Hytorax Part 2: Discussion(New players permitted now)

[Arat-Falathion]

Haha :) Indeed the mystical energi deep inside Hytorax awoke once again this day... :D was great!

We've been going over a year now, have we not? LOOOONG rpg Lief :) I greet the story that we are still playing this... and ofcurse all the great players :D

I'll wait for a few posts to write for Glimdrell again then ;)

[Lief Erikson]

I don't see any problem with Glimdrell and the others coming in at this time. The discussion seems to have ended quite quickly.


I've also really enjoyed all the posting today. It's really been great.

[Lief Erikson]

Originally posted by Arat-Falathion
Haha :) Indeed the mystical energi deep inside Hytorax awoke once again this day... :D was great!

We've been going over a year now, have we not? LOOOONG rpg Lief :) I greet the story that we are still playing this... and ofcurse all the great players :D
Hytorax Part 1 started on 12/22/2002. So it's been going on now for nine days over a year.

[Lief Erikson]

Originally posted by Finrod Felagund
OOC: hey, where's Fimbren right now...I've been off for a while
He's with Mal, Elise, Tareod and Iriana. They're on a quest to destroy the magical power of the castle. Their precise location I don't know. But they're basically just on the way. Check out the most recent of Tessar or Mathron's posts for more precise information.

You'd have to ask Yodaman if you want to know where your eagle is.

Sicirus, are you still around? If you want, you can start reconnecting your character to the military in Néred. In that location, they're trying to get whatever they can of their army put together. That's very few men.

[Earniel]

Hm, that was a tough sitation and Imarwyn's reaction needed some thinking.

I think Glimdrell and the others can come in now. Obviously, this is a fight Imarwyn can't win. And since she's quite angry now, she might try something ill-advised, like say, trying to plant her dagger into Dagankor, I know I would want to. Trickssy wizardsses.... :D But seen that this will probably lead to an even worse situation for Imarwyn, it seems like a good moment for some back-up. :p They should probably have heard the sound of the explosion.

[Lief Erikson]

Probably. I'm fine with them entering any time now.

Eärniel, when Dagankor detonated that fireball, he would have avoided hitting Imarwyn at all.

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Lief Erikson
Eärniel, when Dagankor detonated that fireball, he would have avoided hitting Imarwyn at all.

I see. I figured she was standing considerably close to him and that the effects of a fire-ball won't stay contained in a small area, so I supposed she should at least feel some of it. I kept it down to a few singe-marks. I can edit if you want.

Hm, am I the only one who thinks Imarwyn is getting beat up a lot lately? :eek:

[Lief Erikson]

Well, to be fair, Dagankor did wound himself more sorely than he did Imarwyn ;).


Yes, it would be nice if you limited the affects of the blast to Dagankor.

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Lief Erikson
Well, to be fair, Dagankor did wound himself more sorely than he did Imarwyn ;).

True, but he's getting more fun out of it. :p

Anyway, I've edited my post. Is this better?

[Lief Erikson]

Yep, better.

[Arat-Falathion]

Sad to say I'm in the military now, with no access to the internet. (Ï'm online ilegaly now :P )

Should be back in a 2 weeks time...

[Lief Erikson]

Thanks for letting us know. Good luck on your military activities, Falathion.


Eärniel, I guess we'll have to keep that thread going on our own, then.

[Tessar]

*twiddles his thumbs*

[Lief Erikson]

Finrod, would you mind editing your most recent post somewhat? I don't think Fimbren knows much about Dagankor's activities following his loss of power at Néred. Also, we don't need all the characters from the War of the Ring involved, here. We've got enough characters already, and I don't think we should involve them to such an extent so late in the story.

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Lief Erikson
Eärniel, I guess we'll have to keep that thread going on our own, then.

I'll try. :)

[Arat-Falathion]

I'm home from military now for 3 weeks and will try to get some writing done ;) It is too late this day though, so I'll have to pick up the effort tomorrow :)

[Lief Erikson]

Great to hear you're back, Falathion!

Yodaman- did you just kill of Theodar!!? :eek: Not that I disapprove, really, I'm just very surprised.

[Lief Erikson]

By the way, Mathron? I'm thinking of killing off all of your characters.

~Lief

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Lief Erikson
By the way, Mathron? I'm thinking of killing off all of your characters.

~Lief

That ought to get his attention. :eek: :D

Nice to see you back, Falathion. :)

[Tessar]

Originally posted by Lief Erikson
By the way, Mathron? I'm thinking of killing off all of your characters.

~Lief

Eh don't bother, I had a talk with Math and Elise is more powerful than his char is so she's gona use him for a bit and then fry him.

Don't worry though, Mathron wont mind since he isn't using the guy right now... right? :p


:eek: I feel evil! ;)

[Lief Erikson]

Your characters in that plot thread will soon have something to do . . .

[Arat-Falathion]

Finaly found the time to post... and I decided to give Glimdrell an actor-like approach to the dilemma at hand. As an assassin he should be master of discuise right? :P

Now, there are ofcurse many things that may go wrong here. If anyone in this room has ever seen Celeborn during the 3rd age, they'd know how he looked like...

Celeborn was a sinda elf, not a sylvan elf like Glimdrell... also, Celeborn didn't cross the sea to Valinor before some time into the 4th age. He lived with Elrond in Imladris during this time.

When it comes to the Blessing of the Valar, it was a tool to create a facade of immortal might and power... but I guess that the wizard will easily look through that facade... but would it matter if the others believed?

Also, Glimdrell may be relying some in Arelle and her magical powers... they may not have noticed Glimdrells 3 other companions yet ;)

I guess this happened just as Dagankor and Imarwyn entered the wizards chamber with the others... so we still have some time before she goes unconsious... maybe...

[Lief Erikson]

I think the wizard will look through the facade, but it would confuse the people. Not for long, but enough to dispel their anger, at least temporarily. I doubt that they will play much more of a role in a further fight, if one should occur. They probably would fight still on Dagankor's side, but not with the same level of aggression as before. Glimdrell was an unexpected twist that rather threw them.

[Arat-Falathion]

Aj, difficult position I put us in there :p

[Arat-Falathion]

Nooooooooo! Aralleeeeeeeee!!!! :( :( :( :mad: :mad: :mad:

Hm... bad situation we're caught in... too bad I have no time to write now :p

[Earniel]

Carai! Bad situation indeed. :eek: There's little Dagankor can't turn to his advantage, it seems.

[Arat-Falathion]

indeed right Eärniel.

[Arat-Falathion]

Stubborn elf :D :p

[Earniel]

Act your age, Elf. ;)

[Arat-Falathion]

Perhaps that is why he understands what impact Aralle's death may cause the ballance of good and evil? :p Damn, he's crying :rolleyes: ...what a hero :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Earniel]

Remember, not all tears are evil. ;)

[Finrod Felagund]

So where's our group now?

[Arat-Falathion]

I believe Malagar/Elise's group are pretty much unactive now, due to the lack of things to do :p I'm sure you'll have a lot to do once Aralle's group (bless her memory) returns (hopefully) from the grip of the Shadowhand... then we'll face war! :D

[Lief Erikson]

All right, Falathion. You've got to admit you asked for this . . .

And your lucky he's not dead ;).

[Arat-Falathion]

Ouchy :) I was waiting for this! Nicely done also... As the situation emerged, I came to understand that Glimdrell could not simply flee... so yes, he asked for this :p

[Arat-Falathion]

Oh, his right hand :p This will be interesting in the future... if he survives! :rolleyes: :D

[Arat-Falathion]

Hmm...

Anyone post please? Eärniel? Lief? Anyone? :p

[Arat-Falathion]

Ohhhh... scary :) The wyrm of the shadowhand? me shivers badly! :( :( :(

[Lief Erikson]

How many people are there in this camp? Mal, Elise, Fimbren, Iriana, and the Rohirrim brother of Imarwyn (off the bat cannot remember his name). Is that everyone?

[Arat-Falathion]

Ah, I thought we had brought more warriors (unnamed) with that fellowship... but I may be mistaken ofcurse :) I'll change it ;)

[Lief Erikson]

Okay, done posting for the moment. I'll be back online later today.

[Arat-Falathion]

Oh, long post :D ...but no time for replay right now... in an hour or so perhaps ;)

[Silverstripe]

I was extremely busy and haven't had time to get online for anything but school-related purposes for probably close to a year. I did read the thread. I did read the thread and have no problem with what happened to Aralle. She is one of my favorite characters and of course I wouldn't have wanted her to die, but I understand the difficulty in keeping her around when I'm not talking, and everyone pretty much stayed true to the character.

The Hytorax thread is going well. Keep up the good work. :)

[Arat-Falathion]

:) Been a long time Silverstripe! Good to see you ;) Yes, it weighted the heart of Glimdrell, as well, to see Aralle die. But it was little one could do about it... perhaps she already knew afore she walked into that building. True bravery and determination for the goodly! Oh, Aralle will be remembered ;)

[Lief Erikson]

Good to see you here, Silverstripe! I'm glad you can understand my killing Aralle. It was really done simply because I believed you were out of the game, so I could get away with it. Normally I'd only do that to my own characters (though I seriously considered killing Glimdrell, for logic's sake), but because of your long absence, I felt it fitting to give her an end.

Things are still moving slowly but steadily toward the end, in this RPG :D. Great fun it's been and still is.

I hope you'll be in the next RPG with us, after this one, Silverstripe. You've been a good writer and player, and it's been great playing with you :).

[Arat-Falathion]

:) I understood I was walking a thin line with Glimdrell, stubbornly facing the Shadowhand wizards like that. I'm sure he learned from this, if he survives the loss of blood, or the things to follow. If you had killed Glimdrell at that point, there would've been little I could have argumented against it. I took my risks playing him that way, but I believe it may have strengthened his character... in a way at least :rolleyes: :p

Indeed I've enjoyed this rpg every bit of the way. Gosh! It's been over a year! And still its running :) I love it!

[Lief Erikson]

I'm afraid I've thrown myself out of the action again. Mal is gone, along with Bearcore. You might find his prints, and a pool of blood on the ground, all of you that survive the battle with the giant orcs and their elephantine mounts. The main thing I can play in this area now is the bad guys.

[Arat-Falathion]

Mhm, Lief...

I have no inspiration now though :p

[Arat-Falathion]

Will hopefully get time tomorrow :) should get this moving again ;)

[Lief Erikson]

Yes. Next time I play an RPG, I'll probably have to be a little more careful how I distribute my characters. I mean, jeepers! Having to play off of Aralle and then off of Malagar. Really rather ridiculous of me. And now I'm out of the loop again :p. I think you advised me to include somebody in that plot thread, Falathion. I should have listened to you :).

[Arat-Falathion]

Believe I did, Lief :) Ah well, as always, I am willing to bet the lost arm of Glimdrell on that you'll manage to get us moving anyway ;)

Oh, and Tessar, Iriana is crying for help :p

[Arat-Falathion]

Err... guess I put myself out of action as well :p never learns do I? :rolleyes:

[Arat-Falathion]

Now, lets go find those prints of Malagar ;)

[Arat-Falathion]

Olala :) A new hero has come, and with him, Athalt has returned :D I'd guess our charaters would run into Athalts army? or perhaps not untill later? Hmm... left us at an open spot there :p ...like always...

[Lief Erikson]

Yeah, yeah. Well, technically, it's just Eärniel and myself there. So you don't have to worry about it :p.

[Earniel]

Well, Imarwyn will be happy to learn her mission wasn't worthless after all. :)

Sorry I haven't been posting much here, I've rather busy. :o And now I'm leaving for a weeklong holiday. But afterwards Imarwyn and Tareod will be back, I promise. :)

[Lief Erikson]

I wish you a very enjoyable holiday! I actually get a weeklong holiday too. But that's the week after this coming one, and I'll be spending it at home. So I'll actually be capable of posting abnormally daily, the week after this coming week ends.

[Finrod Felagund]

I'm still here!

[Arat-Falathion]

Alright, so I'll just sit back and relax then :) Happy vacation Eärniel.

[Lief Erikson]

Henceforth, I declare myself capable of posting abnormally frequently.

Welcome back, Eärniel! Looking forward to your next post(s). :)

[Tessar]

Nooooooo!!!

You can't make Bearcor good! That's just... just...

WRONG!!! :(


:p

[Lief Erikson]

>D

[Lief Erikson]

(Twiddles his thumbs)

[Arat-Falathion]

Haha :) Nice-nice-nice!!

So the final battle is approaching. Just to be sure: Is our group (Elise and co) in the battle ranks now, or are we still on our own?

Oh, and what an opportunistic wyrm ;)

[Tessar]

If she ever meets him, Elise is SO going to beat the crap out of Bearcor. *twirls his magic keyboard*

:p

Just kidding.

Kind of.

Ha-ha. ;)

[Arat-Falathion]

Hehe :) So I guess the wyrm will aid in the war against the Shadowhand, but when they are crushed, what then must the wyrm do to satisfy his hunger...??

[Lief Erikson]

Elise and the company is behind the enemy army. My guess is that they'd be in between Dagankor's Shadowhand force and the castle. I believe in their meeting Vahatres mentioned a secret passage existing. They'd probably be making for that, and took a few days because of the numbers of their enemies in the terrain.

[Lief Erikson]

I am still ready for rapid-fire posting. Let's finish this RPG this week! Any possibility of that?

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Lief Erikson
Welcome back, Eärniel! Looking forward to your next post(s). :)
Thank you. :) I took a little time to catch up with everything that had happened on the Entmoot. The elections, the april fools joke ect. Now I have two weeks where I should be able to post regularly (Yiha!) unless something unexpected comes up.

Now I'm off to read up on the game thread. :) Judging from the comments here, the story progressed somewhat in my absense.

[Arat-Falathion]

;) I have time Lief :) and welcome back Eärniel.

[Lief Erikson]

Sorry Tessar. (Invades Elise)

[Tessar]

It's much appreciated.

I got a bit lost and I didn't want to 'hop back in' because I wasn't entirely sure where you wanted to move it next :).

[Arat-Falathion]

:p nice... so hopefully we'll find the way... anyone else wanna post before I do?

[Lief Erikson]

Nope. Post.

[Arat-Falathion]

Alrighty then :p

[Lief Erikson]

Eärniel, I'm actually somewhat waiting on your next post. My week's vacation is over. I'm just online today on Tuesday because I put in extra effort on school.

[Arat-Falathion]

I take it you two has some kind of plan? :)

[Tessar]

You know I think I've figured out why I have so much trouble getting myself to post in these things.

For the past year since this has started, and before that even, I've been writing in the RPGs where it doesn't follow a set plot line and you're really just creating a character in a world.

I keep feeling like I'm going to mess something up! :eek: :eek:

Okay, I'll get my rear-in-gear and post.

Soon. (tm) :p

[Arat-Falathion]

Haha :) I feel the same at times, but then Lief continously remind me that he just likes the challenge of players making own decisions. ;)

[Lief Erikson]

Yes. I'm just trying to get Eärniel to see through something I've developed, now. Hint hint.

Come back in, Tessar. Humbug messing things up. Things already have gone not completely according to my plan, when players started taking liberties, but that doesn't matter. It's all worked out wonderfully. My plot is designed to be flexible, and if I need help, I'll tell somebody :).

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Lief Erikson
Yes. I'm just trying to get Eärniel to see through something I've developed, now. Hint hint.
Um. Well. I wasn't entirely sure which way my horse was going :p so I decided to wait a wee bit until things got perhaps a little clearer. (I think I'm a bit dense when it comes to subtle hints. :D ) But then I got some nasty bug and didn't come to the Entmoot for a few days. And then the first warm spring-sun lured me outside. And -er- needles to say I kind of got forgot to come and post here. Will do so the first thing in the morning. (Next morning that is, I've been catching up with the other threads on the 'moot for the last two hours now. I need a cup of tea and a good night's sleep. :p )

[Arat-Falathion]

My guess is that one of your characters, Eärniel, has something to do with merrah's behaviour :p

Oh, and Tessar :)

So much happening here now, I think I'm sitting back for a sec to watch the spectacle :)

[Lief Erikson]

I wrote my subtle hint about two of my posts behind my most recent post. If that sentence makes any sense. Sorry to bug you this way- I just need help. (Shrugs helplessly) This is nothing any of you did. It's my own fault completely; I somewhat jammed my plot by acting suddenly, very recently, without thinking.

Good news, mates! Mathron has returned! He sent me a PM, and I think he'll be involved again soon. Now that I've sent his characters hundreds of miles away :P. But anyway, I got the impression from his PM that he'll be returning quite soon.

Great to see you post again, Tessar :).

[Tessar]

Well since you said humbug to the plot anyways... :D

[Arat-Falathion]

haha :) Do I see sweat perls there Lief? :p

[Lief Erikson]

Bah!
Originally posted by Tessar
Well since you said humbug to the plot anyways... :D
:p

It'll work out fine. It was something minor, and everything will make sense. The plot's meant to be flexible :).

(Covers his face and runs away, wailing "Everybody's picking on me!")

[Tessar]

*runs after calling out*

Pansy boy! Pansy boy! Pansy boy! :D

Ehehe, but really it'll be nice to finish up with this baby...

And move on to the next one :evil:.

[Arat-Falathion]

:) Indeed it will.

I'll make a post then, just to mess things up even more ;) ...or to get it moving...

[Arat-Falathion]

They're on a quest to destroy the magical power of the castle.

Why do I constantly have to remind me of Elise and that company's mission?? :)

[Lief Erikson]

There's a magical item, a shining light with many crystal facets. The bad characters needed the Hytorax, as the last piece to that puzzle, to make the magical item work. Now they're just fine tuning it, for use.

[Arat-Falathion]

Mhm. Exactly! :)

[Mathron]

And... I'm back!

My utmost apologies for my absence. Don't fear - I wasn't doing anything fun, and was instead buried in schoolwork. (Less than a month of school till I'm done, and have to enter the real world... scary, scary thought.)

Anyway, I've returned with a suitably dramatic post, and will return to being around on a regular basis.

It's good to be back!

-Mathron

[Arat-Falathion]

It is good to have you back Lord Mathron! :) Welcome!!! :D

[Finrod Felagund]

I'd like to be able to at some point, meet up with Aasinav, because we do not know eachother. I know who he is, but he does not know me. Eventually I could figure out who he is...or something!

[Arat-Falathion]

:) Iriana does not know Aasinav, that traitor, eather... though has probably heard of him by now.

Aw... Malagar died? :(

[Tessar]

"Though his form grew still and silent, the smile remained upon his face long after. "

Creative wording, Arat.

No where in there does it say 'dead'.

Hold 'yer horses ;).

[Arat-Falathion]

Alright :) Perhaps I drew conclusions too early :)

[Mathron]

I'm sure I could never have intentionally left it so vaguely worded as to leave matters in a state of suspense, eh?

~grin~

[Arat-Falathion]

Awh :(
Now get this thing moving again so that we may find out! :eek:

[Lief Erikson]

Okay, Eärniel's off the hook :).

[Arat-Falathion]

Ouchy ouchy! Looks like a trap to me :) How cunning.

[Arat-Falathion]

Just felt I had to get it moving again :p

[Tessar]

I'll have a reply in a bit.

I'd give my excuse, but I'm always giving excuses and I'm sure no one wants to hear this one :rolleyes:. I WILL have a post up.

[Yodaman]

I'm sorry I havn't done anything for this RPG in a long time. I've been really busy with other fan fic that I havn't had time to devote myself to this. If you want someone can just wrap up my little story line, but I will be available in the summer.

[Lief Erikson]

Originally posted by Yodaman
I'm sorry I havn't done anything for this RPG in a long time. I've been really busy with other fan fic that I havn't had time to devote myself to this. If you want someone can just wrap up my little story line, but I will be available in the summer.
We'll just see how long the RPG runs its course. Post when you can. If it's not enough, and this RPG comes to a close soon, then I'll probably send a wrap-up post for your plot thread.

These plot threads are already drawing to a climax. Do you have the ability to wrap up soon your plot thread also?

[Arat-Falathion]

I'm traveling to military today, but will hopefully get enough time to participate regardless of that. ;) Looking forward to your post Tessar :P

[Tessar]

Mathron, I have one word for your new post:

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW :eek: :eek:


;) :D

[Arat-Falathion]

:) No mister nice guy here :) Poor youth... shouldn't be playing in the dark :rolleyes:

[Tessar]

Now I know Mathron hates me! :p

[Mathron]

~grin~

You guys are in the, er, "creepy horror story" chapter of the tale, I suppose. ^_^

[Tessar]

:eek:

[Arat-Falathion]

:) Indeed creepy that little child. I bet he is an illusion of some sort... hmm... or brainwashed... or something!

Oh, and I guess I'm waiting for some plot advancement here before posting... we've been running in those tunnels for awhile... and the child has raised doubt of Elises goodness in the heart of Fimbren... and we are lost... guess I'm waiting for something more to happen :P

Oh, and Lief talked something about not prioritating time for this forum until he was done with school for the year...

[Mathron]

Well, hopefully what I've just posted should give you something to work with.

Also, is there anyone else in the group infiltrating the Shadowhand's Citadel other than Elise, Iriana, and Fimbren? I wasn't sure, and wanted to make sure I didn't miss anyone.

[Earniel]

There's Tareod too but he hasn't been saying much (EDIT: I suppose he's wandering around in that mist somewhere) because each time I read up all the other threads and want to devote some time to this one, I run out of internettime. :rolleyes: I need proper time management. :mad:

[Lief Erikson]

Oh, and Lief talked something about not prioritating time for this forum until he was done with school for the year...
It's not really school for the year, it's school for each individual day. The weekends are the main times I can get online. I noticed after sending that email to you that I probably hadn't made myself very clear.

[Arat-Falathion]

Ah :)

[Mathron]

Yeah, I'm finished with school (possibly forever...), so have quite a bit of time these days (compared to the hectic papers of finals and so forth, a few weeks back.)

Earniel, I'll make sure to work Tareod in as well. :)

[Arat-Falathion]

I'm finishing military 25th of June, whereas 3 weeks untill that time I'll be at home... but I have to question whether I'll have more time for this forum at home than I have up here in the military.

The strange thing is, that here in the military I have so much dead time that I get nothing done... it is strange, but when I have a tight schedual, I usually get a lot more finished in a day.

[Arat-Falathion]

Originally posted by Mathron
~grin~

You guys are in the, er, "creepy horror story" chapter of the tale, I suppose. ^_^

I suppose so indeed!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Earniel]

*sigh* If I don't post now, I'll never get back into the game. And there's just way too much fun to be had not to. I'm going to assume Tareod has been with Elise and the others all the time despite the fact that he hasn't said one word and isn't really mentioned.

And I think it's about time Imarwyn did something again too.

[Lief Erikson]

Wonderful posting, everyone! I'm just really delighted to see how everything is continuing to progress, even when I'm not able to be here all that frequently.

Today and tomorrow I'll be able to post quite a bit. I guess that primarily applies to Eärniel, unless Bearcore returns.

[Arat-Falathion]

Awh, you didn't make it easy for me here Mathron :( I have yet to find a good way out of this... hmm... I can't hurt him with my sword, and basically that is all Iriana have. The power of her song drives her sword, and nothing more (that I know of that is)... but perhaps there is more to the song than initially believed...

I'm not totaly content on that yet though... so perhaps in a day or two I have a better way out of it all :) I'll give it some more thought.

[Mathron]

Feel free to think it over. That's the main challenge of the current 'trials' of the characters - dangers and obstacles that require thinking, rather than just charging into battle.

^_^

[Arat-Falathion]

Yeh, I noticed... :p Fighting a shadow without any magical abilities at ones disposal isn't very easy :D Ah! This is going to give me a headache... perhaps tomorrow I'll have the sollution ;)

...and actually, I'm starting to get ideas for what to do... ... ...

[Arat-Falathion]

Sorry if this was an easy way out, but it was the only possible solution I saw at that point... :p I can edit if I gave Iriana too much power there...

After reading through the "Trial of Iriana" that you wrote mathron, I based my solution on a lot of things from your post:

The mist vanished entirely. The hallway shifts as well, the strange symbols on the walls fading away, the walls becoming less confining, the torches less threatening, the air less dank and dismal. It was just a hallway now - nothing more, and nothing less. There was no stairwell, but a simple open door..

Not Fimbren - the song had cleared that deception from her eyes

"You could call me his shadow, I suppose. A reflection, a simple construct of mind and magic."

So basically my idea was that for her to reach this state of power, she had to thoroughly consentrate, and not the least see her own life fading... Hope I didn't go too far there ;) The Shadow isn't destroyed, it simply can't affect Iriana... or that was atleast the idea :p

[Tessar]

I'm sorry, I'm still trying to catch up with some stuff like school work/ect. from my Grandpa's death, which put some things on hold.

I swear I'll write something tomorrow though :).

[Mathron]

Very nicely done, Arat. And don't worry, this will work out just fine.
Though you'll probably have to sit for a little bit, as I want to try and have everyone finish up their trials on their own, and don't want to have you wandering by yourself farther in the heart of the Shadowhand's lair. ~grin~

[Arat-Falathion]

Ah, good to know it was well received :D I was anxious about that :p

I'll just sit back and enjoy the show then ;)

[Arat-Falathion]

Hmm... who has not completed their trials now then? Only Tareod/Eärniel left? Hmm...

[Tessar]

Elise still hasn't.

[Arat-Falathion]

Ah, true that... good luck there ;)

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Arat-Falathion
Hmm... who has not completed their trials now then? Only Tareod/Eärniel left? Hmm...
Yes, this little slacker still has to finish Tareod's trial. :o :D Blame it on exams and birthdays. I've typed a post for Imarwyn already but I'll end Tareod's staring match with the critter the first thing after lunch. (I'm too hungry now) :p

EDIT: No, you'll have to wait a little longer for tomorrow, I couldn't finish the text on time before I have to go off line.

[Arat-Falathion]

:D I see we are getting close to a conclution of the trials now :D I'm really eager to see how the climax will finish off this rpg! It's been over a year! :D

[Earniel]

Yes, it's finally slowly coming together now. I'm sure the climax will be thrilling!

Even though it's been over a year we've always have been able to pick up the trail again and continue, that's what I like so much about this game. :) I think this calls for a "Go us!" ;)

[Arat-Falathion]

Go us!

[Mathron]

I'm definitely glad that this has been able to stay together till the end. We're approaching the finale, and it should definitely be... interesting. ~grin~

[Lief Erikson]

lol Indeed, all of us roleplayers are great! Go us! :D

[Tessar]

Oh! I thought I'd posted all ready... herm gimme a bit and I'll put something up.

And Mathy- she didn't actually say that she was more powerful than him. You've had him 'reply' to a few things that were inner thoughts of hers and she wouldn't be stupid enough to voice :p.

She's old and grouchy :p.

[Mathron]

She hasn't said it out loud - but Aasinav is well aware of how much more powerful than him that she is, and well aware of how aware she is of that fact as well.

He knows that, even though she claims she doesn't care about revenge, she is either lying - or not being completely honest with herself.

His biggest strength, in the end, is knowledge. Add to that the amount of time he did travel with her, and he can do a pretty good job of reading her - despite what she is.

Which is the main reason that he's been responding not just to what she is saying, but to what she isn't saying, either. ~grin~

[Arat-Falathion]

I'll try to get something in for the current trial at sunday. I'm in the military now, so time is sparse :p

[Lief Erikson]

I'm looking forward to it. We're in the climax; I'm just waiting on the upstairs company being assembled, before I really start the final posts rolling.

[Arat-Falathion]

Hmm... the 3 soldiers carrying Fimbren comes into the chamber below Iriana and Tareod? Or do they enter the balcony area above?

[Lief Erikson]

The way I read it, they're all below.

[Arat-Falathion]

Ok.

Hmm... This trial is hard as well...

Both Iriana and Tareod are sworn to the sword. There are about a dozen of the Shadowhand's most skilled soldiers bellow. While Iriana could lean on the fury of her song, and thus likely stay alive, the same wouldn't necessarily be true for Tareod and Fimbren... hmm...

Ok, I think I have an idea...

[Lief Erikson]

Wow. You sure like to put your characters in the line of fire, Falathion ;).

[Arat-Falathion]

Heh :P Well, my warriors are always ready to put their own life in line to save a friend. Her intention is to mislead the soldiers though, not to kill all of them ;) but I know I take a risk...

[Lief Erikson]

Originally posted by Arat-Falathion
Heh :P Well, my warriors are always ready to put their own life in line to save a friend.
They're cool :). Very evident it is, how much you like "The Last Samauri" ;). I also really like that kind of heroic charge, though.
Originally posted by Arat-Falathion
Her intention is to mislead the soldiers though, not to kill all of them ;) but I know I take a risk...
Yeah, there is a mild risk there. However, as you're misleading, you'll probably be all right. That was a good strategy too, by the way. I'm glad you didn't try to overwhelm them :).

[Lief Erikson]

I'll try to get in a post on Hytorax at the end of this coming week. I won't be able to post before that. If I have something to respond to that Sunday night, it would be pleasing ;).

So everyone, I expect POSTS! :D

[Arat-Falathion]

:D Have a nice trip Lief.

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Lief Erikson
So everyone, I expect POSTS! :D
Yes, yes, I'll do my best. :)

My exams put up a brave fight and kept me from role playing, but they were defeated and bit the dust. :evil:

Anyway I'm back now, at least, until the end of the month. But first I have to get up to date on a gazillion threads.

[Arat-Falathion]

Good luck on catching up with everything Eärniel ;)

We are both in the same mess here, so I'll be waiting ;)

[Earniel]

Originally posted by Arat-Falathion
We are both in the same mess here, so I'll be waiting ;)
Ye gods, what did you get us into this time? Couldn't we just have let them keep the Elf and proceeded to important matters like the hytorax? :p ;)

[Arat-Falathion]

Come to think of it, that is exactly what we should've done :D

[Tessar]

Gah I'm sorry :(. I've got bunches of stuff going on right now. This has NOT been my year :p.

[Lief Erikson]

I'm back, now. It was a GLORIOUS trip. Very, very touching. Myself and my group travelled to Mexico. In Mexico, we built a house for a family that had had its home destroyed in a flood. They had been living in a shack on a dirt hill, in terrible living conditions. When we handed over the house we'd constructed, through hard hard labor, to the family, it was the most touching experience I've ever had.

[Arat-Falathion]

Sounds like a most noble thing you did there Lief :) I'm glad to hear you had a good experience, and welcome back!

[Tessar]

I'm glad you had such a good time Lief! Sounds like you did some good stuff :D.

[Arat-Falathion]

Iriana saw that she had the skill to defeat any three of them, to keep herself alive against maybe half a dozen of them - but against all of them, even with all her strength, she could not survive alone.


Hehe :) Warning me, are you Mathron? :D

I'll wait some to see if anyone else wants to do the first post, as Iriana is somewhat locked until Elise, Tareod or Fimbren makes a move...

[Earniel]

Hey, where did my post go?! I posted on the game thread last week after Arat's post! :mad: Grrr.... Don't say I forgot to press the post-button, I had a whole post typed out! Ergl...Well, nothing to do about it now.

I'm sorry to come with this now people, I meant to post this earlier but something always came up. Anyway, I'm leaving for a month-long holiday in an hour or so. I won't have internet acces. As I don't want to keep you waiting for me for a whole month I hand over control of Imarwyn and Tareod to the group until I return. That way you can continue (or finish because we were nearly there anyway) while I'm gone. :) Goodbye!

[Lief Erikson]

Sorry about that post loss . . . it's horrible when that happens. Last night while I was writing my book, I accidentally pressed the wrong thing and lost a couple paragraphs. It was a huge relief though that that was all it was. That was no problem to rewrite. Nasty these computers can be.

Thanks for telling us you'll be leaving; I hope you have a wonderful trip!

[Arat-Falathion]

Just got home from a little vacation myself :) I'll wait some more though before I post anything, but I guess it will be her who makes the opening, with Eärniel gone, and Tessar and Fimbren not present... ah well :)

Have a nice trip Eärniel.

[Lief Erikson]

Mathron? Tessar? Eärniel? Any of you could post about now. I'm out of the picture still, else I would. Falathion I think has got a few too many swords to his neck right now to do much. Looking forward to your posts :).

I'll be gone next week, but after that comes a period of about a month where I'll be able to post virtually every day. Doubtless, most of you will not be so fortunate. Let's finish this RPG during that time, okay?

[Tessar]

Okay, I'll post something :D.

[Mathron]

There we go!
I've been having some trouble logging on/posting since we switched to the new forum, but I think I've got it resolved, so I should be able to respond a bit more promptly now. :)

[Lief Erikson]

Excellent! Thanks for the posting, everyone. Good to have things speeding up again . . .

[Earniel]

I'm back people! :) Still have to read up on the game thread and a gazillion others but seemingly I made it back still on time. yay!

[Lief Erikson]

Great to have you back, Eärniel! How did your trip go?

[Arat-Falathion]

Err... as Iriana and Tareod is quite bussy, I think it would be more fitting for Elise or Fimbren to act here..? perhaps... I'm thus hesitant to writing anything just yet...

[Tessar]

I'll wait a bit and if Fimb doesn't reply I'll do it.

Also I was just reading some of my old stuff, both in the RPGs and my OOC chatter... Thank you all for not killing me on the spot :p.

[Mathron]

~grin~ You've certainly come a long way, Tessar. Any of you can feel free to reply, though.

[Tessar]

*twiddle* I'll give Fimb one more day... *checks watch* ;)

[Lief Erikson]

"The Hytorax" is over, now. Great RPG; I had enormous fun writing it! It's been an enormous pleasure working with all of you in this! Thanks one and all for joining in; it's been marvelous!

[Tessar]

Oh wow Lief. That was an amazing read. I'm nearly in tears over here :(.

Awesome way to end it.

Thank you guys, this was a really fun RPG and I think I enjoyed it more than the previous two I was involved in :D.


Sooo... what now? ;)

[Lief Erikson]

http://forum.atharon.com/phpbb2/index.php

[Tessar]

Hummm. Looks interesting ;).

[Lief Erikson]

It's our new home. Falathion and I wanted freedom from the restrictions of Tolkien's world, so we constructed our own. We're inviting all our friends here to join in. Some of my family members have joined in, and some of Falathion's friends. I don't think I'll be playing any more Entmoot RPGs, but Atharon is the wings I'm planning to take flight on. We'll ascend to new heights and new games, with more freedom and more awesome of games then we're here capable of creating. I'd really like it if you'd join, and everyone else who's participating in Hytorax. We might post a broad link later on so that others all over the RPG forum might have access to this site, but that's for future possibilities. Our group of roleplaying friends here are the first invited :).

[Mathron]

Bravo, Lief. Brilliant ending - I definitely felt it throughout.
I'll be checking out your place, and definitely look forward to whatever may come...

Guys, it's been great throughout. I think we all brought this together, to the phenomenal end of it all.

-Matt

[Earniel]

So it is done at last. Beautiful ending too. :)

It has been a wonderful experience. Thank you all!

I'm sorry I haven't been of much use the last 2 weeks but I was oddly utterly inspirationless.

So you won't be playing anymore Entmoot RPG's, Lief? A pity, but I can understand your wish to go beyond the limits of Middle-earth. Best of luck to you and Arat-Falathion with Atharon! And quite possibly you'll see me there turning up too.

[Lief Erikson]

(Sighs with pleasure) I'm really glad this RPG has come off so well. I'm also glad you've all agreed to check Atharon out :). The rules there are somewhat different from what you'll be used to, and the world itself is quite different. I believe it is much closer to the real world around us. There's a lot of depth. Don't let the amount of information that's been posted overwhelm you, when you look at the site. One doesn't need to read everything before entering the RPG.

I'm stopping roleplaying on Entmoot because I feel the RPGs in Atharon will be even better. There's a deep history to the Atharon world, and to each individual nation. Racism, religion, and the sources of magic and spirit will be encountered. The RPGs will be for more mature audiences in some ways too. Violence in some later RPGs will probably become more intense then it has been in Hytorax, and sexuality also is going to exist (unlike in Entmoot RPGs where it's very rightly ignored). I see Atharon as a more mature world, more like reality then what we have hitherto dealt with. I also feel more comfortable with making massive changes or events occur. This will be a major reason for the Atharon RPGs being deeper and better. We might have people or events transform large things about the world, while I'm extremely unwilling to greatly change the course of history in Middle Earth.

I anticipate RPGs better then we've experienced on Entmoot, and I want everyone to join the fun! I hope you have time, and I'm glad you'll be checking it out.

Thanks everyone for your kind words about the last posts of Hytorax. I'm glad we were able to see the RPG through to its completion :). It's been very rewarding.

Finrod, I hope you'll join us in Atharon too. Do you think you'll have time?
Originally posted by Eärniel
I'm sorry I haven't been of much use the last 2 weeks but I was oddly utterly inspirationless.

(Shrugs) It happens.

[Finrod Felagund]

I will try, as you may or may not know, I am touring the country with a singing group...

Hojaworld (http://www.hojaworld.com)

I'm Aaron Balzer, and this RPG has been one of the most memorable...please feel free to email me at freakin_aaron@hotmail.com and add me to MSN.
But I promise I will see you all around.

[Lief Erikson]

I didn't know about the singing group. Have fun! Join us when are in the mood and have time :).

[Arat-Falathion]

Not untill now did I have time to read the ending to this story, and what a blazing conclusion to this rpg that has lasted for little less than one and a half year!! It has been a great story, great writers and wonderfull people that have come together here and created art!

I must thank everyone for this incredible experience I've been a part of, and I hope to play with you all again :) You'll find me in Atharon with Lief and his siblings ;)

[Finrod Felagund]

A beautiful ending...so Fimbren has at last returned home...

[Lief Erikson]

Did you reread the conclusion just before saying that, or are you remeniscing :)?

[Finrod Felagund]

Reread the ending...so beautiful....

[Arat-Falathion]

indeed it is ;)

[Tessar]

I refuse to read it again.

I can't risk getting my math-homework wet.

Maybe later... (just once more... I swear... then never again... neeeeveeeer O_O)

[Arat-Falathion]

:D :D :D

A story that went for about one and a half year should have a good ending closure, and indeed that happened for this story! I've read it twice... we should get this story rewritten some time :p

[Lief Erikson]

It's fun not having anyone complain about my killing nearly every character at the end :). Those last posts could do with a little editing, of course.

If it were ever edited, we really ought to kill Glimdrell too . . . :p Unless of course you're planning to use him again in an RPG. You've got a good lead-in.

Sad how we're all so time-constrained.

[Arat-Falathion]

Whether Glimdrell is still alive remains a mystery ;) Yes, most character died. But not in vain! ;) They gave their life for the survival of many, and that is true heroism! So indeed I felt it was a fitting end for Iriana. If Glimdrell died, then he didn't die that heroically, he let emotions drive him a little too much there :p

You never know, perhaps I'll use him again in another game. Perhaps even in another setting with other skills and better personality :p

And yes, time is not much spendable these days. I have so much homework right now!! I long for a vacation! :(

[Earniel]

It's fun not having anyone complain about my killing nearly every character at the end :).
Nehneh, I was thinking "oh look, I'm dead, didn't see that one coming" when I read the ending. :p

But it was a good end, a fitting end, and if Imarwyn survived the other battle then I'm sure she would appreciate the way her brother gave his life to achieve victory.

Didn't Glimdrell get killed off? I was kinda sure he was dead already. Oh well, Elves, you can't even trust them to stay dead. ;)

[Lief Erikson]

Whether Glimdrell is still alive remains a mystery ;) Yes, most character died. But not in vain! ;) They gave their life for the survival of many, and that is true heroism! So indeed I felt it was a fitting end for Iriana. If Glimdrell died, then he didn't die that heroically, he let emotions drive him a little too much there :p
Agreed. Though it actually is somewhat in keeping with the way Tolkien portrays his elves in the Silmarillion. It's really amazing the difference between the Silmarillion elves and the LoTR ones. The Silmarillion elves hear one insult against them, and they'll cut the perpetrators head off! In LoTR, of course, they have a very different feel.
You never know, perhaps I'll use him again in another game. Perhaps even in another setting with other skills and better personality :p
And missing limbs, still? :p
Nehneh, I was thinking "oh look, I'm dead, didn't see that one coming" when I read the ending. :p
:D
Didn't Glimdrell get killed off? I was kinda sure he was dead already. Oh well, Elves, you can't even trust them to stay dead. ;)
Glad it looked that way :). What was written shows merely that he got very, very busted. It never said whether he was dead or not.