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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dlsharrock" data-source="post: 4145161" data-attributes="member: 55833">Thanks for the character submission Redclaw!The dragon's treasure? By which you mean that of Scatha the Worm? This event doesn't take place at this point in time but is the concern of king Frum of the Eotheod, son of the current king Frumgar. It also relies on the dwarfs being present in the Grey Mountains, which they currently are not (and cannot possibly be) for which reason I can't fiddle with the chronology to make the story fit. I'm sure there could be other reasons for his father to go into exile. Self-induced exile for some reason or another may put the Eotheod in a better light in Aerec's eyes.Some notes regarding the Eotheod would be useful at this point I feel, in order to build up your background or give you some knowledge of the race from which your character sprang. Boring bit: In the official Middle-Earth chronology, the Eotheod (actually Éothéod and that's the last time I use accents in this game, it could get out of hand <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ) are the ancestors of the horse masters of Rohan and they don't move into the Vale of Anduin until *after* the fall of Angmar, which hasn't happened yet. However, I have included them in our period (and thus risk the wrath of purists) because I think the Rohirrim are just too cool to ignore as a race and I wanted them, or at least their forerunners, to play a prominent part in our setting. As they don't play any part in the history of Angmar or Arnor I didn't see a problem with it.The reason I didn't just include Rohan is because Rohan simply can't exist yet. The Stewards of Gondor don't seek the alliance of the Eotheod until they're desperate, and the Plains of Calenardhon have only recently been diminished as part of the Gondor Realm (they are still within Gondor's borders, but a plague has wiped out most of the inhabitants), so they won't be given to the Eotheod for services rendered for quite some time yet. The kings of Gondor are too proud to call for help from Anduin. Indeed their pride will eventually be their downfall, but that's another story. In any case, the ancestors of the Rohirrim were known as the Éothéod and were given the province of Calenardhon by Gondor after the Battle of the Field of Celebrant. That battle won't occur for many hundreds of years and therefore terms like Riddermark, the Westfold, and so on are not yet known to the Eotheod, nor are the well known Rohan domains like Helms Deep or Dunharrow (though these places do exist). The Eotheod as a settled race live in the Vale between the rivers Langwell and Greylin at the source of the Anduin. They live in a small town called Framsburg under their king Frumgar and often travel on horseback along the shore of Anduin and the fringe of Mirkwood. They have a long standing connection with Gondor (trade and also ancestry) and have even been seen as far afield as Pelagir. They are excellent riders and are therefore capable of travelling great distances compared with the other races of Middle-Earth.Nice. And his emblem (and his father's emblem) is the white horse of the Eotheod, which he probably holds dear (attached). The white horse has always represented the Eotheod. It symbolises Felarof, Lord of the Mearas, in his evergreen field. The Mearas are a legendary horse long sought by the Eotheod in the lands of Middle-Earth as maiar spirits in horse form. It is said only the kings and princes of Men can ride the Mearas who will throw from their backs all lesser Men.The starting gold is just to equip with the basics. I usually redress any common sense problems when I know what the character is. For a horsemaster, for example, a horse is probably a good idea  but not necessarily something he needs to purchase given the likely content of his father's stables <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> This is just my loose way of setting up characters though. If it's a problem for other players or  gives rise to confusion then I see no problem with using the average for 2nd level characters.</blockquote>

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