Scarburg Meadhall Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 04-09-2008, 03:58 AM

An Elf is permissible. Why he happens upon Scarburg would be an interesting tale in itself, I can imagine.

Welcome back, Lhuna. We're still champing at the bit on who Ginna is interested in.

Gwathagor · 04-09-2008, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

An Elf is permissible. Why he happens upon Scarburg would be an interesting tale in itself, I can imagine.

Welcome back, Lhuna. We're still champing at the bit on who Ginna is interested in.

Would it be better for me to have a more "normal" character - meaning someone more likely to live in Rohan? I want to be sure that it wouldn't be too weird to have an elf walking about in Scarburg, and that it wouldn't throw off the "ordinary-day-in-the-life-of-a-Eorling" dynamic of the Mead Hall.

littlemanpoet · 04-09-2008, 09:08 AM

I guess I'd have to say that it depends. We want to be true to Middle Earth of the Fourth Age. The Elves are waning. That doesn't mean they've completely disappeared, but it means that for an Elf to be in Rohan on his own is an exception. Heck, it was an exception in the Third Age! So if you think you can manage to make the exception work, I'm fine with it. There are different Houses of Elf, too. What's your Elf's history?

Eönwë · 04-09-2008, 09:14 AM

Is mine ok LMP?

Nogrod · 04-09-2008, 03:21 PM

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Is mine ok LMP?

As the future host of the SMH I'd say it looks fine - unless someone comes with better ME knowledge saying the Druadan would not be around there any more or that they couldn't mix with the eorlings. Well, we have half-dunleding mixing with them already... though some traditional rohanians might say that lord Eodwine is then hosting a mixture of scum and should be "dethroned" for that - maybe that could be one twist in the overall storyline sometime in the future? Possibly the great landlords who have reigned free before the Mead Hall comes to their territories would love to take that as a tool to oust him?

Also I'd agree with elempi with Gwath's character: if you can come up with a story that justifies an elf being around it might be fine. But surely it would be easier to choose a more "normal" character. But as you wish. I have nothing against an elf but he should have a believable story behind him. I mean here is one thing I see the Golden Perch and the Mead Hall to differ: the Mead Hall should surely be fun but also a bit more Tolkienish or "believable" in the world of Tolkien.

Gwathagor · 04-09-2008, 03:25 PM

Precisely. I shall consider.

Nogrod · 04-09-2008, 03:28 PM

I see I had deliberately avoided the word 'realistic'... But in the end I think that is what I mean - as long as you can be realistic in the realm of fantasy...

littlemanpoet · 04-09-2008, 04:02 PM

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Is mine ok LMP?

I - um - am - surprised.

Where is the Old Land? (I should probably check that link) I think it might be very interesting to have a Pukelman around Scarburg. He will feel most not-at-home, I imagine, amongst a scar of rocks, and much swamp land that intends to be drained, and very little woods. Beyond the Scar is plains as far as the eye can see. How will a Dreudan survive in such a forbidding environment?

Eönwë · 04-10-2008, 02:58 AM

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Where is the Old Land?

By that I mean Old Púkel Land, or Drúwaith Iaur.

Look on this Map of Middle-earth

Between Andrast and Angren (Isen)

Eönwë · 04-10-2008, 03:05 AM

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I - um - am - surprised.

May I ask why?

littlemanpoet · 04-10-2008, 03:55 AM

Not having known of your fascination with the Druadan, I was surprised that such a one will be showing up at Scarburg. Simple as that.

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littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	An Elf is permissible. Why he happens upon Scarburg would be an interesting tale in itself, I can imagine. Welcome back, Lhuna. We're still champing at the bit on who Ginna is interested in.

04-09-2008, 09:08 AM	#3
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I guess I'd have to say that it depends. We want to be true to Middle Earth of the Fourth Age. The Elves are waning. That doesn't mean they've completely disappeared, but it means that for an Elf to be in Rohan on his own is an exception. Heck, it was an exception in the Third Age! So if you think you can manage to make the exception work, I'm fine with it. There are different Houses of Elf, too. What's your Elf's history?

04-10-2008, 03:55 AM	#11
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Not having known of your fascination with the Druadan, I was surprised that such a one will be showing up at Scarburg. Simple as that.