Eorling Mead Hall Planning/Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 05-03-2006, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Formendacil

Thanks for the welcome. We shall see how cunning Náin is... Oh, and thanks to LMP and Fea, it seems that he's set up for a first comission. Double-scale hobbit statue, anyone?

On that note, how tall IS Falco? With the normal Hobbit range being between 2 and 4 feet, this statue could be a mere table-topper if only lifesize.

Let's figure 3' 6".

Make it 18, I'd say...; old enough to be married off, not old enough to have means to stave it off other than running away....and that makes Eodwine go a little more bonkers in his brain, taking himself to task for getting distracted by such a young thing at his 'advanced' age....

Folwren · 05-03-2006, 01:51 PM

What's happened to the Mead Hall, by the way? What are the plans? I don't think I'll be writing any more for this particular day until later in the afternoon (in the game) at which time I'm going to do a post about Thornden and his sister. . .and then I would like to be able to come back and talk to Lys. I don't think Thornden will be getting back to the Mead Hall until after dark, though.

So, what's going on?

-- Folwren

littlemanpoet · 05-03-2006, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Folwren

What's happened to the Mead Hall, by the way? What are the plans? I don't think I'll be writing any more for this particular day until later in the afternoon (in the game) at which time I'm going to do a post about Thornden and his sister. . .and then I would like to be able to come back and talk to Lys. I don't think Thornden will be getting back to the Mead Hall until after dark, though.

So, what's going on?

-- Folwren

Good question. I'm waiting for Formy's Nain to respond to Falco. It looks like I'm due to say something to Degas and friends, and I haven't had a chance to get at a computer for any reasonable length of time since Monday. There needs to be a general search of the fairgrounds, which will feel fruitless until word spreads, and finally when the thing shuts down just before twilight, the Mead hall friends will conclude that Linduial is lost, kidnapped, or worse; at that point Eodwine will challenge Degas to hightail it to Dol Amroth; at which point someone ought to come with a message for Eodwine from the kidnapper. Who wants to be the message bearer? If I know, then I can work it into my post. That will close out the Night.

After that, I'm going to move the Game ahead 20 days, which means April 24 (still grrrr behind our calendar), at which time Eodwine will give his decisions regarding the month-long trial periods of all his new hirelings.

Any questions?

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-03-2006, 02:15 PM

Jen's ransom note post for the mini-game has the queen herself coming to inform them of the happenings.

How are we splitting events between the two? Write at the Hall up to the point where Jen has the queen coming (which is pretty much the search of the fairgrounds and getting to the Hall where they see that she's definately not there) and then transfer that story to the other thread and continue onward in both places?

littlemanpoet · 05-03-2006, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

Jen's ransom note post for the mini-game has the queen herself coming to inform them of the happenings.

How are we splitting events between the two? Write at the Hall up to the point where Jen has the queen coming (which is pretty much the search of the fairgrounds and getting to the Hall where they see that she's definately not there) and then transfer that story to the other thread and continue onward in both places?

I've scanned the Abduction thread. Okay..... corrections to my last post:

I'll make one last post for Eodwine that is pre-sub-plot rpg, in which he dresses down Degas and then all of the mead hall friends go there, at which point the sub-rpg takes over the plot.

We'll start on April 24 Game time, with my next post. Okay, everybody?

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-03-2006, 03:07 PM

Good for me.

A note: Saeryn and Degas were born on May 1st. Saeryn hasn't informed anybody that her 19th birthday is coming up and is unlikely to. Degas, on the other hand, has no qualms about throwing her a party.

Folwren · 05-03-2006, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

I've scanned the Abduction thread. Okay..... corrections to my last post:

I'll make one last post for Eodwine that is pre-sub-plot rpg, in which he dresses down Degas and then all of the mead hall friends go there, at which point the sub-rpg takes over the plot.

We'll start on April 24 Game time, with my next post. Okay, everybody?

What?! Oh, very well. I guess so. I had been looking forward to writing a post with a discussion between Thornden and his sister about Rose and her family...could have gotten some real amusement out of that one. And then coming back to meet Lys...but that second part can be made up later, I guess.

If all this is entirely out of the question, though, I'll have to live with it. Don't want to put the rest of you out of commission.

-- Folwren

Undómë · 05-03-2006, 03:19 PM

lmp

Do you or anyone else mind if I do an occassional Away post for Rose and her family?

At some point, I'll bring them for a trip into the "big" city.

~ U

littlemanpoet · 05-03-2006, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Folwren

I had been looking forward to writing a post with a discussion between Thornden and his sister about Rose and her family...could have gotten some real amusement out of that one.

How about writing it anyway, just put it as something that happened in the past and Thornden is reliving it in his mind?

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Do you or anyone else mind if I do an occassional Away post for Rose and her family?

Not at all. Please do! It's part of the story now, and to now have it would be a loss we don't want to grieve.

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I'm thinking that I may have to age her somewhat instead of 18yrs she may have to be about 27yrs, but then I think somewhere Leof mentions something about them being of simmilair ages hmmm *stumped* Any suggestions?

Uh oh. That's a goof on my part. I'm sorry. Could there be a different war? or battle? I really don't know what to say....

Formendacil · 05-03-2006, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Good question. I'm waiting for Formy's Nain to respond to Falco.

That's been done, as I'm sure you'll have seen by the time you read this... I hope my characterization of Falco isn't too far off the mark- and I hope he smokes Longbottom Leaf, and not Old Toby or Southern Star. However, that's easily changed.

littlemanpoet · 05-04-2006, 08:18 PM

Looks good, Formy.

Folwren, I think you could still have Thorden return to the mead hall to close out this Day, and see Lys.

Nerindel, how about something having to do with orcs marauding in the mountains just east of Ithilien, or maybe a Haradrim mini-war in Pelargir which could have been the history for Æðelhild? Unless you really want the War of the Ring connection? If so, I think you could still have A befriend Léof, in terms of being kindred spirits instead of same age. Might be more interesting that way; the age difference could actually turn into a rather fun dynamic that way.... just thinking out loud.....

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-04-2006, 09:11 PM

Do you need an actual Degas-searching-the-fair post or can we run on the assumption that he did?

littlemanpoet · 05-05-2006, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

Do you need an actual Degas-searching-the-fair post or can we run on the assumption that he did?

Figure he did.

05-03-2006, 01:51 PM	#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	What's happened to the Mead Hall, by the way? What are the plans? I don't think I'll be writing any more for this particular day until later in the afternoon (in the game) at which time I'm going to do a post about Thornden and his sister. . .and then I would like to be able to come back and talk to Lys. I don't think Thornden will be getting back to the Mead Hall until after dark, though. So, what's going on? -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

05-03-2006, 02:15 PM	#4
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Jen's ransom note post for the mini-game has the queen herself coming to inform them of the happenings. How are we splitting events between the two? Write at the Hall up to the point where Jen has the queen coming (which is pretty much the search of the fairgrounds and getting to the Hall where they see that she's definately not there) and then transfer that story to the other thread and continue onward in both places? __________________ peace

05-03-2006, 03:07 PM	#6
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Good for me. A note: Saeryn and Degas were born on May 1st. Saeryn hasn't informed anybody that her 19th birthday is coming up and is unlikely to. Degas, on the other hand, has no qualms about throwing her a party. __________________ peace

05-03-2006, 03:19 PM	#8
Undómë Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 400	lmp Do you or anyone else mind if I do an occassional Away post for Rose and her family? At some point, I'll bring them for a trip into the "big" city. ~ U __________________ Young she was and yet not so. The braids of her dark hair were touched by no frost, her white arms and clear face were flawless and smooth, and the light of stars was in her bright eyes, grey as a cloudless night . . .

05-04-2006, 09:11 PM	#12
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Do you need an actual Degas-searching-the-fair post or can we run on the assumption that he did? __________________ peace

05-04-2006, 08:18 PM	#11
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Looks good, Formy. Folwren, I think you could still have Thorden return to the mead hall to close out this Day, and see Lys. Nerindel, how about something having to do with orcs marauding in the mountains just east of Ithilien, or maybe a Haradrim mini-war in Pelargir which could have been the history for Æðelhild? Unless you really want the War of the Ring connection? If so, I think you could still have A befriend Léof, in terms of being kindred spirits instead of same age. Might be more interesting that way; the age difference could actually turn into a rather fun dynamic that way.... just thinking out loud.....