LOTR Adventure seeds

[Ineti]

You may note that this is heavily based off mactavish's thread over in the Trek Narrator's forum. Let's get one started for LOTR.

This thread is for the posting of LOTR adventure seeds only. Please do not detail full Chronicles, but rather single-shot adventures that can be thrown into an existing Chronicle.

Please follow this format when posting adventure seeds:

Adventure Seed Title
Recommended Age for the adventure
Description (Please be concise; no more than three paragraphs)

If you post more than one adventure seed, please separate them with a line break.

[Ineti]

Quest for Glamdring

Recommended Age: Fourth Age

Description

During the late Third Age, Gandalf the Grey battled the Balrog of Moria upon Durin's Tower and on the peak of Zirak-Zigil, smote his enemy. Unfortunately, Gandalf suffered mortal wounds during the battle, and likewise fell. Gandalf was later resurrected as Gandalf the White, but his sword, Glamdring, was not with him.

Perhaps it is still on the peak of Zirak-zigil, buried in the snow. Perhaps it was destroyed during the battle against Durin's Bane. Whatever the case, it is the heroes' mission to find it or learn of its final fate.

[RobRobBinks]

Cleaning Up Mirkwood

Recommended Age: Third

Description: During the time between the Hobbit and LOTR, there are some great things going on in Mirkwood. Sauron was tossed out of Dol Guldor by the White COuncil, but not without some cost. Radagast, weary from years of toiling against the Shadow, has enlisted the parties aid to help him restore what was once known as Greenwood the Great. There are just as many political missions to undertake as adventurous ones, as the Free Peoples of this region are in a fractious state.

Current Chapters:
Werewolves of Woodman Town: The town is run by an agent of the Shadow that is turning his own people into werewolves.

Spiders in the Dark: For some reason, the venom of the spiders of Mirkwood is affecting Thranduil's elves, which was never the case before. Does Beorn, Elrond, Galadriel or the Ents have the answer to a cure?

Bad Trees: What turns good trees bad? There may be a quest to restore a stream font to help trees of Mirkwood stay happy.

Sarn Goriwig: A major orc strnghold...marshall the forces of good to assault this monolithic edifice.

Finally: At some point, the Witch King of Angmar sets up shop in Dol Goldur again.....Yikes!!

In the books, Sauron launches three attacks against Lorien from Dol Guldor during the War of the Ring....if the party does their job, these attacks will fail, as they did in the book. If the Shadow proves too powerful, will they succeed?

mwahahahahahahhhahaaaaa.....

[Brandir]

Originally posted by Ineti
Quest for Glamdring

Perhaps it is still on the peak of Zirak-zigil, buried in the snow. Perhaps it was destroyed during the battle against Durin's Bane. Whatever the case, it is the heroes' mission to find it or learn of its final fate.

Actually Glamdring is mentioned twice in LOTR after Moria - the first time is when Gandalf places it in Hama's care in Edoras. The second is when Gandalf and the four Hobbits enter the Prancing Pony after the War.

So its not missing. However, one does wonder how Gandalf managed to keep it after the duel with the Moria Balrog, and how he kept hold of his staff after the duel/imprisonment by Saruman??

[Ineti]

Originally posted by Brandir
Actually Glamdring is mentioned twice in LOTR after Moria - the first time is when Gandalf places it in Hama's care in Edoras. The second is when Gandalf and the four Hobbits enter the Prancing Pony after the War.

Could you please provide some page references for those bits of information? I don't recall reading about them in the books (though I've only read the books through once and skimmed sections many times).

Thanks!

[Jason Durall]

Originally posted by Ineti
Could you please provide some page references for those bits of information? I don't recall reading about them in the books (though I've only read the books through once and skimmed sections many times).

Thanks!

TTT - Chapter 6, The King in the Golden Hall

Gandalf - " Here at least is my sword, goodman Hama. Keep it well. Glamdring it is called, for the Elves made it long ago. "

TRotK - Chapter 7, Homeward Bound

"And Gandalf, too, was now riding on his tall grey horse, all clad in white with a great mantle of blue and silver over all, and the long sword Glamdring at his side."

[Jason Durall]

Interestingly, though, Tolkien does not mention whether or not the blade went over the Sea with Gandalf.

Perhaps the adventure could be modified to having a Dwarfish lord seeking to learn what has happened to such a mighty blade after Gandalf departed the land of Middle-earth.

[Brandir]

On the dwarven theme, perhaps one could investigate the theft of Orcrist from Thorin's tomb?

Or perhaps balin took orcrist to Moria with him - Dain/Thorin Stonehelm sends the players on a mission to recover Orcrist from Moria.

[Ineti]

Originally posted by Jason Durall
TTT - Chapter 6, The King in the Golden Hall

Gandalf - " Here at least is my sword, goodman Hama. Keep it well. Glamdring it is called, for the Elves made it long ago. "

TRotK - Chapter 7, Homeward Bound

"And Gandalf, too, was now riding on his tall grey horse, all clad in white with a great mantle of blue and silver over all, and the long sword Glamdring at his side."

Thank you !

[Grutos]

Originally posted by Brandir
On the dwarven theme, perhaps one could investigate the theft of Orcrist from Thorin's tomb?

Or perhaps balin took orcrist to Moria with him - Dain/Thorin Stonehelm sends the players on a mission to recover Orcrist from Moria.

May Aule be praised, a Dwarven Campaign!!

Perhaps a cleaning of Moria is in order, shortly after the coronation of Aragorn. Re-open the Mine to get more Mithril not to mention rid Middle-Earth of some pesky Orcs & Trolls.

[thiskitty]

Only problem with that Grutos, is that Tolkien pretty specifically stated (and I apologize, I don't have page numbers/quotes handy like Jason!) that the Dwarves wouldn't go back to win Moria until the seventh incarnation of Durin.

Although, I do remember reading somewhere that it was likely that Dain Ironfoot's grandson would've been Durin VII. I cannot remember where I read that....

[Ineti]

Great idea for a story, though. Have a player play a zero-advancement Dwarf named Durin VII. His mission? Clean Moria.

That's a whole chronicle right there!

[Brandir]

Originally posted by thiskitty
Only problem with that Grutos, is that Tolkien pretty specifically stated (and I apologize, I don't have page numbers/quotes handy like Jason!) that the Dwarves wouldn't go back to win Moria until the seventh incarnation of Durin.

Although, I do remember reading somewhere that it was likely that Dain Ironfoot's grandson would've been Durin VII. I cannot remember where I read that....

I have the same hazy memory of reading this also. But for the life of me I can't remember.
After a quick check in the volumes I do have, no luck except ...

In the Appendicies of LOTR, the Line of Dwarves lists Thorin III Stonehelm (born 2866, assumed Kingship 3019 following death in battle of his father Dain II ironfoot) as having a son called:

'Durin VII & Last'

Which suggests to me that Durin VII was the last Dwarf king before the Dwarves disapeared from view?? Durin VII would have been born approx 3000, living to FA 220?? (Aragorn died FA 120, the year which poss Gimli & Legolas went over the sea.)

If only I had an ebook of the History of Middle-earth and Tolkien's Letters ...

[Grutos]

Like I've ever followed a single rule before?!

[Glorfindel]

Oh, my. Thanks for the info! I was planning on doing a chronicle on the retaking of Moria in the future. I would have done it in ignorance, and without Durin VII!