Friends of Nimrodel: Tapestry of Dreams - Discussion

[Imladris]

Yes. Much better.

[mark12_30]

I guess Erebemlin's eyes are better than Taitheneb's, but Taitheneb has the better ears...

Alak, how am I doing with your elves??

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

My save for Bellyn is filled.

-Aylwen

[Imladris]

I filled in my save.

I just want to apologize that I haven't been posting as often as I should have been. Things have really gotten busy on this end. I'm sorry.

[mark12_30]

I think we are all busy... and this part does seem a bit fuzzy.

(Lord, inspiration please? How should all this pan out? And how can we best praise you in it?)

lmp, immy, I assume we want to simply overwhelm and disarm these mercenaries, and not kill them?

Will a blast of Osanwe and a little blade work do the job, do you think?

Oh, and about my Math-- if there were a dozen mercenaries and more than one merchant, how many men are there really? Immy?

While he's at it, Amroth will give the dratted merchant Such A Headache. Search and accuse a la Galadriel vs Boromir, I think. Any suggestions as to Merchant's weaknesses for Amroth to expose? And I think Aeron would get a sifting too, to determine what's really in his heart. What weaknesses does the merchant have that Amroth should play off of? What should they find in Aeron?

Immy, would you like to write that post? It would come immediately after the Overwhelm-and-disarm part.

Edit:

On second thought, how about Erebemlin does the Galadriel-mind-sifting bit?

Taitheneb can be busy reassuring Gwillion (there'll be bloodshed, though not fatal) and Amroth can be busy intimidating the men-at-arms; Erebemlin can vent some of his pent-up annoyance and frustration on the Merchant-- and then check Aeron out.

Alak, does that sound plausible?

[Imladris]

Will a blast of Osanwe and a little blade work do the job, do you think?

Oh, and about my Math-- if there were a dozen mercenaries and more than one merchant, how many men are there really? Immy?

*cough* Um...hehehehe....let's make it about a nice total of two disgruntled merchant and twelve mercenaries...that'd be fourteen men.

While he's at it, Amroth will give the dratted merchant Such A Headache. Search and accuse a la Galadriel vs Boromir, I think. Any suggestions as to Merchant's weaknesses for Amroth to expose? And I think Aeron would get a sifting too, to determine what's really in his heart. What weaknesses does the merchant have that Amroth should play off of? What should they find in Aeron?

Immy, would you like to write that post? It would come immediately after the Overwhelm-and-disarm part.

Oof...that's a toughy. The merchant is primarily angry because Aeron has been a thief most of his childhood and teenage years and has not been caught. He has had the good luck to catch him, and is denyed by a ranger no less. In his mind, that is pure and simple wrongness. In his mind, he is helping justice along by handing the boy over. Yet he is proud, refusing to listen to why Ravion is reluctant to give them over. His pride is injured that a boy has escaped him for so long, that this mangy cur dared to touch his gems.

Edit: the merchant has a twisted sense of nobility as well. That, I think, is a weakness...

Also, as was pointed out earlier, he has a weakness for his horse.

Does that help at all?

As for Aeron: though a late teenager I believe (can't remember his age exactly), Aeron is a boy. He never really grew up, and the growing up he did receive was not good. As Ponyboy said in The Outsiders: You see things but all the wrong things (paraphrased of course). He has a happy-go-lucky attitude that takes a serious crash to the ground when he feels betrayed. Currently, he thinks that Raefindan betrayed him, he's probably still ticked with Ravion, and he's concerned for his sister. Right now, all these things have come upon and he's confused and angry.

I hope I answered the question...

[Orual]

Post up! Sorry it's late; I've been having trouble keeping up, what with a crazy rehearsal schedule, opening in two weeks, and other things. I hope it's sufficient!

By the way, Immy--since I don't give out much reputation, I can't give you another boost, but I've been loving your posts lately. Your merchant reminds me a little of Javert from Hugo's Les Miserables.

~O