So are both of my characters, I guess.

Then I guess it's time for a knife in the dark...

And after that Erna's ready to leave.

I've got one conversation that I'm planning to get out of the way later today, but after that Apelles will be ready to leave.

Rothan's ready whenever.

Rianne is waiting, all set, but hopefully Dralas will show up soon....or she might eat his breakfast as well!

I'll do a part with Erna hurrying to wait at the caravan, and possibly meeting Rianne. It's about time he had a bit of player-player interaction. So far he's been all on his own

yes by all means! Let him meet Rianne, she's just sitting there, with Morrie, waiting for the caravan to leave..oh and of course she's also waiting for Dralas...So she's just lonely now and would appreciate company

Does anyone have any business in Balmora? If not we should move the caravan before this rp dies.

I've got one more thing. Classes have kept me a bit busy.

Naaro is ready to go, although some interaction with other characters would be nice - can wait until after the caravan has left, though.

So....is it possible the young dunmer woman Naaro sees ..could it be Rianne by any chance?

It's definitely Rianne.

Ooookay, then they really should talk....I'll come up with something...soon

sorry i haven't been around. school got busy and i had issues with my living situation for a bit, but i'm back.

Good to hear danny! It's always nice to have you back! Rianne kinda missed you!

Are we ready to move out yet?

Rothan is.

Rianne is ready..it's just that she needs to see Dralas first..she saw him coming so...let's try to get this moving..it will be fun

Both Eno and Haz are pretty much set to go.

Wait a minute - I've got one conversation to get out of the way. I've been procrastinating for too long with this.

Shall I (or anyone who gets there first) move the caravan along to Foyada Mamea (sp?). I think it's done in Balmora and fresh scenery might kick things off a bit.

Well, it does seem that there is nothing left to say and do in Balmora. So I'd appreciate it if you moved us along. I could do it myself I guess, but I prefer not to doublepost.

yeah..hmm now I would appreciate some response from Danny but otherwise I think maybe we should start moving..

hey guys im back and for good now that i have internet in my own home. i was hoping to join this new rp. it seems to heir is human has died... anyway i'll be reading up and making an entrance soon. any ideas would be appreciated

Aw you're so welcome! We haven't reached that far, you should be able to catch up...GREAT to have you back my friend!

pretty slow now-a-days remember back in... what was it called... A Mystery Unleashed- we used to go through a page or two a day! They need to release some info on TESV so we can get some more traffic again. anyway, i see we have a murderer and a skooma dealer, but where are the really bad guys? i was thinking of making a character working with the sixth house to stop the convoys but it seems everyone associated with house dagoth is blight-stricken and deformed... do we have an antagonist? dagoth ur?

Erna's a psycho who secretly worships Mehrunes Dagon. If any character would be the bad guy, then wouldn't it be him?

But still, welcome aboard Shogun! Always good to have somebody return to our depraved pit of damnation forum.

characters up. hope you like trying to bring in some mystery. ill try to post today.

im all for moving on out of balmora, but i was going to let bbq finish whatever conversation he was going to finish.

PS: welcome back, shogun! long time no see

And Haz is a terrorist, although he is actively avoiding any terroristy actions right now. Ugh, I'm starting to regret making a character that has to pretend he is mute. It really lowers the amount of potential interaction.
And then there is the commander NPC waiting for us at Ghostgate, right?

So we do have evil characters, just small-scale evil. As is everything else. After THIH and AMU, people have had enough of epicness for a while. There are no would-be heroes in the caravan, nor are there would-be evil overlords. In fact, no one so far is going to Ghostgate with the intention of fighting the good fight. The epic clash between good and evil is something our folks had best stay out of anyway. Their level is too low to stand more than a couple of seconds against a single ash vampire.

Anyway, as far as I'm concerned the caravan can leave. Let's say up to about the fork in the road right after the (not yet built if I'm correct) legion fort? That should give our mysterious latecomer a chance to stick out even more as he comes running after the caravan cause he overslept. (or whatever excuse Shogun decides on.)

That said, welcome back. And so far the character is looking good.

now thats the kind of explanation i was looking for. thank you to everyone who welcomed me back.

as for the rp,i like the idea with the average joe thing. however, i think at least a little bit of 'epicness' is inevitable. its just the nature of the beast, i think. but at least this way the plot and characters can naturally grow towards epic, instead of having the rp built around it.

So, we stopping off at those daedric ruins? Only I had the idea that Erna might pick up an impromptu friend in them.

Oh, and Jack, I can try and work things so that Erna can try and start a conversatiom with him. He's bloody minded enough to actually bother trying.

I think we might want to discuss where or when we want to set up camp the first night. Should we camp near where the Imperial Fort is/will be, near where they enter the Foyada?

I don't know, Moonmoth is almost right outside Balmora. Probably they can get farther. But let me check a map.

Edit: After looking at a couple maps (thank you, The Imperial Library!) my thinking is that the caravan should be able to reach or get at least pretty close to the Daedric Ruin, provided nothing slows it down. I gotta admit that underneath the big Dwemer bridge would be a good place for some sort of trouble to occur, like with a herd of kagouti or something.

I dunno a bunch of Kagouti. I know that in the game they attack anything on sight, but most of the time most animals, even predatory ones, would probably be frightened off by a large group of humans (or dunmer, in this case). So in reality, a herd (or is it a pack if they're predators?) would probably just scarper if they saw the caravan coming.

And as I said, I wouldn't mind them staying at the daedric ruins for the sake of Erna meeting a new 'friend.'

A lady friend...

Hehe..a lady friend? Hmmm yeah, not so many females in the caravan huh?

I don't know about Dralas, Danny hasn't been here lately so Rianne is sorta stuck, she has offered him breakfast and to share her guar with him....I don't know, maybe I'll have to presume he's taking her offers so we can get moving?????

Well, seeing as we already have, that'll have to be the case.

Well, the ruins are almost halfway there, as I recall. It would seem to me that we wouldn't get to the ruins until the second or third day. Remember that this is a sixty-mile journey. I would estimate that the road to the foyada itself would be about nine miles at least. I think underneath the Dwemer bridge would actually be a good place to camp on Day One.

Yeah...uh she could be a bit behind though..I'd rather not presume too much about Danny's charachter, I'd like him to respond first

Actually, how long would this journey take in total?

We've settled on four days if nothing goes wrong; otherwise five. It's in the thread, I believe - one of my posts, I think.

Dwemer bridge is fine by me as a compromise solution. Four days also sounds fine.

About my kagouti herd idea... you are right that it doesn't work well as an actual attack problem (I felt scattering was more likely, too, in the back of my head) but it might be something to see to add some color, and maybe a scout or armiger could stumble upon them first. Just from the standpoint of adding some color and providing a stimulus for conversation I think the kagouti herd still works. Too early for an ambush, really, but not too early for a little stimuli.

I'm also thinking the caravan should stop just before (or about the same time as) sunset. Traveling by day seems to be the best move when dangerous creatures are about.

Agreed. I say just before. It would a lot easier to set up camp with a little bit of light, and the armigers would probably want to secure the perimeter before nightfall.

That raises the question of how much camping stuff the caravan's carrying. Where will the supplies go (and how well guarded will they be?), presumably the guar will just be staked rather than bothering with a shieling but what about the perimeter. Unless previous caravans have built anything its just going to be a few watchmen standing round so if anything is going to attack (say outcast ashlanders) they will attack at night. Though I don't think the first night would be the one for it.

Will the people have tents (heavy, bearing in mind they would be canavs over a wooden frame) or just bivvie? Or a mixture?

I think there needs to be some event just to keep things going, I like the idea of a pack (herd?) of kagouti.

I think there will be a mix of canvas tents and bivvies. There might be a bit of litter and some makeshift defenses at a couple sites (like the Daedric ruin), but probably nothing like that at the bridge.

I'd be happy to write in some kagouti when the time comes. With Dranas near the front of the caravan it makes sense that I should do it. Anyone want to continue any conversations or what not first?

It's fine with me, Rianne and Dralas are in the rear part of the caravan (I think). Anyway maybe it's time to start preparing for the nightfall, we've been moving for a while by now, right?

There could be some events and stuff during the stop....and some conversation.

Could there be some pack-guars carrying tents? I mean for all of the caravaners....if not, Rianne could sleep under the sky, she's done it before..

Well, Apelles isn't discussing anything right now. I'm assuming it's going to be one of you guys. If nothing happens by the end of the week, canis (or I) could just move things along.

Canis - where, if anywhere, do we want this conversation to go. It could create tension if one or both found out something about the other as both aren't quite what they seem. Or we could introduce something else. Or something... Whatever its meandering a little too much and could do with direction.

I thinking either Rothan makes a joke/jive about moon sugar (and Dranas fails to react properly) or Dranas says something about the Tribunal (a joke about how they got their power, perhaps?) that hits a nerve with Rothan's reading of "heretical" materials.

Edit: Actually, I'll try to make a questionable remark right now.

Well Erna has decided to poke his nose in, and seeing as he's a few guars short of a herd he could always make a little tension.