Rohan: Scenes from Rohan, part 2

Picking up from rohan-scenes-from-rohan-part-1… Egads! The flight from Langhold went smooth… hehe.

Along the way, I met the Grim Southron. He is not the most pleasant fellow. He is definitely not going on my Christmas list.

I met more people that were nicer, including Utlac. I really need a Who’s Who directory to keep notes on all these thanes, and reeves, and sons of that person, and daughters of that other person. Don’t tell Utlac but I have no recollection as to who he is.

Cliving looks lovely under a pink sky. I took this shot from one of the towers.

More thanes… Here is Thane Elfmar.

He later challenged me to a fight. Silly Thane, you might have elf in your name, but I’m your huckleberry. A second bout would end similar to the first... best 4 of 7... good luck with that.

I left Nona, and Horn, and Corudan in the part 1, when they were looking on an encampment. Corudan tells me that Nona and Horn are getting along just fine.

Yeah… I can see that… those two look like they are doing quite well as long as they don’t kill each other first.

In Harwick, I made some more friends: Burnoth, Leofdag, Hutha, and Ulf. By Cliving, they needed to skip town. I don’t recall why now; gambling debts, horse rustling?? So, the five of us prepare to sneak out of town. Sneaking is not my strong suit; if it was I probably wouldn’t wear bright red and march through town like a parade leader.

On the other hand, I can be distracting. To that end, in the EttenMoors, I am called “bait”. Here I am distracting the town guards while my friends slip away. I think we will see one another soon?

Part 3 is coming up soon…

Rohan: Scenes from Rohan, part 1

I enjoy lotro and everything in it, but I have really enjoyed Rohan! While quite a few of my posts since October were Rohan related, I hesitated to reveal too many scenes directly as to not give away the great stories. I will still refrain from saying too much but wanted to share some pictures. (For those who only come to look at the pictures, this post is definitely one for you… though you might not have even read the previous line to know that.)

I started toward Rohan back on rohan-begins. Actually, concurrent to my cursory look around the East Wall from the south of Rohan, I went home to Lorien. I had a nice chat with two of my favorite Runekeepers, Galadriel and Celeborn.

They will stay here in Lorien and protect the borders from obvious Orcs. We have now opened the borders up and outsiders will now not be shot on site. I did not approve, but I am not specifically in charge of the Golden Wood. One of my Lorien friends, Anglamel, promised to look after my flet while I was away.

Galadriel gives me one last blessing in the garden and then I am back underway to Rohan.

This time I decided to take the scenic route by boat.

Another elf named Corudan escorted Horn and Nona and I and we decided to scope out the north of Rohan first at The Wold. Horn and Nona are like oil and water. We sat around telling fireside stories before I ventured toward Langhold. They hardly believed my tale involving Amarthiel, some guys named Mord, and a little old lady. It was such an amazing story!

We scouted camps in the East Wall.

Nona went on ahead, I take one last look, then double back toward the Wold. I will see them again... right?

While things are progressing here in the Wold, I introduce myself to some higher ups that I meet. There are lots of Thanes and Reeves around. I visit Langhold first. It looks like a fine place, and it will probably be around for a long time.

Time to defend the town. Thane Utred sends his wife Cillan and the kids toward the south. Heburga, his daughter, is ready to help us take down some enemies. Utred is not moved enough to let her help. 

Cillan carries a sword, just in case, en route to leave town. I am Supergirl; I refuse a pointy weapon… that’s why I have these! (holds up punchy fists) …and this (rotates palm to reveal an etched RK stone.)

The fight turns badly. Those who are able, leave. Dala threatens to fight me if I stay in Langhold alone. We run. I never noticed before how high I bounce when I am running; I think I will stick to flying. I hope this turns out ok for all involved.

Tune in next time for Part 2…