Land of Darkness Discussion Thread

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

I hope nobody minds that I've put in a rather Draconian post to get us on our way. As always, happy to put in any edits that are needed.

At any rate, the Special Treat referred to above is that we are actually going to confront Shelob herself. As you all know, I'm sure, she was pretty badly wounded by Sam so she'll be spitting angry. What's more, the mods (all hail the wisdom and benevolence of Pio and Child) have actually given us the go ahead to, and I quote, "finish her off".

I, for one, am tremendously excited about this.

At any event, this is how the next little bit of the adventure is going to proceed. I will give everyone until Monday to post about the journey into the tunnel. There should be lots to do: your feelings about Grash's plan, your feelings about each other, hatching plots, having confrontations, sense of foreboding danger, whatever (think The Green Dragon Inn at Cirith Ungol). I would hope that at the very least we will get some wonderfully atmospheric descriptions of Shelob's Lair!

Then on Monday, the Lady herself will show up, at which point we will all have to fight for our very lives -- and, I hope, for the lives of each other.