Lamedon Square Market Discussion Thread

[Formendacil]

I suppose I ought to properly "register" the aforementioned Captain Formy, what setting a good example as a mod-type and all.

NAME: Formendur son of Belecthor, known almost universally as "Captain Formy," or just "Formy."

AGE/GENDER/RACE/WHERE FROM: 53/Male/Southern Dúnedain/originally from Anórien, but resident in Minas Anor for more than three decades.

APPEARANCE: Captain Formy is a mountain of a man. He combines the height of his mostly Númenorean lineage with the girth of a soldier who's spent most of his career under the pax Elessar. 6'2" and weighing over 300 lbs., he's a dangerous man to cross, and could probably crush most miscreants without help from the detachment of Guard he commands in the vicinity of the Great Gate.

Nonetheless, while Captain Formy may be a bear of a man, it's mostly as a teddybear. He makes regular patrols of Lamedon Square in person, so as to keep a watchful eye on "his" people, and also to make regular visits to his favourite vendors, having something of a sweet-tooth, and being what the 7th Age would call "a gourmand." One of his favourites in the market is Mistress Fea, whom he considers the first-among-equals of the vendors, by reason of having been there longer than most.

(Okay, it's a lot of description... but "I" am a public figure, after all! )

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

NAME: Feane Cooper (known as Fea)

AGE/GENDER/RACE/WHERE FROM: 32/Female/Human. From the lowest circle of Minas Anor, born and raised.

APPEARANCE: Fea has always been of the thought that a chef that doesn't test their own wares to make sure they're perfect doesn't deserve a single customer. As such, her wares are always perfect, but also have gone from her ovens straight to her hips, but she doesn't at all mind. She dresses in highly practical dresses and aprons that will survive the trials of kitchens. She is an average type of 'pretty' with a welcoming face and a not-much-nonsense attitude that is apparent from her hair, which is always pulled back in a chignon that starts out the day severe, but works its way loose as the afternoon wears on, leaving strands of nearly-black hair on the verge of escape.

[Anguirel]

ha, is every Lamedonian marketeer to be named in comical proximity to their screen names...?

[Formendacil]

Originally Posted by Anguirel

ha, is every Lamedonian marketeer to be named in comical proximity to their screen names...?

There is absolutely no requirement that they be--in my case and Mistress Fea's, there is a healthy dose of laziness involved. It helps, in our cases, to be instantly recognisable, since, well, we're the Mods (Piosennial was the name of the first Green Dragon innkeeper, and Bêthberry the first White Horse Moderator.)

That being said, it would be amusing for the trend to continue.

[Envinyatar]

Name: Bertufin (Old Berty)

Age/Gender/Race/Where from: 52/Male/Men/Ringlo Vale originally; now Minas Anor

Appearance: Tall, mildly stooped posture, gaunt, small potbelly from too much drink and too little food; a number of teeth missing; pale scar from left temple to chin; eyes brown - patch over left eye. Grey, stringy hair shoulder length with some dark strands still visible; right leg amputated at knee – uses a wooden T-crutch padded with old rags; ring finger, little finger missing from left hand. Generally disheveled and dirty looking. Raggedy, patchwork of clothes and footwear. Has a moth-eaten greatcoat with numerous pockets and a small old leather bag he slings over his shoulders.

Bits of Character/History You Feel Might Be Helpful in Defining the Character: An old soldier who has not fared so well since the Battle of the Pelennor. He received his wounds there, and when he was well enough to travel home to Ringlo Vale, he found his family murdered and farm destroyed when Orcs rampaged through the vale while the men were off soldiering. He’s never been quite “right” since then – a bit twitchy, nervous, given to fancying there are ‘things’ out to get him. And sometimes the horrors of the battle rise up again in his mind and he becomes completely cut off from present reality. All this is not helped by the fact that he drinks as often and as much as he can to keep those horrors at bay.