Abduction in Edoras Discussion Thread

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Works for me. Adrigil's at the docks getting ready to leave (they'll, of course, catch him before he sails) and Farahil is probably going to be sparring with an old friend of his somewhere in the general vicinity.

[littlemanpoet]

I can see Eodwine, Garstan, and Thornden heading out with a search party, but I'm not sure how to proceed with it. What do you guys think? Is a search party what we should be doing? Where should we go? What should we do? say? Maybe we need Haleth to give us orders, Firefoot, as to what to do. Just a thought.

[Firefoot]

A search party like the ones Haleth was going to send out into the city? I could see them doing that; if that's what you'd like I can edit my post to include it.

[JennyHallu]

Fea: Farlen's property is about an hour outside the city in the countryside, so running for Adragil will probably take a while.

I'm going to go ahead and do the time change. If anyone has a post they want to fit in before the time change, post it here and we'll have Pio put it in place.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by JennyHallu

Fea: Farlen's property is about an hour outside the city in the countryside, so running for Adragil will probably take a while.

That shouldn't be a problem as Degas has a lot of time to kill. Remember, he doesn't get back to Edoras until the morning of Eodwine's court date. That means that (if we're working in a time frame of what, three weeks?) Degas has:

-travel from Edoras to Dol Amroth
-get directions from Dol Amroth to Farlen's estate
-meet Mar, Jr
-sit around contemplating stuff while runners find Farlen and Farahil while someone rides for Adragil
-whatever it is that happens when a noble shows up to tell another noble's family that he lost her (note that I'm a bit lost on these details and will certainly need a little help)
-Farlen leaves and Farahil and Degas have A Chat
-somebody remembers that Degas is hungry and he is given food
-eventually Adragil gets there and Degas, yet again, has explaining to do
-somehow, a couple weeks pass
-Farahil and Degas ride to Edoras

Looking at my only concrete ideas, I'm noticing that in there, somehow, a couple weeks pass.

I'm thinking that for any sort of time span sense-making, there would have to be delays. Degas is going to get waylaid on the road... he won't get there until late "tomorrow" at the earliest. That still leaves too much time.

Is there a possibility that when Degas reaches Farlen's lands, nobody of Lin's family is actually there except maybe Adragil's wife and kids or something? It would take up some time if it took a while for runners to find everybody and then for them to return.

I can have Degas get delayed quite a bit on the road. A storm comes up and he has to seek shelter. While seeking shelter, he finds a young lad on the road near to death from being cold, hungry, and wet. Has to find the young lad somewhere safe to go. Has to figure out what to do with him, as it's not particularly convenient for me to bring the lad to Edoras with him given that Degas has been back all day and the kid hasn't been mentioned plus we already tend to acquire injured strays with a questionable regularity.

Anybody want to pick up the role of a travelling companion for Degas that he finds on the road? I'm thinking to leave him as a ward of Farlen, if that would work out for everybody.

Basically, of all of the diversions I can think of that would require the time spans I need to fill to be filled, finding someone on the road would work out best. It would delay his arrival and his departure as first he'd have to find the kid a place to stay. When that doesn't work out, he's of the type that wouldn't think of leaving him behind and would resolve to bring him along until he found him a suitable home and apprenticeship or whatever.

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Okay, so now that I've thought "aloud" and come up with a few things, here is my plan to take up time and make Degas's part a bit more interesting and it also solves a problem I'd been having that doesn't pertain to anybody else, so don't worry about it.

My next post will involve Degas at an inn somewhere talking to the innkeeper about the fate of the boy being spoon-fed broth in the next room over. It'll be a flashback post of Degas finding the boy and bringing him to safety. The innkeeper will inform Degas that, for whatever reasons, the boy can't stay. Degas will ponder for a bit and then decide to bring the boy along, once the bad weather passes (roads will be bad for riding for a couple days... big storm, you know) and once the boy is fit to ride.

Does anybody want to write the part of the boy? If not, I'll write up a quick character bio and do it myself.

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Firefoot

A search party like the ones Haleth was going to send out into the city? I could see them doing that; if that's what you'd like I can edit my post to include it.

Whatever order Haleth deems most appropriate.

Edit: Never mind. It would appear that the volunteers didn't do anything on the first day.

[JennyHallu]

If you think they did something on the first day that I didn't leave time for, post it here to be placed properly, or reflect it in flashback. I'm not trying to prevent you from doing anything.

[littlemanpoet]

Eodwine is waiting for orders. As soon as he gets them, he'll do as he is commanded.

[Firefoot]

Post edited. I had Haleth send Eodwine (with Thornden and Garstan, if they so choose... they're not really under Haleth's command) out as a search party in the city. Hope that works.