[NancyBrooke]

Would anyone, besides me that is, be interested in and/or volunteer to write a Character FAQ?

In this forum, as with a lot of others I imagine, we get a lot of the same questions over and over again - (with all due respect to DarkElfChilde) How old is Legolas? Is Gimli married? yadda yadda yadda ...

I imagine relatively brief bio/sketches including only text-supportable 'facts' - i.e. no fanon. Perhaps, if the author wishes, s/he could include a section of movie bits clearly identified as such. I think this would help and be a continually useful writer's resource. Only caveat is that we'd have to post pretty completed works, as WIPs or continual updates would be tough for a reader to sort through.

Any takers? I'd like to do Boromir, of course.

[BittenBuggy]

Oh oh! Me me!

Fingolfin please.

[DarkElfChilde]

I think this would be a good idea to create an FAQ for people like me that have been a new fan of LotR (movies) I have read the books, including the Hobbit, but that was a while ago, and I can't find them atm. So this will be excellent because I'm really trying to stay canon in a way (I have had a bad time at ff.net for one of my stories that I used to have on there-no worries really), but also have a little twist to my stories; hence why my story is an AU fic. I can't think of anything else to say, my mind is buggering out.

[NancyBrooke]

Added a poll (should have done it at the outset)

[SpaceWeavil]

I think it's a good idea, especially if it covers characters from the Silm as well, for people like me who have difficulty remembering who's who in there

If we can reserve characters, I'd love to do Elrond's FAQ. (please.... )

Think I still have all my notes for one I did for an RPG in fact.

[Viv]

[sindohte]

Why am I not surprised that BB would volunteer? I would be more than happy to help Nancy and I would be happy to write about Oropher and Thranduil.

[BittenBuggy]

[Andreth]

I'll do Sauron (big surprise there) and an overview of the various Valar/Maiar, if you think that would be needed. Does History of Middle-earth information count or just what's in the Silm/Trilogy? All with proper footnotes, of course.

[sindohte]

Good point Anna about properly giving credit to where we are drawing our information from in the writing of these character biographies. That way folks can go back to the original source material on their own if they so desire. And I figured you would be all over our beloved Sauron like a red robe

[SamwiseTheStrong]

Yay!! I would be interested in helping you out with this, seeing as I have a lot of Questions.
Luv,
Ur SamwiseTS

[Scribe]

Hey this sounds like a great idea, I'd love to be able to host the finish product in our non fiction or our Library Forum

let me know how it goes.

Scribe

[NancyBrooke]

O Scribe, I'm so pleased you want to get this in the Library! I was going to ask you when I had a sense of how many folks were interested but you've gotten there before me. Terrific. Having the finished FAQs in the library means we can use this thread to bandy things about and have the FAQs separate and easier to find. Yeah!

Okay, those who have asked to do characters above you go to it! I'm keeping a list. I think footnoting, or at least including a list of sources is a must; and I personally don't care what those sources are but think they should be among the following:

Primary Sources:
The Hobbit
The LOTR Trilogy
The Silmarilion
HoME
Unfinished Tales

The Films and other Secondary sources could be used only if noted, and if supported by the Primary sources, I think.

Did I miss anything?

I'm sure you'll let me know!

PS: Andreth - I think a Maia/Valar overview would be very helpful, at least to me!

[Leila]

I'm interested. I'd like Legolas and/or Faramir.

[SilverMoonLady]

I shall attempt to give utterly objective facts about our dear Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took, though I must admit to owning only one hard source (LotR).
Don't expect movie facts from me however. Not gonna happen. As much as I appreciate what's been done...