The Starry Mantle posted this on May 15th, 2013.
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Fram son of Frumgar was the fifth Lord of the Éothéod, a group of Northmen who were the ancestors of the Men of Rohan. The seat of Fram’s chieftainship was the fortified town of Framsburg, set at the northern end of the Vales of Anduin in the shadow of the Grey Mountains. In those days of the mid-Third Age, the Grey Mountains were terrorised by Scatha, a great long-worm. Scatha ravaged both the Dwarves of the Grey Mountains and the Men of the Éothéod alike, and he amassed a mighty hoard. Fram, heroic chieftain of his people, went forth and slew Scatha, but little is known of their battle. Once the long-worm was dead, the Dwarves of the Grey Mountains announced their claim to the dragon’s hoard, but Fram sent them instead Scatha’s teeth, with a message saying: “Jewels such as these you will not match in your treasuries, for they are hard to come by.” This angered the Dwarves and led to a feud between the two peoples. According to some accounts, the Dwarves took their vengeance by slaying Fram for his insult, and there was little love thereafter between the Éothéod and the Dwarves.
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The Starry Mantle posted this on May 15th, 2013.
Categorized as blue, champion, cloak, cosmetic, crafted, culture, Green, guardian, heavy armour, light armour, Man, mark, medallion, medium armour, Messages, Minstrel, outfits, Portraits, pre-order, shield, vendor, warrior, world drop.
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Fram son of Frumgar was the fifth Lord of the Éothéod, a group of Northmen who were the ancestors of the Men of Rohan. The seat of Fram’s chieftainship was the fortified town of Framsburg, set at the northern end of the Vales of Anduin in the shadow of the Grey Mountains. In those days of the mid-Third Age, the Grey Mountains were terrorised by Scatha, a great long-worm. Scatha ravaged both the Dwarves of the Grey Mountains and the Men of the Éothéod alike, and he amassed a mighty hoard. Fram, heroic chieftain of his people, went forth and slew Scatha, but little is known of their battle. Once the long-worm was dead, the Dwarves of the Grey Mountains announced their claim to the dragon’s hoard, but Fram sent them instead Scatha’s teeth, with a message saying: “Jewels such as these you will not match in your treasuries, for they are hard to come by.” This angered the Dwarves and led to a feud between the two peoples. According to some accounts, the Dwarves took their vengeance by slaying Fram for his insult, and there was little love thereafter between the Éothéod and the Dwarves.
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The Starry Mantle posted this on May 8th, 2013.
Categorized as citizen, cloak, cosmetic, event, festival, Hobbit-lass, lootbox drop, onesie, outfits, Portraits, purple, token.
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Lobelia was a hobbit of the Bracegirdle family of Hardbottle, possessed of a distinctly sour personality and a “face that could curdle new milk”. She was married to Otho Sackville-Baggins, a cousin to both Frodo and Bilbo, and they had a son, Lotho. Because Bilbo had no children and no siblings, his cousin Otho would have been considered his heir. Lobelia had long coveted ownership of the magnificent smial at Bag End, and when Bilbo disappeared for a year and was presumed dead, Lobelia was eager to move in. She was in the midst of auctioning Bilbo’s possessions when he returned from his adventure in far-off lands, quite alive after all. Lobelia was outraged. She had no choice but to return Bag End to Bilbo (though she did keep a fair few of his spoons). This began a long-standing feud between Bilbo and Lobelia that worsened when Bilbo adopted Frodo as his heir and willed all of his possessions to him, including Bag End. Calling on Bilbo to see that the will was in good legal order (it was), Lobelia angrily insisted that Frodo was more Brandybuck than Baggins and that he did not belong at Bag End (and, as Frodo discovered, she had also stolen several small but valuable articles and hidden them in her umbrella). And so Frodo too earned Lobelia’s fierce ire. In the autumn of IIIA 3018, Lobelia’s dream finally came true when, in preparation for his departure from the Shire, Frodo sold Bag End to her for a surprisingly low price. Lobelia was by that time a widow and a very old lady, at a hundred years of age, but she moved triumphantly into Bag End with her son Lotho.
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Goldenstar posted this on May 1st, 2013.
Categorized as cosmetic, Horse, LotRO store, mount, obsidian steed, pony, store exclusive, war-steed.
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The new store exclusive steed for the month of May is Obsidian Steed. This steed appeared in the store starting on May 1st and will be available in the LOTRO Store through May 31st.
Turbine added a full size screenshot for this steed on their web site!
This mount is as fast (+68%) and same morale (250 HP) as the previous store exclusive mounts with the same price tag. This steed is a per character purchase so be sure you spend the Turbine Points on the character you want riding this.
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The Starry Mantle posted this on May 1st, 2013.
Categorized as beige, Burglar, cloak, cosmetic, crafted, Elf-swain, event, Green, light armour, medallion, medium armour, Minstrel, outfits, reputation, scout, token, vendor, world drop.
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The races of Elves and Men have long shared friendship in the northwest of Middle-earth. The two kindreds first came into contact long ago, in the First Age of the world, when the Edain, the Fathers of Men, came over the Blue Mountains and down into Beleriand. Finrod, the Elven king of Nargothrond, first of all the Noldor encountered Men. Coming upon a band of them encamped for the night and asleep, he stole among them and, taking up a harp, began to play with elvish skill. The men awoke, and hearing Finrod’s beautiful music, thought they lingered in some fair dream. Finrod remained with the men for some time, befriending them, learning their language and teaching them the tongue of the Grey Elves. In all the long years since, the Elves and the faithful descendants of the Edain have had friendship, and their fates are intertwined.
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The Starry Mantle posted this on April 24th, 2013.
Categorized as cloak, cosmetic, crafted, Green, Hobbit-lad, instance drop, light armour, medallion, medium armour, Minstrel, outfits, rascal, scout, traveler, world drop.
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The Shire of the Hobbits was largely unregulated, lacking a central authority and governed for the most part by common sense and common understanding. The longstanding peace was maintained by a loose organisation of volunteer hobbits called the Watch. The larger branch of the Watch was composed of the Bounders, who patrolled the borders of the Shire, but domestic matters (or “Inside Work”) were tended to by a smaller branch, the Shirriffs. In all there were twelve voluntary Shirriffs, three for each of the Shire’s four Farthings, and the Mayor of Michel Delving held the position of First Shirriff. Since the Hobbits of the Shire were for the greater part peace-loving (no murder had ever been done in the Shire), the duties of the Shirriffs were mostly limited to settling minor disputes, acting as haywards, and deputising hobbits to serve as Bounders. The Shirriffs wore no special uniform, but each wore a feather in his cap to distinguish him from the general Hobbitry.
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The Starry Mantle posted this on April 17th, 2013.
Categorized as cloak, cosmetic, crafted, Green, instance drop, light armour, medallion, medium armour, orange, outfits, reputation, Rune-keeper, scout, token, traveler, vendor, Woman, world drop.
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In the rugged moorland between the Rangers’ hidden fastness of Esteldín and the Dwarves’ mining-outpost of Othrikar is a rocky height upon which is built a beacon. Stone pillars support a roof over carefully stacked kindling, ready to be set alight should any danger threaten either the Rangers or the Dwarves. At need, a signal fire visible from the Kingsfell beacon can be lit in either settlement, alerting the beacon-keeper of impending peril.
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Goldenstar posted this on April 16th, 2013.
Categorized as 6-years, Anniversary, Anniversary Festival, clothing, cosmetic, Deeds, event, Events, festival, Festival Guides, Festival Mount, Guide, housing, in-game, quest, Rewards.
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LOTRO is celebrating six years! This year’s event is going on from April 16 – 30th.
The quests are mostly broken up into four major regions in Middle Earth.
- Bree Firework Stand by North Gate (29.1S, 52.2W Bree-town)
- Bree Boar Fountain (63.95N, 132.90W Bree-town)
- Thorin’s Hall (13.48S, 103.2W Thorin’s Gate) – in the underground Tavern
- Shire Methel Stage (32.68S, 69.92W)
Not included in this festival
Most festivals mean certain things are also available by default. The horse races are active for this festival but the other festival extras like the dance quests, Inn League/Ale Association are not active in this festival. Don’t worry, they will return with the spring festival next month.
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The Starry Mantle posted this on April 10th, 2013.
Categorized as Burglar, champion, cosmetic, crafted, culture, Elf-maid, event, grey, heavy armour, medallion, medium armour, outfits, quiver, Rune-keeper, scout, token, world drop.
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To the Elves, the Golden Wood of Lothlórien was a beautiful haven utterly unstained by evil, but to the mortal Men of Rohan who dwelt to the south, it was a fearful place shrouded in superstition. Dwimordene they called it, and in their tales filled it with figments of sorcery, phantoms and apparitions. Great was their mistrust of these fay beings and of the Sorceress of the Golden Wood, a weaver of nets and delusions that could ensnare the unwary. Indeed, Lórien was a perilous realm, for within it was the power to change the hearts of those who entered. But as Samwise perceived, the only peril to be found in the Golden Wood was that which the visitor to that land brought within himself.
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Goldenstar posted this on April 5th, 2013.
Categorized as cosmetic, Danania, LotRO store, mount, steed of Dagorlad, store exclusive, war-steed, warsteed.
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The new store exclusive steed for the month of April is the Steed of Daglorad.
This steed appeared in the store starting on April 3rd and will be available in the LOTRO Store through April 30th.
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