Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-34241117-20180522022438

The oddment collectors. Obviously in a conspiracy along with bandits, serving Tom Bombadil.

Okay. What I am about to throw out is top secret info. If you are not ready for armies of Oddment Collectors and Bandits besieging your house, do not read further. You have been warned.



The Lies of the Oddment Collectors All of these sayings are often used by those suspicios oddment collectors... and really, all of them sound like threats. The second one however... is it just me, or does that sound bandit-like? How does he know what your pockets are bulging with?
 * Everything has a price, even your life.
 * IronJaw333. I see your pockets bulge with unwanted scraps! Let me replace them with a little coin...
 * If you don't give me your scrap, I'll curse the sun to not rise tomorrow! Haha!
 * Give me coin or I'll kidnap your daughter when you're on holiday in Harad!

The Alliances of the Oddment Collectors: A lot of talk about goblins and Gundabad orcs I see... Now tell me these guys are neutral! Not a single sentence goes with them saying of going to trade with the elves.
 * They say the Orcs of Gundabad are in possession of much wealth. Perhaps I'll go travelling to them next.
 * Come strike a deal with me, IronJaw333! A merchant can't make all his living from selling earth to the Goblins.
 * Come trade with me quickly, IronJaw333! For I shall soon be leaving these lands to seek the wealth of the Gundabad Orcs.

The Way to Utumno: Oh, really? WELL, IRONJAW HAS FOUND YOUR WAY!
 * How did I wander down here so far, you ask? I have my ways!

And after tat, you never see that oddment collector again! Until you go to the pits...
 * 1) 1) When you go into utumno, have you ever opened your map? If so, many times you will find yourself somewhere in Harad, or the ocean close to it.... well, as you can see, here is something ELSE the oddment collector says!
 * I hear the Mango-Men of Harad have plenty of scrap iron. Perhaps I should seek them instead of waiting for you to empty your pockets, IronJaw333.

A Dark Secret: Interesting. Two very different things to say, no? First, they say that they are here to trade with the beings of the underworld, NOW they say they are here to kill balrogs? I suggest the latter. With all of the "scrap" black uruk steel and dwarven iron I sold to them, they can equip an army! Now, where is the dark part... Interesting... I do believe this place is influencing these traders... OH! A clue! So these oddment collectors are expecting to MEET with someone here, eh?! Well, who is it precious? Interesting. This influence must be going faster than I thought. Already, these oddment collectors can communicate with ghosts and wraiths! Beware the oddment collector! Another threat I see! Well, it is ON! Come at me with your little Shire heather! Lets see what you can do against a mithril- *WHAK*          -IronJaw crumpling to the ground. I KNEW IT! Their ultimate secret revealed! They are trying to bring Melkor back! (not that I am afraid. This would be great! I'm on his side!)
 * Where there's beings who'll trade, there's money to be made!
 * I'm here to hunt Balrogs. Yes, that sounds believable.
 * Flesh! Flesh! Flesh... goes for a surprisingly good price down here!
 * IronJaw333! Of all the people I expected to see down here...
 * Kaspar told me I could find Fëanor's tormented soul down here.
 * I seek the keys of fire. And I shouldn't have told you that, should I? Not to worry, you'll never make it out of here alive...
 * Melkórë? But I thought you were - oh, it's just you, IronJaw333. Excuse me.

And also, they already know the secret... '''Melkor was banished to nobody knows where... BUT THE ODDMENTOS HAVE FOUND HIM! He is in a place called the fourth level, which is impossible to get to, except through a portal made out of a 3x3 of flame of uduns (why they need to hunt balrogs) then in the middle, there has to be a Melkor plate, and once you throw a Pickaxe of the Underworld on it (instead of killing enemies next to it) you will make a beacon. However, instead of going UP to get you out of here, it goes DOWN into the void, where Melkor will see the light, go towards it, and through it, up to you, where he will find an oddment collector with enough armor, weapons and "scrap metal" to supply the entire dungeon of utumno, and he will be able to take over the ENTIRE world in one fell swoop.''' Well. They may not be the best at lying, but they have a very good plan, one which every oddment collector has been working away at for a VERY long time. I mean, SERIOUSLY long! Do you know how long its been since anyone's called it Utumna? And the oddment collectors have been trying to rise Melkor even before he was fallen! They knew one day he would fall, and they would help him! The oddment collectors must have been his key peice in this checkerboard!
 * I'll see you down on the fourth level.
 * I'm looking for the fourth level, IronJaw333. Have you found it yet?
 * Now if I could only find a way down into the fourth pits...
 * A key of ice is rather nice, but a key of fire I truly... goodness me, it's you, IronJaw333!
 * What's that? No, of course I have no sinister underlying motive for buying all this scrap off you. Haha!
 * That was the best trade deal I've seen since the days of the Lamps.
 * Ah, I remember this place back when they still called it Utumna.



'''anyways, now that you have read this, you are no longer safe. Oddment collectors and their less-patient side (the bandits) will now hunt you all over the lands. Unless you put on a leather hat, throw out all good clothing except coins, and carry a shire heather in your hand while trying to raise Melkor, your life will be one big run away from impending doom of oddment collectors coming in from all sides...''' 