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26th Anniversary
of the Valar Guild
October 4, 2023 Wednesday
"Magic Cloaks Make Sleepy Dark Lords"
by
Ar-Pharazon-(V)
1 October 2023
Luthien, Morgoth, and Beren
Theme: Magical object,
person, place, or a combo.
Marathon Chat
Forum anniversary greetings
Gaming Screenshots of anniversary events:
Lord of the Rings Online
Tolkien Site anniversary contributions:
Art
Articles
Poems
Stories
Other
Games
Site Mass Update letter
State
of Valar Gaming 2023
More entries will be taken for this page through October and
November. Please email it to Varda (NOSPAMvarda.elentari (AT) gmail
(dot) com) including a note that it is for the anniversary,
using your name in the guild (such as Anarion-V) for credit. Thanks!
Please note that all of these entries are presents from the Valar
Guild folk for all folk to enjoy made especially for this wonderful
time, but not intended to be taken without permission. Thank you to
the contributors from all of us who are fortunate enough to receive
them. Yay!
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Theme:
This year's theme is "magical object, person, place, or a combo".
These can be: screenshots from your favorite games, real life
pictures, stories, poems, songs, and articles. Take your choice or
try your hand at multiples!
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Suggestions being taken for next year's theme, to be voted on
in December 2023. Email, Discord, or in-game welcome.
So far:
A. The Eternal Optimism of J.R.R. Tolkien as Revealed by his Concept
of Estel. (Themed suggestion from Sandalf13-T. Varda suggests that
it can be shortened to "estel").
B. Olvar (plants). As seen in Tolkien and in-game weird plants
(including WoW's mushroom forest, as a place in which Hobbits could
rejoice). Perhaps it could include plant references, such as an
essay on Belladonna Took's name, for instance. (From Varda-Valar)
C. Architecture. (From Eonwe-Valar)
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Marathon Chat:
When: October 1st meeting through the Oct 8th meeting.
Where: The marathon chat is in the Valar Guild's Discord chat
program in "meeting_place".
What: Free chat including fun chat and fun safe links. Also we enjoy
Tolkien Moments and url's related to Tolkien and the anniversary.
Who: all the same folks that are welcome at meetings such as
members, polite family and friends and fellow Tolkien fans.
Participants:
Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe, Fangorn/Treebeard,
Pallando, Sandalf13-(T), Shelob/Ungwetari, Varda
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Forum:
Forum
thread. Feel free to post your comments/cheers about the
anniversary on our forum thread!
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Gaming Screenshots of Anniversary
events:
How do I take a screenshot?
In LotRO, F12 removes
quickslots etc from the display. N toggles names on and off. F11
makes a screenshot that goes into your computer's Documents folder
under Lord of the Rings Online.
In WoW, use your keyboard's
version of PrintScreen (PrntScrn on the top row on mine) to make the
screenshot. The image goes into the game's folder under Screenshots.
If you can't join a group, feel free to take solo
screenshots in your game of choice.
To send the image for this page, do it by way of
sending to Varda's email (and let her know your guild-name for
credit!): NOSPAMvarda.elentari (AT) g mail (dot) com.
Lord of the Rings Online
Anniversary screenshots:
Oct 4 at noon and at 5 P.M. Eastern time (which
is /servertime) to give everyone a chance to come. If you still
can't come at those times, show up when you can, do the same thing,
take screenshots for this page, and maybe coordinate with friends
in-game or in Discord.
The plan:
Ride into the four main towns
and shoot fireworks, /shout Happy 26th Anniversary, Valar
Guild! We may also dance, hand out pipeweed, drinks, food.
Take screenshots for you and for this page.
Happened: We rode into Bree,
Michel Delving, Thorin's Hall, and Rivendell for both runs!
Riders of the Nooning!
Fangorn (Fangbark) and Varda (Fainan) from the
guild. Guild-friends Xaviervonhoot, Kelliewyn, and their friends
Majella, and Shillelaghh joined in for the ride, trumpets,
/firebreath, and explosives. We also handed out drinks and pipeweed
to folks attracted by the ruckus.
Bree:
Ride:
Fangorn, Varda, Xaviervonhoot, and Kelliewyn start.
Michel Delving:
Statue:
Screenshot
by Fangorn. Fireworks in front of the statue.
Thorin's Hall:
Ride:
Screenshot
by Fangorn. Riding the path through the snow to Frerin's Court.
Statue:
Screenshot
by Fangorn. Fireworks in front of the statue. Majella and
Shillelaghh (friends of Kelliewyn) watched and cheered, then joined
the group here for the jump to Rivendell.
Rivendell:
Bridge:
Screenshot
by Fangorn. Bridge over the river. Most are mounted. This shows the
UI (user interface with a sample of the chat going on).
Screenshot
by Fangorn. Fireworks on the bridge over the river.
Screenshot
by Fangorn. Fireworks with two stars.
Stairs: (ok so it's a ramp! Elves, what can we say?)
Screenshot
by Fangorn. The group on mounts on the ramp. Shows the front
porch of the Last Homely House. Left to right: Fangorn (with elk),
Shillelagh, Majella (with boar), Kelliewyn (with moose), Eonwe, and
Varda.
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Evening Riders!
Arien (Arriehnn), Eonwe (Auros), Fangorn
(Fangbark), Nar (Findollos) and Varda (Fainan) from the guild did
the same ride. We had aid from innocent passersby, some of whom
danced and cheered. Nar had to leave after the Thorin's Hall run, in
case you wonder if he was shot off as a firework and lost in the
later pictures.
Bree:
Bree Fountain, in front of the Prancing Pony:
(We were also screenied by Aedon's alt. Aedon has brought musicians
and dancers to our island home where they can play in peace.)
Screenshot
by Arien. Fireworks.
Screenshot
by Arien. Fireworks including the green dwarf candle light done by
Eonwe's Auros.
Screenshot
by Fangorn. Fireworks at night.
Screenshot
by Fangorn. Firework star.
Michel Delving:
Statue:
Screenshot
by Arien. Arrived at the statue and lined up on horses in front.
From left to right: Varda, Arien, Nar, and Fangorn.
Screenshot
by Arien. Fireworks. From left to right: Varda (dancing), Arien
(taking screenie), Nar (fireworks), and Fangorn (fireworks).
Screenshot
by Fangorn. Mounted in front of the statue.
Screenshot
by Fangorn. Fireworks including a star.
Thorin's Hall:
Frerin's Court:
Screenshot
by Fangorn. Ride to Frerin's Court. Left to right: Varda, Arien,
Fangorn, and Eonwe. (Nar is present but just outside this shot
behind Eonwe.)
Screenshot
by Arien. Arien takes the screenie while Varda, Nar, and Fangorn set
up fireworks in front of the statue. After this point, real life
took Nar away.
Rivendell:
The Bridge:
Screenshot
by Arien. Arien is on the horse. Fangorn is the blond elf. The other
two are Eonwe and Varda.
The Stairs:
Screenshot
by Arien. Horses jostling for room on the stairs of the Last Homely
House. From the left: Arien, Varda, Fangorn, and Eonwe.
Screenshot
by Fangorn. The horses have settled down on the stair. The greenery
in front of the porch is showing off, however.
Screenshot
by Fangorn. Fireworks in front of the Last Homely House, high angle.
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Theme
screenshots, real life pictures, art:
Magical object, person, place, or a combo.
Tolkien Site Contributions for the 26th Anniversary!
Art:
"Magic
Cloaks Make Sleepy Dark Lords" by Ar-Pharazon-(V).
Luthien, Morgoth, and Beren. This is also the header for the
Anniversary Page.
"Valar
Aniv Party Prep" by Elwing-(V).
Firework collection.
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Articles:
"Eregion"
by Eonwe-(Valar).
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Poems:
"Poem" by
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Stories:
"A
Queen's Sacrifice" by Eonwë-(Valar).
"Oh, the sacrifices a queen must make for her king and for her
people!"
"Musings"
by Arien-(Valar).
After the War of the Ring, what do the trees of Lothlórien do?
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State of Valar Gaming 2023:
The
State of Online Gaming 2023. (On the Games Site).
This is Eonwe-(Valar)'s annual report on current gaming by members,
as sent in by members, for the Games Site Mass Update 2023 (GSMU
2023).
The
Letter for updating the Games Site but also including
the year's news by Eonwe-(Valar)
Feel free to update any time by emailing Eonwe
(NOSPAMdeneltir@hotmail.com).
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