O Elbereth!

[Glorelendil]

God this is good stuff:

“Nay,’ he said, ‘only the trees of Aulë will be tall enough. In the mountains the Eagles shall house, and hear the voices of those who call upon us. But in the forests shall walk the Shepherds of the Trees.’
Then Manwë and Yavanna parted for that time, and Yavanna returned to Aulë; and he was in his smithy, pouring molten metal into a mould. ‘Eru is bountiful,’ she said. ‘Now let thy children beware! For there shall walk a power in the forests whose wrath they will arouse at their peril.’
‘Nonetheless they will have need of wood,’ said Aulë, and he went on with his smith-work.”

[Murcushio]

I'd like to see a culture (could have been Beornings) that have the spirit of Tulkas in them. They could have virtues involving laughter and wrestling. Would be fun to play.

EDIT: Just realized that all these ideas will be outside the license; will have to be fan content only. At least until copyright expires.

C7 is sometimes really creative about getting around the license.

Like, Darkening of Mirkwood straight-up has Orome in it. They file off the serial numbers but in such a laughably risible way that if the Tolkien estate demanded they take him out they'd probably have a valid legal claim.

But sometimes you just can't get around it. Everyone knows that "the Ruins of the Eotheod" detailed in Heart of the Wild are actually Framsburg, but because Tolkien only elucidated that in maps not included in the published LOTR, they can't actually use the name.

[Mim]

Elfcrusher - I just want to add that those passages also give me the chills.

BTW, the comments about the Valar/Maiar supplements gave me a chuckle.

[zedturtle]

Kate Winslet say, “I pass the test,’ she said. ‘I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel.”

In Spain, Galadriel was played by another actress. I think she was called Cate Blanchett or similar.
That kind of things happen with translations. Probably Kate Winslet didn't speak spanish fluently.

This was LOL-funny.

[Lugija]

Why stop at maiar? Have Valar be a new culture. Some virtues that they might have:

Drown A Subcontinent
You can take down the main villain of the campaign by destroying the current land you are in (for example Eriador or Rhovanion). You have to have a prolonged rest before using this again.

Ask The One For Help
Once per an Adventuring Phase you may ask Eru to help you. This results in the world changing shape. The choices for the new shape are Disc, Globe, Pyramid and Cube.

[Andrew]

It's funny you should mention Elbereth, as you'll see in our next update... Don't click refresh too much though or you'll wear the website out.

[PipeSmoker]

It is no wonder that quotes from the Silmarillion gives you chills, guys.
Best book ever, period.
In my humble opinion, that is.

As a side note, interesting that Elbereth's name comes out. Used that hook to "elven lore" a lot in "Those who tarry", which some people writing here too seem to disregard a lil' too much.
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To me, a wonderful adventure filled with moral and heroic struggle. What was the light Irime uses in the desperate fight against the Orcs? A minor ring? Bearing the light of whom?
And PJ's movies did some good, provided something to play in the background when facing a 9000 years old (am I correct?) Noldo leaving to the shores...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZG1aDo20zQ
Translation of the verses is easy to find.

Cheers!!!

EDIT:
Doing some research I found that, in some version of the elven family tree, IRIME was sister to Fingolfin, if I got that right.
Fingolfin, the one that chopped off Morgoth's foot in single confrontation at the gates of Angband. Anyone with a better grasp can confirm this?

[Rich H]

Doing some research I found that, in some version of the elven family tree, IRIME was sister to Fingolfin, if I got that right.
Fingolfin, the one that chopped off Morgoth's foot in single confrontation at the gates of Angband. Anyone with a better grasp can confirm this?

The adventure states that Irime is of the House of Gil-Galad, who if I'm not mistaken is of Finarfin's line and not Fingolfin's. I'd therefore conclude that she can't be the sister to Fingolfin, unless you want to foreshadow the introduction of time travel and that Doctor Who/TOR crossover supplement that C7 are working on.

[Glorelendil]

As an aside, it would have really sucked to have been an Elf in Valinor during the Noontide of the Blessed Realm and not to have been the best at something. Anything. It seems every single one of them has skills or gifts that are "unsurpassed".

Imagine poor Milyacam...not very wise, or good at poetry, or able with his hands. Can't really carry a tune, not valiant in war, rather homely in countenance. Kind of a nondescript elf, really.

Honestly his best bet to be remembered in song is probably to enlist with Morgoth, I'd think.

Or maybe he could be remembered, "...and as an adolescent his facial blemishes were unsurpassed by any Vanyar, Noldor, or Teleri. Not until Durin's folk were awoken could any compare with his achievements."

[Glorelendil]

P.S. And curse whoever suggested the abomination of elves having mutton-chops. I'm reading about Feanor right now...“He was tall, and fair of face, and masterful, his eyes piercingly bright and his hair raven-dark”...and all of the sudden I'm seeing mutton-chops.

Total buzzkill.