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[Humaan]

Tons of tons of cloth!

Wood, Strawberry Wine, and Uninjured Caged Creatures.

[maxicaxi]

bombs, rope and lampoil   

[silhouette]

bllankets with the equivelent of spallpox.

[DarkerDark]

From throughout Amanereli, materials and goods are gathered and packed away on beasts of burden. Soon, Amanereli's abundance is known. Animals are laden with barrel upon barrel of Strawberry wine and basket upon basket of delicious berries. Stacked on top of this all are bins stuffed with various craft goods, pipes, wood, and of course, everyone's favorite: Rope reed cloth!

Surely this is the greatest caravan ever assembled!



Suddenly a hoarse cough is heard, and a grizzled old Elf Swordsman steps out of the shade. He eyes the caravan with contempt and raises a finger towards the assembly of elves.

"Surely this caravan is large, but it is far from great! What will the Dwarves think when we arrive at their doorstep with nothing but booze, berries, cloth and some old trinkets?"



"We need to bring something which will guarantee respect and admiration from the stout mountain dwelling people! Something that will show them that they are truly blessed to be friends with the Elves of Amanereli!"

"But what?" Replied the crowd, still occupied with loading their animals. Somewhere, someone mentioned offering the Queen, but that idea quickly vanished when the grizzled Elf Swordsman lit an old cork pipe.

"There exists beyond the border of our fair forest, a beast which is the very symbol of might and power! A beast so large that the earth trembles beneath it's feet! I am speaking of course, of the dreaded Elephant."



"Children of Amanereli, we must capture and tame this beast! Only then will we earn the respect of the Dwarves!"

The Elves are now determined to capture and tame an exotic beast, specifically, an Elephant. While the caravan waits in Eyoaslef, a party of Elves will venture out into the nearby Plains of Torment in search of pachyderms. How many elves venture out, and what equipment do they bring? Is this even a good idea, surely caged Hoary Marmots would do just as well?

[Acanthus117]

15 elves. 10 are the best archers and warriors (divide evenly) that can be mustered, whilst the other 5 are the elves that tame animals and stuff. They bring weapons, specifically bows and arrows, spears and nets. The strategy is to immobilize the elephant with the nets, and have our elf animal dudes tame him/her.

EDIT:Meanwhile, we pick out the hardiest elves to be caravan guards, and as a sign of good faith, an elf of royal personage, possibly a candidate to the throne, will come with the caravan to negotiate with the elves.

EDIT2: DarkerDark, I am in awe of your mad drawin' skillz, yo.

[ExKirby]

DAMNIT WHERE ARE MY ASSORTED HERBS.

[cowofdoom78963]

Three elves. With some cages.

[maxicaxi]

no bombs? 

edit: well this is df inspired......

[mainiac]

That is some fine art there.

To catch an elephant: three elves.  One with a very strong sedative blowgun, one with a very strong cage, one with a very strong pair of oxen.

The sedater finds a mother elephant, follows her back to the young and knocks her out with a blowgun dart.  The cager rushes forward and catches one of the baby elephants in a cage.  Then the elves roll the cage on logs to get it on top of a wagon which the oxen pull as you make your getaway.

Immediately start caring for the baby elephant as you begin your journey and hopefully by the time you let it out of the cage, it will have forgotten it's homicidal desires.

If you don't have wagons due to elfiness, you'll need an even stronger ox.

[Haspen]

Ye Morul dat art!

I'm so going to watch this. Thus an almost empty post.

[Karnewarrior]

160 Elves and one rope.

We can spare that right?

[Cthulhu]

Thorns.

Scatter the thorns on the ground where the elephant walks, and when it steps on one, have the friendliest, most adorable elf walk out, say hi, and pull the thorn out of the elephant's foot.  The elephant will join us willingly.

[Armok]

Thorns.

Scatter the thorns on the ground where the elephant walks, and when it steps on one, have the friendliest, most adorable elf walk out, say hi, and pull the thorn out of the elephant's foot.  The elephant will join us willingly.

THIS! DO this.

[abculatter_2]

Thorns.

Scatter the thorns on the ground where the elephant walks, and when it steps on one, have the friendliest, most adorable elf walk out, say hi, and pull the thorn out of the elephant's foot.  The elephant will join us willingly.

THIS! DO this.

I agree

[Emperor_Jonathan]

No, we don't need one elephant.

WE NEED MANY