Journeys discussion thread - Page 12

***Earniel*** · 01-10-2011, 08:55 PM

And so we have our Elves on route to Rivendell. Perhaps it migth be useful if they bump into someone. After all, with Rivendell being a hidden place and none of our Elves ever having been there, they're bound to get lost.

Voronwen · 01-17-2011, 11:43 PM

Would there be room here for a human character? Perhaps a Numenorean Exile....

***RÃan*** · 01-18-2011, 12:14 AM

Certainly! Glad to have you

Nice post, Earniel

Voronwen · 01-18-2011, 12:24 AM

Thank you, Rian!

What will you need from me regarding character info, etc? I have tons of it. Just let me know.

***Earniel*** · 01-18-2011, 07:12 AM

Hey Voronwen, lovely for you to join us.

I suppose we only need a brief explanation of who your character is, short history and maybe a bit on personality. That sort of thing.

We've placed the game in 1720 Second Age as we wanted something relatively peaceful from travelling and so we could participate in the establishing of the Last Homely House. So it's a little early for Exiles as NÃºmenor is still standing, and under the rule of Tar-Minastur according to my books. So you may have to work on a reason for your character to be in Middle-earth.

Anyway, it may be useful if you read the game-thread. RÃ*an's and my characters are travelling from Mithlond to Rivendell, and Varna and Willow's characters are already in Rivendell.

***VarnafindÃ«*** · 01-18-2011, 11:27 AM

Just a wild suggestion for you, Voronwen - a Numenorean scholar, interested in Elven lore, having decided that the best place to study it would be right with the Elves themselves?

***Earniel*** · 01-10-2012, 06:47 AM

Wow, almost a year since my last post! Hoom, we're entishly slow, aren't we?

So, Varna, any chance of one of your characters being out and about near Rivendell to come across either a lone Halweg, or four lost others camping practically on Rivendell's doorstep?

***VarnafindÃ«*** · 01-10-2012, 04:28 PM

I think I should send Rameldir and Ainon on an afternoon walk ...

Oh, it would be so good to get this going again.
Any chance Willow might turn up? I miss my beta reader already ...

And I'm going to leave Glorfindel alone for the time being.

***Earniel*** · 01-10-2012, 04:35 PM

Excellent! Yeay!

Yeah, I miss Willow too, but she hasn't logged in for over a year. Probably busy with university.

***RÃan*** · 01-10-2012, 09:21 PM

Very nice post, E! You are so good at the geographic details, like JRRT was. It really fills in the picture in my mind.

I've always loved sibling relationships, too. Great post

One English suggestion - you wrote : "And so, several days after the river-crossing, they found themselves utterly and utterly lost in the hills."

It's usually "utterly and completely". At least that's what I've always heard. Anyway, just FYI, since you like to know

I'm having the faint stirrings of a post ... maybe in another year actually!

***Earniel*** · 01-11-2012, 04:50 AM

Thanks, I looked up the chapter in The Hobbit for the scenery near Rivendell. Can't beat that for detail. And I have to say that the lovely Middle-earth Atlas has been very useful for me in RPG's.

'Utterly and completely' Check. Will try to remember.

If you want to do a warm-up for a post, there's still the placeholder for Alariel's dream in Tom Bombadil's cottage.

***RÃan*** · 01-11-2012, 06:12 AM

oh, cool - that might be fun ... I don't have the energy for details, but a dream can be not accurate and it's ok.

My bday is coming up in a few days - I think I'll ask for that MIddle-earth Atlas. I've heard a lot about it.

***VarnafindÃ«*** · 01-11-2012, 03:13 PM

I think I got that atlas a while back - but then I haven't seen it for a while

It must have gone hiding, but if it comes forward again, I'll put it to better use.
I've got another atlas by another artist, one only of Frodo's travels, so it may not be very useful for most of our tale.

But we're still in the area that it covers, so I might have a look. (If it hasn't gone hiding as well, but at least I've seen it more recently.)

I'll have another good look at that chapter of The Hobbit.
Bilbo & Dwarves came to Rivendell at a happier time than ours, so there may not be as many singing Elves in the trees in our story (and perhaps it's our Gondolin Elves who teach the Rivendell Elves about Tom Bombadil and his way with songs anyway).

***Earniel*** · 01-11-2012, 03:46 PM

Well, I can only recommend it. The maps are beautiful and clear and you can tell from the text as well that a lot of effort went into it.

But I'll be honest and mention that I pretty much only use it for RPG. I have charted much of the way our Elves have gone since Mithlond with it and it often lay next to the computer during LLL.

Willow Oran · 01-12-2012, 04:33 AM

So... I think you guys totally summoned me, because I've been on a decidedly non-Tolkien kick for over a year and busy with grad-school applications, and then I suddenly started missing this and got the urge to write Glor again. So if we're still doing this, even at an Entish pace, I'm still in.

***Earniel*** · 01-12-2012, 06:43 AM

Willow! *glomp*

Now that's some timing. You must be like Gandalf, never late or early, but arriving precisely when you mean to.

***VarnafindÃ«*** · 01-12-2012, 11:37 AM

WILLOW!!!

I was saying that Rameldir and Ainon should go for an afternoon walk (I guess including some hunting), but now maybe Glor should be with them as well?

And I have some new ideas for their weapons sensitivity project - I think I ought to write you a PM ...

Willow Oran · 01-12-2012, 03:34 PM

Venturing out to stumble across the visitors does seem to be in order.

***RÃan*** · 01-12-2012, 08:00 PM

Willow!!!

Oh, how nice! yay! *dances around*

So nice to see you, and have people posting here again!

Willow Oran · 01-14-2012, 10:47 PM

Today's episode: Glor tries to be sneaky, and Aredhel is a terrible influence from beyond the the Halls of Waiting.

01-10-2011, 08:55 PM	#1
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	And so we have our Elves on route to Rivendell. Perhaps it migth be useful if they bump into someone. After all, with Rivendell being a hidden place and none of our Elves ever having been there, they're bound to get lost. __________________ We are not things.

01-17-2011, 11:43 PM	#2
Voronwen Lady of AndÃºniÃ« Join Date: May 2009 Location: AndÃºniÃ« Posts: 572	Would there be room here for a human character? Perhaps a Numenorean Exile.... __________________ " ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, AkallabÃªth the Downfallen, AtalantÃ« in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

01-18-2011, 12:14 AM	#3
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Certainly! Glad to have you Nice post, Earniel __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva!

01-18-2011, 12:24 AM	#4
Voronwen Lady of AndÃºniÃ« Join Date: May 2009 Location: AndÃºniÃ« Posts: 572	Thank you, Rian! What will you need from me regarding character info, etc? I have tons of it. Just let me know. __________________ " ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, AkallabÃªth the Downfallen, AtalantÃ« in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

01-18-2011, 07:12 AM	#5
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Hey Voronwen, lovely for you to join us. I suppose we only need a brief explanation of who your character is, short history and maybe a bit on personality. That sort of thing. We've placed the game in 1720 Second Age as we wanted something relatively peaceful from travelling and so we could participate in the establishing of the Last Homely House. So it's a little early for Exiles as NÃºmenor is still standing, and under the rule of Tar-Minastur according to my books. So you may have to work on a reason for your character to be in Middle-earth. Anyway, it may be useful if you read the game-thread. RÃ*an's and my characters are travelling from Mithlond to Rivendell, and Varna and Willow's characters are already in Rivendell. __________________ We are not things.

01-18-2011, 11:27 AM	#6
*VarnafindÃ«* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	Just a wild suggestion for you, Voronwen - a Numenorean scholar, interested in Elven lore, having decided that the best place to study it would be right with the Elves themselves? __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

01-10-2012, 06:47 AM	#7
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Wow, almost a year since my last post! Hoom, we're entishly slow, aren't we? So, Varna, any chance of one of your characters being out and about near Rivendell to come across either a lone Halweg, or four lost others camping practically on Rivendell's doorstep? __________________ We are not things.

01-10-2012, 04:28 PM	#8
*VarnafindÃ«* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	I think I should send Rameldir and Ainon on an afternoon walk ... Oh, it would be so good to get this going again. Any chance Willow might turn up? I miss my beta reader already ... And I'm going to leave Glorfindel alone for the time being. __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

01-10-2012, 04:35 PM	#9
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Excellent! Yeay! Yeah, I miss Willow too, but she hasn't logged in for over a year. Probably busy with university. __________________ We are not things.

01-10-2012, 09:21 PM	#10
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Very nice post, E! You are so good at the geographic details, like JRRT was. It really fills in the picture in my mind. I've always loved sibling relationships, too. Great post One English suggestion - you wrote : "And so, several days after the river-crossing, they found themselves utterly and utterly lost in the hills." It's usually "utterly and completely". At least that's what I've always heard. Anyway, just FYI, since you like to know I'm having the faint stirrings of a post ... maybe in another year actually! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva!

01-11-2012, 04:50 AM	#11
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Thanks, I looked up the chapter in The Hobbit for the scenery near Rivendell. Can't beat that for detail. And I have to say that the lovely Middle-earth Atlas has been very useful for me in RPG's. 'Utterly and completely' Check. Will try to remember. If you want to do a warm-up for a post, there's still the placeholder for Alariel's dream in Tom Bombadil's cottage. __________________ We are not things.

01-11-2012, 06:12 AM	#12
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	oh, cool - that might be fun ... I don't have the energy for details, but a dream can be not accurate and it's ok. My bday is coming up in a few days - I think I'll ask for that MIddle-earth Atlas. I've heard a lot about it. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva!

01-11-2012, 03:13 PM	#13
*VarnafindÃ«* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	I think I got that atlas a while back - but then I haven't seen it for a while It must have gone hiding, but if it comes forward again, I'll put it to better use. I've got another atlas by another artist, one only of Frodo's travels, so it may not be very useful for most of our tale. But we're still in the area that it covers, so I might have a look. (If it hasn't gone hiding as well, but at least I've seen it more recently.) I'll have another good look at that chapter of The Hobbit. Bilbo & Dwarves came to Rivendell at a happier time than ours, so there may not be as many singing Elves in the trees in our story (and perhaps it's our Gondolin Elves who teach the Rivendell Elves about Tom Bombadil and his way with songs anyway). __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

01-11-2012, 03:46 PM	#14
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Well, I can only recommend it. The maps are beautiful and clear and you can tell from the text as well that a lot of effort went into it. But I'll be honest and mention that I pretty much only use it for RPG. I have charted much of the way our Elves have gone since Mithlond with it and it often lay next to the computer during LLL. __________________ We are not things.

01-12-2012, 04:33 AM	#15
Willow Oran Deus Ex Machina Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,951	So... I think you guys totally summoned me, because I've been on a decidedly non-Tolkien kick for over a year and busy with grad-school applications, and then I suddenly started missing this and got the urge to write Glor again. So if we're still doing this, even at an Entish pace, I'm still in. __________________ "5. Plain Rings with RUNES on the inside. Avoid these like the PLAGUE. -Diana Wynne Jones Tough Guide To FantasyLand ...it's not much of a show if somebody doesn't suffer, and preferably at length. Suffering is beautiful in any case, and so is anguish; but as for loathing, and bitterness... I don't think they belong on the stage at all. - Isabella, I Gelosi

01-12-2012, 06:43 AM	#16
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Willow! glomp Now that's some timing. You must be like Gandalf, never late or early, but arriving precisely when you mean to. __________________ We are not things.

01-12-2012, 11:37 AM	#17
*VarnafindÃ«* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	WILLOW!!! I was saying that Rameldir and Ainon should go for an afternoon walk (I guess including some hunting), but now maybe Glor should be with them as well? And I have some new ideas for their weapons sensitivity project - I think I ought to write you a PM ... __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

01-12-2012, 03:34 PM	#18
Willow Oran Deus Ex Machina Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,951	Venturing out to stumble across the visitors does seem to be in order. __________________ "5. Plain Rings with RUNES on the inside. Avoid these like the PLAGUE. -Diana Wynne Jones Tough Guide To FantasyLand ...it's not much of a show if somebody doesn't suffer, and preferably at length. Suffering is beautiful in any case, and so is anguish; but as for loathing, and bitterness... I don't think they belong on the stage at all. - Isabella, I Gelosi

01-12-2012, 08:00 PM	#19
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Willow!!! Oh, how nice! yay! dances around So nice to see you, and have people posting here again! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva!

01-14-2012, 10:47 PM	#20
Willow Oran Deus Ex Machina Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,951	Today's episode: Glor tries to be sneaky, and Aredhel is a terrible influence from beyond the the Halls of Waiting. __________________ "5. Plain Rings with RUNES on the inside. Avoid these like the PLAGUE. -Diana Wynne Jones Tough Guide To FantasyLand ...it's not much of a show if somebody doesn't suffer, and preferably at length. Suffering is beautiful in any case, and so is anguish; but as for loathing, and bitterness... I don't think they belong on the stage at all. - Isabella, I Gelosi

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