USH'S LOTR GAME REFERENCE- People of interest at Fornost

This is a list of the important people to whom the players can meet at the court at Fornost- and whom may accompmy you elsewhere.

KING ARVEDUI: The Last King, ruller of Arthedain, descendant of Isildur- in fact, the most direct descendant still left on Middle-Earth, as the Gondorian line has gone askew. If Aragorn has a brother in the films, then Arvedui would look like him. Arvedui is wise, generous, friendly, fair, strong and good and each of you is acting under his initiative. Whilst he is only too happy to help out, he IS King and he is very busy. You cannot just walk into his room and talk to him.

PRINCE ARANARTH: Arvedui's eldest son and heir to his throne. Aranarth is very stern and serious but aspires to be the equal of his father in wisdom.

PRINCE ELENDUR: Arvedui's second son. Elendur is stunningly attractive and appears to be quite the fun-lover- he is often seen flirting with the pretty maidens around the court.

PRINCESS MALLACHIEL: The equally beautiful daughter of Arvedui, she is grateful to the players from the firast game who saved her life- but is rarely seen around court. I always considered her to look like Jennifer Connelly.

QUEEN FIRIEL: Like her daughter, Arvedui's beloved wife is rarely seen. Firiel is in fact Gondorian- Arvedui's marriage to her was a great triumph both of love and diplomacy, and was the culmination of years of work to re-open contact between the two Kingdom's. Arveudi's marriage to Firiel made him the moist logical heir to the Gondorian throne when her father the King- who had no other children- died, but the Gondorians chose a more distant relative instead.

LORD FARAEL: A Dunadan Lord who was also responsible for saving Mallachiel. Farael is most unusual for a Lord- rough, ready, gruff, with a harsh face and using a very unlordly weapon (an enormous warhammer)- yet he has a place on the ruling Council. No player has asked about this discrepancy. Farael is peeved with Rex's character who called him bad things...

LORD GORLIM: A rather mild-mannered and friendly Dunadan Lord, who is also the King's Chamberlain and responsible for much of the organisation of the Kingdom.

LORD MORSIRE: Brash Dunadan Lord who was notably unfriendly towards the players

THE OTHER LORDS: The other notable Lords of the ruling Council at Fornost are Halatir, Annuneryn, Seinost and Annphor. The players know little of them yet, but as Dunadan Lords (note- Boromir and Faramir are examples of Dunadan Lords from the movies) they must all be notable people.

TURAMBAR: Gondorian Ambassador to Arthedain. This is an unpleasant job, as everyone is always looking at him with a 'When is Gondor coming to help?' look in their eye. Turambar is a proper Ambassador, handpicked by King Earnil of Gondor and acting for his interests in this place- he is as powerful as a Lord in his own right (he has a name of great historical tradition). Players from Gondor are under his authority whilst here.

MARAKITH: Eothian Emissary to Arthedain. As the Eotheod have only recently become a soveriegn nation in their own right they haven't really got to grips with the finer points of diplomacy, and Marakith's presence here is all the more odd for that. Marakith is very to the point and always after answers for the many questions he asks about the current situation- and always seems to wear his war gear and carry a strategic battle map.

That is all for now- if you meet more people they shall be noted here in due course.

In case you are wondering, the closest the Elves have to official representation here are Dexx and Fitch's characters.

Ta-daa! Doesn't need much altering this. However, this is a chance to learn more about people, and so this thread will expand as time passes.

pfect...i'll turn my brain on, and see what i can get

just wondering is the guy called elendil or elendur?

Elendil

Oh, it's -dur

???? Is this an RP or some idiot thinking ElenDIL is called ElenDUR! Is thsi actually a game yet?

???

No offense, but are you a newbie or some idiot who thinks "Role Play" is a noun?

no reason for insults Faroth

I know, sorry... but I believe that what goes around comes around. But still, I could've handled it differently.

HALATIR:
- Doesn't think much of Annuneryn
- Doesn't think too high of the king either
- Might enter the melee competition
- Thinks the militairy situation is critical, wants to confront the Witch-king
- The army is not yet fully equiped, but this can be arranged
- The king is looking for the right man to lead this army (got a smile with that, suppose he thinks that he's the best man for the job)
- Doesn't think much of the people of Gondor

FARAEL:
- Bit of an ugly duck
- Doesn't seem to like Gorlim
- Led war parties against the orcs
- Believes that the orcs travel through the Downs

A competition between FARAEL and HALATIR could appaer about who is to lead this new army I think

Good good- the question of new armies is an important subtext to it all.

well they have the men, Halatir said that, but they need equipment (which he could arrange) that sounded a tad dodgy

Question of logistics. Also remember Arthedain has more than one army.

good to remember indeed, but if you already have the gear then why not equip the soldiers

It's easy to equip armies whilst they are sitting in a city. But it takes a lot of effort to supply an army in the field. Whoeever gets charge of an army, first thing to do is make sure it can fight.

ok, I wonder who will get it, might want to talk to Gorlim about that soon

Them. Get them. Like I mentioned above.

True, I wonder how manyt damn soldiers Arthadain has

so are you guys playing yet?