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Merry Yule to everyone from my toons: Minstrel Stormsong, Champion Naktieskarys, Champion Vytautaz, Hunter Xantipe, Beorning Zantipe, crafter Champion Ahelissa, Loremaster Windstorms and Minstrel Xinderbor!

May Santa Claus Gift Giver Sauron give you lots of presents, even the Shiny Ring itself!

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Very little time to play, real life interferes there and here. Result – can log only Stormsong and rush Yule runs. Two days in a row.

Now I became a bit wiser and while in theatre, always switch to /afk. So I cannot be taken to act and would jus stare, doing nothing. Tokens flow, I get new levels (slowly slowly).

Now I would have some holidays, so – some time to run Zantipe and Xantipe, maybe even other toons. Everyone deserves some Yule love!

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Once again, running in Frostbluff, doing Yule deeds. Zantipe slowly advances “throw rotten fruits” and “throw rose petails” deeds. So far our actors perform too well: rose petail deed would soon be finished; rotten fruit is still at ~50%.

Will surely bring my Dwarf to Yule: to enjoy quests and get some xp too. Also, Anfalas crystals would be nice.

We have new Hunter in Kinship – yeah, another representative of this cool class. I do enjoy Hunter (after Minstrel, of course).

The day has ended, waiting to finish rose/rotten fruit deeds in Yule…

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First: the Howling Pit. 3-man instance, was unable to have third person…so me and my kind kinnie. Hordes of monsters incoming, all these darklings and world eaters. We held up untill some wave 18…and then both died, quest failed. The end was really problematic: I got lots of debuffs, ran out of energy, so was worthless for my kinnie.

Well, may return bit later. Not now. And then, I wento to Ered Mithrin.

This region is just really bad. Map is of zero use, because you cannot get to most locations. There are no roads here, yet you see road; you should be able to climb that hill, but after circling around for 3 times, there is no way up. You should be able to go to the top of this fortress, yet there is no way up. Quests’ texts are too long, too boring. The only positive thing – slayer deeds, these may be advanced quickly.

Quests brought me to Skarhald – the worst settlement in Middle Earth. Lore-wise, it is much like a concentration camp: lots of Dwarves locked behind walls with no living quaters, no roof. Weather good or bad – do suffer, Dwarves. Good for Mordor…but are these Dwarf lands? And yes, I do not like Skarfail. Maze with zero directions, I do want to leave it is as soon as possible.

Lucky for me, Yule is today. My toons would be busy. And this is good thing – less thoughts about such failures as Ered Mithrin.

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Stormsong continued her journey. This time I quested in Erebor: talk to Dwarf, locate this and that, do this…untill game was satisfied and sent me to other part of Dwarf region. One I really hate with these icy glaciers.

I went to Jazargund side. Decided to visit Dwarf statue – oh gosh, I have quests here! Here we go, look from top, see nothing – go down, explore foundations, kill some monsters from Moria, ride to Jazargund, talk to King, explore mines, kill Monsters from Moria…and so untill I was redirected to antoher challenge quest.

Oh yes, one quest to destroy Jangovar grappling hooks + one to investigate mine entrances. Some killing, some task board items and my reputation growing up.

Lotro-wiki tells it would be challenging content, not to be killed, not to retreat. Really do not wish to go to other part. That cursed icy zone with no paths, these ruins with no path upward and every third step you can fall to spot where you just stuck.

The day has ended. Waiting for Yule festival – all my toons would have much work to do…

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Stormsong adventures in Ironfold. I managed to look for convoy – it was attacked by Jangovar and destroyed, had to warn Dwarves, talk to them, expell some evil Dwarves and talk to prisoner.

Here it began. Real life politics in Lotro. Again. Same scheme: “refugees” attack Dwarven convoy, then armed combatants claim they “are innoncent, we were forced to”. Of course, it is so, town is full of shackled and hungry and ill “refugees” with maybe 10 guards. My duty is to free “refugees”, sabotate Jangovar and emerge victorious.

Which did happen. Zhelruka King came alone, almost soloed everything (alone!), I was of some help. Then we fought, escaped, I had to rush to Dale, talk to King about “refugees”.

Topic is clear: all refugees are good only, even if they attack you, none of them has any evil, almost angels without wings, and non-refugees can be really bad. One-side politics I really dislike. Politics should be left outside. And in our world anyone caught with an arm attacking would be combatant with no propaganda “come on, me good, me was forced”.

Politics aside: quests were interesting. Questing was interesting. Even “get stinky cabbages” was interesting, because I could freely do slayer deeds.

This morning managed to advance “Mark of Conspiracy” quest chain. All about how Dwarves acted against their own King and set to find treasures. Quest line would be long, I know.

Doing deeds is pure joy. I kill whatever I meet, I enjoy completing deeds and preparing to get virtues increased. When I am not questing, I turn in task items for Grey mountains expedition.

My very friendly kinnie asked how did I like region. Answer: landscape is unimpressive, boring, quest texts are interesting. He told not to skip quests. No, I won’t – after all, I paid for them with my Lotro points…so must grind every single xp, every single Lotro point.

So far region is almost interesting. Visuals are really bad, politics does not belong in Lotro, yet quests are interesting. I would continue questing here, grind reputation and Longbeard marks. Life is active once again in Lotro.