Valar Guild

December 19, 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): (6)
    Discord: Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Eonwe (presiding), Sandalf13, Shelob, Varda
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news:
Web:

Gaming:
    World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online, Diablo 2
Tolkien:
    Topic: The Fallen King statue
    RP: mention of postings made recently
    Topic (tangent): the Valar overwatch of Middle-earth.
After-meeting:
    Topic (tangent): elvish statuary
    RP: honey and fish
    (non)Flashgaming Reviews (plus) by Ar-Pharazon. Includes Blizzard games.
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Before-meeting

Eonwë Valar — Today at 3:55 PM
@Bounder Meeting is 5 minutes! :}
[3:56 PM]
Heya all :}

Arien  Valar — Today at 3:56 PM
heya

Eonwë Valar — Today at 3:56 PM
Went ahead and sent out of a 5 minute warning :}

Sandalf13 — Today at 3:56 PM
Hallo! Anyone home?

Eonwë Valar — Today at 3:57 PM
Varda hasn't mentioned anything about missing today, but if she's not here by meeting time I'm going to begin on time.

Arien  Valar — Today at 3:57 PM
she might be busy
[3:57 PM]
or the weather playing up

Eonwë Valar — Today at 3:57 PM
Aye.
[4:00 PM]
Ok, it's the hour.
[4:00 PM]
@Bounder Meeting time!

Shelob — Today at 4:00 PM
And I am here!

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:00 PM
Elen Sila Lumenn Omentielvo!

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:00 PM
Speaking of weather - I drove across the Great Plains on Wednesday, from Denver back home to Lincoln. I do not know if any of you have heard about the storm that crossed the Great Plains on Wed...I left Denver a little earlier than usual, and I was about one hour ahead of the front. I was travelling 80 mph and the storm kept up with me. Every time I passed a truck, I was afraid it would blow over...cross winds of 70 to 80 mph. When I got home, the temperature dropped 40 degrees in 4 hours. The rain ended with snow. L:ife on the Plains is vigorous, to say the least...it sometimes reminds me of the wilds of Eriador.

Arien  Valar — Today at 4:01 PM
Welcome shelob

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:01 PM
We'll try to get through the business quick and get on to Tolkien.
[4:01 PM]
I did hear something about that Sandalf, aye.
[4:02 PM]
I can imagine how hectic that was on the road. Never liked driving in heavy storms.
[4:02 PM]

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Membership:

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:02 PM
A "white knuckle" drive.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:02 PM
Indeed.
[4:03 PM]
So, we have Eonwë, Arien, Shelob, and Sandalf. Anyone else want to admit to being here? :}

Shelob — Today at 4:03 PM
I am glad of the temperate, if rather wet, sea climate of coastal western europe.

Varda — Today at 4:03 PM
Aiya

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:04 PM
Heya Varda :}

Varda — Today at 4:04 PM
Got a house full of people just before the meeting
[4:04 PM]
Admitting to running in here after Sauron heard my alarm go off and said something.  : )

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:04 PM
:}

Shelob — Today at 4:05 PM
Aiya to House Guests! And an especial Aiya to my good buddy Sauron.

Varda — Today at 4:05 PM
Sounds like wild weather!

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:05 PM
Any other Membership news before we move on?

Varda — Today at 4:05 PM
Elwing and Gimli and Gimli's wife are here. : )

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:05 PM
Cool :}
[4:05 PM]
Heya to them :}

Varda — Today at 4:05 PM
And Gimli's wife's mom was here briefly.
[4:06 PM]
We were passing around presents and setting up snacks and meals, passing around strawberry cake.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:06 PM
Sounds like loads of fun :}

Varda — Today at 4:06 PM
And for weather, we got a touch of Sandalf's. Gullywasher like a lake that kept pouring down with plenty of lightning and thunder immediately after.

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:07 PM
It sounds like a wonderful gathering! I am happy you are enjoying the holidays.

Varda — Today at 4:07 PM
Some have to leave soon so I'm back and forth. Very happy that Eonwe has the gavel!

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:08 PM
Doesn't fly through the air as smoothly as my sword, but it'll do :}
[4:08 PM]

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Web:

Varda — Today at 4:08 PM
whirling gavels!

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:08 PM
Nothing to announce... yet :}

Arien  Valar — Today at 4:09 PM
aiya Varda

Varda — Today at 4:09 PM
Beware the ellipsis, my son.
[4:09 PM]
Aiya Arien : )

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:09 PM
Aiya all!
[4:09 PM]
Sort of sounds like "Hi y'all..."

Arien  Valar — Today at 4:10 PM
Mount Hyal :)?

Varda — Today at 4:10 PM
Yes it does! Very pleasing.

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:10 PM
Very southern.

Varda — Today at 4:10 PM
Texas count? : )

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Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:12 PM
Gaming:
[4:12 PM]
World of Warcraft:
[4:12 PM]
This week's Bonus Events: Legion Timewalking (extended through to the end of December) and Arena Skirmishes.

The PvP Brawl: Southshore vs Tarren Mill runs through Tuesday, December 21st.

The Feast of Winter Veil is running through January 2nd.

Check out this week's hotfixes. --- https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23739169/hotfixes-december-17-2021
    World of Warcraft
    Hotfixes: December 17, 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.

[4:12 PM]
Lord of the Rings Online:
[4:13 PM]
Check out the Letter from Producer Raninia. ---https://www.lotro.com/en/game/articles/letter-producer-raninia-%E2%80%93december-2021
    The Lord of the Rings Online
    A Letter from Producer Raninia –December 2021
[4:13 PM]
I won't press Varda for a list of people who have been on this week, but if she does have one or gets a chance to make one  she can add in later :}
[4:13 PM]
Or maybe she has it now :}

Varda — Today at 4:14 PM
Landroval server:
Eonwe
Fangorn
Ioreth
Irmo
Nar
Varda

Anor server:
Eonwe
Falco
Fangorn
Varda

Shadowfax server:
Varda

Treebeard server:
Varda
Varda — Today at 4:14 PM
May-be. : )
[4:14 PM]
I grabbed it earlier today.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:14 PM
Typing at the speed of light :}

Varda — Today at 4:14 PM
My thing!

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:14 PM
Thanks :}
[4:15 PM]

Diablo 2:
A new blog is out: Diablo 2: Resurrected Path 2.4 Highlights: Coming Soon. --- https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo2/23746135/diablo-ii-resurrected-patch-2-4-highlights-coming-soon
    Diablo II: Resurrected Patch 2.4 Highlights | Coming Soon
    Learn more about exciting new changes and features the developers are bringing to players in the upcoming Patch 2.4.

[4:15 PM]
Any other gaming news?

Varda — Today at 4:16 PM
Yule Festival ongoing on LotRO.
[4:18 PM]
Had so much Yule deco on the Anor server that it was a surprise that we didn't on Landroval, our main, heh.
[4:18 PM]
Go ahead.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:18 PM
:}
[4:19 PM]
I just got a Yule sconce for my house in LotRO. WIll likely be up long after Yule, hehehe.

Varda — Today at 4:19 PM
Because it's just cool.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:19 PM
Aye :}
[4:19 PM]
Trees will come down,.. if I remember :} But sconce is cool :}

Varda — Today at 4:20 PM
and the Yule fireplace.  : )

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:20 PM
Aye, that one stays up too :}
[4:20 PM]
Ok,..

Varda — Today at 4:20 PM
another
...[Note: repeat of previously copy/pasted stuff]
ack
[4:21 PM]
delete that
[4:21 PM]
https://www.lotro.com/en/content/update-3111-release-notes
    The Lord of the Rings Online
    Update 31.1.1 Release Notes
[4:21 PM]
Meant to give that link.
[4:21 PM]
Ok, done.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:21 PM
Aha, thought I was missing a piece of LotRO news. Thanks.

Varda — Today at 4:22 PM
Some big stuff going on. But then, I'm in the new areas and find it interesting.
[4:22 PM]
All yours.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:22 PM
Thanks :}
[4:22 PM]

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Tolkien:
[4:22 PM]
So apparently there was this guy named Tolkien who wrote this book called "The Lord of the Rings"... ever heard of it? ;}

Varda — Today at 4:23 PM
Did they make one from the movies?

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:23 PM
I thought it was "The Lord of the Flies."

Varda — Today at 4:23 PM
Maybe that was it.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:23 PM
Well there was a boulder with an ugly face on it that was rolled onto the top of a statue in the place of its head....

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:24 PM
The fallen king that Frodo and Sam found near the crossroads was never identified, as far as I know. Any clues?

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:24 PM
There was a fell beast, and I seem to remember part of its description was that it stank.
[4:24 PM]
Hmm...
[4:26 PM]
I don't recall who the old king was, or if it was mentioned. That is an interesting question though.

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:28 PM
I always assumed it had to be one of the very early Kings of Gondor, as the statue was located near the crossroads that linked the north-south Ithilien Road with the road that traveled east-west from Minas Ithil to Minas Anor...It would not have been likely that a statue of a king of Gondor would have been placed there after Minas Ithil fell into the hands of Sauron's minions.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:29 PM
I guess it would depend on when the statue was placed there. If I had to hazzard a guess, Elendil might be a good one if it's old enough, since it would be between where Isildur and Anarion were ruling, and since he would be the first king of the Realms in Exile.

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:29 PM
That is a real possibility indeed...

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:30 PM
Since it's at a crossroads, it would be a good reminder to anyone passing through Gondor who the High-King was.

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:31 PM
You may very well be right, but I guess we will never know for sure, unless someone can find something Tolkien wrote about it in his later writings.

Arien  Valar — Today at 4:32 PM
when were Carchost and Narchost builtg, the two gate towers?
i believe originally they were built by the kings of Gondor
[4:33 PM]
and when that road was used it might be they built the statue at the time

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:33 PM
I would think very soon after the defeat of Sauron at the start of the Third Age. One of the gloomiest things Tolkien wrote about the history of Gondor was..."and the watch on Mordor slept."

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:35 PM
I feel like there is an answer to the question of who the king that statue was modelled after, but I can't swear to it.

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:36 PM
If the thought jumps at you sometime, please let us know!

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:41 PM
Before I go on a wild chase to try and find that tidbit of lore (hehe), any other topics to discuss?

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:41 PM
Aiya, catching up

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:42 PM
Heya :}
[4:43 PM]
I'll toss in here real quick for Arien, Phar, and Varda (though you may already know) that there's a post from me, then from Varda in the RP.

Arien  Valar — Today at 4:43 PM
Aiya

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:43 PM
Aiya Ar-Pharazon!

Varda — Today at 4:43 PM
Aragorn had the statue cleaned up and repaired.
[4:44 PM]
He would have known who it was, maybe somewhere in the books in that vicinity?
[4:44 PM]
Going to have to do some looking.

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:44 PM
Yes he did...he started as he led the forces of the west northwards on the road to the Gates of Mordor.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:44 PM
I looked in TT and RotK. No mention.
[4:45 PM]
I went to my Tolkien Shelf even :} No luck without digging deeper into my scrolls of lore,... er, my other books :}

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:45 PM
His soldies knocked the statue of the Eye off the seated figure, and replaced the head atop the statue, where it belonged. I wonder if the trailing crown of flowers survived the replacement!

Varda — Today at 4:45 PM
Aye, thinking we'll have to hit the Histories and Letters.

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:45 PM
I wish I had access to those, but I don't.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:46 PM
I glanced over it pretty quickly, but I believe the description said they did, yes Sandalf.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:46 PM
Caught up! Sounds like a nice party over at Varda's, even before Christmas... we actually had some visitors here today for my mom's birthday

Varda — Today at 4:46 PM
He had his own crown then, most likely. : )  But it's beautiful to think Yavanna or others had something to do with it. "Nature" has a lot of the Ainur in it for reference.
[4:47 PM]
Happy Birthday to your mother from all of us. : )  Thank you to her for Ar-Pharazon as well!

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:47 PM
Probably would hold up better than Ulmo giving the statue a crown :}

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:47 PM
What a beautiful thought, Varda! Perhaps Yavanna knew (somehow) of the goings-on in Middle Earth?

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:47 PM
And yes, it's nice to think that while the Valar did not really interfere politically anymore, they would help restore things after the trouble was over, in their own subtle ways.

Varda — Today at 4:48 PM
They knew a lot. Manwe and Varda watched from Taniquetil, Ulmo through the waters. What they knew they probably told the others. All the Valar had Maiar, and we know Maiar went into Middle-earth and could be of all gradations of power.
[4:48 PM]
They knew certain ones would see that crown of flowers and needed the heartening from it.

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:49 PM
I believe that Tolkien himself said that the Valar never forsook their vigilance over the fate of Middle Earth...Semper Vigilatus.

Varda — Today at 4:49 PM
Correct

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:49 PM
Maybe they're still watching us now...

Varda — Today at 4:49 PM
The eagles and birds were under Manwe and saw plenty.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:49 PM
They took less direct action, but never completely abaonded them, no.

Varda — Today at 4:49 PM
Eagles and birds are still here. ; )

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:49 PM
Well we have to keep an eye on you, Phar :}
[4:49 PM]
Can't let you out of those caves :}

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:49 PM
Of course they are!

Varda — Today at 4:50 PM
But we can winch down a nice Christmas dinner. : )

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:50 PM
Ah, thank you, hopefully it's still warm

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:50 PM
One turkey drumstick for the lot of them :}
[4:50 PM]
And a single cranberry :} Well ok, everyone gets a cranberry :}

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:50 PM
Cranberries for all my men!

Varda — Today at 4:50 PM
We know some subtle things occurred. The Ring was meant to be found by Bilbo. The Fellowship arrived at the Last Homely House and Elrond said the Council meeting was "called" but not by him.

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:51 PM
The shortest day of the year approaches...a good time for writing and reading (and researching). As I sit here in the library at 1650, the sun has already set, and the cold, bleak landscape calls me....

Varda — Today at 4:51 PM
The beauty to remind you of the Far North!

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:51 PM
You're talking to us from 370 years ago?

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:52 PM
I was referring to the time...1650 = 4:50 p.m.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:52 PM
Makes more sense

Varda — Today at 4:52 PM
ahh, 16:50.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:52 PM
As interesting as it would be if his library could travel through time.... :}

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:52 PM
(and I figured, but couldn't resist)

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:52 PM
Of course not.

Varda — Today at 4:52 PM
Hoping your laptop will some day connect from home or car!

Arien  Valar — Today at 4:53 PM
Given that t a lotr of plants and trees grow on rivers and lakes i can imagine Yavanna knew a lot from Ulmo

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:53 PM
The library is ALWAYS a good place to be, for me, although it will be closed this coming Friday and Saturday for Xmas...

Shelob — Today at 4:53 PM
Ar Pharazon, I thought you were better at English than that. If he was in the year 1650, he wouldn't have been at the year 1650. Although he might have been at the year 1650 in the library book he could be reading.

Varda — Today at 4:53 PM
The Library, any of them, are wonderful places!

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:54 PM
...Well played, Shelob
[4:54 PM]
I didn't catch the "at", really.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:54 PM
Well, he could be at the Island of the Year 1650, like in Rudolph's Shiny New Year.

Varda — Today at 4:54 PM
All these folks that speak great English and it's not even their first language. So admirable!

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:55 PM
Yes...and unlike the Sirion, I doubt that Sauron ever had the power to poison the waters of the Anduin such that Ulmo could no longer read the signals carried by the river...

Shelob — Today at 4:55 PM
Yes, but then he would not have been on the island called The Year 1650.

Varda — Today at 4:55 PM
afk while saying bye to Elwing

Shelob — Today at 4:55 PM
Bye Elwing!

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:55 PM
But would he have been at the island?

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:55 PM
Und ich wünsche, dass mein Deutsch so gut wie den Deutsch von andere Leute an diese Seite sein könnte...

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:56 PM
What if he wasn't in the library at 1650 but at the library in 1650?

Shelob — Today at 4:56 PM
Well, he could have been in a library on a yacht, floating at sea at the island.

@Ar-Pharazon-V
What if he wasn't in the library at 1650 but at the library in 1650?
Shelob — Today at 4:56 PM
Then he would have said thusly.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:56 PM
What if I just read it wrong?

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:57 PM
KISS.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:57 PM
Don't they have library harbors to moor your library at when you're travelling through time? :}

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:57 PM
Like the Tardis_

Shelob — Today at 4:57 PM
You did, because you did not read the at, but you did not read wrongly the in which was not there.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:57 PM
L-space?

Shelob — Today at 4:58 PM
Also, that sentence was a veritable horror of syntax errors.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:58 PM
Ok, we've had plenty of fun here, and we've gone off Tolkien, so....

Shelob — Today at 4:58 PM
mine that was. :)

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:58 PM
Bangs Gavel

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Aftermeeting:

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:58 PM
You're better at English (not in English) than that, Shel!

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:58 PM
Have a Merry Christmas and feel free to stay, leave, chat, or travel through time as you are able :}

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:58 PM
Will there be a meeting on Boxing Day?

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:59 PM
I'll be here! Not sure what time, but I'll be here.

Shelob — Today at 4:59 PM
To use the words Ar-Pharazon the wise once used... I couldn't resist.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 4:59 PM
Next Sunday there will be a meeting, yes.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 4:59 PM
Or at what time I'll be here.

Sandalf13 — Today at 4:59 PM
Fantastisch!

Shelob — Today at 4:59 PM
I'll be at home surely.

Sandalf13 — Today at 5:00 PM
I hope that ALL of you have a wonderful week of preparation ahead, and then a wonderful Xmas. I always enjoy the week between Xmas and New Year...so full of happy gatherings and visits, and lots and lot of good eating...but don't eat TOO much, y'all!

Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:01 PM
Thanks and likewise, Sandalf :}

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:01 PM
We like eating.

Varda — Today at 5:02 PM
Merry Christmas and all other holidays that we're enjoying. : )

Sandalf13 — Today at 5:02 PM
Eating is a good sign,, so say the EMTs.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:02 PM
And merry christmas to everyone!

Varda — Today at 5:02 PM
Multiple faiths in our group but we all enjoy eating!
[5:02 PM]
In moderation, right, ok. ; )

Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:02 PM
Some of us prefer to photosynthesize :}

Sandalf13 — Today at 5:02 PM
:)

Varda — Today at 5:03 PM
Fangorn and Bregalad agree!
[5:03 PM]
Bregalad showed up in LotRO not too long back. ; )

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:03 PM
We may be atheists but we've still got a christmas stable on a table in the living room.
[5:03 PM]
It's just nice!

Varda — Today at 5:03 PM
Enjoy!
[5:03 PM]
And yes it is : )

Sandalf13 — Today at 5:04 PM
Paddock calls, anon...fair is foul, and foul is fair, hover through the fog and the filthy air.

Varda — Today at 5:04 PM
Well said! Shakespeare I think?

Sandalf13 — Today at 5:05 PM
Yes....indeed. The three witches, waiting for the arrival of...wait for it...Macbeth.

Varda — Today at 5:05 PM
Thanks : )

Sandalf13 — Today at 5:05 PM
In my essay on Denethor, I compare him to Macbeth...

Varda — Today at 5:05 PM
Don't get trapped in the library!
[5:05 PM]
Can see that as a fair and interesting comparison.
[5:06 PM]
Definitely want to read that (essay).

Sandalf13 — Today at 5:06 PM
I am leaving momentarily....have to drive to York for dinner with a friend....about 35 minutes at 80 mph down I80.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:06 PM
Drive safe :}

Arien  Valar — Today at 5:06 PM
your German is great and i  d help u brushing it up or polishing any time Sandalf

Varda — Today at 5:06 PM
We have Discord on quite often during the week. : )

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:06 PM
enjoy, Sandalf!

Arien  Valar — Today at 5:06 PM
Safe journey :)

Sandalf13 — Today at 5:07 PM
Thanks! Vielen Dank! Ich würde mein Deutsch mit dir zu üben lieben!

Varda — Today at 5:07 PM
Harbor is the main area for chit-chat (text). Come on in anytime.

Arien  Valar — Today at 5:07 PM
well catch me on discord some time and we can sort that out

Sandalf13 — Today at 5:07 PM
Sei gesund, y'all, and Tschuss!

Varda — Today at 5:07 PM
We have meetings every Sunday. Advantage of all these different time zones.
[5:07 PM]
Gesundheit. ; )
[5:08 PM]
We also have the voice Harbor to help with pronunciation.

Arien  Valar — Today at 5:09 PM
Hehe  wonderful that a language isn t just vocabulary and grammar but syntax as well
[5:09 PM]
provides a lot of fun
[5:09 PM]
meaning context and conditions a certain term or word is useds

Varda — Today at 5:10 PM
Inflections too.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:10 PM
Oh yes. Rather annoying especially in my online Japanese course :)

Arien  Valar — Today at 5:10 PM
so .. "Gesundheit" on its own is used after somebody  sneezes
[5:10 PM]
like in english *Bless you"

Varda — Today at 5:11 PM
I was being playful. : )

Arien  Valar — Today at 5:11 PM
:)

Varda — Today at 5:13 PM
About that statue,
I suspect it's one of the on purpose things JRRT did to make us play with the puzzle, speculate.
[5:14 PM]
He likes to do that.
[5:15 PM]
He gives clues and lets us riddle it out. Part of what makes it so re-readable.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:15 PM
That's fair enough if it is. Not tell us who it is so we have to wonder. Or he just decided the "who" wasn't important. Of course if it were me I'd at some point probably have notes of speculation on my own story, so I wouldn't be surprised if Tolkien had some napkin somewhere that said "some say this was a statue of X" hehehe.

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:16 PM
Perhaps he didn't even have a specific king in mind, just a reminder of ye olden glory days.
[5:17 PM]
But it's still nice to have such things to speculate about

Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:17 PM
Aye :}
[5:18 PM]
In that vein, a bit of something to mull over: Do we have any example of Elves building statues of their kings in like fashion?

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:20 PM
I can think of a few kings who would have liked to put up statues of themselves, in any case.
[5:20 PM]
If there were, I'd expect to find them in Menegroth, for example.

Arien  Valar — Today at 5:22 PM
or even in Gondolin i guess in the kings palacce i d expect some or in parks
[5:22 PM]
maybe even scuolptured wells

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:22 PM
Turgon spitting up water

Arien  Valar — Today at 5:22 PM
[Note: emote laughing to tears]
[5:24 PM]
well its time for me to dream of many coloured caves and wonderful plays of water .. speaking of water play .. Gandalf formed some waves of the Bruinen into shapes of white horses ^^
[5:24 PM]
kind of a sculpture no?
[5:24 PM]
Namarie for now :)

Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:25 PM
Sleep well Arien :}

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:25 PM
namarie :)

Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:25 PM
And remember, for the RP, you only get the honey if you take the fish with it, lol :}

Arien  Valar — Today at 5:25 PM
aye :)

Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:26 PM
Fainan looked like she was eying the honey for her blackberries, hehehe.

Varda — Today at 5:26 PM
Fishhhh
[5:26 PM]
Yep : )

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:26 PM
honey honey honey, must be funny, in a fish man's world

Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:26 PM
:}

Varda — Today at 5:26 PM
I think in the statues's case, that we were supposed to figure out an actual king. Thus the careful explaining of where it was.
[5:27 PM]
Elendil is very probable.
[5:27 PM]
RP, right. takes a look
[5:30 PM]
I'm still the most recent, but hmm.
[5:30 PM]
and being called away for supper. Which happens to be a fish stir fry. : )

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:30 PM
No idea what Calion likes to eat.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:30 PM
mmmm :}

Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 5:30 PM
Wonder if he likes fish.

Eonwë Valar — Today at 5:31 PM
Well I tried to give options :}
[5:31 PM]
Hopefully something in there appeals to him, or he'd settle for at least :}

Varda — Today at 6:12 PM
back later to catch up.

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Ar-Pharazon-V — Today at 7:38 PM
Personal gaming report!
[7:44 PM]
(non)flashgaming: 3 old ones
[7:45 PM]
https://www.kongregate.com/games/KekGames/rhomb is the first one, a puzzle game where you have to untie rhombuses from each other by clicking them in order. More mechanics follow further in.
    Kongregate
    Rhomb
    Untie a knot of rhombuses.

[7:47 PM]
https://www.kongregate.com/games/toweld/four-color-theorem-coloring-puzzle-game is the second game! A coloring puzzle where you have to color levels with 4 different colors while having no adjacent areas with the same color.
    Kongregate
    Four Color Theorem - Coloring Puzzle Game
    In mathematics, the four color theorem, or the four color map theorem, states that, given any separation of a plane into contiguous regions, producing a figure...

[7:47 PM]
Also comes with daily generated puzzles, further proving the theorem that you can't make a map where it doesn't work :)

https://www.kongregate.com/games/IriySoft/cursed-treasure-level-pack for the last one! If you hadn't seen enough of the Cursed Treasure series in the past few weeks, this is a level pack for the first one  New maps, an achievements feature, and all the skills to upgrade!
    Kongregate
    Cursed Treasure: Level Pack!
    Level pack for the popular tower defense game Cursed Treasure.
    Take on the role as the evil overlord of the orcs, demons and the undead and protect you gems f...

[7:50 PM]
Protect your gems from waves of enemies by placing towers along the path, each one of 3 types being able to be placed on a specific terrain type. Also chop wood to free up new buildspace, spend mana on spells, and upgrade your towers and other stuff as you go!

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[7:51 PM]
Blizzard gaming:
[7:52 PM]
Hearthstone:
Level 41 on the reward track now, getting a few more golden cards along the way.
Demon hunter to level 46!
[7:54 PM]
Getting more honor, now going towards Knight rank. Requirements rising rapidly! I may need to step up my daily honor gain, but we'll see.
[7:55 PM]
Brawl is Cloneball :) Each player gets a bunch of legendaries, 4 of each, as well as occasional cards to reduce a legendary's cost. Luck required, but fun to play :)
[7:57 PM]
For mercenaries, no new level 30s, but I got 2 new ones crafted from getting their coins. A hydra called Trigore the Lasher (whom people might recall from the Wailing Caverns in WoW) and Tirion Fordring himself!
[7:58 PM]
Also leveled him and Vanessa VanCleef quite a bit.
WoW:
[7:58 PM]
Raiding progress, who'd believe it? :)
[8:00 PM]
We got heroic Fatescribe down, getting me a heroic bear trinket in the process. 2 bosses to go, with some practice had on Kel'thuzad, but we're now on break for the holidays. Would be nice to get him and Sylvanas in the new year :)
[8:01 PM]
Did more vault runs in Torghast, getting the third broker-sold cloak appearance. No loot from final boss yet though.
[8:02 PM]
Winter Veil started! Not doing much about it except sending my druid to fight the Greench once a day, hoping to get the Flames of Ragnaros weapon illusion from the reward present. It's from the max level version of the gift only, so can't use my now slightly higher alts yet. Next year might be doable :)
[8:03 PM]
Timewalk continues! Tried the mage tower a few times on Guardian again after some nerfs there, but it's still annoying. Also doing 5 timewalking dungeons again this week, because might as well!
Also this week is arena skirmishes, which is going well too, getting me to honor level 86.
[8:05 PM]
Between a holiday event, 2 weekly quests and watching most of Star Trek: Picard this week, I've not had much time for the rogue. Completed Azsuna and started Stormheim, getting from 41 to 43. Maybe the next week will be more productive!
[8:06 PM]
He did get another poison passive at 43, so that's good, though poison application has not been a problem so far anyway.
[8:07 PM]
And that's my report for the week!
[8:12 PM]
Namarie :)

Varda — Today at 8:32 PM
Namarie

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