Eorling Mead Hall Planning/Discussion Thread

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Laiudanama

'Laiuy'? Fair enough, I'm just wondering how exactly you would pronounce that...sounds kinda like eating toffee...

Thanks - will do so.

Uh, Lay-oo-ee? Yeah, Lai is better.

Fea, I love the tune!

Such a bright expectant morning.....

[Nogrod]

lmp

I just talked with Lommy on the phone. She's still in eastern Finland but will have a chance to get online on Thursday or Friday. It seems clear that Stigend will start working with Garstan, but what should Modtryth be assigned to? Lommy would be happy to write something relating to her work on thu-fri if there would be something to write on. So have you any ideas?

I can write us to the breakfast today / tomorrow, so we could then be ready to receive our instructions. Is that Okay with you? Or are we going to jump forwards earlier? Lommy said even that would be ok, for she could then post kind of backwards, remembering the beginning of her duties at the Mead Hall.

[Laiudanama]

Lay-oo-ee?

Indeed, that would be pretty much the way I imagined it being said - sweet, toffee goodness...

Not really sure how to lay out this character introduction, although I\'ve looked through the last few pages of this discussion thread: I\'ll just give a brief run down of him here, then make a post on the game thread (although I\'m waiting for a response from Firefoot by PM before I do so - but may just get impatient and leave the end open, as I\'m not sure what time zone Firefoot is in...)

Ok, basically, my character\'s name is Trystan, a 19 year old Gondorian boy (or man, depending on how you view it, I guess: he\'s older than me, but in my head he\'s more like a boy - kinda scruffy, shady). He\'s basically a vagabond, a runaway, a petty thief; generally he\'s only ever been in trouble for minor offences, a broken window, a couple of minor crimes - but recently he\'s found himself on the run from rather higher authorities as involvement with a nasty individual caused events to rather spiral out of his control. That was in Dol Amroth, just under a month ago: now, after a few weeks on the road, the skint Trystan has found himself at Eorling Mead Hall - and while it must be stressed that he really isn\'t a bad character, he is, however, one in need of money, and fast...

Anyway. Hope that\'s an alright introduction to Trys - I\'ll get a first post up as soon as I can, or as soon as Firefoot replies, whichever

EDIT: I\'ve changed it to \'Dol Amroth\' not \'Minas Tirith\'. Thanks for reminding me, Feanor

[JennyHallu]

Lai...all my characters are from Dol Amroth, albeit very high in the nobility, and are about to return there for a time. Would we have heard of the lad or his escapades, or would rumor of that not have reached the upper echelon?

[Laiudanama]

Woopsie, I just changed it to Minas Tirith - although if you wish, I can keep it as Dol Amroth, I guess it would be better for interaction. In fact, yes, yes indeed, I shall change it back to Dol Amroth! And I think that yes, it might well have done, maybe...I will PM you with details if you wish, although they are fairly sketchy at this point?

[JennyHallu]

PM me when you have details. It shouldn't be important for a while, perhaps not until Lin's return to Edoras. While she may indeed have heard the tale while at home, I doubt she would think much of it until confronted with the lad himself.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I have a thought. Would you be interested, Lai, in having your Trystan already have met (and possibly not in the best of circumstances) my Farahil, who is, scarily enough, in the stable right now with him?

You see, Farahil's past is simply waiting for me to write it down. It's not solid yet, though there are certainly a few outstanding features. But he and his brother, Adragil, are the types that find themselves right in the middle of most anything interesting, and would have been in and out of Dol Amroth frequently at just about all times up to a few "days" back. There's every chance, if you're interested, that they might have met this young trouble maker, or at least have heard about him. It could be interesting and terribly fun to write the details of, if you're interested.

Of course, if you've already got things in store, don't feel at all bad about ignoring me.

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

lmp

I just talked with Lommy on the phone. She's still in eastern Finland but will have a chance to get online on Thursday or Friday. It seems clear that Stigend will start working with Garstan, but what should Modtryth be assigned to? Lommy would be happy to write something relating to her work on thu-fri if there would be something to write on. So have you any ideas?

Eodwine assigns that particular matter to Saeryn. Feanor? But seriously, Modtryth would certainly be most helpful as a general around-the-Hall launderer, cleaner, go-forer.

I can write us to the breakfast today / tomorrow, so we could then be ready to receive our instructions. Is that Okay with you?

That's fine.

Thanks for the character intro, Laiudanama. Looks good. Trystan. Hmmmm..... That looks like a Dunlending name, does it not, Anguirel? Just a joke, Lai, we've sort of adopted a general notion that Dunlendings are to the Welsh as the Eorlings are to the Anglo-Saxons. But that's just for fun.

Good interplay there, Jenny & Feanor, picking up on the Dol Amroth connection!

[Folwren]

I've just got back from a long time of absence and not being able to keep up. Could I be informed of where we are in time? How many days after the court date is it?

And also, who has left the inn?

I will read a few of the most recent posts, and I will scan the others real quick, but I would like not to have to really read all of them if at all possible.

-- Folwren

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

It is currently the morning after the court date. It will be a brief day before a couple-day time jump. Lin and Farahil are leaving this morning for Dol Amroth. Leof is in the stable with Farahil; Degas is in the courtyard with Garstan's daughter and Lin; Eodwine is just around the corner from them; Kara appears to be in the kitchen; everyone else is either still asleep or just rising, I believe, as it's just dawn now. Lai's Trystan just showed up, which might prolong and/or complicate things a little, but in a fun way, as he's an outlaw from Dol Amroth that Farahil may or may not have encountered recently. Does that help?

[Folwren]

Yes, thank you, it does.

If this day is short, can I skip writing in it? It will take a few days, correct? And it will take less time if I do not join in. Next week, Monday morning through Friday afternoon, is my last week for working at camp. If this Day at the Hall takes that long, it would be great, because then I wouldn't fall behind at all, especially if it's not necessary that Thornden comes in at all in this part of the story.

He would, however, be out there to say goodbye, probably. If I'm not around to write that, then someone can mention that he was there, and maybe Jenny could write that part and have him say a few words. I don't care that much.

What do you all think?

-- Folwren

EDIT: Come to think of it - if Thornden is needed in help with this Trystan fellow, then I'll write. He looks like a handful and Leof is too little to manage such a handful. Also, Eodwine is wanting to say a proper goodbye to Lin, so it wouldn't be very nice to him if he had to deal with it.

[Laiudanama]

Come to think of it - if Thornden is needed in help with this Trystan fellow, then I'll write. He looks like a handful and Leof is too little to manage such a handful. Also, Eodwine is wanting to say a proper goodbye to Lin, so it wouldn't be very nice to him if he had to deal with it.

Oo-er. Just to establish that Trystan really isn't a bad character - he just kind of...got involved with a few rather nasty individuals...All will become clear eventually, but he's a nice guy - really!

[Firefoot]

Mostly all right. Leof's a tad too accepting in the last paragraph - how about instead of "grinned back, as if in relief," put "nodded slowly, as if in acceptance" or something? Other than that, it looks fine.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Farahil... I should have provided the link sooner, but I didn't really expect that anybody would need to know much about him. It may or may not matter... he's 29 years old and he's big. He's very muscular and is extremely imposing when he wants to be. He moves silently and is trained in the use of just about every weapon. They're what he loves, so he takes his time to master them. If you want the image in my head, think black panther. Sleek, dangerous, dark, silent.

It's unlikely that Trystan would have interacted with him before, though he very well might have seen him if he spends any amount of time near the water. Farahil, I expect, recognizes Trystan as a young scoundrel but as of the moment has no inclination to do anything about it. If he finds out more though, he will, and Trystan will be no match for him. The lad'll need to be quick on his feet, as Farahil is interested, if only a little. Lucky for Trys, Farahil's leaving very soon.

[Laiudanama]

Ooh, that was low. Ooh...

Fun? I'd hate to have you as a teacher, elempee Anyway, I've made a reply. That was mean...

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I haven't laughed so hard in... ooh, this is nasty.

[Celuien]

Okay. Garstan and children have come to say good-bye to Lin. Having given the tour of the current construction, he'll be back to discuss plans with Stigend in a moment. Hope that's okay.

[Laiudanama]

If you see an 'edited by piosenniel' on your Mead Hall post, I've removed the signature from it.

Oh, sorry, I didn't realise we were meant to remove them - will do so in future.

I've made a second post, but I accept that I've made quite alot of use of the characters of Farahil and Leofric, Feanor and Firefoot: if you aren't happy with this or want me to change anything, I'd be happy to do so. Hope this is alright, anyway

[Anguirel]

I don't suppose Manawyth could be called in to help protect the horses, hee hee, hee, and keep down those filthy outlaws, ha ha ha...

Actually, I see the potential for an interesting conversation. Lai, our characters should have a drink together some time...

[Laiudanama]

My first post in a while is up ('A Nasty Shock for Trystan' - I sound like a chapter heading in an Enid Blyton book...) - sorry I've taken so long, it's been a somewhat busy Summer Hope this fits in with everyones plans...

[littlemanpoet]

Just for the sake of clarity, what Celuien and I have been shooting for has been for Garmund and Falco to hit it off best with Lefun & Ritun (really sad names, I admit, but my imaginative powers are apparently faulty in that respect right now ) . Thornden has consistently made this somewhat hard to bring about, which has actually been fun, so don't you dare apologize, Foley! Now with the added presence of Trystan, this could really get interesting with two (three actually) characters mutually paranoid of each other.

Falco has a mind to tell Thornden "he went thataway!" - but that does not answer Thornden's question. Foley, please feel free to write a post for Thornden in which Falco agrees to go back with him to Garmund, with whom they find Trystan. Celuein, will you have Garmund supply a description for Trystan? If so, could you have Falco and Thornden walk in on that? Ain't this interlinking fun?

Okay, L&R are/is big but not that big. They're big from the hips down in order to support all that extra weight properly, but from the hips up, they're actually a little smaller than a normal human like Thornden, because of the deformity itself. So let's just say that L&R come in at a grand total of 5 feet, 4 inches high, but thicker as a dwarf in the legs. Any questions?

[Celuien]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Celuein, will you have Garmund supply a description for Trystan? If so, could you have Falco and Thornden walk in on that? Ain't this interlinking fun?

It is fun. Post will come tomorrow evening. I had a long daytrip today, which has left me somewhat tired and uncreative at the moment.

[Folwren]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Just for the sake of clarity, what Celuien and I have been shooting for has been for Garmund and Falco to hit it off best with Lefun & Ritun (really sad names, I admit, but my imaginative powers are apparently faulty in that respect right now ) . Thornden has consistently made this somewhat hard to bring about, which has actually been fun, so don't you dare apologize, Foley!

How did you know I was going to apologize? I was in the act of mouthing the words (very honestly, too) 'I'm sorry!' when you told me not to, so I didn't finish.

And I thought the Lefun and Ritun were excellent names. Made me laugh, any how.

Falco has a mind to tell Thornden "he went thataway!" - but that does not answer Thornden's question. Foley, please feel free to write a post for Thornden in which Falco agrees to go back with him to Garmund, with whom they find Trystan. Celuein, will you have Garmund supply a description for Trystan? If so, could you have Falco and Thornden walk in on that? Ain't this interlinking fun?

So, you are not going to be writing a post and would just like me to? That should be fine, but I probably won't get around to it until tomorrow. Hope you don't mind.

Okay, L&R are/is big but not that big. They're big from the hips down in order to suppose all that extra weight properly, but from the hips up, they're actually a little smaller than a normal human like Thornden, because of the disformity itself. So let's just say that L&R come in at a grand total of 5 feet, 4 inches high, but thicker as a dwarf in the legs. Any questions?

Yes. Do I need to edit the post in which Thornden first spotted R&L? At that time, I was still under the impression that he was some normal, huge fugitive of some sort.

-- Folwren

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Folwren

How did you know I was going to apologize? I was in the act of mouthing the words (very honestly, too) 'I'm sorry!' when you told me not to, so I didn't finish.

Because you invariably do.

And I thought the Lefun and Ritun were excellent names. Made me laugh, any how.

Thanks. Well, for comical virtue, okay.

So, you are not going to be writing a post and would just like me to? That should be fine, but I probably won't get around to it until tomorrow. Hope you don't mind.

If I get to the computer before you do, I'll go ahead; but not tonight.

Yes. Do I need to edit the post in which Thornden first spotted R&L? At that time, I was still under the impression that he was some normal, huge fugitive of some sort.

No, you don't need to edit. With the big "sack" on his back, and the very large legs, he looked huge.

Good night!