The lottery winners for this can be found on https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pzRZuBQmJpxwkoV8icuNOAz3hM-DkdIp-efUPSGI9pE/edit?usp=sharing The next big lottery will be around the 20th of July to celebrate the 14h anniversary with a prizepool of 14k gold.

On the 29th of May Saturdayat 20:30 Cet We’ll host a Pubquiz by quizmaster Chas. This will consist of 5 rounds of questions each one around 10-15 minutes. Come and join us and challenge your kinnies @ the prancing pony.

Entry – Solo (small team possible) send a PM or tell to Chas beforehand if possible
Rounds – Question, picture and scavenger hunt
Where – Ingame in fellowship, answers through Tell ingame. 1 round will use discord/website.

Kin mini-weekend/lottery

Over the weekend we’ll have a Kin-Ah weekend and the lottery will be open. Send 500 silver per member to Lottovalar to enter. On sunday evening we’ll have a Treasure hunt night, but the lottery draw will be done offline this time.

Tuesdays route for will take us from the Hobbits in the Vales (summons available). You’ll have to visit the Dwarfs in Skarhald and the elves in Felegoth, You”ll have to visit the top of Skarhald ( highest area with all the Balistas) and Thraduil inside Felegoth. Which way you go first is up to you. The finish line will be back at Lyndelby (no summons available).

The normal rules apply such as speedboost or death. One extra rule. Can’t use the winecellar door in Felegoth.

The time for the Lottery, kinparty and a warsteed race has come again.

Lottery – Sunday 18th
To enter the lottery send 500 silver to Lottovalar ingame. You’ll receive a numbre you can check out on https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aVj53yF2z2MAD2TXgAM5BPblUyqMgxzZZuJqtPnigWs/edit?usp=sharing

The lottery draw itself will be on the kin party.

Kin party 18th 20:30 Cet
Lottery draw and the usual trivia and games. Place to be decided later.

Warsteed race Low High Low
This warsteed race will be on Tuesday the 13th @ 20:30. We’ll visit some hobbits, dwarfs and elfs in a region previously not run. Level 115+ is suggested. The race is about 30-45 min long.

Kinhouse overhaul
We’ll be redoing the kinhouse layout. Over time stuff has been planted in any empty spot. We’ll make a list of current items, spots and themes. Any suggestions are always welcome. Seperate discord channel will be make for this.

Kin auction weekend
During the weekend, Quartervalar and friends will visit the kin AH again. Put on plenty of items for cheap. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the pages of bargains.

Who: All level 20+
When: 4th of April at 20:30 Cet
Where: Gather at the Bree Boar fountain

What: All across eriador Illuvabunny has hidden little lotro eggheads waiting to found. A lotro scavenger hunt a misschiveous looking guy that just looks like he has taken your eggs. Over a little time clues will be sprinkled that will narrow it’s location down.

Duration: 10 mins per round, 4 characters hidden + some reserve if people want more eggs.

Route and pointers

The objective is to get from Mordor Viznaks camp (summon available)

From here you’ll have to make your way to Echad Dunnan

The objective is to do this as fast as possible without taking the same route twice or crossing the same place twice. The rest of your route is up to you.

Prizepool will be 4321 gold and an assortment of items.

Expected racing time is 2 hours so get your saddle padded.

Rules are straightforward. First to get back is the winner.

• Warsteeds, normal mounts and slow travels are allowed. Ports, swift travel, deaths or other retreat skills will disqualify you.
• No backtracking on landscape (For example Shire to Bree would mean you’d have to ride through ND,Evendim back)
• However we’d like to keep a level playing field.
• Advantages not available to all arn’t not allowed. This includes mount speed-consumables, skills such as Safe fall, Desperate flight etc will be ground for disqualify.

On 4-3-21 it’s Go-time. Wisdom of the Valar is hosting an extended warsteed race on Evernight on the 4th of march 20:30 Cet. We’ll gather at a later specified startingpoint for a warsteed race. It wil be your objective to go from point A to point B and then get back to point A without treading the same path again (aka a roundtrip race). It’s M to M’s

Prizepool will be 4321 gold and an assortment of items. Expected racing time is 1-2 hours so get your saddle padded.

Rules are straightforward. First to get back is the winner.

• Warsteeds, normal mounts and slow travels are allowed. Ports, swift travel, deaths or other retreat skills will disqualify you.
• No backtracking on landscape (For example Shire to Bree would mean you’d have to ride through ND,Evendim back)

However we’d like to keep a level playing field. Advantages not available to all arn’t not allowed. This includes mount speed-consumables, skills such as Safe fall, Desperate flight etc will be ground for disqualify.

Posted by Toffeecake
Today I reach out to you with sad news. Those who review discord regularly will already be aware but we have lost our officer and kin member Mario.

Mario recently passed away into the undying lands in real life but he will be remembered by us all with joy. He loved this game and would help as many of us as he could in his short time with us.I will be hosting a small memorial at the kin house on Thursday 28th January at 730pmGMT/830pmCET/2:30pmEST. If you wish to join us for a small moment of silence and /mourn to remember Mario please feel free to join.

Raise a cowbell in his honour and remember him with love.”Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The gray rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it… white shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.” – Gandalf

Every time in an expansions life-cycle there is a point where a degree of seperation between what there is to do in lotro and what people can/want/don’t want to do and every version inbetween that exists. This usually involves raiding at the end of an expansion. Only this time with the delay of Gundabad it’s a bit more emphasized with SSG creating a game-state where for a larger group of kinnies this is the only thing they feel there is to do.

Kin “rule” or how i prefer to have the kin be a welcome place for all kind of players which results in both opposites. Noone has to participate in any activity (be online for social play on kin parties or be raiding 4 times a week) versus not allowing people to participate in those activities.

While i do encourage players to team up and use kin resources such as the discord for these activities there won’t be a kin before pug rule enforced. And on both sides, talk to the people that you see organise the event. It’s better to bud heads once then to remain annoyed.

Personal part
I’m not participating in higher tier content for the sole purpose that i know it will be a fun month followed by a burn-out. I’ve seen it happen plenty of times. If you really feel it’s the only thing you can do in lotro. It’s ok to take a break of lotro or dabble in other activities. If you need to clear T3 Remorchant as kin it’s also ok to try out a different kin. As silly as it sounds, it’s the same if a player expects a roleplay or an *insert any IRL preference kin.

Respect each others decisions and talk to each other or contact me or another officer if you feel bored or looking for a specific run. There might be more people interested in a kin-band, leveling an alt or Stone of the tortoise group.