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11-02-2009, 01:58 PM
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Messenger of Hope
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Legate! I'm glad you're here. I've been looking forward to your post with great expectancy!
We did post a ton yesterday, didn't we? Isn't it great?! I love it! -- Folwren
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11-02-2009, 02:04 PM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
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Addendum to the question in my former post: And who the heck is Wilcred??? You see, it's a slight problem for me - and I guess that would come to all the new people anyway - if there are characters whom we have no idea about (and especially if they are around our characters). It is okay and we can always check those who have their bio linked on the list, but when you have just name there, it does not help much... like, you see, is it a soldier, worker, whatever...?
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11-02-2009, 02:47 PM
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Flame of the Ainulindalë
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So Wilcred is an older soldier belonging to the household (part of Eodwine's guard under Thornden). He was an NPC for a long time but is now written by Gwath. Matrim is a gondorian soldier who was taken into the Mead Hall with his captain Balvir after they came to the Mead Hall with the healer Aedhel. The three are written by Nerindel. Another thing to those new to the Mead Hall. Even if it's I think a normal procedure in the 'Downs RPGs let me remind you of that. When you want to write someone's inner thoughts - those no other character hears but the reader of the story could read - use italics. It is also adviced you do not use italics in any other context so as to mark those "inner thoughts" clearly from other parlance, song or whatever there might be.
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11-02-2009, 02:56 PM
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Flame of the Ainulindalë
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 That's how it goes... Well, Nerindel popped in after a long while, like a wqeek ago, and sent the BIO of Balvir promising to write "when she could". The three were originally introduced and written by Nerindel, but Foley is right that especially Matrim has been kind of an NPC lately...
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11-02-2009, 03:18 PM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
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Good, thanks for your willingness to answer
 Well, it's all right then. I think the most problematic thing in these terms would have been to decide what kind of impression will the characters make on first sight on the others (we will know their actions, but we won't know e.g. what they look like, or so).By the way, it is by no means my intention to spam us with names, but it was just natural to add a few things like that as Hilderinc knows these men. And, of course, I wanted to illustrate a bit of the relationship between them. And of course again the knowledge of these characters can be used later as these "background guys". I hope the name for our "friend" is fine. I feel much better now. Yay, it's so brilliant to be posting in a thread which is moving!
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11-02-2009, 03:33 PM
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11-02-2009, 03:28 PM
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Flame of the Ainulindalë
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A lot more people, well soldiers to be more exact, but with names!
All of them NPCs for the time being for anyone to use. Here's a shortcut to them... - Baldwic (son of Baldwin), 18 years, a kind of insecure young man met by Stigend. - Feargall, a bit more authoritative soldier, calm, collected, met by Stigend and Garstan. - Áforglæd, a young and impetuos soldier getting into a fight with Matrim. - Scyrr, a senior guard of Athanar's house, possibly a bit bad-temepered - or just straight with his opinions... Of the four I think we will be married with Áforglæd and Scyrr as they seem like Athanar's guard both of them (well Scyrr is actually said to be one). With the two Stigend and Garstan met we can decide - maybe a bit later - whether they were part of king Eomer's escort to the convoy or belong to Athanar's men.
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11-02-2009, 03:55 PM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
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And ha, good list, Nogrod! I think quite handy. Personally, I think that it is good to have at least some basic "types" in the background to use, like, if you need some random people to use in your posts, you can always pick some of those and they will have already a bit of personality behind themselves, and so gradually they may even develop more of it... and they might even become more "familiar" to us. Quote:
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11-02-2009, 02:50 PM
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Messenger of Hope
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I'm sorry. I was very rushed, or else I would've answered your question when I psoted a response to you.
Matrim is a soldier. But I believe (and I may be mistaken, so correct me, someone, if I'm wrong) that he is a soldier from Gondor, who came with Aedhel, the healer, some time ago. Balvir is his captain, or at least was when they originally arrived, but I think they've melted into the rest of the men-at-arms of Scarburg. Matrim is obviously younger than Balvir. He is currently an NPC, I think? He's being treated like that, anyway. So, no special status. Just a soldier. -- Foley
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