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THE LAST HOMELY HOUSE ※ RIVENDELL ※ LOG 2
THE LAST HOMELY HOUSE
The group is told to take a week of rest in the Last Homely House as the injured and sick among them heal. The Elves promise them that at the end of that week, there will be a great Council, with representatives of several peoples in attendance.
Until then, they can wander the peaceful halls of Rivendell, which are filled with travelers from all over the Wilderlands who are making a rest stop while they travel through the lands of Middle-Earth.
The most notable part of Rivendell is the Hall of Fire, a great feast hall where people can eat, drink, and be merry. This is the great social hall of Rivendell, where the Elves and their visitors share news of lands far beyond, tell stories, or perform music. The music here almost sounds divine, especially when the Elves sing and play, but they're just as eager to hear songs from other lands, so if any of the squad decide to share, they'll be glad to listen.
Some of the hall's guests are a touch more lively than the others, like a party of dwarves staying at Rivendell. Their stories are a mite more adventurous and if you get in their good graces, they might be willing to share some of the beer they brought with them. Listening to their stories or their talk about their craftmanship is a way to get into their good graces.
The Elves love learning, so there are libraries the group is allowed to browse, though they mostly only contain tales of Middle-Earth (for now), though the Elves seem to be collecting what books about other lands they can. These libraries often have viewing stations with telescopes pointing at the sky. The Elves have been almost delighted by the changing skies, enjoying the challenge of trying to understand how the sky has been knitting itself together with the addition of new worlds.
There are also beautiful balconies here, overlooking the gorge and the waters below, and terraced gardens filled with flowers, bushes, and flowering trees. Their rooms are open to the outdoors and have beds that seem grown into the shape of bed-frames instead of carved. The bathrooms actually have running water. The Elves have figured out how to direct the clean running waters of the gorge in primitive indoor plumbing. Water for hot baths has to be heated first in brass cauldrons over coal braziers before getting dumped into the bath.
It's time for the squad to rest, eat, and regroup. If a great Council is going to be called involving them, it might be a good idea to make sure they go into it as a united front, lest decisions about their fate be made for them.
✦ Joint log: Since this camp period won't be particularly long, everything will take place in a joint log. Players can post starters with prompts for others and tag into other players' prompts.
✦ Post in actionspam format. Plots and mod-run events in the game are meant to be in actionspam format to keep a brisk pace.
✦ Cursed Weapons/Powers: So they know about how they'll be treated: those with cursed weapons and dark powers will be tolerated by the Elves after entry. While they'll get the same general treatment, the Elves around them may at times seem uncomfortable. Those with cursed weapons will only be distrusted a little, as the weapons themselves will seem more suspicious than their bearers. Those with dark powers or some kind of dark nature (such as being a vampire, Necromancer mage, werewolf, etc.) will be treated with the greatest distrust.
✦ Fairy Swaps: The Elves may be slightly alarmed by the Brugh fairy swaps but get over it easily. However, if the character swapped in is one of the "dark" characters, the swap might be extra cause for alarm. (A potential prompt idea).
✦ Npcing: There will be two npc threads. The "Random Encounters" thread is for characters to have a totally random encounter with an npc. These npcs will be fellow travelers from lands beyond. While they can't give much information about the group's status as Chosen Ones (that will happen during the Council) they can provide info about events in the Wilderlands beyond that may come to affect the squad in their travels. The "Specific Requests" thread will be for more specific issues your character might want to discuss with the Elves. While they'll push any Chosen Ones discussion off to the Council, they're willing to discuss issues with the characters, like if they have questions about having received magic, about being bound to their weapons, etc. The Rivendell Elves have heard a lot of gossip from all over and can potentially provide info based on things they've heard.
✦ Clothes: The group will not yet be fully equipped for their travels (that will happen upon leaving) but everyone will at least be given new clothes since theirs are dirty and sometimes torn. Characters without appropriate travel footwear will also be given light and sturdy boots that will somehow be in their size without their size being asked. They'll also be given basic toiletries like scissors that can be used to cut hair and beards. There are no razors, however, because the Elves don't need to shave so they don't keep them on hand.
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This is one.
[The bushes, as if on cue, rustle suddenly just behind Ange. A stifled cry of something that sounds like 'Crivens!' issues from somewhere very, very close to the ground.]
If your goal is to avoid danger, then you'd best stay here, where the danger is probably on your side.
[Probably.]
Is that your goal?
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We're a sizable group, and some of us are capable of defending and fighting back, but I don't believe luck will be on our side forever.
[Ange's not sure how much she should say about their worldsaving duties. She still remembers there's at least one dark faction looking to capture and/or get rid of them, and in her ever calculating manner she decided they'd spy on them in some wa...possibly by using travelers from outside Rivendell to watch them or grill travelers for information later.
Maybe Ange is being too cautious, yep]
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[Still, she looks thoughtful, glancing off as if into her own recent experiences.]
I came here over the high mountain pass, but I wouldn't go that way. The snow piled up behind me.
[Besides which, she flew over on a broom. One currently in need of repairs, so no luck there.]
If nothing else, you'd move slowly. There's one place I wouldn't go. The mine pass under the mountains is a stronghold for orcs.
[There's a sudden, loud scoffing noise from the bushes, hastily hushed. Tiffany doesn't roll her eyes, but she flicks them slightly, as if narrowly curtailing the gesture.]
They seem determined to live up to their worst stereotypes. And then, there's also the fire demon.
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[Trolls. Those are trolls, Ange]
I see. I'll make sure to check a map later. This fire demon, what about it?
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[No sense in softening this up for the girl.]
I said "worst," not "most folkloric."
As for the fire demon, one of the elves of this house fought one and lived, but don't let that get your hopes up.
[Heroes these may be, but . . . even so they're not on Glorfindel's level. And the girl DID imply she wanted to avoid dying.]
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Thanks for the information.
[Ange bows a bit. This went well! She got a handle of some potential dangers, and that should be useful. If only she had something to reward this traveler...but she doesn't. Dang it]