The Fall of the North Planning/Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kransha · 03-15-2005, 04:07 PM

Arry, I will of course edit both my posts accordingly (it may take some time though). Fantastic job on your closing there, and it has been a great pleasure gaming with you again. Your characters are always intriguing and enjoyable to read about. Congratulations on a job well done!

Saurreg: there is time to rest, but not much. Even with all this "stuff" to endure, the group which Belegorn shall lead must head off soon. I neglected to mention, but will now, that the Dunedain are in fact becoming low on supplies, and need to find some new food sources before theirs becomes scant (they are still eating healthily, but not for long).

Novnarwen: In relation to your last PM, it might be more prudent to wait until later this week.

CaptainofDespair · 03-16-2005, 03:58 PM

Alrighty, I will be unable to fill my Save, and to post anything else for about a week. I'm quite overburdened with essays and other coursework for the next few days. If I can post anything, I'll be sure to get it up. But, as is most likely, I won't be posting anything for the next week.

Osse · 03-20-2005, 04:15 AM

Just planning post for Carthor's part in the exploration party...

I was planning to have a recount of the speech, the preparation for the journey as well as its initial stages, followed by the finding of a storeroom. The Dunedain find it in shambles - the great stone jars that were full of barley have been smashed, the casks of beer and salted meats ransacked... all the precious metals, stones and ore is all but gone - the place appears to have been looted by strong, powerful, stone-like hands. I figure this will lead into a conflict with the 'clique'...

Does anyone want to post first, with talk of the reactions to being instructed to go, with misgivings etc.? I had planned to only refer to these subjects in passing, and that in a reflective stance most probably, so anyone wishing to do so's posts would fit better before mine.

All for now... my post will be pretty hefty i suppose, so don't expect it too soon.

Osse

Saurreg · 03-20-2005, 05:08 AM

My post will be very short. It will deal with the mobilisation of the exploration party and the descend into the bowels of the earth.

Osse's got some great ideas and I'm not going to cram his style. He can fill in his ideas to the most minute of details before or after me.

Kransha · 03-20-2005, 08:06 AM

Osse, you definately have the right idea and, as Saurreg wisely put it, I'm not going to cramp your style. Hirvegil is, obviously, going to be sitting it out for a bit. This is a bid to give Belegorn more independance, as well as the group, (and, in Mellonar's eyes, to give Belegorn more chances to show his worth or screw up). Unfortunately, as I said, there are some dark creatures in the Ered Luin, including Novnarwen's band of trolls.

Without military aid, the party will have to be careful. Hopefully the Elves will be able to work with Belegorn and the others in order to avoid, outmaneuver, or "whatever" the trolls before they're all ground into jelly.

Speaking of, I am very interested to see what the Elves' reaction to the death of their kinsmen was and is? What's going on in those oh-so-alien minds, anway?

Mithalwen · 03-20-2005, 11:05 AM

Possibly having had to spend so much time coshed/drugged as a plot device and dumped in the Ered Luin without a squeak has made us fatalistic/apathetic .....

Saurreg · 03-21-2005, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Possibly having had to spend so much time coshed/drugged as a plot device and dumped in the Ered Luin without a squeak has made us fatalistic/apathetic .....

Aw... Don't be such a no Mithy. Perhaps Kransha can set up a scenario whereby Belegorn and company gets hammered by the hordes of the underdark and your character can come to the rescue! K?

03-15-2005, 04:07 PM	#1
Kransha Ubiquitous Urulóki Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The port of Mars, where Famine, Sword, and Fire, leash'd in like hounds, crouch for employment Posts: 747	Arry, I will of course edit both my posts accordingly (it may take some time though). Fantastic job on your closing there, and it has been a great pleasure gaming with you again. Your characters are always intriguing and enjoyable to read about. Congratulations on a job well done! Saurreg: there is time to rest, but not much. Even with all this "stuff" to endure, the group which Belegorn shall lead must head off soon. I neglected to mention, but will now, that the Dunedain are in fact becoming low on supplies, and need to find some new food sources before theirs becomes scant (they are still eating healthily, but not for long). Novnarwen: In relation to your last PM, it might be more prudent to wait until later this week. __________________ "What mortal feels not awe/Nor trembles at our name, Hearing our fate-appointed power sublime/Fixed by the eternal law. For old our office, and our fame," -Aeschylus, Song of the Furies

03-20-2005, 04:15 AM	#3
Osse Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Encircling Sea, deciding which ship to ruin next...could be yours. Posts: 274	Just planning post for Carthor's part in the exploration party... I was planning to have a recount of the speech, the preparation for the journey as well as its initial stages, followed by the finding of a storeroom. The Dunedain find it in shambles - the great stone jars that were full of barley have been smashed, the casks of beer and salted meats ransacked... all the precious metals, stones and ore is all but gone - the place appears to have been looted by strong, powerful, stone-like hands. I figure this will lead into a conflict with the 'clique'... Does anyone want to post first, with talk of the reactions to being instructed to go, with misgivings etc.? I had planned to only refer to these subjects in passing, and that in a reflective stance most probably, so anyone wishing to do so's posts would fit better before mine. All for now... my post will be pretty hefty i suppose, so don't expect it too soon. Osse __________________ 'A thinking tyrant, it seemed to Vetinari, had a much harder job than a ruler raised to power by some idiot system like democracy. At least HE could tell the people he was THEIR fault.'

03-20-2005, 05:08 AM	#4
Saurreg Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In self imposed exile... Posts: 465	My post will be very short. It will deal with the mobilisation of the exploration party and the descend into the bowels of the earth. Osse's got some great ideas and I'm not going to cram his style. He can fill in his ideas to the most minute of details before or after me. __________________ "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. " ~Voltaire

03-20-2005, 08:06 AM	#5
Kransha Ubiquitous Urulóki Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The port of Mars, where Famine, Sword, and Fire, leash'd in like hounds, crouch for employment Posts: 747	Osse, you definately have the right idea and, as Saurreg wisely put it, I'm not going to cramp your style. Hirvegil is, obviously, going to be sitting it out for a bit. This is a bid to give Belegorn more independance, as well as the group, (and, in Mellonar's eyes, to give Belegorn more chances to show his worth or screw up). Unfortunately, as I said, there are some dark creatures in the Ered Luin, including Novnarwen's band of trolls. Without military aid, the party will have to be careful. Hopefully the Elves will be able to work with Belegorn and the others in order to avoid, outmaneuver, or "whatever" the trolls before they're all ground into jelly. Speaking of, I am very interested to see what the Elves' reaction to the death of their kinsmen was and is? What's going on in those oh-so-alien minds, anway? __________________ "What mortal feels not awe/Nor trembles at our name, Hearing our fate-appointed power sublime/Fixed by the eternal law. For old our office, and our fame," -Aeschylus, Song of the Furies

03-20-2005, 11:05 AM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,449	Possibly having had to spend so much time coshed/drugged as a plot device and dumped in the Ered Luin without a squeak has made us fatalistic/apathetic ..... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

03-16-2005, 03:58 PM	#2
CaptainofDespair Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 413	Alrighty, I will be unable to fill my Save, and to post anything else for about a week. I'm quite overburdened with essays and other coursework for the next few days. If I can post anything, I'll be sure to get it up. But, as is most likely, I won't be posting anything for the next week.