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

Mithalwen · 04-30-2008, 06:31 AM

Thank you .. I felt so terrible about this ... I do like to see things through usually. Life has calmed down a lot for the moment so unless I am completely blocked I will try. I'll try to catch up tonight or tomorrow.

Folwren · 04-30-2008, 07:36 AM

Oh, no, no! You're not completely (or even halfway) blocked, by ANY means. If you want, someone could give you a summary of what has happened and what the current plans are, so you wouldn't have to read through both threads all the way, and you could concentrate more on reading the game thread.

-- Folwren

Mithalwen · 05-01-2008, 02:11 PM

I meant writer's block actually not blocked by other characters.

I certainly don't expect anyone to alter their stuff for me.

Future plans would help ... and current ones .. I would prefer to concentrate on the game thread since I will end up not seeing the wood for the trees.

Folwren · 05-01-2008, 02:23 PM

O-oh. The ol' writer's block. Right.

Okay. What is currently taking place is this:

Lachrandir has just been killed by Thuringwethil. She killed him because a seer like character (introduced and played by Elempi) was receiving information from The Song about the intended treachery of the Ulfings and this seer told it to Khandr (Child of the 7th Ages character) who told it Fastarr (Nogrod's character) who informed Lachrandir. Thuringwethil first killed Khandr and then Lachrandir. I don't think she knows about Thorn (Elempi's seer) at this point.

Tathren and Lachrandir had joined the Borrim and the Ulfing lords on a hunt. After the first boar was killed, Fastarr and Embla had come running up to Lachrandir to tell them what they know about the Ulfings treachery. Lachrandir took them aside, leaving the Ulfings, Borrim, and Tathren. While they were alone, out of sight in the woods, and just after Fastarr and Embla had tried to make their message clear, Thuringwethil, in the form of a vampire bat thing, swooped down and killed Lachrandir. In his dying moment, he tried to connect to Tathren through telepathy, but only got out two words, not even complete thoughts - "Tathren! Treason!"

So, Tathren now knows, presumably, that there is treason somewhere. He is going to be made to believe that the treason is on the side of the Borrim and sent back home to Caranthir with that message. (Through cunning, Thuringwethil and Uldor are going to convince people that it was Fastarr who killed Lachrandir, I believe.)

Thorn, the seer, has in the mean time been thrown in prison. As soon as Uldor returns home, I imagine he'll have him killed.

As soon as Tathren is convinced and he leaves the settlement, we'll probably skip to the battle and finish the game.

Am I correct, everybody? If anyone has anything to add, any of my words to contradict, go right ahead. That is how I understand things at present, and I am very possibly wrong about some matters.

Mithalwen · 05-01-2008, 02:37 PM

Right I got that Lachrandir had been killed but not quite the prior situation. I think it is quite fitting that due to a misunderstanding it will be "all his fault"

... OK well I have a nice long bank holiday W/E and only myself to answer to for once so I should be able ot get to grips with it. I will shove up a save, pick up from Folwren and develop Tathren's reaction to his master's death and be up to speed I hop for the beginning of next week.

I don't expect the save-fill to have much action, though I don't know how far out from the village they are, I am sure Tathren won't wan't to leave Lachrandir's body whatever the immediate danger.

Let me know anything I need to know inthat context.

Cheers

Folwren · 05-01-2008, 08:38 PM

Now the distance to the Ulfing settlement is something I do not know. Not terribly far. A mile or so, maybe? I don't know.

But they can certainly get Lachrandir's body on a horse to get him back...surely.

littlemanpoet · 05-02-2008, 03:57 AM

My sense has been that a boar hunt can lead a hunting party far afield. So at least a mile, but no more than 10 miles from the home site. However, the way we've been writing, it has been closer to around a mile.

I don't think the Elves would find it in their culture to throw an fellow Elf's body over a horse; they'd put together some kind of wooden bed that could be dragged between two horses at a slow pace, "in state", as it were.

Mithalwen · 05-02-2008, 06:30 AM

It may have to be that - I don't think Tathren would just sling the body across the horses back and though Elves seem light LAchrandir was a very long elf otherwise Tathren might carry his body before him as Imrahil did the injured Faramir... well won't have time til this evening...

littlemanpoet · 05-21-2008, 07:59 PM

Mithalwen, I'm not going to fill my save until you fill yours because what you write for Tathren may affect what I write for Ulfast. It has been almost a full week now since those saves went up.

Mithalwen · 05-22-2008, 06:30 AM

Sorry I haven't had any significant online time since monday when the post literally got swallowed as I was about to save. I will try tonight if I can get an hour at the library but if not tomorrow definitely.

I don't htink it should affect anyone else.
Tathren really just lays out Lachrandir and does not register the significance of the attitude of the body ie that it was dropped from a height rather than just fell to the ground. Being elvish I thought it would not occur to him to close the eyes .... which may freak out the servants when they return. Lachrandir's horse will have joined them. Tathren will be thinking about what happens next as far as he is able in his current state.

Oh yes .. would that bag of cash have been handed over already?

Mithalwen · 05-23-2008, 03:48 PM

Save filled enfin

littlemanpoet · 05-24-2008, 05:40 AM

I expect to have my save filled by the end of the day.

littlemanpoet · 05-26-2008, 08:17 AM

My save is filled. Foley, I think it's about your turn.

Folwren · 05-26-2008, 08:34 AM

Yes, I'd agree. It's my turn in more than one game...eehh.. Late tonight, at earliest, I'm guessing.

-- Folwren

Folwren · 05-26-2008, 09:11 PM

I'm leaving tomorrow morning and won't come back until June 6. Then after that, I will be gone every week, and back every weekend, until the middle of July. On the weekends, I will try to catch up on all my necessary writing of posts. I'm volunteering at a camp, you see, for approximately 8 weeks.

If I'm lucky, I'll get a post in for Uldor before I leave.

-- Folwren

Gwathagor · 05-31-2008, 03:18 PM

Should I post, or should we just wait for Folwren to return from her goings out and comings in?

littlemanpoet · 06-01-2008, 06:49 AM

Gwath, Ulfast wants to find Jord, and Jord no doubt wants to work her wiles on both brothers, so if you want to do an insidious type post, I think it would be appropriate; then Foley would have something very useful to work with when she posts.

04-30-2008, 06:31 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Thank you .. I felt so terrible about this ... I do like to see things through usually. Life has calmed down a lot for the moment so unless I am completely blocked I will try. I'll try to catch up tonight or tomorrow. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

04-30-2008, 07:36 AM	#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	Oh, no, no! You're not completely (or even halfway) blocked, by ANY means. If you want, someone could give you a summary of what has happened and what the current plans are, so you wouldn't have to read through both threads all the way, and you could concentrate more on reading the game thread. -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

05-01-2008, 02:11 PM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I meant writer's block actually not blocked by other characters. I certainly don't expect anyone to alter their stuff for me. Future plans would help ... and current ones .. I would prefer to concentrate on the game thread since I will end up not seeing the wood for the trees. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-01-2008, 02:23 PM	#4
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	O-oh. The ol' writer's block. Right. Okay. What is currently taking place is this: Lachrandir has just been killed by Thuringwethil. She killed him because a seer like character (introduced and played by Elempi) was receiving information from The Song about the intended treachery of the Ulfings and this seer told it to Khandr (Child of the 7th Ages character) who told it Fastarr (Nogrod's character) who informed Lachrandir. Thuringwethil first killed Khandr and then Lachrandir. I don't think she knows about Thorn (Elempi's seer) at this point. Tathren and Lachrandir had joined the Borrim and the Ulfing lords on a hunt. After the first boar was killed, Fastarr and Embla had come running up to Lachrandir to tell them what they know about the Ulfings treachery. Lachrandir took them aside, leaving the Ulfings, Borrim, and Tathren. While they were alone, out of sight in the woods, and just after Fastarr and Embla had tried to make their message clear, Thuringwethil, in the form of a vampire bat thing, swooped down and killed Lachrandir. In his dying moment, he tried to connect to Tathren through telepathy, but only got out two words, not even complete thoughts - "Tathren! Treason!" So, Tathren now knows, presumably, that there is treason somewhere. He is going to be made to believe that the treason is on the side of the Borrim and sent back home to Caranthir with that message. (Through cunning, Thuringwethil and Uldor are going to convince people that it was Fastarr who killed Lachrandir, I believe.) Thorn, the seer, has in the mean time been thrown in prison. As soon as Uldor returns home, I imagine he'll have him killed. As soon as Tathren is convinced and he leaves the settlement, we'll probably skip to the battle and finish the game. Am I correct, everybody? If anyone has anything to add, any of my words to contradict, go right ahead. That is how I understand things at present, and I am very possibly wrong about some matters. __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

05-01-2008, 02:37 PM	#5
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Right I got that Lachrandir had been killed but not quite the prior situation. I think it is quite fitting that due to a misunderstanding it will be "all his fault" ... OK well I have a nice long bank holiday W/E and only myself to answer to for once so I should be able ot get to grips with it. I will shove up a save, pick up from Folwren and develop Tathren's reaction to his master's death and be up to speed I hop for the beginning of next week. I don't expect the save-fill to have much action, though I don't know how far out from the village they are, I am sure Tathren won't wan't to leave Lachrandir's body whatever the immediate danger. Let me know anything I need to know inthat context. Cheers __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-01-2008, 08:38 PM	#6
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Now the distance to the Ulfing settlement is something I do not know. Not terribly far. A mile or so, maybe? I don't know. But they can certainly get Lachrandir's body on a horse to get him back...surely. __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

05-02-2008, 03:57 AM	#7
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	My sense has been that a boar hunt can lead a hunting party far afield. So at least a mile, but no more than 10 miles from the home site. However, the way we've been writing, it has been closer to around a mile. I don't think the Elves would find it in their culture to throw an fellow Elf's body over a horse; they'd put together some kind of wooden bed that could be dragged between two horses at a slow pace, "in state", as it were.

05-02-2008, 06:30 AM	#8
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	It may have to be that - I don't think Tathren would just sling the body across the horses back and though Elves seem light LAchrandir was a very long elf otherwise Tathren might carry his body before him as Imrahil did the injured Faramir... well won't have time til this evening... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-21-2008, 07:59 PM	#9
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Mithalwen, I'm not going to fill my save until you fill yours because what you write for Tathren may affect what I write for Ulfast. It has been almost a full week now since those saves went up.

05-22-2008, 06:30 AM	#10
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Sorry I haven't had any significant online time since monday when the post literally got swallowed as I was about to save. I will try tonight if I can get an hour at the library but if not tomorrow definitely. I don't htink it should affect anyone else. Tathren really just lays out Lachrandir and does not register the significance of the attitude of the body ie that it was dropped from a height rather than just fell to the ground. Being elvish I thought it would not occur to him to close the eyes .... which may freak out the servants when they return. Lachrandir's horse will have joined them. Tathren will be thinking about what happens next as far as he is able in his current state. Oh yes .. would that bag of cash have been handed over already? __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-23-2008, 03:48 PM	#11
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Save filled enfin __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-24-2008, 05:40 AM	#12
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I expect to have my save filled by the end of the day.

05-26-2008, 08:17 AM	#13
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	My save is filled. Foley, I think it's about your turn.

05-26-2008, 08:34 AM	#14
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Yes, I'd agree. It's my turn in more than one game...eehh.. Late tonight, at earliest, I'm guessing. -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

05-26-2008, 09:11 PM	#15
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	I'm leaving tomorrow morning and won't come back until June 6. Then after that, I will be gone every week, and back every weekend, until the middle of July. On the weekends, I will try to catch up on all my necessary writing of posts. I'm volunteering at a camp, you see, for approximately 8 weeks. If I'm lucky, I'll get a post in for Uldor before I leave. -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

05-31-2008, 03:18 PM	#16
Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,512	Should I post, or should we just wait for Folwren to return from her goings out and comings in? __________________ Stories and songs.

06-01-2008, 06:49 AM	#17
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Gwath, Ulfast wants to find Jord, and Jord no doubt wants to work her wiles on both brothers, so if you want to do an insidious type post, I think it would be appropriate; then Foley would have something very useful to work with when she posts.