LOTR RP Game part 1- Journey to Fornost

"Yes, interesting. The orcs are operating somewhere out of that area. But none of these people will believe me unless I can prove it. And that doesn't answer how they knew where the convoy would be in the first place."

"we could organize an expedition to search for their camp...though i suspect the orcs would be likely to find us first."

"You or I can't go running around the countryside on our own looking for orcs; that's a way to a quick death. No, we need to prove it to the Arthedanians. Oh well, something for another day..."

(this will strike you all as an extraordinarily dumb and lazy question---but what is the gathering in this hall for, again?)

(Some announcement thing...)

(kay. thnx! 😄)

(You are waiting to meet the King!)

A young, dashing, fair-haired man, wearing expensive clothing, has been busily socialising around the gathering when he happens to talk past the two pretty Half Elves in the corner, Nostariel and Firiel. He stops and almost does a double take.

"Why, hello there!" he says. "I do not think I have had the pleasure of being introduced to you two before!"

vardalain picks talin's bag and tells him what it contains (if he knows...)

Hmm... you might need some more time on these later, Vardalain, but you think a number of these herbs are used in some very old Elvish concotions used to ward off the dead. That sort of thing doesn't happen these days; it belongs to the ages of legend when Balrogs walked the land and the Dark Lord set his Vampires upon the Elves.

"Odd...the old man you gave it to me said I'd know when and how to use it..." Talin said. "Hmm...anyway, thanks for identifying it..."

Talin puts the leather pouch in his sack.

vardalain asks Talin where did he get these from and (assuming he tells him 🙂 ) he goes to see him, paying his goodbyes to the prince

In the midst of conversing with her sister, Firiel was interrupted mid-sentence by a dashing man.
"Good sir." Firiel responded, bowing. "Indeed we haven't been formaly introduced, and that would partially our fault. You see, we didn't arrive until only a few moments ago. But enough, my name's Firiel, and over here would be my twin sister, Nostariel."

The man offers you his hand.

"Well, I am the Prince Elendur. May I offer you my services in aiding you for whatever reason you have come?"

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Malbeth is sleeping in a corner, Vardalain. Looks like he is unavailable for now.

vardalain approaches and paciently waits for the man to be free to talk with him.

Nostariel waited whilst Firiel introduced them. She then stepped forward. "We have come for this meeting" she said, then looked around. "Many of these men are wounded".

"The strangers?" asks Elendur. "Yes, they have been in some fight, I believe."

(either of you two taking his hand?)

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Looks like you'll be waiting a long time, Vardalain.

"are you familiar with any of the others gathered here, marakith? where are the rest of your men, presuming you didn't travel alone...?"

what's he doing?

Sleeping

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"Yes, I know, or have at least met, all of them," says Marakith. "But there are no others of my people here; I came alone."

(The King, incidentally, will arrive on page 100; you have until then to find out a few things from these guys.

And hey, don;t gorget to say 'hi' to the new players! You want to be friends with them, I am sure!)

oh....
Vardalain walks through the room, thinking who to speak with next. (who's available?...)