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Cerillium wrote:

Germanic Templars wrote:Sooo.... For the past few days, during free time at work (and not during lunch break or my 15 minute breaks) I have been busy reading up on The Lord of the Rings canon and everything to it. To the point that if I were to create a character, I could have the age they came from, the place, their back story, occupation, and reason on how they got here..... Sadly no real defined motive for them. Plus I have enough characters to run to the point it is ridiculous.

Park the characters you don't intend to use.

LOTR - please be very familiar with it if you intend to run things canon (rather than spoof), especially elves; diehard fans will cringe as badly as they do when encountering the bastardized "40K" (SPOOF) we wank here in PL.

The Starlight runs the Tolkien RP Group if you're interested in participating in Middle Earth RPs down the line. Their thread is quiet but I believe they're all still in touch with each other. It's worth visiting some time. Good people.

Other resources:

• Lord of the Rings Wiki
• Tolkien Gateway
• LOTR Project (The Interactive map is fantastic.)

Video History of Middle Earth: (Part 5 and 6 in this format are no longer offered although there are links to a version that omits the subtitle explanation)

• History of Middle Earth part 1: the creation of Arda up to Dagor-nuin-Giliath
• History of Middle Earth part 2: the wakening of Men up to Nírnaeth Arnoediad
• History of Middle Earth part 3: the capturing of Hurin up to the third kinslaying
• History of Middle Earth part 4: the War of Wrath up to defeat of Morgoth
• History of Middle-earth 5: Lords of the fallen - no subtitles
• History of Middle-earth 6: The Witch-King of Angmar - no subtitles
• History of Middle Earth part 7: attack on Minas Ithil up to downfall of Sauron
• History of Middle Earth part 8: the story of Lady Galadriel
• History of Middle Earth part 9: the story of Elrond
• History of Middle Earth part 10: the story of the Dwarves

I can't praise these videos enough. Masterfully put together, 1-4 are fairly accurate although some interpretations are loose after that.

Tsuyoi tekikoku wrote:Is it okay that I don't know what LOTR is?

Germanic Templars wrote:

Tsuyoi tekikoku wrote:Is it okay that I don't know what LOTR is?

Never saw the movies? Or the Hobbit? To put it to you this way, most major fantasy get their ideas from Tolken's work. Cause how much effort he put into creating the history behind it. Even created a history that spans back to creating of Earth, of Middle Realm. Even languages for the Elves, Black Speak of the Orcs. Such potential to learn from, imo, it would be good to either read the books and/or watch the movies.

Germanic Templars wrote:

Tsuyoi tekikoku wrote:Is it okay that I don't know what LOTR is?

Never saw the movies? Or the Hobbit? To put it to you this way, most major too much fantasy get their ideas from Tolken's work.

Tsuyoi tekikoku wrote:

Cerillium wrote:Park the characters you don't intend to use.

LOTR - please be very familiar with it if you intend to run things canon (rather than spoof), especially elves; diehard fans will cringe as badly as they do when encountering the bastardized "40K" (SPOOF) we wank here in PL.

The Starlight runs the Tolkien RP Group if you're interested in participating in Middle Earth RPs down the line. Their thread is quiet but I believe they're all still in touch with each other. It's worth visiting some time. Good people.

Other resources:

• Lord of the Rings Wiki
• Tolkien Gateway
• LOTR Project (The Interactive map is fantastic.)

Video History of Middle Earth: (Part 5 and 6 in this format are no longer offered although there are links to a version that omits the subtitle explanation)

• History of Middle Earth part 1: the creation of Arda up to Dagor-nuin-Giliath
• History of Middle Earth part 2: the wakening of Men up to Nírnaeth Arnoediad
• History of Middle Earth part 3: the capturing of Hurin up to the third kinslaying
• History of Middle Earth part 4: the War of Wrath up to defeat of Morgoth
• History of Middle-earth 5: Lords of the fallen - no subtitles
• History of Middle-earth 6: The Witch-King of Angmar - no subtitles
• History of Middle Earth part 7: attack on Minas Ithil up to downfall of Sauron
• History of Middle Earth part 8: the story of Lady Galadriel
• History of Middle Earth part 9: the story of Elrond
• History of Middle Earth part 10: the story of the Dwarves

I can't praise these videos enough. Masterfully put together, 1-4 are fairly accurate although some interpretations are loose after that.

What is this stuff Ceril?

The BranRiech wrote:Mmm, didn't Tolkien fight in WW1? I thought I heard that somewhere.

Tsuyoi tekikoku wrote:

Germanic Templars wrote:
Never saw the movies? Or the Hobbit? To put it to you this way, most major fantasy get their ideas from Tolken's work. Cause how much effort he put into creating the history behind it. Even created a history that spans back to creating of Earth, of Middle Realm. Even languages for the Elves, Black Speak of the Orcs. Such potential to learn from, imo, it would be good to either read the books and/or watch the movies.

Nope,I've only seen trailers.

Northwest Slobovia wrote:

Germanic Templars wrote:
Never saw the movies? Or the Hobbit? To put it to you this way, most major too much fantasy get their ideas from Tolken's work.

Fixed that for ya. The Dark Lord of Oxford did indeed cast his shadow over Middle Fantasy, but fortunately, there were some who resisted.

Germanic Templars wrote:My favorite cause I get a giggle from it
Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!

Northwest Slobovia wrote:

Germanic Templars wrote:My favorite cause I get a giggle from it
Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!

Yup. It was a great throw-away gag.

In TT, I really liked the attack on Helm's Deep. Problem is, I like it because Saruman planned the attack well. But I'm more fond of the backstory (now tacked on to the begining of FotR) and the Bridge of Khazad-dûm sequence than any part of TT.

Germanic Templars wrote:

Northwest Slobovia wrote:Yup. It was a great throw-away gag.

In TT, I really liked the attack on Helm's Deep. Problem is, I like it because Saruman planned the attack well. But I'm more fond of the backstory (now tacked on to the begining of FotR) and the Bridge of Khazad-dûm sequence than any part of TT.

Well, if you were around since the creation of Earth, and saw and been apart of may battles, then you would be good at planning as well.

Fun Fact: Sauron's old name was Mairon (the admirable). However, being corrupted by Dark Lord Morgoth, and after pledging his allegiance to him, forging the One Ring (and rings for other races) in the Second era, and a bunch of side fillers, his name took a more mocked form of Sauron (the abhorred).

Seriously, I wanna see a movie on Sauron's past before he came on what he was going to be.

Swith Witherward wrote:

Germanic Templars wrote:
Well, if you were around since the creation of Earth, and saw and been apart of may battles, then you would be good at planning as well.

Fun Fact: Sauron's old name was Mairon (the admirable). However, being corrupted by Dark Lord Morgoth, and after pledging his allegiance to him, forging the One Ring (and rings for other races) in the Second era, and a bunch of side fillers, his name took a more mocked form of Sauron (the abhorred).

Seriously, I wanna see a movie on Sauron's past before he came on what he was going to be.

Go back one page. Cer posted that stuff for you.

Erinkita II wrote:

Do not remove this search tag: #PLAPP
Your NS Nation's Nickname:Erin

Character Name: Eumelia (Melly)

Character Gender: Female

Character Species: Cyclops

Character Physical Description: Melly is 17 and small for her age, standing 8’5”. Despite her size and inhuman appearance, she embodies the image of a gawky teenager, seemingly being made mostly out of elbows and knees.
Her skin is a pale purplish-grey and rough-textured like a toad. Her stringy black hair reaches her shoulders with an awkward fringe. She hasn’t yet found a hairstyle that works. Her face is, naturally, dominated by her single giant round eye, which has a bluish sclera, yellow iris, and vertical slitted pupil like a cat. Her nose is a small bump with two slits and her thin-lipped mouth is proportionately much wider than a human’s, with a disquieting number of sharp teeth.
She usually dresses in an ancient Greek style, tunics and cloaks and such, but only because they don’t make more modern clothing in her size.

Primary Skill or Power: Melly is very strong, albeit weak by Cyclops standards. She has 6 points in strength and 3 in endurance.

Power Weaknesses/Flaws: She’s uncoordinated and has something of a mental block when it comes to violence.

Secondary Skill or Power: She has some tiny modicum of talent in painting. 1 point. She might be actually good at it in time.

Power Weaknesses/Flaws: She doesn’t put proper thought into her compositions usually ends up with wonky scale.

Character Background/Biography: Melly hasn’t had much of a life up til now. The Cyclopes were once a mighty race, but have been in slow, painful decline for many thousands of years. Having all but given up on interdimensional travel long ago, they are more or less confined to their own sub-dimension, eking out a primitive, existence in the ruins of their former empire. Embittered by the knowledge of all that was lost, Cyclopes do the only thing that makes sense to them: they rage. And through random violence, they slowly drive themselves to extinction.
Eumelia was born into one of the most inconsequential tribes, its first child in thirty years. With typical Cyclops myopia, her family were too busy mourning the past to celebrate the present, so she was left alone for the most part. She quickly developed a distaste for the attitudes of the rest of her species and saw nothing worth obsessing over in the ancient remnants of their dead culture. She was far more interested in the snippets she was able to learn of humanity, a living culture that spends its time making new things and having actual ideas.
It took her two years to find an intact dimensional portal and another year to figure out how to activate it again, but Eumelia eventually found her way to this corner of the 3rd dimension. The adjustment period was difficult. The first problem was that nobody spoke Classical Greek anymore. The second problem was that she was an eight-foot-tall monster. She eventually learned to work around these issues.

Why the character is in Bielefeld/Occupation: Melly thinks it’s a fascinating place and she’d like to know more about it. It’s also the place where it might be almost possible for her to keep low-key.

URL to Apartment Picture: http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/empty-li ... 499663.jpg

Link to RP examples: viewtopic.php?p=13364905#p13364905
viewtopic.php?p=10813280#p10813280
viewtopic.php?p=14064293#p14064293
viewtopic.php?p=13136317#p13136317
viewtopic.php?p=16175636#p16175636

IMPORTANT:
One paragraph that sums up your character. This paragraph is what we'll use on your player tab on the first page of the thread. This MUST be brief. Your tab will contain a link to your application so people will have full details:
A geeky teenaged Cyclops making it on her own in the human world. Plucky, optimistic, and awkward. Cue sitcom music.

Swith Witherward wrote:

Erinkita II wrote:

Do not remove this search tag: #PLAPP
Your NS Nation's Nickname:Erin

Character Name: Eumelia (Melly)

Character Gender: Female

Character Species: Cyclops

Character Physical Description: Melly is 17 and small for her age, standing 8’5”. Despite her size and inhuman appearance, she embodies the image of a gawky teenager, seemingly being made mostly out of elbows and knees.
Her skin is a pale purplish-grey and rough-textured like a toad. Her stringy black hair reaches her shoulders with an awkward fringe. She hasn’t yet found a hairstyle that works. Her face is, naturally, dominated by her single giant round eye, which has a bluish sclera, yellow iris, and vertical slitted pupil like a cat. Her nose is a small bump with two slits and her thin-lipped mouth is proportionately much wider than a human’s, with a disquieting number of sharp teeth.
She usually dresses in an ancient Greek style, tunics and cloaks and such, but only because they don’t make more modern clothing in her size.

Primary Skill or Power: Melly is very strong, albeit weak by Cyclops standards. She has 6 points in strength and 3 in endurance.

Power Weaknesses/Flaws: She’s uncoordinated and has something of a mental block when it comes to violence.

Secondary Skill or Power: She has some tiny modicum of talent in painting. 1 point. She might be actually good at it in time.

Power Weaknesses/Flaws: She doesn’t put proper thought into her compositions usually ends up with wonky scale.

Character Background/Biography: Melly hasn’t had much of a life up til now. The Cyclopes were once a mighty race, but have been in slow, painful decline for many thousands of years. Having all but given up on interdimensional travel long ago, they are more or less confined to their own sub-dimension, eking out a primitive, existence in the ruins of their former empire. Embittered by the knowledge of all that was lost, Cyclopes do the only thing that makes sense to them: they rage. And through random violence, they slowly drive themselves to extinction.
Eumelia was born into one of the most inconsequential tribes, its first child in thirty years. With typical Cyclops myopia, her family were too busy mourning the past to celebrate the present, so she was left alone for the most part. She quickly developed a distaste for the attitudes of the rest of her species and saw nothing worth obsessing over in the ancient remnants of their dead culture. She was far more interested in the snippets she was able to learn of humanity, a living culture that spends its time making new things and having actual ideas.
It took her two years to find an intact dimensional portal and another year to figure out how to activate it again, but Eumelia eventually found her way to this corner of the 3rd dimension. The adjustment period was difficult. The first problem was that nobody spoke Classical Greek anymore. The second problem was that she was an eight-foot-tall monster. She eventually learned to work around these issues.

Why the character is in Bielefeld/Occupation: Melly thinks it’s a fascinating place and she’d like to know more about it. It’s also the place where it might be almost possible for her to keep low-key.

URL to Apartment Picture: http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/empty-li ... 499663.jpg

Link to RP examples: viewtopic.php?p=13364905#p13364905
viewtopic.php?p=10813280#p10813280
viewtopic.php?p=14064293#p14064293
viewtopic.php?p=13136317#p13136317
viewtopic.php?p=16175636#p16175636

IMPORTANT:
One paragraph that sums up your character. This paragraph is what we'll use on your player tab on the first page of the thread. This MUST be brief. Your tab will contain a link to your application so people will have full details:
A geeky teenaged Cyclops making it on her own in the human world. Plucky, optimistic, and awkward. Cue sitcom music.

Most cool. Cer is out until tomorrow. He approves apps. The app looks good at first glance.


Terin... sure thing. Is this the character? viewtopic.php?p=19623150#p19623150. Cer has you flagged as inactive/sabbatical, so you don't have to reapply if you plan to continue using Nex.

We're slowly gearing up for a Building Residents meeting. Of course, Fallout: Bielefeld is over and life has returned to normal.

The Carlisle wrote:Gonna post once tonight. Wondering where Gio, torii, and Yuna are.

Erinkita II wrote:Do not remove this search tag: #PLAPP
Your NS Nation's Nickname:Erin

Character Name: Eumelia (Melly)

Character Gender: Female

Character Species: Cyclops

Character Physical Description: Melly is 17 and small for her age, standing 8’5”. Despite her size and inhuman appearance, she embodies the image of a gawky teenager, seemingly being made mostly out of elbows and knees.
Her skin is a pale purplish-grey and rough-textured like a toad. Her stringy black hair reaches her shoulders with an awkward fringe. She hasn’t yet found a hairstyle that works. Her face is, naturally, dominated by her single giant round eye, which has a bluish sclera, yellow iris, and vertical slitted pupil like a cat. Her nose is a small bump with two slits and her thin-lipped mouth is proportionately much wider than a human’s, with a disquieting number of sharp teeth.
She usually dresses in an ancient Greek style, tunics and cloaks and such, but only because they don’t make more modern clothing in her size.

Primary Skill or Power: Melly is very strong, albeit weak by Cyclops standards. She has 6 points in strength and 3 in endurance.

Power Weaknesses/Flaws: She’s uncoordinated and has something of a mental block when it comes to violence.

Secondary Skill or Power: She has some tiny modicum of talent in painting. 1 point. She might be actually good at it in time.

Power Weaknesses/Flaws: She doesn’t put proper thought into her compositions usually ends up with wonky scale.

Character Background/Biography: Melly hasn’t had much of a life up til now. The Cyclopes were once a mighty race, but have been in slow, painful decline for many thousands of years. Having all but given up on interdimensional travel long ago, they are more or less confined to their own sub-dimension, eking out a primitive, existence in the ruins of their former empire. Embittered by the knowledge of all that was lost, Cyclopes do the only thing that makes sense to them: they rage. And through random violence, they slowly drive themselves to extinction.
Eumelia was born into one of the most inconsequential tribes, its first child in thirty years. With typical Cyclops myopia, her family were too busy mourning the past to celebrate the present, so she was left alone for the most part. She quickly developed a distaste for the attitudes of the rest of her species and saw nothing worth obsessing over in the ancient remnants of their dead culture. She was far more interested in the snippets she was able to learn of humanity, a living culture that spends its time making new things and having actual ideas.
It took her two years to find an intact dimensional portal and another year to figure out how to activate it again, but Eumelia eventually found her way to this corner of the 3rd dimension. The adjustment period was difficult. The first problem was that nobody spoke Classical Greek anymore. The second problem was that she was an eight-foot-tall monster. She eventually learned to work around these issues.

Why the character is in Bielefeld/Occupation: Melly thinks it’s a fascinating place and she’d like to know more about it. It’s also the place where it might be almost possible for her to keep low-key.

URL to Apartment Picture: http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/empty-li ... 499663.jpg

Link to RP examples: viewtopic.php?p=13364905#p13364905
viewtopic.php?p=10813280#p10813280
viewtopic.php?p=14064293#p14064293
viewtopic.php?p=13136317#p13136317
viewtopic.php?p=16175636#p16175636

IMPORTANT:
One paragraph that sums up your character. This paragraph is what we'll use on your player tab on the first page of the thread. This MUST be brief. Your tab will contain a link to your application so people will have full details:
A geeky teenaged Cyclops making it on her own in the human world. Plucky, optimistic, and awkward. Cue sitcom music.