Eorling Mead Hall Planning/Discussion Thread

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

As you might see from pio's list, I'm now allowed to post in Rohan (if I dare to). I would like to get my character in quite soon.

Welcome, Lommy.

Just a couple things.

Anguirel is already writing a Dunlending outcast. And there are a lot of other outcasts already on this thread. Please come up with an alternative, as that particular background choice is getting a little over-used. I could suggest a couple other ideas, and the other players would be more than happy to share ideas they may have, if you like, I'm sure.

A female character would be fine, but I'd really appreciate it if you could avoid a noblewoman or poverty stricken or runaway, as those two things are already in the Eorling mead hall twice each. I realize I'm asking you to be creative, but hey, that's what this is about, eh?

I suppose a Dunlending would still be okay, but not a runaway or outcast, or former one of these. You could take your lead from Anguirel, who has decided to go with a Celtic rootedness for Dunlendings, which I think is a very believable conjecture.

The Rohirrim are to the Dunlendings as conquerors and victorious invaders and controllers of recently lost land. So there is animosity on both sides towards each other, since the Rohirrim believe that they only invaded Dunland to rid themselves of those who had invaded them in the first place.

And I promise I won't start discussing with Nogrod in this inn..

Hmmm.... some kind of background I don't know about, apparently. Care to enlighten?

[Thinlómien]

Thanks, LMP for information and welcome.

Apparently I should look around more carefully...

You told Nogrod that he could play a craftsman and I wouldn't mind taking the advice myself. A little bit individualistic female carpenter from a well-to-do craftsman family? No runaway, no outcast, no noblewoman nor poverty stricken. My character could be a Rohir or a Dunlending, either'd be fine with me.

As I'm not having great ideas, only good/acceptable ones, those willing to give me ideas are very welcome to do so.

One more question: how old are the people in the inn? I wouldn't mind bringing a new perspective to the inn by taking a person from a rare age group.

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Hmmm.... some kind of background I don't know about, apparently. Care to enlighten?

My and Nogrod's characters (both Beornings) met in the Green Dragon Inn and started discussing. Result: an overlong debate about hostilities between their families, started in early February is still going on and shows no signs of ending. The funniest of it all is that we don't know even ourselves what really has happened, we just make it up as our characters discuss/dispute. But we're not going to establish such an inside quarrel in this inn...

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

We have a lot of the younger generation. Watching this is occasionally like watching Papa Eodwine take care of a bunch of fumbling kids. And welcome everybody new.

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

One more question: how old are the people in the inn? I wouldn't mind bringing a new perspective to the inn by taking a person from a rare age group.

Please, everybody, supply ages. I'm not sure myself on all of them. Eodwine is 41 and Falco Boffin is 53. Garreth & Harreld the Smiths are 35.

Here's a post with
character descriptions which will need to be updated once you and Nogrod decide who you're writing.

[Anguirel]

People have described Manawyth as a "youth", but I intended him to be in his mid-thirties, sort of thing, just about old enough to have fought at the Hornburg when very young and to have experienced all the reprisals since.

Bear in mind he probably doesn't know how old he is himself, precisely.