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I have so many... now that I'm off of work and home, I need to decide to make NPC roster or do another Earenolwe bio segment, or reply to Rivvy's Bragollach update... my posting list is huge.

Are you using your Lindon Elves and Brona or more, @Tarawen ?

@Aigronding Mordagnir - Both! Plotting to do some more backstory development for Rilyanis and Calindo, and of course Brona will reappear whenever needed. :smiley8:

Alright, I posted as the orc commander besieging the Haladin. Hopefully you all understand the Orcish dialect :P. Tomorrow will be Earcolante's flight.

@Laintaen Aig’s post did mention other marchwardens stealing out of the shadows to support Silandhas and Mallosel who have noted Aredhel and co. You are very welcome for one of these to be Beleg.

In fact, given how extremely rude my Mallosel NPC is turning out to be in the post in writing, would you like Beleg to be the one who delivers the actual directions to Aredhel’s party, as quoted in the Silmarilion ? Because I am fairly sure Mallosel is not going to tell them ‘where to go’ in the best way to have them on their way.

A prompt will also be delivered for Doriath folk regarding the Council of Lords that @Aigronding Mordagnir mentuoned. Thingol does not want to support Fingolfin in any direct assault on Melkor, although the Sindar kings nephews are in fact in very real threat, in Dorthonion. My thoughts were for Thingol to call upon his most trusted of folks to confer with them that the Noldor might be kicking a hornets nest soon, and Doriath must be ready for the consequences, even if we do not aid our foolish kin. The Bragollach is going to effectively take out Dorthonion and the aforementioned Noldor nephews, and Doriath is going to face an awful lot of Sindarin refugees flooding in soon .. so it’s good to have everyone prepared for that. Obviously Beleg shall be welcomed in this Sindarin discussion, along with Mablung, Melian, Celeborn and Galadriel, etc ...

Does that/either of those sound like something you would be interested in ? I should have my post up today.

I think proper titling is more essential than colors. Everyone likes to personalize with their colors. With the year, the location and name of the story line, even a blurb of what the post is about is better. @Dwarrow Elf's posts are a good example. Even the way he divided up his Melkor post. Maybe I like making my posts stand out more than others but I think I speak for most lol

edit: also Aig is color blind apparently XD and anyone can use Ctrl+F to search for a title and skip though the posts pertaining to that story

Aigronding Mordagnir wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 4:03 pm ... I'll have my Finarfin-loyal characters freaking out but I'm waiting for Cassie to attack their fort.

My Balrog is attacking Dorthonion only as part of the group under the command of Sauron’s group, Aig. I’m not leading any minions. Just throwing one of each of mine into each group.

@Laintaen Thankyou for taking on that quote for me. I can definitely post it here for you. Looking forward to working with Beleg

No clue if you have these links: http://web.archive.org/web/201503231816 ... n-of-Endor
http://web.archive.org/web/201712052013 ... post664744

We have the use of some beautiful icons to distinguish between writing for Sindar/Noldor/Men/Dwarves/Orcs and I vaguely remember that at one point we had icons for the different kingdoms of Beleriand. So identifying the posts of others RPing where you were, was sort of like recognising your company’s banners across a crazy battlefield !

Something like that might be useful. I mean, we do have a lot of character icons too but faces (especially this many) can be hard to remember.

Nooo thanks! Way too daunting! <3

If there were some way someone could find page 11 of that AoA main RPG thread or something...

Here are my NPCs. @Aigronding Mordagnir let me know if there's more information needed to submit them to the character list.

Ages of Arda IV: Mantle of Darkness
Tarawen's NPCs

Brona - Maedhros' herald (this is all I remember as of now. )
Rilyanis Nenalassë - Noldorin elf; currently (as of the RPG's timeline) living in Nargothrond. Calindo's older sister.
Calindo Hórëon - Noldorin elf; currently living in Nargothrond. Rilyanis' younger brother.
Tindo - Noldorin elf; follower of Finrod; father of Rilyanis and Calindo.
Rilye - Noldorin elf; mother of Calindo and Rilyanis; wife of Tindo.

Ok well. My Mallosel rant is *finally* posted. My apologies to those of you unfamiliar with a certain hot-headed Sinda. Posting as Thingol may almost seem reasonable after that ! Anyone of Doriath IC/canon who wishes to throw a shot at the Gondolindrim, this is your chance ! The meeting at Menegroth shall be up very soon for further Sindar/Doriath opportunities. But no more tonight I'm afraid. Sleep required.

@Laintaen - Here is your quote from the Silmarillion. In the 'Of Maeglin' Chapter:

'Therefore the march-wardens said to Aredhel: 'To the land of Celegorm for which you seek, Lady, you may by no means pass through the realm of King Thingol; you must ride beyond the Girdle of Melian, to the south or to the north. The speediest way is by the paths that lead east from the Brithiach through Dimbar and along the north-march of this kingdom, until you pass the Bridge of Esgalduin and the Fords of Aros, and come to the lands that lie behind the Hill of Himring. There dwell, as we believe, Celegorm and Curufin, and it may be that you will find them; but the road is perilous.'

If you can have Beleg throw that in somewhere in your post, that would be fantastic *g*

Aigronding Mordagnir wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:49 am Let me know if you need help, @Tarawen ! I know too much .

@Dwarrow Elf , that "eat yo copses" part makes me wanna cry stinging tears of laughter right now . That made my day and it's only 1:49 AM for me .

Plaza is telling me I am tagged in this post @Aigronding Mordagnir, but I am not seeing myself and I am so confused.

@Aigronding Mordagnir @Ercassie I was thinking earlier that location banners might be helpful and threw this together as a sample. Though...now that you mention it, by kingdom/faction might work better? I do remember those Sindar/Noldor/etc. icons.




But anyways, I wanted to try something long and narrow (but not too long for small screens, mobile!), with a clear color scheme (er, sorry Aig) that's easy to see at a glance but doesn't take up too much space. Whether by location or lordship or story...

edit: in retrospect that photo is too forest-y, but I was trying to find a wide image to go with the purple flower meadows in the archive locations

Ercassie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:17 pmSo identifying the posts of others RPing where you were, was sort of like recognising your company’s banners across a crazy battlefield !

@Aigronding Mordagnir Heh, after I posted this I started thinking I liked this idea and it allusion to actual battlefield banners. Also, it would make me sense for the minions, instead of having orcs using purple flower banners while they're invading us

I'm on my phone so I don't want to attempt to list everyone out right now, but I could start working on them tonight...have to decide how to divide everyone. Do the Feanorians get different banners to help divide things by location too or is everyone House of Feanor? etc. Could probably do an overarching color for Noldor/Sindar/men/etc. and then divide by house...

Please anyone who wants to attempt a sorted list

@Ercassie Well those are some verbal gauntlets and retorts Mallosel is throwing about. Hopefully Beleg comes in or I fear Aredhel's going to get a broken jaw. I like how you called them eunuchs, very funny. We'll see how Glorfindel and Ecthelion retorts to that.

The first part of my flight from ard-galen post is about 40% complete. I should be done writing the first part by tomorrow and you should expect to see it. I'll be posting the flight from Ard-galen in multiple parts (3 I believe), in order to maximize the drama, give the rest of y'all time, and to incrementally show the downfall of Fingolfin's cavalry in the Ard-Galen.

*bounces* Ahem. But that was brilliant, @Laintaen I love it ! And you are very welcome on the quote. I often use an online version of The Silmarillion for convenience. If you like, I shall hunt out the link for you.

@Sil I don't do much writing on mobile, but I definitely read on my phone. So yeah, anything to make it easier to figure out what's going on and find things again. I'll check the format of these on my phone as soon as I post.

Current thought--why choose between story/location/faction when you can have everything? Sort of. I figure some things are better suited towards one than the other, so there's no need to force everything into the same format. Story banners for Aredhel and Luthien, since they're traveling throughout a continuous narrative. Location banners for places like Gondolin and Doriath. And faction banners for everyone Rivvy is trying to murder in the Dagor Bragollach (but with universal fire), which can also include location. Something like...






(my attempt at color coding: the Noldor can be different shades of blue, men can be shades of green, etc.)



[*prettpicture Gondolin prettypicture*]

Does that seem usable and make sense to anyone but me?

(Note: Trying to use open source photos as much as I can instead of Random Internet Art. Other than that, font/design suggestions are welcome.)

Will pop in tonight after work and dnd to at least get Fingolfin out there and moving. Sorry for the delays, work has not slowed down at all despite expectations.

After fingolfin isn’t on my plate I’ll look at getting into them is with others!

@Aerlinn I agree with Sil. Those banners look incredible ! A very effective (and attractive) way to find particular posts, once the thread become full of them !

@Laintaen - here is that link for you (and for anyone else who wishes to make use of the easy reference)
http://www.ae-lib.org.ua/texts-c/tolkie ... on__en.htm

I am aiming to get a Gondolin prompt up tonight. In the 'while Aredhel is elsewhere' sort of timeset. Looking at Aig’s game plan, it is going to be mostly a Free RP situation for Turgon's people until the obstinate princess returns in 400 FA, and then later, when we get a gift-wrapped body drop from the Eagles in 456 FA, after the Bragollach is done. I'm sure we'll be able to amuse ourselves well enough In the meantime.

For Doriath, I'll wait for @Aigronding Mordagnir post up that there IS a meeting, before Thingol refuses to attend. But there will be plenty of little missions and things available to get the kingdom ready for worst case scenario. Just because we're not going to war, doesn't mean we're ignoring the threat of war. Not unlike Gondolin, Free RP is going to make up the most of it. :smiley10:

And with that I think my little midland responsibilities are in hand .. *throws NPCs at the Bragollach*

I'm finishing break. Got Kindle on new phone. Council of Lords up. @Nurbor , do your thing! And those playing lords and kings. I'll be back later tonight.

@Aigronding Mordagnir What message did we receive from Fingolfin to gather? And is Cirdan among these? Or just Noldorin leaders?

@Aigronding Mordagnir sorry to kind of drop off the face of the earth, the past few days have been riddled with migraines. I need to get the Miss Meduseld competition kicked off this week for the Edoras Summer Festival, but can start Gorlim/Eilinel RP stuff this weekend, whenever you want. :)

Is Hador to be at that meeting? I know he was a follower of Fingolfin, and he was granted lordship of Dor-lómin for his services. So by that it seems, he would, but how the post reads, it seems like it's mostly the elf lords.

Part 1 of my Flight from Ard-Galen Roleplay has been posted! TLDR: Watch-man gets roasted twice, Cavalry General announces massive retreat, and I kill 4 named OC (original character) elves in one post.

If you have any characters who would be apart of the cavalry at this moment in time, please have them flee ahead of Earcolante unless you would like to RP with combusting horses and incoming volcanic lightning, noxious gases, and the flames of course.

Aigronding Mordagnir wrote: ↑Wed Jun 17, 2020 4:48 am Also, anyone who are high-ranking soldiers like Earcolante and Mablung are invited to give their thoughts. I'll make a GM note.

Yes, It is probably a good idea for Beleg or Mablung, and even any marchwardens etc who want to go along/something to do can show up at the High King’s court and let him know Thingol isn’t willing to attend a squabbling of children. Maybe a touch more diplomatic than that. Then bring back news to Doriath on what they decide.

@Dwarrow Elf I’m excited ! Very excited ! but also late with Idril *gets back to that first* :smiley10:

I, too, promise to get up my Sauron post today. It's been stewing and building in the back of my mind making sure I don't screw his debut up but I think it's finally ready.

@Tarawen and I are planning to introduce / get our NPCs in Nargothrond caught up to the present day - there's no problem if we go back in time slightly to do this and get them set up for later events (e.g. events of Beren & Luthien, etc.)? Will of course label everything with dates, so it should be clear what's happening.