Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-34241117-20180210161754/@comment-30830745-20180301123731

Jurassic Sean wrote: Sir Lazuli wrote: Jurassic Sean wrote:

IronJaw333 wrote: I actually thought about this, but I have two ideas for this... pigeoning.


 * 1) 1) Is lord of the Rings set in the time of pigeon mail? If so, they would also need to add pigeons, and overall I am all for the idea, but I think that would be much more complicated than the original idea.

I thougt about this and here is my suggestion for the ways of  factional mailing:
 * 1) 2) Perhaps, if the pigeon idea is too hard, maybe there could be two mail systems? Or maybe even more? I have trouble seeing an orc sending a letter by mailbox, but pigeons aren't very EVIL either. Maybe those black birds, crabans? That seems evil-ish. So while evil aligned players send mail by craban, and good players send it via pigeon or some other bird, the original mail system could be an equal version. Both bad and good could use it. Also, the bird version would give a use for birds. Very helpful, as birds are pretty much ignored.

Isengard and Dunland: Crebain

Angmar, Gundabad: maybe Bats?

Durins Folk: Ravens

Dale: Throttles

Hobbits: a Hobbit Postman

Mordor, Dol Guldur: Gorcrows

Cerinrim (if added): maybe a kookaburra? :)

Limwaith (if added): Tui (a bird from New Zealand)

Taurethrim: some kind of parrot

Vales of Anduin: maybe a falcon or something like that

Rangers of the North: jackdaws?

Blue Dwarves: common crows

Gondor, Rohan, Dorwinion, Rhúdel, all other Easterlings, Red Dwarves: the normal carrier pidgeon

Ñoldor Elves: collared dove

Silvan Elves: stock dove

Near Harad, Khand: turtle dove

Did I forget any factions? Let me know! I like a lot of things about this post, it’s really well thought out. A few notes:

1. I think it’s unnecessary to have different doves for all the Elven factions. Just one kind would probably be fine.

2. Jackdaws would be a cool bird for the Rangers. I’d personally love to see them using tamed falcons, though, even if it’s a bit cliché.

3. By “Vales of Anduin” I assume you mean Beornings, when added. I would guess they would send bears or something (as we hear a meeting of bears or people in bear shape outside Beorn’s house in The Hobbit. Though I’ll let those more knowledgeable in lore determine if that is reasonable.

4. What are throttles? I have never heard the term used for something that delivers mail or anything even distantly related, and I can’t find anything searching. Perhaps you mean Thrushes, as we see the people of Dale (Bard) understanding Thrush speech in The Hobbit? That would be a cool way to send messages.

5. You forgot one: Gollum would most certainly convey his opinions using the throttles system.

@CreeperKid354: In real life I don’t think anybody uses parrots to deliver mail, and pidgeons are outdated. However, there actually was trade in ancient times that brought parrots into America from South America. Chaco Canyon, a major archaeological site in New Mexico (which is a state of the USA), has revealed many parrot remains, which must have been brought from Mexico or farther because they don’t naturally live here.

http://westerndigs.org/exotic-macaws-found-at-chaco-canyon-reveal-trade-hierarchy-ancestral-pueblo/

Yes, I meant thrushes of Erebor. Oh, and I think there are not just Beornings in the Vales. I think woodmen are also part of this faction.