Mithrilstone: Discussion

[Curubethion]

Okay, this is an RPG that really sprung from an item introduced in Assassin's Shadow. It was called the mithrilstone, and was just that: a mithril stone, carved with a rune. Anyone who held it went into a beserk battle frenzy, but became "addicted" to the stone as they used it more and more. Seperation equaled "withdrawal".
The stone exited the story when the dwarf Nakoin swiped it from one of the main characters, and vanished into the mountains that Minas Tirith nestles against. This RPG will include some of the characters from Shadow, and will definitely have many new characters.
It will mostly be set in and around Moria, as the heros face a new threat underground. The Mithrilstone will play a central role.
Anyone interested? Discuss it here.
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[Acalewia]

You know I'm in! :D
Name: Acalewia

Profession: Half elf Dunedain

Weapons: Sword, bow, two daggers, two knives.

Appearance: Tall with golden-brown hair and hazel eyes. She wears a tunic and breeches and knee-high boots. She has a quiver and two long elvish knives on her back, a sword at her side, and two daggers hidden in her boots.

Personalty: Loyal and tough. She can be a dangerous enemy to orcs and any other evil being

History: Born to an Dunedain Father and an Elvish Mother in Rivendell, Acalewia is the oldest of four children and the only daughter. Dispite her gender, Elmar taught his daughter the ways of the Dunedain. Around the age of 19, the band Acalewia's family was traveling with was attacked by orcs. Elmar was fatally wounded. With his dying breath, he passed on the family sword to Acalewia. Soon after her mother took ship to the Undying Lands, forsaking her children and leaving Acalewia to care for three teenaged boys. The two oldest sons, Ramen and Remen, shared their father's fate; they were killed by orcs they attacked in an effort to advenge Elmar.
Acalewia took her surviving brother to Mirkwood, then to Loren after being scruntized for their mixed birth. Both Acalewia and Elnar learned the bow and the use of the long elvish knife.
During the War of the Ring, Acalewia took up the name "Eruanna", a name given her by Gandalf. She fought in both Rohan and Gondor. After a falling out with the Steward, she left Gondor. When the Steward's sons, Boramir and Faramir, tried to convince her to stay she only told them her return would signafy the King's. Unbeknowst to them, Acalewia was close friends with the heir of Islidor.
True to her word, after the battle of Helm's Deep, Acalewia returned to Gondor only to find Faramir near death and the Steward's sanity gone.
After the War, Acalewia resided mostly in Gondor but went North often. It was in the North that her love, Arlagon, was killed by strange goblins. She tracked them to Ithian and got involved in a war against a man called the Assasin.
Now the man has been defeated, but another evil lurks...

[Curubethion]

This is your character from AS, right?

[Acalewia]

One of them.
Maybe we can us the stone to destroy the 90 sec rule :D

[Curubethion]

:D
Now, let's see. LWR, rTR, are you up for the sequel?
And anyone else ready to join in? We've got tons of characters already that you might be able to persuade someone to let you use. Makoin, Hluor, a few random NPCs... :p

[Acalewia]

How long after AS does this take place?

[rohirrim TR]

I'm in don't know what character i'll take yet, except I got dibs on Gimli :D

[Curubethion]

How long after AS does this take place?
It'll be at most half a year or so after it. It's an immediate sequel.
rTR, good to have you back! You'll be able to play any surviving characters from AS that you played there. So, Gimli, Makoin, Hluor, and Alatar (if he decides to stick around-which he might not, being a wizard...) would all be viable. Also Eomer...and Acalewia, you can play the character you registered, plus Elnar. And I forgot who Colomir and Curamir were affiliated with...but they can go in too.

[Lady Willow Rose]

I should probably sign up.

May I play my present character? Her mysteries could carry on into the next story. :cool:

Name: known as Willow
Profession: rather not say
Race: wouldn't believe me
Appearance: Short but limber. Her hair is long and brown, her eyes are mismatched. One is green and one is blue. This is her human appearance.
Weapons: A sword and magic.
Personality: Sweet, quiet but often very stubborn.
History: rather not say

[Acalewia]

rTR playes Curamir and I play Colomir.
So we're pretty much going to stick with our orginal characters, huh?

[rohirrim TR]

sounds good, but are all the rangers going to Moria? do the dwarves call for aid or something?

[Curubethion]

We're all sticking with our original characters, but it looks like I'll have to make myself another one, because Curmaar reached a noble end. There will probably also be other dwarves up for play, as well as goblin chieftans. I think it would help if we had multiple people playing on the evil side as well, and not just as the big baddies.

As for plot, I'm not quite sure. The game's going to open with Nakoin and the Mithrilstone. Somehow, it's going to be tied into a great evil that is awakening in Moria. So I think the heros are going to get wind of it via an ominous dream that Willow or Acalewia or someone similar has. They'll be scattered around, of course, perhaps most of them going back home.

[Lady Willow Rose]

So... when do we start? :D

[Curubethion]

I've just got a couple of things to wrap up about AS. Like an epilogue...I'm waiting on rTR to find out if he wants Alatar to stay in ME for the next RPG...which he might. I do have a villain picked out for this one, and he's fairly cloudy and mysterious...
We'll also need some character registrations. I'm waiting a bit on rTR. Don't forget, too that you can register another character. We've got plenty of goblin chieftans waiting in Moria! :p ;) :D
I'm thinking over my new character.

[Acalewia]

As for plot, I'm not quite sure. The game's going to open with Nakoin and the Mithrilstone. Somehow, it's going to be tied into a great evil that is awakening in Moria. So I think the heros are going to get wind of it via an ominous dream that Willow or Acalewia or someone similar has. They'll be scattered around, of course, perhaps most of them going back home.
Or both :D
Hey Cumaar can always come back in flashbacks

[Curubethion]

Obi-Wan Kenobi style? :D
"Alatar, use the force..."

For my character, though, I think I'll make a dwarf...I always like dwarves...
Which means I might change my post picture to Gimli.

[rohirrim TR]

should I register Alatar I'm thinkin he'll stick around for a little while just in case.


Makoin, dwarf of Erebor
age: younger than gimli older than Curamir
weapons: axe and shortbow

I'll register an Uruk chief later have to think about it though.

[Curubethion]

Very good...although it's not Uruk chiefs but goblins...we're setting this in Moria. So there's not a lot of Uruks hanging around.
If you want, you can copy-and-paste the character regs. for Curamir and Colomir from the first posts of AS discussion. They're the same.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Name: Elrohir Nénharma
Profession: killing elves
Weapons: spiked whip, spinning blades, broadsword
Appearance: 6'3", blond hair, black eyes, wide shoulders and firm muscles. Very intimidating.
Personality: Often harsh, not very friendly. Often beats the female elves before killing them.

[Curubethion]

Is this character a human? Orc? Cave Troll? :D
I guess for future reference you should include the following categories: Alignment and Race. I didn't think of those yet...
But, LWR, it looks like a pretty nasty archvillain there. (P.S. Elrohir is the name of one of Elrond's sons I think :p )

Also, everyone, I've left an opening for a couple of our heros to participate in a seperate mini-RPG: "Sands of Harad", which is the adventures they have on the way to give Curmaar his last respects in his homeland. You might want to commit one of your characters from Assassin's Shadow to this RPG and not to Mithrilstone.

[Acalewia]

Name: Elrohir Nénharma
Profession: killing elves
Weapons: spiked whip, spinning blades, broadsword
Appearance: 6'3", blond hair, black eyes, wide shoulders and firm muscles. Very intimidating.
Personality: Often harsh, not very friendly. Often beats the female elves before killing them.
I'm in trouble :D

[rohirrim TR]

so is this elrohir like the real Elrohir's evil twin or something? interesting, like a litereral corrupted elf, like the original Morgoth prototype orc or something :evil:

[rohirrim TR]

Grishag Lug

orcish bipedal species, Genus Khazaduss doomus :evil:
thought by some evolutionists to be THE missing link between dwarves and goblins :p
weapons: throwing knives and heavy axe
talents: an aptitude for training trolls :evil:
ambition: to eliminate all superiors and enemies and OWN Moria for EVVVERRR MWA Ha HA HA AH :evil:

[Lady Willow Rose]

Yeah, Elrohir is an elf, but not a pure one. No connection to Elrond's son. That was coincidence.

[Acalewia]

Colomir: Son of Faramir and master of stealth.

[Curubethion]

Hmm...I should register a character soon. But I like the orc registrations...don't forget to stay fairly serious. :p Don't worry, rTR, you're fine. :D
It sounds like Elrohir, being a half-orc that's waaay taller than the goblins, will be a captain. Grishag, on the other hand, has the highly coveted position of lugging around a cave troll. I might register an orc, but probably not. I'll be NPCing the main villain: a mysterious being known as "The Firstborn". You'll discover more about him as the RPG goes on.
I'm still mulling around some ideas for a new character.

[Lady Willow Rose]

[/QUOTE]It sounds like Elrohir, being a half-orc that's waaay taller than the goblins, will be a captain. [/QUOTE]

Um, actually Elrohir has a lot of disgust for orcs and goblins and so on. He likes to work alone, too.

"I suppose I should be thankful you have not fallen upon our company with a garrison of orcs and goblins," Willow said thoughtfully, pretending not to notice the knife gliding over her skin. Elrohir rolled his eyes.

"Really, how would I sneak up on you with a pack of ungainly creatures that smell like burned mud?"

[Curubethion]

Nice...that really shed some light on his character. So, he'll be a freelancer going around Moria, then...not a captain. Wreaking havoc on goblins and dwarves alike. :evil:
I'm thinking about a dwarf who has a problem with being very serious...something like Basil Stag Hare, if you've read Brian Jacques...

[Lady Willow Rose]

Coolio.
So.... are we going to start? I'm feeling a bit twitchy. :)

[Acalewia]

yeah i want to know too :D

BTW, I added Acalewia's history to her registeration.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Is Curubethion going to start it? Or can someone else?

What's happening?! :confused:

[Curubethion]

I'm going to start it with a narrative post, but we don't have all of our characters in yet. I'll go ahead with my original plan...but I'm signing off now since it's late... :(

I want to make sure we have any of our characters from AS who are taking Curmaar to Harad registered in SoH. That way they don't accidentally end up in Ms.

So far, Curamir is there. So if you want to transfer your character into it, do it now before we start. If your character's not registered, register him/her. (I'll take my own advice when I'm on next time...give me a little time :D )

And after that, I'll make the first narrative post, and then we're ready to rumble! ;)

[rohirrim TR]

Nice...that really shed some light on his character. So, he'll be a freelancer going around Moria, then...not a captain. Wreaking havoc on goblins and dwarves alike. :evil:
I'm thinking about a dwarf who has a problem with being very serious...something like Basil Stag Hare, if you've read Brian Jacques...
Brian Jacques owns.
the hares are awesome, brilliant, wish I'd thought of that :D :D I'm wavering whether to make Makoin a sarcastic cynic, or a cheerful eternal pessimist (i.e. Puddleglum)

[Curubethion]

Here's my dwarf guy!

Name: Tarkhal Treehelm
Race: Dwarf
Alignment: Good
Profession: Roving smith/warrior, resident dwarf...
Weapons: Battleaxe, throw-axe
Personality, etc.: Very carefree, loves singing, isn't always very serious. Good-natured, loves to make jokes.
History: Brought up in the Iron Hills, but caught a bad case of wanderlust. When he matured, he left home to see the world.

Lemme see...here's a character tally (not including new characters).
Registered, we have: Lady Willow, Colomir, Curamir (not in this RPG), Hluor (not in this RPG), and Makoin. So...we have Acalewia, Elnar, and Alatar left. Gimli, of course, is in this RPG-but he can get NPCed. Once we get those regs in, we can start.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Right-o.

*waits for regs*

[Acalewia]

Lemme see...here's a character tally (not including new characters).
Registered, we have: Lady Willow, Colomir, Curamir (not in this RPG), Hluor (not in this RPG), and Makoin. So...we have Acalewia, Elnar, and Alatar left. Gimli, of course, is in this RPG-but he can get NPCed. Once we get those regs in, we can start.
Acalewia's registered in this one, silly. Elnar is in SoH. I just haven't registered him there yet.

[Curubethion]

Acalewia's registered in this one, silly. Elnar is in SoH. I just haven't registered him there yet.
I couldn't see the first page of posts while I was posting it...and I forgot to check. Oh well.
So, all we have left is Alatar. Although I'm assuming he'll be in Ms-rTR, is that correct?

[Lady Willow Rose]

*begins to twitch*

I am really, really looking forward to all this! :D

[Curubethion]

Hmm...let's see. I'll possibly post the game's opening post. Until we hear from rTR about whether Alatar's coming along in this one (which I'm pretty sure he is), don't post for the heros. Just post some setup for the bad guys-follow my lead! :D

Name: Lazhur
Race: Goblin
Profession: Goblin Captain in Moria
Weapons: Nasty, jagged goblin sword; dagger; dwarf-shield (scavenged). A jacket of ringmail.
Appearance: Tall for a goblin, so about 4'5". Wears a jacket of ringmail, plus spiky goblin armor on top. No helmet.
Personality, etc.: Just plain nasty, but cunning. Not overconfident. Likes to use others for his own personal gain. A bit of a coward, in that regard. He hates dwarves, obviously. :p
History: A lot of slinking around in Moria.

[Curubethion]

Okay, LWR...if you want, you can post Elrohir doing whatever in Moria. Possibly fighting a duel with another goblin, or something similar. Or killing an elf or man. Don't have that character coming into contact with our major characters yet. Just do a post that gives us a good idea of his character.

[Lady Willow Rose]

It would be my supreme pleasure. :)

[rohirrim TR]

Alatar is on his way Although I'm not sure whether he's going to the dwarves or to Arwen's rescue. Both of my rangers are off to harad so you'll have to connect why the rangers are gonna be there of course arwen does help explain why they'd be in the vecinity so...anyway we got a lot of potential here in this one. :evil: Although I'm betting it will become even more complex than the last one.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Yes, this does look to be a complex RPG. All the more fun for us!

Poor Arwen. Elrohir is not the best company a girl could have.

[Curubethion]

Alatar is on his way Although I'm not sure whether he's going to the dwarves or to Arwen's rescue. Both of my rangers are off to harad so you'll have to connect why the rangers are gonna be there of course arwen does help explain why they'd be in the vecinity so...anyway we got a lot of potential here in this one. :evil: Although I'm betting it will become even more complex than the last one.
The rangers are the escort for Curmaar's funeral journey. No need to explain anything.
Okay, now we can start with anyone...I'll set up the heros' parts.

[Curubethion]

Just to let everyone know, Elnar didn't ever say anything about LW's transformation. He kept it to himself. So nobody knows about it. This will allow LW to operate without drawing so much attention to herself.

And, if you're wondering, this is our first shadowy glimpse of The Firstborn.

[rohirrim TR]

The rangers are the escort for Curmaar's funeral journey. No need to explain anything.
Okay, now we can start with anyone...I'll set up the heros' parts.

actually only Curamir, Hluor and Elnar, are in SoH everyone else (Acalwecia and Colomir etc.) are in Ms.

anyway reflecting on things putting arwen there does explain why the remaining rangers might have a reason to help the dwarves take moria, avengeing their queen, take down Elrohir and what not, though I trust were not going to kill off arwen that would kind of go against the books.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Arwen can't die? :confused:

That sucks. *sees the confused looks* Um... I mean, oh goody!

[Curubethion]

I believe the proper expression is...lol.
Okay, I get everything with the rangers now.
Hey, here's an idea. What if one of the rangers accidentally was responsible for letting Elrohir take Arwen, and so he/she's really motivated to take down Elrohir? To make up for their mistake.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Brilliant idea, Curubethion!

And then Elrohir will kill the ranger... :eek: :( Darn it.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Hey, I was wondering if everyone is going to gravitate toward Moria. And if Aragorn was going to come in order to save Arwen.

Or is it just a Ranger thing?

[Curubethion]

I don't know if I want to bring Aragorn into it yet...what if he's off on campaign somewhere?
OOH! I know!! He's in Sands of Harad, escorting Curmaar's body!

Now that we've got that settled...this is going to be a ranger-dwarf combo. I think that at the end of LOTR, some dwarves were headed back to Moria to form a colony, so this colony could currently be at war with the goblins-a war orchestrated by The Firstborn (BTW Acalewia, is that name from WOT? it sounds strangely familiar-and of course I wouldn't want to plagiarize poor RJ :p ).

[Lady Willow Rose]

So, when does the Sands thing start?

[Curubethion]

I dunno...I think we can start it soon. I just need to think up some plot ideas. Bother. :p
I'm just kidding, of course. :D

[Acalewia]

(BTW Acalewia, is that name from WOT? it sounds strangely familiar-and of course I wouldn't want to plagiarize poor RJ :p ).
No. You must be thinking of the Maiden of the Spear from Dragon Reborn. Besides I got the name from a LotR name generator.
Btw, the reason I haven't posted yet is because I'm still thinking of a reason for Acalewia and Colomir to head North.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Hmm... Arwen capture? A letter?

*sighs* I don't know.

[Curubethion]

No. You must be thinking of the Maiden of the Spear from Dragon Reborn. Besides I got the name from a LotR name generator.
Btw, the reason I haven't posted yet is because I'm still thinking of a reason for Acalewia and Colomir to head North.
I didn't mean "Acalewia", I meant "Firstborn". :p I almost thought "Firstborn" was the name of a Forsaken...
Hmm...I never thought about the name "Acalewia" vs. the name "Aviendha". (I know the name so well because she gets a much bigger role in the next books)

Acalewia and Colomir probably are headed north because of the capture. The plot idea I'm mulling over is that Colomir slipped up during Elrohir's infiltration of Minas Tirith, letting the nasty villain capture Arwen. So Colomir grabbed Acalewia, or Acalewia caught up to him, and they both went to rescue Arwen. Will that work?

[Lady Willow Rose]

Good times, ahoy!

[rohirrim TR]

hey curub I didn't mess anything up with my Mitrilstone lore did I?

I was trying to come up with a reason for five dudes to go to moria, unless you want to send Makoin or Tarkhal to get more troops then they could storm the place, but anyway I got em headed that a way I reckon.

[Acalewia]

I didn't mean "Acalewia", I meant "Firstborn". :p I almost thought "Firstborn" was the name of a Forsaken...
Hmm...I never thought about the name "Acalewia" vs. the name "Aviendha". (I know the name so well because she gets a much bigger role in the next books)
I'm not as far as you! Yet! I'm almost done with DR

Acalewia and Colomir probably are headed north because of the capture. The plot idea I'm mulling over is that Colomir slipped up during Elrohir's infiltration of Minas Tirith, letting the nasty villain capture Arwen. So Colomir grabbed Acalewia and they both went to rescue Arwen. Will that work?
sounds good to me. :D

[Acalewia]

OK so Gimli, Makoin, Tarkhal and Legolas are around Moria.
Elrohir is outside a moonrune gate with Arwen.
Willow has had an encounter, so to speak, with The Firstborn. Somewhere in the vencity of Moria
Alatar is enroute to Moria.
Acalewia and Colomir are enroute North(?).
Is this all correct, Curub?

[Curubethion]

All correct. Now, don't forget that the rune gate is not the one with the Watcher in the Water. That one got knocked to pieces in FOTR.

[Acalewia]

I know that! I'm sure the dwarves made more than one

[Curubethion]

Just making sure... :p
SoH is coming soon! I'd like to have some more Mooters sign up...

[Acalewia]

If that isn't what you have in mind, PM me and i'll edit.

[Acalewia]

*pokes the others*
Let's not start pulling another Assasin's Shadow :p

[Lady Willow Rose]

:o

Heh.

I just don't know what to post next!

[Curubethion]

That's fine, what you've got, with them resting in Lorien. I think I'll try to work up a plot development around that.
Meanwhile, I'll give Legolas, Gimli, Makoin, and Tarkhal some work to do.

[rohirrim TR]

whoa dude I'm confused, there are dwarves ALREADY atacking Moria? or already IN moria? and geographically speaking our merry band of dwarves is at least a days march away from wherever this "spare" moria gate is.

enlighten me o loremaster. :) ;) :D

[Acalewia]

Good job, Curub. You're already confusing people :D
Foiled by the 90 sec rule! Again! And Again! :mad:

[Curubethion]

Sorry about that. :o It's in the original ending/epilogue that Tolkien wrote for LOTR...you can find that in History of Middle-Earth. There was a band of dwarves that already set out to establish a colony in Moria. I'm not sure who led them. Those are the dwarves that are getting attacked...although right now they're trying to drive off the goblins.
Anyone's free to create a dwarf character in the colony. In fact, it would help a lot...

[Acalewia]

I'll think of a Dwarf colonist and post him/her soon

[Acalewia]

I didn't mean "Acalewia", I meant "Firstborn". :p I almost thought "Firstborn" was the name of a Forsaken...
Hmm...I never thought about the name "Acalewia" vs. the name "Aviendha". (I know the name so well because she gets a much bigger role in the next books)
You were prob. thinking about Neverborn, the wolves name for a Fade.

[rohirrim TR]

Sorry about that. :o It's in the original ending/epilogue that Tolkien wrote for LOTR...you can find that in History of Middle-Earth. There was a band of dwarves that already set out to establish a colony in Moria. I'm not sure who led them. Those are the dwarves that are getting attacked...although right now they're trying to drive off the goblins.
Anyone's free to create a dwarf character in the colony. In fact, it would help a lot...
Oh okay, cool :D

[Acalewia]

Gah! I got two dwarfs I'm gonna play now I'm stuck on names :mad: I can't think of any that'll fit siblings!

[Curubethion]

Use guttural letters like Kh, Z, G...and then throw in O's and U's. And an N or two. Other letters...use sparingly. :D

[Lady Willow Rose]

I'm just going on with that conversation with Acalewia. Obviously not furthering the plot much. Maybe developing... Meh.

Should Elrohir come in and... kill some orcs?

[Curubethion]

:D
Not yet...I'll make some sort of major plot development now.
Here's my dwarf colonist:

Name: Dalginn son of Malginn
Race: Dwarf
Gender: Male
Weapons: Two handaxes, which are fairly big.
Appearance: More limber than other dwarves, not as stocky. Wears a blue cape and sturdy armor. A somewhat short beard.
Personality: Eager to find ways to prove himself. Can hesitate if caught in very nasty situation...but he almost always gets into these anyway!
History: Got wanderlust, decided to help colonize Moria again.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Good twist, Curubethion!


Willow seems to be suffering from a disturbing flux in her powers. Bad timing there. :cool:

[Acalewia]

Whoa, Curub! Great twist i must say, but will it work on a half-elf?
Thanks for the tips guys, I'll work on the names.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Well, even if it doesn't kill you, Acalewia, the elf part of you will take a hit.

I assume.
I think.
Eh

[Curubethion]

It'll take some time to fully work, and the reason that nobody notices it will become evident eventually. It's actually a hint towards who the Firstborn is.

[Lady Willow Rose]

I hope you don't mind Willow knowing that she's supposed to know something happened.

[Curubethion]

Oh, that's fine. I just didn't want anyone healing it, not yet anyway. I like the premonition, in fact. It'll add suspense between the characters.

[Lady Willow Rose]

:) I'm glad!

Willow is going to have serious trouble with the Firstborn. I can tell.

[Curubethion]

More than you know. :evil:
:D

[Lady Willow Rose]

Oh, jeez, that's ominous.

[Acalewia]

Well, even if it doesn't kill you, Acalewia, the elf part of you will take a hit.
If it doesn't kill me, it'll weaken me.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Yep.
Or still kill you.

But don't worry! Willow has her own problems to deal with. The Firstborn is creeping me out... *shivers*

[rohirrim TR]

:) I'm glad!

Willow is going to have serious trouble with the Firstborn. I can tell.
handy to have Alatar along for the ride I suppose. :evil:

[Lady Willow Rose]

Very handy. :D

[Lady Willow Rose]

More than you know. :evil:
:D
It's driving me mad. What does that MEAN?! :confused:

[Acalewia]

Willow, Colomir is with them. Curamir is leading Cumaar's funeral escort.

I have a name for My dwarves:
Dwrka and Renus, siblings who decided to help colonize Moria. They both use axes. Dwrka usually is the one that has to keep her brother from doing something stupid, while Renus is stubborn as a mule.

[Lady Willow Rose]

*sighs* So many names in my teeny brain.

[Curubethion]

It's driving me mad. What does that MEAN?! :confused:
It means I have a few unexpected plot ideas in mind for the wonderful villain we all know as the Firstborn.

It's good to see some dwarves showing up!

[Lady Willow Rose]

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of plot twists, I shall fear no evil...

...mostly.

[Acalewia]

LOL, Willow.

[Acalewia]

I think I know what the Firstborn is: Demented. :D
*Makes a mental note to stay far away from Moria*

[Lady Willow Rose]

*makes a mental note to tell Acalewia that they're going to Moria anyway*

[Acalewia]

*sticks tounge out at LWR* :p :D

[Lady Willow Rose]

*goes 'neener neener neeee-ner' at Acalewia* :D

[Acalewia]

:D
Curub, how long does it take for the curse/spell to take effect or for Acalewia to start to feel it?

[Curubethion]

It's up to you to decide. You might want to have it kick in at a "convenient" :evil: moment.

And stop it you two, before I unleash the Firstborn in this thread! :D (He can't hurt me, because I'm the GM! :p )

[Acalewia]

Convenient as in the worse possible time :evil:

[Lady Willow Rose]

*makes a mental note to keep a back-up plan for the worst possible times* :)

[Acalewia]

:rolleyes: :D
*Bashes the 90 second rule. Twice.*

[Lady Willow Rose]

Seems we have reached another halt in the writing process. ;)

[Acalewia]

Looks like it.
I'm stuck on Acalewia and I can't do anything with my dwarves until Curub replies there.

[Curubethion]

Errmm...whoops. I've been...a bit busy... :o

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Could I join? I've just read the RPG and could get a character and post an intro by tomorrow.

[Acalewia]

I've no problem with it. Welcome aboard!

[Curubethion]

Sweet! TD's on board!

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Name: Gundir

Profession: Bodyguard

Weapons: Double headed battle axe and two short swords.

Appearance: Short and stocky. Bald on the top of his head but has a brown beard. He covers up his baldness by wearing an iron helm.

Personality: Stubborn and untrustworthy, especially to elves. If he becomes friends with someone he is very loyal, but before that he does not trust any, even if they were related to him.

History: Grew up in the Iron Mountains under the rule of Dain. His father was killed in the Battle of the Five Armies and his mother died when he was very young. He taught himself how to become self reliant. That included how to catch food and how to defend himself. He lived for a while in Dale but became ubrestful and went in search of action. His search eventually brought him to the Blue Mountains. There he was hired as a bodyguard by a rich dwarf. After saving this dwarf from a small company of orcs, he became well known as one of the best body guards around.

[Curubethion]

Nice. You could probably be the bodyguard to the chief dwarf.

Name: Tilgun Ironbeard

Race: Dwarf

Age: 130

Gender: Male

Profession: Leader of the dwarven colony

Weapons: A big battleaxe and a round shield.

Appearance: His hair is very dark, and so is his beard. He is short for a dwarf, but any enemy that underestimates him has quickly lost its head. He wears a brown cloak, and a chainmail coat. His boots are heavy and iron-studded at the heels.

Personality: He has a fierce determination, and will not back down from most threats. However, he knows when the odds are sorely against him, and will eventually retreat. He refuses compromise.

History: He proved himself as somewhat of a young dwarf in the Battle of Five Armies, when the leader of his battalion was slain by a goblin volley. He took up the standard, and led his army to defeat two whole groups of goblins. He was offered the chance to take back Moria, and jumped at it. He is one of the few who knows much about the Mithrilstone.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Well, Acally and I are almost in Moria.

What happens next?

[Acalewia]

Looks like my dwaves have a knack for trouble :p

[Curubethion]

If I recall correctly, there wasn't a rune gate where the Fellowship fled Moria. Very odd, I agree...I'll have to check the books.

[Acalewia]

Who said anything about a rune gate where the Fellowship fled Moria?

[Curubethion]

"Door" just sounded a little bit like "rune gate", the way it was mentioned. But that's all right.

[Acalewia]

Willow, are we going into Moria now?

[Curubethion]

That would work, but you might want to give Alatar and Co. time to get away. That way we'd have two seperate groups going that could meet up at in a fight with goblins or something.
Hmm...do I need to add another plot twist? ;)

[Acalewia]

I was wondering if we were going in the back door or the front door

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Gimli, Legolas and co. have gone through the west door, and if you were coming from Rivendell (can't remember if you were).

[Acalewia]

Willow was coming from rivendell, but met my characters in Loren. That is where we are coming from.

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

East gate then, where the Fellowship came out of.

[Acalewia]

Ok then, Curub, where is that dwarf battle at?




Wacks the rule with a 2X4

[Curubethion]

Somewhere, I'm not quite sure where. I'll go try to find a map of Moria. Then we'll all be on the same page.

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

I'll try and find one. :)

[Curubethion]

Unfortunately, most of what I can find is MUD maps of Moria levels.

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

I'm not having much luck either. You can get a vague idea from LotR which we could work from.

[Curubethion]

I'll look through the books and try to reconstruct a vague map from the text.

[Acalewia]

That would help greatly, even if it is vague.


How long is 90 seconds?

[Lady Willow Rose]

If a tree falls in a forest and no one's around, does it make a sound?

[Acalewia]

Where did that come from?
It runs to find Aslan :p

[Lady Willow Rose]

:D


That would naturally be my reaction also.

[Acalewia]

What do you have up your sleeve?

[Lady Willow Rose]

Sleeve? What sleeve? I do not know this sleeve of which you speak. :)

[Acalewia]

Sure :rolleyes:

[Lady Willow Rose]

My innocence is deniable. :D

[Acalewia]

:D :D :D

[Curubethion]

Okay, here's what I found out in my perusal of FOTR: the Chamber of Mzarbul, also known as Balin's Tomb, is the north end of the 21st Hall, at the 7th level of Moria. This means that the whole of Moria is, presumably, divided into 21 Halls from west to east. So now we can actually refer to hall numbers in our posts, and clarify things.

It should be a fairly simple matter to locate everybody in Moria now.

[Acalewia]

Sound like a plan

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

So where is the battle happening?

[Lady Willow Rose]

I'm all set for excitement. :D

[Curubethion]

So where is the battle happening?
It's just a matter of hunting through the posts. If nothing's specified, I'd say something around the 20th Hall, 6th or 7th Level.

[Acalewia]

I think Willow, Acalewia and Colomir are in the 21st hall :confused: I'm not sure which level

[Lady Willow Rose]

*stumbles around*

Goodness gracious.

Now's a good time for a map. :o

[Curubethion]

The higher they are, the higher the level. I'd guess about sixth level.

[Acalewia]

So we're about he same level a the battle?

[Lady Willow Rose]

I hope so.

Much more convenient. :D

[Acalewia]

I have a feeling we'll be running into a few dwarfs soon ;)

[Curubethion]

That sounds about right. Time for a big huge battle?

[Acalewia]

I thought there was already a big huge battle going on ;)

[Curubethion]

I meant an even bigger battle! :D :p

[Acalewia]

Oooooo. Bigger? Fun :p :D

[Lady Willow Rose]

Much more fun.

Willow with her otherwordly powers and unstable physical form...

Such chaos. :cool:

[Acalewia]

:D and an elf that could succom(sp) to a curse at any moment ;)

[Lady Willow Rose]

Gods, now that would be inconvenient. :D

[Acalewia]

LOL :D No kidding

[Curubethion]

:D and an elf that could succom(sp) to a curse at any moment ;)
:evil:
I wonder if the GM should "hurry it up", if you get what I mean. ;) :evil: :p

(You know, I should write an article about these smiley combinations...they can get so complex...)

[Lady Willow Rose]

Oh, brilliant, Curub.

And then Willow will be dashing about, protecting Acally and fighting orcs and maybe even running into Elrohir. :rolleyes:

There's no way she'll keep a stable human form.

No way.

:D

[Acalewia]

:evil:
I wonder if the GM should "hurry it up", if you get what I mean. ;) :evil: :p
I think I should decide when that will happen, you evil GM :p

[Curubethion]

Muahahaha... :evil:
:p ;) :D

I'm not the evillest GM out there, though...hehe...you could ask poor Sevold about that... :p

[Acalewia]

Which is why I'm keeping an eye on that GM. ;)

[Lady Willow Rose]

What is a GM?

[Acalewia]

Game Master.

Holy ****! O btw, I think that curse is going to affect Acalewia little by little.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Okey-dokey! :)

[Acalewia]

I finally quit being lazy and scaned a drawing of Acalewia (http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j231/Acalewia/AftertheBattle.jpg)

What ya think. I did it on notebook paper two years ago as an illistration for one of my short stories. Acalewia is that character, only with a different name.

[Lady Willow Rose]

She's so cute!! :D

[Curubethion]

Hey, cool. I need to get a scanner, then I can get some pictures in. You've seen my fuzzy pictures already...

She reminds me slightly of one of my own characters in a novel, simply because of her weapons. My character fights with a shortsword and poisoned dagger.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Hmm... So, is the Firstborn going to make an appearance?

After all, Willow just transformed. Surely he felt it.

[Curubethion]

No, he's holding off. He prefers to send his minions to do the dirty work. The adventurers are going to have to smoke him out...and that'll be a nasty job.

[Acalewia]

I got 2 words for that: Oh S***! :p :D

Really, Curub? You have a she-elf with an orc blood lust? :D
I realized after I scaned and posted it on photobucket that I should have made the sword a bit longer. but Hey at least you get the general picture of what Acalewia looks like. :)

[rohirrim TR]

No, he's holding off. He prefers to send his minions to do the dirty work. The adventurers are going to have to smoke him out...and that'll be a nasty job.
holy cow, the son of a gun has minions!?! :eek: thats trippy :confused: :D

[Lady Willow Rose]

Oh, that's just peachy, Curub.

Minions. Bleh.

[Curubethion]

Really, Curub? You have a she-elf with an orc blood lust? :D

Well, he's not a she-elf...but he does have a little vengeance complex. It's getting progressively worse as the novel goes on.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Well, Lady Willow is lying there... all defenseless...

Hmm...

[Acalewia]

O brother. The things we get ourselves into, hmm?
Aparently, your elf killer didn't notice there was an elf nearby :rolleyes: :D

[Curubethion]

He was goin' for the big one!

[Lady Willow Rose]

Thank you, Curub.

Acally, he's killed Elves a thousand times. It gets dull.

He wanted Willow because she's definitely new. And interesting.

[Acalewia]

and mortal ;)

What a twist, Willow! This is gonna be quite interesting.

[Curubethion]

Whoa, no kidding! I think we'll have need of Alatar...a HUGE need. :eek:

Hmm...kind of sounds like she got stilled. ;) Or burned herself out...

[Lady Willow Rose]

Well, the Valar did warn her. ;)

[Curubethion]

Oh, wow...that really was a long time ago! I practically forgot about that little stipulation...

PS...Hluor is in the "Sands of Harad" RPG. Is this guy someone else, with an unfortunately similar name? Also...how come you posted for Acally?

[Lady Willow Rose]

I need her reactions because no one of mine was actually in the battle.

Sorry Acally!


And I know the names are similar but I was using an elvish name translator thing-a-mabobber. It spit out that name.

[Acalewia]

Hmm...kind of sounds like she got stilled. ;)
:eek: :eek:


No problem, Willow. Looks like you know Acalewia well enough :D I was going to post her screaming her battle cry sooner or later.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Seemed appropriate.

Oh, and by the by, Huor keeps his face covered at all times.

Just so you know.

:D All will be revealed at one point or another.

[Acalewia]

Thanks for telling me that, Willow.

[Lady Willow Rose]

No problemo! :)

[Acalewia]

Willow's having it hard.


*Kicks rule in the head*

[Curubethion]

Ouch, yeah! I'll be posting soon.

[Acalewia]

Is that a good thing or a bad thing :D :rolleyes:

[Acalewia]

Ok that is not good!

[Lady Willow Rose]

Certainly not. :D



*hacks away at the 90 second rule with a variety of sharp knives and axes*

[Curubethion]

Wow, that was pretty cool!

"I would I could heal death" Acalewia wispered, bitterly
Hmm...sounds like a certain Yellow Sedai and a Dragon Reborn I know of... ;) :p

[Lady Willow Rose]

Was that compliment directed at Acally or me?

Probably Acally

I felt pretty stupid when I was typing tha tlast entry

[Curubethion]

The compliment was directed at the entire scene. Good job, everyone. I loved the Willow twist, as always, and 'Gorn showing up was a nice touch.

[Acalewia]

Hmm...sounds like a certain Yellow Sedai ...I know of... ;) :p
Which Yellow? Or is she later in in the series?

[Curubethion]

Cmon, you know which Yellow I'm talking about. ;)

[Lady Willow Rose]

:D

Well, when you mentioned that Aragorn was just sitting in Minas Tirith, I decided to stick him in my plot twists pocket. ;)

[Curubethion]

Lol. What else d'you have in there?
Wait, if you told me, it wouldn't really be a plot twist any more, would it? :D

[Lady Willow Rose]

Definitely not :D

[Curubethion]

Just to let everyone know, I'm going to be gone Monday and Tuesday...so don't do anything too drastic that I can't catch up on. ;)

[Lady Willow Rose]

*writes it down*

Got it!

[Acalewia]

So what do we do next?
Join the Dwarfs or look for Awen and Elrohir?






*Attacks the Rule with every weapon she can find*

[Lady Willow Rose]

'Tis a good question...

Well....

Elrohir threw Arwen somewhere

Remember, he disposed of her

So we just have to find where!

[Curubethion]

When you said "disposed of her", I actually thought you meant something besides tossing her into the Mines.

[Lady Willow Rose]

I did mean that

;)

[Acalewia]

When you said "disposed of her", I actually thought you meant something besides tossing her into the Mines.
Me too.


I do not type that fast to be caught by the 90 second rule!!!!

[Acalewia]

Sooo have we decided what to do yet? Or is Loremaster still trying to decide ;)

[Lady Willow Rose]

We should probably try to find Arwen's body



Oops :D

[Huorn]

Are you still taking new participants and is there any restriction on the kind of character we can use? Can Oak Leaf join in on the 'fun'. Sands of Harad is out, because the heat and the sand would scorch her poor roots. :p

I am still fairly new to the RPG's here. The rules are different on different boards.

[Lady Willow Rose]

You can join in if you like :)

[Huorn]

I have been reading through the RPG. Is the entire setting going to be Moria? I would have the think of a plausable reason why they would be followed by a Huorn. They would have had to have maybe taken something from it, or aroused its curiosity. Moria is big enough to house a Balrog, so why not a Huorn.

[Curubethion]

From here on out, the RPG is going to be in Moria. You're welcome to join. As you said, you'd have to contrive a reason for a Huorn to be in Moria. Now, there is a central artifact, the Mithrilstone, that Gimli has in his possession right now. The Huorn might have possessed that for a while.

Speaking of Gimli, we need to move Alatar, Gimli, Legolas, Nakoin and Tarkhal along!

[Huorn]

To her it would have just been a trinket and a plaything. She would not have known it had any special properties. But she would have been miffed at having someone swipe her toy. She would have kept it hidden under her roots and someone perhaps dug it out when they saw something sparkling from under a tree root. She's been following people that have had the stone since. She would have a creepy name. It wouldn't be the sweet Oak Leaf. It would be something like "Choke Root".

[Curubethion]

Hey, that sounds like it would work!

[Lady Willow Rose]

This will be fun

:D

[Curubethion]

Just wait until Acally and rTR log on!

"Guess what? An angry Huorn just decided to stalk everyone!"

[Lady Willow Rose]

*rolls over laughing*

An angry Huorn, huh? It must be Tuesday.

[Huorn]

She isn't exactly evil, but she could prove an excellent "baddie" for the story. Something to spice up the RPG.

Now for a profile on Choke Root.

Name: Choke Root
Race: Huorn
Species: Black Walnut (Nice grumpy tree)
Gender: Female

Background and discription: This Huorn originally made her home in the heart of Fangorn. Her age can only be guessed. Some believe she predates the Ents. She isn't very big, but she is sneaky and can cloak herself in shadow. She wasn't much different than the other Fangorn Trees until she came to posses the Mithrilstone. No one knows how she came to posses it. Some say she had taken it from a traveler camping on the eaves of the forest. Then things changed for the Huorn. She became the dominant Walnut in her herd. The other trees respected her because she had a 'shiny'. This went on for was seemed decades. Then while she slept, someone passing through spotted the stone sparkling from under her root and dug it out with a trowl. Ever since, the Hourn has been following the stone in its travels.

[Lady Willow Rose]

Hmm...

Willow is an ancient of sorts

Maybe Choke Root and Willow could know each other?

[Huorn]

It is a real possibility that she could have seen the Elf before or even known her. Your character is an Elf, isn't she?

[Acalewia]

Just wait until Acally and rTR log on!

"Guess what? An angry Huorn just decided to stalk everyone!"

:D I likey! Puts some more fun in the game, don't it?

[Huorn]

You now have a stalker scrabbling around in the dark. :)

[Lady Willow Rose]

It is a real possibility that she could have seen the Elf before or even known her. Your character is an Elf, isn't she?


No, darling

She is most definitely not an Elf

:D

[Huorn]

Exactly what race is Willow Rose? I like to have a little history, so that I can develop a little background as to why Choke Root knows her. Is Choke Root that terrifying shadow of her dreams?

[Lady Willow Rose]

No, no dear

Lady Willow's race is not exactly of Middle Earth

She is an agent of the Valar

The closest description I could give you is 'angel' but she is different from those beings.

[Huorn]

Now to a little background on Choke Root: She is just a Huorn, but not a black hearted one, she is just an angry one at getting her plaything swiped. As she gets revealed by a light source, though, you'll discover that she is creepy looking.

[Lady Willow Rose]

All righty then!

[Curubethion]

Lady Willow wasn't the one who found the Mithrilstone. It was...I'm not exactly sure. Anyway, it went to Harad, and then got taken by Curmaar (who died in the previous RPG, when he slew the Icedrake). Before that, though, a dwarf had stolen it, and then Gimli found it. So right now it's actually with Alatar, Gimli, Legolas, Tarkhal, and Makoin. Who are somewhere else.

BTW, I'll be gone from Friday to Monday.

[Lady Willow Rose]

:(

Bye Curub!

[Acalewia]

How exactly is blood on a rock going to find Awen?

[Acalewia]

Oak, Acalewia slit her hand, not Willow.

[Huorn]

I fixed the post. :) My bad.

[Curubethion]

NOBODY MOVE! ;)

I'll wade through all the posts and see what happened.

[Lady Willow Rose]

How exactly is blood on a rock going to find Awen?


*chuckles*

[Acalewia]

Nice :rolleyes:

[Curubethion]

That, Acally, was one of my GM moments. :evil:

;)

But hopefully things are moving quickly now.

*Sends the shadowy figure after the 90-Second Rule*

[Lady Willow Rose]

I wonder what shall happen now!

*is excited*

[Acalewia]

That, Acally, was one of my GM moments. :evil:

;)
No kidding. It was bound to happen sooner or later, I was just hoping later :rolleyes:
We'll just have to see what happens now. Of course, Shadowy Figure hasn't counted on Acalewia being half breed :evil:

[Curubethion]

Half breed? I wouldn't call her that...half-breed has somewhat of an orcish ring to it, like "half-breed goblin-men".

Let's see how everyone handles Big Shadow Man.

[Lady Willow Rose]

As best I can, of course

:D

[Acalewia]

I wonder how Big Shadow Man handles that :evil:

[Lady Willow Rose]

'Twill be interesting :D

[Acalewia]

Aye. Now to see what Curub does with that

[Lady Willow Rose]

Fun times ahead for sure

[Acalewia]

You know Loremaster well :D

[Lady Willow Rose]

Though none better than you!

[Acalewia]

How's that?

[Lady Willow Rose]

Very good!