There are depths unseen ahead, and you've not the slighest hope of measuring them.

[lady_of_rohan]

Dear lady, this is a truly unwise course. You do not, and heavens blessing be it, understand what defines my life. I am not words on paper, nor fleeting images to fade to memory.

I am flesh, I am blood and morrow and sinew. I live and breathe the life of my people, and it is to them I am beholden, not to you. I am tasked with leading those my uncle no longer can, and I will not fail in this duty.

Do not undertake me lightly, nor think I am so easy to cast aside. I am woman, and I am no one's whim.

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...i am so sorry.

[worming]

One would be a fool to cast you aside, my lady. Not one so fair and lovely.

akldjfKLAJSD never be sorry, evil is so good.

[lady_of_rohan]

You would know nothing of my value as more than decoration; well named Wormtongue. I should not longer be surprised to find you lurking in shadows.

lmao yes it is the very best of good :3

[worming]

Would I not? If not I, then who would? There is none in all the lands of men who know more about your worth than I, for I have watched over you and know you, dear lady.

Grima has unlocked Epic creeper achievement!

[lady_of_rohan]

You may have stalked my steps and watched my actions, but that does not mean you know me. You know nothing of my heart or my spirit as a man who has neither.

YES ALL MY DREAMS ARE NOW COMING TRUE

[worming]

Neither? Yet you know my heart. You know it well, for you have held it in your hands for long. That it is true and loyal to you, you cannot deny.

And that a kick in the head?

[lady_of_rohan]

I do not want your attentions, nor your vile affections. If it is your heart I hold then take it back before I run a blade through it and finally bring an end to misery for us both.

BUT WHY

[worming]

You speak thus now, yet for your sake I shall dispense counsel for I see that it is sorely needed. Shun not a man who will serve you willingly even in a place like this, my lady, for in the shadows viler things may be found.

'Cause mine are too!

[lady_of_rohan]

You think me in need of your guidance? I have seen what such words have wrought upon the ears of my uncle. Your lips are as poisoned as your tongue. I need no man to serve or to rule me, I seek an equal to stand by my side.

I fear no darkness or death, there is honor to be found in dying well and fighting for what is just.

[puppy_lancer]

I'd tell you to come to Tower of Animus, but that would mean leaving not just your people, but also your world to perish.

[lady_of_rohan]

I refuse to become useless, that is perhaps the only thing I fear in this life.

[puppy_lancer]

Well, we've got other princess there too, and at least one king. They aren't exactly useless. They're protecting people and helping out with the effort to stop the admins from being assholes.

[lady_of_rohan]

I am no princess, I claim no such title. I was born a Lady of the Mark, any such claims I have on title are of birth. The proof of earning it is in the living.

[But that was hardly the point was it? No.]

You have leaders who have left their own people to govern others? These admins must be foul creatures indeed.

[puppy_lancer]

I like the way you think.

[He scratches his head.]

Well...not really. The thing is, we all got kidnapped and transported over there, and supposedly everything else in our world are dead. So those experienced with being leaders...lead. But yeah, most of the admins are asses.

[lady_of_rohan]

It is the way of title to be as much a servant of the people as a governor of them. My uncle was a shining example of what a true king should be, I have been blessed to know many such men in my life.

You've been taken against your will? Fiends! I can see why the leaders would lend themselves to the cause, it is indeed a valid one.

[puppy_lancer]

...Ruana isn't that bad. She says that she saved us from our worlds being killed, but I'm not quite sure on that. Only thing I knows that she seems to care for us but doesn't know the method.

They pretty much need all the help they can get, since my mun says they have evil assholes from other worlds breathing down their necks. Even if they defeat the administrators, they're gonna need to take some extra time to beat those guys too.

[lady_of_rohan]

This Ruana is a leader? I should hope she defends and protects her people. There is more to being a leader than merely a strong sword arm.

I too know the foul feeling of evil's too near presence. It is not something that slides easily from memory. What could I offer to such a place?

[puppy_lancer]

She...

[He frowns, trying to find a good way to say it.]

She probably would if she could. But a lot of the time, she wants to play with them and make their lives fun. The thing is, her fun is really, really destructive.

Well, leadership skills are surely in high demand. And you can fight too, so lead us on military operations? Make us into an actual army?

[Though he's not keen on being in a organized and well-disciplined army. Too many unneeded rules.]

[lady_of_rohan]

...you would willingly follow a woman into battle?

[Forgive her, this concept takes her by surprise.]

[puppy_lancer]

Well, if she's strong and smart and a good leader, it doesn't matter if she's a man or a woman, right?

[He's from a land that has a long tradition of female warriors. Not only that, but as a Servant, he's used to taking orders from women. Sure, he would tease and flirt with them in the downtime, but when it actually came time for battle, he actually listened fairly well.]

[thelastking]

Anyone who dares to take you lightly are fools destined for failure, my lady.

[ He's rather grateful to see her again, even if she's a tad upset. ]

[lady_of_rohan]

My Lord, such praise from you is... it warms my heart to hear it. I can only hope I am worthy of the kindness.

[Oh, how she lights at that voice and smiles like a young girl at that face.]

[thelastking]

[ It's good to see her smile so brilliantly. He had feared that she lost the ability to smile during their long arduous trek to Helm's Deep. ]

Éowyn, you are more than worthy. This I can certainly assure you with much ease.

[lady_of_rohan]

[To others, perhaps, she was still frozen, the elegant flower sheathed in ice. To him? Never, even if she had tried to embitter her heart to him, she could not have done so.]

You are gracious and kind, as is fitting of your position, but rare to be found in it.

[thelastking]

I suppose that's true enough, but tell me how do you fare? Your people mourn for the loss of their king just as much as I do.

[...Théoden. Yet another soul lost to the endless violence that seems to plague Arda. ]

His death shan't be in vain.

[lady_of_rohan]

I always fare better in your company, my lord. The loss of my uncle has been a shadow over us all, he was a good man and a fair king. The people rally in memory of him, and thus he still remains with us.

[No one is gone forever, they never leave who dwell in the hearts of others.]

It hasn't been, nor could it ever be.

[thelastking]

[ It does him great good to hear such words from her. Despite all the horrors they've faced, it would seem that Éowyn still remains true to herself. This pleases him more than anything. ]

Théoden would be proud. Rohan's future won't be marred by the sadness of his passing.

[lady_of_rohan]

[She is a Lady of the Mark, a Shieldmaiden to the last, her spirit forged and tempered to be every bit as strong and unfailing as elvish blades.]

I hope to honor his memory, to carry out his legacy in my own word and deed. This land will flourish as he intended.

[thelastking]

Your lands shall flourish as long as you stay true to your goals. My faith in the Rohirrm to overcome the horrors of yesteryear is absolute.

[ He knows of her worth, and wouldn't easily second guess it for the world. ]

Yet, do not forget yourself during such trying times. Remember, he would wish for you to remain true to yourself.

[lady_of_rohan]

I shall see to them to the best of my ability, as he would have. The riders of Rohan are a strong people, proud and fierce, we do not breed weakness nor cowering hopelessness. I have no doubt the land will recover.

[She considers herself more an example of what her line and lands produce than any singular quality of her own.]

[iorhael]

I'm afraid that those that have had the especially bad luck to attract a mun's attention have little luck at all in getting them to listen... nor do muns care much for whatever pressing business one may have.

[lady_of_rohan]

So I am beginning to see, we are all then to be pawns in a game without rule or reason. It seems little better than the plans the Tower itself has for us.

[iorhael]

No one could put it better, thought there is some reason to their actions, if very strange and a bit mad... and that is whatever suits their whims or fancy.

The Tower?

[lady_of_rohan]

Mordor and it's dark lord. These muns are perhaps less purely evil, but they are also less pure in their motivations at all.

[iorhael]

I had thought you meant the strange, ever-growing tower; the one I hear with Gandalf and Legolas, Haldir and Idrial.


I suppose so. [he would find it hard to rate Mordor and Sauron below anything, even a mun]

At the very least, though I know it is hardly at all comforting, one can be very sure what the Enemy would do if given the chance, and it would death or worse.

[at least most muns would not do that to those they have their eye on, at any rate. Most]

[lady_of_rohan]

Isengard? I know of it by word and deed only, it is a far darker tower i fear than that of he White.

[iorhael]

The Tower many call Animus. A strange place but maybe not nearly so deadly as the two towers.

[lady_of_rohan]

This is a tower of which I know not...but something of it rings familiar. Yes! You are not the first to mention this place, as I understand it there is a need for leadership. What do you know if this new Tower?

[iorhael]

Not much more than that it has some that we are already know there, I am afraid.

[lady_of_rohan]

Others of Middle Earth? Who is there? Can you tell me? My uncle? Brother? Lord Aragorn?

[iorhael]

I don't recall seeing them there at the time I last looked, it had taken Gandalf and Legolas, Haldir and Idrial.

[therangerking]

Those are strong words. [ Half-murmured. ]

[lady_of_rohan]

In such times I find strength and directness are virtues that cannot be overstated. But, as has been said of me, I am not the gentlewoman I should be at times.

[therangerking]

I did not realise you are one to take the words of others to heart so easily. [ Teasing. ]

[lady_of_rohan]

[Sharp raise of her head at that, ready to spit back words of defense and venom, but the wit of it sets in and she smooths to a humored chuckle.]

I may be Shieldmaiden but I am still a woman, I suppose that carries with it some flaws of my sex. I shall do my best to overcome them, as you overcome your own. [And teasing right back]