Golden Perch Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 02-18-2011, 10:18 AM

Foley, what sort of time of day is it at the moment.... they were serving bacon not so long ago and while I am not sure there is a wrong time for a bacon sandwich, does that mean it is still morning?

Folwren · 02-18-2011, 11:04 AM

Mith, I'm imagining around 10 or so by now. Maybe a bit later. Definitely time for second breakfast and nearing on elevenses or an early lunch.

Mithalwen · 02-18-2011, 11:09 AM

Perfect here are old school bios (it helps me if noone else

) for my new characters and I will get on with a first post.

NAME: Elintiriel (“Elin”)

AGE: 26

RACE: Men(!) of Gondor.

GENDER: Female

WEAPONS: Has a long knife but not usually worn.
APPEARANCE: 5”11. Grey eyes, long dark hair that would be the curly side of wavy if not restrained. Usually worn pinned up. These days usually wears grey and no adornment save her wedding ring. Her clothes are good quality but not new and hang in a way that indicate that she has not always been as thin as she is now. Overall though she bears no real marks of age she has prematurely lost the bloom of youth.
PERSONALITY/STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Now liable to seem tense, anxious and defensive but it has not always been so - Losing her home and husband has made her thus. Previously she had been a merry intelligent child who grew into a lively and largely contented young woman. Although trained as a girl in the various accomplishments deemed appropriate for a young woman she has greatest interest and skill at the herblore she learnt from her grandmother as a child.

HISTORY: Born at Edhellond the child of a swan-knight and what her father’s snootier relations liked to term a farmer’s daughter - though in fact her grandsire was a minor landowner of as good Numenorean stock as they. Having lost her parents quite young Elin and her younger brother Eardil were raised by her mother’s kin and had enjoyed a quiet country upbringing, until her father’s family pulled rank and summoned them to Dol Amroth aiming to turn Elin into an elegant lady fit for an advantageous match, and her brother in due course into a Knight. They had limited success with Elin who despite attending at times the royal ladies of Belfalas was never really suited to the formal and restrained life at court. Her father’s family might have regarded her marriage to a Ranger of Ithilien at nineteen as a step down but she was as happy with her husband, Anborn, and later also her daughter Angharad,as it was possible to be under the growing shadow of Mordor. That is until they were forced to flee to Minas Tirith when Mount Doom once more burst into flame. Anborn was lost later during a skirmish with servants of the enemy in his former homeland. Though his body was not recovered, none of his raiding party were in any doubt that he had died. Elin had tarried a year in Minas Tirith hoping against hope until her uncle issued the sort of invitation to return to Dol Amroth that brooked no refusal.
She and her daughter were due to take a ship that would take them there but there was a second ship a swift ship that would take her further north without breaking the voyage at Belfalas. A ship that might take her to a place where she feels safe and can give her daughter the simple country childhood she had herself for a while.

And so she has recently arrived at Mithlond and been harboured by the elf, Mithalwen.

~*~

NAME: Angharad (“Annie”)

AGE: 4 and three quarters... such things are important when you are four...

RACE: Men of Gondor

GENDER: Female

WEAPONS: Only the usual childish ones of emotional blackmail and sensing parental weaks spots. She does almost always carry a one eared and generally rather battered toy rabbit made of felt, somewhat incongruously named Isildur.

APPEARANCE: Black wavy hair cut at shoulder length, pale skin and cornflower blue eyes . From a growth chart it seems like a nearly five year old of tall parents would be 3”8 – so on a par with a full grown hobbit! Her mother likes to dress her in blue to complement her eyes but her travelling cloak is grey.

PERSONALITY/STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Still being formed but a determined temperament is is manifesting itself. While there are increasing clashes of will between Angharad and her mother she gets anxious if separated from her never quite trusting that the promise of swift return will be fulfilled. At her best, can be endearing.

HISTORY: Daughter of Elintirieland Anborn. She was born in Ithilien but was two when Mount Doom erupted into flame and that land was abandoned. Thereafter as Elin.

----------------------------------------

LINKED ~*~ Pio

Folwren · 02-18-2011, 11:26 AM

Great! Excited to have you back in the inn!

-- Foley

Mithalwen · 02-18-2011, 01:30 PM

Looking forward to it.. though now I have corrected it I have saddled her with a very awkward name.. Mayhave to tinker with that before I post properly. Why are the things that should be easy sometimes the sticking point.

Okies we may all be in the gutter but she shall be looking at the stars... If the Sindarin isn't perfect I shall let it go.

Folwren · 02-19-2011, 01:16 PM

I'm leaving for a day or so. I'll be back tomorrow afternoon or so. Be good while I'm gone. No fighting, no fires, that sort of thing....

I take that back, IF a fight breaks out, fine - just don't break the rules, okay? And no fires still. I like my inn.

-- Foley

Mithalwen · 02-19-2011, 05:38 PM

Okeydoke... I may take a days grace since I am off to Camelot (or at least one of the pretender's to that title!) And I didn't expect to be home so late this evening... shows what happens when you get the old family pictures out! But should post by tomorrow evening.

Bom Tombadillo · 02-25-2011, 12:35 PM

Galadriel55: I know, my post just now was rather boring. Do with it what you will . . . My creativity is at a low lately. If you do want to start a fight, I won't object.

Folwren · 02-25-2011, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bom Tombadillo

Galadriel55: I know, my post just now was rather boring. Do with it what you will . . . My creativity is at a low lately. If you do want to start a fight, I won't object.

The hilarious thing is that I see no provocation for a fight out of any of the posts thus yet made and yet you both are like, "Let's start a fight..." Start trying to be a bit more provocative, then a fight may be able to break out.

Galadriel55 · 02-25-2011, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Folwren

The hilarious thing is that I see no provocation for a fight out of any of the posts thus yet made and yet you both are like, "Let's start a fight..."

I first mentioned the fight as a joke, because at that time my character was having a fit of fury, but people seem to have taken it literally.

If you really want a fight, I'll try to make Al mad again...

xMellrynxMaidenx · 02-25-2011, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

I first mentioned the fight as a joke, because at that time my character was having a fit of fury, but people seem to have taken it literally. If you really want a fight, I'll try to make Al mad again...

Oh to see a hobbit in a brawl...

Folwren · 02-25-2011, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

I first mentioned the fight as a joke, because at that time my character was having a fit of fury, but people seem to have taken it literally.

If you really want a fight, I'll try to make Al mad again...

I really have no preference. I was just saying that a little more heated behavior was going to be necessary than what is currently going on. Actually, it's fine if there's no fight. I imagine that for real, a fight wouldn't happen between those two, because Bom's character seems way too laid back and Al wouldn't really be that far reaching for a fight.

-- Foley

Folwren · 03-02-2011, 12:00 PM

Envinyatar, I am really sorry I haven't posted yet. I've been very busy and have had no creativity at all. I apologize. Right now, my brain is completely frozen and I can't write two words together for a post. Sorry.

-- Folwren

Bom Tombadillo · 03-02-2011, 06:07 PM

No, no, nothing to do with the fight (aside from the fact that Foley's comment, which I quoted, was about it). I just seem to have worked myself into a corner.

Also, to echo Foley, I apologize (to you, Galadriel, not to Envinyawolf . . . wait, wrong forum.) Between forgetting about RPGs, and my computer going kablooey (I've been trying to sneak in posts from my iPad . . . fortunately the new one arrived today), I've been rather errant in posting.

Mithalwen · 03-02-2011, 06:27 PM

Is the fight off? Not that I mind as such I just don't want to bring in Elin in the middle of it since she is looking for a safe haven.

If it is going to kick off then I'll hang fire a little.

Galadriel55 · 03-02-2011, 06:31 PM

I don't think Al is in a mood for fighting right now, so it should be relatively safe to come in.

I don't think he'll ever muster enough courage to try fight someone twice as tall as him... but maybe some time later he'll smash a dish or two.

Folwren · 03-08-2011, 10:22 AM

I've read all the posts up to this point, and since Rowan stepped in, I didn't interrupt. So, that means Undome will be taking care of the order. (I'm so glad you're back, Undome! I think I've said that, but just wanted to reiterate.) Mith, I mentioned your characters, but didn't really say anything that would change what's happened.

Envinyatar, Dick addressed Tolly again.

Mithalwen · 03-08-2011, 10:33 AM

Thanks Foley, I would have offered to amend Elin's first post but you have made it work between you.

Galadriel55 · 03-08-2011, 05:03 PM

I have a feeling that Al's jaws are starting to lock up, with him staring into the same spot with a frozen expression on his face all this time.

Everyone's conversations are way ahead of his and Hamwill's. If Bom won't post soon, I'm going to send Al to cause some mess in a different company.

PS: Mith, if he'll come near either one of your characters, I promise he'll be civil.

Mithalwen · 03-08-2011, 05:38 PM

I'm sure Elin will cope as long as she has had a cup of tea...

02-18-2011, 10:18 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Foley, what sort of time of day is it at the moment.... they were serving bacon not so long ago and while I am not sure there is a wrong time for a bacon sandwich, does that mean it is still morning? __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

02-18-2011, 11:04 AM	#2
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Mith, I'm imagining around 10 or so by now. Maybe a bit later. Definitely time for second breakfast and nearing on elevenses or an early lunch. __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

02-18-2011, 11:09 AM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Perfect here are old school bios (it helps me if noone else) for my new characters and I will get on with a first post. NAME: Elintiriel (“Elin”) AGE: 26 RACE: Men(!) of Gondor. GENDER: Female WEAPONS: Has a long knife but not usually worn. APPEARANCE: 5”11. Grey eyes, long dark hair that would be the curly side of wavy if not restrained. Usually worn pinned up. These days usually wears grey and no adornment save her wedding ring. Her clothes are good quality but not new and hang in a way that indicate that she has not always been as thin as she is now. Overall though she bears no real marks of age she has prematurely lost the bloom of youth. PERSONALITY/STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Now liable to seem tense, anxious and defensive but it has not always been so - Losing her home and husband has made her thus. Previously she had been a merry intelligent child who grew into a lively and largely contented young woman. Although trained as a girl in the various accomplishments deemed appropriate for a young woman she has greatest interest and skill at the herblore she learnt from her grandmother as a child. HISTORY: Born at Edhellond the child of a swan-knight and what her father’s snootier relations liked to term a farmer’s daughter - though in fact her grandsire was a minor landowner of as good Numenorean stock as they. Having lost her parents quite young Elin and her younger brother Eardil were raised by her mother’s kin and had enjoyed a quiet country upbringing, until her father’s family pulled rank and summoned them to Dol Amroth aiming to turn Elin into an elegant lady fit for an advantageous match, and her brother in due course into a Knight. They had limited success with Elin who despite attending at times the royal ladies of Belfalas was never really suited to the formal and restrained life at court. Her father’s family might have regarded her marriage to a Ranger of Ithilien at nineteen as a step down but she was as happy with her husband, Anborn, and later also her daughter Angharad,as it was possible to be under the growing shadow of Mordor. That is until they were forced to flee to Minas Tirith when Mount Doom once more burst into flame. Anborn was lost later during a skirmish with servants of the enemy in his former homeland. Though his body was not recovered, none of his raiding party were in any doubt that he had died. Elin had tarried a year in Minas Tirith hoping against hope until her uncle issued the sort of invitation to return to Dol Amroth that brooked no refusal. She and her daughter were due to take a ship that would take them there but there was a second ship a swift ship that would take her further north without breaking the voyage at Belfalas. A ship that might take her to a place where she feels safe and can give her daughter the simple country childhood she had herself for a while. And so she has recently arrived at Mithlond and been harboured by the elf, Mithalwen. ~~ NAME: Angharad (“Annie”)* AGE: 4 and three quarters... such things are important when you are four... RACE: Men of Gondor GENDER: Female WEAPONS: Only the usual childish ones of emotional blackmail and sensing parental weaks spots. She does almost always carry a one eared and generally rather battered toy rabbit made of felt, somewhat incongruously named Isildur. APPEARANCE: Black wavy hair cut at shoulder length, pale skin and cornflower blue eyes . From a growth chart it seems like a nearly five year old of tall parents would be 3”8 – so on a par with a full grown hobbit! Her mother likes to dress her in blue to complement her eyes but her travelling cloak is grey. PERSONALITY/STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Still being formed but a determined temperament is is manifesting itself. While there are increasing clashes of will between Angharad and her mother she gets anxious if separated from her never quite trusting that the promise of swift return will be fulfilled. At her best, can be endearing. HISTORY: Daughter of Elintirieland Anborn. She was born in Ithilien but was two when Mount Doom erupted into flame and that land was abandoned. Thereafter as Elin. ---------------------------------------- LINKED ~~ Pio __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by piosenniel; 02-19-2011 at 05:39 PM.*

02-18-2011, 11:26 AM	#4
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Great! Excited to have you back in the inn! -- Foley __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

02-18-2011, 01:30 PM	#5
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Looking forward to it.. though now I have corrected it I have saddled her with a very awkward name.. Mayhave to tinker with that before I post properly. Why are the things that should be easy sometimes the sticking point. Okies we may all be in the gutter but she shall be looking at the stars... If the Sindarin isn't perfect I shall let it go. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 02-18-2011 at 02:52 PM.

02-19-2011, 01:16 PM	#6
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	I'm leaving for a day or so. I'll be back tomorrow afternoon or so. Be good while I'm gone. No fighting, no fires, that sort of thing.... I take that back, IF a fight breaks out, fine - just don't break the rules, okay? And no fires still. I like my inn. -- Foley __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

02-19-2011, 05:38 PM	#7
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Okeydoke... I may take a days grace since I am off to Camelot (or at least one of the pretender's to that title!) And I didn't expect to be home so late this evening... shows what happens when you get the old family pictures out! But should post by tomorrow evening. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

02-25-2011, 12:35 PM	#8
Bom Tombadillo Wight Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Behind you . . . . BOO! Posts: 222	Galadriel55: I know, my post just now was rather boring. Do with it what you will . . . My creativity is at a low lately. If you do want to start a fight, I won't object. __________________ Every human should have a cat or two in their care, to teach them the meaning of the word, and to correct them. Phenris Dorph

03-02-2011, 12:00 PM	#13
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Envinyatar, I am really sorry I haven't posted yet. I've been very busy and have had no creativity at all. I apologize. Right now, my brain is completely frozen and I can't write two words together for a post. Sorry. -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

03-02-2011, 06:07 PM	#14
Bom Tombadillo Wight Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Behind you . . . . BOO! Posts: 222	No, no, nothing to do with the fight (aside from the fact that Foley's comment, which I quoted, was about it). I just seem to have worked myself into a corner. Also, to echo Foley, I apologize (to you, Galadriel, not to Envinyawolf . . . wait, wrong forum.) Between forgetting about RPGs, and my computer going kablooey (I've been trying to sneak in posts from my iPad . . . fortunately the new one arrived today), I've been rather errant in posting. __________________ Every human should have a cat or two in their care, to teach them the meaning of the word, and to correct them. Phenris Dorph

03-02-2011, 06:27 PM	#15
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Is the fight off? Not that I mind as such I just don't want to bring in Elin in the middle of it since she is looking for a safe haven. If it is going to kick off then I'll hang fire a little. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

03-02-2011, 06:31 PM	#16
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,496	I don't think Al is in a mood for fighting right now, so it should be relatively safe to come in. I don't think he'll ever muster enough courage to try fight someone twice as tall as him... but maybe some time later he'll smash a dish or two. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-08-2011, 10:22 AM	#17
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	I've read all the posts up to this point, and since Rowan stepped in, I didn't interrupt. So, that means Undome will be taking care of the order. (I'm so glad you're back, Undome! I think I've said that, but just wanted to reiterate.) Mith, I mentioned your characters, but didn't really say anything that would change what's happened. Envinyatar, Dick addressed Tolly again. __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

03-08-2011, 10:33 AM	#18
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Thanks Foley, I would have offered to amend Elin's first post but you have made it work between you. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

03-08-2011, 05:03 PM	#19
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,496	I have a feeling that Al's jaws are starting to lock up, with him staring into the same spot with a frozen expression on his face all this time. Everyone's conversations are way ahead of his and Hamwill's. If Bom won't post soon, I'm going to send Al to cause some mess in a different company. PS: Mith, if he'll come near either one of your characters, I promise he'll be civil. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-08-2011, 05:38 PM	#20
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I'm sure Elin will cope as long as she has had a cup of tea... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

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