LLL Discussion thread part II

[Earniel]

Originally Posted by Varnafindë

I haven't printed out the discussion pages, though, so there is information there which I probably ought to read as well. But I don't suppose that will be vital to whether I want to join or not.

The discussion pages don't hold much that you would need to know for joining. The only thing that may be of immediate use is the list of characters. I'll repost that shortly, I've decided to cut a few long-time non-responsive characters anyway.

The most important thing is to get an idea how we play this game, and reading the game-thread should give you a good idea of that already. If there is anything else unclear, all you have to do is ask here, but I'm not going to let you go over more than 1500 posts of discussion when that's not necessary.

One other thing that you may need to take into account is that this game has run for nearly a year by now and we're a little over half-way in the plot. You can drop out anytime you want or be absent for longer periods if your Real Life demands it (give us some warning in that case and we'll keep your character running until your return) but if you want to see this game finished, it'll take a while.

Active players:
- Acalewia: Aelfwine (rohirrim/human)
- Aikanáro: Tabril (elf)
- Coffeehouse: Quickleaf (elf)
- Curufin: Abasi (elf)
- Eärniel: Radagast (wizard)
- Feawen: Nami (elf)
- Ingwe: Ingwionis (elf)
- Amael: A'mael (elf)
- Mari: Ellysa (haradrim/human)
- Me9996: Ferrin (human)
- Midge: Aerin (elf)
Midge: Magor (rohirrim/human) (orginally Azrael's character but he decided against joining)
- Orithil: Hedrim Valdaes (human)
- Sane: Carnehillion (human)
- Sasquatch: Borin (dwarf)
- Willow Oran: Haldis (beorning/human)

Non-Active characters, public characters until the original player returns
- Blossomshade (ent-wife, originally played by Yaygollum)
- Branwyn (Gondorean scholar, originally played by Tessar)
- Truor (male beorning, originally played by Yaygollum)
- Earthshaker (ent, originally played by Nuelbar)
- Nixie (elf, orginally played by Nixie)

I'm putting Nixie among the non-active players since she hasn't posted since her introduction in Dol Guldur and I suspect she had pretty much forgotten about this game. If she returns, so much the better, but until then we'll just keep her character active, just as the others. None of the non-active characters have posted in a long time so I've kept the most useful characters and cut the rest loose.

And I know now why my Elf couldn't join straight away - when the letter from Gandalf and Radagast reached her, she was just about to leave Rivendell to accompany her cousin who was leaving for the Grey Havens. She had to see her off first before she could turn to other missions.

Has she gone with her cousin to the Grey Havens? That'll be quite a lenghty trip there and back. She may have a hard time tracking and catching up with the others before long, although I gather a single Elf moves a lot faster than a large group with supply mules.

Another thing you can do is, since it's known we'll undoubtedly go into the East at one point, is join up with the raft-elves that ship wine from Dorwinion to Thranduil's hall, and try to head us off. We'll likely meet up with the raft-elves anyway since we'll follow the river for a while. It's as good a guess as any.

So it's up to you which road you choose.