Eorling Mead Hall Planning/Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Celuien · 05-01-2006, 06:04 PM

I've modified Jenny's plan of the hall to show Garstan's changes. More or less. The curve of the hall is a little off since I'm not great with Paint and it's not necessarily to scale, but it shows the general idea.

Garstan's plan.

Nice to see you here, Formendacil. I'm sure Garstan will appreciate the advice of one of the Dwarves. Cunning folk with stone, I hear.

littlemanpoet · 05-01-2006, 09:04 PM

I suppose something squared off would be easier to build than a curve. I had been envisioning a wall that connected the mead hall to the kitchen, forming two 90 degree corners, with a corridor between. I see there are two doors, one each from kitchen and mead hall, into the "Alder Court". Looks good.

Man, I'm still having a hard time thinking of the stables on that side of the mead hall.

Celuien · 05-01-2006, 09:13 PM

Can do the 90 degree angles. It might even make my arclengths work correctly.

Should the stables move too while I'm redrawing?

littlemanpoet · 05-01-2006, 09:34 PM

Leave the stables where they are. I'm fine with it, just somebody correct me if I have Eodwine or Falco walk out the wrong side of the building to get to stables that are only there in the character's imagination.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-01-2006, 09:36 PM

Elempi, I have the most fantastic image of a life-sized statue of Falco adorning the courtyard. Thanks for that.

Formendacil · 05-02-2006, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Celuien

Nice to see you here, Formendacil. I'm sure Garstan will appreciate the advice of one of the Dwarves. Cunning folk with stone, I hear.

Thanks for the welcome. We shall see how cunning Náin is... Oh, and thanks to LMP and Fea, it seems that he's set up for a first comission. Double-scale hobbit statue, anyone?

On that note, how tall IS Falco? With the normal Hobbit range being between 2 and 4 feet, this statue could be a mere table-topper if only lifesize.

piosenniel · 05-03-2006, 03:38 AM

NOTICE:

JennyHallu's RPG Abduction in Edoras now has a Discussion Thread open & ready to take on players.

Come one, come all and play out the kidnapping of Linduial subplot from the Mead Hall.

~*~ Pio

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-03-2006, 10:54 AM

I've gone and lost Saeryn's age. Does anybody remember if I definitively mentioned it anywhere?

Folwren · 05-03-2006, 11:48 AM

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I've gone and lost Saeryn's age. Does anybody remember if I definitively mentioned it anywhere?

Aye, she's as old as Degas.

Actually, I don't remember, but Saeryn was introduced to the game before I came along.

-- Folwren

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-03-2006, 12:59 PM

Yes, well... it's exactly that reason that I need to know... that and if somebody asks her. "Well, I'm either 18, or 20, but you see, I'm not entirely sure, given that my writer never bothered to write it down." I'm writing up a bio for Degas, so now I'm thinking on it and can't remember.

Folwren · 05-07-2006, 06:18 PM

I have moved my post to where I think it belongs. I hope I am right. If not, Pio can put it back where it belongs.

-- Folwren

Ithaeliel · 05-09-2006, 08:34 AM

Hullo all!

I do hope to get involved in a roleplay here soon, but for now I'll just wait in the mead hall (I hope it will give me enough of a refresher course... I haven't done this in so long). Lovely to see some of you old friends, and I'm looking forward to making some new acquaintances!

with love,
Ithaeliel

Formendacil · 05-12-2006, 06:43 PM

Náin is 53- so rather young for a Dwarf (probably about 25-30ish were he a Man), but old enough to have fought at Erebor, and to have accumulated a goodly amount of experience as a sculptor.

(Oh, and Elempi: you will need to add Náin as well when you add Nogrod and Thinlomien's characters to the list.)

Personally, I'd like to see another old man around the place. Marenil is pretty much alone in that respect. Another person or two in that age group would be nice.

But that's just me, and as Nogrod said, that about nixes him being a guardsman as well as a carpenter.

Orual · 05-12-2006, 08:42 PM

This is new! Can an old friend just jump in, or do I need to wait until a new day starts?

You leave for a little while and they change everything on you!

littlemanpoet · 05-12-2006, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Orual

This is new! Can an old friend just jump in, or do I need to wait until a new day starts?

You leave for a little while and they change everything on you!

Wait until the new Day, which will start by midnight my time.

I just got to thinking: How about Lommy's and Nogrod's characters being wife and husband? That hasn't been done. Everybody who comes seems to not be hooked up. Might be fun having a married couple in the place. What do you think?

Orual, what do you have in mind for a character? Just curious.

littlemanpoet · 05-03-2006, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Formendacil

Thanks for the welcome. We shall see how cunning Náin is... Oh, and thanks to LMP and Fea, it seems that he's set up for a first comission. Double-scale hobbit statue, anyone?

On that note, how tall IS Falco? With the normal Hobbit range being between 2 and 4 feet, this statue could be a mere table-topper if only lifesize.

Let's figure 3' 6".

Make it 18, I'd say...; old enough to be married off, not old enough to have means to stave it off other than running away....and that makes Eodwine go a little more bonkers in his brain, taking himself to task for getting distracted by such a young thing at his 'advanced' age....

Folwren · 05-03-2006, 01:51 PM

What's happened to the Mead Hall, by the way? What are the plans? I don't think I'll be writing any more for this particular day until later in the afternoon (in the game) at which time I'm going to do a post about Thornden and his sister. . .and then I would like to be able to come back and talk to Lys. I don't think Thornden will be getting back to the Mead Hall until after dark, though.

So, what's going on?

-- Folwren

littlemanpoet · 05-03-2006, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Folwren

What's happened to the Mead Hall, by the way? What are the plans? I don't think I'll be writing any more for this particular day until later in the afternoon (in the game) at which time I'm going to do a post about Thornden and his sister. . .and then I would like to be able to come back and talk to Lys. I don't think Thornden will be getting back to the Mead Hall until after dark, though.

So, what's going on?

-- Folwren

Good question. I'm waiting for Formy's Nain to respond to Falco. It looks like I'm due to say something to Degas and friends, and I haven't had a chance to get at a computer for any reasonable length of time since Monday. There needs to be a general search of the fairgrounds, which will feel fruitless until word spreads, and finally when the thing shuts down just before twilight, the Mead hall friends will conclude that Linduial is lost, kidnapped, or worse; at that point Eodwine will challenge Degas to hightail it to Dol Amroth; at which point someone ought to come with a message for Eodwine from the kidnapper. Who wants to be the message bearer? If I know, then I can work it into my post. That will close out the Night.

After that, I'm going to move the Game ahead 20 days, which means April 24 (still grrrr behind our calendar), at which time Eodwine will give his decisions regarding the month-long trial periods of all his new hirelings.

Any questions?

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-03-2006, 02:15 PM

Jen's ransom note post for the mini-game has the queen herself coming to inform them of the happenings.

How are we splitting events between the two? Write at the Hall up to the point where Jen has the queen coming (which is pretty much the search of the fairgrounds and getting to the Hall where they see that she's definately not there) and then transfer that story to the other thread and continue onward in both places?

littlemanpoet · 05-03-2006, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

Jen's ransom note post for the mini-game has the queen herself coming to inform them of the happenings.

How are we splitting events between the two? Write at the Hall up to the point where Jen has the queen coming (which is pretty much the search of the fairgrounds and getting to the Hall where they see that she's definately not there) and then transfer that story to the other thread and continue onward in both places?

I've scanned the Abduction thread. Okay..... corrections to my last post:

I'll make one last post for Eodwine that is pre-sub-plot rpg, in which he dresses down Degas and then all of the mead hall friends go there, at which point the sub-rpg takes over the plot.

We'll start on April 24 Game time, with my next post. Okay, everybody?

Formendacil · 05-03-2006, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Good question. I'm waiting for Formy's Nain to respond to Falco.

That's been done, as I'm sure you'll have seen by the time you read this... I hope my characterization of Falco isn't too far off the mark- and I hope he smokes Longbottom Leaf, and not Old Toby or Southern Star. However, that's easily changed.

littlemanpoet · 05-04-2006, 08:18 PM

Looks good, Formy.

Folwren, I think you could still have Thorden return to the mead hall to close out this Day, and see Lys.

Nerindel, how about something having to do with orcs marauding in the mountains just east of Ithilien, or maybe a Haradrim mini-war in Pelargir which could have been the history for Æðelhild? Unless you really want the War of the Ring connection? If so, I think you could still have A befriend Léof, in terms of being kindred spirits instead of same age. Might be more interesting that way; the age difference could actually turn into a rather fun dynamic that way.... just thinking out loud.....

05-01-2006, 06:04 PM	#1
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,767	I've modified Jenny's plan of the hall to show Garstan's changes. More or less. The curve of the hall is a little off since I'm not great with Paint and it's not necessarily to scale, but it shows the general idea. Garstan's plan. Nice to see you here, Formendacil. I'm sure Garstan will appreciate the advice of one of the Dwarves. Cunning folk with stone, I hear. __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

05-01-2006, 09:13 PM	#3
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,767	Can do the 90 degree angles. It might even make my arclengths work correctly. Should the stables move too while I'm redrawing? __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

05-01-2006, 09:36 PM	#5
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Elempi, I have the most fantastic image of a life-sized statue of Falco adorning the courtyard. Thanks for that. __________________ peace

05-03-2006, 10:54 AM	#8
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	I've gone and lost Saeryn's age. Does anybody remember if I definitively mentioned it anywhere? __________________ peace

05-03-2006, 12:59 PM	#10
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Yes, well... it's exactly that reason that I need to know... that and if somebody asks her. "Well, I'm either 18, or 20, but you see, I'm not entirely sure, given that my writer never bothered to write it down." I'm writing up a bio for Degas, so now I'm thinking on it and can't remember. __________________ peace

05-01-2006, 09:04 PM	#2
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I suppose something squared off would be easier to build than a curve. I had been envisioning a wall that connected the mead hall to the kitchen, forming two 90 degree corners, with a corridor between. I see there are two doors, one each from kitchen and mead hall, into the "Alder Court". Looks good. Man, I'm still having a hard time thinking of the stables on that side of the mead hall.

05-01-2006, 09:34 PM	#4
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Leave the stables where they are. I'm fine with it, just somebody correct me if I have Eodwine or Falco walk out the wrong side of the building to get to stables that are only there in the character's imagination.

05-03-2006, 03:38 AM	#7
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	NOTICE: JennyHallu's RPG Abduction in Edoras now has a Discussion Thread open & ready to take on players. Come one, come all and play out the kidnapping of Linduial subplot from the Mead Hall. ~*~ Pio

05-07-2006, 06:18 PM	#11
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	I have moved my post to where I think it belongs. I hope I am right. If not, Pio can put it back where it belongs. -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

05-09-2006, 08:34 AM	#12
Ithaeliel Cornus Caliga Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Five-hundred-twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes from here Posts: 710	Coming home! Hullo all! I do hope to get involved in a roleplay here soon, but for now I'll just wait in the mead hall (I hope it will give me enough of a refresher course... I haven't done this in so long). Lovely to see some of you old friends, and I'm looking forward to making some new acquaintances! with love, Ithaeliel __________________ That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. .................William Wordsworth

05-12-2006, 06:43 PM	#13
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	Náin is 53- so rather young for a Dwarf (probably about 25-30ish were he a Man), but old enough to have fought at Erebor, and to have accumulated a goodly amount of experience as a sculptor. (Oh, and Elempi: you will need to add Náin as well when you add Nogrod and Thinlomien's characters to the list.) Personally, I'd like to see another old man around the place. Marenil is pretty much alone in that respect. Another person or two in that age group would be nice. But that's just me, and as Nogrod said, that about nixes him being a guardsman as well as a carpenter. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

05-12-2006, 08:42 PM	#14
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 868	This is new! Can an old friend just jump in, or do I need to wait until a new day starts? You leave for a little while and they change everything on you! __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"

05-03-2006, 01:51 PM	#17
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	What's happened to the Mead Hall, by the way? What are the plans? I don't think I'll be writing any more for this particular day until later in the afternoon (in the game) at which time I'm going to do a post about Thornden and his sister. . .and then I would like to be able to come back and talk to Lys. I don't think Thornden will be getting back to the Mead Hall until after dark, though. So, what's going on? -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

05-03-2006, 02:15 PM	#19
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Jen's ransom note post for the mini-game has the queen herself coming to inform them of the happenings. How are we splitting events between the two? Write at the Hall up to the point where Jen has the queen coming (which is pretty much the search of the fairgrounds and getting to the Hall where they see that she's definately not there) and then transfer that story to the other thread and continue onward in both places? __________________ peace

05-04-2006, 08:18 PM	#22
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Looks good, Formy. Folwren, I think you could still have Thorden return to the mead hall to close out this Day, and see Lys. Nerindel, how about something having to do with orcs marauding in the mountains just east of Ithilien, or maybe a Haradrim mini-war in Pelargir which could have been the history for Æðelhild? Unless you really want the War of the Ring connection? If so, I think you could still have A befriend Léof, in terms of being kindred spirits instead of same age. Might be more interesting that way; the age difference could actually turn into a rather fun dynamic that way.... just thinking out loud.....

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