The Lord of the Rings:
The Shadows Linger
Okay, everyone! My first RP, here is the sign-up thread. There has been no official announcement, PM me of you want some details. The RP is scheduled to start in Febuary, but here is the sign up thread, as-per popular demand.
Character Sheet
Name: (This is LotR! Use titles, not surnames, unless you are a hobbit.)
Sex: (M or F, please.)
Race: (Man, Dwarf, Hobbit, PM me if you want to be an elf.)
Nationality: (As in, the Shire, Bree, Arnor, Rhovanion, Dale, ect. Bear in mind that Lindon, Dol Amroth, Lothlorien and Rivendell have been largely abandoned by the Elves.)
Skills: (No Ubering! You can be skilled, but not ridiculously so. Also, consider your skills based on your race. A Hobbit is unlikely to be a great warrior.)
Height: (Feet and inches, please. Duh and King A. ._.)
Weight: (Pounds, please.)
Appearance: (Physical appearance only, be detailed.)
Clothing and Armour:
Weaponry:
Other possessions:
Personality: (Be brief, only state the blatantly obvious, I'm sure we will learn all about it in the RP.)
Backstory: (Ditto. Be brief. You can reveal all you want in RP.)
I will PM you any concerns.
NOTES: This RP is set in the five hundreth year of the fourth age.
The RP will begin in Bree, so keep that in mind if you are thinking up a character.
All of the western havens of the Elves have been abandoned, and only a few still remain in middle earth outside of Mirkwood and Ithilien. Rivendell, Lindon, Lorién and Dol Amroh have been abandoned for over a hundred years.
Annumínas, Osgiliath, Minas Ithil and Fornost have been rebuilt.
Dale, Laketown, and the Lonely Mountain have grown largely.
Mordor is totally abandoned.
Spoiler:
Characters:
Name: Filbo Baggins
Sex: M
Race: Hobbit
Nationality: Hobbiton
Skills: Moderatley skilled warrior due to Tookish ancestry. Amazing pipe-blower. Good carpenter and map-reader.
Height: 4 feet
Weight: 40lb
Appearance: Brown curly hair, bulbous brown eyes, slightly childish face, almost always coated with a very thin layer of dirt.
Clothing and Armour: Green leather over-coat, leather belt with silver buckle, cream/brown shirt with yellow buttons, brown trousers(pants)
Weaponry: Sting
Other possessions: An old Ring
Personality: Kind with a Hobbitish trait that makes him grumpy when hungry or tired or both.
Backstory: Raised in Bag End by Sam's descendants who married into The Baggins family.
Name: Tomod, son of Toriak.
Sex: M
Race: Dwarf
Nationality: Dale
Skills: A great cook and steel will.
Height: 1.2 meters. Oh, dang it. 3.93700787 feet.
Weight: 132.277357 pounds.
Appearance: A fat little dwarf. His mahogny hair and beard is fastened tightly in his belt, with decorations in it. He is heavily built and slow, while moderately strong. His hands are riddled with scars from knife-accidents and he is missing his left littlefinger.
Clothing and Armour: He usually wears a bloodied Apron, but has a sewed shirt and rough pants underneath. He also owns a beautuful bronze chainmail, but he has never worn it.
Weaponry: Has a large collection of meat-knives and cleavers, but no real weapons.
Other possessions: An abundance of kitchen apparatus, pans and pots.
Personality: His one great passion is food, both making and devouring it. Remarkably rude and lazy. You'd have to try hard to get on his good side.
Backstory: Is the cook of the inn "Brand's Belly" in Dale. Is the black sheep of family, a great ancestry of proud warriors. Lives in a small shack in the middle of Dale.
Name: Lindin (Goes by his Elven name)
Sex: M
Race: Man
Nationality: Dúnedain
Skills: Tracking, knowledge of alchemy and botany, and hunting.
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 70kg (that's 155 pounds to you oldies)
Appearance: Long, stringy, dark hair which is sometimes kept in a ponytail. Green eyes. No beard, only stubble at times.
Clothing and Armour: Dark clothing with dark green, hooded Ranger cloak. Leather boots.
Weaponry: Normal sword, bow (with quiver of course), and dagger in left boot.
Other possessions: Paper and charcoal for writing.
Personality: Quiet and observant. Would rather flee from danger instead of fight.
Backstory: Raised by Rangers in the forests near Rivendell. Currently patrols around the middle of the Eriador region, particularly near Bree.
Name: Draganth of the Black
Sex: Male
Race: Human
Nationality: Dale
Skills: A good swordsman, trains his archery skills on his own time, but would never count on them in battle, very knowledgeable on the magical arts
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 173
Appearance: Dark long blonde hair, long-legged, medium shoulders, broad nose, blue eyes, fair skin, thick eyebrows, scar on the side of his face, which hardly shows unless he lifts his hair
Clothing: Cloak when traveling/not in combat (prepared at least), during combat he will wear a chainmail vest underneath a cloak with light gauntlets and boots.
Weaponry: One-handed sword, sometimes a shield he acquired when he emerged victorious from a fight with a heavily-armored dark-gaurd, a dragonbone bow.
Other possessions: A ring of Bronze and sapphire which his beloved mother gave him before she moved to Bree.
Personality: Mostly quiet, only talks when he has something important to say, not shy but rather prefers to stay away from long talks
Backstory: Had a father who taught him well in the arts of the warrior, but secretly enjoyed casting spells and researching the history of mages more.
Name: Gromm
Sex: M
Race: Dwarf
Nationality: Unknown to him, although he does know his parent lived away from dwarven society.
Skills: Extremely skilled in axes and has some skill in smithing. uses throwing axes occasionally. Has an uncanny talent for brewing.
Height: 3.8 feet
Weight: 180
Appearance: He has a black beard with two braids, black hair with on braid hanging on the opposite ear and many scars on the front of his body. none on the back.
Clothing and Armour: A green tunic underneath a suit of chain mail. one very large shoulder pad on his right shoulder
Weaponry: A walking axe when he carries when not in combat. A double bearded battle axe in combat. 5 throwing axes.
Other possessions: A mithril nugget on a necklace.
Personality: A heavy drinker with a love of treasure and battle. Hates the idea of scars on the back, claiming they are the mark of a coward.
Backstory: His parents died when he was young. He taught himself the ways of combat, fighting monsters and drunks when needed.
Name: Nilodo
Sex: M
Race: Hobbit
Nationality: Bree
Skills: The most famous fletcher in the town of Bree. Nilodo is a quick thinker. He has no expertise in amy weapons, but is exceptionally good in starting fires. Like most Hobbits, sneaking is one of his advantages.
Height: 2"10'
Weight: 80
Appearance: Fit, but not muscular. He has curly hair and a dirty face. He doesn't keep himself clean like most do.
Clothing and Armour: Usually seen wearing fuzzy pants and a tattered shirt.
Weaponry: he carries a fletching knife in his pocket
Other possessions: he carries around a mushroom, a lizard's finger, tinderbox, flint stones, and wood shavings.
Personality: Kind, and messed up in the head. Is smart in a different way than most people. He is your average odd-ball.
Backstory: He was raised by his mother and was brought up to steal. His father was killed by a strange phycotic (I spelt that wrong) dwarf. He always lived in Bree and doesn't plan on leaving anytime soon.
Name: Herewulf, Son of Osric.
Sex: M
Race: Man
Nationality: Dale, Laketown (I’d like some ideas of how their relation with the Mirkwood elves are, and the Dwarves)
Skills: Accurate and quick with his bow. Talented animal tracker and hunter, experienced in surviving in the outdoors.
Height: 5ft 11inches
Weight: 163 lbs
Appearance: Shoulder-length, light brown hair, often unkempt. Unshaven facial hair appears to be more as a stubble than a beard. Eyes – dark brown.
Clothing and Armour: Animal Hide armour (which allows for quick fighting and running), ; a black wool cloak underneath with a hood. Thick sturdy boots.
Weaponry: Mirkwood Longbow, given many years ago as a gift from the elves. 1 Short sword, very worn and battered. 1 Small dagger, often used when preparing food.
Other Possessions: Many outdoor cooking necessities, arrows, various ingredients from plants from the North of Middle Earth. A Book which tells the events of the attack of Laketown from Smaug and the Battle of Five Armies – General Reading Material.
Personality: Although quite reserved, is understanding, which allows him to play the diplomat in conflict situations, however he has a keen eye for things that are out of the ordinary and likes to believe he is quite knowledgeable of Middle Earth Lore...
Backstory: Hails from Laketown, and provides for himself by hunting and gathering, and as a result has become familiar with the nearby Elves, and has become wise to their tactics. He has recently travelled westward to try and find adventure. He has heard of a Bilbo Baggins who was involved in the Battle of Five armies, and his ‘nephew’ Frodo, the ring bearer. He feels that with the wise elves leaving, all men should have a good knowledge of all races, and is sceptical that the Hobbits are heroic at all.
Name: Mia Willows
Sex: F
Race: Man
Nationality: Archet
Skills: She can cook, clean and generally do everything that needs to be done at an inn. She's also familiar with forests and can run fast, track, climb trees, recognize plants and herbs and hunt with her sling, which she can use almost as well as any halfling. Has a pretty good singing voice and a great memory, especially when it comes to songs and stories. She can also pick pockets, though not very well.
Height: Just a hair under 5 ft
Weight: 97 lbs
Appearance: Mia is short and skinny, with an almost boyish figure. She's pale and freckled and has shoulder length strawberry-blond hair, curly and always messy, despite her best efforts. She has blue-grey eyes, a slightly pointy nose and narrow face. She's not very pretty, though she has a cute smile.
Clothing and Armour: She prefers to wear boy's clothes, simple and functional, usually in dark colours. People usually assume she's a teenage boy, to her great annoyance. She has a warm coat of dark blue wool and a deep hood of the same material. (unless you're going to start the game in the middle of the summer, then I'll have to modify this a bit)
Weaponry: A small dagger, a sling and a pocketfull of pebbles.
Other possessions: Most of her possessions were stolen soon after she'd arrived in Bree. She managed to get back a silver pendant her mother gave her, it's her most valuable possession.
Personality: She's very stubborn, doesn't back out or give up (even when she probably should). A bit naive, still has a "head full of songs", as her mother used to say, though she's become more cautious and a bit cynical since she left home.
Backstory: Her family used to run a small inn in Archet, until her father was killed by bandits while hunting in Chetwood Forest. Her mother wasn't able to keep the place running by herself and had to sell it. Mia had to leave home and she travelled to Bree, looking for work and finding only trouble... (more in RP, I have a detailed backtory for her ready)
Name: Nordenus
Sex: M
Race: Human (Man)
Nationality: Arnor
Skills: Marksmanship
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 154 Ibs
Appearance: medium-length black hair, short beard, green eyes, thick black eyebrows,fair skin (not too bright, not too dark), medium shoulders.
Clothing and Armour: Leather light armor.
Weaponry: Bow & Arrows.
Other possessions: Black jewel ring (family heirloom).
Personality: Doesn't talk much. Polite and gentle. Tries to be as much friendly as he can.
Backstory: Grew up in rather poor family. He's young, about 20 years of age. Not much to say about it.
Name: Ránen Erinqua (Lone wanderer, in Quenya)
Sex: M
Race: Silvan (Wood-elf)
Nationality: Mirkwood
Skills: Archery, hunting, generally being nimble and quick, wit and sarcasm. Also knows his way with short blades.
Height: 5"9
Weight: 152 llbs
Appearance: A long, slim face, gifted with the natural beauty of the elves. His nose is slightly crooked (really, really slightly) and his lips thin. His hair is of a dark brown colour, falling just above the elbows in the back, and shoulder length in the front. He keeps his face free by tieing the hair at the front of his head together in the back.
Clothing and Armour: A simple, dark green travelling cloak over mithril chainmail and greaves, tall black leather boots. He also sometimes wears a set of leather gloves (when climbing or in cold places).
Weaponry: A light, elven long bow and a self made short bow with blades attached to both ends, for close combat. He has a large quiver of elven arrows that he only uses for "important" shots, othewise he he makes his own, of lesser quality (lack of materials). A short, elven blade for various uses as well as close combat.
Other possessions: He keeps an amulet under his armour (I am thinking of not mentioning this as it is part of his backstory).
Personality: His life has given him a few quirks that one might not expect from an elf. He is often sarcastic and even a bit arrogant, though pleasant with persons whose company he enjoys. He also becomes quiet and distant from time to time, at which point he is prone to anger, if disturbed repeatedly. He is also overy violent in combat for an elf.
Backstory: A descendant of Thranduil, he was once a prince in Mirkwood. He tells little of himself, but it is obvious that something dark happened in his past, something that drove him away of his people. He has been wondering the woods alone for quite some time.
Name: Filbo Baggins
Sex: M
Race: Hobbit
Nationality: Hobbiton
Skills: Moderatley skilled warrior due to Tookish ancestry. Amazing pipe-blower. Good carpenter and map-reader.
Height: 4 feet
Weight: 40lb
Appearance: Brown curly hair, bulbous brown eyes, slightly childish face, almost always coated with a very thin layer of dirt.
Clothing and Armour: Green leather over-coat, leather belt with silver buckle, cream/brown shirt with yellow buttons, brown trousers(pants)
Weaponry: Sting
Other possessions: An old Ring
Personality: Kind with a Hobbitish trait that makes him grumpy when hungry or tired or both.
Backstory: Raised in Bag End by Sam's descendants who married into The Baggins family.
Name: Tomod, son of Toriak.
Sex: M
Race: Dwarf
Nationality: Dale
Skills: A great cook and steel will.
Height: 1.2 meters. Oh, dang it. 3.93700787 feet.
Weight: 132.277357 pounds.
Appearance: A fat little dwarf. His mahogny hair and beard is fastened tightly in his belt, with decorations in it. He is heavily built and slow, while moderately strong. His hands are riddled with scars from knife-accidents and he is missing his left littlefinger.
Clothing and Armour: He usually wears a bloodied Apron, but has a sewed shirt and rough pants underneath. He also owns a beautuful bronze chainmail, but he has never worn it.
Weaponry: Has a large collection of meat-knives and cleavers, but no real weapons.
Other possessions: An abundance of kitchen apparatus, pans and pots.
Personality: His one great passion is food, both making and devouring it. Remarkably rude and lazy. You'd have to try hard to get on his good side.
Backstory: Is the cook of the inn "Brand's Belly" in Dale. Is the black sheep of family, a great ancestry of proud warriors. Lives in a small shack in the middle of Dale.
Name: Lindin (Goes by his Elven name)
Sex: M
Race: Man
Nationality: Dúnedain
Skills: Tracking, knowledge of alchemy and botany, and hunting.
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 70kg (that's 155 pounds to you oldies)
Appearance: Long, stringy, dark hair which is sometimes kept in a ponytail. Green eyes. No beard, only stubble at times.
Clothing and Armour: Dark clothing with dark green, hooded Ranger cloak. Leather boots.
Weaponry: Normal sword, bow (with quiver of course), and dagger in left boot.
Other possessions: Paper and charcoal for writing.
Personality: Quiet and observant. Would rather flee from danger instead of fight.
Backstory: Raised by Rangers in the forests near Rivendell. Currently patrols around the middle of the Eriador region, particularly near Bree.
Name: Draganth of the Black
Sex: Male
Race: Human
Nationality: Dale
Skills: A good swordsman, trains his archery skills on his own time, but would never count on them in battle, very knowledgeable on the magical arts
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 173
Appearance: Dark long blonde hair, long-legged, medium shoulders, broad nose, blue eyes, fair skin, thick eyebrows, scar on the side of his face, which hardly shows unless he lifts his hair
Clothing: Cloak when traveling/not in combat (prepared at least), during combat he will wear a chainmail vest underneath a cloak with light gauntlets and boots.
Weaponry: One-handed sword, sometimes a shield he acquired when he emerged victorious from a fight with a heavily-armored dark-gaurd, a dragonbone bow.
Other possessions: A ring of Bronze and sapphire which his beloved mother gave him before she moved to Bree.
Personality: Mostly quiet, only talks when he has something important to say, not shy but rather prefers to stay away from long talks
Backstory: Had a father who taught him well in the arts of the warrior, but secretly enjoyed casting spells and researching the history of mages more.
Name: Gromm
Sex: M
Race: Dwarf
Nationality: Unknown to him, although he does know his parent lived away from dwarven society.
Skills: Extremely skilled in axes and has some skill in smithing. uses throwing axes occasionally. Has an uncanny talent for brewing.
Height: 3.8 feet
Weight: 180
Appearance: He has a black beard with two braids, black hair with on braid hanging on the opposite ear and many scars on the front of his body. none on the back.
Clothing and Armour: A green tunic underneath a suit of chain mail. one very large shoulder pad on his right shoulder
Weaponry: A walking axe when he carries when not in combat. A double bearded battle axe in combat. 5 throwing axes.
Other possessions: A mithril nugget on a necklace.
Personality: A heavy drinker with a love of treasure and battle. Hates the idea of scars on the back, claiming they are the mark of a coward.
Backstory: His parents died when he was young. He taught himself the ways of combat, fighting monsters and drunks when needed.
Name: Nilodo
Sex: M
Race: Hobbit
Nationality: Bree
Skills: The most famous fletcher in the town of Bree. Nilodo is a quick thinker. He has no expertise in amy weapons, but is exceptionally good in starting fires. Like most Hobbits, sneaking is one of his advantages.
Height: 2"10'
Weight: 80
Appearance: Fit, but not muscular. He has curly hair and a dirty face. He doesn't keep himself clean like most do.
Clothing and Armour: Usually seen wearing fuzzy pants and a tattered shirt.
Weaponry: he carries a fletching knife in his pocket
Other possessions: he carries around a mushroom, a lizard's finger, tinderbox, flint stones, and wood shavings.
Personality: Kind, and messed up in the head. Is smart in a different way than most people. He is your average odd-ball.
Backstory: He was raised by his mother and was brought up to steal. His father was killed by a strange phycotic (I spelt that wrong) dwarf. He always lived in Bree and doesn't plan on leaving anytime soon.
Name: Herewulf, Son of Osric.
Sex: M
Race: Man
Nationality: Dale, Laketown (I’d like some ideas of how their relation with the Mirkwood elves are, and the Dwarves)
Skills: Accurate and quick with his bow. Talented animal tracker and hunter, experienced in surviving in the outdoors.
Height: 5ft 11inches
Weight: 163 lbs
Appearance: Shoulder-length, light brown hair, often unkempt. Unshaven facial hair appears to be more as a stubble than a beard. Eyes – dark brown.
Clothing and Armour: Animal Hide armour (which allows for quick fighting and running), ; a black wool cloak underneath with a hood. Thick sturdy boots.
Weaponry: Mirkwood Longbow, given many years ago as a gift from the elves. 1 Short sword, very worn and battered. 1 Small dagger, often used when preparing food.
Other Possessions: Many outdoor cooking necessities, arrows, various ingredients from plants from the North of Middle Earth. A Book which tells the events of the attack of Laketown from Smaug and the Battle of Five Armies – General Reading Material.
Personality: Although quite reserved, is understanding, which allows him to play the diplomat in conflict situations, however he has a keen eye for things that are out of the ordinary and likes to believe he is quite knowledgeable of Middle Earth Lore...
Backstory: Hails from Laketown, and provides for himself by hunting and gathering, and as a result has become familiar with the nearby Elves, and has become wise to their tactics. He has recently travelled westward to try and find adventure. He has heard of a Bilbo Baggins who was involved in the Battle of Five armies, and his ‘nephew’ Frodo, the ring bearer. He feels that with the wise elves leaving, all men should have a good knowledge of all races, and is sceptical that the Hobbits are heroic at all.
Name: Mia Willows
Sex: F
Race: Man
Nationality: Archet
Skills: She can cook, clean and generally do everything that needs to be done at an inn. She's also familiar with forests and can run fast, track, climb trees, recognize plants and herbs and hunt with her sling, which she can use almost as well as any halfling. Has a pretty good singing voice and a great memory, especially when it comes to songs and stories. She can also pick pockets, though not very well.
Height: Just a hair under 5 ft
Weight: 97 lbs
Appearance: Mia is short and skinny, with an almost boyish figure. She's pale and freckled and has shoulder length strawberry-blond hair, curly and always messy, despite her best efforts. She has blue-grey eyes, a slightly pointy nose and narrow face. She's not very pretty, though she has a cute smile.
Clothing and Armour: She prefers to wear boy's clothes, simple and functional, usually in dark colours. People usually assume she's a teenage boy, to her great annoyance. She has a warm coat of dark blue wool and a deep hood of the same material. (unless you're going to start the game in the middle of the summer, then I'll have to modify this a bit)
Weaponry: A small dagger, a sling and a pocketfull of pebbles.
Other possessions: Most of her possessions were stolen soon after she'd arrived in Bree. She managed to get back a silver pendant her mother gave her, it's her most valuable possession.
Personality: She's very stubborn, doesn't back out or give up (even when she probably should). A bit naive, still has a "head full of songs", as her mother used to say, though she's become more cautious and a bit cynical since she left home.
Backstory: Her family used to run a small inn in Archet, until her father was killed by bandits while hunting in Chetwood Forest. Her mother wasn't able to keep the place running by herself and had to sell it. Mia had to leave home and she travelled to Bree, looking for work and finding only trouble... (more in RP, I have a detailed backtory for her ready)
Name: Nordenus
Sex: M
Race: Human (Man)
Nationality: Arnor
Skills: Marksmanship
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 154 Ibs
Appearance: medium-length black hair, short beard, green eyes, thick black eyebrows,fair skin (not too bright, not too dark), medium shoulders.
Clothing and Armour: Leather light armor.
Weaponry: Bow & Arrows.
Other possessions: Black jewel ring (family heirloom).
Personality: Doesn't talk much. Polite and gentle. Tries to be as much friendly as he can.
Backstory: Grew up in rather poor family. He's young, about 20 years of age. Not much to say about it.
Name: Ránen Erinqua (Lone wanderer, in Quenya)
Sex: M
Race: Silvan (Wood-elf)
Nationality: Mirkwood
Skills: Archery, hunting, generally being nimble and quick, wit and sarcasm. Also knows his way with short blades.
Height: 5"9
Weight: 152 llbs
Appearance: A long, slim face, gifted with the natural beauty of the elves. His nose is slightly crooked (really, really slightly) and his lips thin. His hair is of a dark brown colour, falling just above the elbows in the back, and shoulder length in the front. He keeps his face free by tieing the hair at the front of his head together in the back.
Clothing and Armour: A simple, dark green travelling cloak over mithril chainmail and greaves, tall black leather boots. He also sometimes wears a set of leather gloves (when climbing or in cold places).
Weaponry: A light, elven long bow and a self made short bow with blades attached to both ends, for close combat. He has a large quiver of elven arrows that he only uses for "important" shots, othewise he he makes his own, of lesser quality (lack of materials). A short, elven blade for various uses as well as close combat.
Other possessions: He keeps an amulet under his armour (I am thinking of not mentioning this as it is part of his backstory).
Personality: His life has given him a few quirks that one might not expect from an elf. He is often sarcastic and even a bit arrogant, though pleasant with persons whose company he enjoys. He also becomes quiet and distant from time to time, at which point he is prone to anger, if disturbed repeatedly. He is also overy violent in combat for an elf.
Backstory: A descendant of Thranduil, he was once a prince in Mirkwood. He tells little of himself, but it is obvious that something dark happened in his past, something that drove him away of his people. He has been wondering the woods alone for quite some time.
