The Third Age: A Lord of the Rings RP (OOC)

[G-Tech Corporation]

Oh no lad; you start with whatever forces you can justify from canon, halved. The 2000 is only for recruitment of further forces.

The canon...?
Where would I be able to find that?

Also, what defines a turn, a IC?

The canon is the book and appendices, plus any wiki you care to cite.

A turn is a page of IC posts, which roughly corresponds to a month ICly.

[Bearon]

Alright cool.

[Liecthenbourg]

Realm: Petty Kingdom of Tharbad

Leader: Imradis Logain

Race(s): Human, Hobbit, and a little bit of Elf

History: http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Tharbad

Alignment: Neutralish, if any orcs rear their ugly heads there gonna get shanked.

Goal(s): Create a greater kingdom, survive, Impeach Sauron

Territory: Tharbad and its surrounding lands.

Fortresses: Tharbad (Needs some repairs)

Strength: (All of these are lesser men)
3,000 Men of Tharbad (Basically militiamen)
2,000 Guards of Tharbad (Kinda like Gondor soldiers except shittier)
1,000 Archers of Tharbad
500 Militia Cavalrymen

How about, 1,000 Men of Tharbad.
250 Guards of Tharbad, 500 Archers of Tharbad and 500 Militia Cavalrymen.

I'd not want to give you more starting men than Rohan.

[Elerian]

Realm: Petty Kingdom of Tharbad

Leader: Imradis Logain

Race(s): Human, Hobbit, and a little bit of Elf

History: http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Tharbad

Alignment: Neutralish, if any orcs rear their ugly heads there gonna get shanked.

Goal(s): Create a greater kingdom, survive, Impeach Sauron

Territory: Tharbad and its surrounding lands.

Fortresses: Tharbad (Needs some repairs)

Strength: (All of these are lesser men)
1,000 Guards of Tharbad (Kinda like Gondor soldiers except shittier)
750 Archers of Tharbad
500 Militia Cavalrymen

[Limborg]

My Lorien application
Realm: Lórien
Leader: Galadriel(will be my character) and Celeborn
Race(s):Silvan Elf
History: http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Lothl%C3%B3rien
Alignment: Good, of course
Goal(s): Cement a permanent and safe dwelling in Middle-Earth, keep elves from departing over the sea, Create a safe haven for the elves and expand territory to part of Fangorn Forest, and the rivers Nimrodel, Gladden and the field of Celebrant.
Territory: Lothlorien forest.
Fortresses: Lothlorien forest, with small outposts within the forest.
Strength: 100 Wardens of Lorien and 500 Galadhrim Warriors, 5 light ships

Character- Lady Galadriel

Name: Galadriel, Lady of Light
Race: Noldor, House of Finarfin
(Image)
Role: Lady of Lorien, founder and member of the White Council, wielder of a Ring of Power, Nenya
Alignment:Good
History:Born in Valinor and departed over the sea to follow Feanor in the war of the Silmarils, later married Celeborn and founded Lorien.
Other: Uses Mirror of Galadriel.

Looking back at my application, do you guys think that 600 elven soldiers is too low? And if so, how much then?

yeah kinda low..

[Elves of Mirkwood]

The canon...?
Where would I be able to find that?

Also, what defines a turn, a IC?

The canon is the book and appendices, plus any wiki you care to cite.

A turn is a page of IC posts, which roughly corresponds to a month ICly.

Well you have this
http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/9736/how-many-elves-were-there-in-middle-earth-by-the-time-of-lotr-events

But that's just a guess, a high one at that. There is no really estimate on the amount of elves.. It doesn't say anywhere. I looked. What should I do now? Give a guess or..?

[Limborg]

Never mind then you're not understanding. Use your own. Also I doubt the wheather of Fangorn is high on rainfall given the geography.

I'm not understanding? you said i could use those of Ered Luin, after that you said i would need to use men of my own aswell, then you changed it to solely using my own? Wtf is this about? I could have already finished this whole thing if you where clear from the start..

[G-Tech Corporation]

The canon is the book and appendices, plus any wiki you care to cite.

A turn is a page of IC posts, which roughly corresponds to a month ICly.

Well you have this
http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/9736/how-many-elves-were-there-in-middle-earth-by-the-time-of-lotr-events

But that's just a guess, a high one at that. There is no really estimate on the amount of elves.. It doesn't say anywhere. I looked. What should I do now? Give a guess or..?

Give it a guess. Offhand I'd assume several thousand Elves in Mirkwood, with a larger army than Lorien. Perhaps 1000 soldiers of various stripes.

[Limborg]

You seen the German forest fire records? They are very low and those that occured only burned a ver small part. Wich again, makes it pretty damn certain that burning Fangorn would be the same as trying to knock down a wall with a spoon. It takes ages.
In the end, a forrest like Fangorn is much easier to cut down then to burn down.
But again the question, how much did he already cut down and when are the ents & hourns finding out?

Erm, Germany has hundreds of forest fires every year. The main reason they aren't as large as the ones here is because Germany has very little in the way of actual wilderness in which fires can build steam and power before being detected and dealt with. Here's an account from 2008 that notes over 800 fires occured in Germany that year in arboreal areas. http://www.waldwissen.net/waldwirtschaf ... 1/index_EN

Even so, comparing an area noted for good fire suppression and urbanized areas, as well as controlled forestry, to a large wild unpopulated area, is simply disengenious. Let's consider this;

http://www.weather-and-climate.com/aver ... en,Germany: On average, about 90mm of rain every year.

http://madagascarrf.weebly.com/rainfall.html: On average, 200 cm of rainfall every year. Centimeters, not milimeters.

Madagascar burns like a torch.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Natura ... p?id=35499

Sigh... you're missing some very important stuff. Like Fangorn lies against a freaking mountain. Aswell as the weather.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Erm, Germany has hundreds of forest fires every year. The main reason they aren't as large as the ones here is because Germany has very little in the way of actual wilderness in which fires can build steam and power before being detected and dealt with. Here's an account from 2008 that notes over 800 fires occured in Germany that year in arboreal areas. http://www.waldwissen.net/waldwirtschaf ... 1/index_EN

Even so, comparing an area noted for good fire suppression and urbanized areas, as well as controlled forestry, to a large wild unpopulated area, is simply disengenious. Let's consider this;

http://www.weather-and-climate.com/aver ... en,Germany: On average, about 90mm of rain every year.

http://madagascarrf.weebly.com/rainfall.html: On average, 200 cm of rainfall every year. Centimeters, not milimeters.

Madagascar burns like a torch.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Natura ... p?id=35499

Sigh... you're missing some very important stuff. Like Fangorn lies against a freaking mountain. Aswell as the weather.

Well, Fangorn is certainly a temperate forest, no?

And it isn't a rainforest, yes?

And Madagascar, a rainforest, burns just fine, yes?

[Limborg]

Sigh... you're missing some very important stuff. Like Fangorn lies against a freaking mountain. Aswell as the weather.

Well, Fangorn is certainly a temperate forest, no?

And it isn't a rainforest, yes?

And Madagascar, a rainforest, burns just fine, yes?

never mind, you don't seem to get the point...
Anyhow, i still need an answer to my previous questions from you or Liech.

[Elerian]

Realm: Petty Kingdom of Tharbad

Leader: Imradis Logain

Race(s): Human, Hobbit, and a little bit of Elf

History: http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Tharbad

Alignment: Neutralish, if any orcs rear their ugly heads there gonna get shanked.

Goal(s): Create a greater kingdom, survive, Impeach Sauron

Territory: Tharbad and its surrounding lands.

Fortresses: Tharbad (Needs some repairs)

Strength: (All of these are lesser men)
3,000 Men of Tharbad (Basically militiamen)
2,000 Guards of Tharbad (Kinda like Gondor soldiers except shittier)
1,000 Archers of Tharbad
500 Militia Cavalrymen

How about, 1,000 Men of Tharbad.
250 Guards of Tharbad, 500 Archers of Tharbad and 500 Militia Cavalrymen.

I'd not want to give you more starting men than Rohan.

Alright whatever.

[Liecthenbourg]

Well, Fangorn is certainly a temperate forest, no?

And it isn't a rainforest, yes?

And Madagascar, a rainforest, burns just fine, yes?

never mind, you don't seem to get the point...
Anyhow, i still need an answer to my previous questions from you or Liech.

Que?

[G-Tech Corporation]

Well, Fangorn is certainly a temperate forest, no?

And it isn't a rainforest, yes?

And Madagascar, a rainforest, burns just fine, yes?

never mind, you don't seem to get the point...
Anyhow, i still need an answer to my previous questions from you or Liech.

The point is that wood burns, and Fangorn is made of wood. I mean, you can argue it however you wish, but I've yet to hear a compelling reason that a forest fire couldn't be set in Fangorn.

[The Starlight]

Liech, looking back at my app, do you think that 600 elven soldiers is too low? And if so, what should it be instead?

[Elves of Mirkwood]

Hey, it's Castanias.
- Updated

Name: Elves of Mirkwood, or just Mirkwood

Race(s):
Elves Silvan Elves & Sindarin Elves - (Archers, Rangers, Pike-men, Swordsmen [infantry])

Military:
Elves: 6.75 (Archers, Rangers (8 points), Pike-men, & Swordsmen [infantry]) - Archers, 100 - Rangers, 81 - Pike-men, 30 - Swordsmen, 70... Total: 200 Elves, Points 1998
Elves from Kingdom beforehand: 3,750 - 850 Archers, 650 Rangers, 1300 Swordsmen, 950 Pike-men,

Alignment:
Neutral unless attacked, possible Lórien allies

Character name:
Thranduil (When you put me down as character just put Castanias next to it, this is my character), Legolas & Radagast (eh maybe)

History of Mirkwood:
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elves_of_Mirkwood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirkwood

Other:
Construction of Barracks; 2 IC to go.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Hey, it's Castanias.
- Updated

Name: Elves of Mirkwood, or just Mirkwood

Race(s):
Elves Silvan Elves & Sindarin Elves - (Archers, Rangers, Pike-men, Swordsmen [infantry])

Military:
Elves: 6.75 (Archers, Rangers (8 points), Pike-men, & Swordsmen [infantry]) - Archers, 100 - Rangers, 81 - Pike-men, 30 - Swordsmen, 70... Total: 200 Elves, Points 1998
Elves from Kingdom beforehand: 3,750 - 850 Archers, 650 Rangers, 1300 Swordsmen, 950 Pike-men,

Alignment:
Neutral unless attacked, possible Lórien allies

Character name:
Thranduil (When you put me down as character just put Castanias next to it, this is my character), Legolas & Radagast (eh maybe)

History of Mirkwood:
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elves_of_Mirkwood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirkwood

Other:
Construction of Barracks; 2 IC to go.

Erm, that's much too high haha. Not every Elf holds a weapon.

[The Starlight]

Hey, it's Castanias.
- Updated

Name: Elves of Mirkwood, or just Mirkwood

Race(s):
Elves Silvan Elves & Sindarin Elves - (Archers, Rangers, Pike-men, Swordsmen [infantry])

Military:
Elves: 6.75 (Archers, Rangers (8 points), Pike-men, & Swordsmen [infantry]) - Archers, 100 - Rangers, 81 - Pike-men, 30 - Swordsmen, 70... Total: 200 Elves, Points 1998
Elves from Kingdom beforehand: 3,750 - 850 Archers, 650 Rangers, 1300 Swordsmen, 950 Pike-men,

Alignment:
Neutral unless attacked, possible Lórien allies

Character name:
Thranduil (When you put me down as character just put Castanias next to it, this is my character), Legolas & Radagast (eh maybe)

History of Mirkwood:
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elves_of_Mirkwood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirkwood

Other:
Construction of Barracks; 2 IC to go.

You don't have 2000 points to spend on soldiers. That is for recruitment, not your original soldier count. So basically, no points. If you can prove that you should have 5,000 soldiers, then you can have 5,000 soldiers.

[Liecthenbourg]

Liech, looking back at my app, do you think that 600 elven soldiers is too low? And if so, what should it be instead?

Hm.
You could bump it to 800 if you'd like, 1,000 if you're that desperate.

[The Starlight]

Hey, it's Castanias.
- Updated

Name: Elves of Mirkwood, or just Mirkwood

Race(s):
Elves Silvan Elves & Sindarin Elves - (Archers, Rangers, Pike-men, Swordsmen [infantry])

Military:
Elves: 6.75 (Archers, Rangers (8 points), Pike-men, & Swordsmen [infantry]) - Archers, 100 - Rangers, 81 - Pike-men, 30 - Swordsmen, 70... Total: 200 Elves, Points 1998
Elves from Kingdom beforehand: 3,750 - 850 Archers, 650 Rangers, 1300 Swordsmen, 950 Pike-men,

Alignment:
Neutral unless attacked, possible Lórien allies

Character name:
Thranduil (When you put me down as character just put Castanias next to it, this is my character), Legolas & Radagast (eh maybe)

History of Mirkwood:
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elves_of_Mirkwood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirkwood

Other:
Construction of Barracks; 2 IC to go.

Erm, that's much too high haha. Not every Elf holds a weapon.

Don't listen to him, he's Mordor and of course he wants you to have less troops.

[The Starlight]

Liech, looking back at my app, do you think that 600 elven soldiers is too low? And if so, what should it be instead?

Hm.
You could bump it to 800 if you'd like, 1,000 if you're that desperate.

Yes, thanks!

[Elves of Mirkwood]

Hey, it's Castanias.
- Updated

Name: Elves of Mirkwood, or just Mirkwood

Race(s):
Elves Silvan Elves & Sindarin Elves - (Archers, Rangers, Pike-men, Swordsmen [infantry])

Military:
Elves: 6.75 (Archers, Rangers (8 points), Pike-men, & Swordsmen [infantry]) - Archers, 100 - Rangers, 81 - Pike-men, 30 - Swordsmen, 70... Total: 200 Elves, Points 1998
Elves from Kingdom beforehand: 3,750 - 850 Archers, 650 Rangers, 1300 Swordsmen, 950 Pike-men,

Alignment:
Neutral unless attacked, possible Lórien allies

Character name:
Thranduil (When you put me down as character just put Castanias next to it, this is my character), Legolas & Radagast (eh maybe)

History of Mirkwood:
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elves_of_Mirkwood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirkwood

Other:
Construction of Barracks; 2 IC to go.

Erm, that's much too high haha. Not every Elf holds a weapon.

But the kingdom been there forever thoughhh; also note the Lothlórien Elves have been migrating there ever since. Js.
Mordor pfft, I know your tricks.
What other specialty would an elf possess if not a weapon? EAGLE TAMER? Haha..

[Elves of Mirkwood]

Hm.
You could bump it to 800 if you'd like, 1,000 if you're that desperate.

Yes, thanks!

Bumps to 1000*
Haha ya.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Erm, that's much too high haha. Not every Elf holds a weapon.

Don't listen to him, he's Mordor and of course he wants you to have less troops.

Hah, a fair estimate of the total population of Mirkwood is less than eight thousand elves. Having half of them bear arms simply beggars belief.

[Elves of Mirkwood]

Don't listen to him, he's Mordor and of course he wants you to have less troops.

Hah, a fair estimate of the total population of Mirkwood is less than eight thousand elves. Having half of them bear arms simply beggars belief.

*Makes Mirkwood Rangers have Silverthorn arrows and armor (whatever it's called, I forgot)*
OP Rangers.
*Makes pop 7999*