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

[G-Tech Corporation]

For sure. War of the Ring, all that jazz.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm all in for the war of the ring. It's just.....Overdone? Well, I suppose that's not the case when done properly, which this hopefully is.

Hmm...Thinking of reserving Saruman and Isengard...Or maybe just a single Rhunic character.

Heh, I haven't seen a LotR RP for several months. It's also a largely changed War of the Ring, so you should find it fairly fresh. We could certainly use an Isengard, with the situation in Rohan heating up.

[Discords Equstria]

Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm all in for the war of the ring. It's just.....Overdone? Well, I suppose that's not the case when done properly, which this hopefully is.

Hmm...Thinking of reserving Saruman and Isengard...Or maybe just a single Rhunic character.

Heh, I haven't seen a LotR RP for several months. It's also a largely changed War of the Ring, so you should find it fairly fresh. We could certainly use an Isengard, with the situation in Rohan heating up.

Hmmm...


I think it may say something bad about me, when I say my favorite characters are Saruman and Sauron...Anywho. Isengard is one of my favorite factions from LotR. So I am leaning towards them

[Aliasa]

Heh, I haven't seen a LotR RP for several months. It's also a largely changed War of the Ring, so you should find it fairly fresh. We could certainly use an Isengard, with the situation in Rohan heating up.

Hmmm...


I think it may say something bad about me, when I say my favorite characters are Saruman and Sauron...Anywho. Isengard is one of my favorite factions from LotR. So I am leaning towards them

There's nothing bad about that, frankly my favorite canon character is the Witch King of Angmar followed by Sauron then Gandalf. My favorite non canon characters are Talion and Celebrimbor.

[Arlye Austros]

Hmmm...


I think it may say something bad about me, when I say my favorite characters are Saruman and Sauron...Anywho. Isengard is one of my favorite factions from LotR. So I am leaning towards them

There's nothing bad about that, frankly my favorite canon character is the Witch King of Angmar followed by Sauron then Gandalf. My favorite non canon characters are Talion and Celebrimbor.

Notice Celebrimbor is Cannon, just not the part in SoM (Though I want it to be, even with that human avoiding Mandos)

[Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States]

Name: Olórin, Gandalf the Grey, Greyhame, Stormcrow, The Grey Pilgrim. To the East, I do not go.
Race: Istari
Appearance: See history
Role: Guardian of Middle Earth against the forces of Evil, wizard, maker of fireworks, NOT a conjurer of cheap tricks
Alignment: Good
History: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandalf
Other: His love of the Halfling’s leaf has clearly not slowed his mind

[G-Tech Corporation]

Heh, I haven't seen a LotR RP for several months. It's also a largely changed War of the Ring, so you should find it fairly fresh. We could certainly use an Isengard, with the situation in Rohan heating up.

Hmmm...


I think it may say something bad about me, when I say my favorite characters are Saruman and Sauron...Anywho. Isengard is one of my favorite factions from LotR. So I am leaning towards them

Isengard doesn't get nearly the love it deserves. Book!Isengard is cool, but movie!Isengard is unbelievably swanky. Sadly so far they've just been biding their time instead of conquering Rohan.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Name: Olórin, Gandalf the Grey, Greyhame, Stormcrow, The Grey Pilgrim. To the East, I do not go.
Race: Istari
Appearance: See history
Role: Guardian of Middle Earth against the forces of Evil, wizard, maker of fireworks, NOT a conjurer of cheap tricks
Alignment: Good
History: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandalf
Other: His love of the Halfling’s leaf has clearly not slowed his mind

Happily accepted, welcome GCOCS.

[Mesrane]

Re-reserving Rohan, please.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Re-reserving Rohan, please.

Como no. You may have a rival soon.

[Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States]

Name: Cirion Silverlight, Knight of Gondor
Race: Man
Appearance:

Role: Knight of Gondor, Captain of the Silverlight Guard
Alignment: Good, Gondor, Heirs of Elendil
History: Cirion Silverlight. Now, he wasn’t always called Silverlight. That’s one of those names you pick up over time, which never lets you go. Not that it’s one of the worse ones. Annatar never got rid of that horrible nickname ‘Sauron’, after all. He kinda went with it, and looked how that worked out for him. No, Cirion Silverlight, or Cirion Ithildin, does have one of the better ones. A nickname he gained on the day of his rise to prominence. See, Cirion started his career as a Gondorian cavalryman, placed under the command of Boromir, Steward’s Son. He had inherited, among many other possessions (a house, a sword, a suit of armour) a horse from his father, who had been a cavalryman before Cirion. When Boromir was sent to reclaim Osgiliath from the foul hordes of Mordor, before the Council of Elrond, Cirion went with him, as part of the cavalry contingent. When the fighting broke out, Cirion was one of the first to enter the city in the massive cavalry charge that made safe the city streets. Alongside Boromir, with whom he made good contact during the battle, he let flow rivers upon rivers of black blood. The city was, for a part, made safe, and the infantry could sweep in to take on the rest.

It was only weeks later that Cirion got his nickname, and his reputation. Both sides, Man and Orc, were camped on opposite sides of Anduin the Great. One of the few remaining bridges, in the centre of the ruined city, was still not secured or covered, and Orc legions made use of the fact by sending wave after wave of Orcs across the bridge to force a breakthrough. Under cover of archery and catapult, the hordes tried to overrun the Gondorian infantry. The situation seemed desperate, but Cirion would not have it. He had the blood of a soldier, and perhaps even some blood of Numenor, and he would not see hos comrades die in vain. Alone, followed a few feet behind by his most loyal friends, Cirion charged the bridge head-on, straight into the black mass of Orcs, where he made a stand. With the Gondorian Cavalry at the helm, the Orc reinforcements could not, dared not intervene in time, and the bridge too was claimed and secured. Cirion’s armour, shining like silver light, became a banner for the troops. His story was passed on from soldier to soldier, until ‘Silverlight’ became a battle cry for most. Every day, from that day on, Cirion made his horse stride past the bridge, taunting the Orcs, emboldening his own troops. For this act of bravery, for his inspiring of many men, Cirion got the command of 30 hand-picked knights, loyal to the core. That’s where we are today. Osgiliath. The war of the Ring has started. The age of the Orc is over, the age of man has begun.
Other: Leads a squadron of 30 Gondorian Cavalrymen, a hand-picked company of some of the finest soldiers Cirion could find. Among them, Háma Broadsword, his lieutenant and right hand. This company has free reign over where they are stationed, and only take direct orders from the steward himself. Hence, they can be used as his hands in the field, performing all kinds of dangerous and secretive tasks.

[Aliasa]

There's nothing bad about that, frankly my favorite canon character is the Witch King of Angmar followed by Sauron then Gandalf. My favorite non canon characters are Talion and Celebrimbor.

Notice Celebrimbor is Cannon, just not the part in SoM (Though I want it to be, even with that human avoiding Mandos)

I did not know that Celebrimbor was canon considering I only ever saw him in SoM, I need to do some reading up on this kinda stuff at some point.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Might need to read back through our Historical Record for Cirion, GC. The Gondor assault at Osgiliath was a failure, and Osgiliath was eventually overrun, and much of the cavalry slain in combat with a warg-host of the Black Gate. Those who survived were spent again on Uruk pikes at Cair Andros. Right now Cirion's most likely position is within the White City itself, under siege, or having been scattered as part of the retreat/rout at Osgiliath.

[Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States]

Notice Celebrimbor is Cannon, just not the part in SoM (Though I want it to be, even with that human avoiding Mandos)

I did not know that Celebrimbor was canon considering I only ever saw him in SoM, I need to do some reading up on this kinda stuff at some point.

Ah, interesting. Celebrimbor kinda is the whole reason for Lord of the Rings to begin with. Like stated in SoM, he did create the Elven rings of power, after being deceived by Annatar. What happened to him is unknown, but SoM gives a plausible hypothesis. Annatar's ring plan didn't work out as well as expected, but it still worked a lot, thanks to Celembrimbor's skills and Annatar's power. A lot of people died because of him...

Might need to read back through our Historical Record for Cirion, GC. The Gondor assault at Osgiliath was a failure, and Osgiliath was eventually overrun, and much of the cavalry slain in combat with a warg-host of the Black Gate. Those who survived were spent again on Uruk pikes at Cair Andros. Right now Cirion's most likely position is within the White City itself, under siege, or having been scattered as part of the retreat/rout at Osgiliath.

Ah, hmmm... I will look into it once I have more time. Having been scattered with his men sounds more plausible, as horses are hella fast. I'll see what I can do.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Righto. He might be north in the drabs of Anorien that Gondor still holds, in Lebennin, or just somewhere isolated from other forces of Men.

[Aliasa]

Feel free to educate me on anything I don't know, cause for all intents and purposes I am a noob.

[Arlye Austros]

I did not know that Celebrimbor was canon considering I only ever saw him in SoM, I need to do some reading up on this kinda stuff at some point.

Ah, interesting. Celebrimbor kinda is the whole reason for Lord of the Rings to begin with. Like stated in SoM, he did create the Elven rings of power, after being deceived by Annatar. What happened to him is unknown, but SoM gives a plausible hypothesis. Annatar's ring plan didn't work out as well as expected, but it still worked a lot, thanks to Celembrimbor's skills and Annatar's power. A lot of people died because of him...

I do recall a reference to Celebrimbor´s death being that he was impaled as a banner before the walls of Est-In-Edhil as Eregion collpased. This, obviously, conflicts with SoM´s version of Celebrimbor´s death, with him being beaten with his own tool by Annatar himself. Though both versions seem to agree in two things: Celebrimbor rose up against Annatar once he knew the deception of the Ring, and Celebrimbor was eventually captured in this war, which in turn led to the collpase of Eregion and the end of Feanor´s direct line.

Again, I do wish Celebrimbor´s war against Annatar involved using the Ring and controling the mind of the orcs, gotta admit it would be awesome, and the betrayal of the ring itself also fits the cannon description of the Jewel.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Ah, interesting. Celebrimbor kinda is the whole reason for Lord of the Rings to begin with. Like stated in SoM, he did create the Elven rings of power, after being deceived by Annatar. What happened to him is unknown, but SoM gives a plausible hypothesis. Annatar's ring plan didn't work out as well as expected, but it still worked a lot, thanks to Celembrimbor's skills and Annatar's power. A lot of people died because of him...

I do recall a reference to Celebrimbor´s death being that he was impaled as a banner before the walls of Est-In-Edhil as Eregion collpased. This, obviously, conflicts with SoM´s version of Celebrimbor´s death, with him being beaten with his own tool by Annatar himself. Though both versions seem to agree in two things: Celebrimbor rose up against Annatar once he knew the deception of the Ring, and Celebrimbor was eventually captured in this war, which in turn led to the collpase of Eregion and the end of Feanor´s direct line.

Again, I do wish Celebrimbor´s war against Annatar involved using the Ring and controling the mind of the orcs, gotta admit it would be awesome, and the betrayal of the ring itself also fits the cannon description of the Jewel.

Eh, the War of the Elves and Sauron makes more sense as a normal conflict, not one involving weird Elf spirit powers. It makes sense, or enough sense, if Sauron killed Celebrimbor himself. Any binding of shades/whatnot is a bit wonky though, because that isn't how spirits work in LotR really. Plus the Ring only betrays masters who aren't Sauron- it is, after all, Sauron's will crystallized.

[Arlye Austros]

I do recall a reference to Celebrimbor´s death being that he was impaled as a banner before the walls of Est-In-Edhil as Eregion collpased. This, obviously, conflicts with SoM´s version of Celebrimbor´s death, with him being beaten with his own tool by Annatar himself. Though both versions seem to agree in two things: Celebrimbor rose up against Annatar once he knew the deception of the Ring, and Celebrimbor was eventually captured in this war, which in turn led to the collpase of Eregion and the end of Feanor´s direct line.

Again, I do wish Celebrimbor´s war against Annatar involved using the Ring and controling the mind of the orcs, gotta admit it would be awesome, and the betrayal of the ring itself also fits the cannon description of the Jewel.

Eh, the War of the Elves and Sauron makes more sense as a normal conflict, not one involving weird Elf spirit powers. It makes sense, or enough sense, if Sauron killed Celebrimbor himself. Any binding of shades/whatnot is a bit wonky though, because that isn't how spirits work in LotR really. Plus the Ring only betrays masters who aren't Sauron- it is, after all, Sauron's will crystallized.

Makes me wonder... are there any ghosts mentioned in any of the books? The Army of the death is one that defies the principles of the Gift of Death, however I am trying to remember any elven spirit who communicates with anyone after the death of the body (considering death for the elves is still wierd in many ways).

[The Starlight]

Eh, the War of the Elves and Sauron makes more sense as a normal conflict, not one involving weird Elf spirit powers. It makes sense, or enough sense, if Sauron killed Celebrimbor himself. Any binding of shades/whatnot is a bit wonky though, because that isn't how spirits work in LotR really. Plus the Ring only betrays masters who aren't Sauron- it is, after all, Sauron's will crystallized.

Makes me wonder... are there any ghosts mentioned in any of the books? The Army of the death is one that defies the principles of the Gift of Death, however I am trying to remember any elven spirit who communicates with anyone after the death of the body (considering death for the elves is still wierd in many ways).

None that I recall. Well, here I am. I'll be putting this up in the Tolkien RP Group, G-Tech.

[Arlye Austros]

Makes me wonder... are there any ghosts mentioned in any of the books? The Army of the death is one that defies the principles of the Gift of Death, however I am trying to remember any elven spirit who communicates with anyone after the death of the body (considering death for the elves is still wierd in many ways).

None that I recall. Well, here I am. I'll be putting this up in the Tolkien RP Group, G-Tech.

Hahaha, of course, as it should be.
#DoBalrogsHaveWings?

[G-Tech Corporation]

Makes me wonder... are there any ghosts mentioned in any of the books? The Army of the death is one that defies the principles of the Gift of Death, however I am trying to remember any elven spirit who communicates with anyone after the death of the body (considering death for the elves is still wierd in many ways).

None that I recall. Well, here I am. I'll be putting this up in the Tolkien RP Group, G-Tech.

Glad you made it! Feel free to do so.

[Conglomerate of Iron]

Do I have to post a Gondor App or do I automatically take over it?

[The Starlight]

Do I have to post a Gondor App or do I automatically take over it?

I believe you have to post one.

[Lunas Legion]

Hmm. Would the Witch King be in Mordor still, or would he have raised Angmar once again?

[Prusslandia]

I'll be reserving Isengard.