Archive for the ‘Places of Middle-earth’ Category

That’s one Dead Dragon, and a Munkiy’s Butt

In: Kinship Watch| Places of Middle-earth| Through the Scrying Pool

9 Apr 2009

Helegrod, oh how I wished to had seen you.  I sadly, and foolishly, left the game just after the release of this 24 man raid a little over a year and a half ago.  The only two times I saw the inside of this great dwarf keep was a solo run inside the instance [...]

Initial Thoughts on Book 7

In: Minstrel| Places of Middle-earth| Points of Interest

18 Mar 2009

Fantastic! I could probably just leave that one word, and that would be enough, but of course I’ll give a little bit more detail than that. Disclaimer: I’ve only played for a little while so far, so that’s the perspective that I’m looking at things with. Read on, fair reader, for my thoughts. Josh also [...]

Lothlorien at Night - First Impressions

In: Middle Earth Profile| Places of Middle-earth

18 Mar 2009

Though my St. Patrick’s Day was quite busy, I took some time at the end of the night to check out the new LOTRO free content update. For the past month, I’ve been reading everything I could get my hands on about Book 7, hoping for the tiniest morsel of information to hold me over [...]

Where On Earth Was Middle-earth?

In: Places of Middle-earth

12 Jun 2007

Tolkien states in the prologue to ‘The Lord of the Rings’, it would be fruitless to look for geographical correspondences, as “Those days, the Third Age of Middle-earth, are now long past, and the shape of all lands has been changed…”. Yet Peter Bird, Professor of Geophysics and Geology at UCLA, has attempted just [...]

Explore Middle-earth: Ost Ringdyr

In: Places of Middle-earth| Points of Interest

17 May 2007

The newest addition to LOTRO’s Explore Middle-earth series turns the spotlight on Ost Ringdyr in the Ettenmoors.

After Glân Vraig was firmly entrenched, the Free Peoples of Eriador, led by the elf Lainedhel, pressed further into the Ettenmoors. In the far eastern reaches, they established another, greater fortress - Ost Ringdyr - which houses the main [...]

Through The Scrying Pool: Minas Vrûn

In: Places of Middle-earth| Through the Scrying Pool

17 May 2007

My latest travels took me into the North Downs and through the ruins of Minas Vrûn. Having spent the last few days in the Lone-lands, I felt the desire to leave those desolate lands and head north to the low hills of the North Downs.
While I was in Trestlebridge meeting with locals and doing [...]

Through The Scrying Pool: Ost Alagos

In: Places of Middle-earth| Through the Scrying Pool

14 May 2007

One of the wonderful things about this game is being able to wander through the countryside and discover new places. Even areas that are seemingly far off the beaten path are rich in adventure. As a scholar, I tend to gravitate towards ruins looking for urns to gather materials. I’m continually amazed [...]

Through The Scrying Pool: Weathertop

In: Places of Middle-earth| Through the Scrying Pool

10 May 2007

‘That is Weathertop,’ said Strider.
This place is best rememberd as the place where Frodo is stabbed by one of the Nazgul. Aragorn fights them off, saving the hobbits from certain death.
In Lord of the Rings Online, Weathertop dominates the landscape of the Lone-lands when entering the Lone-lands from the West. A [...]


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