The Fellowship of the Fourth Age (Part 1): A New Beginning Discussion Thread

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Yea! Glad you're back Child!

[Durelin]

So is it just the Orcs getting the kids out? I figured some of both the humans and orcs would end up helping each other do so? Just the way I was picturing it was that Khamir and probably others took off in the direction of the pit already (and some were already waiting around there to start).

Don't want to be picky or anything, was just feeling that leaving the humans out completely is a little much. And that being forced to work together is better for relations than the orcs doing all the work.

I may also be completely off on what's going on. ><

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Durelin

Don't want to be picky or anything, was just feeling that leaving the humans out completely is a little much. And that being forced to work together is better for relations than the orcs doing all the work.

But wasn't that just what happened? The humans had to help the orcs making the rescue? Ishkur could not have held the rope alone - and I wrote there that some men came helping with it as Gwerr jumped in.

Sorry if I was hasty but I only wanted to get the ball rolling...

But anyone could now write on behalf of the humans involved pulling the rope and seeing people (and the orc-child) to come up from the pit - or standing aside and watching things unfold.

And after all we need to make the two parties to reach their hand over the aisle - and now the orcs have done something of their part and it depends now on how the humans react to it.

But if you Dury think that solution to the problem was too hasty I'm ready to delete it and construct it differently. As I said, I just wanted to make things happen so that we could go forwards.

[Durelin]

Argh, I knew this would happen. I'd only read the discussion thread, not the new game posts yet, sorry. Gave me a different impression. Was attempting to multi-task when I decided to post that - always a bad idea for me. Sorry. Really shouldn't have posted anything without reading the game thread, obviously. Bleh.

Hope I can stop being an idiot and post soon, but life is somehow really busy right now even though I don't feel like I'm doing anything. Ugh.

Sorry again. Was disrespectful to question things without actually reading anyone's posts.

You guys are awesome to get this going again.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Durelin

Sorry again. Was disrespectful to question things without actually reading anyone's posts.

Don't blame yourself Dury! We've all being lazy for a long time. But let's now get this under action! It was nice to see you post Undomë! Let's hope others "not seen around for a while" will stick in as well...

[Durelin]

Hope my post is alright and follows with what's going on...about 2:30 am here so who knows...

Let me know if I in any way 'stole the show' or ruined someone's plans. I have all 3 of my characters involved somehow which is kinda obnoxious. Heh.

Nogrod - I had Beloan tell the orc to "grab the rope." Not sure why exactly, just seemed to work. I pictured him as one of those helping with the rope, though he doesn't need to be and I didn't specify. Let me know if you think I should change what he says or that he says it at all. At first I thought Hadith should say it, but then I thought Beloan needed to be involved, so *shrug*. Either way they are your characters so let me know what you think.

Of course, anyone could say it, I'm just throwing out what was in my head. All I know is it seemed someone needed to say it.

Hope that covers everything. Going to bed!

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

It was nice to see you post Undomë!

Much agree!

Nice post Durelin! I did so like the recognition of the pitfalls of pride . (Sorry, bad pun.) And the hint that it is a trait shared by more than just orcs.

[Durelin]

I hope I didn't totally kill the momentum. Just as long as it's not me doing something very wrong and it's simply that people are busy...or not interested? Have things gone totally stale? (Personally, I know it was difficult for me and rather daunting to try and come back to things after so long...) Is there any way to fix staleness?

Or is it just plain people are busy? Cause I definitely understand that.

(Once again, this is not a prod! Nooo way.)

Anyway, we're actually rather close to a point where we can wrap up a 'Part 1' like we talked about - if that's still something everyone wants to do. Really we *could* do so in just a few more posts...though of course it would be nice to give everybody a chance to get in on the action here.

I see the (new) decision to let the Orcs go as pretty much just the former-slave's/Mordorian's decision, and I see it as more of a quiet consensus than the earlier debate concerning the orcs' fate. Any opinions on that? Any ideas in general about how to handle that, where to go now?

Is there anything (else) anyone wants to accomplish before we wrap up a Part 1?

If we do continue to move slowly but surely toward wrapping up, perhaps we could have a 'save' spot or two put in in case people want to get their characters involved(-ish)? I don't want to cut people out of the 'end' here completely because they can't post in the (at all) near future.

Originally Posted by Hilde

I did so like the recognition of the pitfalls of pride . (Sorry, bad pun.) And the hint that it is a trait shared by more than just orcs.

Hehe. Well thank you, but Nogrod was the one who set that theme up very nicely!