Yay for the continued celebration of Middle Earth Horses! Picking
up where I left off in (rohan-land-of-horses), here are a few more horses hanging out in
Cliving.
Ok,
sometimes I get more excited than some visiting with the Stable-Master’s
horses. Here is one I met north of Eaworth, at the lone location between Eaworth
and Fangorn Forest. He is wearing the Steed
of the Champion caparison (All-the-Steeds/store-steeds). It
is such a simple thing, sans saddle and halter, but looks so sharp!
Here
is a steed I was trying to rustle away from its owner. The Grim Southron kept back-peddling; I think I tipped my hand when I
was paying less attention to him and more attention to the horse. He must have seen the Horse Gallery and known that I had ulterior motive.
In
the previous installment, I did leave off with a teaser that you would see some
famous horses show up at danania.net. I hope not to disappoint. Here are a
set of three that agreed to make an appearance; and here is a great link that discusses some
famous horses of Middle Earth at (http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Horse).
Arod is first up. He
carried my friend Legolas across Rohan. He is such a clever horse, cracking me
up with “knock-knock” jokes. He also loves to rattle off the “Mister Ed” theme
song… “A horse is a horse, of course, of course…”, which apparently the herd
gathers to watch on DVD every Tuesday night at 9pm (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054557/).
Hasulfel was with
Arod and carried Aragorn across Rohan. He said he was quite a fast horse and had
been looking forward to challenging Supergirl to a race across the plain. Arod
was being a trickster and stood on my cape at the beginning of the race, lol! As
you see, Hasulfel beat me by a nose.
Shadowfax,
chief of the Meras, liked my moxie. As he can run faster than any other horse
in Middle Earth, I had to challenge him to a race as well. This time with no
trickery I fared slightly better. J I was
honored to run with him and respect that he is lord of the herd.
Framferth is
Thane Fastred’s horse. I think my horse is smitten.
Here
is where I got a fancy green banner, called the “King’s Banner Accessory”. It is an award from the Epic quest Book
9, Chapter 8. Neither the green flag nor the brown haunch-piece is dyeable, so it wasn’t really an
accessory for me. I do think more flags are warranted as accessories. Mebbe, the Steed of Minas
Ithil would be a great choice to make into a Warsteed.
In
my excited-to-see-decorated-steeds file, I have this picture of when I was
riding a Red-clad horse of the gap
and bumped into a Red-clad horse of the gap. Oddly enough, I have no idea where
I took this picture, though I know that I had seen the Red-clad horse in Hytbold.
Fancy Tail: This
tail was the only tail I ever bought from the lotro store; I got it on sale. Actually,
I have never bought any other warsteed cosmetics, well, except for buying every
horse, which happen to come with warsteed cosmetics. My warsteed was feeling
very fancy.
New
Bree has gotten busy since it got a facelift. Granted, I don’t go to Bree
often, but I see that horse parking is at a premium!
Here
are a few people I saw looking dapper on their warsteeds around Rohan.
Rruin and I compare the
craziness of heavy versus light warsteed sizes. Note that Rruin is a dwarf; he sits
high and proud while riding a pony. It is a heavy pony, which makes it bigger than a normal pony.
However, the heavy PONY is a LOT bigger than my light HORSE. I find the size
difference to be such an odd thing. My light horse works for me quite well as a
RK. (referencing the traiting guide rohan-warsteed-traiting-part-5).
Macswife
shows off her fancy horse decked out in Burgundy as she wears a perfectly
matched outfit.
Assmunahi sits
pretty atop a Rose Racing Warsteed.
Commander Drendolith
shows off the Bone warsteed outfit, along with the green King’s Banner
Accessory.
Caramelkr
looks like she is heading to a party. She rides the Warsteed of the Captain, red dyed cosmetics, dressed on a Black
Tobiano.
Does
this next picture answer the question of how I have so many horses in the
All-the-Steeds Gallery (All the Steeds)? Hahaha, no,
I am not a horse rustler! Well, not exactly. That was a fun picture though
helping bring together a Wild Horse with a new Rider to enjoy him. J
May you delight in your
horses and enjoy the ride across Middle Earth!
