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Announcements
- 100% Bonus XP on all monster kills all weekend long! Catch up to your Kinnies or finish up those last few levels before Rohan!
- We shared another track from the Riders of Rohan soundtrack, "Urgent Errands" by Chance Thomas. You can hear it here!
- Welcome to Hytbold! Joe Barry talks about a new End Game for LOTRO coming with Riders of Rohan. Click here to read his Developer Diary!
- The Treasure Hunter Event is available this weekend. You can read more about it in this Developer Diary!
- Don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter! Follow the action wherever you are, even if you're not at your PC.
Cooking with Clover
The Hobbit turned 75 today and we celebrated with second breakfast. Clover made holiday sticky buns. Here is her recipe:
- 2 loaves of frozen bread dough
- Chopped walnuts
- 1 stick of butter
- 6 oz of vanilla pudding mix (The cooked kind, not the instant kind)
- 1 Tablespoon of milk
- 2 Teaspoons of cinnamon
- 1 cup of brown sugar
Thaw the loaves of dough in the refrigerator. Grease 1 - 9 x 13 or 2 - 9 in round cake pan with butter and sprinkle the bottom with chopped walnuts. Cut thawed bread dough into walnut sized pieces and place in pan. In a saucepan melt the stick of butter add in the pudding mix, brown sugar, milk and cinnamon stir and cook on low until the mixture is smooth and well-blended. Pour over the top of the dough pieces. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate over night. In the morning back the pans at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Turn out of the pan immediately and serve warm.
Community News
- If you need a little help with the Treasure Hunt event head on over to CTSM and check out this guide by Ketani.
- Cosmetic LOTRO show you how to dress your character to go treasure hunting! Stop by and check out Hymne's newest outfit Precious Things.
- A Causal Stroll to Mordor is once again hosting, The Fellowship Walk: A Child’s Play Event. Their first walk will take place on September 23, 2012 at 2pm /servertime. You can visit this post for more information or visit their blog for all of the details. Help them reach their goal for an awesome cause!
The Places of Middle-earth
Sandyman's Mill
It cannot be said that Mr. Sandyman, the old and always opinionated miller, is the most liked Hobbit in all the Shire, but the mill in Hobbiton run by generations of the Sandyman family, including Sandyman's son Ted, is nonetheless an important part of the tightly-knit community. Located on the north banks of the Water, the meandering river running its way through Hobbiton, "the Mill" as it is commonly (and simply) known, provides ground corn for the local Hobbits, as well as a pleasant place to sit along the gentle banks to enjoy a relaxing hour or three at the Water's edge.
It is commonly known that Professor Tolkien based much of the tranquil Shire on his childhood memories of the Birmingham countryside of his youth. Old Sandyman's Mill in Hobbiton was no doubt inspired by the Sarehole Mill in this region of England, a simple brick and wood structure, still located to this day on the banks of a tranquil pool. While the Mill found in the Shire is much more centrally located in Hobbiton than the country mill that inspired it, Professor Tolkien's reverence for the place, along with its sense of peace and tranquility, was a feeling the Turbine team felt compelled to capture when creating the Mill for The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™. The gently turning wheel is, naturally, its most prominent feature, and the Mill also includes an ample yard for players to meet and converse, as described in the pages of The Fellowship of the Ring.
The lands of Middle-earth are rich and vast. Visit the Places Codex to learn more about them!
If you would like to submit an article please email it to lotro@turbine.com with the subject The Free Peoples' Press--Guest Article Submission.
Community Events
Crickhollow
- Celebrate Bilbo and Frodo's birthdays at the Party Tree
- When: Saturday, September 22, 1 PM server time
- Where: The Party Tree
- Information: Breakfast Club will be performing a concert, so bring your dancing shoes! Expect some fireworks worthy of Gandalf to round out the concert! Visit this thread for more information.
Estel
- La Cité Perdue
- When: Date : 21 septembre à 21h00 (September 21st - 15h00 to 16h30 /heureserveur - /servertime)
- Where: Place : départ aux Archives des Erudits à Bree
- Who : Anthelme et les Héritiers du Cardolan (Anthelme and the Kinship Heirs of Cardolan)
- What : chasse au trésor (treasure hunt)
- Information: Click here for all the details!
Landroval
- Symphony of Light --Third Annual Bilbo Birthday Epic
- When: September 22. Activities begin 9 p.m. EST
- Where: Brandywine Bridge, Stock in The Shire.
- Information: Join in an celebration of the most honorable Hobbit, Mr. Bilbo Baggins, late of the Shire, and let dread of these dark times be driven away by an epic excellent display of fireworks and music! Click here for all of the details!
- The Haunted Derby
- When: Saturday, October 13 at 1:00pm ST
- Where: The party tent in Buckland.
- Information: There will be a fashion show and horse race. Click here for all the details!
- The Wraith Race
- When: Wednesday, October 24 at 9:30pm ST
- Where: Weathertop in the Lone-lands.
- Information: There will be a horse show, a horse race and a holiday party. Visit this thread for more information.
Maiar
- Die Zeitreise der Visionäre / The time travel of the visionaries
- Eventtag: Sonntag, 30. September 2012 um 18 Uhr
- Startort: Wird noch mittels einem Rätsel bekannt gegeben
- Teilnehmer: Jeder kann teilnehmen, egal ob F2P oder noch nicht 75. Level 50+ wird empfohlen, ist aber nicht Voraussetzung
- Gruppen: 4-5er Gruppen (solo Leute werden in Gruppen verteilt)
- Dauer: 2 Stunden
- Click here for the details!
Recurring Events
Click here for a complete list of recurring events or click on your server below!
If you have an upcoming community event that you would like listed please send an email to lotro@turbine.com with the subject The Free Peoples' Press--Community Event
Postcards from Middle-earth
Epic Quest
Today's postcard was submitted by Ellonur from Imladris.
Having been betrayed by Lheu Brenin and taken as captives to Isengard, escape seems much closer for Ellonur, Gwyndir and Valanyonnen when Eledu manages to smuggle a barrel full of weapons past their Orcish overseers.
Ellonur, thank you for submitting this epic image!
Send your postcards to lotro@turbine.com with this subject The Peoples' Press--Postcards from Middle-earth. Be sure to tell us something about your postcard and who you are!
