wilderlogs | THE LAST HOMELY HOUSE ※ RIVENDELL ※ LOG 2

THE LAST HOMELY HOUSE
OOC POST
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.

NOTES
✦ 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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Certainly. I shall listen to another of the songs these Dwarves sing in the meantime. They have lovely voices.

[ Loken grins, if only slightly. ]

My brotherhood didn't really sing much. That was more of what the Ultramarines, the Scars, the Wolves, or the Salamanders did. We had a few chants and a few phrases, but it wasn't the same as a song.

[There is food literally everywhere (which is impressive, considering the Dwarves seem pretty determined to every single bit of it) so Kal doesn’t have to get far to get some food for him. He grins as he takes a seat down next to the man, offering him what… seems to be the Elven equivalent of crisps? And something that looks like chicken. He has no idea what most of these foods are, but they all look pretty damn delicious.]

I love music, personally. This is not my style [Kal’s a metallica kinda guy, who’d have thought?] but I enjoy it anyway.

What do you think about it?

I don't think about it, much. I was a soldier for most of my life, and aside from that, I mostly studied history. Music is interesting and lovely but I am not a well-educated listener. The Blood angels, come to think of it, specialized in making harps and other instruments and playing them. [ So many legions to keep track of. And then there were the Emperor's children, but nobody needs to remember or be informed of their corrupt selves if Loken had his way. ]

So this is... something of a new experience to me. You could say.

[He’s always been… pretty closed off when it comes to certain parts of his past, so Kal isn’t sure if it’s fair to keep on asking him when he’s obviously at least slightly inebriated and sharing more than he may like to. But it’s not like he’s prodding him to tell him more… and Kal figures he can always stop him if he seems like he’s sharing too much.]

A positive experience, would you say? You’ve always made it sound like you’ve been trained to fight all your life. You could learn new things, in here.

You could learn to play the harp, if you wanted to. [He has no idea if the blood angels were good or bad, to him, but he seems to be enjoying the music.]

Better than getting stabbed by armored foes on that hill, or spending most of my time slowly bleeding to death afterwards, for certain. [ He moves around a horn of drink he'd be handed by a dwarf, and says. ]

I haven't spent much time doing things like this, honestly. And while I could learn to play the harp... I'd prefer to Garden, or something, if I had time that wasn't part of prosecuting a war.

[Kal glances at the new drink he’s somehow gotten, wondering if there’s a point where he should ask him to stop- he’s an adult, but the way he’s talking about his past makes him wonder if he had any experience at all drinking before.

But then he mentions gardening and he can’t help but grin. This is the grin of the son of farmers who’s absolutely ready to help anyone who wants to be in contact with nature. It’s absolutely not the same, obviously, but he’s all for people embracing that kind of hobbies.]

That would be lovely. Perhaps we could find someone to teach you? The elves themselves, maybe. They seem really in contact with nature.

[ Loken looks incredibly disgusted by the idea of learning anything from Elves. ]

My people have warred with theirs for far too long for me to spend one more minute than I have to being civil with them. And besides... I've done it before. On Luna I was given a garden that had lost the person tending it, and I spent my time there making it grow again, and warring... with ants. Damned things. Humanity spreads across the galaxy and ants follow us, eating everything we d.

[Kal frowns, he hadn’t expected that kind of answer. Loken’s not exactly rude about it though, not really, and Kal already knew he has a tendency to react badly when certain subjects are brought up so he figures he can just add this to a mental list of… landmines to avoid, he figures.]

I mean, then you should make the mot of the chance you’ve got in here and try. Growing our own plants may prove useful for us in the future.

But perhaps you shouldn’t judge these elves by the same standards you judged those in your place? They are being nothing but friendly after all.

If I were to let down my guard...

[ He shakes his head. ]

It is enough that I accept their aid, grudgingly or no. Anything further might cause me to trust them when I should not.

But you are right, I should get on growing my own food, if we are here long enough.,

THE LAST HOMELY HOUSE ※ RIVENDELL ※ LOG 2

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