Scarburg Meadhall Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Gwathagor · 11-24-2009, 04:52 PM

Lithor has apparently been possessed by the unborn spirit of American folk hero Davy Crockett.

Nogrod · 11-24-2009, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Gwathagor

Lithor has apparently been possessed by the unborn spirit of American folk hero Davy Crockett.

Or then he just has drunk too much...

Post coming in a minute...

Gwathagor · 11-24-2009, 05:41 PM

Sorry, Nogrod, I should have warned you - but we just crossed and the circumstances have been complicated. You might need to edit your post a bit. Apologies.

Gwathagor · 11-24-2009, 05:44 PM

Alternatively, I could change Crabannan's reaction, since your post for Athanar works quite well following right after Lithor as it was intended to. I'm happy to delete my post and post again after yours, just let me know if that would be helpful.

EDIT: Oh ok. Splendid.

Nogrod · 11-24-2009, 05:45 PM

No, no...

I can just change the way my post begins... It's easier that way whjen looking at the larger perspective.

Even if it makes lord Athanar to react a bit late... but will it speak good or bad of him... who knows?

Legate of Amon Lanc · 11-24-2009, 05:53 PM

Hey, people, that is just brilliant

All three of you. Gah, I need to wake up, if I didn't, I could've posted too now... well, maybe later. It would be perhaps even better after Lithor's reaction.

Nogrod · 11-24-2009, 05:44 PM

Hey Gwath!

(we posted at the same minute!!!)

*sees the cross-post post*

No problem.

I can accumulate your reaction into my post so no need to change anything!

Nogrod · 11-24-2009, 05:53 PM

Changed... It should suit fine I think.

Nogrod · 11-24-2009, 06:20 PM

Hehe... I love you Mnemo!

They sometimes claim there are RPG's where there are no tensions!

And then there are those where there are some... and those with quite a lot... even some with a host of tensions... and well, some even with more than that... and then there is Scarburg Mead Hall!

Mnemosyne · 11-24-2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Nogrod

Hehe... I love you Mnemo!

Does this mean you'll go to bed now and get a healthy amount of sleep in you, just because I'm asking nicely?

There's nothing like a healthy dose of racism to keep the pot stirring... after all, the kitchens seemed pretty quiet last time I checked. Why should we have all the fun to ourselves? :evil:

Nogrod · 11-24-2009, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Mnemosyne

Does this mean you'll go to bed now and get a healthy amount of sleep in you, just because I'm asking nicely?

Maybe...well definitively... and it's only about 3AM (and I have classes only at 12...)

Thornden might break up the suspense, or Coen, or anyone of the previous Mead Hall just taking initiative and pulling Lithor (and Crabannan) out from the spotlight.

I'm going to sleep now and leave it to you.

And any others might post for their reactions anyway even if not willing to break the deadlock...

Gwathagor · 11-24-2009, 07:20 PM

Well, this IS fun. I haven't enjoyed myself this much in RPG-land since I got to write the part of the vampire in the Treachery of Men. All those murders...

Folwren · 11-25-2009, 07:13 PM

I had a thought. Since Lilige had worked with Javan while unpacking the wagons, would she know his name and be able to tell Wynflaed, even though Aedre didn't know?

time for dinner.

-- Foley

Loslote · 11-25-2009, 07:48 PM

She does, and can tell Wynflaed as soon as she gets back from the banquet. Lilige will be with Aedre...unless Aedre gave her the slip and went to the stables, but I think Nienna had decided against it? Either way, she'll probably be in her Lady's chamber. It would be natural for Wynflaed to ask if she'd seen who it was, and Lilige can and will tell her.

Folwren · 11-26-2009, 08:54 AM

I don't really think it was the challenge itself that Athanar is angry with. It is the form of the challenge. The beginning of my post with Thornden kind of expresses, I think, what many people might be thinking - how the humor would have been right for Eodwine's time, but not now with this new lord and questions of authority still being bandied about.

Looking forward to your guys' post. Your last one was really good and I would've repped it, but they said I couldn't.

Anyway, I'm sure this one will be great, too.

-- Foley

Nogrod · 11-26-2009, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Folwren

I don't really think it was the challenge itself that Athanar is angry with. It is the form of the challenge. The beginning of my post with Thornden kind of expresses, I think, what many people might be thinking - how the humor would have been right for Eodwine's time, but not now with this new lord and questions of authority still being bandied about.

You're quite right Foley with the "temporary-rule" -issue that it's mainly the way it was said, quite mockingly from Athanar's POV. But calling Athanar and his household "guests", by a soldier, and in public, is actually also something more substantial Athanar can't just tolerate.

Like he has shown the King's decree giving him the eorlship for everyone to see and then hearing someone calling him a guest five minutes later... thus basically publicly denying his authority. No leader would tolerate that, but someone else might have acted less heatedly.

But as you say Foley, there are so many issues of insecurity and threat around him that he overreacts. If and when we get this thing straightened out during some time and more posting, you'll see lord Athanar has nothing against a merry party... Although I don't think him to be a "party-animal" -type of person himself.

Folwren · 11-26-2009, 10:56 AM

Yeah, I figured. It was even the 'temporary lord' thing that caught me off guard and not exactly the 'guests' part.

This incident will make it even harder for the new people to settle in and the old people to accept them. I've been kind of thinking about what Javan is doing and thinking all this time. I don't know what he'd be thinking. Sometimes my characters manage to confuse me.

And I may post some post for Saeryn and her thoughts, just so I can fill some time and space before you two get your post up, so it doesn't seem like the game is stalling.

-- Foley

Gwathagor · 11-26-2009, 11:18 AM

Hey, um, Nogrod - you keep saying "quests." Do you mean "guests?" Just curious.

Nogrod · 11-26-2009, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Folwren

And I may post some post for Saeryn and her thoughts, just so I can fill some time and space before you two get your post up, so it doesn't seem like the game is stalling.

That's a good idea.

We're actually writing the post (we've had two rounds) but I'm not sure when Groin is going to be back - and especially while he has deleted his earlier post there could be a specially good spot to post something in the next hours... (I mean those reactions can of course come also after the dialogue between Ath & Lith but they would be even better posted before.)

Thinlómien · 11-26-2009, 05:03 PM

I will continue for the two rascals later (this weekend) and get them more involved with stuff. That's there as a sort of reminder that they exist.

As for what I posted for Modtryth, if someone wants to hear Modtryth's remark and continue, feel free to. If not, I will continue from there myself (I can very well do that).

Folwren · 11-26-2009, 05:10 PM

Wow, Lommy, in one post you managed to make me have two different reactions while thinking about two different characters. Worry for Javan and righteous indignation in defense of Saeryn. I just about screamed when I read their comments about her. Good job!

Nogrod and Groin, great post! Poor Lithor! Poor man, having insulted him at the last. Oh wow. Yippee! Posts can get back online. I am SO excited!

-- Foley

Thinlómien · 11-26-2009, 05:29 PM

You love my new characters, Foley, don't you?

Folwren · 11-24-2009, 09:28 PM

Holy smokes, I leave for half a day and when I get back, I find the discussion thread in such an uproar that I hardly have enough courage to go read the game thread!!!!!!!!

Courage found, off I go!

-- Foley

Folwren · 11-24-2009, 09:37 PM

Oh my goodness. Oh. My. Goodness.

......

..............

......................

Gotta go finish reading. Still have two more posts by Gwathagor to read.

Folwren · 11-24-2009, 09:55 PM

You do realize, Nogrod (and everyone, for that matter), that all this was in jest? To my eye, Groin writing for Lithor meant Lithor to mean no harm, or at least little harm. But the way that other writer's appeared to take it and have their characters take it goes to show that even a jest may be taken terribly, terribly wrong.

That being said, the game has progressed. The joke has not been taken well, tempers are rising, and it appears that Lithor is in very deep trouble quite on accident.

I will try to post for Thornden tonight. I kind of wish we could have Groin post next, but now that Crabannan has interrupted, I think it would be appropriate for Thornden to try to say something.

Harping back on what you said earlier Nogrod:

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After his own 12-year old daughter was beaten by the local "mob", lord Athanar is not in a mood to be easy or understanding with the locals any more if there is such a foolery... From his POV he was already too soft in letting the fate of his daughter to go unpunished - and he did that to show he can give in so that the locals would also give in, in turn.

Was he really going to let it go? I had thought he just didn't do or say anything yet because the banquet had to happen. Well, well. Javan turns lucky once more...unless Athanar changes his mind.

-- Foley

Feanor of the Peredhil · 11-24-2009, 10:04 PM

I would recommend that even if Athanar lets Javan go, so to speak, that one of the original Mead Hallers devises a suitable punishment. Perhaps specifically Saeryn.

Mnemosyne · 11-24-2009, 10:25 PM

From my end, I know what Groin meant as Lithor... but I'm not Wynflaed, and her perception has been colored by what her husband just said. But taking things out of context and overreacting is fun.

As far as I can tell we're not looking into the matter of punishing Javan (we still don't even know who did it, yet) until after the banquet is over and we can make some discreet inquiries. And even then Wynflaed is going to want to hear the other side of the story, both because that's good policy and because she knows that these sorts of things don't happen without provocation.

Folwren · 11-24-2009, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

I would recommend that even if Athanar lets Javan go, so to speak, that one of the original Mead Hallers devises a suitable punishment. Perhaps specifically Saeryn.

What would be a suitable punishment? I don't really know. My younger brother has never hit a girl before, and Javan's been mostly fashioned after him in a lot of cases.

Mnemosyne (I almost caleld you Wynflaed), I'm glad she wants to hear the other side of the story.

Aedre really didn't do a good job of telling a very unbiased tale.

I posted for Thornden. Let's hope he succeeds in his plans to cool tempers and avert instantaneous death....I mean, arrest.

Up until this moment, I don't think I quite realized that Thornden was a pacifier. Hm.

-- Foley

11-24-2009, 04:52 PM	#1
Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,512	Lithor has apparently been possessed by the unborn spirit of American folk hero Davy Crockett. __________________ Stories and songs.

11-24-2009, 05:41 PM	#3
Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,512	Sorry, Nogrod, I should have warned you - but we just crossed and the circumstances have been complicated. You might need to edit your post a bit. Apologies. __________________ Stories and songs.

11-24-2009, 05:44 PM	#4
Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,512	Alternatively, I could change Crabannan's reaction, since your post for Athanar works quite well following right after Lithor as it was intended to. I'm happy to delete my post and post again after yours, just let me know if that would be helpful. EDIT: Oh ok. Splendid. __________________ Stories and songs.

11-24-2009, 05:45 PM	#5
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	No, no... I can just change the way my post begins... It's easier that way whjen looking at the larger perspective. Even if it makes lord Athanar to react a bit late... but will it speak good or bad of him... who knows? __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

11-24-2009, 05:53 PM	#6
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Hey, people, that is just brilliant All three of you. Gah, I need to wake up, if I didn't, I could've posted too now... well, maybe later. It would be perhaps even better after Lithor's reaction. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

11-24-2009, 05:53 PM	#8
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Changed... It should suit fine I think. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

11-24-2009, 06:20 PM	#9
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Hehe... I love you Mnemo! They sometimes claim there are RPG's where there are no tensions! And then there are those where there are some... and those with quite a lot... even some with a host of tensions... and well, some even with more than that... and then there is Scarburg Mead Hall! __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

11-24-2009, 07:20 PM	#12
Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,512	Well, this IS fun. I haven't enjoyed myself this much in RPG-land since I got to write the part of the vampire in the Treachery of Men. All those murders... __________________ Stories and songs.

11-25-2009, 07:13 PM	#13
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Random Thought. I had a thought. Since Lilige had worked with Javan while unpacking the wagons, would she know his name and be able to tell Wynflaed, even though Aedre didn't know? time for dinner. -- Foley __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

11-25-2009, 07:48 PM	#14
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	She does, and can tell Wynflaed as soon as she gets back from the banquet. Lilige will be with Aedre...unless Aedre gave her the slip and went to the stables, but I think Nienna had decided against it? Either way, she'll probably be in her Lady's chamber. It would be natural for Wynflaed to ask if she'd seen who it was, and Lilige can and will tell her. __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

11-26-2009, 08:54 AM	#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 don't really think it was the challenge itself that Athanar is angry with. It is the form of the challenge. The beginning of my post with Thornden kind of expresses, I think, what many people might be thinking - how the humor would have been right for Eodwine's time, but not now with this new lord and questions of authority still being bandied about. Looking forward to your guys' post. Your last one was really good and I would've repped it, but they said I couldn't. Anyway, I'm sure this one will be great, too. -- Foley __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

11-26-2009, 10:56 AM	#17
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Yeah, I figured. It was even the 'temporary lord' thing that caught me off guard and not exactly the 'guests' part. This incident will make it even harder for the new people to settle in and the old people to accept them. I've been kind of thinking about what Javan is doing and thinking all this time. I don't know what he'd be thinking. Sometimes my characters manage to confuse me. And I may post some post for Saeryn and her thoughts, just so I can fill some time and space before you two get your post up, so it doesn't seem like the game is stalling. -- Foley __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

11-26-2009, 11:18 AM	#18
Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,512	Hey, um, Nogrod - you keep saying "quests." Do you mean "guests?" Just curious. __________________ Stories and songs.

11-26-2009, 05:03 PM	#20
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	I will continue for the two rascals later (this weekend) and get them more involved with stuff. That's there as a sort of reminder that they exist. As for what I posted for Modtryth, if someone wants to hear Modtryth's remark and continue, feel free to. If not, I will continue from there myself (I can very well do that). __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

11-26-2009, 05:10 PM	#21
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Wow, Lommy, in one post you managed to make me have two different reactions while thinking about two different characters. Worry for Javan and righteous indignation in defense of Saeryn. I just about screamed when I read their comments about her. Good job! Nogrod and Groin, great post! Poor Lithor! Poor man, having insulted him at the last. Oh wow. Yippee! Posts can get back online. I am SO excited! -- Foley __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

11-26-2009, 05:29 PM	#22
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	You love my new characters, Foley, don't you? __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

11-24-2009, 09:28 PM	#23
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Holy smokes, I leave for half a day and when I get back, I find the discussion thread in such an uproar that I hardly have enough courage to go read the game thread!!!!!!!! Courage found, off I go! -- Foley __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

11-24-2009, 09:37 PM	#24
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 my goodness. Oh. My. Goodness. ...... .............. ...................... Gotta go finish reading. Still have two more posts by Gwathagor to read. __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

11-24-2009, 10:04 PM	#26
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	I would recommend that even if Athanar lets Javan go, so to speak, that one of the original Mead Hallers devises a suitable punishment. Perhaps specifically Saeryn. __________________ peace

11-24-2009, 10:25 PM	#27
Mnemosyne Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Between the past and the future Posts: 1,159	From my end, I know what Groin meant as Lithor... but I'm not Wynflaed, and her perception has been colored by what her husband just said. But taking things out of context and overreacting is fun. As far as I can tell we're not looking into the matter of punishing Javan (we still don't even know who did it, yet) until after the banquet is over and we can make some discreet inquiries. And even then Wynflaed is going to want to hear the other side of the story, both because that's good policy and because she knows that these sorts of things don't happen without provocation. __________________ Got corsets?