December 12, 2021
Sunday Meeting
5:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
Discord: Valar
Guild/meeting_place
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Transcript work by Varda.
[times are Central Time from Varda's Discord. Add one hour for
Eastern.]
Attending (and typed): (8)
Discord: Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe,
Fangorn/Treebeard, Irmo, Lenwe, Sandalf13, Varda (presiding)
Before-meeting
Chat
topic: snow in Middle-earth
Suggestion to guild artists: we would like a
snowy picture maybe in the Shire with hobbit children at play.
Painting, screenshot.
Meeting begins
Membership news:
Irmo and Miriel's new house.
Web:
Gaming:
World of Warcraft, Lord
of the Rings Online, Diablo 3, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone.
More LotRO. Mentions of Starcraft, Minecraft, Final Fantasy.
Tolkien:
RP. What
is it?
Links requested for the Lord
of the Rings Online (LotRO) game and system
requirements.
(For more Tolkien chat topics see
Before-meeting and After-meeting.)
Chat topic: How is atmosphere used
in the weather sense to create atmosphere in the tone sense in
the books?
After-meeting:
Chat topic: How Arda
came to be.
Anne
Rice
(non)Flashgaming
Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.
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Before-meeting
Varda � Yesterday at 3:57 PM
Aiya Sandalf : )
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 3:58 PM
Hallo All ! I am here, just waiting for the meeting to start...We
had our first real snow in Lincoln on Friday, and yesterday was so
pretty with the snow-covered ground. It reminded me of the pine
tress and the snow-covered hillls of Dor Lormin, before the Fifth
Battle...but of course, one must love the snow to appreciate such
landscapes!
Varda � Yesterday at 3:58 PM
Ohh, snow!
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 3:59 PM
I often wonder where Tolkien learned to - apparently - like show.
It certainly did NOT
Varda � Yesterday at 3:59 PM
People can enjoy seeing snow without wanting to be chilled. ;
) But aye, it sounds wonderful.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 4:00 PM
snow in the land of his early your (South AFrica), and the
Midlands of England rarely seen snow...yet it plays such a role in
his writing.
[4:00 PM]
I meant "early youth."
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 4:00 PM
Greetings and salutations.
Irmo � Yesterday at 4:00 PM
Greetings all !
Arien Valar � Yesterday at 4:01 PM
Aiya all
Irmo � Yesterday at 4:02 PM
Heya heya heya Arien, Eonw�, Sandalf and Varda
Varda � Yesterday at 4:02 PM
Aiya Eonwe, Irmo, and Arien : )
[4:02 PM]
Just for fun, did a quick search on UK snow and found this about
storm Arwen:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2021/nov/29/snow-blankets-north-of-uk-in-the-wake-of-storm-arwen-in-pictures
the Guardian
Snow blankets north of UK in the wake of Storm
Arwen � in pictures
Storm Arwen brought wind gusts of almost 100mph
late on Friday, before weakening and drifting towards continental
Europe.
Heavy snow and the severe gale wreaked havoc on
road and rail transport across the UK and forced the cancellation
of Sunday�s Premier League football match between Burnley and
Tottenham Hotspur in north-west England
[4:03 PM]
It's an interesting question. Maybe the fact that it wasn't common
made it more interesting? He also traveled when he was a
soldier.
Irmo � Yesterday at 4:04 PM
WW 1 had some cold winters....
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 4:04 PM
Ah yes...snow is more common in the Ardennes than in the nearby
U.K.
Varda � Yesterday at 4:04 PM
The Arwen storm could not be passed up. ; )
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 4:05 PM
Insert joke about getting the cold shoulder from Arwen.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 4:05 PM
My father served through the blizzards that struck the Ardennes
during the Battle of the Bulge in Dec, 1944...he told me many
times how cold it was, and cloudy...
Varda � Yesterday at 4:06 PM
So JRRT may have seen a fair bit of snow. In wartime, it may have
helped hide some of the ugliness, a plus.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 4:06 PM
Especially during WWI.
Varda � Yesterday at 4:06 PM
Might have been a reason to like it?
[4:07 PM]
Yet it didn't seem to be considered a good thing at the Pass of
Caradhras.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 4:07 PM
As good a reason as any, but I also believe that snow sets a
certain mood, whether in literature or real life.
Varda � Yesterday at 4:08 PM
What was one time snow seemed a good thing in the stories?
I keep thinking of bad ones like crossing the Helcaraxe. Need a
reminder.
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 4:09 PM
The Long Winter certainly wasn't a good one.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 4:09 PM
Tolkien mention several times how much the residents - especially
the Hobbit children - loved snow. I believe that since he modelled
the Shire on England (or vice versa), snow was a relatively rare
event.
Varda � Yesterday at 4:09 PM
Ahh, that's a good one.
[4:10 PM]
What a postcard that would make: hobbit children playing in the
snow in the Shire, hobbit hole homes in the background.
We need some of our artistic bunch to do that one!
Christmas card too.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 4:10 PM
Perhaps some artistic member of the Valar Guild could render such
an image?
Varda � Yesterday at 4:11 PM
That would be great. : )
Arien Valar � Yesterday at 4:12 PM
you coulld turn a screen shot from winterhome into a postcard
from that snowman game
Varda � Yesterday at 4:12 PM
Aye, that can work. Hoping for straight out painting, but that's
an excellent idea.
Arien Valar � Yesterday at 4:12 PM
or the snow ball fight
Varda � Yesterday at 4:13 PM
We have a snowball arena at the kin house on Landroval server too.
: )
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 4:13 PM
There is a lot of fan fiction out there about Estel growing up in
Imladris, some of which includes snowy days...
Varda � Yesterday at 4:15 PM
Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
[4:15 PM]
Membership:
Great to see all of you here!
Here's hoping you all have a wonderful December with all of it's
holidays.
[4:16 PM]
Happy to say Meriadoc should be visiting us for Christmas, so
maybe some of you will bump into him in LotRO then.
[4:17 PM]
Any other membership news? Irmo and Miriel almost unpacked now? :
)
Irmo � Yesterday at 4:18 PM
Yes, I am happy to say
Most of the work on the house is finished, but for placing the new
kitchen (scheduled for May)
[4:19 PM]
And we have set up and decorated the Christmas tree, so all set
Arien Valar � Yesterday at 4:19 PM
Nice
Varda � Yesterday at 4:21 PM
Excellent!
We know it's postcard pretty around Sandalf!
[4:22 PM]
Gorgeous day here, sunshiny and clear. Green grass, flowers in
full bloom while fall leaves blow in around them.
Winter generally hits here more in January.
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Web:
[4:23 PM]
Catching up on news for the news page today. If you have anything
for the News page, let me know.
It can also be posted in Discord or the forum.
[4:24 PM]
Eonwe has been great about updating the Games Site. : )
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Gaming:
[4:24 PM]
Eonwe, would you like to take the gavel for this section?
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 4:25 PM
Sure.
World of Warcraft:
[4:25 PM]
This week's Bonus Event: Legion Timewalking.
The PvP Brawl: Temple of Hotmogu runs through Tuesday, December
14th.
[4:25 PM]
Check out World of Warcraft News and Development Updates. --- https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23751520/world-of-warcraft-news-and-development-updates
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft News and Development Updates
- WoW
Catch up on all the latest World of Warcraft
release dates, news, hotfixes, and more in our latest update.
[4:26 PM]
Check out this week's hotfixes. --- https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23739169/hotfixes-december-10-2021
World of Warcraft
Hotfixes: December 10, 2021 - WoW
Here you will find a list of hotfixes that
address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands,
Burning Crusade Classic, and WoW Classic.
[4:26 PM]
Lord of the Rings
Online:
Update 31.1 is out. --- https://www.lotro.com/en/content/update-311-release-notes
The Lord of the Rings Online
Update 31.1 Release Notes
Diablo 3:
[4:26 PM]
Patch 2.7.2 and Season 25:Lords of Hell are live. --- https://us.diablo3.com/en-us/blog/23746130/season-25-%7C-the-lords-of-hell-%7C-now-live-12-10-2021
Diablo III
Season 25 | The Lords of Hell | Now live
Season 25 is now live! Read on to learn more
about Soul Shards and new balance changes in Patch 2.7.2!
[4:27 PM]
Heroes of the Storm:
[4:27 PM]
A new patch is live. --- https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/heroes-of-the-storm/23754896/heroes-of-the-storm-live-patch-notes-december-7-2021
Heroes of the Storm Live Patch Notes - December
7, 2021
Our next Heroes of the Storm patch is live!
Read on for more information.
[4:27 PM]
Hearthstone:
[4:27 PM]
Fractured in Alterac Valley is live. --- https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/news/23748034/fractured-in-alterac-valley-is-live-now
Fractured in Alterac Valley is LIVE NOW!
Hearthstone�s newest expansion is now live
worldwide!
[4:27 PM]
Check out the blog: Behind the Scenes of Hearthstone's Free Your
Mind, a Hack-A-Thon Tradition. --- https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/news/23746134/behind-the-scenes-of-hearthstone-s-free-your-mind-a-hack-a-thon-tradition
Behind the Scenes of Hearthstone's Free Your
Mind, a Hack-A-Thon Tr...
Before holiday break, the team is given total
freedom to choose what they want to work on.
[4:29 PM]
And that's it for my gaming news.
Varda � Yesterday at 4:30 PM
Thank you, Eonwe. : )
[4:30 PM]
A bit more for Lord of the Rings Online:
[4:30 PM]
In the last week in kin, we had:
[4:30 PM]
Landroval server:
Eonwe
Fangorn
Irmo
Ioreth
Miriel
Nar
Varda
Anor server:
Eonwe
Falco
Fangorn
Varda
Shadowfax server:
Varda
Treebeard server:
Varda
[4:31 PM]
Ioreth is on more now, since Final Fantasy continued
having problems, maybe overpopulation.
[4:32 PM]
Also, in LotRO, task boards in the housing areas were
being worked on and accidentally released in the last patch.
[4:32 PM]
So they're jammed together! But it should be fixed next patch.
[4:34 PM]
On Anor server, we have added a crafting Workbench to the kin
house, hopefully more crafting stations over time as we make the
barter points for them. Will take a while to replace all the stuff
lost during the move from Ithil.
[4:34 PM]
Any other gaming news? Remarks on games you like to play?
[4:35 PM]
Starcraft and Minecraft have been actively played
this past week by Eowyn, Faramir, Fangorn, and grandson.
[4:35 PM]
Sauron in real life says hi. : )
[4:36 PM]
Any other comments, requests, suggestions? Invitations needed?
Arien Valar � Yesterday at 4:37 PM
oh yeah we made some retro visits
[4:37 PM]
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/98425690877104128/919719578836275220/WoWScrnShot_121021_213449.png
[4:37 PM]
does that look familiar to some ?
[4:37 PM]
on tbc classic that was
[4:38 PM]
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/98425690877104128/919719921603207188/WoWScrnShot_121021_222748.png
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 4:41 PM
Heya to Sauron.
Varda � Yesterday at 4:41 PM
Before I forget, Yule Festival in LotRO is going and runs
through Jan 3 or 5 (conflicting news). That should cool us down
after the lava in those amazing screenies from the steerer of the
sun.
[4:42 PM]
On to
[4:42 PM]
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Tolkien!
[4:42 PM]
The RP on the forum exists. Reminder to
self.
[4:42 PM]
Must also remember to post!
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 4:42 PM
What is the RP?
Varda � Yesterday at 4:42 PM
For discussion,
[4:43 PM]
ahh, the RP is short for our Role-play story that we're
doing on the forum.
[4:44 PM]
It was started while we were waiting for the game, Lord of the
Rings Online, to come out, back when it was still in process as
Middle-earth Online.
Then we kept going since it's fun. : )
RP is our short way of mentioning it.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 4:45 PM
Is a role play story the same as online gaming? I just bought a
brand-spanking-new Lenovo 15.6 in laptop with an i7 processor. It
is very fast (for me) and replaces my 5 year old Dell laptop that
was slowly and sometimes not-so-slowly dying. Is such a laptop
suitable for a RP game?
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 4:45 PM
It's more like a group writing project.
Arien Valar � Yesterday at 4:45 PM
https://valarguild.proboards.com/board/4/role-play-story-scouting-ahead
Role-Play story: "Scouting Ahead" | Valar Guild
Long-running role-playing tale based on both
the LotRO game and the Tolkien tomes.
Varda � Yesterday at 4:46 PM
Aye, it is a story we're writing on the forum as a group. Each of
us takes a character and types our post, taking turns.
Arien Valar � Yesterday at 4:46 PM
https://valarguild.proboards.com/board/38/role-play-story-angmar-bound
Role-Play story: "Angmar Bound" | Valar Guild
Board for the second arc of our Role-Play. In
progress.
Varda � Yesterday at 4:46 PM
Your old laptop sounds like my Dell laptop, currently typing on.
[4:47 PM]
Thanks, Arien. : )
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 4:47 PM
Must one be invited in to play?
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 4:47 PM
Aiya, catching up
Arien Valar � Yesterday at 4:47 PM
The firstr is the first chapter a;nd the second the second
Varda � Yesterday at 4:47 PM
Aiya Phar : )
[4:47 PM]
The story is pretty long. Might need to read up before jumping in,
and chat with us to see how to jump in. Sure, you can join the
story.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 4:48 PM
My old Dell laptop had a traditional spinning hard disk drive...my
new Lenove uses a SSD device. Safer, and more reliable, I have
been told.
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 4:48 PM
There also has to be a good place to come in for the character
you're trying to bring in.
Varda � Yesterday at 4:48 PM
As for gaming, you might enjoy Lord of the Rings Online with us on
Landroval server, for the fun of living in Middle-earth.
[4:49 PM]
Hey, you knew I was going to say it! ; )
Wonder who that is in the cell down the tunnel...
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 4:49 PM
So this Lord of the Rings Online. Don't think I've heard about
that game. Could you tell us more, Varda? :}
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 4:49 PM
Are there instructions somewhere, or a tutorial, that would show
me how to participate? is my Lenovo capable of playing, even
though it is NOT a "gaming" laptop?
Varda � Yesterday at 4:49 PM
Eonwe, lol!
Treebeard � Yesterday at 4:50 PM
Hello
Varda � Yesterday at 4:50 PM
Sorry if I was being confusing. Do you mean the story on the forum
(you're already in it).
Aiya Fangorn!
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 4:51 PM
BTW, I am working on a new fictional story for the Guild..."The
Healing of Frodo," about his care (and Sam's) upon their arrival
from Orodruin, and into the hands of Aragorn.
Arien Valar � Yesterday at 4:51 PM
Aiya Fangorn
Treebeard � Yesterday at 4:51 PM
Sandalf13, it sounds like your new laptop is similar to the one
Varda uses. It will probably handle the game just fine.
[4:51 PM]
Hi
Varda � Yesterday at 4:52 PM
His old Dell was like mine. If the new one is better, then likely
it will handle LotRO.
SSD is the way to go, yes!
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 4:53 PM
Maybe as Frali and I move hay around, we find a new player
sleeping underneath...
Arien Valar � Yesterday at 4:54
PM
Sandalf this link might be helpful#
[4:54 PM]
https://www.lotro.com/en/game
The Lord of the Rings Online
The Game
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 4:54 PM
And yes, Arien, Molten Core recognized
Varda � Yesterday at 4:54 PM
: )
Arien Valar � Yesterday at 4:54 PM
:)
we had some fun there
Varda � Yesterday at 4:55 PM
The site should have a spot saying minimum gaming machine
requirement. It is an older game, not needing the super computer
stuff.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 4:56 PM
Frankly I'm still wanting to write a followup post in the RP but I
have no idea what to write there other than just carrying haybales
around.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 4:56 PM
Thank you, Arien Valar....I have copied your link to my notepad
and will keep it on my desktop. I travel the 5.5 hours up the
Great Plains tomorrow for a business meeting in Denver on
Tuesday...Lots of time to explore the link
once i arrive in Golden tomorrow afternoon. Lovely day to
travel, from all accounts.
[4:58 PM]
Lincoln is only 1200 feet above MSL, while Denver (Lakewood) is
about 5300 feet above MSL. A very significant geologic border is
passed once one encounters the Dakota Sandstone at mile marker 437
on I80, and then leaves the glaciated plains at MM 384.6 and
climbs onto the High Plains surface. Very exciting, for Nebraska.
Varda � Yesterday at 4:59 PM
Found the spot for system
requirements:
https://help.standingstonegames.com/hc/en-us
[4:59 PM]
https://help.standingstonegames.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002036807-What-are-the-system-requirements-for-LOTRO-
[5:00 PM]
Sounds as if the trip itself will be fun for you, o Geologist. : )
I recommend NVIDIA, by the way.
[5:01 PM]
There's a 32 bit and 64 bit version. I have both. 64 bit on mine
has less "lag". [Note: The Lord of the Rings Online game comes in
32 bit and 64 bit versions. Modern computers are 64 bit.]
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:01 PM
Yes. I can never understand kids today who spend their time on the
cell phone or game rather than looking out the window and watching
how the land changes from place to place....that is the whole
reason I became a geologist in the first place, eons agol
[5:01 PM]
Do you mean the stock NVDA? (Nvidia)
Varda � Yesterday at 5:02 PM
I mean the card on your computer made by Nvidia.
The stock is pretty good too. : )
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:02 PM
Ah...I just bought some shares of NVDA with my broker. Sounds like
a good company to invest in.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:03 PM
As always, depends on where it is in the charts and news and
fundamentals. But aye.
Hoping you have an Nvidia card rather than using AMD for LotRO
gaming.
[5:04 PM]
And don't come in by Steam! : )
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:05 PM
Another "HOT" tip: A Canadian company, now relocated to the U.S.
in Denver, CO, owns the mineral rights to the carbonatite diatreme
in southeastern Nebraska that is related to the diatremes that pop
up along the Front Range of Colorado and Wyoming. Not only is the
diatreme rich in Niobium and Scandium, but it ALSO has rare earth
elements in some amazing concentrations. They are currently
searching for funding to develop the mine. It all depends on your
investing time frame. BTW. I have no idea if I have AMD on my
Lenovo.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:06 PM
If they will start letting us mine rare earths in the US, sounds
very interesting!
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:06 PM
(quick post done)
Varda � Yesterday at 5:06 PM
Thank you, Phar!
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:06 PM
You hit the key question on the nose. How serious is the U.S. (and
the West in general) in getting away from dependence on China for
REEs?
Varda � Yesterday at 5:06 PM
Anyway, quick thing for Tolkien chat,
[5:07 PM]
or back to that.
Under this admin, it is not interested.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:07 PM
REE, eh? I like acronyms that sound fun when you pronounce them.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:08 PM
Tolkien chat item, how is atmosphere
produced in the books, using weather and even actual atmosphere?
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:08 PM
Rare Earth Elements....they are actually not so rare, but they are
dispersed, as opposed to concentrated, so finding them in
economically minable prospects is VERY, VERY rare.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:08 PM
The US has plenty, just have not been allowed to mine.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:09 PM
Clouds, Varda? Especially dark ones coming out of Mordor
Varda � Yesterday at 5:09 PM
And back to atmosphere, how about that reek over Mordor? Hear it
was spreading out to Gondor.
[5:09 PM]
Aye, those clouds.
Arien Valar � Yesterday at 5:09 PM
Right friends , time for me to go to bed since i am back to work
Varda � Yesterday at 5:09 PM
Namarie, Sunshine!
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:09 PM
Namarie! Enjoy work!
Varda � Yesterday at 5:09 PM
It is the hour.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:09 PM
Namarie, Arien!
Varda � Yesterday at 5:10 PM
We are now to the point of moving to After-meeting.
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:10 PM
Namarie
Varda � Yesterday at 5:10 PM
We can continue the chat there.
Arien Valar � Yesterday at 5:10 PM
what gavel do we have today :D?#
Varda � Yesterday at 5:10 PM
gavel hops in covered by fog
hammerpad rolls towards the fog, since the gavel can't tell
where it's going
Flommp!
[5:10 PM]
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After-meeting!
[5:11 PM]
Free chat, even Tolkienesque. : )
[5:11 PM]
That gavel. ; )
Arien Valar � Yesterday at 5:11 PM
Namarie
Varda � Yesterday at 5:11 PM
Namarie!
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:11 PM
I do not recall reading much about Tolkien's conception of HOW Arda came to be,
other than it springing from the singing of the Ainur. Details are
lacking. At the beginning of my chapter on the Geology of Middle
Earth, I include the quote that Tolkien made about some readers
requesting more geological references in his work...unfortunately
(or fortunately?) Tolkien did not have much of a geologic
background.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:11 PM
Well, geological backgrounds tend to take millions of years to
form (if not longer).
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:12 PM
:)
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:12 PM
Middle-earth was more... built into shape by Ainur, and didn't
change all too much in the time covered.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:12 PM
Did any of you get to check out the two hysterical videos, "The
Geologists are Coming," and the one on Hammer Safety? Both by the
Amoeba People, and available on Youtube.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:12 PM
The physical building by the Ainur, headed by the Valar with aid
from the Maiar, aimed to bring about the design that Eru showed
them in a vision of their singing.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:13 PM
Yes, amusing, thanks
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:13 PM
Some people think faster than that although it seems glacial speed
sometimes and not very timely.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:13 PM
Yes, we did. : ) Very funny.
But Morgoth saw from the Void that they were building something
wonderful that he was not part of.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:14 PM
I am glad you enjoyed them. I love the music for the hammer safety
video....very mockumentary.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:14 PM
Being wroth at such a thing, he entered Arda after the building
was well in progress and started changing things to make it more
his own.
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 5:14 PM
Much casting down and building up of mountain ranges was had.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:15 PM
He would tear down a mountain range and make it a sea, for
instance. Annoyed the Valar that had it set up already.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:15 PM
Some villains create fortresses within mountains. Morgoth and
Sauron went a step beyond that and actually raised said mountains
first.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:15 PM
That's an example, but much else of that nature.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:15 PM
But no gological "indications," as Tolkien referred to them. Does
Arda have a crust? A Mantle? A core? A transition Zone? What is
the specific gravity of the rocks in the Misty Mountains as
opposed to that of the crust beneath the Great Sea?
Varda � Yesterday at 5:15 PM
Morgoth was into cold and ice, so he had a big part in the
Helcaraxe.
[5:16 PM]
Arda is the planet Earth, so it is the same.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:16 PM
Well, Middle-Earth started out flat, with caves underneath where
the sun could travel. Sun being what it is, though, magma might be
created as it passed.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:16 PM
This is the pre-history, the early times that have faded into
myth.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:16 PM
After curving in on itself, more pressure might be applied.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:16 PM
The "flat" planet was at one time considered like a great ship,
floating in the ethereal ocean of Vai.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:17 PM
Everything that you say is true, and seems to add credence to the
notion that by the time of the action in the LoTR, all sentient
beings on M.E. were more or less accepting as legend the creation
of M.E., such as the drowning of Beleriand.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:17 PM
Some of the residents had been around at the time of Beleriand.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:17 PM
So they claim.'
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:18 PM
...first there was a thought, then a decision, which followed
things or matter and energy in order to form the result of ordered
thinking, making a story with a plot for goals only structured
thinkers can fathom... and bystanders to appreciate the formations
that followed the thought that caused the things which the gawkers
mused about... and everyone with a thought process began to
wonder... "Did we always think this way, or are we thinking this
way because we now are capable of discriminatory thoughts?"
Varda � Yesterday at 5:18 PM
They've mostly all gone to the West by modern times, however, so
they're hard to interview.
[5:18 PM]
Thanks, Fangorn. hehehe
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:18 PM
The Elves were the first to think of it in Middle Earth
Varda � Yesterday at 5:18 PM
Fangorn was around. : )
[5:19 PM]
Bombadil.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:19 PM
Well, Sandalf, the story is a mythology at its heart If
you're going to question what the mythology says, there doesn't
seem much point.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:20 PM
A number of elves, including Galadriel.
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:20 PM
Fangorn was interested in Entish things and took too long thinking
when the Ent wives went their separate ways.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:24 PM
But at the pub, they mentioned other trees that moved.
[5:24 PM]
I think it was to drive us nuts with info we have in the
background. It was not necessary to the War of the Ring.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:24 PM
Foreshadowing, perhaps
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:24 PM
Since Fangorn could not give an adequate description of an Ent
Wife to a hobbit, I can't say that he ever had more than a passing
interest.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:24 PM
The reader is going, Tell him! Tell him! : )
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 5:25 PM
Sam was there. Merry was in Buckland, Pippin in Tookland. It's
possible they heard the same stories, and they might've talked
about it with Fangorn offscreen, but law of conservation of detail
and all :}
Varda � Yesterday at 5:26 PM
Galadriel said the ents and entwives might get together in the
west. Everyone assumed she meant the Furthest West in Valinor, but
the Shire was west!
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:26 PM
"By the way, Treebeard, have you ever heard of Old Man Willow?"
"Oh, yeah, that guy. He was mean. We sent him away. Have you met
him?"
Varda � Yesterday at 5:26 PM
hehe - actually Old Man Willow was simply required to let go of
the hobbits and go back to resting. [Note: misread. Treebeard send
OMW away and have you seen him was the joke.]
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 5:26 PM
I'm not sure the ents would be keen on building a boat to sail
West.... :}
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:26 PM
Surely after the crowning of Elessar, the Ents themselves wojuld
have been free to wander the lands of M.E., especially since
Elessar encouraged them to do so. I wonder if that did, later,
visit the Shire and its surroundings...As Fangorn muses to Merry
and Pippin, the Shire sounds like a place the Entwives would like.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:27 PM
Log boat that paddles itself!
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:27 PM
They could float there, Eonwe
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:27 PM
Huorns moved and Old man Willow, at least, looked like a
willow. Might it be an Ent wife or a Huorn-like tree that
moved?
Varda � Yesterday at 5:28 PM
Huorn-like, or a tree going "entish"/"huornish". That happened.
And vice versa.
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:28 PM
"Fangorn jumps in for a swim, but only slowly tells anyone about
the swim that had time to listen so long"
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:28 PM
I think Tom Bombadil could help answer that one...I always
suspected that old Tom was one of the Valar himself, or certainly
a Maia of high order, keeping watch on M.E. for the Valar....
Varda � Yesterday at 5:28 PM
We know of other Maiar that moved about in Middle-earth. Even some
Valar at times such as Orome and Ulmo.
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:29 PM
Tom was a Maya not assigned to the tasks of wizards.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:29 PM
Some Maiar were so high level that they were hard to tell from
Valar.
[5:30 PM]
Of the Maiar sent to Middle-earth or that traveled on their own
there, only the Istari/Wizards had part of their power and memory
removed for that time.
Tom would have kept his.
Melian was another Maia.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:30 PM
I still believe in the back of my heart-of-hearts that Tom
Bombadil and his wife were Manwe and Yavanna...
Varda � Yesterday at 5:30 PM
Don't tell Varda. ; )
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 5:30 PM
Tom wasn't explicitly said to be a Maia or Vala.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:31 PM
Heh. Manwe and Yavanna sneaking off to Middle-earth behind Varda's
back?
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 5:31 PM
And aye, I would hope they weren't Manw� and Yavanna.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:31 PM
Tom was left as an enigma. The spiirit of the countryside more or
less. That makes him sound like a Maia of Yavanna to me.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:31 PM
Maybe Tom's wife was Varda...more likely you are correct.
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:31 PM
...because Tom didn't fiddle with the paths of men and elves
and dwarves, or at least kept his area as separate as was
necessary, but he did understand the barrows.
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 5:31 PM
Tulkas and Nessa maybe.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:32 PM
Tom did not think he could handle the evil ones out there, the big
ones. He was powerful in his own region. He could not have been a
Vala.
But he could have been a Maia.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:32 PM
I always believed that the Valar were so "high" that they could
more easily relate to the feelings of lowly mortals, more so than
the High Elves themselves could do so
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 5:32 PM
Tom's so strong he doesn't have to lift a finger to stop barrow
wights and angry trees. Yep, sounds like the Champion of the Valar
to me.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:33 PM
"Tom, he is the Master..."
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:33 PM
Are there any other Valar or Maiar we know who were into song?
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 5:33 PM
All of them? :}
Varda � Yesterday at 5:33 PM
Tom sang at them, using music strong enough that it was probably
involved in the Song of Creation. So he was at least an Ainur.
[5:33 PM]
All Ainur were into song, music.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:33 PM
...Good point, Eonwe
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:33 PM
BTW, there is some good fan fiction of Tom Bombadil meeting a very
young Aragorn out on his own for the first time...
Varda � Yesterday at 5:35 PM
Do you think Estel would have met Tom in the actual Middle-earth
or just in fan fic?
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:37 PM
Well, Tom didn't seem to get around much.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:39 PM
Estel when very young was with his father and mother, his father
being the Chieftain of the Rangers. Probably not allowed in the
Old Forest.
Later he was in Rivendell and would have been supervised as the
next Chieftain.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:39 PM
I have some problems with Tolkien's chronology of "Estel" and the
other "Wise." It is stated in The Tale of Arwen and Aragorn, that
Elrond AND THE WISE knew that Sauron was searching for the Heir of
Isildur, therefore, Elrond changed Aragorn's name to Estel.
Gandalf was indeed "one of the Wise," as was Galadriel, Celeborn,
Radagast, among others...including Curunir. Despite the fact that
Tolkien states that Aragorn did NOT meet Gandalf until long after
he had left Imladris as a 21 year old or so, I believe that Estel
met Gandalf and others of the Wise as a young child...in Imladris.
I do not think that "the Wise" would have passed up the
opportunity to meet the Heir ASAP, especially since they were all,
in a sense, protecting him....but that leads to a problem with
Curunir....
Varda � Yesterday at 5:39 PM
Tom did not leave the area of the Old Forest.
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 5:40 PM
Assuming Gandalf was in RIvendell at the time. Consider that Arwen
hadn't met "Estel" either, until he was an adult, because she was
off in Lothlorien at the time.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:41 PM
Elrond, as one of the Wise, knew of course. But Saruman was not in
the area of Rivendell, and set up at Orthanc.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:42 PM
Saruman did not strike me as the kind of person who liked kids.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:42 PM
In my essay on Denethor, I did mention my belief that it would
have been very difficult for Elrond to "hide" a ten year old boy
in his household during the visit of the Dwarves and Bilbo to
Imladris...virtually impossible. Also, given Elven parental skills
and sensitivity, I do not see how Elrond would have kept Estel
hidden away.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:42 PM
The Istari were intended to help the ones actually in ruling
positions.
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:43 PM
I figured that Aragorn became attracted to his baby sitter, Arwen,
that had no hangups over a trivial few hundred years age
difference
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:43 PM
There are some intimations that some of "The Wise" were worried
about Curunir even before Gandalf's experiences at Isengard...
Varda � Yesterday at 5:44 PM
"Time for your lessons, Estel". Wayyy over here away from the
visitor area.
Aye, Sandalf.
[5:45 PM]
A visitor area could help manage a lot of problems of security.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:45 PM
I don't know, Varda....I am torn between believing that you are
correct, and Elrond would have conveniently arranged for Estel to
be FAR AWAY during Bilbo's bisit,, but part of me still believes
that Elrond loved Estel like a son, and would have taken a normal
father's pride in "presenting" or "showing off" his son to his
guests...
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:46 PM
Certainly not if the idea was to keep him hidden in the first
place
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:46 PM
That is the whole basis for the story of Aunt Dora Baggins and my
follow-up story that you so graciously published on the Valar
Guild.
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:47 PM
I think that Aragorn took advantage of the 3000 years of
experience in sword play and education of his Elf teachers.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:47 PM
Protective father, too.
[5:48 PM]
And fan fic lets us do lots.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:48 PM
You are ALL right, of course.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:48 PM
May not have been all that far. And at a little distance, he may
have appeared to be an elf if only because they assumed it.
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:48 PM
I expect that Elrond saw to it that Aragorn received training in
herbal medicine, but I don't remember what happened to Aragorn's
mom. Did he have one?
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:49 PM
Of course! Gilraen was gifted with the foresight of the High
Numenoreans, and probably had some skill as a healer as well.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:50 PM
Aragorn's mom was Gilraen and lived at Rivendell with Estel after
the death of her husband.
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:51 PM
Ah, Gilraen. Thanks. Nobody mentions dear old
mom. I'm sure she guided him when possible.
[5:51 PM]
.... tuck your shirt in, stand up straight, "Is that anyway for
the future king to behave?" and the like
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:52 PM
I also believe that given Gilraen's high ancestry, she was also
aware of the familial relationship between Elrond, his children,
and the heirs of Elendil and Elros.
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:52 PM
Yes.
Varda � Yesterday at 5:52 PM
Right.
Treebeard � Yesterday at 5:53 PM
Ok. Nice chatting. I must be off to fine FOOD.
Namarie and fun gaming.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 5:53 PM
Namarie!
Varda � Yesterday at 5:54 PM
Namarie!
[5:54 PM]
The jalapeno poppers are probably ready. : )
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:54 PM
I came across a beautiful story by PSW on Stories of Arda entitled
"Beyond Imladris," that I think captures very well the emotional
links between ELrond, Elladan, Elrohir, and little
Estel....foretold to someday become Elessar....with an "El..."
name, just like his "father" and "brother."
[5:54 PM]
Namarie all! Sei Gesund!
Varda � Yesterday at 5:54 PM
She was also aware of the family relationship because she lived in
Rivendell, so it would be common knowledge.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:56 PM
Time to shut out the immensity of Middle Earth, and get ready for
a trip to Denver tomorrow. Thank you all for listening! I
thoroughly enjoyed all of your comments! See you next week.....
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 5:57 PM
Take care Fangorn, belatedly :}
Varda � Yesterday at 5:58 PM
: )
[5:58 PM]
Enjoy beautiful Colorado!
[5:58 PM]
Melkor-Valar lived there, think still does.
Sandalf13 � Yesterday at 5:59 PM
Thanks! Namarie!
Varda � Yesterday at 5:59 PM
I like the thought of the El on the names.
Did not catch that before, really.
Elessar, Elrond, Elros, Elrohir, Elladan
since usually referred to as Estel around them. [Est-el still
works.]
Neato.
[6:00 PM]
Namarie!
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 6:11 PM
Take care Sandalf, belatedly :}
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 6:16 PM
Now all the El-s make me think of wrestler names.
Lenwe � Yesterday at 6:22 PM
Aiya everyone. Just sending a quick greeting before I head off to
bed
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 6:22 PM
Aiya
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 6:23 PM
Heya Lenw� :}
Lenwe � Yesterday at 6:27 PM
Just browsing through the chat now -- what a lively
discussion Rare earth elements are not something that pop up
everyday in a Tolkien chat!
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 6:32 PM
:}
[6:33 PM]
Time to go read Phar's new novel on the Forum :}
[6:36 PM]
Rivetting. Edge-of-your-seat action. :}
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 6:36 PM
hehe
Hey, Auros gave me an assignment, I couldn't skip it.
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 6:37 PM
I'm only kidding, of course. The post was fine :}
[6:39 PM]
I guess that leaves Varda :}
If she wishes to post something.
Varda � Yesterday at 6:44 PM
Back, pardon.
[6:45 PM]
hehe - reading back about the posts. : )
I wish to post, yes. : )
Go scout, he says, in the fog. : )
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 6:46 PM
:}
Varda � Yesterday at 7:16 PM
Posted.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 7:18 PM
Fainan using sonar.
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:20 PM
Fainan is the Daredevil of Middle-Earth? ;}
[7:23 PM]
Elves are supposed to have more acute senses. I'm not sure we can
rule out the idea an Elf might be able to discern distance to some
degree by the echo. Like dropping a Hobbit in a well--- er, a
pebble in a well and listening for the sound :}
Varda � Yesterday at 7:23 PM
We all do it some.
I do it at night in rl, trying not to disturb people.
[7:24 PM]
Also, Fainan is looking through the slightly clearer spots.
If it comes out as Daredevil, may have gone too far. : )
[7:25 PM]
The hobbit going AAAaaaaahhhh.... Yep, heard that.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 7:26 PM
I can't really think of times I use echoes to guide myself through
the night. Usually go by whatever light there is and touch.
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:26 PM
I exaggerate. Fine on an initial readthrough at least.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 7:26 PM
It's definitely something I can see an elf doing.
Or not, in fog's case.
Varda � Yesterday at 7:26 PM
Making it a bit clearer that she's walking after leaving the
rooftop.
[7:27 PM]
Fainan lives in Mirkwood forest. The mirk there obstructs vision
often and she's out at night.
[7:28 PM]
Try listening for giant spiders!
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:28 PM
:}
I'd prefer they leave me be and I leave them be :}
Varda � Yesterday at 7:29 PM
One could wish.
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 7:29 PM
Yes, listening for other things does work. Providing the sound
myself is different.
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:29 PM
Because if they bother me, it's torch time :}
Varda � Yesterday at 7:29 PM
Oops, there went the forest and my flet!
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:29 PM
But I solved your spider problem!
Varda � Yesterday at 7:30 PM
And yes, fire in webs is great stuff to handle some problems. And
a torch at eight eyes, yep.
There's that. : )
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:30 PM
No one told me I wasn't allowed to cross the Godzilla Threshold :}
Varda � Yesterday at 7:30 PM
It's in the fine print.
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:30 PM
Bah, I'm a Noldo. We don't waste our time with fine print :} If
it's not all there in the oath, then it's fair game :}
Varda � Yesterday at 7:31 PM
Torch says "here's a target!".
Beware of Hobbit contracts then!
Just don't sign it.
[7:32 PM]
Is it too far-fetched?
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:32 PM
I just add in a clause that says all rights to sue are waived in
exchange for offically recognizing Third Breakfast, and all is
well :}
Varda � Yesterday at 7:33 PM
Third Breakfast! signs
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 7:34 PM
How many breakfasts can you fit in on one day before it's called
lunch?
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:34 PM
What they won't know is that Third Breakfast can only fall on the
extra Enderi, which happens every twelfth year :} (edited)
Varda � Yesterday at 7:34 PM
If it hits Elevenses, it's not Breakfast.
Oops. You have fine print too.
[7:36 PM]
munches two and a half breakfast
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:36 PM
:}
Varda � Yesterday at 7:36 PM
When there's that many breakfasts, they might be called "snacks".
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:38 PM
Get up earlier, have First Breakfast sooner, extend the time
between Second Breakfast and Elevenses to fit in Third Breakfast
:} Conversely, Third Breakfast could be the only recognized meal
on the Enderi :}
[7:39 PM]
Clarified above I'm referring to the extra 3 Enderi that happens
every 12th year in the Elvish Calendar.
Except for the 144th year, where there's only the regular 3
Enderi.
Varda � Yesterday at 7:40 PM
Not waiting that long for Third Breakfast, thus the institution of
second and a half breakfast without first consulting any Noldor.
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:41 PM
:}
Varda � Yesterday at 7:41 PM
In real life, thank you to Sauron for the jalapeno poppers. : )
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:41 PM
Straight from Mount Doom? :}
Varda � Yesterday at 7:41 PM
He makes them from scratch, delicious!
About that hot, yes.
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:42 PM
:}
Varda � Yesterday at 7:45 PM
Ioreth is in LotRO. : )
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:46 PM
Cool :}
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:57 PM
Telperos posted :}
Varda � Yesterday at 7:59 PM
Thank you.
Ioreth just informed me of this:
[7:59 PM]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/anne-rice-interview-with-a-vampire-author-dies-at-80/ar-AARJzow
Anne Rice, Interview With the Vampire author,
dies at 80
The world-renowned novelist changed the game
for gothic literature.
Eonw� Valar � Yesterday at 7:59 PM
Ouch.
[8:00 PM]
Didn't realize she was already 80.
Varda � Yesterday at 8:01 PM
I didn't either.
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Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 8:02 PM
Perrrsonal gaming report:
[8:03 PM]
(also, that article code looks curiously similar to AR-Pharazon)
[8:04 PM]
(non)flashgaming: 3 old
ones this week
Varda � Yesterday at 8:04 PM
Telperos, the Provider.
[8:05 PM]
munches blackberries
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 8:06 PM
https://www.kongregate.com/games/targaciej/naboki
for the first! A 3D puzzle game where you have to remove one block
at a time, in the direction of the arrow present on each block.
Some planning and puzzling required. Also other mechanics
introduced later such as rotation and movement switches. Enjoy!
Kongregate
NABOKI
Disassemble puzzle.
More levels: NABOKI.eu
[8:07 PM]
https://www.kongregate.com/games/ConnorBohan/rogue-isles
is the second game! An upgrades/roguelike/bullet hell game on a
series of randomly linked islands, where you shoot enemies,
upgrade your gear, unlock 3 npcs (if you can find them) for more
buffs, and ultimately take down all 3 bosses!
Kongregate
Rogue Isles
Hack, slash, and die your way through this
melee bullet-hell roguelite!
[8:08 PM]
Auto-hitting in melee available as well, so you can focus on
evasion more
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 8:25 PM
https://www.kongregate.com/games/taccommandeur/hat-wizard-2
for the last game! More hat wizard Throw your hat at enemies
to be able to switch places with them, get to the end of each
level, see if you can collect all the pages Much bigger than
the first one!
Kongregate
Hat Wizard 2
Outsmart your foes with your hat once again in
a brand new adventure!
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Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 8:48 PM
Blizzard gaming:
[8:49 PM]
Hearthstone:
Going well on the new reward track, gotten to level 31 already.
Got a Magister Dawngrasp legendary along the way, which is a hero
card based on the Dawngrasp mercenary.
[8:50 PM]
Getting a bunch of honor by playing more games than usual, and got
to 250 wins on the demon hunter along the way, unlocking a couple
of golden demon hunter cards
Gold's halfway towards next class skin already!
[8:51 PM]
Brawl is Tinyfin mode, allowing use of only common and rare cards
in your deck. Got a nice cheap pirate warrior deck which got me
some wins
[8:53 PM]
Continuing mercenaries, getting a few more heroic ones done in the
Barrens as I got quests for heroic bosses, and got 3 more mercs to
30: Samuro, Scabbs and Rokara.
WoW:
Farming a few more heroic bosses, no new progress, though. But
having fun
[8:54 PM]
In Torghast, I did a few more vault runs, this time saving up 1000
phantasma (basically spending nothing at the broken vendors along
the way) for the cosmetic cloaks the Vaults vendor can sell. And
indeed, managed to buy 2 of the 3 different ones!
[8:55 PM]
They look quite nice, golden cloaks with Torghast themes,
including a Jailer's Eye symbol.
[8:56 PM]
(oh, Hearthstone mention: New merc, Vanessa VanCleef, from the
reward track)
[8:57 PM]
Timewalking has started, first Legion one. Did all 5 for this
week, kinda fun seeing the old instances again after so long
[8:58 PM]
Also the mage tower has opened up for the duration, and I've been
trying the guardian challenge a few times, but it's the hardest
version of that particular fight. Seen some guides, seen some
nerfs to health, and I may give it a few more shots, but it might
be out of my reach, since it's a lot tougher than the old Legion
version where we could use legendaries.
[9:00 PM]
And with a new timewalking event, a new timewalking vendor! Bought
a new toy, the Nightborne Guard's Vigilance, as well as beautiful
magenta Val'sharah Hippogryph, which I'm using for now on my main
but also like for my void elf who's styled in that color as well
Varda � Yesterday at 9:03 PM
Called away. Will finish reading your exploits later. : )
Ar-Pharazon-V � Yesterday at 9:04 PM
Finally, the rogue alt! Got my poisony gnome from 35 to level 41,
completing the portion of the class campaign I can do below 45,
pushing into Azsuna, and getting 2 very good passives along the
way from leveling, Venomous Wounds which gives energy when your
bleeds tick, and Mastery rank 2, increasing bleed damage
significantly. Caldros was already fun to play, but now he's
getting quite powerful
[9:05 PM]
And I think that's my report for the week! On to level 45 next
week, if not more
And namarie!
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