Can I join?

Lord Aelric has persuaded me and helped me with a character.

Pretty please?

Name: Vaeltira (female)

Race: Men - Black Numenorean

Physical: Average height. Average strength. Not beautiful but has unusual eye colour (dark blue) for a Numenorean. She is womanly and has the grace and nobility of her race.
She dresses in black, in a masculine fashion but not armour. She carries a short sword and short fighting knives. She wears one piece of jewellery - a dragon pendant, wrought in mithril by dwarves before the rise of Morgoth. She also has a dragon emblem embroidered in mithril thread on her horse blanket and on the left sleeve of her jacket. She wears a black leather cloak and hood which shadows her face.

Skill: She was trained in sorcery while in the service of Sauron. I must stress, however, that she is NOT a sorceress. Her abilities are limited.


History: She has a connection with Lord Aelric.

Eeeek... well if its Elves coming this way... its gonna get "violent", bugger!

So i'm up for an alternative, come on in Vaeltira.



Oh and a spot of Aelrics History in brief... its not public knowledge as he isnt using his true name, but Aragorn will almost certainly recognising him.

Born around the same time as Aragorn in the middle part of the 2900's,
but ten years younger. Came to understand his destiny as a royal exile
and only surviving claimant to the thrones of Arnor, Gondor, and Umbar
---- problem was his family had for centuries been in thrall to Mordor
and as such owed their claims thru those that descended from
Ar-Pharazon and his deeds against the Valar. For the decades in his
youth he was taught to hate the Eldar, and Elendili, and was acutely
aware of the actions of his contempary Elessar, fostering a personal
hatred of him in particular... This all ultimately came to head in the
War of the Ring, but they had their share of skirmishes well before
this, when Aragorn went under the name of Thorongil. In time, Aelric
(real name: Ael-Minytur), came to prominence as a successful general
and champion of Umbar & South Gondor. Sauron made him his Lieutenant
of his Southron forces revealing his intent to allow Aelric to lead the
assault of Corsairs up the Anduin river after razing Pelagir, he was
thwarted by the Dead men of Dunharrow & his rival, Elessar.
Since then, although he is hellbent on revenge, and seeks to depose the
pretender, he does acknowledge that Sauron has deceived his family and
his people for all this time. At this moment he is split between wanting
a reconciliation of the remaining Men of Numenor and pursuing his claim
to the throne. Meeting Elessar personally, he thinks, will decide his
hand...

No pressure ...hehehehehe!

If you want Vee, i'll set you up nice like?

You're not impatient and I'm invisible. Or so it seems.

Oh, yes, leave it to Nil to bring it up for you... Okay, okay, I'm going...just give me a min....welcome Vee!!!!! LOVE ur character!!

Awwwww - I love the dancing smilies...

"Do you wanna dance and hold my hand..." one of my fave songs and another "Do a little dance..." Okay, okay, all of us girls in here - we need some dancing partners!!

Can I add a little note on Vaeltira's character.......

I want her to evolve during the Quest. At the moment she loves no one and cares for no one except for Aelric to whom she is fiercely loyal. Living in Mordor left her emotionally stunted. I want her to grow emotionally during the Quest and perhaps find a reason to live within this new world of men. This will be difficult for her especially when she finds out what the Quest is for!

Vaeltira is completely in the dark about the Quest but I thought we were headed for Mordor? Still a nice cruise would be good.

I'm finding a bit of difficulty in directing my character. I have a good idea about the others because they have posted lots already but Vaeltira is still forming. I don't want the focus to be on magic with her because she is not a sorceress. Leave the pendant alone! It is limited and she cannot do any major magic with it. It is an aid to her senses and has a reservoir of dark magic which she can draw on for minor things like lighting fire, remote viewing, light etc. Nothing bad. She can also tell when they are near somewhere with a lot of evil around - resonance from the past but although it is dark magic which is the source of the pendants power it doesn't mean the pendant is evil nor that it can be used only for evil. Much like gas or electric - doesn't matter which one - the stove still works. I didn't want her to fight the elves, especially not Nil cos she is nuts. The mind thing was just her protecting herself by projecting strong emotional thoughts at Nil when she started reading her mind/emotions. She isn't deliberately trying to hurt the elves even though she detests them. Her loyalty to Aelric demands that and anyway, the war is over and she now wants peace for her people and what is left of her family. She is not evil in her soul but she is detached from ME because of her experiences under Sauron. She would not want to waste too much energy in conflict with these elves. As the Quest continues I would like her to learn more about the elves and other members of the group. But not at all at once and not forced.

Please don't gang up on her. (sniff)

I would like for her to discover that she can work with others like elves and she can trust them. But it will take time.

Maybe she can work with you and Amarie - a joining of all their skills and powers to do something or other.

I like that we may have met before....... oooooooh...... a possibility.

Keep her alive until Monday when I return!

We'll look after Vael...glad you like the idea! Gives a connection of sorts.

You like my post? I wasn't sure how well it fit but I needed some connection between the pendant and Nil for whatever reason my warped brain comes up with. Yeah, poor Nil...I really like who she's evolving into though. When I first added her, I had no really clear idea on who or what she was but she has turned out splendidly!

Right been away fer abit but back and goona look over and see whats new

I want to show that even the people that are thought of as evil are not necessarily evil but it is their circumstances and experiences which, in some cases, forces those people to embrace evil or die from it. Vaeltira's past has conditioned her mind to think of elves as the enemy although on a rational level she sees that not all is as it seems and the 'conditioning' may have mislead her.

Also, these people that were lured into the worship of Sauron, and from whom she and Aelric are descended, are still Numenorean and still have the qualities of that race, albeit slightly misdirected. She feels anger at their abandonment and jealousy towards the elves which she sees as the favoured race.

OK, let's finish with the orcs and move on once everyone is sorted and healed where necessary.

Any chance of a quick run down on who is what and who is still with us?

I see what yer sayin Aelric.
Right im doin' a post in the tale and I'll be gone for a couple of days work and all. So keep roth involved but keep him in character.
I dont want ta come back and find he's gone all wussy on me

I dont think it wise to let Aragorn away, irrespective of LA86's involvement, cos he's got a personal interest in locating the twins, having been brought by their father and quested with them b4 for many years.

Besides, if and i mean only IF, Aelric does come good then this will have greater significance if the New King(Elessar) is present. Maybe things will go the other way - who knows?

Dont worry Darous, i'll give a good account of Roth as very angry wormfood... lol - j/k

And as for anyone aside from Aragorn leading or telling folk what to do, well it dont seem to work to well with the Psychos in the group... hehehehe

Lets keep the momentum going is all i say, cos the last coupla days have been fun, and the writing of high quality... especially ???

Roth has just got issues, Vee. I don't completely understand him and I'm still not quite sure what Nil and Roth's past is supposed to be. She didn't encourage her father to save him and his people and he led orcs to her village? Am I right, Dauros? That seems to be the point of their hate relationship thought it seems Amarie wants them to kind of fulfill each other's destinies...what idea did you have there, Amarie?

Nil, can I ask you to ease off on making Aelric and Vael grateful for anything the elves do. They really wouldn't humiliate themselves by being grateful. Arrogant whatsits they are. Well, Aelric is really arrogant as you can see, and Vael is too wary and suspicious of elves.

Pretty please.

I'll line dance for you again....

Nah, the plot has been manipulated successfully.

Come on you lot! Post! Amarie! Stop whatever you are doing and post!!!!

Just had an idea! How about asking Val if he would come back and write for Aragorn? Or is he too busy?

They made like rabbits and quickly multiplied for us... Actually, I could put it in one of my posts that Nil had more than Gondolin hiding out and had a whole pack instead?? That was my orginal idea anyway.

Ahhh....so Roth and Nil are supposed to reconcile?? Hmmm....interesting possibilites.

And I've got an interesting question: Vee and Amarie, do you ever fall in love with your male characters?? I do all the time. I'll create a new male character for whatever story I'm working on then suddenly, I'm falling all over myself and trying to "portect" him. LOL - or perhaps I really have fallen off the deep end?

Okay, got a new scne with talking - you happy??

Sorry - had a break in dialogue...it's waaay easier to talk to people when they're awake.

I have an idea to drive Roth over the edge, sort of. If he is a man and the timeline matches, that is. But it is a bit dark, can be done with few details but is not particularly pleasant. It would explain the familiarity he feels for Vaeltira. Shall I do it at some point? Or should I try it out in here before posting in the storyline?. It can be done sooner or later. When is everyone back from Easter? No one has posted anything for DAYS and I am getting twitchy.....