Resettling the Lost Kingdom Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The X Phial · 05-11-2004, 12:32 PM

Ok, Belin and I have worked through the ending and have a timeline ready.

Week of May 14 - May 21

Belin will kick off the attack on the settlement on the 14th, Friday. Hillmen, check PMs for more specific instructions, but feel free to post about killing guards, burning tents, stealing horses, etc.

Settlers and rangers, fight back. We can make a dent in the hillmen, but a good many of them will need to escape. We're all a bit drunk and lazy from the celebration anyway, and security, though just stepped up, has been lax. Fight as well as you can, though, and we should lose few citizens, though possibly a good number of gaurds.

Dwarves, head back to the village please.

May 21 - May 24

Reactions to the attack by hillmen and settlers/rangers alike. Feelings, survey of damage, celebrations over living through the fight. Dwarves arrive back at the settlement, but don't tell the settlers what they know yet.

Week of May 24 - May 31

The Settlers and Rangers track the hillmen back to their village and take prisoners back to the settlement for judgement. The settler/ranger group will be divided into trackers and those left at home to clean up the mess. Dwarves will reveal the connection between the hillmen and the settlers at this time.

May 31 - June 5

Hillmen are brought back for judgement, and given the choice to either join the settlement or be iradicated. Settlers/Rangers will have to fight with those who refuse to join the group.

June 5 - June 11

End of the game. The stone for permanent buildings will arrive, those who chose to stay with the settlers will have to start their new lives there. The town will start to become a town, and the rangers and settlers almost one people, united by the continuing threat of the hillmen who are still out there. We end on a hopeful, but not totally resolved note, rather like life.

This gives us plenty of time to finish the game within the deadline bethberry gave us. If we need to extend one section or another by a few days, it's not a tragedy. If, however, people check the game frequently and post regularly, there should be NO problems getting through what we need to within this time frame. Please, if you have any questions, PM me or put them in the discussion thread. I am happy to clarify any points that need clearing up.

Thank you to everyone for their patience with the game. We're in the home stretch now, and I know we can end this game well and before our time is up!

Carrûn · 05-11-2004, 07:10 PM

I'm alive. I just got back from school for the year, and my family's computer suddenly decided not to work so myself and Himaran will have sporadic Internet service at best for the next week or so until this is resolved.

Carrûn · 05-11-2004, 07:34 PM

Kryssal I put a post in like you requested - I'll add more to it when I get some time. Let me know if you think something needs changed.

Belin · 05-15-2004, 10:03 PM

Osse, I hope I was right in picking up on your cues about Bear. Let me know if you'd like me to change anything. Are you going to fill in your save? I wasn't sure, but I tried to write as if you had. This schedule seems very doable to me, so let's see if we can finish this story.

However, I am totally incapable of writing battles, so I hope somebody will help me out (sounds like a job for Osse, really).

I'll send out pm's tomorrow as the balance of the universe will clearly be completely thrown off if I write anything more today.

VanimaEdhel · 05-16-2004, 05:08 PM

Himaran, go ahead and fill in your post when you're ready. Just have the journey back, really. If you want to do half of the way back, I can do the other half. Or we can divide it up other ways...or however you want. I'm open to suggestions.

The X Phial · 05-17-2004, 05:27 AM

Wow, excellent posts from both Belin and Osse! I hope my follow up can do them justice.

Tinuviel of Denton · 05-17-2004, 10:31 AM

Belin, does what you, Osse, and I discussed for Kestrel still hold true? Or shall I rearrange?

05-11-2004, 12:32 PM	#1
The X Phial Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Out there with the truth. Come find me. Posts: 317	The timeline Ok, Belin and I have worked through the ending and have a timeline ready. Week of May 14 - May 21 Belin will kick off the attack on the settlement on the 14th, Friday. Hillmen, check PMs for more specific instructions, but feel free to post about killing guards, burning tents, stealing horses, etc. Settlers and rangers, fight back. We can make a dent in the hillmen, but a good many of them will need to escape. We're all a bit drunk and lazy from the celebration anyway, and security, though just stepped up, has been lax. Fight as well as you can, though, and we should lose few citizens, though possibly a good number of gaurds. Dwarves, head back to the village please. May 21 - May 24 Reactions to the attack by hillmen and settlers/rangers alike. Feelings, survey of damage, celebrations over living through the fight. Dwarves arrive back at the settlement, but don't tell the settlers what they know yet. Week of May 24 - May 31 The Settlers and Rangers track the hillmen back to their village and take prisoners back to the settlement for judgement. The settler/ranger group will be divided into trackers and those left at home to clean up the mess. Dwarves will reveal the connection between the hillmen and the settlers at this time. May 31 - June 5 Hillmen are brought back for judgement, and given the choice to either join the settlement or be iradicated. Settlers/Rangers will have to fight with those who refuse to join the group. June 5 - June 11 End of the game. The stone for permanent buildings will arrive, those who chose to stay with the settlers will have to start their new lives there. The town will start to become a town, and the rangers and settlers almost one people, united by the continuing threat of the hillmen who are still out there. We end on a hopeful, but not totally resolved note, rather like life. This gives us plenty of time to finish the game within the deadline bethberry gave us. If we need to extend one section or another by a few days, it's not a tragedy. If, however, people check the game frequently and post regularly, there should be NO problems getting through what we need to within this time frame. Please, if you have any questions, PM me or put them in the discussion thread. I am happy to clarify any points that need clearing up. Thank you to everyone for their patience with the game. We're in the home stretch now, and I know we can end this game well and before our time is up! __________________ But then there was a star danced, and under that was I born. Last edited by The X Phial; 05-13-2004 at 12:01 AM.

05-11-2004, 07:10 PM	#2
Carrûn Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Behind you, counting to 3 Posts: 234	I'm alive. I just got back from school for the year, and my family's computer suddenly decided not to work so myself and Himaran will have sporadic Internet service at best for the next week or so until this is resolved. __________________ "Dic, hospes, Spartae, nos te hic vidisse iacentes dum sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur."

05-11-2004, 07:34 PM	#3
Carrûn Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Behind you, counting to 3 Posts: 234	Kryssal I put a post in like you requested - I'll add more to it when I get some time. Let me know if you think something needs changed. __________________ "Dic, hospes, Spartae, nos te hic vidisse iacentes dum sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur."

05-15-2004, 10:03 PM	#4
Belin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: all the wide unfriendly pathways of the world Posts: 330	Osse, I hope I was right in picking up on your cues about Bear. Let me know if you'd like me to change anything. Are you going to fill in your save? I wasn't sure, but I tried to write as if you had. This schedule seems very doable to me, so let's see if we can finish this story. However, I am totally incapable of writing battles, so I hope somebody will help me out (sounds like a job for Osse, really). I'll send out pm's tomorrow as the balance of the universe will clearly be completely thrown off if I write anything more today. __________________ "I hate dignity," cried Scraps, kicking a pebble high in the air and then trying to catch it as it fell. "Half the fools and all the wise folks are dignified, and I'm neither the one nor the other." --L. Frank Baum

05-16-2004, 05:08 PM	#5
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,461	Concerning Dwarves... Himaran, go ahead and fill in your post when you're ready. Just have the journey back, really. If you want to do half of the way back, I can do the other half. Or we can divide it up other ways...or however you want. I'm open to suggestions. __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes

05-17-2004, 05:27 AM	#6
The X Phial Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Out there with the truth. Come find me. Posts: 317	Wow, excellent posts from both Belin and Osse! I hope my follow up can do them justice. __________________ But then there was a star danced, and under that was I born.

05-17-2004, 10:31 AM	#7
Tinuviel of Denton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Amid the hills and dales of the Shire... or not. Posts: 579	Belin, does what you, Osse, and I discussed for Kestrel still hold true? Or shall I rearrange?