Discussion Thread: Nomads from the East

[Nurvingiel]

Random ideas: Do you want this to be an advance party to an army of orcs? We wouldn't have to deal with them - they could be attacking Minis Tirith. "Sequel possibilities". Or, they could just be a band of random orcs, but we could have "sequel possibilities" helping the Gondorians erradicate the rest of the orcs.

What do you think? We don't really need to decide anything yet since this is way in the future.

[Nurvingiel]

Originally posted by Last Child of Ungoliant - in the RPG thread
ooc: hmmm, there are times when we seem to hog the thread, aren't there
i hadn't realised the haradrim were on horseback, though
it is most likeley 'rorin' that would need assistance
though i dont know what gulio has to say on that

I agree with that assessment, but I also don't think it would be unreasonable for Rorin to ride a pony. Yep, depends what Gulio says.

We are thread hogs eh Chrys? I'm the super hog Bossy Pants wearer of this thread!

[Nurvingiel]

Originally posted by PippinTook
http://www.paardentrefpunt.nl/rassen/shire.jpg

Last Child's horse

http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/images/arahead.jpg

Nurv's horse

http://www.silab.dsi.unimi.it/~ss546...ures/llama.jpg
Pansy's uhhhh...

anywho...
"Would you like a carrot?" Pansy asked the newcomer. She wanted to make a good impression, and evil people don't give carrots.

ooc; yeah, so that was meaningless

These links are absolutely brilliant! We just need one for Flare now.

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

sorry i havent posted here, forgot about this thread

ten years works perfectly for my character, dad fought in war etc
flat out, i'd say about 4 days for osgiliath to dunharrow,
dont forget when theoden etc rode south, they travelled through the forest of druadan, so couldnt have gone fast anyway
if it was an advance scouting party to an army of orcs, we'ed need
to be quite far south by the time they attack minas tirith not to be affected
had tirith been renamed Minas Anor by this time, will check appendices to RotK to see...

[Twista]

picking me up yet? lol

[Nurvingiel]

Timeline:

Day 1: Pansy, Jan, Callinya, Rorin, and Devak met up with the Haradrim at the inn The Sandy Forest.
Day 2: The group journeys south, towards Harad and the Muryan - their possible allies. They receive a message from a mysterious elf at Dunharrow - Farkad leaves to investigate.
Day 3: At dawn, they are attacked by a party of orcs. Devak took one prisoner. Later in the day they forded the Anduin.

Val and I decided that 4 days was a reasonable time to go from South Ithilien to Dunharrow, so Farkad will pick you up on day 6. (That's what you get for starting in Dunharrow! ) If you're bored, you can play one of the Haradrim. If you have fun, you could even take over the character permanently.

[Aewionen]

http://hometown.aol.com/jdspainthors...icked%20up.jpg

might as well post a picture too

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

ee, that's a grand oss, Aewionen
still i like the one that Pip chose for me better!!

[Nurvingiel]

Idea's for Valandil's character (from the PM I sent him):

There's a couple opportunities for you to bring your character in right now. Farkad (on of my characters) and Celian (Twista's character) just met in a pub in Dunharrow. If you want to play right away, work it out with Twista that you guys are travelling together.
If you want to join a little later, you could come aboard when the rest of the party, who are in South Gondor, come to Jan's (Legoles' character) people, the Muryan.
Either option lets you play any character you want. If you want to be evil, you could be whoever is in charge of the army invading Harad. Endless options abound.
If you have another idea to bring in your character that's fine too.
I'm keeping the recap and timelines updated, so refer to them whenever you need!

[Valandil]

Thanks Nurv... tried to PM back, but it bounced! Here was my reply:

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Thanks Nurv... I'll see if I can come in with 'Celian'... or maybe you guys otherwise bump into me in Dunharrow... I'd probably be the only other stranger there (why Dunharrow? It's QUITE off the beaten path you know... it'd be us and a bunch of strawheads! ) I guess I'll have to name my character and give a description now... sigh!

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Shall I become the object of a minor 'disturbance' in the pub?

[Nurvingiel]

I know! It took my character ages to get there. You'd have to ask Twista why he picked it. Have you decided what character you want to play Valandil? Want a hand?

EDIT: And I emptied my PM box, sorry about that.

[Valandil]

The one alternate... one of the younger companions of Halbarad in the Grey Company... I'll say he and his father were both in the group and that his father is now 'Warden of Arnor'... and sent him with a message to King Elessar (dratted palantiri... if we only still HAD one up north, these messages would be so much easier... that's better than email!). On his way, he detoured through Dunharrow... not sure if it was for simply sentimental reasons (boy... I remember that WILD RIDE from 10 years ago like it was YESTERDAY!), or if he felt 'compelled' in some strange way...

Now I just need to name him.

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

how about 'valandil'
or 'lidnalav'

[Valandil]

Originally posted by Last Child of Ungoliant
how about 'valandil'
or 'lidnalav'

Hah! There's a little joke about 'Lidnalav' - but I'm not sure if any of those in the game are in on it... Artanis and Linaewen are for sure. I'll tell you about it some other time!

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

Originally posted by Valandil
Hah! There's a little joke about 'Lidnalav' - but I'm not sure if any of those in the game are in on it... Artanis and Linaewen are for sure. I'll tell you about it some other time!

well, i just sort of thought it's like, your name, backwards ...

[Nurvingiel]

Originally posted by Valandil
The one alternate... one of the younger companions of Halbarad in the Grey Company... I'll say he and his father were both in the group and that his father is now 'Warden of Arnor'... and sent him with a message to King Elessar (dratted palantiri... if we only still HAD one up north, these messages would be so much easier... that's better than email!). On his way, he detoured through Dunharrow... not sure if it was for simply sentimental reasons (boy... I remember that WILD RIDE from 10 years ago like it was YESTERDAY!), or if he felt 'compelled' in some strange way...

Now I just need to name him.

Great idea Valandil!

What about Ciryandil, Atanatar, or Rómendacil? Your parents could be history buffs, makes sense for Dunedain.

Lidnalav lol! Is the inside joke more complicated than your name backwards?

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

i just thought of another name
Tar-Minyatur, in honour of Elros

[Valandil]

Originally posted by Nurvingiel
Great idea Valandil!

What about Ciryandil, Atanatar, or Rómendacil? Your parents could be history buffs, makes sense for Dunedain.

Lidnalav lol! Is the inside joke more complicated than your name backwards?

A little bit... I'll bring the source back around within a few weeks... it's overdue!

I just picked the name 'Celebreg'... a bit of a shortening of 'celeb + ereg' = silver thorn... I like the shortened version better and we'll say it came about as languages condense words over time.

Off to the game thread to introduce myself... but can't linger tonight...

[Nurvingiel]

Great first post Valandil! I'm excited!

Don't worry about your comp Gulio, we won't let your character die or get left behind. Just post when you can, no worries.

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

right, i can fully introduce my character now

faligorn son of feregon
is lord of lebennin
and a council of the King Elessar

His personal guard has been following him, but not especially following the other members of our company

the guard consists of:
Azgarron, his lieutenant
Ninphal, his messenger
and the captains of the 8 companies of
the Lebennin Legion, a legion of the
royal Gondorian Army