USH'S LOTR RP Game part 2- The Fortress of Baranar

"this is a delicate matter, gentlemen" says Vardalain standing up. "the elves are at great risk if following this plan. great risk of leaving imladris defenseless. a defeat would be fatal"

"Ahhh..." says Morsire. "The Elves fear defeat. Of course..."

This could get ungly

whispers through his teeth:"I think the elf is right"

"don't we all fear defeat?" says vardalain offuscated "you would leave the whole realm to the witch king's own will in case of a defeat"

"Maybe the Elves are already conquered by fear..." says Morsire, in a mock musing voice.

Children, lil' Children
"We should all unite or we will fall. If we do not learn to work together we will fall. Ofcourse the elves fear defeat, but so do your people. You can not expect Imladris to mount the small army it has and ride head on into battle without having any support at all. And where would your army be in this plan?"
Still whispering tho a bit louder now

"i shall not stand hear and hear your insults!" says vardalain angered. (to morsire) Whatever your conclusions, you need us in this war and mockery will not strenghten your relations, especially when the role you have for the elves is bait, it seems"

"Doing the hard work in invading Angmar," sayd Morsire. "And we all know the power Rivendell could command if it so wished- as it did when Cardolan was last invaded!"

"On the other hand," interjects Farael, "what might happen is that once the Witch-King sees the Elves are committed in Rhudaur, he will take that as a sign it is safe to invade Arthedain with the forces he cares about, his orcs and trolls and beings of power."

"Maybe," says Morsire. "Something to think about though."

"Yes well," says Aranarth, authoratively, "regardless of that, there is no question of offensive strategy until Emyblosse is finished and our north is secure, and I see little point in in in musing on could-bes until then."

"Maybe, but if it is as I fear then, it isn't the desire of the witch-king to destroy you rather than conquer you and then I think We should all work together. Elves, Men, Dwarves and Hobbits, if needs be, to make sure that it stops here and now. How will we do this I do not know yet, What I do know is that we will not gain much by sitting here accusing one another of being cowards. When we all DAMNWELL know we will need eachother in the years to come. And when it comes down to our friends will be there for us"

(No-one is entirely sure)

(Then that is what I think and I say it as it is edited)

Aranarth looks upon you as if you had escaped his notice beofre now, Argentis.

(and a lot of them are currently thinking 'Halflings? What have THEY got to do with anything?'😉

"The more that stand against the Witch-King the better, of course," he says. "But it is just us. For now."

"Only the Dunadain can unite the peoples of Middle-Earth," says Annphor, whom you have not heard speak before. "And no-one else will listen."

"Anyway," continues Aranarth, "right now this makes little difference to our strategy, which has to be about making sure we can hold out first before we go anywhere. Besdies which, we are not here to talk about strategy, but about Cardolan."

"True, please proceed, it is just that war is at hand and all this council does is bigger. I am not used to that."

"proceed with your arguments" says Vardalain still disturbed, and sits down now

*gives a look of appreciation to the elf*

(Fire, your people aren't even FIGHTING, that was an rather crass comment!

You seriously need to build a working relationship with these people! They are the most powerful people in the human world)

"Didn't anyone tell you that debate is the right of every man, horserider?" says Morsire. "Our people are dying in their hundreds each week as we hold back a darkness that would sweep your people aside if we faltered. So be sure that we take great care in making sure that every plan we think of is subject to scrutiny, criticism and debate. I am sorry if that does not suit your nomadic instincts but when you have to run the most powerful Kingdom on the planet rather than an array of stables, then just maybe you can comment!"

Aranarth raises a hand.

"This is pointless," he says. "We shall remember to treat our guests of the King with respect. But you should remember you are guests here."

"I apologize, it is not my place to decide what is right or wrong for your kingdom. Ofcourse I have no idea how to run a kingdom, since we are a young state ourself. Since we are a young nation, we do not have great matters to deal with. So as you said I do not know how to tell with them."

vardalain adds nothing. He is troubled by the dunadan's air of supperiority he seems to think he has

(and you a Noldor... (giggles))

Do remember when they say things like 'only the Dunadain can unite the free world' and complaining about the close vision of common man, I am afraid they are right- with the way Tolkien built this world. It is the Dunadain's right and purpose to do this (and it is what everyone is trying to persuade Aragorn to do in the films and books!). When you have had the effective Gods of the world come and tell you these things, democracy kind of goes out the window...

Morsire makes to speak again but Aranarth glares at him.

"Well spoken," the Prince says. "Now, before my brother and my father arrive, I wouls ask our visitors- what is your opinion of my father's plan?"

"The plan sounds good, However it won't be easy to accomplish. Any sane man can see that all of need to unite to keep evil at bay. But wether or not the People from Cardolan will see that clearly when the king presents his plan, is hard to predict. When it comes down to independance people can get very emotional. But objectively seen it looks like a good plan."