And Riniel had thought they were here to help with the One Ring problem! In fact, what time was this? In any point, she realized, Frodo was already in Rivendell. That story could now play out.
As for her, she tried to guess what Elohir could be talking about. Should she help?

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Thanks, folks! @e asked for you to PM us what you thought of the new rules, and you did. Many of you loved it, others didn't. Just as many of you loved it before and others didn't.

Thus, we're opening up ANOTHER RPG for those who want to have a slower RPG, and REMOVING the post limit on this one for you fast posters.
We're dividing this into two quests. If you intend to go explore the East and uncharted lands, the Lord Elrond will be providing escort for you. Others, who are curious what it'd be like to see the known Middle-Earth and perhaps embark on a ring quest will have their desires satisfied as well.


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The Lord Elrond stood. Everyone else rose, and Elrohir invited all adventurers to please follow him as they had a long journey to prepare for, etc. The adventurers departed , leaving some elves, Boromir, some dwarves, Gandalf, and Frodo taking their seats. As they left, Elrond began to speak:

"Strangers from distant lands, friends of old, you were summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor....we must unite or we must fall..."

Now this was more like what they were expecting! Some of the Adventurers turned around, deciding to stay in the chamber...

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[I'm finding this whole splitting the RP into two thing quite confusing, as good a idea as it is. For a start, how does the RP split?(asking from an RP'ers point of veiw, wouldn't it be better to have the choice placed straight to everyone so they can make their minds up?) I would PM this, but I think others might be a little confused too. Some clarification would be good ]

Ellethwen practically jumped out of her skin at the sound of that voice.

"I never thought it would be so scary..." she muttered, then started to think about what to do.

I don't know what to do...exploring Middle-earth would be the smart thing to do, but I've reda all of tolkien's Middle-earth books so much I know it up and down. It would be exciting to explore uncharted lands, but what if something we don't know about kills me? How would I ever get back home?

She felt like crying, but then heard Elrond speaking again.

She turned back towards the people sitting in a circle.

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Lhunardaien decided to stay, to hear what Elrond had to say to the others. It sounded very interesting, what Elrond was saying, and it also sounded familiar in a strange way.. She looked around for one more moment, to see who was staying as well, and wandered back to her seat in the Council, wondering what was coming.

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Ellethwen decided that it would be a better idea to explore Middle-earth, instead of uncharted lands. Wouldn't it be interesting, to be just like Meggie from Inkspell, visitng the Inkworld, a land she had always imagined? She wouldn't be seeing Lombrica and Argenta, but instead Middle-earth.

Ellethwen made up her mind, to stay in the lands she knew of.

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Riniel's head jerked up when she heard Elrond's words. Then, she had not been wrong? By helping Frodo with the one ring, she had done as she should?
Half of her was relieved, but the other was worried. Remembering the night on Weathertop, she knew this world could be dangerous - and sad. She thought of Frodo, being cared fro somewhere. Even though she knew he would survive, it was awful to see him so near death.
But her choice was made almost instantly. I'm in Rivendell, she thought, amongst the companies of many I had only previously wished to meet! And now I have an invitation to become a part of their story.
She listened to see what Elrond would say next.

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Luthien hesitated, not sure of what she should do. The thought of discovering what lay beyond the maps of Middle Earth was tantilizing, but she adored the already discovered lands so much! Overhearing Elegost's comment, she knew that he wanted to stay and search around M-E. Whatever she did, Luth realized that she wished to remain with those she knew.

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Thanks Haldir and Gil!
"You said: I know that this will hurt, but if I don't break your heart then things will just get worse..."

FaZ, when he heard Elegost's opinion, decided to stay with him and his family. "Sticking together with best friends will be better for us" He said "I hope Gwen and Luthien are staying here too! And... fighting in the war will be a great adventure!" He sat down grinning. "Do you think we will be able to go to the Helm's Deep?"

[Thanks to all my "companions" on this mission who have continued our journey in your posts whilst I was away this week. ]

This whole story is ever so confusing, she thought, I do want to stay with my family in the safety of charted lands... but really how safe is it? We could get caught in a battle, or worse, not that Larael was really afraid.

Larael continued to think and finally decided that she would prefer to search Middle-Earth and perhaps become part of it's history too.

["Companions" feel free to tell me what I've missed. It'd be much appreciated!!"]

(I'm a bit lost now....I guess I'm staying with them then...)
Caunion stayed as some of the other travellers that he had only known by sight left. He was allowed to stay due to the grace of Boromir and Elrond. But he could tell that some of the elves thought he was a Southron or Easterling spy. For god's sakes, I'm not a spy!! Caunion thought angrily.

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I was cured all right.

Okay, claification time.
While some of you seemed excited to journey into the lands beyond that easternmost Sea on Tolkien's Middle-Earth map (go look in your copies of LotR; it's called the Sea of Rhun), many more of you sent PMs to the mod account saying that you think the idea stinks, you were disappointed, you wanted to see the Ring destroyed, or that you wanted to explore the MIddle-Earth you READ about.
So the natural conclusion from this was to divide the RPG up so that everyone could have what he/she liked best. One RPG for the slow-paced RPGers.
A second RPG for those who want to do the quest we came up with, and go exploring beyond the edges of the maps Tolkien drew.
A third RPG (this one), remaining open for those of you who thought the other RPG idea (traveling East) is/was awful.

***You may join one, two, OR three of these RPGs

***This RPG, the third one, could either be about the RIng getting destroyed or whatever you make of it. That's why as those traveling East left to prepare for their journey Elrond turned to everyone else and re-opened council
***To find what you want to do, go ahead and debate back and forth what you must do on here. Remember, post limit is removed.

Okay, hope y'all understand better. If y'all are still confused, just say so!

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Wait wait, we can join all three? Won't that be kind of confusing? Because then we are technically in three places at once...

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But it's three seperate RPGs so technically your not in three places at once.

(But this story splits two ways, so no, it isn't seperate in my opinion.... )

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I am a pro-cycling fan! Congrats to the Young rider of the Tour de France!
~Cyclist in Training~

*waiting for further instruction from Elrond *cough*mods*cough* *

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