USH'S LORD OF THE RINGS GAME PART 3- The Tournament and the Traitor

Well we might have established a possible motivation of one lord, but we still have no hard proof. Is there anywhere else we can try? Any other offices or departments?

Unfortunately not, no.

The only other thing- probably long forgotten- about Annuneryn is that Argentis ran into him earlier when he visited the quarters of the Queen and Princess, for no reason that has yet been established.

True that's right! We could go have a talk to the princess about that. But that's not my cup of tea!

Perhaps someone with slightly more honorable status should speak with her? Or maybe even someone of the original caravan that protected her, back in the day.

...which is more or less Talin the Unfriendly, Anglomir the Not-terribly-talkative, or William the Short and Unimportant. Hmm.

True, or maybe one of the elves (they seem to be in high regard)

Sorry for the update lack; I have been quite sick lately and running on an RP minimum.

Well your general sentiment there is correct. But you could introduce your new carge, Anlgomir- a true noble Dunadan of Gondor (her mother is Gondorian), with certain social specialities...

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Well, I've got a dozen whacking great astones out in the fields to the north of the city! I;ve got a list of contestants but I'll count in the players first. Talin was one and... darn, lost track. Who else?

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Perception rolls from those with the Stewards!

Ahh, it's those Sindar ears oif Elladil again...

Omne of the Stewards just said a quiet word to a messenger- but you overheard it.

"Take this message to the Prince," he says.

"This death seems to be very important, since you want the Prince to be informed?" -Asks Elladil.

Just to warn you, that wasn't actually intended for public hearing.

Well, Elladil will share it with other Elves.

"Do you think we should help them? There was something wrong with this death..."

Menelacar was up for chucking stones. Just not at police cars.

(BTW, I might be being a bit thick here, but did you mean Menelacar to talk to the Princess?)

Indeed I was so hinting. Not that talking to the oprincess is necessarily the key to the story, but if you did want to do such a thing, you are the man.

Do it!

Very well - do you want me to wait til after the stone chucking Ush?

Well she's not turning up for that event, so if you want in you had best wait, yes.

Talin will ready himself for the Strength competition with a few stretches here and there, but for the most part, Dwarves are always ready to get physical!

If Menelacar is buying in, I think Anglomir will compete in the Strength test as well.

Ok, so that's three of you in, leaving nine other competitors!

We have:

Two other Dunedain, presumably of the less refined sort.

Four standard everyday men from Arthedain, and two Cardolani, who have fled into Arthedain inside the last year.

And finally one enormous hairy guy... who happens to be a Beorning! His name is Bjorstrad. He's currently flexing his bulk menacingly around the field.

It's PROBABLY illegal to turn into a bear during the contest...

Not many Lords turning up for this one- not a refined event. Farael does though.

Of course, Menelacar wouldn't normally compete in this kind of thing, but he feels it best to uphold Gondor's face here.

(Plus the fact Menelacar is a new character and I could do with the XP!)

Talin looks over the competition, giving a friendly nod in Anglomir's direction, his Gondorian friend from the battle to protect the Princess. Then he turns his attention to the others, eyeing the Beorning warily.

"You have an impressive physique, Bjorstrad," Talin compliments, "but do you think you can compete against the endurance and dedication of a Dwarf?"

Is Farael competing or just watching?

Menelacar turns to his fellow competitors. "Best of luck to you all!" he remarks, "but especially to us, eh?" he says as an aside to Anglomir. "For Gondor!"