A Fellowship of Ten? Let's try just for fun.

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, I have for some time been toying with a story in my mind that I think it would be fun to try. What if there was a female member in the fellowship and what if she was unlike any other creature in middle earth. I know that this will conflict with a lot of stuff that Tolkien wrote in other books, but I think this could be a really fun challenge. So if you are a Tolkien purist don't bother joining cause this is going to be a mix of Tolkien and a mix of pure imagination. You may join this story as a major part and you can play one of the fellowship or you can be another more minor character that joins the story during the books, or you can create your own character that joins the story some where along the road. I think we should begin the story at Rivendell and let it flow from there.

A few basic rules for this story.

1) Please use language that is appropriate for Middle Earth.
2) If you choose to play a character already from the books you are not obligated to consantly use their phrases in the right places. This is gonna be a lot less complex.
3) If in the story I am doing something or someone else is doing something with the story that you really have a problem with and you want to halt the story, post HALT right after the post you have problems with and the PM that person to discuss it with them. Then when you can come to an agreement on the issue, edit your post and continue the story.
4) PLEASE keep your characters, new or old, at all times parallel in morality to the books. If you are a bad guy, please study the bad guys in the book and don't push it farther than they go. If you are a good guy, do like wise.
5) I love imagination, so be creative. We do not have to be totally insince with the books.
6) Adding a female character into the fellowship does not mean adding a love interest for one of the characters although if we decide to do that let's not have the guys fighting over her please. Let's just let them all be good friends to start out with.
7) Have fun! And feel free to PM me with any questions you might have. I am usually not on until the later afternoon and evening because of my schedule and if this gets too much for me to handle I may pass on my part to someone else and only drop in from time to time.

So ... here goes nothing.

What if Aragorn had a sister who was not human? What if his father before he died remarried a creature of great beauty and grace who was not of the human race? So it was that unbeknownst to most in Middle Earth the heir of Isuldur married a maiden whose veins flowed with the blood of an elf and the blood of a creature that had almost vanished from the world. Faye she was and she bore the last trace of her people. But sorrow befell them and upon the death of her beloved, this creature bearing her new daughter in her arms fled to the shelter of the woods of Loth Lorien where she died just upon reaching the safety of her kindred the elves. While far away the young prince Aragorn was being raised in the fair city of Rivendell, the young child was taken into the private care of the Lady Galadriel. She came to know Galadriel as her care taker and the Lady Arwen she called friend never knowing that her friend's handsome lover was her half brother. And then one day, upon the day when men dwarves and elves were beginning to gather in council to discuss the growing threat of Sauron, Galadriel told her the truth and knowing that her ward was well prepared to aid in the defense of Middle Earth she sent her to the counil and to whatever destiny she would find waiting there ...

Well, what do you think? If this is totally stupid let me know and I will drop it. I want honesty here, ok?

My Character: Ariana Fair Lady of Lorien

Race: she is 1/4 elf, 1/4 faye, and 1/2 human although she resembles her mother's race more than her father's

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 11"

Hair Color: copper brown

Eye Color: moss green

Weapons: a long thin sword that she uses only in great need for the bow and arrow are her main defense. she sought training as a warrior in Lorien, but she is very much a lady in some regards.

Character: she never lies. she is quite fearless in regard to her own personal safety but she fears for the life of her friends and for the innocent. She favors the quiet cool of night and the silver stars over the warm sunshine of the day and her heart lies in the forest that has always been her home. Peace she finds in the sounds of the wind and falling water and rain. She sings with them in the inborn language of her mother's departed people and it is a language that none save the birds understand. She has not yet the heart of any man.

Age: She is about 80 years of age but her birthdate is unknown. She is also immortal due to the blood of her mother's people that flows in her veins.

So tell me what you think and if you want to join and once we get characters settled I will begin the story.

[Galdor]

I think it looks pretty cool myself. Do you have any problem with me joining as Galdor of the Havens? He was at the counsil of Elrond so you could say that he also joined. But If you would rather me play somone else I'm cool with that as well.

[Ariana Undomiel]

I would love to have you in the story as Galdor. Go ahead and give us your profile and character traites. Hopefully we will get more people in this story soon.

~Ariana

[Flame of Anor]

I will join this little experiment. I am going to create my own character. I am not yet sure what my character will be like but I will let you know when I make up my mind. Which will be some time tomorrow.

-Flame

[Muppsatan]

hmm u want me in u need people in it?
(ill maybe use own rp)

[Ice Man]

Check your PM Ariana Undomiel. :)

[Flame of Anor]

Ok, I haven't the time right now because i have to go to class. I will post my characters info when i get home.

-Flame

[Anamatar IV]

ooh! This might be fun. Can I join? I will be Anamatar from....I guess i cant really have where my rp character is regularly from so I will have anamatar be from the dunedain. So can I join?

[Ariana Undomiel]

anamatar be from the dunedain. So can I join?

Certainly, and welcome. Tell your friends on the forum and see if any of them want to be in the story as their own character or as a character from the books. We need someone to be Aragorn, Gandalf, Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, Merry, Pippin, Sam, Frodo, Elrond, etc.

~Ariana

[Anamatar IV]

YAY!!!! Do we have like the same objective as the fellowship in the book?

[Ariana Undomiel]

Yes. It will be the goal of this story to play through events very similar to that of the book and to follow a similar route with a similar end in mind. The goal is to destroy the ring. Frodo will be the ringbearer. This will be fun to follow along the same journey with the adition of some new characters, new dialogue, and new imagination.

~Ariana

[Flame of Anor]

Ok, my character shall be:
1. Name = Iaurcalion
2. Race = Elf of Mirkwood
3. Gender = Male
4. Height = 6' 2"
5. Eye color = Piercing Blue
6. Hair: long and woody brown
7. Weapon of Choice = Bow and arrow, and a mithril sward for hand-to-hand combat
8. Background = I am a traveling companion to Legolas Greenleaf. I am a lover of the night and the stars and the forest. I find great joy in life and in the world around me and my laughter brings peace to the fellowship. I also have skill in song. I am 2500 years old and I have spent a great deal of my life as a wanderer so I am well accounted with the lands of Middle Earth. I am a decendant of Beren and Luthien Tinuviel.

I will of course most likely develop my character more.

-Flame

[Galdor]

Here's my profile, is it okay if I use the Falcon?

Name: Prince Galdor Sandaórë
Creature: Elf
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Birthplace: The Gray Havens
Home: The Grey Havens though he often wanders
Occupation: Prince of the Grey Havens. Commander of Cirdan's armies. Shipwright.
Animal: He has a type of Peregrine Falcon that is now all but extinct in ME. She was given to him by his father when he was still young, he named her Sureatsa. She has the ability to change from the size of an ordinary falcon to about a little smaller then a troll. Galdor can talk to her both telepathically and normally, they can always sense one another's presents and though they cannot talk over far distances, they can feel if one of them is in danger, injured ect, or is one of them is in great need of the other. When she is in her large form she is strong enough to carry Galdor a few miles. Galdor resistance to Magic extends also to her.
Magic: yes. it gives him senses, strength in fighting and endurance. he can sense evil and also has strong healing powers. He has the ability to dissipate magic before it hit him, i.e. if someone tries to throw a fire ball at him or hold him still with magic he would be able to absorb the fire ball and they would not be able to hold him still. His sword (Aicanáro) is also magical. it will never break or grow dull. It is one of the sharpest swords ever made. and it will shine with a blue/white flame in his wrath or grow dim in his despair. It also guides it's blade towards evil while in combat and shies away from allies.
Weapon: sword, Bow, two daggers, five throwing knives(he caries many more in his pack, but normally only wears five)
Appearance: is average in height for a Elf, has Long gold/brown hair. blue eyes. he is usually dressed in light elven or mithril mail covered with a elven cloak (like the ones of Lothlorien) or completely in black.
Personality: Good sense of humor, is normally light-hearted though he can be a very serious person when he needs to be. He is always to trusted, likes to take leadership, is easy going. and almost always keeps his cool.
History he was born early-mid Second Age. His parents where both killed in the wars with Souron. After his parents death Cirdan(his uncle) took Galdor and his sister as his own children and tought them every thing he could. As time past Galdor was found to be very trustworthy and stouthearted and so was given the name Sandaórë. He also became the most skilled Elf in fighting that Cirdan had yet seen at the Havens. His sister was killed my a poisoned orc arrow while Galdor and her were in Mirkwood. Galdor stills blames himself for it, because he was the one who wanted to go to Mirkwood and because he knew that he had great power in healing, but he had never taken time to develop his healing powers and was therefore not strong enough to heal her. From that point on he trained under Elrond until he had developed his powers to such a exstent that his healing powers were second only to Elrond.

[Anamatar IV]

Anamatar
Narmacil-sword
Dunedain (future lord of Numenor)
6' 2" gray, brown, green cloaks

Thats about it for now. Hes actually quite young at this time period. Id say 29.

[Ice Man]

I'll be Boromir. But is my death still certain, or can it be avoided?

[Flame of Anor]

Who knows, with this i think anything is bound to happen. You could always ask Ariana Undomiel if you could be two people.

-Flame

[Ariana Undomiel]

I'll be Boromir. But is my death still certain, or can it be avoided?

Awesome! We need someone to be Boromir. I am not yet sure if his death will be avoided or not. But if it comes to that ... you are welcome to pick up with another character. We will see.


~Ariana

[Ariana Undomiel]

WANTED!!! Forum members willing to take on roles from the Lord of the Rings.

ARAGORN

GANDALF

FRODO

SAM

MERRY

PIPPIN

LEGOLAS

ELROND

ARWEN

EOWYN

GOLLUM

GALADRIEL

CELEBORN

GIMLI

GLOIN

SAURMON

GRIMA WORMTONGUE

TREEBEARD

ETC.

I would happily allow those of you with your own made up characters to take part as smaller characters so that we can get more flavor in the story. For example, if you are coming in as your own character, you could also take up a smaller role like Gloin, Gimli's father, or another chracter at the council. We need to get this story going. I don't want to have to be all the other characters not taken on by someone else.

~Ariana

[Theoden]

Hello Everyone and greetings to you all from Rohan. Since this is a role playing game, I guess I could be someone besides Theoden, but that seems a little unfaithful. So, I would like to know if Ariana doesn't mind if we are two characters? I would like to play Gollum and Sam. And Theoden but I suppose three would be overkill. Let me know.

-me

[Flame of Anor]

Theoden, you actually want to be three different characters.:eek: wow!! I think that would be a daunting task. Well, maybe not though because you would not be all three of them at once.

-Flame

[Ariana Undomiel]

Theoden, welcome to the story. If you would like to take on those three characters, I think that is a definate possibility. I think it might be a good idea to wait a few more days and see if anyone else wants to be one of those characters. You choose the one that you want to be the most, and then if no one else steps forward with the desire to be the other ones, than I think you will have the honor of doing so. If you find later on that you are having a hard time doing all three, then pm me and we can see about lightening your burden.

~Ariana

[Muppsatan]

ill maybe take on merry or pipp hmm does story start att rivendell? then i wouldent have to do much since merry n pippin gets kidnapped awhile after that

[Ariana Undomiel]

Excellent! Please let us know which you would like to be. And yes the story does start at Rivendell.

~Ariana

[Ponte]

I would like to join as Gimli.

[Muppsatan]

i can be both merry pipp n my char


OOC:!!!!!! i cant tell merry n pipp apart so lolish dont know which of emm which say what id better reherse the book!

[Ariana Undomiel]

Welcome, Buu. Thanks for taking the role of Gimli.

Muppsatan, that is fine if you want to be both merry and pippin.

~Ariana

[HobbitGirl]

I would like to be Galadriel, and if no one wants to be Arwen I'll be her as well.

[Ariana Undomiel]

Terrific. You may go ahead and take on both characters as no one else has stepped forward yet. Especially since both are such small parts.

~Ariana

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, so far we the characters that have been taken up in this story are as follows.

New Characters

Ariana Undomiel - Ariana of Loth Lorien

Flame of Anor - Iaurcalion - Elf of Mirkwood

Galdor - Galdor Sandaórë - Elf of the Grey Havens

Anamatar IV - Anamatar - Dunedein Kindred of Aragorn


Characters from the Books

Arcanjo - Boromir of Gondor

Theoden - Samwise Gamgee, King Theoden, & Gollum

Hobbit Girl - Galadriel of Loth Lorien, and Arwen Undomiel

Muppsatan - Merriadoc Brandybuck & Peregrin Took

Buu - Gimli Gloin's Son

Ok, we still need some main characters from the book. Any takers?

WANTED:

Gandalf

Aragorn

Legolas

Frodo

Elrond

Celeborn

Treebeard

Eowyn

Eomir

Faramir

Denethor

Saurumon

Etc.

Thanks for participating!

~Ariana

[Anamatar IV]

ill play aragorn aswell. *IF* nobody wants to though.

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, I think I will take on the role of Elrond since he is only going to be in the very beginning and at the end.

~Ariana

[HobbitGirl]

We should move this rp to the lighthearted section. We could have so much more fun with it! :D

[Flame of Anor]

I might be assuming too much when I say this, but I think that the thread starter really only wanted serious people to join the rp. Of course that is just an assumption.

-Flame

[Ariana Undomiel]

Flame is right. I would prefer that this story stick to the book and the movie to the extent that it needs to be fairly serious with glimpes of lightheartedness throughout.

~Ariana

[Flame of Anor]

Ok, good.

-Flame

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, everyone, here is the scoop. Unfortunatly we will not be able to start this story for another week due to my grandfather's death. We are flying out of town tomorrow to visit our relatives and attend the memorial service for him. We will not be returning till the following Tuesday. I may possibly have the ability to get online for short periods of time to check and see if anyone else has joined, but that will most likely be all I can do while I am away. I hope you can all be patient and wait for me to get back. Thanks for participating.

~Ariana

[Theoden]

Ariana, I am so sorry about your Grandfather.

[Ice Man]

Originally posted by Theoden
Ariana, I am so sorry about your Grandfather.

me too

[Ice Man]

OK, I just had an idea.

Well, basically, I think it will be impossible for us to find people to fill in all the roles of this RP, because there are simply way too many characters. So, instead of making this a Fellowship of Ten, why don't we create a new fellowship?

I was thinking we could create a new fellowship, with different members, but the same objectives. Some characters, like Gandalf, Aragorn, Frodo and Sam would still exist in our story, but we could then fill the rest of the roles with characters created by ourselves.

So, what do you think of this?

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, I really would rather not take away any of the original characters that are in the fellowship. We already have people playing bormir, merry, pippin, gollum, theoden, arwen, galadriel, and elrond. Plus, I am thinking the fellowship will still be the original nine and our new characters we are creating will be sent out on a mission to scout the land ahead of the fellowship and then a few of us will enter the mines of moria for extra protection to the company. Or something like that. And since we aren't starting the story for another week, we still have a chance for other people to join. We can think about your idea though, arcanjo. Thanks for the input and for your condolences.

~Ariana

[Theoden]

OK, I know that Ariana stated that she would like to stick with the original nine, and have the imagined characters stuff on the sidelines,
but it would seem to me that we then should just get an online copy of the book and cut and paste the story together. Where as if we did what Arcanjo was saying, where we have new fellowship members and old ones, why, the story could come out way differently.

I have never played a role playing game before so I may be way off my rocker. And if I have undermined the authority of the overseer, I am really sorry. I just think Arcanjo has made a good point about the fact that the likely hood of us finding enough people to fill all the roles is very slim and if the story is open ended, then those of us who are playing original characters can have more fun.

This is just a suggestion.

-me

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, I see your point, Theoden. It was my original intention to stick to the original story and add new characters in and I knew it would be a touch wager. It will be dissapointing not to have as many of the original characters in the story as possible, but if that is the way it is going to have to be, than so be it. If by the time I have returned home, and we do not have all of the characters filled, I will begin considering a new approach. For those of you who know other members on the forum, talk to them and ask them if they would like to join the story and have them leave messages here.

Namaarie

~Ariana Undomiel

[Rasec]

Hey, I want to join in as Legolas. May I? i've just posted in your 'Member Announcements' post. But I felt like posting something here as well. I'll be waiting for your answer.

Cesar.

[Theoden]

Welcome to the game, Cesar. I am not the one in charge but I am glad that someone wants to be an alf that actually was in the fellowship. You are cool!
May I introduce myself as the Preciousssss Gollum, Sam the Wise, and King Theoden of Rohan. (Those are the three parts I am taking unless someone will step in and play at least one of them)

So anyway, welcome to the game and I hope we all have fun!

-me

[Rasec]

Hey, I thank you very much. I hope I keep informed about when is the RP starting... Thanks for the 'welcoming'. =)

'Cesar.

[Ariana Undomiel]

Welcome Cesar! I would be most delighted to have you join as Legolas. I would have welcomed you earlier save for that fact that I am away from home and internet time is quite limited. I will announce when we have begun the story once i have returned home this next week. Cya in a while.

~Ariana

[Flame of Anor]

I can't wait for this little shindig to get going. one thing is though I am thinking about changing my character. I don't know.

-Flame

[Rasec]

Thank you. I always wanted to be a powerful elf. :D I'll be waiting patiently for the beggining of this. I know it is going to take some time until you get all the fellows. Hey, Ariana, your Avatar is awesome! The woman is really pretty!!

See you,
'Cesar.

[Dr. Ransom]

I would be interested in joining as Treebeard! I'm new to RPG's though, and while I could get into the story, I don't really understand all this charater discusstion.

Ransom

[Ariana Undomiel]

Flame - Don't you dare. Your character is sooo cool. ;)

Cesar - :)

Dr. Ransom - We would love to have you join as treebeard, and as for the character discussion, there are a couple of us on here who are going to be in the story as character's we are making up. So some of the story will be original to us. As for your role, just play the part of Treebeard when the time comes and don't worry about be exact to the book. Part of the fun is stretching and making up some things as we go along while sticking to the Tolkienish theme.

~Ariana

[Flame of Anor]

Alrighty then, if you won't let me change my character them maybe I shall pick up another.

-Flame

[Ariana Undomiel]

Flame, I am not saying you can't, I am just saying I will be totally bummed if you do. What character did you have in mind?

~Ariana

[Flame of Anor]

See, that is what i am not sure about. I am thinking a lesser role. But am having trouble deciding. I will let you guys know when I have decided. Hopefully that will be before this whole "shinanigan" starts.

-Flame

[Ariana Undomiel]

You could keep you character and then play lesser role such as Celeborn or Haldir or perhaps Bilbo. There are plenty of lesser characters to choose from.

~Ariana

[Flame of Anor]

Quite true, quite true. Although, I am leaning to play a non-Elf based character since that is what my main character is. So I just might go with Bilbo.

-Flame

[Dr. Ransom]

Ok thanks, Plan on me playing Treebeard. I really like that one since it will let me jump in and out a little bit, since my schedule with school is rather "hasty."

-Ransom

[Ariana Undomiel]

All right, I am home from MO and am almost ready to begin the story. I will begin tomorrow evening and will most likely start the story in a new thread. It will be entitled "The Lord of the Rings: A Slightly Different Journey". Everyone will need to post their made up character there starting today and then I will begin the story. If you don't get your character in in time don't worry about just adding in. I will also have a list posted of all the characters that have so far been taken and who will be playing them. Thanks for your patience.

~Ariana

[Flame of Anor]

No, problem. Everyone needs time for personal issues. Glad you had a safe trip. Funerals are never fun. Hope everything went okay.

-Flame

[Ariana Undomiel]

Everything went very well and I will tell you more about it later.

~Ariana

[Ariana Undomiel]

Oh and I made a mistake about the new title of our thread. The new title where the story will be posted is The Lord of the Ring: A Slightly Different Adventure.

~Ariana

[Ariana Undomiel]

Hmmm ... I seem to have a problem. There is no to play Gandalf or Frodo. I would be happy to take on either of them, but I cannot take on the responsibility of both. Anyone want to be Gandalf?

~Ariana

[Ariana Undomiel]

We need someone to please come and play Gandalf in our Role Playing Game. If anyone is interested, please please please PM me. We can't get started without Gandalf.

~Ariana Undomiel

[Ariana Undomiel]

We also need someone to play Aragorn. AAAAAAHHHHHH! We must complete the Fellowship.

~Ariana

[*Lady Arwen*]

I want a part but i'm NOT going to play either gandalf or frodo!

[Ariana Undomiel]

All right. Welcome! What part would you like to be? If you are looking for a part that has not yet been taken up from the book you can be either

Aragorn - filled

Gandalf - filled

Frodo - filled

Hama

Haldir

Eomir

Faramir

Theoden

Gollum

or any other character that has not already been taken up.

~Ariana

[Ciryaher]

Keep all of your discussions in this thread, please.

[*Lady Arwen*]

Can I play Eowyn?
Thanks for letting me in ^_^

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, I am still waiting for someone to play Gandalf and then we can start the game. Either that or we can have Gandalf just not be in the story at the very beginning. I don't know. Unfortunately have the main story sooo stuck in my head I just can't imagine doing it without Gandalf.

~Ariana

[Nenya Evenstar]

I would be willing to play Gandalf. Just let me know what to do, and I'll be in. :)

[Ariana Undomiel]

Excellent! Thanks for joining. I think we can now begin the story. I will start the story Monday the 4th of November around 5 pm. I live on the westcoast so figure out the time related to where you are. If anyone can't start then and you are a character right in the beginning, please let me know as soon as possible.

~Ariana

[ILLOTRTM]

hey, I'd love to join here... I'd like to be one of the fellowship, but who do you need?

[Anamatar IV]

im not sure if my character is right in the beginning or not. Anamatar of dol Amroth. hes not in the fellowship so when will he be introduced?

[Ariana Undomiel]

ILLOTRTM

I think that we have gotten all of the fellowship members filled. However, there were a few people who were not sure that they wanted to be two characters. Theoden is going to tackle being Frodo and Sam, so perhaps you could e-mail Theoden and ask if he/she wants to still be both characters. Or you could be another character that hasn't been taken yet such as Theoden, Faramir, Eomir, Denethor, Quickbeam, Hama, etc. Just let me know.

~Ariana

[Ariana Undomiel]

Anamatar IV

If you wanna have your character meet up with the fellowship in the wilderness before they enter the mines of Moria. That would probably work out splendidly.

~Ariana

[ILLOTRTM]

I'd actually like to try playing Faramir, I've never done a male role before, but there's a first time for everything!

[Ariana Undomiel]

Excellent! I am not sure where we should have Faramir enter the story, but we can all discuss it and figure out what would work as we are not going to be sticking right to the book.

~Ariana

[*Lady Arwen*]

just to tell everyone i'm the person who will play aragorn, k/
so how many more characters do we nead?

[Ariana Undomiel]

I think we can now begin the story. I will start the story Monday the 4th of November around 5 pm. I live on the westcoast so figure out the time related to where you are. If anyone can't start then and you are a character right in the beginning, please let me know as soon as possible.

~Ariana

[Flame of Anor]

I will be available this evening. I should be able to start with you.

-Flame

[Ariana Undomiel]

Wonderful! Thanks Flame. As for all of the rest you who can or cannot make it. I have decided to start the story regardless because we need to as Flame told me in a PM "get the ball rolling". I will probably not get too far tonight and I will be on and off between 5 and 10:30 tonight to keep checking on things. If you can't make it and want me to fill in, don't worry I will probably just keep you in character with the book and film so all you will have to do is just pick up the story when you can. For those of you with your own unique characters, I think I can maneuver around that if you can't make it tonight. Don't worry I won't leave you behind, I will just have Elrond order you around and then have you agree or something like that. ;) lol. See you tonight.

~Ariana

[Anamatar IV]

So I will meet up with the fellowship a few miles from moria? Should I post my acounts from Dol Amroth up to that point so I wont just be waiting around until you get to moria?

[Ariana Undomiel]

Sure, that would be a very cool idea. Gives the story more flavor. You have done RP games before so you know how to incorporate things to make the story flow. :)

~Ariana

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, people, the story has begun. You are welcome now to post your characters thoughts and words as he sits at the council of Elrond.

~Ariana

[*Lady Arwen*]

So were going to use this thread?

[Ariana Undomiel]

This thread is for discussing the story. The Fellowship of the Ring: A Slightly Different Adventure is for the story itself.

-Ariana

[Anamatar IV]

Okay...I think that the council of Elrond has gone on for enough. I know it is a long council in the books yet its been 3 days already. Im running out of ways to stall before I reach Moria :( And Id like to reach Moria about when you guys set out from Rivendell. And are you guys gonna trek caradhras?

[Ariana Undomiel]

Hey, Anamatar. Yeah I know this things has been dragging out a bit. Unfortunately people only have certain times when they can post. I am waiting to see if Theoden will post around noonish and if not then I will have Frodo declare his intent to take the ring. And then we can get the fellowship gathered and get out of Rivendell by tonight. Hopefully! I think we will go to Carahadras but it will not be a long shlep. See you at Moria! ;) Oh and if you need some ideas for filling up the time, just PM me. I have a few up my sleeve.

-Ariana

[Theoden]

Sorry everyone... I know that the fact that I have been stalling has gotten on some of your nerves. Life has been so crazy lately, although I know that is no excuse when I am playing one of the main characters.
Sorry.

-me

[Elu Thingol]

Can I join as Glorfindel? From the books.

[Ariana Undomiel]

Certainly you may. The fellowship is already going to have a lot of members. Elrond will annouce that shortly. However, he is also going to be sending a small group to scout out the lands ahead of them and they will meet with Anamatar at the entrance of Moria where the Fellowship will join them after their failure at Cahradras. spelling? lol. You would be welcome to join tha group if you would care to do so.

-Ariana

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, we have a little problem here people. Sometimes one of the characters is going to go up to someone and speak and expect a responce. If you are not able to give a response because you are absent, either I as the author, will fill in for you, or some one else can figure out a clever way to move on to the next dialogue or seen. Please DO NOT reply later on when the story has already moved on to another scene. It makes things flow badly.

- Ariana

[Ice Man]

I hope that last post wasn't motivated by my laslt post in the RP. :o

[Ariana Undomiel]

It was partly due to that, but it was also due to Lady Arwen's post. That was just incredibly awkward.

- Ariana

[Nenya Evenstar]

I'm so sorry I haven't been able to post in the past few days! I had some problems at home, but they're settled now. :D However, I'm going to be out of town for the next few days until Monday night. Could someone control Gandalf? Thanks a bunch, and I'm sorry! ;)

[Ariana Undomiel]

I will take care of it Nenya. Don't worry. Hey, you wouldn't happen to have any forum friends who might wanna play aragorn would you? *Lady Arwen* just isn't here enough to play the part and she isn't responding to my PMs.

- Ariana

[*Lady Arwen*]

Sorry, my internet was down and I couldn't do anything. But could I still have a part, a smaller part?

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, folks, I have lost several members from this story so now the following roles are not filled.

Aragorn

Legolas

Merry

Pippin

Also, the role of Gollum has yet to be filled. That is not such a big deal right now but it will be later. So talk to your fellow forum members and see if anyone would be interested in taking part.

- Ariana

[Nenya Evenstar]

If you haven't noticed I've been able to post... my brother brought his laptop. Hmmm... I have an idea for Aragorn - I'll check into it as soon as I can when I get home.

[Galdor]

hey guys, just a reminder that Sureatsa can only communicate with Galdor and Ariana. I originally meant for Galdor to be the only one who could communicate with her, but I'll say that Ariana can also communicate with her to a certain extent. Sureatsa communicates mostly telepathically with Galdor, but she can also speak a language that very few can understand and speak, but it is a limited language, i.e. Sureatsa and Ariana can't sit down and have a conversion with each other, and if Galdor wanted her to give Ariana a message he would probably write it down. She can also understand most languages that are spoken in ME.

[Anamatar IV]

Is anyone playing Glorfindel? Because I have just met up with him around Helms Deep.

[Galdor]

I think Elu Thingol is playing Glorfindel, I'll pm him about it.

[Ariana Undomiel]

Galdor, I did not mean to intrude upon your special relationship with your bird. However, I did state at the beginning in my profile that Ariana, being part faye, has the innate ability to speak a language that none save the birds and animals can understand. She can therefore communicate with all creatures to a certain extent and some more than others.

Anamatar, someone is supposed to be playing Glorfindel and if they don't show up when you need to talk to them, go ahead and do the dialogue for both. If you need me to give you a hand, just let me know. I live to serve.

-Ariana

[Galdor]

I know, that's why I don't mind you talking to Sureatsa. I just didn't want everyone else saying that they could talk to her, and I wanted to make sure everyone knew how Sureatsa commumicates.

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, good. I understand. Everyone else make sure you pay attention to Galdor's post. BTW, Galdor, you wanna post something on the story about Sureatsa coming back with news about Ariana and Iaurcalion. You could have her come back to talk to you and then you can warn the fellowship of the wargs and stuff like that. Ariana isn't going to come back to the fellowship until they all meet again near Caradhras. And so after you post, I will move the fellowship ahead to the foothills where they will meet up with the fellowship. Something like that.

- Ariana

[Theoden]

Ariana, could you let Sam have that arrow. It's not that I want to dictate the RP, but I think it would be really cool if Sam got it.I have a good idea for later how he will use it.

-me

[Ariana Undomiel]

Sure, I will let Ariana leave that one behind as she retrieves the rest of her arrows. No problemo.

- Ariana

[Elu Thingol]

I am Glorfindel, however, I've no idea what my character is doing. Could someone fill me in please?

[Ariana Undomiel]

Glorfindel is on his way back to meet the fellowship at Caradhras after having scouted out he gap of Rohan and finding it too near to Isengard for comfort. He also met there a man of Gondor whom he discussed his plans with. He is traveling on Asfolath his elven horse.

- Ariana

[Nenya Evenstar]

I believe that you just left Anamatar near Carahdras to go looking for the Fellowship. I could be wrong though.

[Anamatar IV]

you left me at the misty mountains. AND CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE GET TO MORIA SOON? Im getting bored just being by myself :( ;)

[Galdor]

Flame, Galdor can speak Sureatsa's language, therefore if it is the same language that Ariana is hearing now, then Galdor would also be able to understand it. So ether I need to edit my post so that Galdor can hear it to, or you need to edit yours so it is not the same language as Sureatsa can speak.

[Flame of Anor]

I put a halt on the thread so that we could discuss this. I am not sure if it is the language of Sureatsa. Ariana said that it was like wind and raindrops. But if that is what her language sounds like, I might not know it or then again i might. I don't know. If you like you could copy and past my post and post it as yours and edit it or whatever to make it sound as you were talking. and then we could possibly get Ariana to move delete and move her post down after yours. I too would delete mine. Ariana would also have to edit her post before mine to say that it was you who Gandalf turned and looked at. This would take a bit of coordination though. I will keep my eye on this thread for your reply.

-Flame of Anor

[Galdor]

hmmm, that would be a lot of trouble though. We could just have Ariana edit her post where she said that Sureatsa's langage sounded like rain and wind, and then you could edit your post to say that since Ariana could understand Sureatsa'a language, your charactor just figured that whe could understand the language of the wind and rain.

[Flame of Anor]

umm....do you really think so. I think that it would only be a matter of copy and paste and delete. but if you think so...i could PM Ariana. Who does not seem to be online at the moment. So....should we wait for Ariana? or what?

Another idea would be to just change my post so that it says that you were the object of the post. and have Ariana edit hers...I think that this might be the easiest of ways.

-Flame of Anor

[Galdor]

you might be right. Lets wait and see what Ariana thinks.

[Theoden]

Originally posted by Ariana Undomiel
Sure, I will let Ariana leave that one behind as she retrieves the rest of her arrows. No problemo.

- Ariana

thanx

[Flame of Anor]

Originally posted by Galdor
you might be right. Lets wait and see what Ariana thinks. I think that is the best course of action that we could take.

-Flame

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, Ariana and Sureasta have two different languages going. Ariana can understand Sureasta's language but she cannot speak it. However, because she is faye she speaks a language that nature can understand. Ariana understands the wind and she speaks its language. It is almost as if the wind is personified. Also, the birds can understand this language although they do not speak it themselves. Ariana can understand birds and their language and speaks a different language that they in turn understand. Does that make sense? The language that Ariana spoke was not Sureatsa's own tongue but the falcon understood and spoke back to in her own bird tongue that Ariana understood.

- Ariana

[Nenya Evenstar]

Hmmm... just one thing that no one has caught onto yet.... :( I tried to make it clear that the Fellowship traveled by night, but no one seemed to catch on. Oh well! I guess we're almost to the part where they began to go by day for a bit, so I guess it doesn't really matter - just wanted to bring it to everyone's attention. :o

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, and also, Iaurcalion does not know for certain that Ariana has this special tongue and he does not understand it. However, he believes that from what he heard earlier that she speaks and understands a tongue of the birds and of the wind. He makes a logical guess and then asks Ariana if she can understand the voices, etc. Does that make sense?

-Ariana

[Ariana Undomiel]

Oh, and Nenya is right we are supposed to be traveling by night. I am not exactly sure when or how this all got messed up a wee bit. It could be my mistake and if it is I apologize. Once the company gets off the mountain we can remedy this error.

- Ariana

[Nenya Evenstar]

Well, once the company gets off the mountain they'll head for the mines and from there to Lorien. So it might be a while before they actually travel by night again. Just a thought.

[Flame of Anor]

I have deleted the HALT on the RP. the story may now continue.

-Flame

[Galdor]

Thanks Ariana, that works perfectly. Hmm, do you think Galdor should be able to speak Sureatsa's language, or do you think he should just understand it, and speak to her in quenya?

[Ariana Undomiel]

Hmmmm. I think you have a good thing going here and that you two should be able to share a language. I don't know. It is up to you.

- Ariana

[Anamatar IV]

Nenya has asked me to play Gandalf until sunday. So Im gandalf.

[Ariana Undomiel]

Excellent. Well, you know what to do so have at it.

- Ariana

[Galdor]

hey Ariana, I just went to post, but I didn't because I don't know what the elves are looking at. Do you have something in mind?

[Galdor]

Hey cesarfilho, I think you missread Ariana's post. Glorfindel is already with the comapany, here's a quote from Ariana's post,

Suddenly Galdor pointed to something far in the distance and they beconned Glorfindel to them. As they pointed at their subject of interest, Ariana saw the third elf lord nod.

[Ariana Undomiel]

The elves are looking at the great cliffs where the mines of Moria are. They have spotted what Glorfindel confirms to be the man from Gondor, Anamatar. Would that work?

- Ariana

[Ariana Undomiel]

Oh, yes, and just one more thing. Cesar, you do need to edit your post a wee bit. And just out of curiosity, is Legolas currently just posing admiration for his female companion or he is starting to fall in love with her. Just to let you know, Ariana only has two things on her mind right now, the safety of the fellowship and her relationship with her brother Aragorn. She isn't thinking about love right now and when she does it is gonna be a bit of a difficulty because I mean there are so many good looking and noble elves in the company, Legolas, Glorfindel, Iaurcalion, and Galdor. So anyway, I just thought I should warn you.

-Ariana

[Flame of Anor]

Is it just me or are others of you having difficulties placing where the Fellowship is at this exact moment. I am wondering if they are nearing Moria or if they are still on the slopes of Caradhras. I am seriously lost. I would really like to post but I don't know where the Fellowship is.

-Flame

[Anamatar IV]

I think on caradhras. I have 2 things:

Who is playing aragorn? I might need to know for Anamatars entrance.

And will only frodo and Sam go to Mordor?

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, we are still on Caradhras and I will try to get us off there. Or someone else can if they like. I am currently playing Aragorn because Lady Arwen dropped the role. We also lost Buu who was playing Gimli. And there is no one to play merry and pippin. Anyway, I think that Sam and Frodo will go alone to Mordor, but we will worry about that bridge when we come to it.

- Ariana

[HobbitGirl]

Hi all! I am sorry I was not around to post before the company left Rivendell. My internet was having problems and I was not able to use it. I hope this has not been inconvienient(sp?:)).

[Flame of Anor]

HobbitGirl I don't think that it will be a problem if you still wanted to play Galadriel. For we are not as of yet to Lothlorien.

-Flame of Anor

[Ariana Undomiel]

Nope, definately will not be a problem. Also, there should be some stuff near the end of the story between Arwen and Aragorn. So you can be Arwen there too.

- Ariana

[Theoden]

Originally posted by Ariana Undomiel
...We also lost Buu who was playing Gimli. And there is no one to play merry and pippin. Anyway, I think that Sam and Frodo will go alone to Mordor, but we will worry about that bridge when we come to it.

- Ariana

Don't stone me for this suggestion, but for those characters that have no forum member to play their parts (particullarly Gimli, Merry and Pippen), they could be killed off in Moria. I am playing the roles of Sam and Frodo, but if the "fellowship" decides so (I mean Ariana) I could also play Merry and Pippen.

As for if Sam and Frodo will go alone to Mordor, I think I agree with Ariana. It would really mess the story up if there was a strong and able-bodied person with the two hobbits on their way to mordor.

-me

[Theoden]

Ok, I posted as pippen... if someone really dosn't want me to play that part, I can delete it. I will also play Merry to the best of my ability unless someone else wants the part.

(Sorry Gimli, can't play FIVE characters)

-me

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, maybe we will kill of Gimli in moria. But I am absolutely refusing to lose merry, pippin or aragorn. I will play aragorn too for now.

- Ariana

[Flame of Anor]

I thought that Anamatar was playing Aragorn for Nenya till sunday. And i don't think that Gimli needs to be killed. We could at just include something within our posts to say what Gimli is doing. It is just an idea though.

-Flame of Anor

[Ice Man]

Guys, about your last posts, in which you mention that something is comming. What is it? Are the Orcs going to find us again? Will we encounter wargs?

I just wanted to know so I think of a good post. :)

[Ariana Undomiel]

I thought that Anamatar was playing Nenya's role which was Gandalf. not Aragorn. Am I mistaken?

We are going to meet up with Anamatar. That's who the elves were looking at.

- Ariana

[Galdor]

I think Arcanjo was refering to both Flame's and Theoden's last post, which say,


Sam felt Bills reluctance as they came out of the mountains. It was as if the pony sensed something. Be it danger, or pestilence or a terrible parting, Sam could not tell, but the Gaffer had always told him to trust animals and their instincts... Sam just hoped Bill was wrong. But something in his heart told him that the pony was right.



As the Fellowship made its way down the mountain, Iaurcalion got this strange feeling, as if something or someone was watching them. He noticed that Bill the Pony also showed some sign of resistence to going forward with the journey, as if he too could feel it. Iaurcalion then made his what up to the front of the company to talk to Gandalf, who was leading the march. "Gandalf, I have a sense that someone or something is watching us. What do you think that it could be?" asked Iaurcalion.

[Ice Man]

Yeah, that's what I want to know about. :)

[Theoden]

In reply to Arcanjo,

no... I just wanted to post and there was nothing to post about so I thought I could build suspense for Moria. If someone wanted to take it to another Orc attack, I would be fine with that... but I did not mean anything other than suspense. Sorry for the confusion...

-me

[Ice Man]

OK, just another small thing I want to know.

Who are the characters who are actually with the fellowship, and who is controlling each character? These Elves, are they with us, when they with us through Moria?

[Flame of Anor]

Do you remember when Gandalf tells Frodo and Sam not to trust any creature because you never might know who might be working for the enemy. So I said what I said as if there were some spy of Sauruman watching the fellowship's progress. nothing more. I am sorry for the confusion also.

-Flame of Anor

[Rasec]

That guy that was coming towards us was not Glorfindel, as I mentioned? I thought it was, I don't know why, I think I readin someone's post. Ok, maybe it's Anamatar. Will we meet him?! Just confirm to me if it's Anamatar and I have to edit my post.

'Cesar.

[Ariana Undomiel]

Yeah, we were talking about Anamatar. But we don't meet him till we are almost to the entrance to the mines of moria. The elves all have the vision of eagles and therefore can see anamatar from far off.

- Ariana

[Anamatar IV]

could we have Anamatar meat with the fellowship earlier? Like a bit before moria? Because Anamatar A)-Has no idea where moria is and B)-Is getting tired of not meeting anyone:p

[Ariana Undomiel]

Anamatar, you are welcome to meet the fellowship any time now. You do not have to go to Moria ahead of us, because it is true that those gates have long been kept a very close secret and few know of their location.

- Ariana

[Anamatar IV]

Ariana, could you edit your post a bit? I have something cool in mind for when Anamatar first finds the fellowship. The part with Glorfindel and the first words that Anamatar says is fine, I just have something planned for the introducing...

[HobbitGirl]

No! You can't kill off Gimli! How would that affect the battle at Helm's Deep? Gimli is one of the three Brothers in Arms! I would play Gimli, but I'm pretty sure I would be terrible at it. But you can't kill him!

[Ariana Undomiel]

Don't worry. We aren't going to kill off Gimli. I think that what we are going to do is just have various people play him where he is needed throughout the story.

- Ariana

[HobbitGirl]

Oh. Ok then. That's a relief. Sorry for getting all worked up. :D

Just so you know, I may not be able to post for the rest of the month. If the fellowship reaches Lothlorien before then, will someone please post for me? I am sorry to be a bother.

[Anamatar IV]

no more halt. Its great ariana. I just deleted the halt so resume posting.

[Theoden]

Hope you guys don't mind but I sort of pushed the RP into second gear.

[Nenya Evenstar]

It's perfectly fine with me. :)

[Ice Man]

It's fine with me, I just want to ask you to NOT make things hapen too quickly once we find the orcs, the troll and the balrog! I ant to describe some nasty fight scenes! :D

[Theoden]

As long as you are not too disgusting:D :p

[Flame of Anor]

It is agreed then. We shall continue in second gear while in the minor sequences, but when it gets to the important fight scenes. I think that we should slow it down some because a lot of stuff can happen in those scenes.

-Flame of Anor

[Ariana Undomiel]

Yes we should definately speed it up to the point in Balin's tomb, but let's be realistic about it. Also, for those of you who want to be describing the fight scenes, that is fine but let us please keep it to a PG-13 rating. Thanks! :)

- Ariana

[Anamatar IV]

please keep it slow the least bit!! most of the rp stuff happens while im sleeping and I dont wanna miss balins tomb or the balrog!!!!

[Theoden]

As long as we don't shift into reverse, I will be happy... and as long as I can write out the scene with the cave troll, I will be very happy. :D I guess we all have our little scenes that we want to write out in our own words.

-me

[Anamatar IV]

hey will Nenya receive a new part to play for the time being after gandalf passes?

[Nenya Evenstar]

Hmmm... perhaps I can just hang out reading the RP for a bit. I'd be fine with that - I'm swamped with RP's. Unless, that is, you want me to play Aragorn or someone like him. I'd be more than happy to do that as well. Just let me know what you'd prefer. :D

[Flame of Anor]

It is up to Ariana, but you could possibly take over the role of Gimli and another minor part. I am not sure who at the moment is playing Aragorn.

-Flame

[Anamatar IV]

hey, Rasec: Aragorn hasnt been named Elessar yet. He takes that name when he claims gondor.

[Flame of Anor]

Actually, Galadriel calls Aragorn Elessar the Elfstone. I quote:"This stone I gave to Celebrían my daughter, and she to hers; and now it comes to you as a token of hope. In this hour take the name that was foretold for you, Elessar, the Elfstone of the house of Elendil!" - J.R.R. Tolkien ~ The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Part 2 Chapter 8 "Farewell to Lorien" I hope this point is clear.

Another thing, what about that mysterious drink that Gandalf had that gave energy?

-Flame of Anor

[Galdor]

Indeed, it was foretold at his birth that he would be called "Elessar." But there are few who knew that, and Legolas was not among them. Though the name was foretold, it was not given to him until he went to Gondor during the War of the Ring.

[Nenya Evenstar]

Another thing, what about that mysterious drink that Gandalf had that gave energy?

Well, I guess we could use it a little bit... but Gandalf is going to die soon. I kind of forgot about it, and we forgot to use it on Caradhras.

[Rasec]

Thanks and sorry. I'll edit it. I think I'm supposed to read The Lord of the Rings again. =)

'Cesar.

[Theoden]

I have a question: in general, do people mind if their characters are spoken for if it is a direct quote from the book? Cause in my last post, I had Gandalf say a ton, but it was all directly quoted from the book. I don't mind if you guys use the hobbits in your posts, and I mind even less if it is being directly quoted from the book. Just a question cause I don't want to offend people.

for those of you that have characters that never even existed in the original story (that must make you feel special :D lol), I was wondering if you could let me know (and everyone else, for that matter) what extent it is ok with you that we play with your characters since we can never quote you from the book? Thanks!

-me

[Nenya Evenstar]

I do not mind if people move my character some. I quoted the book in my last post as well and could have finished that part but didn't in order to give other people room to elaborate on the given scene. Theoden, you did exactly what I hoped someone would do. :)

[Anamatar IV]

will we have a cave troll battle or just frodo stabbing his foot?

[Ariana Undomiel]

I do not mind if little things are done with my character. She is very unique, however, and I would prefer to do the most with her. But for the sake of the story, you are welcome to move her along or mention something that she is doing. Please do nothing when her at the bridge because there I have something very special for her to do.

- Ariana

[Anamatar IV]

do what you want with Anamatar. Just remember these few things (I am a bit stingy about them:p ):

He has more pride for Dol Amroth and prince Imrahil than Minas Tirith and Denethor

He is a Numenorean. Later on in the rp world he establishes a Numenorean place.

He does not want the ring to go to Gondor but will not tell anyone.


Thats all. But if youre gonna do an important or big or drastic thing with him ask me first. Told ya I was stingy.;)

[Ice Man]

Lets not go too fast with the fight against the orcs and please don't let them get me again. :)

[Nenya Evenstar]

Ummm... speaking about getting too fast.... I left the forum for six hours and when I got back the battle was already over. I was left without being able to take part in it at all. What about all that talk about taking the battle slow? :(

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, I am really sorry that you didn't get to take part in the battle. How about since you are on right now you go ahead and lead the charge to the bridge. You could get it going. Don't get to the bridge quite yet though because people need to know that we are going to do the seen with the balrog soon. Just post when you think are going to be able to do that scene so that we all know.

- Ariana

[Nenya Evenstar]

Oooo... it's no biggie. :D I was just complaining. :o Actually, I have to leave in three minutes, so I can't really start it. Go ahead and start; or, if you don't, I'll start it tomorrow. All I ask is: Wait for me when we reach the bridge. I'd really like to post Gandalf's death and fight with the Balrog. Thx a billion.

[Theoden]

Hey, besides the fact that Nenya got left out, I think the battle went very well.

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, Nenya needs to do the posting when it comes to the scene with the Balrog. She needs to do the final duel between the two and then have Gandalf fall. However, after that, please do not post until I have. In fact, Nenya, once you have had Gandalf fall to the horror of the company, please post a halt. There is something very important that has to happen with Ariana right after that. OK?

- Ariana

[Ice Man]

Originally posted by Theoden
Hey, besides the fact that Nenya got left out, I think the battle went very well.

At least I managed to post once. :)

[Galdor]

Noooooooo, I missed the fight in moria!
Sorry that I havn't been able to post much in the last few days. My internet at home is down, and I'm only at a place where I can get online Tues. and Thurs. I'm not sure how long it will be before we can get it fixed, but hopfully it will be fixed by the end of this week. btw, Ariana, will you post for me until my internet starts working again?

Edit: I just made a post, with Galdor thinking that you might be part Faye. Besides Glorfindel, Galdor has lived on ME much longer then any of the others, so I figured he would have to know something about Faye. But if you want me to edit it, just tell me and I will do so.

[Anamatar IV]

hidyhoe neighborinos! I made a logo for this rp and I wanted you'll to see it. The gold thing is the one ring. You see its the one ring but not exactly. Our story is lotr but not exactly. here you go:
http://www.thetolkienforum.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=189121

[Nenya Evenstar]

However, after that, please do not post until I have. In fact, Nenya, once you have had Gandalf fall to the horror of the company, please post a halt.

Yup! Will do. :D

Anamatar, I like the logo a lot! Good work. :)

[Anamatar IV]

Is it just me or is this rp more of a different fotr the movie than it is of the books? In the books Gandalf has no idea that its a balrog. There is the cave troll battle scene in the movie. Nothing wrong with some parts being sort of movie but this is like a replica of the movie!

Sam was struck still with shock and fear. The creature spotted the small hobbit and raised its huge club above his head. As it came down, the hobbit came to his senses and made terrific leap forward and scrabbled between the trunk like legs of the troll. Confused it looked round and spotted Sam as he tried to crawl away

That is a cinematic effect. The bit of suspense about sam almost being crushed and his size helping him. Its exactly as it happened in the movie. Can we please get closer to the books?

[Theoden]

did I post that?!?!?!

I can't find that part in any of my posts:( :confused:

[Ariana Undomiel]

Sorry. That was me. :( I will try to stick closer to the books if I can. I just haven't read them and a bit but I have seen the movie a lot recently. lol.

- Ariana

[Nenya Evenstar]

Alright, I have posted Gandalf's death and the Halt. Everything is ready for you, Arianna.

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, I have posted so you can remove the halt. And doen't freak all of you who read my post. Ariana doesn't save Gandalf. She just tries to. This will not have any affect on what happens to Gandalf in the story. It just adds something else to Ariana.

- Ariana

[Anamatar IV]

fuey. I missed the balrog scene while I was asleep;)

I was gonna have Anamatar just say Amroth because he had been calling it Amroth instead of Dol Amroth the entire time but whatever. Dol Amroth is fine...

[Ice Man]

I don't want to ruin the fun, but doesn't it seem as Ariana's character is simply too much? I mean, she can fight, sing, listen to the most inauduble sounds, speak different tounges, talk to animals, capture our thoughts and now she can fly...

I think she should be more vunerable, or at least less powerfull, because nobody else in the fellowship can do even half the things she does...

[Ariana Undomiel]

I am sorry. I don't mean to be taking over all the fun or anything. Other members are welcome to do stuff, but no one seems to be doing much other than me. Galdor is probably the only other person to have more powers and he just doesn't choose to use them at this time. Others in the company can do stuff if they like, but no one really is. It's not my fault. As the story opens up more after Loth Lorien and the company gets spread out, just experiment and have some fun. Oh, and Ariana is going to be more vulnerable after this part. She doesn't save Gandalf, but in the attempt something bad does happen to her.

- Ariana

[Ariana Undomiel]

Oh, and all the elves have the same kind of hearing that Ariana does. They just haven't talked about it and I have. Ariana can understand some different languages, but not all of them. She can't speak dwarf, or ent, or rohirrim, or orc. She can sing, but so can any one else if they want to. She sings a certain tongue, but that isn't that big of a whoop. And yes, she can read some thoughts, but hey, she was raised by Galadriel and Celeborn. What do you expect? I will try and tone it down, but I am just having a lot of fun and it doesn't mean that no one else's character can't.

- Ariana

[Ariana Undomiel]

I do apologize if I seem to have been lording over the story with my character. I never intended to do that.

- Ariana

[Ice Man]

Nah, relax. It's just that there are times in which it she seems to be comlpetely out of reach from the rest of the RP. You know, like she is almost a God or something having fun with normal fellows from Middle-earth.

I'm having a great time, and I'm only not posting more because I don't want to draw too much attention to Hamann/Boromir, since he isn't one of the main characters in the book.

[Flame of Anor]

If what has been said is said. I think that the halt should be deleted.

-Flame

[Ariana Undomiel]

Yeah. Nenya can take care of that once she returns. You should all know that you are free to post now that I have.

- Ariana

[Anamatar IV]

Hehe. I have a problem with pippin using a bow. Thats about it. thats a funny picture. Pippin picking up a bow out of a skeletons hand and a few arrows out of his quiver and just shooting. But nothing worth changing. So instead of the three hunters there will be, what, 9?:rolleyes: thats like the entire fellowship. Maybe we could have it like this: Since we have no one playing Gimli we have something like he stayed in Lothlorien for the love of galadriel and then comes back later for helms deep. And Glorfindel and another elf or two stays or something. I just dont think we can have 9 people treking across rohan.

[Ariana Undomiel]

I was thinking that we could definately lose Glorfindel. He is not even really being played in this story at all. Also, I was thinking that Ariana is going to be staying in Loth Lorien for a while. I am not sure we should leave Gimli there or not. We will see.

- Ariana

[Nenya Evenstar]

I don't think you should leave Gimli... you'd miss all the stuff at Helms Deep. It'd ruin a lot of the story, IMO.

[Anamatar IV]

which is why he would come back at helms deep. In order for this to happen wed need to have lothlorien elves come to helms deep and people wouldnt like that Im sure but we need to drop id say at least 2 characters for a while.

[Ariana Undomiel]

I agree that we should leave a couple of characters at Loth Lorien for a while. I am actually going to leave Ariana there for a while and let other characters have more time in the story. Also, Glorfindel should stay there as well and maybe not show up for the rest of the story. I am not sure we should leave Gimli there though. Also, Aracanjo, are you going to have Hamman be slain by the orcs, or do you want him to live. Merry and Pippin should still be captured by the Urukai and Sam and Frodo still need to split and go off to Mordor at the appropriate time of course. That way the people who would be tracking the orcs would be Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Iaurcalion, Galdor, Anamatar ... and oh boy that would be possibly a little too much. That would be a company of six. Hmmmm ... perhaps someone else could suggest something for the characters. Anyway, once the company leaves Lothlorien I might pick up the role of Aragorn. If no one else minds. I can't remember if we had someone playing him specifically or not. Anyway, we have plenty of time to discuss it.

- Ariana

[Nenya Evenstar]

I would be willing to play Gimli until Gandalf comes back. Perhaps that would help out a little bit. Maybe if Hamman does not die (though I think he should, forgive me, Arcanjo ;)), perhaps he could take some people with him to Minas Tirith? And even if he does die a few people could go there anyway.

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, I have definately decided that Ariana is going to be left behind in Lothlorien. Just to give you a heads up on what is going to happen with her, let's just say that flying down into the chasm after Gandalf was really a foolish thing for her to do and she is going to suffer for it. So she will not rejoin the company until probably Helm's Deep or maybe a little before then like at Rohan.

Until then, if no one minds I would like to play Aragorn.

- Ariana

[Nenya Evenstar]

Sounds good to me! :D What about Gimli? Is anyone playing him? Would he be open for me?

[Ariana Undomiel]

I think he is definately open for you. Go ahead and take him if no one else protests. We need to hear more from that dwarf anyway.

- Ariana

[Nenya Evenstar]

Alright! Will do. :)

[Ariana Undomiel]

Hey, everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that I am compiling and combing all the posts together to creature a smooth and edited version of our role playing story so that when the story is finished in the future we will have a nice copy of it. Anyone who wants a copy can PM me after the story is over and I will try to e-mail it to them or something. Just thought I would let you know.

- Ariana

[Galdor]

I don't have any plans for Galdor, so any suggestions will be welcome.

Edit: Ariana, I just made a post with Galdor asking Aragorn for leave to return to Moria. It's up to you whether or not Aragorn will permit him to do so.

[Nenya Evenstar]

Darn! We missed the whole part about Mirrormere and the crown with the seven stars, Kheled-zaram the fair and beautiful. :( Ahhh... probably part of my fault since I am now Gimli. :d Let's not pass over the voice of Nimrodel in the stream, ok?

[Ariana Undomiel]

Oh, yeah I totally forgot about that part too. Don't worry we won't pass over that part. Legolas needs to do that scene though so perhaps you could PM Rasec and remind him.

- Ariana

[Nenya Evenstar]

Ok, I will let him know. :)

[Galdor]

Ariana, should Galdor meet you at the bridge, or should he just wait right outside the gate for you? I'm not sure what your planning on doing with Ariana, so could you pm me what she is up to so I know what to have Galdor do?

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, Galdor, I sent you a PM explaining what I would like to do. Let me know as soon you can if you liked my idea.

- Ariana

[HobbitGirl]

I'm terribly sorry, but I have to drop out of this rp. I know I've been just a flake and a hinderance. I'm sorry. I hope whoever takes up the parts of Arwen and Galadriel is better than I've been (though it won't be hard to outdo me, I'm terrible).

[Ariana Undomiel]

:( Oh, I am sorry that you have to leave hobbitgirl. I suppose I can take over for you as Arwen and as Galadriel since they are small parts. But if you could do us a favor, try to find somone who can replace you. We seem to lose members a lot on this story.

Ok, for all the rest of you, I am now playing Galadriel and Arwen unless anyone else on here wants to be them.

- Ariana

[Theoden]

I am afraid the much like HobbitGirl, I am going to have to bid you all a bitter farewell. My life is crazy right now and with the holidays coming up and work and all that, I just cant afford to take the time out of my day that this awesome RPG diserves. I am truely sorry but my family and friends need me and I am not finding enough time to even spend a little bit of time each morning with my Bible, so something has to give. Sorry.

-me:(

[Nenya Evenstar]

HobbitGirl and Theoden! :eek: This is bad news! However, I do understand, but that will not keep us from missing you. :(

Ariana, if you need me to play anyone else, I will.

[Ariana Undomiel]

:( I am also very sorry to lose you Theoden, although I completely understand why you need to drop out.

Nenya, thanks for the kind offer. I will definatley keep it in consideration. However, I think at this point in time we need to search for other forum members to replace our lost players. I am going to post a message somewhere. If you know anyone on the forum whom you could ask to take on a character, please talk to them.

So now we are in need of players for the following characters.

Frodo

Samwise

Pippin

Merry

And these following characters which are currently being played by us.

Aragorn

Galadriel

Arwen

- Ariana

[Nenya Evenstar]

Alright, I will keep my eyes open for people who might want to join. Also, you might want to add little Gimli to the list for when Gandalf comes back. Or, if no one wants to play him I can keep him - he is, after all, a rather sound bloke. :D

[Galdor]

Ariana, empty out your pm box, it's full.

[Ariana Undomiel]

Sorry about that. It is empty now.

- Ariana

[Anamatar IV]

id be happy to play Gollum when we get to the part.

[Nenya Evenstar]

Hey, just a note to everyone: Could we add in the part where the Elves insist that Gimli goes blindfolded? I can't add it in at this second as it won't fit. :)

[Éomond]

I think I'm going to be Eomer and later on also be my own character in Gondor. If you want me to be anybody else I would be happy to!:)

[ILLOTRTM]

I'll give you guys a hand and be Sam for you. Hope I'm a good Sam :D

[Anamatar IV]

everyone knows that I'll be gollum, right? Ive got a great "non-book but book" plan;)

Yesss precious. We wants it precious. it came to us itss ourss he stole it the theivessess we hatess it. we hates it and we hatess all baginsess. ;)

[Éomond]

So what's going on in the story and where are you people?

[Ariana Undomiel]

I would suggest that you read up on the character descriptions at the beginning of the story and if you do not have time to read the whole story from beginning to end, then I would suggest you read the last 15 posts or so.

- Ariana

[Ariana Undomiel]

Hi, everyone. I just posted a halt on our story. Right now very few people seem interested in posting on the story and as Galdor has something very important to post, I want to keep it free for him. He probably will not be posting for a few days, so until that time I am afraid the story will be at a standstill. Perhaps over Christmas things might be too busy for people to work on the story, so perhaps we will later put a hold on it. I don't know yet. Opinions anyone?

- Ariana

[Anamatar IV]

I havent posted in a while sincee nothing is happening. Every single post-and I mean EVERY single post- is about 1 of 2 things: walking through the woods of Lorien and remembering Ariana. Its the same thing over and over again.

[Ariana Undomiel]

I know, and I apologize for that. I have been waiting for Galdor to post something that is very important in the story and it has to happen before the company meets Galadriel and Celeborn. I agree that the story has been going quite slow, but once Galdor gets in his post, the story will move much more rappidly.

- Ariana

[ILLOTRTM]

Oh, now it's like getting to the end of a chapter in a book and having to put it down :D Sorry I haven't had Sam do much, but I haven't had anything for him to do! It'll get better once Galdor posts his mysterious post ;) See you all when we start it back up.

[Nenya Evenstar]

I was just waiting for Aragorn to come along and do his thing about the Niphredil and Elanor and his words about Arwen. *sigh* :p

[Flame of Anor]

Originally posted by Anamatar IV
I havent posted in a while sincee nothing is happening. Every single post-and I mean EVERY single post- is about 1 of 2 things: walking through the woods of Lorien and remembering Ariana. Its the same thing over and over again. Yes, I have noticed this as well. So right now we are waiting for Galdor to post. I will be watching this thread and the main RPG waiting for the halt to be deleted.

-Flame

[Ariana Undomiel]

Ok, everyone, I have removed the halt and Galdor has made his posts.

Rasec, would you mind waiting with that last post you made? I need to post an entrance of the fellowship meeting Galadriel and Celeborn and then you can post that. Actually anyone else is welcome to post the company meeting the Lord and Lady but I thought that I would just quickly type in a quote out of the book and add in the extra fellowship members so that it would all work. Anyway, back to the story people. Sorry for the delay.

- Ariana

[Éomond]

Am I still Éomer?

[Ariana Undomiel]

I believe that you are.

- Ariana

[Éomond]

Ok, thank you. I if you want me to play anyone else I could.

[Ol'gaffer]

is it too late to join this?
if not here's my charecter.

Name: Aren Proudfoot
Age: 30th
Race: Hobbit
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown

About Him: born into the proudfoot family Aren never got comfortable into his families slow and quiet ways and just before his 30th he ran away from home. now with only a sword that he got from his uncle who caugth him before he ran. and some food and a rugsack aren is on the road to explore the middle earth.

items: Short sword, rugsack, two weeks rations, travelling cloack

[Ol'gaffer]

oh, Sorry I should have read this thing better. Forget aren. Can I Play frodo or sam??

[Ariana Undomiel]

Sam is already being played by someone, but you are more than welcome to play Frodo. Just read how our last poster portrayed Frodo and take it from there. :) Welcome to the story!

- Ariana

[Ariana Undomiel]

Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I am out of town for the Christmas holidays and will have very limited access to the story. You are more than welcome to keep going with it, but if you my character to be involved, I am checking my e-mail so I will try to keep an eye on things. Also, someone else may need to play Aragorn for a while.

- Ariana

[Ariana Undomiel]

Hey where is everyone? This story seems to be moving forward under my steam and the steam of just a few others, namely Galdor and Flame. Alot is being done with Ariana's character but there has to be more involvment from the rest of you. Surely you have things you could post. Frodo and Sam need to meet with Galadriel. Of course since I am playing her now as well I suppose I could just get that started. But it can't be all me. So jump in and do some stuff, ok?

- Ariana

[Anamatar IV]

*sorry sorry* Ive just been a bit preocuppied with the war rps that I just joined and such but I'll try to be more active now...it's just a tint hard when you have a made up character where to place him. Like I obviously can't have MAJOR events take place with Anamatar...especially since Frodo and Sam are about to see the mirror.

[ILLOTRTM]

My apologies. I was going to do the part where they ask Sam why he blushed in front of her, but I couldn't really find a good spot. I was now waiting for Frodo to get the next scene with either the song or the mirror rolling.... By the way, is Ol'gaffer still playing Frodo?