Pashbo Proudfeet and Rubyrae present Episode 23, with Pashrandir the eleven poet bringing us the poem “Stealth and Seduction” about Pashwyn of Dale.  Meanwhile, Pashkoi’s Middle Earth A-Z takes us to Fornost.  As always, there is just about enough time to squeeze in a quick LOTRO store news item. We would love to include work from the LOTRO...

Common elements: Celon ~ river Duin ~ (long and large) river Nen ~ water Baranduin: Baran meaning golden-brown and duin meaning river.  More commonly known as the Brandywine river. Celondim: Celon meaning river and dîm meaning sadness.  Possibly River of Sadness. Falathlorn: Falath meaning beach or wave-beaten shore and lorn meaning quiet water, anchorage or...

common elements: eryn ~ wood glad ~ wood taur ~ great wood, forest tawar ~ great wood, forest (also pertains to the material) Eryn Laer, Lothlórien: Eryn meaning wood and laer meaning summer or song.  Summer Wood or Wood of Song. Taur Hith, Lothlórien: Taur meaning forest and hith meaning mist or fog.  Forest of Mist. Taur Ornolf, Trollshaws: Taur meaning...

common elements: Celon ~ river Duin ~ (long and large) river Nen ~ water Anduin, Lothlórien: And meaning long and duin meaning river.  Known as the Great River. Bruinen, Trollshaws:  Brui meaning loud, noisy and nen meaning water.  Also known as the Loud-Water. Celebrant, Lothlórien: Celeb meaning silver (particularly of silver deposits) and rant meaning course...

Much excitement over at An Unexpected Vidcast this week, as Pashbo Proudfeet and Rubyrae build up to this year’s Big Burrow!   Eight contestants from across the free people of Middle Earth enter the Big Burrow house, and you will be able to vote out your least favourite ones in future weeks. We also join Pashkoi on his A-Z of Middle-Earth, this week...

common elements: Amon (pl. Emyn) ~ Hill Orod (pl. Ered) ~ Mountain Dol ~ ‘head’ often applied to hills and mountains Amon Ros, Lone-lands Amon meaning hill, ros meaning spray or foam or ross meaning rain.  Hill of Rain, I think. Emyn Hoedh, Ered Luin Emyn meaning hills, hoedh is the plural of haudh which means grave, burial mound or tomb.  Perhaps Barrow Hills,...

Pashbo and Rubyrae Proudfeet introduce a further selection of sketches and news from across the LOTRO servers.   This week Chumbly of Laurelin finds out about the bi-monthly market, Pashkoi of Gilrain visits Caradhras, and those drunken dwarves Pashili and Korili sample the delights of the Bird and Baby Inn.  We catch up on the Adventures with Willmatt and...

Pashbo Proudfeet and Rubyrae are back with their weekly dose of fiction, fun, fact and frolics in Middle Earth.   This week, Pashkoi provides a guide to the Barrowdowns, Pashrandir reads his latest poem “The Ghost in Rags”, we catch up on the Adventures of Willmatt and Chanile as they quest in Eregion, and Ellei of Gladden is the musical guest on...

I thought I’d start by translating some of the placenames you will come across early on during your travel in Middle-Earth, including the place name  that got me started (echad candelleth).  I’ve found remembering the common elements isn’t too bad (e.g. ost ~ fortress, amon ~ hill, echad ~ camp) and it makes navigating a little easier if I...

I am starting a series of posts which will translate (hopefully!) the Sindarin place names found throughout LoTRO.   Sindarin is an elvish language but it was also spoken by the Númenóreans in the Second Age and their descendants, the Dúnedain in the Third age, which, at least partly, explains the proliferation of Sindarin place-names across Middle-Earth.  When...

  In Sindarin there is a word, – Aduial. (The name means “second uial” = evening twilight, in contrast to minuial which means “first uial”, referring to the morning twilight.) So when I looked up that word, I instantly thought “Evening twilight” would be a suitable name for the song. I love to role-play my elven...