Treachery of Men Discussion/Planning Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Anguirel · 02-22-2007, 09:54 AM

I compared the settlement earlier to early mediaeval London; that's overegging it, but I think that, say, Saxon Nottingham, Oxford or Guilford wouldn't be far out...a more eastern feel I suppose, perhaps a bit like Buda, Hungary, or something similar.

Cobbled streets give way to mud. Older houses and huts give way to groups of tents, large and small. Like Edoras, the settlement's centre is the Hall of the Chieftain.

Many more Ulfings would live in the country than the settlement; perhaps a few thousand would be "urban" (not the right adjective) as opposed to agrarian farmers.

I'm uncertain in my mind myself and would appreciate the opinions of the rest of you...

Now, an NPC who will be needed for a nasty little subplot...

NAME: Torguar, father of Tora

AGE: Believes himself to be about fifty, but is uncertain

RACE: Human, Ulfing.

GENDER: Male.

WEAPONS: Torguar has lived the life of a farmer, not a fighter, but his people were nomadic marauders not so long ago, and if pressed he could handle an axe sufficiently.

APPEARANCE: Torguar stands about four inches above five feet, medium height among the Ulfings. His body is wiry, muscled and burnt by the sun; his face wrinkling and hair greying prematurely due to his hard outdoor life. His voice is deep and slow. He wears simple garments woven from flax, or a white robe if more formal attire is demanded.

PERSONALITY/STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Torguar is a very shrewd businessman, and has got a reputation as a man who should not be double-crossed; but he is aware of this, which sometimes makes him bigheaded. He is proud of his children, especially of his fine sons and his grandsons, twin children of his oldest boy; his daughter is slightly overlooked. His wife is extremely quiet, and Torguar probably likes it that way. He is talkative himself, inclined to tell long, inexorable stories which his audience has usually heard before.

HISTORY: Torguar’s father was among the first wave of settlers in the west under Ulfang, but his son, born late in his father’s life, remembers little of him. Nothing much has changed in Torguar’s life, and he probably doesn’t expect that it ever will. He sees the world as a slow, upward struggle, and suspects that although great things will not come to him, they are destined to fall to his descendants, whether grand-children or great-grand-children. With this slow-burning ambition comes piety, and Torguar makes regular offerings of grain to a small ancestor-shrine commemorating his father, and by extension the fathers before him.

Mithalwen · 02-22-2007, 03:43 PM

Save filled - I may have jumped you gun slightly Ang - Tathren hasn't quite got the hangof diplomacy

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I will probably need to tidy a little ..I have edited so much I can't read or type straight now..

Let me know if I need to change stuff - I seem to have got over my mental block so should be quicker now..

Child of the 7th Age · 02-22-2007, 04:40 PM

Ang,

Shall I have Khandr respond to Tathren now or wait till your own save is filled? As Khandr is standing with a blade near his heart, he is feeling a bit nervous. But perhaps you intend to do something else to make us poor Borrim miserable? Either way is fine.

Anguirel · 02-23-2007, 01:25 AM

I'd rather go first, Child, if you don't mind. Mith preempted me a bt, though in excellent fashion, so Lachrandir may be more conciliatory...or at least, may think he's more conciliatory...

Mithalwen · 02-23-2007, 07:36 AM

Sorry ..I hadn't fully grasped the situation when I put up my save and then when I did I didn't want to scrub another save and realised that my lad's patience would have surely reached it's limits. He is a loyal pup but like all good guard dogs his bark is worse than his bite

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Child of the 7th Age · 02-23-2007, 02:07 PM

Ang,

Exellent. I await your post with interest.

Noinkling · 02-24-2007, 02:51 PM

Pio

Saved filled at long last.

I've left you the lead in you wanted.

02-22-2007, 09:54 AM	#1
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	I compared the settlement earlier to early mediaeval London; that's overegging it, but I think that, say, Saxon Nottingham, Oxford or Guilford wouldn't be far out...a more eastern feel I suppose, perhaps a bit like Buda, Hungary, or something similar. Cobbled streets give way to mud. Older houses and huts give way to groups of tents, large and small. Like Edoras, the settlement's centre is the Hall of the Chieftain. Many more Ulfings would live in the country than the settlement; perhaps a few thousand would be "urban" (not the right adjective) as opposed to agrarian farmers. I'm uncertain in my mind myself and would appreciate the opinions of the rest of you... Now, an NPC who will be needed for a nasty little subplot... NAME: Torguar, father of Tora AGE: Believes himself to be about fifty, but is uncertain RACE: Human, Ulfing. GENDER: Male. WEAPONS: Torguar has lived the life of a farmer, not a fighter, but his people were nomadic marauders not so long ago, and if pressed he could handle an axe sufficiently. APPEARANCE: Torguar stands about four inches above five feet, medium height among the Ulfings. His body is wiry, muscled and burnt by the sun; his face wrinkling and hair greying prematurely due to his hard outdoor life. His voice is deep and slow. He wears simple garments woven from flax, or a white robe if more formal attire is demanded. PERSONALITY/STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Torguar is a very shrewd businessman, and has got a reputation as a man who should not be double-crossed; but he is aware of this, which sometimes makes him bigheaded. He is proud of his children, especially of his fine sons and his grandsons, twin children of his oldest boy; his daughter is slightly overlooked. His wife is extremely quiet, and Torguar probably likes it that way. He is talkative himself, inclined to tell long, inexorable stories which his audience has usually heard before. HISTORY: Torguar’s father was among the first wave of settlers in the west under Ulfang, but his son, born late in his father’s life, remembers little of him. Nothing much has changed in Torguar’s life, and he probably doesn’t expect that it ever will. He sees the world as a slow, upward struggle, and suspects that although great things will not come to him, they are destined to fall to his descendants, whether grand-children or great-grand-children. With this slow-burning ambition comes piety, and Torguar makes regular offerings of grain to a small ancestor-shrine commemorating his father, and by extension the fathers before him. __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

02-22-2007, 03:43 PM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Save filled - I may have jumped you gun slightly Ang - Tathren hasn't quite got the hangof diplomacy . I will probably need to tidy a little ..I have edited so much I can't read or type straight now.. Let me know if I need to change stuff - I seem to have got over my mental block so should be quicker now.. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

02-22-2007, 04:40 PM	#3
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Ang, Shall I have Khandr respond to Tathren now or wait till your own save is filled? As Khandr is standing with a blade near his heart, he is feeling a bit nervous. But perhaps you intend to do something else to make us poor Borrim miserable? Either way is fine. __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

02-23-2007, 01:25 AM	#4
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	I'd rather go first, Child, if you don't mind. Mith preempted me a bt, though in excellent fashion, so Lachrandir may be more conciliatory...or at least, may think he's more conciliatory... __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

02-23-2007, 07:36 AM	#5
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Sorry ..I hadn't fully grasped the situation when I put up my save and then when I did I didn't want to scrub another save and realised that my lad's patience would have surely reached it's limits. He is a loyal pup but like all good guard dogs his bark is worse than his bite . __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

02-23-2007, 02:07 PM	#6
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Ang, Exellent. I await your post with interest. __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

02-24-2007, 02:51 PM	#7
Noinkling Wight Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Bird and Baby Posts: 109	Pio Saved filled at long last. I've left you the lead in you wanted. __________________ But the place that draws me ever/When my fancy's running wild,/Is a little pub in Oxford/Called The Eagle and the Child . . .