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In the year 420 of the Third Age of Arda, during the reign of the 7th King of Gondor, Osother (T.A. 411-492), Minas Arnor was rebuilt and enlarged. Upon completion, King Osother made Minas Arnor his summer residence. It was during this time that the Marketplace was established on the second level of the White City. During the long years of the Third Age as Minas Tirith grew more prominent, and eventually became the capital of Gondor and seat of its Kings and ruling Stewards, the Marketplace prospered and expanded in accordance with the needs of its citizens.
The Minas Tirith Marketplace, settled between the second gate facing south-east and the third that faces north-east, resembles a massive labyrinth in its design. In its heart is the Vandani Minrimmon Square, named after the Master of Trade who helped to reestablish the Marketplace after the Siege of Minas Tirith. The square is paved with white stone with a bubbling fountain in the centre. Two large buildings dominate the Vandani Minrimmon Square: The Minas Tirith Chamber of Commerce and the Minas Tirith Guild Hall.
Fanning out from the square are a myriad of open and covered streets with a variety of shops and stands. Although the grand market might look confusing to the first time visitor, in reality, the marketplace is easy to navigate. The shops and stalls in the streets are organised by profession and the streets got their names from those professions. Thus the marketplace has a jeweller district, a carpenter district, book district, spices and herbs district etc.
Minas Tirith’s Marketplace is a bustling and lively place, filled with sounds, scents and colours. Items from all over the Reunited Kingdom and beyond can be found here. The luxury and the exotic meet the simple and the everyday objects. The rich and the poor, the young and the old, citizens and foreigners, masters and apprentices, shoppers and shopkeepers, artists and craftsmen mingle together daily, celebrating everyday life and enjoying a day at the Minas Tirith Marketplace.
Thread guidelines
General thread guidelines
General thread guidelines
- All Plaza RP Rules apply. Please refer to the RP Code of Conduct if unsure.
- Canon Characters: All canon characters are open to everyone. If more than one person wants to write the same character, they are free to do so. Any and all duplicates will be considered as existing in different universes and not interfering with each other, unless otherwise agreed upon by the players. Or one of them might be an imposter? A Maia in disguise? Be creative, entertain the TR (she is easily amused).
- Crossovers with other fandoms are welcome. Please mark that the post is a crossover with the fandom of your choice at the top of your post in bold to avoid confusion and be as creative as you possibly can.
- Please mark your RP as Private or Open. If you are not certain about the privacy status of an RP and you would like to join, please talk to the RP-er(s) first. Use the Marketplace OOC or the RP Request Form Thread, or Discord/e-mail etc.
- If you need to make a short OOC comment please write it at the bottom of your post and mark it clearly. Any longer discussion should be taken to the Marketplace OOC thread.
- Small images (such as character icons) are welcome, but no moving gifs.
Marketplace guidelines regarding shops, timelines et alii.
- This is a Free RP with a Marketplace theme. You may RP in any Marketplace location or shop (a list of possible locations and shops will be provided in the Repository post below) in any timeline from ab urbe condita (S.A. 3320), rebuilding and expansion of Minas Arnor (T.A. 420), to the current timeline in Gondor (early Fourth Age)… Or anywhere in between and beyond. Please write your location and timeline (e.g. Smith’s Smithy, T.A. 3010) of your post at the top in bold to avoid any confusion.
- The TR reserves bold red (#FF0000) for occasional (nonobligatory) prompts. You may post in any colour you like, but please refrain from using bright/neon/very light colours as they are difficult to read.
- Repeat shops/stalls are allowed and encouraged. There can be more than one type of the same shop or stall in the Marketplace: e.g. more than one bakery, carpentry, smithy, apothecary etc.
- A suggestion regarding apprentices/masters, progressing in your chosen profession and other Marketplace related RP technicalities: if you so desire, please use the Minas Tirith Guild Hall to RP the registration of apprentices, T&C of their work, how their evaluation for advancing in their chosen profession will take place etc. Feel free to RP this process however you like and, invent NPCs etc. Do whatever fits your story while sticking to the thread guidelines.
- Be creative and have fun!
A huge thank you to @Veowyn who has graciously given me permission to open up a new thread. I hope you'll like the little tribute I made to you and your character. A big thank you to @Marceline @Marshall Lee and @Moriel whose thread rules I liberally borrowed and adapted in the creation of this thread. Thank you, you are stars!