Ethin Halcyon
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Ethin Halcyon-A Jedi of the Old Republic/ Carakanaralim-a rouge Sith of the Empire
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Post by Ethin Halcyon on Apr 19, 2006 9:42:28 GMT -5
I'll join a starship battle RP too, so Aliies or Revan could one of you get it started?
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Post by zodiac on May 13, 2006 21:38:23 GMT -5
Okay I haven't been on for a while so...anyone mind giving me a brief summary on what's been going on here?
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Post by Sean Flameheart on May 14, 2006 1:36:44 GMT -5
umm..nothing important really...nothing plot changing...just join an RP when it comes up...or join padawan adventure..taht one just started
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Post by zodiac on Jun 22, 2006 18:56:08 GMT -5
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
Sauron the dark Lord has begun to rise in his dark fortress in Mordor. He has unleashed a terrible war against Gondor and has corrupted the wizard Saruman at Isengard to attack the people of Rohan. All hopes lie in the hands of Frodo Baggins of the Shire. As he made his way he was attacked by Sauron's greatest servants the Nazgul.
So Frodo arrived at Rivendell with Strider (Aragon), Samwise, Merry, and Pippin to soon team up with Gandalf the Grey, Legolas, Gimli, and Boromir to create the Fellowship of the Ring. The nine headed off to Mordor to cast the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom. But the men of the west aren't the only ones with problems.
For in the north Sauron has risen Drogoth the dragon lord and has driven out the dwarves from the Grey Mountains and has many more enslaved. So Elrond decided to send a strike team of elves and dwarves to the fortress of Dol Guldur. But to reach Dol Guldur they will first have to pass the High Pass which is a dangerous road filled with Mountain Giants, Goblins, Trolls, and maybe even dragons.
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth
==Character Creator== Name: Age: Gender: Race: Their will be three races to pick from below Height: Weight: Weapon: Limit to two Bio: No mysterious background, that has been overdone in KMC's RPGs
Men (Gondor) During the Battle of Fornost, Eärnil II's son Eärnur led Gondor's forces to victory over the Witch-king of Angmar, who was actually the Lord of the Nazgûl. Although Eärnur wished to fight him, Eärnur's horse was terrified and fled the battle against his wishes. By the time he mastered his horse and return, the Witch-king had fled. Glorfindel the Elf then prophesied to him that it was better that he not fight the Lord of the Nazgûl because not by the hand of man will he fall.
Eärnur later ascended to the throne, ruling from Minas Anor (Tower of the Sun). During this time, the Ringwraiths captured Minas Anor's sister city, Minas Ithil (Tower of the Moon), renaming it Minas Morgul (Tower of Sorcery) and taking it as their lair. Minas Anor was renamed Minas Tirith (Tower of Guard) as a result. The Lord of the Nazgûl repeatedly sent messengers to Minas Tirith challenging Eärnur to single combat, taunting him that he had fled out of cowardice from facing him during the Battle of Fornost. Eventually, King Eärnur was overcome by wrath and rode with a small company of knights to Minas Morgul, to accept the challenge. They were never heard from again.
Due to suspicions by the Kings of Gondor in the wake of the Kin-strife, many men from the Royal House had either foresworn their heritage and taken wives of non-Númenórean blood, or else had fled into exile. Upon Eärnur's departure, no one could be found who had an equal or stronger claim to the throne than would have any son of Eärnur (who left no children). The rule of Gondor was left to the Stewards of Gondor because there were fears of a civil war if a person who did not have the support of most Dúnedain of Gondor was crowned King.
Men/Rohan In the 1200s of the Third Age (T.A.), the Kings of Gondor made close alliances with the Northmen of Rhovanion, a people akin to the Three Houses of Men (later the Dúnedain) from the First Age.
In the 2000s, a remnant tribe of such Northmen calling itself the Éothéod moved from the valleys of Anduin to the north west of Mirkwood, clearing out what remained of the recently defeated witch kingdom of Angmar, east of the Misty Mountains. While there, some dispute arose between them and the dwarves over the treasure-hoard of Scatha the dragon.
Later, in 2509, Cirion the Steward of Gondor sent summons to the Éothéod for aid in throwing off a combined invasion of Men from the north east of Middle-earth, and Orcs from Mordor.
Eorl the Young, king of the Éothéod, answered the summons, and arrived unexpected at a decisive battle at the Field of Celebrant.
As a reward, Eorl was given the plains of Calenardhon, and he moved his kingdom there. This land had earlier been part of Gondor proper, but had been devastated by the plague of 1636, and the survivors to a large extent slain in the invasion mentioned above.
The first line of kings lasted for 249 years, until the ninth king Helm Hammerhand died. His sons had been killed earlier, and his nephew Fréaláf Hildeson began the second line of kings, which lasted until the end of the Third Age.
In 2758, Rohan was invaded by Dunlendings under Wulf, son of Freca, of mixed Dunland and Rohan blood. The King, Helm Hammerhand, took refuge in the Hornburg until aid from Gondor and Dunharrow (a refuge of the Rohirrim) arrived a year later and defeated the invaders.
It was soon after this that Saruman arrived and took over Isengard, and was welcomed as a strong ally, since it would take Rohan close to 200 years to recover its strength after the invasion.
In 3014, Saruman began using his influence to weaken the King, Théoden, as part of a campaign to invade or take over the kingdom. In 3019, he launched a full-scale invasion on Rohan, with victory in the two first battles (at the Fords of Isen; Théoden's son, Théodred was killed during these attacks) and defeat at the Battle of the Hornburg, where the Huorns came to the aid of the Rohirrim.
On the heels of this victory, Théoden rode with an army to Minas Tirith and helped break its siege in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, where he was slain. Éomer, the nephew of King Théoden, then took up the reign, beginning the third line. Éomer rode with the armies of Gondor to the gates of Mordor and took part in the final battle with the forces of Sauron, who was defeated when the Ruling Ring was destroyed.
The rule of the stewards of Gondor was now over. King Éomer and the new king of Gondor, Elessar (Aragorn), renewed their oath of alliance, and reaffirmed Cirion's grant of Calenardhon to the Rohirrim.
Elves The stories of the First Age deal mostly with the Elves, especially those who did not heed the call of the Valar and stayed behind in the various kingdoms of Beleriand, and those who later returned. Men appear in the tales of the First Age, but do not rise to dominate the world until the later stories. The Elves of the First Age are in their youth, and one of their kings, Fingolfin, is powerful enough to challenge Melkor, a being of angelic might.
They first awake at Cuiviénen under the light of the stars; see Awakening of the Elves for details.
After the end of the First Age and throughout the Second Age, the Elves of Middle-earth are still powerful enough to hold off Sauron and create Rings of Power which can actually slow the effects of time.
However, by the Third Age (the time of The Lord of the Rings), their importance in affairs of the world is diminishing, and only a few of them are left in the refuges of Rivendell, Lindon, Lothlórien, and Mirkwood. Many of them can be seen walking west, towards the Grey Havens, to leave Middle-earth forever. Therefore few of them remain in Middle-earth after the end of the Third Age, when the One Ring was destroyed.
Dwarves Unlike Elves and Men, the Dwarves are not counted among the Children of Ilúvatar. They were created by Aulë the Smith. They were kept asleep until after the Awakening of the Elves. Aulë created the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves, from whom all other Dwarves are descended. Aulë's work was doomed, though, because he did not have the power to grant independent life to his creations, that is, free will - that power belonged to Ilúvatar alone. Aulë later repented and confessed to Ilúvatar. When the Dwarves were completed, though, the voice of Ilúvatar spoke to Aulë and agreed to grant them true life, and include them in His plan for Arda. Ilúvatar granted the Dwarves life, and therefore they are known as the Adopted Children of Ilúvatar.
They mined and worked precious metals and stones throughout the mountains of Middle-earth. They were great miners and craftsmen, derived from their maker Aulë. Gandalf described gold and jewels as the dwarves' toys and iron as their servant. In ancient times, they were said to have preferred working with copper and iron, though in later days they wrought gold and silver, and the mithril they found in the mines of Khazad-dûm.
The Dwarven language was created by Aulë, and was known as Khuzdul. It was a strange language to Elves and Men, and few non-Dwarves learned it, due to the fact that the dwarves guarded it jealously. However, one Dwarven phrase is well known: the ancient battle cry, going back to at least the First Age: "Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd ai-mênu!", which means "Axes of the Dwarves! The Dwarves are upon you!" Dwarves were famous for using axes. However, as seen in The Hobbit, they were not above using swords, shields and bows.
Seldom were females seen among them. When they were seen, they were often mistaken for male Dwarves, because they too had beards.
==Setting== Rivendell In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins stopped off at Rivendell with the dwarves on the way to the Lonely Mountain and also on the way back to the Shire with Gandalf.
In The Lord of the Rings, Frodo Baggins and his Hobbit companions journey to Rivendell, where they meet with Bilbo, who had retired there after his 111th birthday, spending his time on his memoirs, There and Back Again. Several other Elves, Dwarves and Men also arrive at Rivendell on separate errands; at the Council of Elrond they learn that all of their errands are related to the fate of the One Ring, and they must decide what to do about it. In the end it is the Hobbits who influence the decision.
Rivendell is located at the edge of a narrow gorge of the river Bruinen (one of the main approaches to Rivendell comes from a nearby ford of Bruinen), but well hidden in the moorlands and foothills of the Hithaeglir or the Misty Mountains.
Dol Guldur Dol Guldur was established by Sauron after his return to Middle-earth somewhere after 1000 Third Age, although his identity was long unknown. Dol Guldur was originally known as Amon Lanc (bald hill), and had been the capital of Oropher's Silvan Elves, who had departed north to the Black Mountains (Later Mountains of Mirkwood). After Sauron took over Amon Lanc Thranduil son of Oropher led his people over the Forest river, where they remained.
The White Council long feared the power in Dol Guldur might be Sauron, and in 2063 Gandalf went to Dol Guldur, and Sauron, not yet powerful, fled to the east. In 2460 Sauron returned there, just as the One Ring was found by Sméagol the Stoor. However, the Ring disappeared with Sméagol under the Hithaeglir.
In 2845 Thráin II, King of Durin's folk in exile and holder of the last of the Seven Rings of the Dwarves, was imprisoned in Dol Guldur's dungeons. In 2850 Gandalf again entered Dol Guldur, finding the dying Thráin, and Gandalf was entrusted with the map and key to give to Thorin Oakenshield, although Thráin could not tell him his own or his son's name before he died. Gandalf confirmed Sauron was the master of Dol Guldur at that time.
Gandalf returned to the White Council and urged an attack on Dol Guldur, but was overruled by Saruman, who had begun searching for the One Ring in that area by then. In 2941 Saruman finally agreed to an attack, which occurred at the same time as the Quest for Erebor. This was carefully planned by Gandalf, so that Sauron and Smaug could not assist each other, as otherwise they surely would have done. Sauron fled to Mordor, his plans now ready. Dol Guldur remained staffed by Khamûl, a lieutenant of Barad-dûr, second of the Nazgûl.
During the War of the Ring, the forces of Dol Guldur made three assaults upon Lórien, causing grievous damage to the outlying woodlands, but were driven back each time by the power of Nenya which only Sauron himself could have overcome. Dol Guldur was finally destroyed and cleansed by the Elves of Lórien, led by Galadriel, after Sauron's fall. Renamed back to Amon Lanc it became the capital of Celeborn's realm of East Lórien for a while.
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Post by Mistress Lin-Kai on Jun 23, 2006 10:20:50 GMT -5
I'm in lord of the rings Anakin
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Post by Sean Flameheart on Jun 23, 2006 21:15:25 GMT -5
I shall make this into a new sparring room sub board... I'll take this info, and sticky it into the basics...
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Post by zodiac on Jun 25, 2006 3:21:58 GMT -5
I shall make this into a new sparring room sub board... I'll take this info, and sticky it into the basics... The Lord of the Rings is going to have its own section? If so then I could be a mod for it. I tend to spend all my time now reading the Lord of the Rings and all the other books by Tolkien.
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Post by Sean Flameheart on Jun 25, 2006 9:49:44 GMT -5
i could try...although i think you have to be a mod...I'll take it up with what is left of the council...
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Post by Sean Flameheart on Jun 25, 2006 9:52:18 GMT -5
nevermind, taking it up with the council is unnecesssary for you dont have to be a council member to be a moderator for a forum...
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