Discussion Thread Number 4 Of Wraiths-Kings-Friends-Rings Campaign

[The last sane person]

Had to give those at Orrodel SOME break, jimmany, I am amazed the Tharbad Watch and armed forces havent comming knocking in the door. ANYways, Glad you liked it Rian and Lotesse.

Oh, lotesse, come join the christmas party, some one has to bring the alchohal!

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Nice posts guys.
Glad to have you joining us Sun-star

[Gordis]

Very nice posts Sun and Shah! They run so smoothly together, just great. You should talk more in the future!

Where is our Estelmo? I miss the nice old man!

[Valandil]

Originally Posted by The last sane person

It has a tune, or i think it does...Val, is it going by the same tune the beach boys used in california girls? Its a good song, But i really would think that "Back in U-M-B-A-R You dont know how lucky you are" would top the charts...*starts whislting the song*

Write it then,
Gurr-frenn...

[Udukhaturz]

Originally Posted by Gordis

TD, well, if you want to meet Sapthan now, I believe he can come say Hi to Galadannun. But that will require Udu to change the last two lines of his previous post, making the Chancellor take Sapthan to the Library. Have you asked Udu to do this?
Udu, Is it OK to ask you to post Sapthan's introduction to the hated Galadannun and his impressions now? Or you had other ideas?

Gordis and TD, I have edited my Post #638. If there are any changes, additions, etc, that you want, just give me the word.

TD, great post!

[Rían]

nice new edit, Udu - hmm, so he's vaguely bothered, hey? ...

[Udukhaturz]

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

nice new edit, Udu - hmm, so he's vaguely bothered, hey? ...

Yes, Sapthan feels vaguely uneasy. He is going to be talking to his rival for the position that he coveted so much, so he would be cautious in what he said. While he trusts the Chancellor, he does not know about the other two.

[Gordis]

Thank you for the edit, Udu!
I think the Chancellor will not tell Khamul and Udu the source of his info, as he wants Sapthan to watch them both, just in case.

Udu, are you going to post now about the meeting of Sapthan and Khamul?

Will Sapthan be taking the company up to show the library now or would you like to leave it for rpg-Tuesday?

[Udukhaturz]

Originally Posted by Gordis

Thank you for the edit, Udu!
I think the Chancellor will not tell Khamul and Udu the source of his info, as he wants Sapthan to watch them both, just in case.

Udu, are you going to post now about the meeting of Sapthan and Khamul?

Will Sapthan be taking the company up to show the library now or would you like to leave it for rpg-Tuesday?

Gordis,

I just posted. Feel free to suggest edits. If you want to be the "minder" for Sapthan and let him lead the tour, please feel free to do so. He is a willing minion.

[Lotesse]

Great post, Udu! I imagine three powerful male Ulari in one room would be an ever-so-intimidating kind of feeling for the weaselly Sapthan. He'd sense the power, even if vaguely, and that kind of combined triage of evil force in one room could make a little weasel like that accidentally wet his pants...

[Gordis]

Originally Posted by Udukhaturz

Gordis,
I just posted. Feel free to suggest edits. If you want to be the "minder" for Sapthan and let him lead the tour, please feel free to do so. He is a willing minion.

Thank you, Udu. Wonderful post! I especially liked: “Probably another one of the long line of fawning sycophants who follow the Morgul Lord around, hoping to receive some favor or reward!�
Yes, perhaps the Morgul lord also had a line of mortal assistants, like Sauron had the Mouth...

And yes, Sapthan was wrong to underestimate Khamul. Perhaps because Khamul looks like a barbarian Easterling. Numenorean superiority...

As I said, the tour of the Library is all yours. I will postpone it till rpg-Tuesday, if you don't mind, so now I can lead Udu and Khamul down...
Is it OK?

[Gordis]

Originally Posted by Lotesse

Great post, Udu! I imagine three powerful male Ulari in one room would be an ever-so-intimidating kind of feeling for the weaselly Sapthan. He'd sense the power, even if vaguely, and that kind of combined triage of evil force in one room could make a little weasel like that accidentally wet his pants...

It looks like the Ulairi manage to conceal their power effectively. They fooled the King and Oreturion, and Rian and K, and almost fooled Earniel. I hope Sapthan feels nothing intoward. What do you think, Udu?

[Lotesse]

I forgot to mention, I loved that fawning sycophants line a lot, too. Very descriptive, in a nutshell. I'm not saying Sapthan would ACTually feel weirded out at all; our Nazgul would definitely have more than enough ability to hide their true evil power from someone as simple as the man Sapthan. But, just their natural man-like power, from what Sapthan thinks he knows about the Chancellor et al, would be enough to make him a LITTLE intimidated. I mean, he wouldn't feel equal to them, that's for sure. He's definitely a fawning sycophant. I like the "almost simpering" bit, too.

[Udukhaturz]

Originally Posted by Gordis

As I said, the tour of the Library is all yours. I will postpone it till rpg-Tuesday, if you don't mind, so now I can lead Udu and Khamul down...
Is it OK?

Gordis, who knows when Tuesday will begin? Monday night is still young, and Sapthân is wandering about the fountain. He might still be out there in the morning, sleepless and with bloodshot eyes.

Glad you liked my post, Lotesse and Gordis. Sapthân is indeed a weasely, simpering, fawning sort.

[Lief Erikson]

Udu, in your most recent post, you reminded me very strongly of the heathen religions of our own world's ancient times.

[Rían]

Originally Posted by Gordis

It looks like the Ulairi manage to conceal their power effectively. They fooled the King and Oreturion, and Rian and K, and almost fooled Earniel. [/B]

Not quite, for Rian - I've written in a few little things she picked up in some posts, and I haven't posted everything she's thought...

basically, yes, tho - she has no reason to be suspicious and be on her guard, so it might take awhile for things to add up a bit, and she has had her mind on other things, too.

Udu and Gordis - nice creepy posts!

[The last sane person]

woot, i cant wait till the classes actually get under way and we van actually get some interaction going on!

[Udukhaturz]

Originally Posted by Lief Erikson

Udu, in your most recent post, you reminded me very strongly of the heathen religions of our own world's ancient times.

Yes. No doubt Tolkien based the Dark Religion of the Sauronites upon the ancient religions. There were human sacrifices, temples and shrines. This is in the Silmarillion and in the History of Middle-earth series; LOTR only hints of it.

[Lief Erikson]

Originally Posted by Udukhaturz

Yes. No doubt Tolkien based the Dark Religion of the Sauronites upon the ancient religions. There were human sacrifices, temples and shrines. This is in the Silmarillion and in the History of Middle-earth series; LOTR only hints of it.

That's true; I haven't read the Sil for a while. Cutting oneself in prayer was a practice of the priests of the Phoenician and Carthaginian peoples, but since Tolkien seems to have been basing his ideas off of them, drawing those links like you did certainly was an interesting and appropriate touch.

[Gordis]

Udu,I liked your last post very much. Indeed I think the Black Numenorean cults of Darkness resembled Babylonian and Phoenician ones. The Temple in Numenor, I believe was quite Babylonian, used for burning human sacrifices.

Also, I found it ironic that Sapthan tries to weave a Dark spell against Khamul. He has no idea that the other is way up the food chain of Darkness, so to say. The spell may rebound on himself...

One little nitpick: it seems to me at the end of your post you mistakenly typed "library" instead of "palace". Sapthan lives in the palace, right above the Chancellor. So he meditates now near Aiwendis's fountain, it seems. Will he meet her??

Originally Posted by Udukhaturz

Gordis, who knows when Tuesday will begin? Monday night is still young, and Sapthân is wandering about the fountain. He might still be out there in the morning, sleepless and with bloodshot eyes.

There is this ghost, the headless soldier. Isn't Sapthan afraid of him? No servant ventures in the garden at night, all are afraid. But perhaps Sapthan isn't? Maybe, if he seeks Dark Knowledge.

Originally Posted by Udukhaturz

Sapthân is indeed a weasely, simpering, fawning sort.

Something like a mixture of the Mouth of Sauron and Grima Wormtongue with a little addition of Daeron of Doriath to balance it.

Originally Posted by Lotesse

But, just their natural man-like power, from what Sapthan thinks he knows about the Chancellor et al, would be enough to make him a LITTLE intimidated. I mean, he wouldn't feel equal to them, that's for sure.

You are quite right, he is intimidated by the Chancellor for sure, though he can't guess the extent of his power, as the Chancellor is careful not to use any strong spells or do anything "unnatural". As for the two others, he has not really spoken to them, just assessed their appearance. I think he underestimated Khamul because he thought him a barbarian Easterling, lower in birth and learning than himself. Even if Galadannun is half-Numenorean, it is not good enough for Sapthan, as I see it. He is mistaken, of course, and very probably will pay for it...