Valar Guild

June 23, 2019 Sunday Meeting

5:00 P.M. Eastern time (-4 GMT aka 9 P.M. aka 21:00)
Discord: Valar Guild/meeting_place

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Transcript work by
Varda.

Attending (and spoke): (6)
    Discord: Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Elrond, Eonwe, Marigold, Varda (presiding)

Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news:
    Slipped into a Tolkien question about twins.
Web:
    Stories
    Art
Gaming:
    General reports
    Eve
    Destiny 2 moving
    WoW Classic is coming.
Tolkien:
    Topic: Did the name of the Shire cause difficulty for the Enemy in trying to locate it?
    Topic: Lost Valar: What do we know about the Valar that were dropped from the storyline?
    Topic: Our group forum story has new posts.
    Articles requested: Silmarien; the three Ainur of time; twins
After-meeting:
    Tolkien group story in the forum talk continued.
    Flashgaming Reviews by Ar-Pharazon.
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Before-meeting
(times are in Central from Varda's Discord, so add one hour for Eastern. Example: 4pm Central in the transcript is 5pm Eastern)

VardaToday at 4:02 PM
Aiya : )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:02 PM
Aiya!
VardaToday at 4:02 PM
Good to see you!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:03 PM
same :smiley:
VardaToday at 4:03 PM
Guess it's time to toss out some reminders. : )
ArienValarToday at 4:05 PM
uuh already here .. my head was faster :wink:
VardaToday at 4:06 PM
Hi Sunshine : )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:06 PM
Hmm, alright, didn't notice you in the list, might've overlooked you :wink:
Aiya!
ArienValarToday at 4:06 PM
nah i was just about to come in here the second you poked me hehe
i remembered just then
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:07 PM
Ah :smile:
VardaToday at 4:07 PM
Nice timing!
ArienValarToday at 4:07 PM
Aiya anyway :smiley:
MarigoldToday at 4:08 PM
Aiya :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:08 PM
Aiya!
VardaToday at 4:08 PM
Aiya Marigold : )
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Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
Membership:
Eonwe sent a hello, figures he'll be away but made sure we had gaming news first. : )
Good to see the gang here on Discord!
Any news anyone would like to pass along?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:10 PM
....8.2 next week?
VardaToday at 4:10 PM
Fangorn and I had the fun of seeing Bilbo's little twins yesterday. : )
ArienValarToday at 4:11 PM
Aiya Marigold :smiley: and great :smile:
VardaToday at 4:11 PM
Oh, and Sauron was with us. :  )
ElrondToday at 4:11 PM
aiya
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:11 PM
Aiya!
ArienValarToday at 4:11 PM
What are they called then? Elladan and Elrohir?
VardaToday at 4:12 PM
Hah! That would be fun. Elladan is taken already.
And it's a boy and girl, fraternals.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:12 PM
Hrrm. Were there any male/female twins in Tolkien's works?
VardaToday at 4:13 PM
They are starting to do pull ups onto furniture and people.
Mixed twins? Good question. I can only think of sames.
ArienValarToday at 4:13 PM
ah right .. fun age that ^^
how many twin pairs are there?
VardaToday at 4:13 PM
Boy, let's see...
Elladan and Elrohir that you mentioned. Elrond and Elros.
Must run in their family.  : )
Amrod and Amras
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:15 PM
Among the Valar perhaps?
Manwe and Melkor were considered brothers :smiley:
VardaToday at 4:15 PM
Makar and Meassa
Elured and Elurin
ArienValarToday at 4:16 PM
who were Makar and Meassa?
i cant remember those
VardaToday at 4:17 PM
Valar that were dropped later.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:17 PM
Book of Lost Tales, I think.
Maybe later still?
ArienValarToday at 4:17 PM
ah
VardaToday at 4:17 PM
They were too violent for what he later envisioned.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:17 PM
But orcs and balrogs and dragons are fine!
VardaToday at 4:18 PM
For the kind of characters, I mean
ArienValarToday at 4:18 PM
not to meention wights and ringwraiths ~
VardaToday at 4:19 PM
He wanted the Valar to be a different sort. Tulkas was the laughing warrior for instance, not a dreadful type.
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:20 PM
Heya all.
VardaToday at 4:20 PM
Eonwe!
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/articles/m/Makar/Makar.htm
    Makar
    Article on the "lost Vala" Makar. Valar Guild Tolkien Encyclopedia
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:20 PM
The type who'll brawl with you in a bar and pick you up with a smile and a pat afterwards.
VardaToday at 4:20 PM
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/articles/m/Meassa/Meassa.htm
    Meassa
    Article on the "lost Valie" Meassa. Valar Guild Tolkien Encyclopedia.
Right!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:20 PM
Aiya Eonwe!
ArienValarToday at 4:21 PM
Aiya Eonwe!
VardaToday at 4:24 PM
Anyway, we could go on about the Lost Valar, of which our own Eonwe is one!
or move on to the usual next part of the meeting and come back to it?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:24 PM
Well, he survived in some form.
VardaToday at 4:25 PM
True.
Folcred and Fastred
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:25 PM
..I'll have to look those up.
VardaToday at 4:26 PM
ah hah! Male and female found
Haleth and Haldar
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:26 PM
Ah, house of eorl.
Ah :smile:
VardaToday at 4:27 PM
Haldar died and Haleth took up the leadership.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:28 PM
If this was a Shakespeare story she'd probably take his identity.
VardaToday at 4:28 PM
heh
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:28 PM
(yes, I watched a Twelft Night movie recently)
*Twelfth
VardaToday at 4:29 PM
Maybe they'll make it into a book. ; )
She could Dernhelm it!
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:29 PM
If we're looking for brother/sister pairs, Silmarien and her brother would be a brother/sister pair, if I can remember who her brother was, heh.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:29 PM
Twins specifically, Eonwe :smiley:
VardaToday at 4:30 PM
Tar-Meneldur
Then Isilme for a sister?
Ok, we're starting to tangent out here. : )
Let's move to
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Web News
We actually have some. ; )
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:31 PM
I can't believe we have no article at all on SIlmarien.
VardaToday at 4:32 PM
You're right! Closest is:
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/articles/t/Tar-Elendil.htm
Ok, we need some writing done!

Speaking of writing,
Mirabella-(V) is writing again. : )
Here's her new short story:
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/fiction/authors/Mirabella/IntheMidstoftheField.htm
    After the Storm
    LotR fanfic after Faramir and Eowyn's marriage.
She's also been revising her very long piece, and we hope to be seeing that in the future. : )

While thinking about Eowyn and Faramir, I was wondering when they married.
I did find when they were betrothed and added that to the Timeline:
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/events/timeline/Great_Years.htm
    The Great Years
    Middle-earth Timeline for years 3018 and 3019
And got carried away adding in more events in that area of time.
RotK "Many Partings" is really loaded with a lot of info.

And wait, there's more.
A writer looking at our site for art for her article found the Bohemian Weasel there.
We three got together and here you go:
https://medium.com/@romancewritinglab/https-medium-com-romancewritinglab-writing-the-wrong-story-66378084ec10
    Medium
    Writing The Wrong Story
    You might be writing the wrong story if…
If you close it after reading, it will try to push you to sign up for that site.
It's not her site, but another.
But it has a picture in it of Sam and Frodo walking. : )
from us.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:40 PM
scrolls through fast, recognizes picture by Bohemian Weasel immediately
VardaToday at 4:40 PM
I like that phoenix too, but can't claim it!
Turns out the writer has done a lot of novels, so it was nice getting the artist and writer together. Maybe they can do more together later.
I may have found another writer for us, but am having some trouble with contact. We'll see. : )
Next up
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Gaming!
Fire away, Eonwe!
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:43 PM
Thank you.

World of Warcraft:
A slew of blogs came out this week:
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:45 PM
I wonder why...
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:45 PM
The Eternal Palace Raid Preview and Schedule
    World of Warcraft
    The Eternal Palace Raid Preview and Schedule - WoW
    Face Queen Azshara’s most devoted champions in an epic new raid—The Eternal Palace.

Dive Deep Into Rise of Azshara - Arriving June 25!
    World of Warcraft
    Dive Deep Into Rise of Azshara - Arriving June 25! - WoW
    Rise of Azshara is nearly here! Learn more about the latest content update and prepare for the Queen of Tides’ grand reemergence June 25.

Preview: Mechagon Island Visitor’s Guide
    World of Warcraft
    Preview: Mechagon Island Visitor’s Guide - WoW
    Mechagon Island, once believed to be a myth, has recently been discovered. The mechanical metropolis at the island’s heart runs off cutting-edge technology unlike anything seen before—but at what cost?

Rise of Azshara Content Update Notes
    World of Warcraft
    Rise of Azshara Content Update Notes - WoW
    The official update notes for the June 25, 2019 content update to Rise of Azshara are here.

Preview: Nazjatar Visitor’s Guide
    World of Warcraft
    Preview: Nazjatar Visitor’s Guide - WoW
    After a high-seas ambush, the Alliance and Horde find themselves facing a familiar and deadly foe as Nazjatar, capital city of the naga, emerges from the depths.

Prepare to Bow to the Queen of Tides in Rise of Azshara - Live June 25

New World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Comic – “Mechagon

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Lord of the Rings Online:
Update 24.1.1 came out this week.  --- For notes:  https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?673575-Update-24-1-1-Release-Notes
    Update 24.1.1 Release Notes
    Here are the Release Notes for Update 24.1.1, released on Thursday, June 20th.
    News and Notes:
    Quests and Adventure Areas
    Fixed some issues causing unintended difficulty in the Anvil of Winterstith and other areas where Ranged and Tactical damage was being imprope...

Starcraft 2:
VardaToday at 4:46 PM
Lots of new stuff! [LotRO]
And Summerfest. [LotRO]
Carry on. : )
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:47 PM
Patch 4.9.2 is out.  --- For notes: https://starcraft2.com/en-us/news/23016011
    StarCraft II
    StarCraft II Official Game Site
    Wage war across the galaxy with three unique and powerful races. StarCraft II is a real-time strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment for the PC and Mac.

Heroes of the Storm:
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:47 PM
Summerfest? Yes... Midsummer festival also started in WoW
(just an addition)
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:47 PM
Mechastorm II is now going.

Overwatch:
A challenge is going until July 1st: Baptiste’s Reunion Challenge.  --- For info: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/23028973/jump-into-action-with-baptiste-s-reunion-challenge
    Overwatch
    Overwatch is Blizzard’s team shooter for PC and consoles.
    Choose a hero from a diverse roster of soldiers, scientists, adventurers, and oddities, each with their own unique set of abilities.
    Bend time, defy physics, and unleash an array of extraordinary powers in concert wi...

And yes, for
WoW:
Midsummer Fire Festival is going through July 5th.
This week's bonus event: Burning Crusade Timewalking.
This week's PvP Brawl:   Southshore vs Tarren Mill
That's it from me.

VardaToday at 4:50 PM
Thank you, Eonwe. : )

In LotRO, those that showed up in kin this past week were:
Landroval:
Arien
Eonwe
Fangorn
Meriadoc
Nar
Varda

Ithil:
Arien
Dis
Falco
Fangorn

Anor:
Fangorn
Varda
We do have Summerfest going.

Any other news from other games?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:52 PM
Wait what? Pvp brawl? Did I miss that?
Hmm, no brawl in europe, anyway, nevermind.
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:53 PM
Hmm, that might actually be this coming week's PvP Brawl...
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:53 PM
Probably :smile:
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:53 PM
I probably shouldn't do gaming news at 6am, heh.
VardaToday at 4:54 PM
Have to do it sometime, and sometime can be 6 am. I have some amazing flubs for similar time-related reasons, but fortunately we have help!

ElrondToday at 4:54 PM
If you have Destiny 2 on your Battlenet account (they gave it away for free for a bit), and haven't played/activated it yet, might want to do it. Bungie and Activision/Blizzard have parted ways, and in September all the Pay 2 Win items are going away, and they will (guessing by then) move everything from Battlenet over to Bungie. If you sign up/activate it, it does tell you "Notify me when I need to move my account over to Bungie".
VardaToday at 4:55 PM
Oh thanks!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 4:55 PM
I have it, but not activated... doesn't seem my type of game.
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:56 PM
Corrected.

ElrondToday at 4:57 PM
Eve news,
the new CSM 14 was elected, a few people should be interesting choices for sure.
The Northern War is going well, pretty much just a burn everything and according to reddit, NC/PL have redeployed to Providence to fight someone they can win against. The last Keepstar in Tribute dies this week. Where we go from there, who knows.. probably more burning and torching of space.
Celebrain and I will be playing Classic Wow a good bit once it comes out, still wishy-washy if we are going horde or alliance. We've enjoyed the stress tests we've been in.
That's all from me
VardaToday at 4:59 PM
Hey, you can do both. ; )
Thank you. That was a good chunk of news.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:00 PM
How does one burn space, I wonder..
VardaToday at 5:00 PM
Did anyone else want to mention more about their games' general news?
ElrondToday at 5:00 PM
I like multiple titans myself @Ar-Pharazon-V  :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:00 PM
heh
ArienValarToday at 5:02 PM
i did a bit in the Epic Quest Arc in Eve but not too much still a very casual alpha :wink:
ElrondToday at 5:03 PM
On a side note, the 64 bit client in Eve works very well. I have been running it on max graphics in the big fleets I have been on with no issues at all.
VardaToday at 5:04 PM
Good to hear.

The 64-bit option for LotRO has been working well for me and looks great, good on speed also.
Any other business, comments, suggestions, requests, invitation needs?
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Tolkien!
Two topics.
A quick one:

Did the name of the Shire cause difficulty for the Enemy in trying to locate it?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:07 PM
Well, the Ringwraiths went up the eastshore of the Anduin first, so it did give them a bit of trouble.
It wasn't well known among the big kingdoms, just a quiet little area :smiley:
ArienValarToday at 5:09 PM
They found the Hill though .. luckily only on the evening Frodo departed
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:09 PM
Yep, a bit late in getting there.
Imagine if they hadn't been diverted..
VardaToday at 5:09 PM
Could the name itself have been a problem?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:09 PM
It didn't seem to be a common name.
ArienValarToday at 5:10 PM
and tracked the hobbits through shire .. they were hard on their heels but managed to escape by *coincidentce *  of he elves approaching just then ^^
VardaToday at 5:10 PM
Every time I see those coincidences, the thought "Valar" comes up. : )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:10 PM
If they hadn't gone east first, I wonder if the Valar would've given Frodo some subtle clues that it'd be better to leave a few days early.
VardaToday at 5:11 PM
Very likely.
Remember also that "shire" also refers to sections of land, and there could have been many shires of that sort to confuse the issue.
This was not just any shire, but The Shire.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:12 PM
Seems a remarkably Hobbit-ish word though.
VardaToday at 5:12 PM
Especially in England, it can refer to a county.
Ok, for more on the thought, possibly a far reach, this link might be fun to look at some time:
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:13 PM
I know, but still, in itself..
VardaToday at 5:13 PM
https://middle-earth.xenite.org/why-does-tolkien-call-the-hobbits-land-the-shire-in-the-lord-of-the-rings/
It does seem Hobbitish, since the Hobbits were based on rural English folk partly at least.
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To our next topic,
earlier we were talking about the Lost Valar.
What do we know about the Valar that were dropped from the storyline?
Which ones can we name?
(Some were named earlier. Feel free to scroll back.)
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:16 PM
Hmm indeed, Makar and Meassa :smiley:
VardaToday at 5:16 PM
There you go. : )
Our own Eonwe is named after one, rather than the herald.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:17 PM
Eonwe the uncanoned.
VardaToday at 5:17 PM
More comfortable than being cannoned?
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:17 PM
Probably!
I also recall 3 Ainur of time.
VardaToday at 5:18 PM
Back when he became a Vala, we were running out of unused Valar names, so we dipped into these.
True!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:19 PM
The idea I got at the time was that even the established Valar were unsure about what to do with those 3...
VardaToday at 5:20 PM
We could use an article on the Time Valar.
I didn't realize we didn't have one. So many ideas for articles we could do come up at these meetings. : )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:21 PM
Ideas are wonderful things!
VardaToday at 5:21 PM
Two today: Silmarien, Time Valar, maybe twins.
Anyway, Irmo-(Valar) wrote quite a bit on the Lost Valar and others of us joined in. It was very important both in scholarly interest and because of our need for new names. : )
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/papers/LostValar.htm
One reason for the changes in the stories was the dropping of the idea that the Valar would have children.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:23 PM
You might end up with a lot of Valar otherwise.
VardaToday at 5:23 PM
Eonwe was the son of Manwe and Varda, for instance.
Undying. They could cover all of creation.
Erinti was his sister.
The two of them were changed to Eonwe the Maia and Ilmare the Maia.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:24 PM
I once wrote a story in my head that, among many other things, involved a cosmic force passing by a world and empowering some of its inhabitants into godlike status, to see the world descend into chaos and tyranny...
what it didn't count on was that those Gods would have children, multiply, and basically drain him empty.
VardaToday at 5:25 PM
That is all too likely. People would need to be carefully brought into the proper use of power for it to work.
Oh, more twins. : )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:25 PM
Right :smile:
VardaToday at 5:26 PM
Amillo and Salmar
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:26 PM
Ah!
Salmar.
For a moment I thought that was Gandalf's name.
VardaToday at 5:26 PM
We see Salmar referred to more as Noldorin, I think?
As usual, they all have a long string of names!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:27 PM
Hmm, Gandalf was Olorin. Wonder what I was thinking of, then.
VardaToday at 5:27 PM
Knowing Valar Guild members helped keep me straight when starting out, as they were alts of the same person.
Noldorin sounds a lot like Olorin. : )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:27 PM
No, from Salmar.
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:29 PM
Fionwë was the name of Eonwë as a Vala. Son of Manwë and Varda.
VardaToday at 5:30 PM
So we can call our Eonwe Fionwe if we want to keep the names straight. : )
But more people know the Eonwe name and what he did, helping our role-play.
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Speaking of role-play,
Eonwe has added to our role-play story on the Forum. : )
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:32 PM
Looking at it, I'm thinking I may owe another one. I've laid out the premise, but I haven't carried anything forward to action.
VardaToday at 5:32 PM
Maybe not owe, but we'd love to read it.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:32 PM
Sounds good :wink:
VardaToday at 5:33 PM
Been trying to figure out my character's reaction but it seems mostly she'd be listening for more data.
Which is a reaction too. : )
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:34 PM
I'll make this next one quicker than the last, lol.
VardaToday at 5:34 PM
That would be good. ; )
http://valarguild.proboards.com/thread/1162/angmar-bound-chapter-short-respite?page=8
    Angmar Bound, Chapter 1: A Short Respite | Valar Guild
    The doorward came forward and greeted the company. "Master Elrond knows of your arrival, and will meet with you in two hours' time, if such is your desire. In the meantime, the hospitality of his
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:35 PM
Maybe I should make a post where Calion sits in silence waiting for Auros to continue talking.
VardaToday at 5:36 PM
At this point, it's not all on Eonwe to post. We can toss something in there. And that was a wonderful, meaty post.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:36 PM
It was :smiley:
VardaToday at 5:37 PM
Is there anything you'd like us to say as some kind of foil to work from? I'll try to toss one in, in any case.
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:38 PM
Nothing particular just yet.
VardaToday at 5:39 PM
I made a quick post.

the gavel walks up with a drippy quill pen
splopppp!

Eonwe ValarToday at 5:40 PM
How is it calling to Auros?
VardaToday at 5:40 PM
the hammerpad grabs the nearest beard and wipes itself off
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After-meeting!
Free chat. : )
Aye, how is it calling to Auros?
It seems as if he's remembering the call rather than telling it to us.
With a sigh, Auros added, "I suspect the answers can be found in Angmar. That is where the spirit inhabiting Calion's brother is heading, and it seems he has invited me to find him there."
So this is a reply to the "invited me to find him"
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:41 PM
He's remembering Calaron's words to him.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:41 PM
Well, that happened way back in Mirkwood.
Indeed, it was Calaron that made the invite.
VardaToday at 5:41 PM
ahh , ok, so not a new one from the weapon.
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:42 PM
It's clearer when the posts don't take a year to write, lol. My fault of course, but yeah, that was supposed to be remembering Calaron's words in Mirkwood.
VardaToday at 5:42 PM
Changed.
Maybe a reference back to that would help?
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:43 PM
That's what the next line was supposed to make clear :}
'With a sigh, Auros added, "I suspect the answers can be found in Angmar. That is where the spirit inhabiting Calion's brother is heading, and it seems he has invited me to find him there." '
VardaToday at 5:44 PM
Okie dokie.
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:44 PM
Italics as I've done to indicate Auros' inner thought, double quotes to indicate dialogue, then a line after to indicate where that memory came from.
Makes sense in my head if nowhere else :}
VardaToday at 5:45 PM
My error came from thinking the dagger talked to him while being examined.
Quite a leap really.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:45 PM
Indeed, the source of the invite... it could've been possible :smiley:
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:46 PM
Well, I think in this version (yes version, I've been through a few) I did leave in indications that there may be more than Auros is discussing.
VardaToday at 5:46 PM
Leave him more to tell or reveal in the future. : )
ArienValarToday at 5:48 PM
sees a ghostly scythe in front of Auros "foollooow meee .. if iss ansswers you seek first askk you musst .. foooloow me
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:48 PM
For those who like visual examples, I think something like the begining of the Fellowship of the Ring movie where Gandalf stoops over to touch the Ring would be close enough to what I'm going for.
ArienValarToday at 5:49 PM
*is it a dagger i see before me?"
oops that was something else :_)
VardaToday at 5:49 PM
: )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:49 PM
Nice callback to the Shakespeare we were talking about earlier though :wink:
ArienValarToday at 5:51 PM
hehe for me something else is calling back i fear ..
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:51 PM
A ghostly bed?
VardaToday at 5:51 PM
We are in After-meeting. You're freeeee!
ArienValarToday at 5:51 PM
uhu
VardaToday at 5:51 PM
Sleep well : )
ArienValarToday at 5:52 PM
i ll read your posts tomorrow :smiley:
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:52 PM
My friends, I must be off now :} But I will say for your speculating pleasure, that if you remember that my last two posts are essentially two parts, and read them as one, there should be some fun speculation to be had :}
ArienValarToday at 5:52 PM
Namarfie :smiley:
VardaToday at 5:52 PM
Be glad to!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:52 PM
Namarie!
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:52 PM
Take care all, good night, sleep well, and have fun :}
VardaToday at 5:52 PM
Off to see about supper, will read over Phar's goodies!
ArienValarToday at 5:52 PM
Namarie even :smiley:
VardaToday at 5:52 PM
Namarie all!

Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 5:53 PM
Right! Personal gaming report!

Actually a pretty good week for flashgames; I'm usually missing 0 to 2 badges of the day out of the 7 for each week, but this week was a strange exception where I was missing 5. So I had lots to play and try, and there were some other sources as well.
So plenty of choice to give the 3 flashgames I enjoyed the most :smiley:

http://www.onemorelevel.com/game/ghosts_took_my_camera is the first game! A platformer where your goal is to capture ghosts with your camera, but the ghosts run away with it, so you need to follow, using items you can pick up from the air and then put down where you need it.
    Ghosts Took My Camera - OneMoreLevel.com
Hint: You can push boxes around after placing it down, and put objects on top of them as well.

https://www.kongregate.com/games/Moonkey/hexiom for the second game! A puzzle game where the tiles have numbers on them, and you need to move the tiles in such a way that each number matches the amount of adjacent tiles. Starts easy, gets difficult :wink:
    Kongregate
    Hexiom
    The object of Hexiom is to arrange all tiles in a way that they are adjacent to exactly the number of other tiles as they are showing.
    Includes 40 levels which...

https://www.kongregate.com/games/NoaDev/fireblob is the last game! Another platformer, where you play a blob on fire, and have to light the bonfires, while avoiding other blobs, running over melting paths of ice, and pressing buttons.
    Kongregate
    FireBlob
    Melts ice blocks to reach the goal!
Not too difficult, but decent planning and timing will be necessary as you go along :smiley:
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Blizzard gaming:
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:30 PM
Heroes of the Storm:
Still level 347. Had some bad luck with the brawls, heroes I wasn't familiar with. Valeera's quite difficult to play with for the unexperienced...
Mechastorm event has started, complete with a large series of quests, but we've still got two and a half months to complete it, so should be fine. Multiple series of 3 quests, in fact, and you can switch between them whenever you like, is nice to fit the daily quests.
Total of 21 quests, some harder than others... there's 3 that require getting an award though, which is probably my least favorite kind of quest, but I got 2 of them done already. So that's nice!
According to the quest list, I've got 19% of the quests complete. Not bad going for half a week.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 7:08 PM
Hearthstone:
All 9 classes have now made progress to the next level :wink: Brawl this week was making a deck using only cards from 3 specific expansions. Luckily I got away with hitting a random class (the one that most needed experience at the time) and letting the game complete the deck for me. That usually doesn't work for brawls, but with expansion-specific ones it apparently works quite well!
Got my first poke at the Dalaran Heist, after getting a quest for it. First hero, first wing, 3 bosses. It's basically a normal solo-experience like in previous expansions, as the newer features need to be unlocked or come later on. There was one wing-specific change, but it doesn't seem that useful. Still, it's good to know the quest exists, and I'm sure I'll poke the place some more later on :smiley:
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 7:32 PM
WoW:
Raidbreak. We didn't get Uu'nat down on heroic and patch will come out in a couple of days, so we're giving it another week after this and going back there when a few people have got a few essences.
Which is a new mechanic in the patch.
You'd think raidbreak would give me time to do a few things, but it's been a busy week, and the weekly quest being timewalks didn't help, though I did get em all done, so maybe I can do some stuff in the next two days...
Other than that.. ehr... not much new! Did more world quests, got no new supplies... did a warfront, got no progress to event achievement... did more expeditions, got nothing new, though I do now have about a quarter of the dubloons needed for the next item.
Midsummer's going, and I need 300 blossoms for the new hearthstone toy, but haven't poked that much yet. Still got time.
Oh, but out of game, I did finally catch up on wowhead news again and made some plans for the patch, including essences I'll want and their sources. But it'll still be a while before I'm actually ready to tackle that content.
So, ehrr... yes. Quiet week. But with lots of stuff out of the way, hopefully next week will be better...
And that's my report for the week!
(part of being busy was that against my better judgement I found a few new webcomics I liked and spent some hours archive-binging)
VardaToday at 7:45 PM
Essences? We use essences in LotRO. I wonder if they're similar.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 7:46 PM
Essences in WoW are sort of like the original glyph system, but for the special necklace for this expansion.
Collect them from various sources, upgrade them through said sources, and apply up to 3 to your necklace to get new powers.
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