The Mirrors of Khazad-Dum

There's another "Exploring Middle-Earth" article up, this time pointing to a player-created lorebook entry about the mirrors in Khazad-Dum. I first have to mention that I love the idea of an official LOTRO wiki, that combines both the developer's entries, as well as the players. Secondly, and this time about the lore, I think the idea of putting mirrors into Moria is an excellent means around the whole "long dark of Moria".

When I read those passages in the game, I felt the inky, tangible black. When the movies were created, I had to wonder how in the world they could spend so long in total darkness. Of course, it wasn't total darkness thanks to "movie magic" but they did well enough. And once again with the game, I wondered how we as players could operate in such a large expanse with so little light. Then there was the mirrors. Dwarven ingenuity is something glorious. Of course they would have a way to light their own halls. It only makes sense, and that legacy system still should have something in place when and if they decided to return. I think Tokien probably envisioned roaring fires, but that's a lot of fuel for a relativley small band of dwarves looking to retake Moria. I'll let Turbine's invention slide simply for its elegance.

Exploring Golfimbul's Hole

I love lore concerning Hobbits. They're such quaint creatures, even when fending off an invasion of goblins. Check out the latest Exploring Middle-Earth article, this time talking about Golfimbul's Hole, an encampment of goblins rumored to be set up in memory of Golfimbul, the goblin leader who led the invasion of the Shire.

Get To Know Your Man

I play a Man Captain in LOTRO. From my experience, the Race of Men are actually played less in the game than the other races, except for Hobbit. Elf is probably most popular, then Dwarf. That's probably because Men are boring. They're the same thing as you, so why would you want to just play you? (See how I just called you boring?)

Anyway, I fell in love with the Captain so I don't really care he's a man. But I should. Men have a very interesting history in Middle-Earth. And a very interesting future. Check out Massively's latest addition to their Know Your LOTRO Lore column... this time obviously about the Race of Man.