Golden Perch Discussion Thread

[blantyr]

Name : Known as Goldie Seasong in the Shire and Breeland, as Aerlinn Maltheniel in Lindon.

Age 39, Female, mixed Sindar / Sylvan ancestry, from Lindon near the Tower Hills.

Appearance : High and beautiful. Tall, fair of skin and dark-eyed, with the golden locks of the House of Finrod. Voice has more melodies than any mortal voice that is now heard.

Fashion : Tends to dress as much as a hobbit as an elf, practical, with a fondness for bright colors found in nature. Wears any color except grey. ("If I had shades of grey hair, like most everyone else in Lindon, and had shades of grey eyes, maybe I'd wear shades of grey clothes, but…")

Weapons : She carries a longbow and hunting knife, though both are fairly lightweight, suitable for her gender and hunting rather than for war. Her lute is generally much more ready at hand.

Awesome magical ability : Once claimed that if she sang in a forest glade, the flowers would tend to bloom more, and the birds would sing. Has not repeated this claim as she does not like to be laughed at.

Was once told that if she wants to develop a strong Voice, she should speak Truth always. Wants a strong Voice. Is too pretty to be stubborn, so she must be principled?

I'm currently playing a significantly older version of Aerlinn in a very martial campaign. This version is younger, less mature. I fear I was trying to create Aerlinn as a Tolkien female, which makes the adult version a bit too perfect. This isn't ideal for an Inn campaign where characters might want to throw a few sparks off one another, but this 'Goldie' hasn't got her act together yet, and I'd like a bit more of a chance to develop the character.

Images of an older Goldie

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Linked (to Character/Player List) ~*~ Pio

[Folwren]

I think your character will work alright in the inn, Blantyr. I look forward to seeing how she is developed.

-- Folwren

[Galadriel55]

Welcome to the inn, blantyr and Goldie!

I responded to your post, as well as Mithalwen's. Both of you can react to Al's reaction ( ) or ignore it.

Mith, I love your post! It sounds like Elin is walking on a verbal mine-field, and it's hilarious! :-D And you're absolutely right that Baranduin is the correct, and the original, name; however, how would Al know that?

And speking of him, he's not very bright, and it didn't click that Blackroot is not in the Shire, even though it's obvious that Elin does not live nearabouts. This should throw in some interesting reactions - he's asking Elin for what she avoids telling.

[piosenniel]

I was just rereading more closely the Character Bios for the recent Elven characters.

Please remember that all Elves in Barrow-Downs RPG's need to reflect the description Tolkien gave for his Elves:

Originally Posted by Post #19 of this thread

Return of the King – "Appendix F": Tolkien’s description for the Quendi (The Speakers) – the name given to the Elves by themselves after they first awoke in Middle-earth.

“They were a race high and beautiful, the older Children of the world, and among them the Eldar were as Kings, who now are gone: the People of the Great Journey, the People of the Stars. They were tall, fair of skin and grey-eyed, though their locks were dark, save in the golden house of Finrod; and their voices had more melodies than any mortal voice that is now heard.....”

Information links for guidelines to posting in The Golden Perch Inn can be found in Post #2 of this thread.

Please edit your posts in this thread or in The Golden Perch Inn thread to reflect Tolkien's description of Elven eye coloration.

Thanks!

~*~ Pio - RPG Forum Moderator

[blantyr]

Ah, well. Maltheniel originally got green eyes as this was suggested by the Ambar Qenta role playing rules. Blue and green were supposed to be the most common colors among the Silvan. I asked the author of the rules where he got this from, and he replied the Middle Earth Role Playing (MERPs) variation of GURPs. Obviously, not canon. A token attempt to find a canon reference failed. I've no idea where MERPs got it from. Anyway, while she's visiting here, her eyes can be 'dark.'

Her unusual coloring does effect her personality. She is unusual enough among the Lindon elves that she became a bit of an outsider and rebel. This is deliberate. I wanted a few things in her background that justified a female elf mingling with other races.

Ironically, I originally put her birthplace in the Tower Hills as I wanted her personality influenced somewhat by hobbit culture. I proposed that she occasionally wandered into Westfarthing, and sang in various inns there. Alas, it was not to be. The game master forbade it. Elves in Shire inns are not canon.

Anyway, she's been in play with green eyes since late 2008, but I have no trouble tweaking it while she's in this realm.

[Galadriel55]

Apologies about my silence; I've been very busy the past few days. I've read all the posts up till now, and I'll respond tomorrow.

The men and hobbits at the inn aren't getting a good impression of Elves, I see.

[Gaurcrist]

Hey guys! Haven't been here in a while.