Lord of the Rings: Naught but Ashes [OOC/Open/LOTR RP]

[G-Tech Corporation]

How about we just go with the flow?

If you're open to another idea, the northern slopes of the White Mountains hosted Orc-holds, feral Orcs at the time of Theoden's father. It would be conceivable that you could be based out of there.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Still working on the post in the Barad-Dur; I know I need to address the Knight of Umbar, but is anyone else a Nazgul or commander of Mordor that would be at the meeting?

[Shaggai]

First post has been edited up. I'll start posting more tomorrow. Anyone have any ideas as for what the spiders should do?

[Elerian]

Faction App-

Realm name: Clan Gratis

Leader name: Chieftain Varangi Gratis

Race: Humans

History: Many years earlier house Gratis was a small time merchant family living beneath the great mountain of Erebor, in the human city of Dale. After Smaug destroyed the city and killed many of the inhabitants, house Gratis was one of the few that were fortunate enough to escape along with several hundred others. Believing that Lake Town was destroyed along with Dale the survivors fled north. Hoping that a Dwarven stronghold yet remained in the Grey Mountains, they found only ash, and ruins, and dragons.

After several years trying to survive on the hills beneath the mountains, House Gratis and a great number of the survivors migrated back south east. Giving the lonely mountain a wide berth and so too staying well away from Esgaroth, House Gratis and the others didn’t stop until they reached the outskirts of southern Mirkwood. Settling down, the survivors began to divide into separate clans, the largest: Clan Gratis. With Sauron nearby, the clans began to be corrupted by his will and soon after they were scattered to the wind when the dark lord found them to be worthless. They fled south yet again until they came to their current home, the dead Marshes. Clan Gratis and several other clans fanned out into the Marshes and took great swaths of the Marsh as their own, occasionally fighting one another for contested regions. But slowly and surely, they all descended into madness.

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Goals: Survive, grow stronger, and unite the clans!

Territory:(if any) Dead Marshes (Kinda)

Military Strength/Population(in numbers) 70 Clansmen Warriors, 250 Clans-people total

3018- Do not remove, this is for finding apps

[G-Tech Corporation]

Faction App-

Realm name: Clan Gratis

Leader name: Chieftain Varangi Gratis

Race: Humans

History: Many years earlier house Gratis was a small time merchant family living beneath the great mountain of Erebor, in the human city of Dale. After Smaug destroyed the city and killed many of the inhabitants, house Gratis was one of the few that were fortunate enough to escape along with several hundred others. Believing that Lake Town was destroyed along with Dale the survivors fled north. Hoping that a Dwarven stronghold yet remained in the Grey Mountains, they found only ash, and ruins, and dragons.

After several years trying to survive on the hills beneath the mountains, House Gratis and a great number of the survivors migrated back south east. Giving the lonely mountain a wide berth and so too staying well away from Esgaroth, House Gratis and the others didn’t stop until they reached the outskirts of southern Mirkwood. Settling down, the survivors began to divide into separate clans, the largest: Clan Gratis. With Sauron nearby, the clans began to be corrupted by his will and soon after they were scattered to the wind when the dark lord found them to be worthless. They fled south yet again until they came to their current home, the dead Marshes. Clan Gratis and several other clans fanned out into the Marshes and took great swaths of the Marsh as their own, occasionally fighting one another for contested regions. But slowly and surely, they all descended into madness.

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Goals: Survive, grow stronger, and unite the clans!

Territory:(if any) Dead Marshes (Kinda)

Military Strength/Population(in numbers) 70 Clansmen Warriors, 250 Clans-people total

3018- Do not remove, this is for finding apps

Given I talked with you, and your ideas are plausible, I can say accepted.

If I were you, I'd add something about being driven mad by the dead and the corpse-lights. That would given them a nice addition to their backstory.

[Elerian]

Faction App-

Realm name: Clan Gratis

Leader name: Chieftain Varangi Gratis

Race: Humans

History: Many years earlier house Gratis was a small time merchant family living beneath the great mountain of Erebor, in the human city of Dale. After Smaug destroyed the city and killed many of the inhabitants, house Gratis was one of the few that were fortunate enough to escape along with several hundred others. Believing that Lake Town was destroyed along with Dale the survivors fled north. Hoping that a Dwarven stronghold yet remained in the Grey Mountains, they found only ash, and ruins, and dragons.

After several years trying to survive on the hills beneath the mountains, House Gratis and a great number of the survivors migrated back south east. Giving the lonely mountain a wide berth and so too staying well away from Esgaroth, House Gratis and the others didn’t stop until they reached the outskirts of southern Mirkwood. Settling down, the survivors began to divide into separate clans, the largest: Clan Gratis. With Sauron nearby, the clans began to be corrupted by his will and soon after they were scattered to the wind when the dark lord found them to be worthless. They fled south yet again until they came to their current home, the dead Marshes. Clan Gratis and several other clans fanned out into the Marshes and took great swaths of the Marsh as their own, occasionally fighting one another for contested regions. But slowly and surely, they all descended into madness.

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Goals: Survive, grow stronger, and unite the clans!

Territory:(if any) Dead Marshes (Kinda)

Military Strength/Population(in numbers) 70 Clansmen Warriors, 250 Clans-people total

3018- Do not remove, this is for finding apps

Given I talked with you, and your ideas are plausible, I can say accepted.

If I were you, I'd add something about being driven mad by the dead and the corpse-lights. That would given them a nice addition to their backstory.

"But slowly and surely, they all descended into madness."

I was gonna get into that in post #1

[G-Tech Corporation]

Given I talked with you, and your ideas are plausible, I can say accepted.

If I were you, I'd add something about being driven mad by the dead and the corpse-lights. That would given them a nice addition to their backstory.

"But slowly and surely, they all descended into madness."

I was gonna get into that in post #1

Cool, just helping you justify the madness, if you hadn't thought of that precisely

[G-Tech Corporation]

Warwarg comes for you, elves of the Golden Wood. Can you feel the icy grip of fate about your throat?

[Escalan Corps-Star Island]

Warwarg comes for you, elves of the Golden Wood. Can you feel the icy grip of fate about your throat?

No. I feel the soft breeze off Tol Eressea instead.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Warwarg comes for you, elves of the Golden Wood. Can you feel the icy grip of fate about your throat?

No. I feel the soft breeze off Tol Eressea instead.

Well, technically the grip is more fiery than icy.

[New Armarzia]

I will post tomorrow for the hobbits, Breemen, and Mordor. Saturday is one of the two days I have very busy.

And aw shucks, the dark lord calling the Lord of the Midnight Sun clever...brings butterflies to his undead stomach.

[Black Marshes]

I have filled my reservation in the IC- feel free to read it.

[The Starlight]

Since when can Sauron take corporeal form, G-tech?

[Black Marshes]

BTW, why are Ents on par with Mumakil in the strength table? Last I recall, a Mumak is about the size of at least 20 Ents... And an Olog-Hai could easily take one on...

[Liecthenbourg]

Since when can Sauron take corporeal form, G-tech?

Sauron was in corporeal form in the book, the Eye reference in them was symbolic, IIRC.

[The Starlight]

Since when can Sauron take corporeal form, G-tech?

Sauron was in corporeal form in the book, the Eye reference in them was symbolic, IIRC.

Seems to be a matter of debate pretty much everywhere.

[The Starlight]

BTW, why are Ents on par with Mumakil in the strength table? Last I recall, a Mumak is about the size of at least 20 Ents... And an Olog-Hai could easily take one on...

Changed that just now.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Since when can Sauron take corporeal form, G-tech?

Sauron was in corporeal form in the book, the Eye reference in them was symbolic, IIRC.

^ This.

Also, Sauron could no longer take a fair form as stated by Tolkien, but that leaves him completely able to take a form fell and terrible.

More to the point, according to Tolkien's Letter No. 246,

"In his actual presence none but very few of equal stature could have hoped to withhold it from him. Of 'mortals' no one, not even Aragorn. In the contest with the Palantír Aragorn was the rightful owner. Also the contest took place at a distance, and in a tale which allows the incarnation of great spirits in a physical and destructible form their power must be far greater when actually physically present. Sauron should be thought of as very terrible. The form that he took was that of a man of more than human stature, but not gigantic. In his earlier incarnation he was able to veil his power (as Gandalf did) and could appear as a commanding figure of great strength of body and supremely royal demeanour and countenance."

That essentially means Sauron lost his ability to veil his true form, but retained the ability to take form itself.

[Liecthenbourg]

Sauron was in corporeal form in the book, the Eye reference in them was symbolic, IIRC.

Seems to be a matter of debate pretty much everywhere.

Gollum does state the following;
"`Yes, He has only four on the Black Hand, but they are enough," - in The Two Towers and I assume Gollum would've had to have seen this first hand, ala when he was getting tortured, to know this.

Do note, just because Sauron has a corporeal form doesn't mean he's War of the Last Alliance OP.

[Black Marshes]

BTW, why are Ents on par with Mumakil in the strength table? Last I recall, a Mumak is about the size of at least 20 Ents... And an Olog-Hai could easily take one on...

Changed that just now.

Thanks, just though it a little bit weird that a tree could kill a town-sized elephant.

[Liecthenbourg]

Alright, now here's a little aesthetic request from me.

Instead of Khamul looking like a generic Nazgul, may he look like this?
And, for weapons I'd like to ask if Khamul may wield two scimitars whilst on foot instead of the typical longsword and whilst on horseback/on fellbeast a large polearm that has a pike and an axehead on one end, like a halberd, but a mace on the other end of the pole.

I'm just trying to make him unique/stand out They wont be any more OP than if he were to be wielding his longsword.

[The Starlight]

Alright, now here's a little aesthetic request from me.

Instead of Khamul looking like a generic Nazgul, may he look like this?
And, for weapons I'd like to ask if Khamul may wield two scimitars whilst on foot instead of the typical longsword and whilst on horseback/on fellbeast a large polearm that has a pike and an axehead on one end, like a halberd, but a mace on the other end of the pole.

I'm just trying to make him unique/stand out They wont be any more OP than if he were to be wielding his longsword.

Ok then, that's fine with Sauron then.
As for Khamul, you want him to wear white?
As for the weapons, the polearm seems a bit heavy, but sure, he's your character.

[Liecthenbourg]

Alright, now here's a little aesthetic request from me.

Instead of Khamul looking like a generic Nazgul, may he look like this?
And, for weapons I'd like to ask if Khamul may wield two scimitars whilst on foot instead of the typical longsword and whilst on horseback/on fellbeast a large polearm that has a pike and an axehead on one end, like a halberd, but a mace on the other end of the pole.

I'm just trying to make him unique/stand out They wont be any more OP than if he were to be wielding his longsword.

Ok then, that's fine with Sauron then.
As for Khamul, you want him to wear white?
As for the weapons, the polearm seems a bit heavy, but sure, he's your character.

Nah, not white - black.
He'll manage with polearm

[G-Tech Corporation]

I mean, Sauron literally has hellfire dripping from his smile. Not exactly the most charming and fair-seeming Maia on Middle-Earth

[The Starlight]

Ok then, that's fine with Sauron then.
As for Khamul, you want him to wear white?
As for the weapons, the polearm seems a bit heavy, but sure, he's your character.

Nah, not white - black.
He'll manage with polearm

Ok then.