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

littlemanpoet · 05-15-2007, 09:54 AM

I'll take care of getting the group back to the tower, Foley. Right now, I hope. Lessee I have 6 minutes before lunch break is over.....

littlemanpoet · 05-16-2007, 03:23 PM

Welcome, Ealasaide! Thanks for joining us! Great first post (as I mentioned via PM already....)!

Okay, there's a little issue of which I feel I'm guilty. I have made a decision as to how Garstan and Stigend will handle the situation vis a vi their boys and Rilef. It doesn't have to be set up the way I did, if you don't want. Sometimes I get on a roll and put words in the mouths of others, which is dangerous. Please know that you can always tell me, "My character wouldn't do/say that." .... as Foley did, quite appropriately, not long ago.

So let me know...

Now back to the new character business.

Below are a couple links that you might find useful to orient yourself to how things go around here. The first one is the List of Characters . The second one is a
General introduction . I've placed asterisks * by the ones that are pretty necessary background. Enjoy your time among the Eorlingas!

Formendacil · 05-16-2007, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

The first one is the List of Characters .

Just visited that link for the first time... possibly in forever... and I've noticed a factual error in Náin's bio: there's no way he could be a goodwill ambassador of Dáin, since Dáin died in the War of the Ring in the Battle of Erebor. Náin is the ambassador of his son, Thorin III Stonehelm.

Just being nitpickety.

And yes, yes I know I really should post something about Náin. Thing is, now that I'm back to a mental state where this is more possible... the rescue mission is over. 'twould be better, perhaps, to focus my energies on even more neglected RPGs for the moment. Maybe.

Ealasaide · 05-17-2007, 08:30 AM

Thanks, LMP! It's great to be back on the Downs and RPGing again after such a long hiatus. Thanks very much for the links, too. I was just wondering how to get oriented with everyone's characters. That will help quite a lot.

To help everyone in getting acquainted with the new character, here is a brief portrait:

Elián comes from Belfalas to the South. He is a slim and wiry young man of roughly 27 years. He is of average height and would be almost pretty but for the recently healed scar from a sword slash just above his left eyebrow. He is deeply sun-tanned with dark blond hair that he wears plaited, seaman-style, in a long qeue down his back, almost to his waist. He has piercing blue eyes and a quick smile, as well as a handful of large and colorful tattoos, all with maritime symbolic significance: a compass star on the inside of his left forearm so that he may never lose his way, an anchor on his left bicep so that he may always return to port, and the sinuous curves of a sea dragon on his right forearm for protection at sea.

Elián has a tendency to dress like a seaman as well, wearing loose linen trousers and shirt, the shirt being usually left open at the throat and cuffs. He also wears tall leather boots and a worn leather jerkin. He carries a leather bag like a messenger’s pouch across his left shoulder and a second, smaller leather pouch tied to his wide leather belt. He wears his sword in a baldric over his right shoulder that buckles over his chest, and a dagger in his belt behind him, concealed by his dark brown cloak. All leather items are stained with sea salt, evidence of a good bit of time spent at sea.

He is a good natured, generally pleasant fellow with a strong sense of self-preservation. He is currently on the run, which is what brings him to Rohan, from a very sketchy past.

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Okay, to help me keep things straight, please let me know if this is correct:

Two groups have just converged in a clearing over what appears to be the bodies of two dead young men: Group One includes Eodwine, Rowena, Garsten, Stigend, Garmund, Cnebba, two dogs, and two prisoners.
Group Two: Thornden, Léof, and one prisoner.

Is there anyone I'm missing?

Folwren · 05-17-2007, 08:48 AM

Ealasaide, that sounds right... Only I don't know if Rilef could be described as appearing like two young men.

Elempi, what's happening with Javan and Falco? I keep thinking about them when I'm either away from the computer or I'm at the computer but don't have time to write. Can they be arriving at the ruins just about now?

-- Folwren

Ealasaide · 05-17-2007, 09:16 AM

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Ealasaide, that sounds right... Only I don't know if Rilef could be described as appearing like two young men.

Oh, sorry. I had thought that the dead were Lefun and Ritun, who are oft referred to as twins and that share one set of legs between them. Seems to me that, at a glance, they could be mistaken for two separate individuals. ??

Folwren · 05-17-2007, 09:21 AM

LOL! That's hilarious!

Rilef are Lefun and Ritun! They're twins joined at the hip and may well appear like two people momentarily to the unsuspecting eye. And for short, since they're usually address together, they're called Rilef.

It was all Elempi's idea with the name and the shortening and blending of names, so blame him if you're confused.

-- Folwren

05-17-2007, 08:30 AM	#4
Ealasaide Shadow of Tyrn Gorthad Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Fencing Lyst Posts: 810	Thanks, LMP! It's great to be back on the Downs and RPGing again after such a long hiatus. Thanks very much for the links, too. I was just wondering how to get oriented with everyone's characters. That will help quite a lot. To help everyone in getting acquainted with the new character, here is a brief portrait: Elián comes from Belfalas to the South. He is a slim and wiry young man of roughly 27 years. He is of average height and would be almost pretty but for the recently healed scar from a sword slash just above his left eyebrow. He is deeply sun-tanned with dark blond hair that he wears plaited, seaman-style, in a long qeue down his back, almost to his waist. He has piercing blue eyes and a quick smile, as well as a handful of large and colorful tattoos, all with maritime symbolic significance: a compass star on the inside of his left forearm so that he may never lose his way, an anchor on his left bicep so that he may always return to port, and the sinuous curves of a sea dragon on his right forearm for protection at sea. Elián has a tendency to dress like a seaman as well, wearing loose linen trousers and shirt, the shirt being usually left open at the throat and cuffs. He also wears tall leather boots and a worn leather jerkin. He carries a leather bag like a messenger’s pouch across his left shoulder and a second, smaller leather pouch tied to his wide leather belt. He wears his sword in a baldric over his right shoulder that buckles over his chest, and a dagger in his belt behind him, concealed by his dark brown cloak. All leather items are stained with sea salt, evidence of a good bit of time spent at sea. He is a good natured, generally pleasant fellow with a strong sense of self-preservation. He is currently on the run, which is what brings him to Rohan, from a very sketchy past. ******************************* Okay, to help me keep things straight, please let me know if this is correct: Two groups have just converged in a clearing over what appears to be the bodies of two dead young men: Group One includes Eodwine, Rowena, Garsten, Stigend, Garmund, Cnebba, two dogs, and two prisoners. Group Two: Thornden, Léof, and one prisoner. Is there anyone I'm missing? Last edited by Ealasaide; 05-17-2007 at 08:33 AM.

05-17-2007, 08:48 AM	#5
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Ealasaide, that sounds right... Only I don't know if Rilef could be described as appearing like two young men. Elempi, what's happening with Javan and Falco? I keep thinking about them when I'm either away from the computer or I'm at the computer but don't have time to write. Can they be arriving at the ruins just about now? -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

05-17-2007, 09:21 AM	#7
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	LOL! That's hilarious! Rilef are Lefun and Ritun! They're twins joined at the hip and may well appear like two people momentarily to the unsuspecting eye. And for short, since they're usually address together, they're called Rilef. It was all Elempi's idea with the name and the shortening and blending of names, so blame him if you're confused. -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

05-15-2007, 09:54 AM	#1
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I'll take care of getting the group back to the tower, Foley. Right now, I hope. Lessee I have 6 minutes before lunch break is over.....

05-16-2007, 03:23 PM	#2
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Welcome, Ealasaide! Thanks for joining us! Great first post (as I mentioned via PM already....)! Okay, there's a little issue of which I feel I'm guilty. I have made a decision as to how Garstan and Stigend will handle the situation vis a vi their boys and Rilef. It doesn't have to be set up the way I did, if you don't want. Sometimes I get on a roll and put words in the mouths of others, which is dangerous. Please know that you can always tell me, "My character wouldn't do/say that." .... as Foley did, quite appropriately, not long ago. So let me know... Now back to the new character business. Below are a couple links that you might find useful to orient yourself to how things go around here. The first one is the List of Characters . The second one is a General introduction . I've placed asterisks * by the ones that are pretty necessary background. Enjoy your time among the Eorlingas!