Tapestry of Dreams, Part 2 Discussion

[littlemanpoet]

1. word from mark12_30
2. The group at the base of the mountains pushes through the increasing layers of snow the farther up they go, trying to make a best guess which way the others went; which although perhaps tricky, is reduced to only one possible way towards the top, as it is a pass high in the mountains.
3. The rear and middle groups meet up where Roy left them.
4. The now unified rear group chases after Tharonwe, Roy, and Indil.
5. ???

While the rear bunch are catching up, Indil, Roy and Tharonwe continue to dream, playl mind games, and face off against each other in whatever shape things take.

Do they catch up? Does Roy succeed in holding Tharonwe from getting any farther? How does he "defeat the enemy"?

My sense is that the culmination of all these events occurs in this vale we keep writing about in dreams, where there is no pitched battle of arms, but one of wills and words and deeds and consequences of actions.

What do you think?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

My sense is that the culmination of all these events occurs in this vale we keep writing about in dreams, where there is no pitched battle of arms, but one of wills and words and deeds and consequences of actions.

What do you think?

I happen to think that the vale is the exact critical location for the climax, otherwise it doesn't make much sense for it to have continuously cropped up.

And I think a battle of words is always fun, a battle of wills is always a challenge to write. For the deeds, are they past deeds or are they non-battle action deeds which will lead to consequences (or are the consequences those of actions we've already written)?

I had an interesting idea.

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

For the deeds, are they past deeds or are they non-battle action deeds which will lead to consequences (or are the consequences those of actions we've already written)?

I had an interesting idea.

I don't care to specify. Let's see what the muse produces, eh? Maybe it'll be an interesting mix of all of the above, though I doubt there will be much in terms of battle action.

What's your idea?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I posted it, basically, on the story thread.

[mark12_30]

Hail.... and sleet and snow.

Big climax happens in the vale? I'm good with that as long as the vale is very very near the ocean....

I'm a bit puzzled about the timing-- is the (now unified) pursuing group very near catching Tharonwe? Or should we catch up to them as Tharonwe & co finds the vale? I guess it's time to locate the vale geographically. (fuzzy memory-- have we already done that or...?)

EDIT OK; reread the above list; keyword there is "chase".... OK. IT' will be good to have the groups unified again.

[littlemanpoet]

Glad to have you back again, Helen.

What a flippin' crazy story this has been, and almost completely because while I was de facto leader, I totally goofed up the geography, and we're dealing with the results of that.

What did we establish? That we entered the mountains between the 2nd and 3rd beacon hills? If so, we come out of the White Mountains above the sources of the River Gilraen. Did we talk about that before?

Or were we supposed to be near Erech?

Either way, we're not that close to the great water. In either case it's about a day's boat ride downstream to the Bay of Belfalas.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

'K, I posted Indil's game, though not entirely how I originally intended. This can be taken any way you deem interesting.