

Thanks for the PM, Pio.

Hi Himaran! This looks like a neat game. I would like to apply for Dwalin or just a random dwarf, since I've never tried playing a dwarf before..

Anyway, will you drop me a PM or something, Himaran?

Cheers,
Nova

Esgallhugwen · 03-27-2004, 04:40 PM

I've been Pm'd by Pio, the game sounds interesting I'll work on a post and such, but for now I must depart (been on computer a little too much today), but I'll try to get up a post as soon as I can to help you guys get started with this game. Hope I get accepted, never played a Dwarf before.

Pm me about anything else I might need to know.

Saraphim · 03-27-2004, 04:51 PM

Thanks for the PM, Pio . I'm quite interested in playing as the second male Rhun character. I'll post up within the next day or two.

Himaran · 03-30-2004, 07:31 AM

CHARACTER LIST SO FAR:

Please read the proposal to see what is needed for the character roles still open.

1.) Dwalin, Bali's younger brother

Novnarwen - CHECK PMS!

2.) Dwarves of Erebor – 8 males

1.) The Perky Ent - Accepted

2.) Nilpaurion Felagund - Accepted

3.) Esgallhugwen - Place a description and first on the discussion thread.

4.) Fordim Hedgethistle - Place a description and first on the discussion thread.

5.) Need

6.) Need

7.) Need

8.) Need

3.) 2 Males from Rhûn

1.) Eruwen - NEED A FIRST POST - PM IT TO HIMARAN

2.) Saraphim - CHECK PMS!

4.) 1 Female from Rhûn

1.) Arestevana - accepted

5.) 3 Travelers - all accepted

1.) bilbo_baggins - Ranger

2.) Will Witfoot - Dwarf

3.) Elentarimir - Elf

~*~*~*~*~*~

Other characters:

Himaran - Bali; from Erebor

Carlas - Durin, son of Dain; from Erebor

Eruantalon - Eruantalon (Erulon); Man of Gondor - PLEASE CHECK IN!!!!!

Arvedui III - To be revealed later

___________

Pio: I could lower the amount of needed dwarves from 8 to six... what do you think? After all, we have Novnarwen and Will Witfoot playing dwarves, too.

Himaran

bilbo_baggins · 03-30-2004, 08:02 AM

I don't know if I'm the one to answer this or not, but might you not have some of the dwarves as purely random characters? No one control them. That sort of thing. Might not be a good idea, but I can't think of anything else...

I don't know how RPG's are run, so I don't know if that will work...

b_b

Fordim Hedgethistle · 03-30-2004, 04:34 PM

1.) Have you ever played in an RPG at the Barrow Downs? – YES (see below)

2.) How many RPG’s on the Barrow Downs are you currently involved in?

List them, please:

“A Land to Call Their Own’
Planning thread for “Bloodstained Elanor”

Please note you may play in only 2 (TWO) Shire games at one time. (The Green Dragon Inn DOES NOT count as a game for this.)

3.) Have you posted in The Green Dragon Inn or in The White Horse in Rohan? – YES – Which one? Both

_______________________________________

For your character please include:

NAME: Haenir

AGE: 67

RACE: Dwarf

GENDER: Male

WEAPONS: Haenir bears with him but one axe: an ancient weapon of great provenance in his family, as it was used by his forebears in all the wars fought by the Dwarves since the Dark Years. It is long and heavy but so perfectly balanced that it feels light in the hand of a trained axeman. It is bound about with supple leather and is engraved with the names of all who have borne it with honour. . .Haenir’s name is yet to appear on it.

APPEARANCE: Haenir is tall for a Dwarf and somewhat leaner than most. His beard is long and dark black, and he always keeps it plaited in two braids. His eyes smoulder with a deep subterranean brown and are hidden beneath a craggy brow. He is clad in tough armour that has clearly seen better days.

PERSONALITY/STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Haenir rarely smiles and talks little, for he only speaks when he has something that he feels worth saying. He is a ferocious fighter, but can be foolhardy in battle. He has a reputation for being a bit of a lone wolf, for he has never taken a wife despite his vast wealth, which he has acquired through shrewd dealings with other Dwarves and peoples, as well as his habits of immense thrift. He has few friends, but he is fiercely loyal to the King, to whom he has sworn personal fealty.

HISTORY: Haenir’s parents were both killed soon after he was born as they attempted to make the long journey to Erebor from the Iron Hills. Their small party had been attacked by a band of orcs just days into their journey and all but a small handful had escaped. When they party had arrived in Erebor, Haenir had been handed over to King Dain who had taken him into his household and raised him as a page to the royal family. In the King’s service, Haenir had learned all that he could about the ways of a warrior, and during the War of the Ring had acquitted himself well in the battle before the Mountain. He had stood in defence of his King as long as he could, but was unable to prevent the fall of Dain. The new King, in recognition of Haenir’s worth, took him into royal service as a member of the King’s Companions. For the last forty years, Haenir has been content to serve the King in this fashion, but lately he has begun to chafe beneath the easy and uneventful life of royal retainer. When word of the expedition to Rhun reached him, he asked the King for leave to accompany the party.

FIRST POST:

Haenir awoke early that day, like a child on the morning of a party. For weeks he had awaited their departure but now that the time had come for him to leave his room he found himself reluctant to prepare. For forty years this one small room had been all the home he knew, and it had been enough to him. High up the mountain, not fifty feet from the Royal Bed-Chamber, he had served the King Under the Mountain loyally and with love, but his heart now longed to see the world beyond the shadow cast by the Mountain, and to seek his fortune in no-one’s service but his own.

It did not take him long to get ready, as he had been following the same routine for most of his life. He dashed some cold water on his face and quickly plaited his beard before donning his armour. It was heavy upon him, but he hardly noticed the weight. He put the few possessions he wished to accompany him on the journey into a small pack that he slung on his back. The last thing he did was take down the long, richly engraved axe that hung on two pegs just above the head of his bed. He moved to his door and took one last look back into his room before turning his back on it.

He moved through the long corridors and wide halls of the Mountain without paying heed to his route, for he knew every inch of this place as though it were an extension of his own body. Indeed, in the last few years he had begun to feel as though he were himself made of the stone of the Mountain, so used was he to living within it. It was this, he decided, that had finally prompted him to ask the King to be released from his service to the Royal Family and be allowed to accompany Durin and the others on this mad journey into the unknown. Haenir had heard the wild stories of riches in the East, but he did not fully believe them; he was not undertaking this journey for wealth – with which he was already well-provided – but for the possibility of gaining what had ever eluded him: honour. Of all the long generations in his family that had borne the axe that he now held in his hand, he was the only who had yet to do a thing of renown that would make him worth to engrave his name into the steel of the axe’s head. He saw this journey as his last chance at such honour.

When he reached the Great Hall the others were gathering to bid farewell to their friends and family. He stood by himself off to one side, impatient to get underway.

Saraphim · 03-30-2004, 05:45 PM

Agh! Sorry it took me so long to get back to you, Himaran. I just sent you my post, and like I said, this looks like its going to be quite the game!

Will Witfoot · 04-07-2004, 07:52 AM

Im sorry if this is rather pointless, Himaran, but I changed Gortek's age to something older, since I felt it would sound more appropriate for him to be a grizzly old adventurer rather than a young pup. He is now 102.

If you do not approve, I shall edit according to your wishes.

bilbo_baggins · 04-07-2004, 10:33 AM

Oh, so I got a grizzled old man by my campfire now? Ah, Great... just kidding!

Anyway, maybe sometime in the next few "game hours" we could get Elentarimir to join us?

And then we just wait for the dwarves to get here...

This is going to be a great game!

Dwarves, get on out here! Have some fun! Be impatient as Himaran says! Or just listen to him not to me, as it is his game...

woohoo!

03-26-2004, 06:48 PM	#1
The Perky Ent Maniacal Mage Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Setting sail for Umbar, with Firefoot at my side! Posts: 3,297	Yay! I'm in! This looks like fun! I heard about Road to Erebor and this looks promising! It's nice to work with some new people as well as those dwarves and orcs in Moria ! Should be cool! Now if we could just get those 6 dwarves... __________________ 'But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.'

03-27-2004, 08:18 AM	#3
The Perky Ent Maniacal Mage Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Setting sail for Umbar, with Firefoot at my side! Posts: 3,297	Ads in other forums Man, i'm really going crazy over this thread not starting up, and i'm sure you are Hilmaran. So, an idea. Maybe we should post adds in other forums in case they don't know. You know, something in the form of a stickie. To me, it seems like either no one cares, or they don't know. So i think we should get the message out ASAP so we can start the RPG and start having fun! __________________ 'But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.'

03-27-2004, 10:32 AM	#4
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Posting ads in other forums would be considered bad form. In addition, players must have posted in the Shire Inn or in Rohan before they can play in a game in the Shire. I have PM'd all the people on the Shire Players list and a number of people in Rohan who are not in several games already. Just sent out 5 more PM's this a.m. What you can do is PM people you think might be interested if you wish and talk up the game to them. ~*~ Pio __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

03-27-2004, 10:37 AM	#5
The Perky Ent Maniacal Mage Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Setting sail for Umbar, with Firefoot at my side! Posts: 3,297	Oh yeah, you're right Pio. It would be weird having an add for a RPG in the Quiz Room or something! But i'll get right on that pm-ing people thing! __________________ 'But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.'

03-27-2004, 10:47 AM	#6
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Please remember players need to have read through The Red Book and posted in the Shire or Rohan Inn - which they can do before they post on the game's discussion thread. So - you will need to tell them that . . .OK?! ~*~ Pio __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

03-26-2004, 08:11 PM	#2
Himaran Ash of Orodruin Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thangorodrim Posts: 777	Eorl of Rohan (sadly) dropped out, so.... Six male dwarves remain, along with one male Ruhn Native I realize the bad timing, as many people are playing dwarves in 'Moria. Pio, you had mentioned pming some people that play in Rohan - could you do that? I would like to fill up these spots asap!!! Himaran

03-27-2004, 11:08 AM	#7
The Perky Ent Maniacal Mage Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Setting sail for Umbar, with Firefoot at my side! Posts: 3,297	Red Book, check, Shire/Rohan Inn, Check, Players, Check! I'm off! I'm sure we can recruit six people by Monday! I'm off! Also, if there really is no one interested, is there a chance we might play 2 characters? __________________ 'But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.' Last edited by The Perky Ent; 03-27-2004 at 11:08 AM. Reason: Had a thought!

03-31-2004, 01:15 AM	#8
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	The Game will be ready to open once the last Character Bios and First Posts are in. So: 1.) Novnarwen - (Please clear all your PM folders out so you can receive messages. I sent you an email through your Xanga site.) Place your Dwarf's Character Bio and First Post on this Discussion Thread. ~~ 2.) Esgallhugwen* - See your PM's & place your Dwarf's Character Bio and First Post on this Discussion Thread. __________________________________________________ _____ Eruantalon - Good to have you on board! ~~ Fordim* - Thanks for getting your bio and first post on board! ~~ Saraphim* - Thanks for getting that bio and post to Himaran! -- Pio, Game Moderator __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside. Last edited by piosenniel; 04-01-2004 at 12:20 AM.

03-27-2004, 04:40 PM	#9
Novnarwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: In your mouth... Eeeew, by the way. :P Posts: 517	Thanks for the PM, Pio. Hi Himaran! This looks like a neat game. I would like to apply for Dwalin or just a random dwarf, since I've never tried playing a dwarf before.. Anyway, will you drop me a PM or something, Himaran? Cheers, Nova __________________ Scully: Homer, we're going to ask you a few simple yes or no questions. Do you understand? Homer: Yes. (Lie dectector blows up) AUS Blog

03-27-2004, 04:40 PM	#10
Esgallhugwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Where the Moon cries against the snow Posts: 526	In need of Six Dwarves, eh? I've been Pm'd by Pio, the game sounds interesting I'll work on a post and such, but for now I must depart (been on computer a little too much today), but I'll try to get up a post as soon as I can to help you guys get started with this game. Hope I get accepted, never played a Dwarf before. Pm me about anything else I might need to know. __________________ "...for the sin of the idolater is not that he worships stone, but that he worships one stone over others. -8:9:4 The Witness of Fane"

03-27-2004, 04:51 PM	#11
Saraphim Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The other side of freezing. Posts: 404	Thanks for the PM, Pio . I'm quite interested in playing as the second male Rhun character. I'll post up within the next day or two. __________________ I drink Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters! ~ Always remember: pillage BEFORE you burn.

03-30-2004, 07:31 AM	#12
Himaran Ash of Orodruin Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thangorodrim Posts: 777	CHARACTER LIST SO FAR: Please read the proposal to see what is needed for the character roles still open. 1.) Dwalin, Bali's younger brother Novnarwen - CHECK PMS! 2.) Dwarves of Erebor – 8 males 1.) The Perky Ent - Accepted 2.) Nilpaurion Felagund - Accepted 3.) Esgallhugwen - Place a description and first on the discussion thread. 4.) Fordim Hedgethistle - Place a description and first on the discussion thread. 5.) Need 6.) Need 7.) Need 8.) Need 3.) 2 Males from Rhûn 1.) Eruwen - NEED A FIRST POST - PM IT TO HIMARAN 2.) Saraphim - CHECK PMS! 4.) 1 Female from Rhûn 1.) Arestevana - accepted 5.) 3 Travelers - all accepted 1.) bilbo_baggins - Ranger 2.) Will Witfoot - Dwarf 3.) Elentarimir - Elf ~~~~~~ Other characters: Himaran - Bali; from Erebor Carlas - Durin, son of Dain; from Erebor Eruantalon - Eruantalon (Erulon); Man of Gondor - PLEASE CHECK IN!!!!!* Arvedui III - To be revealed later ___________ Pio: I could lower the amount of needed dwarves from 8 to six... what do you think? After all, we have Novnarwen and Will Witfoot playing dwarves, too. Himaran

03-30-2004, 08:02 AM	#13
bilbo_baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: In my front hallway, grabbing my staff, about to head out my door Posts: 275	I don't know if I'm the one to answer this or not, but might you not have some of the dwarves as purely random characters? No one control them. That sort of thing. Might not be a good idea, but I can't think of anything else... I don't know how RPG's are run, so I don't know if that will work... b_b __________________ "For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and with more knowledge comes more grief."

03-30-2004, 04:34 PM	#14
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	1.) Have you ever played in an RPG at the Barrow Downs? – YES (see below) 2.) How many RPG’s on the Barrow Downs are you currently involved in? List them, please: “A Land to Call Their Own’ Planning thread for “Bloodstained Elanor” Please note you may play in only 2 (TWO) Shire games at one time. (The Green Dragon Inn DOES NOT count as a game for this.) 3.) Have you posted in The Green Dragon Inn or in The White Horse in Rohan? – YES – Which one? Both _______________________________________ For your character please include: NAME: Haenir AGE: 67 RACE: Dwarf GENDER: Male WEAPONS: Haenir bears with him but one axe: an ancient weapon of great provenance in his family, as it was used by his forebears in all the wars fought by the Dwarves since the Dark Years. It is long and heavy but so perfectly balanced that it feels light in the hand of a trained axeman. It is bound about with supple leather and is engraved with the names of all who have borne it with honour. . .Haenir’s name is yet to appear on it. APPEARANCE: Haenir is tall for a Dwarf and somewhat leaner than most. His beard is long and dark black, and he always keeps it plaited in two braids. His eyes smoulder with a deep subterranean brown and are hidden beneath a craggy brow. He is clad in tough armour that has clearly seen better days. PERSONALITY/STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Haenir rarely smiles and talks little, for he only speaks when he has something that he feels worth saying. He is a ferocious fighter, but can be foolhardy in battle. He has a reputation for being a bit of a lone wolf, for he has never taken a wife despite his vast wealth, which he has acquired through shrewd dealings with other Dwarves and peoples, as well as his habits of immense thrift. He has few friends, but he is fiercely loyal to the King, to whom he has sworn personal fealty. HISTORY: Haenir’s parents were both killed soon after he was born as they attempted to make the long journey to Erebor from the Iron Hills. Their small party had been attacked by a band of orcs just days into their journey and all but a small handful had escaped. When they party had arrived in Erebor, Haenir had been handed over to King Dain who had taken him into his household and raised him as a page to the royal family. In the King’s service, Haenir had learned all that he could about the ways of a warrior, and during the War of the Ring had acquitted himself well in the battle before the Mountain. He had stood in defence of his King as long as he could, but was unable to prevent the fall of Dain. The new King, in recognition of Haenir’s worth, took him into royal service as a member of the King’s Companions. For the last forty years, Haenir has been content to serve the King in this fashion, but lately he has begun to chafe beneath the easy and uneventful life of royal retainer. When word of the expedition to Rhun reached him, he asked the King for leave to accompany the party. FIRST POST: Haenir awoke early that day, like a child on the morning of a party. For weeks he had awaited their departure but now that the time had come for him to leave his room he found himself reluctant to prepare. For forty years this one small room had been all the home he knew, and it had been enough to him. High up the mountain, not fifty feet from the Royal Bed-Chamber, he had served the King Under the Mountain loyally and with love, but his heart now longed to see the world beyond the shadow cast by the Mountain, and to seek his fortune in no-one’s service but his own. It did not take him long to get ready, as he had been following the same routine for most of his life. He dashed some cold water on his face and quickly plaited his beard before donning his armour. It was heavy upon him, but he hardly noticed the weight. He put the few possessions he wished to accompany him on the journey into a small pack that he slung on his back. The last thing he did was take down the long, richly engraved axe that hung on two pegs just above the head of his bed. He moved to his door and took one last look back into his room before turning his back on it. He moved through the long corridors and wide halls of the Mountain without paying heed to his route, for he knew every inch of this place as though it were an extension of his own body. Indeed, in the last few years he had begun to feel as though he were himself made of the stone of the Mountain, so used was he to living within it. It was this, he decided, that had finally prompted him to ask the King to be released from his service to the Royal Family and be allowed to accompany Durin and the others on this mad journey into the unknown. Haenir had heard the wild stories of riches in the East, but he did not fully believe them; he was not undertaking this journey for wealth – with which he was already well-provided – but for the possibility of gaining what had ever eluded him: honour. Of all the long generations in his family that had borne the axe that he now held in his hand, he was the only who had yet to do a thing of renown that would make him worth to engrave his name into the steel of the axe’s head. He saw this journey as his last chance at such honour. When he reached the Great Hall the others were gathering to bid farewell to their friends and family. He stood by himself off to one side, impatient to get underway.

03-30-2004, 05:45 PM	#15
Saraphim Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The other side of freezing. Posts: 404	Agh! Sorry it took me so long to get back to you, Himaran. I just sent you my post, and like I said, this looks like its going to be quite the game! __________________ I drink Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters! ~ Always remember: pillage BEFORE you burn.

04-07-2004, 07:52 AM	#16
Will Witfoot Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fornost Posts: 67	Im sorry if this is rather pointless, Himaran, but I changed Gortek's age to something older, since I felt it would sound more appropriate for him to be a grizzly old adventurer rather than a young pup. He is now 102. If you do not approve, I shall edit according to your wishes.

04-07-2004, 10:33 AM	#17
bilbo_baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: In my front hallway, grabbing my staff, about to head out my door Posts: 275	Oh, so I got a grizzled old man by my campfire now? Ah, Great... just kidding! Anyway, maybe sometime in the next few "game hours" we could get Elentarimir to join us? And then we just wait for the dwarves to get here... This is going to be a great game! Dwarves, get on out here! Have some fun! Be impatient as Himaran says! Or just listen to him not to me, as it is his game... woohoo!

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