Mar 25, 2016

Greetings, everyone! 🙂 I thought I would raise a plea for the Burglar regarding the coming changes in the new patch.  You can find my posting about these things over on the Overlords’ forums here.  Please weigh in if you wish to do so, and thank you if you so choose! 🙂 What I wrote over there is as follows: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...

Attack at Dawn As I stared into the depths of the enemy stronghold at Dol Dinen, the warning given by the way-watcher, Hithlim, returned to me… “Kaleigh, the foes you go to meet are not the sort that fill legions upon the battlefield. They are of the highest Tier one can imagine dwelling in this realm. And with most of us scattered in distant...

Greetings, everyone! 🙂 Amidst all the talk of legendary items and the great advancement made by the Forge-masters regarding how to imbue them, another discovery has been made in our lands recently. Essence stones, of various size and luster, are being found to have significant power, and industrious folk have begun to work armor and jewelry to make use of these...

Greetings, everyone 🙂 Surely you have heard the news, yes? The Forge-masters of these lands, with whom we have toiled year after year only to tread water, have had a breakthrough of legendary proportions! No longer must we cast aside our shinies and forge others anew when new trainings are available to us! Yay! 🙂 Through the process of Imbuement, the...

…with all apologies to William Blake 🙂 The Champion Champion, champion, burning bright Beneath the dark of dawnless light  No shroud stretched from sea to sea Could dim your awesome majesty With peerless skill your blades have kissed Hapless foes to crimson mist No battle fought that, in despair, A foe not cry, “A Champion!  There!” I do...

Counsel After the battle at the ford, we were led along the winding and twisting roads that eventually brought us to the elves’ secret home. Dusk was settling upon the vale as our path led downward, into splendor that both soothed the spirit and exemplified plainly what it was for which we toiled to save. We were brought to the stables, where I wearily...

Penumbra Two days after the battle outside the Prancing Pony, Deverell and I passed through the southern gate of Bree-town and onto the Great East Road. After the chill that had lingered in the days before, the newfound warmth was most welcome. The preternatural winter had been broken for now. I stopped Dandi to watch Deverell as she tarried by the gate for one...

Defense of the Prancing Pony After gathering as many of the townsfolk as we were able to find to the Pony during the night, we took what rest we could. At the dawn of the next morning, we met with the Watcher in the Pony square… ”We have dared to stand against our captors, and now they are angry. The women and children are inside the Prancing...

Here is a recording of the theatrical The Green Ladies that we performed this past Sunday evening, on the 4th of the new year.  Inspired by Goldberry and her kin, and with the addition of the magick of the Old Forest, who knows what may happen? 🙂 A special thank you to all who had a hand in making our play the wonderful success that it was, and to the audience...

Happy Yule and soon to be New Year to all! As this year comes to a close, and we look forward to what the new year will bring, I wanted to take a small break from the festivities and reflect on this past year.  It certainly has been a remarkable one! This past year saw a significant departure from our path in years prior, with class changes and a switch from...

Just a few steps more and it is lights out for this creep… Oh, hey everyone!  You all caught me while being sneaky, something we Burglars very much enjoy being.  I am not sure why everyone insists on calling us Burglars, though.  I have never stolen a thing in my life, honest! So, you want to know what it is we do and how we go about doing it, you say? ...

Greetings, everyone! 🙂 From its very beginning, the path to Mordor was fraught with peril for those of the Fellowship of the Ring.  Likewise, the path toward Mordor taken by Turbine also has its risks and perils.  How much development to put toward one aspect of gameplay over another cannot be an easy decision to make! There have always been some who have...

The Broken Vessel It seems so long ago when I first came to visit the Shire. There was a time when my body was weary from toil, and my heart despaired at the endless nature of that toil. Dear friends, with whom I had toiled together for some time, sent me to this place. They told me that a holiday here would do me much good. My goodness, but they were right! I...

Greetings, everyone! 🙂 The idea to write a guide for the Legendary Items system came to mind after listening to Episode 48 of LOTRO Players News, where there was some lamenting over the Legendary Item system and the ‘grind’ involved. Later that day, while with others defending Helm’s Dike, the Rohirrim saw fit to award me an ancient symbol of...

Passages After seeing to the immediate concerns of those who had survived the day’s battle, and getting everyone settled in for the night as best as we could, we met once again with Lord Mathi. “Lasses, thank you again for coming to our aid when you did. We needed every last hand we had to turn them away,” he said. His gaze then went distant,...

Passages After seeing to the immediate concerns of those who had survived the day’s battle, and getting everyone settled in for the night as best as we could, we met once again with Lord Mathi. “Lasses, thank you again for coming to our aid when you did. We needed every last hand we had to turn them away,” he said. His gaze then went distant,...

Siege of Gondamon Amidst the falling snow that obscured our vision, and the beating of the drums of war that shook the stone upon which we stood, I remembered Hithlim’s warning… “Kaleigh, the foes you go to meet are not the sort that fill legions upon the battlefield. They are of the highest Tier one can imagine dwelling in this realm. And with most...

Obstacles Candaith was the first to recover his breath and finally speak. “Well done, both of you. There were a good many more in that war-band than I had suspected,” he said. “We are fortunate to have escaped with our lives,” said Deverell, still trembling from all that was involved in the battle. Candaith looked to her....

Stand at Amon Sul Amidst the burning embers of the fire, and the great evil that lurked just outside the safety of the firelight, I remembered Hithlim’s warning… “Kaleigh, the foes you go to meet are not the sort that fill legions upon the battlefield. They are of the highest Tier one can imagine dwelling in this realm. And with most of us...

Discretion I found Deverell waiting for me outside the encampment, watching the horses graze on the grassy hill nearby. She stood as she saw me approaching and gathered up her things. “What word from the way-watchers?” she asked. “What have they planned for us?” I unfurled the map that I had been given, showing her the areas that Hithlim...