Cool. Should I stay as Wazt or can I be the captain of the scouts. (Wazt is sat in a tent eating Oliphaunt legs ATT, so I don't have much to do.)

Well, unless you tell me what you plan to do about the annuminas thing I can hardly put in a coherent post! What type of generals would hold council for war and leave a major city out of their calculation?

Well Thorin, we will be planning for the immediate future - what to do about the forward patrols - so a short post (what you say back to me and maybe what one of the dwarven captains says) will not include musings about Ann’minas.
Still, the final battle may well result in a siege when you factor in the city. We'll have to see, but the final battle is a long way off and it is still too early to think about it, in story or out.

The idea about the dragon is on the right track; however lizards don't have ears, or at least ones that can't be cut off - they have holes in the sides of their heads. Though on second thoughts, it's probably still to early to have thoughts about how the dragon will be killed.
Thorin, I've posted for you. You should now either do the same post for yourself (then I'll delete then original) or you can simply copy and paste (ditto).
Everyone OK with that?

BTW, I'll post next.

Ann’minas is the correct spelling (prevents any mess-ups later on ).

Yes, I suppose that's how it will go, though obviously there'll be more than talking between the battles!

Waiting for Thorin... he last logged in three days ago, but this has needed to be done for far longer. I'll PM him again, wait for a few more days, and if he doesn't show up we'll just continue with the story.

It's been that way for quite a while now.

Yes... *sigh*. I suppose we'll just have to go on. Who knows when Thorin might return? We must continue the story, even if Thorin's name isn't on the posts (and I won't bother with the ten-day rule - if Thorin is clearly absent, then I'll just post for him straight after my or your posts).
Is that OK with you?

She's been gone for even longer.

He last logged in on the 18th of April, which is a fair while ago.
I'll do the next post on ADTFTN tomorrow.

Well, I didn't post because Thorin returned. I've PMed him as a reminder, so hopefully we can start going again soon.

Well, he's just posted!
I'll do my next post soon.

Maybe when the Dwarves go after them, Fornac could butt in with his lot and shoot them down with arrows? And are going with the 3 Scout parties, this one, then 1 sends them back to Ammunias then a 3rd larger one seiges the place?

Good with me. But my next post will be after tomorrow. I have exams tomorrow and will not be free to do so

Thorin, before you do this new post, can you edit your previous one to the way I've said on the thread? You've just made a few mistakes with spelling and things like that (spelling 'Fornad' 'Fornac' for instance), but I would like this to be (as you know) a high-quality RPG, so making those changes will just make it better.
Oh, and by the way, how did your exams go?

It's just a quick copy and paste!

Yes, he's done it. Thorin, when you put forward the plan for countering the first scouting party, have it like this (yes, I know this is the second copy, but I just want to make sure you don't miss it!):

The council scene should be finished in a few posts' time, so you can do that then.
EDIT: Just thought of something! Perhaps the army are getting hungry, and need food, and you do a post describing Wazt gnawing on a bone and describing this (cannibalism breaking out amongst the orcs...). Then, the dragon spots a huge herd of wild elk moving across the plains, and sends many Uruks, including Wazt, on wargs to kill the elk for food. That would make the story more interesting and give you something to write about.

Yes, it would, though they'd probably run away fairly quickly. Imagine seeing 500 Uruk-hai, armed to the teeth, and riding massive Wargs coming towards you!

Quick update: Yes, I have changed my name, from Fornac to Fornad, seeing how it's always caused a bit of confusion in the RPGs. I prefer Fornad anyway.

Realistically, a wandering tribe of nomads that Tolkien never even mentioned (stretching the rules a bit here...) aren't going to be in large numbers, or even have much knowledge of war and fighting. If you mention them at all, have them run away screaming about demons, or something.

What do you mean by 10/5?

Greetings,

I was wondering how far along you are in your RP, and wondering if you have room for a Ranger woman in your company.

I have been playing my character (Revenwyn, of Rohirrim and Dunedain descent) since 2000 and have been trying to find a home for her since my normal RP sites have somewhat fizzled. I can post a bio later, I have a detailed one on my flash drive but that's at home. This fits right in her time scheme.

If the answer is no, or you are too far along, I understand. I just thought I'd ask.

I talked to my husband, and if you'll let him join, he'll play as Aragorn; I think he'd do better in it as I'm actually fairly feminine when I post. I think it would be better for a guy to play the role.

OK! That's fine with me, as long as we have someone.
I made a possible role space in the first post of the thread, of an Elven captain in the Grey Havens who receives the message and takes 200 highly-trained warriors to fight. That could be a perfect role for you, if you had Revenwyn as an elf.
Of course, if you want to have Revenwyn remain human, she could be a commander in King Elessar's army, or something along those lines, whatever you prefer.

P.S: I recommend you read all the way through the thread, to understand the plot and characters better (and it's pretty good on its own, if I say so myself).

I think it could be interesting if you were in the attack on Ann’minas, since your true allegiances are with the good side, but most of the good side don't know that, and you don't want to let the bad side know, because they would kill you for it.

I would be more than willing to take part in the role of Aragorn. I haven't read through it, so where would I find a synopsis of the story up until now?