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Frogmorton: Drunken Dwarves

Boldibad — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:02:02 +0000

FROM: Nob – Wed Nov 19 23:26:09 2008
SUBJECT: LUIN and the SHIRE: Drunken Dorfs!
TO: (Best-rp)
MESSAGE: ———————————————————————
They must have been. What else could cause such reckless disregard for the sanctity of Ale? I mean, did you see them? There they were, fighting, yes that’s right, actually /fighting/ in the Floating Log! It was a disgrace! Why, I wouldn’t be surprised if it didn’t sour all Ol’ Arlo’s ale. He oughta get compensation, so he ought. But we done showed them. Kicked ‘em right out. And see if any dorves is welcome in our pub again! No sirree.

Involved in the fracas: Ranon (Keldean), Leris (herself), Blotto (Nob, who dispite his name, wasn’t), Faori (Acelen) and Riho (Bo).

Talvo and Bifur

Boldibad — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:22:28 +0000

FROM: Nob – Tue Nov 11 23:27:10 2008
SUBJECT: Talvo and Bifur
TO: (Best-bb)
MESSAGE: ———————————————————————
BEST’s newest LAs! Praise them with great praise! Notice how this rhymes and RP many times!

Tath

Waymeet: Test of Strength and Tolerance

Boldibad — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:25:40 +0000

TO: (Best-rp)
SUBJECT: Shire: Test of Strength & Tolerance
MESSAGE:
WAYMEET. On Thrimidge 28, a Sunday, 1445 S.R., in the evening, a conversation between Chrysoprase Took (played by CHALCEDONY) and BRATTO Banks was interrupted by BOLDIBAD Bolger. Boldibad was guiding his pony, Butterbell, as it pulled an empty cart. Apparantly the cart was so old, it had broken down numerous times. As he entered Waymeet, a wheel came half-way off the cart, sending Boldibad into a loud string of curses (including “tater-tossing mushroom-burning,” which sounded more humerous than rude, to Chrysoprase). Hesitant, at first, Bratto and Chrysoprase approached the older hobbit and offered Bratto’s assistance. Chrysoprase, urged by Bratto to keep her dress clean to avoid making her father angry, sat on a nearby fence to watch.
Boldibad, apparantly aware of Bratto’s lower social status, made a comment on his station, which was brushed aside by Bratto. Chrysoprase seemed to take some offense, but didn’t interject. Boldibad tossed orders around, frustrated about the situation. He had Bratto lift the corner of the wagon, always urging him to lift it higher, while he attempted to replace the wheel.
At one point, Butterbell began to nuzzle Bratto behind the ear, sending him into a fit of giggles. Boldibad thought the laughing was directed at him, but Chrysoprase approached and kept the pony away from Bratto. The job was then done, and Boldibad paid Bratto a measley 3 copper pennies, tossing him one extra with instructions to buy Chrysoprase a flower. Bratto was, nonetheless, appreciative.
Before leaving, Boldibad warned Bratto about marriage and suggested he consider joining the Eligible Bachelor Society.

Michel Delving: Lost in the Shire

Boldibad — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:32:20 +0000

FROM: Nob – Fri Nov 07 11:52:41 2008
SUBJECT: EL: Lost in the Shire
TO: (Best-rp)
MESSAGE: ———————————————————————
Confusing, twisty, crowded place, filled with friendly (very friendly – too friendly??) hobbits. Oskar came out of a drinking establishment one evening, in very nearly a good mood (helped along by plenty of beer), to find Barrack sitting on a flowerpot. The elder dwarf complained of having been sitting there for Hours, waiting for a familiar face to explain to him how to find his way back to the dwarven encampment. While being stared at by Cicely, Oskar tried to give Barrack directions, and finally decided it would be easier to take him himself. As the two wound their way through the small town, coming at last to their camp, they found Ranon waiting there. Oskar’s pleasant mood vanished at once and he deliberately went in a different way.

A query

Boldibad — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:44:52 +0000

FROM: Cirdan – Sun Nov 02 18:53:41 2008
SUBJECT: A query
TO: (Best-bb)
MESSAGE: ———————————————————————

I was just wondering to myself, what does BEST stand for in this new cultural grouping? B=Bree E=Ered-luin S=Shire… what does the T stand for with regards to Mithlond? Also what was the basis for Nano as the greeters board/com and minion for the LA board/com. Maybe I am being dense but maybe we should have a cultural competition to come up with more relevant names for all our new boards and coms?

Cirdan

P.S. The Mithlond Admin com is

FROM: Nob – Thu Nov 06 14:13:56 2008
SUBJECT: Re: A query
TO: (Best-bb)
MESSAGE: ———————————————————————
T = Tower Hills.

Nano is for the little nano-things that go about an organism and keep things working. I confess to picking that one, because I thought it was fun. I’ve asked Rina about a competition.

Thanks, GL -
Nob

Festival? and Opinions on Boosting Activity Levels

Boldibad — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:41:43 +0000

FROM: Boldibad – Sun Nov 02 17:28:04 2008
SUBJECT: Festival? and Opinions on Boosting Activity Levels
TO: (Best-bb)
MESSAGE: ———————————————————————
I have found my way to some rumors that the Luinites are heading east with some trade goods. I propose we have a big Shire-Bree festival (I think the Luinites will be gone for a while) to make use of some of the goods that are bought. This would be a great way to bring in the new era of activity everyone’s hoping for!
I think we need to have regular, interesting events (with thought-provoking TPs connected to them) to anchor more peoples’ desire to connect and RP here. Look at Gondor–they seem to have some decent activity. I suspect it’s because people feel like something is going on in their IC lives that they want to work with and develop.
So, if most of the current active players regularly get RP going and everyone gets involved in a TP of some kind (even if it’s just a group of 3 or 4 people RPing with each other every couple of days), I believe it will form something like a glue that will catch more and more people as they check out the cultures in Eriador.
That being said, I would personally find it fun to get some more plots going between all the cultures in the region (ones that fit into the theme of the game). I think it would be easiest for Bree and Shire to interact, ICly, more often. But, I think even our local elves can find some way to become more involved with everyone else.
Thanks for reading my opinions!

New boards and coms reminder

Boldibad — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:36:44 +0000

FROM: Torebras – Fri Oct 31 12:01:54 2008
SUBJECT: ALL: New boards and coms reminder
TO: (Best-bb)
MESSAGE: ———————————————————————
Hey folks,

Now that we’ve made the change, here’s a quick summary of our new bboard/com system.

Culture Bree Ered-Luin Mithlond Shire

Main board ——————-Best-bb—————–
RP board ——————-Best-rp—————–
Greeters board ——————-Nano-bb—————–
LAs board ——————-Minion-bb—————

Main local com
Cross-culture com ——————-——————-
Local LAs com
Cross-culture LAs com———————————–
Greeters com ——————-——————-

Clear as mud, eh?

With all the joint boards, it’s easy for specific culture stuff to get buried. So, to make things clearer, if you’re posting something for a specific culture please could you put the culture name in uppercase at the start of the post title? Or if it’s for all cultures, put ‘ALL: …’

-Hugh (already guilty of not-tagging-by-culture :p)

SHIRE: Negotiation Negations

Boldibad — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:29:40 +0000

FROM: Boldibad – Tue Nov 04 18:11:20 2008
SUBJECT: SHIRE: Negotiation Negations
TO: (Best-rp)
MESSAGE: ———————————————————————
MICHEL DELVING. It was mid-morning when three people came together in the Delving Inn Two dwarves, LERIS and Ranon (played by KELDEAN), and a hobbit, Thilo Bracegirdle (played by BOLDIBAD).
Thilo followed the dwarves into the Delving Inn. He approached them and introductions were generously exchanged. Thilo explained his connections in pipeweed country, and that he dealt almost exclusively in pipeweed. The dwarves, being traders themselves, showed interest in the Bracegirdle’s Longbottom Leaf after trying a sample of it… though they expressed their preference for Old Toby.
Thilo, claiming to have 5 barrels of pipeweed with him, turned down Leris’ offer of dwarven metals in exchange, saying he’d have no use for it. Leris mentioned fireworks, but they were unsure of which of their companions possessed them. Thilo showed much interest in that. Ranon showed Thilo a pipe, claiming it had come from Erebor, a place which Thilo was unfamiliar with. From here, the conversation turned to Bilbo Baggins, and accounts of his assistance in removing the dragon, Smaug.
Thilo didn’t seem to believe it, even laughing. Ranon was somewhat insulted by Thilo’s response, and an argument went back and forth between them. Soon, Mr. Bracegirdle became angry and left the scene.

Check out the log.

SHIRE: Breakfast Club

Boldibad — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:09:13 +0000

FROM: Boldibad – Mon Nov 03 02:29:03 2008
SUBJECT: SHIRE: Breakfast Club
TO: (Best-rp)
MESSAGE: ———————————————————————
BRANDY HALL. On Thursday, Thrimidge 7, 1445 S.R., BALTOBRAS Brandybuck whittled a piece of wood in front of the fireplace while BOLDIBAD Bolger slept soundly in a chair nearby. They were recovering from their first breakfast (and, as it turned out, their only breakfast). Boldibad awoke around the same time a small group arrived to await second breakfast. Among those were CHALCEDONY Took (with her young son, Torodac), Germimac Brandybuck (played by BRATTO), and Fadoric Brandybuck (played by TALVO).
Being true to the ways of hobbit kind, the small crowd gathered together around the fireplace to snack on gingerbread hobbits (prepared by Fadoric, moments before) and engage each other in friendly conversation. Balto’s wood-carving expertise started everything off as Torodac showed major interest in the unfinished wooden pony. Balto made a promise to supply Chalcy’s kids with figures, as quickly as he could carve them.
The conversation moved, then, to the well-being of Dharlon Took, Chalcy’s husband, and their plans for the near future. From there, it moved on to Germimac’s ambition to author a novel of intense mystery. He had been sitting quietly, shyly doodling in his personal notepad. But his description of the upcoming story delighted the hobbits to no end.
Suddenly, to everyone’s dismay, an assistant to the cook came into the room and announced that, due to a mistake in calculating the available stock of food, second breakfast would be delayed. To counter their hunger, the hobbits continued to munch on the cookies. Baltobras decided to make his leave to investigate the matter. Germimac, also, left the scene to take care of some things in his room, upstairs.

The talk turned to the deviousness of humans and whether or not they can be trusted. Soon, Chalcy’s adorable daughter, Ruby, arrived from upstairs. Chalcedony, being the considerate matron she is, secretly sent the lass into the kitchen to conjure up a tray of cinnamon buns, which fueled further conversation.
CICELY Gamwich arrived shortly thereafter. Being full of energy and excitement, she offered to relate a tale about a monstrous wolf, which she claimed to had come into contact with in the past. As though a member of the celebrated Shire Players, she acted out her story as she told it, and quickly charmed the older hobbits.
Chalcedony spoke, also, of the time she was attacked by a wolf, and the account was chilling, to say the least. When the cook’s assistant returned to announce that second breakfast was to be canceled, those still present eventually sauntered off to seek food, and Boldibad was unable to fight off sleepiness, returning to a solid snooze in the comfortable chair.

The log can be found here.

Charting the Shire Lines

Boldibad — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:08:34 +0000

“There were no towns, not even villages. All the former communities were gone. Tharbad, the last town beyond Bree had vanished in floods in 2912, more than 100 years before the War of the Ring. The Shire itself continued to flourish and grow, although there were setbacks during the centuries. After the Brandybuck migration in 2340 there would have been the Long Winter and the Days of Dearth in 2758-60, and the Fell Winter in 2911. So every 300-350 years or so the Hobbit populations seem to have been reduced by famine, war, or plague. It was enough to prevent them from spreading across Eriador, but insufficient to reduce them to a haggard, struggling people.”

Check out the rest of this interesting essay.