Scarburg Meadhall Discussion Thread

[Mnemosyne]

I'd love to contribute something maybe on the more domestic side of the Mead-Hall at the moment, but I'm still confused by the timelines compared to the council and Groin's last post. Does anyone have any thoughts?

[Loslote]

I think his post is much later in the "day" than we are right now. It'd have happened before you guys ended the drill, though, so I think we can safely assume Wylflaed and Lilige would find out about when the drill ended...or at least, that's the assumption I've been under. Anyone else have a clearer idea?

[Folwren]

Originally Posted by Loslote

I think his post is much later in the "day" than we are right now. It'd have happened before you guys ended the drill, though, so I think we can safely assume Wylflaed and Lilige would find out about when the drill ended...or at least, that's the assumption I've been under. Anyone else have a clearer idea?

The drill, even if we don't write about all of it, will have taken several hours at least. So, even if we 'finish' the drill in our posts, and you all are still working on stuff that is happening soon after the hearing, in your character's sense, Groin's post hasn't occurred yet. The two groups, those in the drill and those at the Hall, are in two slightly different time zones, so to speak. We will refrain from joining the two groups until everyone is caught up, but don't let time restrain you from posting something.

Legate, I shall look forward with excitement to your PM.

-- Foley

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Okay... by the way, while writing a part of the PM post for Foley, I have realised once again that maybe just a brief summary of the NPC soldiers of Athanar's household who have been mentioned this far might come handy. Thus, I have made just a short "list" now to sort of review their personalities, for everybody who might be interested in using them. I basically used all the facts we have "learned" about them (from their actions this far) and tried to make them fit into some logical frame. There have been, this far, unless I have missed something, two of these soldiers introduced by me and two introduced by Nogrod, all of them have participated in more than one post (I have used Nogrod's soldiers - Baldwic and Fearghall - in a really brief appearance in the first evening banquet discussion in Coenred's presence). Right at this moment I assume all of those, with the exception of Scyrr, are attending the training.

I will post the list as a separate post, perhaps pio could then link it to the character list just as NPCs, so that everybody can look it up if they want to? It's really very little in terms of actual information, but at least for now - until their personalities are developed better - it might be good, I think.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

A LIST OF SOME ATHANAR'S SOLDIERS (for the time being)

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ÁFORGLAED - younger (in early 20s after the timejump), somewhat "unlucky fellow" whose main problem is that he cannot foresee the course of his actions and because of his tongue which he just cannot watch well enough he can easily get himself into bad situations. Got himself into a brawl with Matrim, later avoided punishment. Is a buddy with Scyrr. Áforglaed is a bit of a coward, but also in the sense that if saying "sorry" is the easy way to solve the problem, he does it. And in that, he is honest (i.e. not hypocritically just saying "sorry" to get away with anything, he usually genuinely feels sorry, only in many times apologizing just might not be enough). View of Scarburg: in the beginning somewhat negative, although he has the good chance of adapting himself.

BALDWIC SON OF BALDWIN - young, a bit insecure and unsure of himself. Had "sort of befriended Wilheard on the way to Scarburg" (Lommy) and the two of them had been recently training together. Baldwic seems to be fond of Wilheard, and same the other way around, even though Wilheard thinks Baldwic "still a bit of a baby". View of Scarburg: not specified.

FEARGHALL - possibly a bit older and generally more experienced, a rather balanced person, calmness is his name (this far, in every scene where he was present, his only attribute expressed was being "calm"). View of Scarburg: so far somewhat positive, had been expecting worse.

SCYRR - the type of person who speaks his mind openly, no matter what others think. A bit arrogant and self-centered. He can control himself in front of higher authorities (to an extent), but to his equals or, Valar forbid, to those below him in rank he can be just downright mean if there is even the tiniest thing which might annoy him about them. In other words: if you are being annoying (and you are not being a noble or something like that), you just deserve to be informed about that (in which way might depend on the circumstances. If you are too annoying and seem not to be willing to change your behavior, you may as well be "cured" from your lack of manners by physical punishment). Scyrr feels "on the same boat" with people he has known for a long time, and definitely now, in "hostile environment" he is more likely to stick to his comrades from Athanar's household (even possibly Hilderinc, whom he finds to be an annoying man who does not stick with the collective, but now he is still "closer" than the "foreigners").
His character traits got Scyrr to being almost strangled by Erbrand, when Scyrr, being annoyed by the smell of Erbrand's tanning and after Erbrand dared to gainsay to him, got into a fight with the tanner.
View of Scarburg: definitely negative (but from the objective point of view, Scyrr complains about anything that does not suit him, Scarburg is just not an exception - that, however, does not make any difference on the outside). Where there is but a single thing to criticise, Scyrr goes for it. (He would, however, never dare to criticise - certainly not openly - anybody who is superior to him, which would likely include even the original Scarburgian "nobility" like Saeryn etc.)


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LINKED ~*~ Pio

[Nogrod]

Thanks for the NPC-list & descriptions Legate!

I will post the list as a separate post, perhaps pio could then link it to the character list just as NPCs, so that everybody can look it up if they want to?

I think that for a shortwhile they should be just here and we should use the NPC's a bit more to come up with some more characteristics to them. I mean if they are just scratches we shouldn't bother Pio with now linking them to the character-page and then with a need to edit them everytime we add on to their characters.


Also, feel free to "end the drill" if there is not so much to write there. You could write something between the soldiers after the drills - when they are just drawing breath on the fields they have been practising. In that way it would be easier to keep the timelines separate.

I mean if you write the soldiers back to the Hall we'll easily get confused with different timelines.


But that also means we should probably hurry up with any things that should happen at the Hall menawhile the soldiers are having their practise.

I'm kind of torn now between writing something for Athanar and waiting for Nerindel to come up with some ideas... Anway. I'll be having somewhat better time in my hands from Thu-Fri onwards so maybe I'll just wait for tomorrow at least before writing anything just by myself.

But yes, let's get this thing moving again... and I see you're doing just that.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Also, feel free to "end the drill" if there is not so much to write there. You could write something between the soldiers after the drills - when they are just drawing breath on the fields they have been practising. In that way it would be easier to keep the timelines separate.

Well, we are at least making a co-op post with Folwren now, which takes place during the training itself. But of course, if anybody wants to move on, it can be solved in some way... (but this far nobody seemed in particular hurry, and as you say, the other timeline is still somewhere else. And that said, we don't know how long it will take us to make this post - it can be quite fast, or not, it depends...)

[piosenniel]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Thanks for the NPC-list & descriptions Legate!

I think that for a shortwhile they should be just here and we should use the NPC's a bit more to come up with some more characteristics to them. I mean if they are just scratches we shouldn't bother Pio with now linking them to the character-page and then with a need to edit them everytime we add on to their characters.

I made the link before I read your post.

Just edit/enlarge Legate's descriptions as needed on his post - that way there is no need for me to edit the link.

Thanks!

~*~ Pio