New Members - Introduce Yourself Here

[Vanya]

I want to thank Amanduial and Ainaserkewen for nice words about my English, and I can asure you that it's only average. Most of serbian Tolkien geeks read fantasy books in english, since most of them are not translated yet. For example, History of Middle Earth, Lost Tales, Wheel of Time 2-10, Discworld 15-25 etc. SF books are in much better position. Not to mention that original is original, regardless how good the translation is.

[Gothmog]

OK, another newbie then... I´ve read the books since I were 10, always loved fantasy. I used to think I knew pretty much about Middle-Earth, but after a time browsing through this forum, I´ve realised that I´m only a beginner.

Somebody mentioned Douglas Adams, and The Hitchhiker´s Guide to the Galaxy is one of the funniest books I´ve ever read...actually the only one I´ve laughed out loud while reading. If you want some great fantasy, I recommend David Eddings, a personal favourit of mine...after tolkien of course...

Don´t know what else to say. I´m here to watch and learn. By the way, if something is misspelled, it´s because I´m swedish..

[Thorongil]

Welcome to the Downs! Ooh, another scandinavian! There aren't too many of us here. You'll probably learn a lot here. I've only been here for a few months, And I know a lot more now. Happy posting!

[NightKnight]

Hey, another Swede. Welcome to the Downs. :) If you have Helgon, I have a few nice quotes from HGTTG there. My name there is NightKnight. Once again, welcome to the Downs!

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Welcome all, and may your deaths be prolonged and interesting. Although it's already been commented on, I too would like to register amazement at your English skills, Vanya. You seem to have a better grasp on the language than some of my friends... and they've all been speaking English since birth.

I am a poor college student with too much free time Ah, Dani... I don't think I've ever met a college student with much cash, but free time can be easily burned by putting your two cents in on various threads. Welcome.

Araswoon... Welcome also, and do you know the screen name of the person who directed you here?

Fea

[Vanya]

Thanks again, but as I already wrote, comparing wih some peple I meet every day at "The prouncing pony"(our serbian site), it's" nothing spetial. Somethimes they disscus in english, and it is not rare that they throw some elwish too.
Sweeds,mmmmmmm, I love them. Beautifull country, and handsome men. They are model for Rohirim, in my oppinion. Also, they could have been casted as Elves, the blond ones, with much bigger succes than PJ-s, which I can not immagine with sword, not to mention in the great battles of the old days (at lest, they would have had the same color of eyebrows and hair - blond)

[Gothmog]

hey Vanya, glad you like my country :)
About those rohirrims... They WERE made to look like swedes, or at least scandinavian people. Peter Jackson wanted something viking-like (or is it wiking with w?). The vikings were quite poor horsemen as far as I know, but who cares...

[Vanya]

In my oppinion, PJ didn't do Rohirim very well. Costums are great, but Edoras looks very poor and village-like. Also, his rohirim are very much different than in the book, where they were discribed as very tall, with long limbs and musculs, wit blond long hair... In the film, they were rough, even wild, short or chubby (remember Hamma), and hair is more red than blond (and they obviusly didn't brush it very often). Eomer was OK, as character, but I always immagined him more elegant. I hope I explained myself good enough.

[Gothmog]

I agree with you Vanya...Especially about Edoras, it looks like a small farmer village...
If PJ wanted the people of Rohan to look like vikings, they should be a little rough and wild and I can´t picture a viking using a hairbrush. Maybe the Rohirrim looks TOO much like vikings...

[dkhyrosha]

Thanks for the welcome :D
Off to find some thread to invade, hehe

[Vanya]

Yes, Gothmog, they look too much like Vikings. Not that I have anything against them, on the contrary, but they were quite wild. Did you read " The long, dark tea time of the soul" by Douglas Adams? I recomend it to you and the others. It is about Scandinavian gods and Valhalla, in his very spetial point of view. I think it was the last book he wrote.
As for Rohirim and their haircuts,, they should have pleits, as far as I know, and therefore to brush their hair thoroughly.

[Etharius]

Hello, i am new.

Nobody probably cares but, ill go ahead and introduce myself anyway.

You beings may call me Ethiumer for now. I am a loving fan of Tolkienism for many countless reasons. I am currently a student strudying Business, Politics and Computing and I am merely 19 years of age.

Unfortunately, i live on a rainy piece of land surrounded by water called England. It is very dull here and one day I will travel elsewhere before I die.

I have tried to join other Tolkien based forums, but they mostly seem to contain god-loving worshippers which i can't bear to communicate with.

Other than that, i want to say that I will like to stay on this forum as long as it stays fun and useful, and feel free to pop into my turf @ forums.clankiller.com

[Gothmog]

Thanks for the book-tips Vanya. I´ll look for that title...Actually there is a scandinavian god in The Hitchhikers Guide... You remember Thor at the endless party??

And Ethatius (oh, 19 like me!), I´m new here too, but it seems like a good place. Welcome!!

[Lhundulinwen]

Actually, Etharius, most people here do care, and I think the weather is geting to you. Anybody would!! But seriously, I hope that you find that there is a vast variety of topics in the forumns, and I hope you find a place in our community!

Hello to all the other newbies too!!

[Vanya]

To Gothmog: Guide is one of my favorite books, I laugh loud when I red it!
And as a new member ( for whom the most importan rule is to read more and write less) I can say that this place has nice atmosphere, but there is a huge problem: it is very hard to post, since people alredy wrote everything or almost everything there is to say about Tolkien. The newcomers can mostly read previous threads if they don't want to repeat someone else's posts. Maybe it's time to form few new sections, like other literature, history, philosophy, art, mythology, etc. I think that members have to say a lot on other topics too. Of course, focus should be on Tolkien and fantasy.

[Alia_]

Hallo.. newcomers o-0

[Bloody Glamdring]

Hello all...

I've returned following a lengthy absence. My reasoning for leaving was very close to what was posted above, namely that it seems everything's been covered here. But, I'm back on a mythology kick (inspired by Quentin Tarantino's KILL BILL saga, of all things), so I thought I'd return to my roots a bit.

Oh, and I went by Greyhame my first time around, in case anyone remembers...

Anyway, I've finished school since then, have gotten married, and I'm preparing for a year in the employ of the Central Illinois Red Cross in the disaster response department.

I'm currently reading the Letters, and so am very intrigued by Fordim's historia thread in Books.

Tolkien's philology interests me, but since I am a poor student of language, it's the mythology he built around his languages that fascinates me most.

Well, there's one post at least. :smokin:

[Bekah]

Welcome all newcomers!!

Yes, I think I do remember you as Greyhame, Bloody Glamdring. Congratulations on your marriage. I hope your spouse enjoys LOTR too...

Terry Pratchett is, IMHO, even funnier than Douglas Adams, and I consider the Hitchhiker's guide to be hilarious. Anyone who likes Adams will probably like Pratchett and vice versa.

Cheers,

~ Elentari II

[ArathorofBarahir]

I would just like to welcome all the newcomers and I hope you enjoy your stay here.

[Calypso]

Greetings,

I registered here last year but only posted once before today so I thought I may as well introduce myself; better late than never I suppose.

I first read The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings c. 1991 and have been a member of various Tolkien forums since 1999. I am a student of Philosophy and English at the university in Wellington, New Zealand. Old English and Medieval Literature are my specialty but I also plan to branch out into Middle English and do a bit more Chaucer.

I missed out on being an extra in LOTR -- I know a few people who were and they had a blast -- but I think I might just try out for King Kong later this year :D.

That's all for now,

Calypso.

By the way, anyone familiar with Homer should know the gender of my name but to avoid any confusion -- of which there has been some elsewhere -- I'd like to state that I am, in fact, a woman.

[Everdawn]

By the way, anyone familiar with Homer should know the gender of my name but to avoid any confusion -- of which there has been some elsewhere -- I'd like to state that I am, in fact, a woman.

Not only Homer but common mythology, the nymph who held Odysseus and offered him eternal youth. Welcome!

[Orophin]

I just joined as well. I'm a pretty huge lotr fan and I've looked at this site for a while but I just joined the forum. I go under the name Orophin and for those of you who do not know who he is he is haldir's brother and the only time you see him in the books is in the trees of Lothlorien when the fellowship first enter the forest. I belive that he says only one word, in the book but that does not mean that he is not awsome. I am a senior in high school and I too am going to college next year.

[samwise8504]

hi im new as well. Im quite a big tolkien fan and have read the lord of the rings, the hobbit and the silmariliion. I've choose the name samwise because he's my favourite character and probably the biggest hero of all.

[Marared]

I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Marared and I've been reading Tolkien every year since 1987. I was a fan after the first time I read LOTR, now I'm a bigger fan since the movies were released. Recently, I've discovered there are not many people in my day to day life that share my passion for middle earth. I'm glad I found you guys.

[Lhundulinwen]

Greetings to everybody, including Marared, samwise8504, (of course Sam's the biggest hero! He just doesn't get all the glory) and of course Orophin. Hope everyone has a lovely time at the 'Downs!!

[Ithaeliel]

Hello! It's nice to see some more fresh faces after having been absent so long. I hope all of you have a wonderful experience here at the Barrow Downs! Get yourself acquainted with some of the veteran members here; it's the best thing to do if you want to "get into the groove" of the forum. Check out some of the other boards here as well; the roleplaying is great, the people are great, and I hope you have a good time getting to know us here at the Downs!

[Erebrandir]

Hullo hullo. I was once an acountless lurker, but I've recently decided to step into the light. I, as any and every other newcomer, look forward to wasting my time on the forums. :D I've read more of Tolkien's books than I care to name off, and I hope to meet people who don't just smile, nod and back away when I refer to Middle-Earth!

[Idril Groenblad]

Hello everyone,

I've visited this site a few times, and I thought, why not make an acount?
So here I am then...

I come from Holland, the north of Holland actually, and I hope that there are not too many faults in my writing (I am not that good in English!)

I am 18 years old now, and I first began to read The Hobbit when I was about 11. I didn't really liked it then, but I read it again when I was 14, and finished also the whole LotR. Now I am busy reading the Silmarillion, but that is not going very fast, because I read it really carefully (I don't want to miss anything!) and I also have my exams in a few weeks.

I hope I will find my way here, and please forgive me if I am doing anything stupid!

I have only one question, who do I need to ask if I have any problems? (like avatars or logg in problems)

***Idril

[Everdawn]

You can read the FAQ or find the answers to most of your questions about this forum in the "Barrow-Downs" section which is near the bottom of the main page.

Enjoy being dead. :D

[Idril Groenblad]

What do you mean with 'enjoy being dead'?

[Bêthberry]

Hello and welcome to the Barrow Downs, Idril Groenblad.

The barrow downs being the burial mounds of the ancients in LOTR, well, we just naturally assumed we are all ... dead ... and under the dreadful spell of the Barrow Wight. There be treasures buried here, too, at the edge of the perilous Old Forest.

The treasures include not only discussion threads, games, and fanfiction, but role playing also. If you are interested, hike over to the forum The Shire and visit the Green Dragon Inn for some creative spelunking in Middle-earth.

Bêthberry,
Moderator for Rohan, the intermediate role playing forum

[Ithaeliel]

What do you mean with 'enjoy being dead'?

Erm, since we're all on the Barrow Downs, we tend to think of ourselves as lesser wights who are slaves to the great Barrow Wight. The fact is, all wights are the ghosts of deceased persuns... however, it's nothing to complain about. My post-mortem is much more fun than my life was, I assure you, and I'm quite sure yours will be too, as long as you adhere to the policies of the forum. Have a nice afterlife!

[Amanaduial the archer]

Ithaeliel, it's good to see you back around the Downs again! :)

and under the dreadful spell of the Barrow Wight Ah, Bethberry...Idril, she makes it out to be such a bad thing, most misleading! Welcome to the Barrowdowns and, now you understand what we mean, enjoy being dead.

Erebrandir - Back off when you mention it? Hmm, well, certainly it won't be us doing the backing off..Welcome to Downs. May we lead you in dark places.

Marared - woah, since '87! You almost qualify for the 'Coming of Age' thread - those who have read Tolkien for 18 years or more. Ach, maybe you can sneak in a little early... Hope you enjoy it here.

Hmm, now why can't I post smileys...

[Quicksilver_Sprite]

Right then... *pulls fold-out chair closer to circle*

My name is Quicksilver_Sprite, and I first read Tolkien at the piddling age of six or seven, though my mother had previously read it to all of the children several times. On my ninth birthday, I recieved a paperback copy of LotR, but did not get further than the third page of the first chapter for quite a few years. As I grew older, my reading habits became more voracious, and at the mention of the much-hyped FotR movie, I decided that the time had come to once again pick up LotR. So, slowly and carefully, I made my way through it, digesting it and remembering the magic of Middle-Earth from my younger years.

Currently, I'm trying to write a piece of orginal fiction, fit in Algebra II and World History, and retain the shattered pieces of sanity still in my grasp. (siblings will do that to you)

Hi!

[Smeagol]

Hello everyone, it's great to be here.

My name is Smeagol, obviously, and i love LOTR, obviously! i read the books 4 years ago and the hobbit 5 years ago. I've just finished the Sil. I think the films are really, really, really, really, really, really good but i also like the books. :)
I am currently writing out FOTR in Dwarvish runes and the tengwar. I did the Hobbit ages ago. Well, that's just about it now, Bye.

[Lhundulinwen]

Welcome to the Barrow Downs Smeagol,Erebrandir, Idril Groenblad! I hope everyone's having a great day, and remembered to get something for their mothers! Tomorrow is Mother's Day, here in the US anyway.

[boomkittie]

I'm a NEWBIE!!! My name is Shelby. :D

[Lothiriel94]

Hello my name is Lothiriel (I wish I was really her!) I have a big crush on Eomer. I love to read fanfiction and write and of course draw! I began reading The Lord of The Rings about 3 years ago when my boyfriend Shawn (who by the way has a striking resemblance to Celeborn....wierd) suggested them to me. Well I read it and loved it and later read the Hobbit, Silmarillion, and Unfinished Tales. Something really strange you might know is that I always read the end first, the think it makes the books better ;) go figure... Anyway, I am also a big fan of the movies, they did an amazing job with it.
Okay, so really I only wish I was the queen of Rohan and spent my childhood on the beautiful beaches of Dol Amroth.... really my name is Andrea (I go by Andi) I am fairly tall and skinny with long brown hair and green eyes. I am 16 and live in Kentucky. I used to be in competitive gymnastics and have danced all my life. I used to want to be a dancer but recently changed my mind because I became borderline anorexic a few years ago and I don't think its a very good field for me ( yeah life sucks and nothings ever perfect) anyway.. now I want to be a writer and illustrator.
I absolutely love anything Tolkien or Lord of the Rings....don't know what I'd do without it....
well if you read that, wow! hehe I tend to get real wordy.... hope to talk to you around the boards... I am a little shy though.....well byebye! :)

[Annalaliath]

Just checking in. Haven't been in the forums for awhile.

[Sirithheruwen]

Well, Lothiriel94, I take it you enjoy writing! ;) Come check out the Are YOu Writing Serious FAntasy Part II (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=1425&page=1&pp=40) thread. It has quite a few interesting conversations, and you might be interested if you write fantasy. If you write FAn Fiction, there is also a FAn Fiction place on the 'Downs...basically, there's a place for everyone! :D Have fun being dead! It's a blast!

[Regin Hardhammer]

Lothiriel94,

If you like writing, you may also want to check out the Shire and the Green Dragon Inn. You can introduce yourself in character and later join an RPG.

Welcome to the Downs.

~Regin

[Child of the 7th Age]

Idril, Quicksilver, Smeagol, Annalaliath, boomkittie,

Welcome (or welcome back!) to the Downs. Please do feel free to come down to the Green Dragon Inn in the Shire. Take a look at the Red Book of Westmarch and then come into the Inn to post.

Cami Goodchild (~Child), Shire Mod (beginning roleplaying forum)

[Annalaliath]

well thanks Child of the 7th age. that was nice, but realy have the rules changed that much? ;)
on a better note, welcome one and all and to prove that i am not too new, enjoy being dead.

[Bethelarien]

Suilad! I am Bethelarien Lothmiriel, the Jewel-flower. I am quite excited to be here, and hope to both have fun and contribute here at this site.

A few little tidbits about myself...I am a writer. I love to write, whatever it is, it doesn't matter, but mostly fantasy. I do poetry on occasion, but it takes something...rather emotional to get me to do so.

I sing. I enjoy singing very much, and I've been told I'm good at it. Whatever. :D

I also act. I have acted in several roles, from Juliet to a French *ahem* dancer named Fifi. Okay, not quite a dancer, but....;) Anywho, I enjoy it very much!

A quick question, one which has likely been asked and answered many times before--how does one go about obtaining an avatar? I would very much like one. :D

Thanks so much!

[Lhundulinwen]

Hello, glad to have you here Bethelarien! We have several discussions about writing going right now that you may be interested in. First check out Are You Writing Serious Fantasy II (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=1425) and then go to Writer's Out There - What About Gender? (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=10707) . Oh, and don't forget about roleplaying! Start at The Green Dragon in The Shire.
As for an Avatar, check out the FAQ Page (http://http://forum.barrowdowns.com/faq.php?). For a good LOTR one, try www.lordoftherings.net. You can have any type you want though.
Hope you enjoy being dead!

[Arkenstone]

Hello Everyone,

I'm new here :-) I'm from Australia and an 'older' LotR/Tolkien fan

I'll have to take a look around and get used to where everything is, I tend to get terribly lost when I go to a new place. All help will be appreciated :-)

I'm off to read some of threads.

[Lhunardawen]

Welcome to the Downs, Arkenstone! The forum is actually member-friendly (more than ever) and I'm sure you won't get lost easily. Enjoy being dead! :)

[Lhundulinwen]

Well hello everybody! If you don't check in very often, lots of people join while you're not looking, so hope you all enjoy being dead, and don't be afraid to jump into a discussion. Just remember, have fun!

[elronds_daughter]

Hello, fellow dead ppl! now that i'm one of you, i guess i should introduce myself. I am currently the functioning 'Evenstar of Country Folks', just because there's no one else to fill the void, i guess... there is too much about me to say here without sounding self-centered. (not an image i exactly want ;) ) but i think i'll actually like being dead :eek: ~LoL~

*the Evenstar*

[Mablung]

Hello Everybody!

I'm a new one here, too. And yes, I have read Lotr, and The Hobbit, and Sil many, many times.

I have already studied some of your discussions as a guest. And I've been glad to share your knowledge and good points about the Tolkienity.

That will be enough for an opening speech! Except that please excuse any flaws with my English, it's not my native language. (Sindarin is, of course! ;) )

Mablung

[Mahal]

Hello, im stilling being here(well from time to time anyway :)). Its Been awhile, since I last read all the books, so the memory is a little fuzzy(buzy with new books :)).

[Dîm Silverrage]

Hey guys! I'm new here(hence why I'm posting in this thread). I LOVE LOTR's. I've read the trilogy about 7 or 8 times and the hobbit twice. I tried to read the Sil.... but I fell asleep. Way too much like a history book for me.

But anyways, I've been going to barrowdowns for a while for the name generator and such. But today I found out about this forum from Eowyn Skywalker who had recently joined a Star Wars RPG I'm a part of. So here I am!


~Dîm

[Lhundulinwen]

Hey everybody new! A warm dead welcome to all of y'all. Ah I remember the newbie days.... lol. :D
99th post....

[Gil-Galad]

welcome to the downs! mr( or ms) silverrage! please have as much fun as you want and if you need anything pm your friendly local dancing prince! hey its my fault i got reincarnated as a no-shirt, boxing-glove wearing, dancing piano-for-a-head man...

[Dîm Silverrage]

Thanks a bunch!*feels welcomed* Add I feel your pain, Gil-Galad. My creator turned me into a mutant carrot....

Btw, It's Mr. Silverrage ;)

[thalionkrisiel]

Hi all :)

I have been visiting the Barrow Downs for ages, but I have never joined. I just finished watching ROTK on DVD and I felt like talking LOTR so here I am!

I am a very big fan of the films and the books and I hope to be posting lots :)

[Eowyn Skywalker]

Yesssss... yes, I thought that it was you, Dîm Silverrage... *coughjedimindtrickscough* Yes... so you made it here alive... or more rightly, dead. Snrk. Welcome to the 'Downs, Nolo Erai. (Yes, I know very well who you are, and was looking for your post in the 'Dragon... found you. Your RPing is fine, you'll fit right in...)

And yet another newbe!!! Yay!!! Being a newbe is fun, as I still class myself as one... even with all my posts... So WELCOME, thalionkrisiel!!! I just finished watching RotK too... and I'M SO SAD! *Cries* BAD FRODO! Plus, I think I shall shoot Denethor... nooooo... I shall bean him with my garlic of DOOM! Yay!

Welcome to everyone who's newer than I am!! May the Force be with you all, it ain't easy being dead!

-Eowyn Skywalker

[Lalaithnil]

Finally, somewhere to talk about my hobby, Hobbits! And the other races...
Hello fellow Hobbit lovers! Yeah!

[Jade of Mordor]

Mwahahahahahaha! I have ARRIVED! Fear me, for I come wielding the Flaming Pogostick of Death! Mwahah--*coughgaghack*

Um, yeah. Anyway, I'm Jade, newbie-ish type person on the Barrow Downs. I've been a huge Tolkien fan for years and all that. I've followed one of my best friends onto this forum, so blame her when I become a huge nuisance. ;) *waves frantically at Lhundulinwen*

[Lhundulinwen]

*waves back at Jade* Yes, I must confess Jade is my best friend.... I apologize ahead of time for any offensive things we may do together! lol :cool: mwhahaha...

Anywho, welcome to all the newbies and a welcome back for Jade. Enjoy y'all's time at the Downs!

[Lhundulinwen]

I normally don't double post, but here I am....
I will be gone from home for a little over a month and I really don't know how much time I'll have on the internet, so a big hello to all future members!


P.S.- I know a lot of members try to visit this thread every now and then, so would everyone tak a gander at the Books forum, even if you are normally an anti-book forum person? There is a read-along group starting up, and EVERYONE is invited! The plan is to read a chapter of LOTR a week and discuss it. (every last detail that we all love :D !!) Thank you!

[Audreidi]

Hi, all! I'm Audreidi...well, obviously...
I joined up because, while I consider myself a relatively avid Tolkien fan, I don't know as much about Lord of the Rings as I do Star Wars. I've got a little bit of brushing-up to do (as well as actually buying the books, though I have some really nice posters) so I thought Barrow-downs would be a good site to sign up on.
Um...yes...I got referred by a certain Eowyn Skywalker, my good Padawan. ;)

[Marcus]

Hello everybody I am new here at the barrowdowns forum but I have visited the site frequently.
Well....a short presentation then. My name is Marcus and I come from a country which lies in northern regions of Europe. Yes that is right I am a swede ;)

I am only 17 years old so therefore I am still a student. My maine subjects are social science and languages.
In my spare time I like to hang out with friends but that I seldom do, instead I am home and studying.

I have read the lord of the rings trilogy several times(3), the hobbit one time, The silmarillon two times at least!, the book of lost tales (1 and2)
Part from that I have also read different articles about JRR Tolkien and his life.
I consider myself a true Lord of the rings fan and I am pretty sure I have decent knowledge about the books and middlearth.

My main interest in middlearth is the valar, I find them very intersting beacuse they posses such great power.

At this forum I hope to learn a lot more about middlearth and the various cultures that exists there.

Yours sincerely/ Marcus.

[Eowyn Skywalker]

Welcome to the Barrow-downs, Marcus, and Audriedi... enjoy being dead... mwha-ha-ha-ha. I know that I have, anyhow. *giggles*

Okay, enough with the... ummm... formalities... and now I must demand how on Earth you made it to the Barrow-downs without me noticing, master! *glares, and hides garlic pizzas that she WAS using to take over Barrow-downs with...* (And to the uninformed, which should be about everyone, it's a joke between Jandalf/Audriedi and I that I'm her 'Padawan'. Insane one, I might add... with garlic... anyone who was at the Barrow-downs birthday party would've noticed that...)

And Marcus, you will learn here... the Barrow-downs is the most informitive site on the internet when it comes to Tolkien, and that's saying a LOT!!! You'll like it here, or my name isn't' Eowyn Skywalker!!

Mwha-ha-ha... I'm no longer a newbe... giggle.

-Eowyn Skywalker

[Carnimírië]

Hullo! :)
I’ve been lurking here since January and have finally decided to join the ranks of the dead. I love this site, it is definitely the best Tolkien-related forum I’ve been to. I’m 14, and am a newbie to Tolkien, only having read LotR last Christmas, but since then I’ve re-read it three times and also The Hobbit twice, The Silmarillion twice, and I bought UT recently and will certainly read it soon.

My nickname is from Quickbeam's song about the rowan trees. I really like the sound of it, and was surprised it hasn't already been taken.

[Firefoot]

Welcome to the Downs, Carnimírië! I like your name, and I think you'll enjoy UT.

Enjoy being dead!

[Eowyn Skywalker]

Yes, welcome! It's actually fun being dead once you get used to the whole disimbodied voice thing... giggle. Also, being a blue wraithy thing isn't that bad either, I mean, Obi-Wan survived.

Oh... yeah... I'm suppose to be welcoming people.. sorry. Anyhow, welcome to the Downs!!!!

How long does it take to stop being a newbee anyhow? Giggle.

-Eowyn Skywalker

[elfearz1]

Just popped in to say welcome to all the newbies! :)

and a quick hello to everyone!

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Welcome, welcome... Live long and prosper. Or not... more appropriately for this place, die young and stay long. To all newbies, welcome, and may you enjoy your death.

A tip for all, whether ye be young or old, new... or not...: Don't be afraid of the Books Forum. We may talk like boring old teachers ;) who know more than is probably healthy about LotR, but we really are nice people. Don't let the 'academic' speech intimidate you, just throw in your own two cents. Chances are good that it'll be appreciated.

If you aren't into the book-style stuff, I heartily suggest haunting Middle Earth Mirth for a few laughs.

Fea

[Eowyn Skywalker]

....Um, actually, if you don't think that you can write book style posts, be afraid of the Books section, because someone'll rate your posts down... stick to Middle-earth Mirth... *giggles* That's my haunt... so... much... fun. Also, don't feel intiminated by the RPG section's high standards... it's really quite easy, you know. (Plus, when I first started, I knew NOTHING about RPing... Barrow-downs is a great place to learn how to role play!). Welcome all the new people! May the Force be with you... or, maybe, may the RING be with you... snrk.

But don't be too afraid to post... most of us don't bite, and our bark isn't that bad either... it's the really REALLY oldbe's that you'll have to worry about... the one's who think that there's no need for mods, because they know everything... sigh.

Mae govannan!

-Eowyn Skywalker

[wilwarin538]

Hey Im wilwarin538,
I`m obviously completely obsessed with LOTR(books and movies). I saw the movies then read the books, LOTR then the Hobbit and Ill be reading the sil soon. The movies were great but I enjoyed the books better, mostly cause the movies cut out alot of good stuff, like Tom Bombadil for instance. So anyway, Im happy to be able to discuss my opinions with you guys. :)

[Ophelia]

Welcome to the Downs Wilwarin ! Enjoy your stay !

Ophelia

[Carnimírië]

Welcome, wilwarin538! Enjoy your stay, and enjoy being dead. I know I sure have.:)

[AngalotWen]

Alrighty then..

My name is Angalot Wen, and here's the story of how I ended up here:

I read and fell in love with the LotR in the year of 2001. I was completely obsessed with it, and at that point I didn't even know that they were making movies! So when I found out, I went mad and died out of happiness. Since then I've been hanging around here, but I've never taken the time to register until now.

Now i'm learning how to speak and write the noble tounge of quenya. (There's a very useful course at Ardalambion (http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/))

Ohh! BTW: Guess where i'm from! (Hint: Look at the location-thingy to the left)

[Child of the 7th Age]

Angalot Wen, Wilwarin, and other recent arrivals,

Please feel free to come to the Shire and introduce yourself in character in the Green Dragon Inn! Once you've done that, we'll be glad to let you know about new RPGs.

Again, welcome to the Downs!

~Child/Cami Goodchild (Shire Moderator)

[Alda]

Hello Everyone! :p


I have been meaning to join the forum for some time now. Better late than never I suppose. Some of you may know me from the Barrowdowns chat room, I spend way too much time there! lol! Perhaps this forum will provide me a more productive outlet for my spare time.

I have loved the world of J.R.R. Tolkien since before I could read. My father introduced me to the Hobbit as a bedtime story. The imagery and wonder the stories imparted are with me today. And in my minds eye Middle-Earth is still viewed with the color and clarity of a child's imagination.

I joined in hopes of finding like-hearted folks, who share Tolkien's love of beauty, and nature, and living things. I have a feeling I won't be disapointed. ;)

[piosenniel]

Welcome, Alda!

Looking forward to seeing you about the forum! :)

~*~ Pio :D

[nawherra]

Hello everybody
I'm Nawherra, I'm french and sorry but I don't speak english very well...
I'm 17 yaers old ans studie in letter's section...
I love LOTR ans all art of Tolkien ;)
If you want to know things about me, I wait your question :rolleyes:

Thnaks to read me

[Lûthien Nénharma]

Um yeah Im 3 minutes new, this is my first post. :)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Welcome, nawherra, Lûthien and all other newcomers! Hope you enjoy yourself here - if you have any questions that aren't answered on the Barrow-Downs FAQ (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=6010) thread, you're welcome to send one of the moderators a Private Message. We'll do our best to help!

[Lady Kealin]

Greetings and Salutations,
I am Lady kealin a very old newcomer. I am soon to be 51 years old and have been a fan of Tolkien since my early teens. I am married to a scotsman, kilt wearing , bagpipe playing, head of Clan Gordon for Indiana and Kentucky. He reminds one most of a cross between Gimli and one of the Urukhai. Gads what a
picture. :D I am the eldest girl of seven children. Being sixteen years older than the younger siblings, I used the Hobbit and LOTR as bedtime stories. That begat the rest of the family as Tolkien addicts. Well that should be enough to be going on. I rather jumped in here without even a pocket handkerchief. Elen silva lummen omentilmo. Lady Kealin

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Welcome, Lady Kealin! You'll find that quite a few forum members have been fans of Tolkien's books for many years! To get to know some of them, check out the Tolkien Coming of Age Club (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=4665) thread, where you'll not only find a comfortable rocking chair to sit down in, but also lots of entertaining stories to read. (The first post there links to the predecessor thread, where everything started.) Hope you enjoy yourself here!

[Erkenbrand]

Hello everyone,

My name is Dylan, and I'm a Tolkien fanatic as well as an internet junkie. I spend most of my time online obsessing about the work of Tolkien. I'm a moderator on LOTRUK.com (http://www.lotruk.com) and I have recently taken the decision to build my own forum (http://dillson.proboards30.com/index.cgi) to show my admiration for Tolkien and my love for his work.

Offline, I'm a student at a 6th form college in the North-East of England, UK.

[Lígligàst]

I am new here, and I joined because I am a fellow LOTR lover. I found this site through another LOTR forum- LOTRfanaticsplaza. WEll, I from the States, and have loved LOTR since about 5th grade, but I have renewed my interests recently with the advent of the movies. some other random stuff- I am a hobbit fancier... (secret diaries rock!!) (and a Faramir/Eomer/Haldir/... fancier) Rohan rocks!!!

[Fallinel]

Hello, I'm Fallinel, a Shoreland Piper. I am not new to Tolkien's works; I've read and re-read The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion , and Unfinished Tales . I've read a few volumes of HoME, and I love the Lays of Beleriand . I hope I can add something to a few of the discussions here.

This site has an excellent reputation for RPGs, and I hope I can work my way up from the Shire, to participate in some of the more advanced RP threads here. I am not new to storytelling or Tolkien-themed RP writing either, and I have played a variety of roles and invented many different characters with colorful, heroic, or tragic pasts. There are many more waiting in the wings of my imagination, and I think a few of them can find homes here.

[Mad Baggins]

Welcome, everyone! Enjoy the Downs! :)

[ElentariGreenleaf]

Welcome to the realm of the un-dead Fallinel. I saw your post in the Green Dragon. I liked it! Look forward to seeing more RPG posts from you. Don't forget to practically end up 'living' in Middle Earth Mirth! It rules. :D

| Tari

[Curufinwe]

Hi I'm Chris and I'm 14. I started liking the LotR after i saw the first movie and after that i have loved the books.

[Gil-Galad]

Welcome Chris! or Curufinwe whichever you perfer

[Aredhel]

Once upon a time I was here, can't even remember my member name. I was the one with the "Aliens" lime green piccy of Sigorney Weaver. I thought I was Beruthiel, but I'm no longer on the lists. Well, that's what happens when you don't show your face for 8 months.
Anywhoo, for all you Tolkien newbies, I'll be the one scratching my head and looking things up for you, right along with some of the older members here.
I'm turning 40 this year, and I've recently (within the last 2 years) read some of the extra texts floating around, like The HoME, War of The Jewels...and so forth. Wonderful stuff. I learned about it here.
I'll never be able to remember everything, but I do know things Aragorn. You might call me an Aragorn fan. I got hooked after I learned all about him.
Yes, first it was Bilbo, then Frodo, then I graduated to Aragorn. There's no telling if I'll ever latch onto another character. Right now I'm stuck - and it's lasted 10 years.
So let me have it. :D

[Gil-Galad]

ummm...get the broom?

[Aredhel]

Perhaps that's a reference to sweeping out the cobwebs of a dusty Tolkien reader's mind, eh?
Not a very good welcome, especially coming from A Prince of Cardolan.
*grumble* :o
Nevermind. ;)

[Thorongil]

Then I'll do it properly. Welcome back! How is it to have died twice?

[Gil-Galad]

Meh, i'm on my way to "Dancing Piano-head of Doom" oh yeah, what Thorongil said

[goldberry bombadil]

hi im jaimee
i got this site recommended to me by gil-galad.
i've loved lotr for a while now .
we bought the first movie and i loved it so i read the books .
i loved them to.
none of my friends have read the books though.
so i hope to find some people who love the books as much as me. :)

[Gil-Galad]

Bravo Bravo!!! that gil-galad guy sure sounds great! why i would take a bullet for him! and give him so much praise, you people should do that too!


"Ah! so cool"

[Elven Hunter]

I'm just here to have fun. :D
I joined because a friend told me so. I like LotR, but I havent read the books yet.
I'm looking for my friend who says she looks like dee dee. that's all.. :)

[elronds_daughter]

welcome, all you newbies (and not-so-newbies...coughAredhelcough)! goldberry bombadil, glad the movies made you want to read the books. Elven Hunter, you'll get more than fun here! Aredhel, do sweep out the cobwebs. we'll all pitch in and help! anyway, hope you all enjoy being dead...

cheers!

Elrond's (other) daughter

[Aredhel]

Yes, yes, it's good to be dead again. I found my old member name: Tirned Tinnu.
I'm just waiting for the admins to reply to my plaintive email about resurrecting and rekilling?! my old member name. I had registered at work, and that was a big mistake...not remembering my old password is another! Oh, well. All comes to those who wait.
As for cobwebs, I've none, having been involved with another forum for quite a while. Let my bones rot profitably here for a while, i say. With the slowdowns of conversation on other sites, I'm finding my daily post needs are unfulfulled!
Must... talk...more...Tolkien! :D

[Rilwen Gamgee]

Welcome, all new 'Downies! :) I'm glad to see you are enthusiastic about talking Tolkien, Aredhel! Enjoy your dark, eternal stay.

[Gil-Galad]

Thats like the fourth welcome Aredhel has gotten.... meh i'll add soem more

welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome email welcome welcome welcome welcome stay in school welcome welcome welcome welcome well...i lost count...

[Pippin Pondlily]

Hullo, I'm Pippin Pondlily. And even though my name is Pippin i'm actually a girl. Fancy, eh? Well I'm new here at the Barrow Downs I think it looks like a pretty fancy site and a good place to enjoy the rest of my lazy summer days and hopefully be able to continue my time here even with school coming up in a little over a month ...

I grew up reading Tolkien and enjoyed the movies. (I'm 16 by the way) I had to re read the books for a summer reading project, actually, and I got absorbed in it again so I thought I'd see what's going on with Lord of the Rings in the superwide world eh?

I also wanted to check out the RPGs hereabouts and see how that works. I'll probably start looking at that as soon as i post this. Anyways, c'est tout.

- P. Pondlily

[Thorongil]

Welcome, Elven Hunter! Now we have a Squall too. Another member in the Final Fantasy bunch. We already have Cloud and Sephiroth, and I think I saw a Quistis. Welcome to the rest as well!

[Elen]

Hello evrybody,

I am Elen, and I live in Holland (Uquendor). I discoverd this site last week, it has been a long time, since I had my english classes, so I hope my English will do. I read most of Tolkiens books.

[Shadow]

Hi there! I'm new here but I'm not new to forums at all. I'm a mod on the Gamezville forums (www.gamezville.tv). My name's Joe and I'm from Manchester. I've mainly come here to role-play as this place has some excellent looking scenarios. I am new to role-playing, since almost all of my friends think it's nerdy so I've been put off the idea a little.

I've read the LoTR trilogy, the Silmarillion and The Hobbit. Peter Jackson's my favourite director, but not for the LoTR movies, but for a film called Braindead some of you may have heard of.

[ninlaith]

salutations my fellow LOTR lovers,

I just got started on this web-site for the fact that a friend of mine told me how much fun it was. My username is ninlaith because a long time before I knew about the discussion forum I found out what my name meant in Elvish so there you go.

I just graduated highschool and will be persuing a theater major when I attend college. My passions are LOTR of course, acting, singing, musicals, and movie going. Just a warning I get very passionate about the books and movies and have spasms of the mouth and can't keep it shut, so if I offend anyone, which I will desperately try not to, i sorry in advance. But thank you for reading if you did and maybe I'll read you out there.

Numarie

[Gil-Galad]

Welcome all Newcomers to the Downs! I'm Gil-Galad and i'll be your guide, if you look to the right you can see a dramatic reinactment of Fingolfin versus Melkor! don't mind Steve the janitor folks!

[elronds_daughter]

hey all you newcomers! (sorry for using your word, Gil-Galad, but i couldn't think of a suitable substitute) hope you all enjoy being dead. its been fun for the rest of us so far. key words: so far. :D just kidding.:D

cheers!

Elrond's (other) daughter

[Gil-Galad]

so if your elronds other daughter...what was your mothers name, your brothers, and your grandmothers fathers mother?

[elronds_daughter]

so if your elronds other daughter...what was your mothers name, your brothers, and your grandmothers fathers mother? oh, dear... do you like tormenting innocent bystanders or something?? anyhoo, now for my answer: just ask Arwen! my brain is too fried right now to do that much research... not that i shouldn't know it right off the top of my head. rats. my memory is going... and i'm still young!!! scary...

[Gil-Galad]

Why yes my dear... it good to confuse the chubby americans (no offense) that come to Canada looking for our King and Queen

[elronds_daughter]

Gil-Galad, you're confusing me terribly. you've accomplished your goal, apparantly. why, oh, why must everyone pick on ME??!?!??

[Aniriuq Raevla]

Um,this is where we introduce our selves,right?Ok,cool.
Hello everybody!My user name is Aniriuq but you can call me Ani.I've been on this website before but have just recently discovered the forums.I'm not new to forums,cause I like to get on the IMDb boards.I am a 15 year old girl,love LotR and Harry Potter,love to write short stories(if i can ever finish them that is)and play video games.
I am trying to work up enough courage to post at the Green Dragon and somehow join a RPG.
So,I guess thats all you should know about me.....oh,and I live in South Texas.

[Thorongil]

Welcome to the forums. I'm just curious, how do you pronounce your full name? It looks complicated. And what video games do you play?

[Aniriuq Raevla]

Ani-ree-yooq and just sound Raevla out,it sounds exactly how its spelled.
does that help?Actually thats not my real name.It's just my reall name spelled backwards,which is Quirina.
I like to play Gamecube stuff.
My favs are:
Spider man2
Lotr(TTT and Rotk)
Animal crossing
Anything with Mario and Luigi
And Link.How about you?

[ninlaith]

YES! Animal Crossing! How about Harvest Moon: It's a Wonderful life?

[Inferno]

Um, hey. I'm new here, so I just wanted to drop by and say hello. ;)
If you want, just check out my profile I guess, it'll tell you all about me. I hope to get past the dreaded newbie stage soon, get to know everyone, and hopefully make some friends one these boards! :cool: This is a great site, btw.

[Regin Hardhammer]

Hey Aniriuq this is Regin (okay so maybe I'm not exactly new). Where in South Texas are you from? I'm from Houston. I'm also a big Astros fan.

[Bekah]

Hey everyone. I'm checking in again after months of abstinence from the best site in the world - i.e. the BarrowDowns.

A huge welcome to all the newcomers, we love you all and I'm sure you'll make wonderful contributions to the Downs. And welcome to everybody who joins after this post.

Cheers,

~ Elentari II

[Aniriuq Raevla]

To Ninfaith:
Sorry,i havent heard of harvest moon.Whats it about?
To Inferno:
Hey!Another newbie!I'm not alone!Yippee!
To Regin:
I loive in the valley,pretty close to the border.I would love to tell you which city,bu my parets have forbiddin it.They are so proective,TOO protective at times.....

[Thorongil]

Ani-ree-yooq and just sound Raevla out,it sounds exactly how its spelled.
does that help?Actually thats not my real name.It's just my reall name spelled backwards,which is Quirina.
I like to play Gamecube stuff.
My favs are:
Spider man2
Lotr(TTT and Rotk)
Animal crossing
Anything with Mario and Luigi
And Link.How about you?
I'm all Playstation!! I like good RPG games. But the Zelda games is pretty good.

[ninlaith]

Harvest Moon is a game where you tend your own farm and get married and raise a family and all that cheesy stuff. I thought it looked boring and sappy but I started playing it and i haven't been able to stop. You should check it out if you like that sort of thing.

[Aniriuq Raevla]

I'll try the Harvest Moon out,sounds cool.I've been looking for a new game to play since I finished SM2.
Oh,Thorongil,I also play Playstation.My fav games are "Cookie and Cream" "Jak and Daxter" and Eye Toy.The problem is I dont have a memory card for the PS,so I have to start over every time I play...... :(

[ninlaith]

ok don't get your cloak in a twist. Everyone else Welcome to Barrowdowns and enjoy the threads.

[Amanaduial the archer]

Bekah - surely it doesn't matter really, honey, calm down. And welcome back, my dear, you were missed.

Thorongil - from your avatar, why, we would never guess you were into gaming! (j/k!)

Inferno - welcome to the Barrowdowns. :)

Aniriuq - interesting name - lovely. Welcome to the Downs, O games-fetishist! Maybe you and Shadow would get on well... May your time here be long and most uneventful, I should hope! Come to the Green Dragon - really, we aren't that scary! It's always cool to have new people come, especially if you do intend to make it into one of the games.

Gil-Galad, picky, picky, picky! Don't be put off by his questions, elronds_daughter, welcome to the Downs.

Ninlaith - doing a theatre major? Ooh, little green monster welling up inside me here...;) Welcome to the Barrowdowns - hey, a good fierce debate can be most interesting *evil* but try not to make it personal, yeah? ;) (Even though it can be an excellent tactic...)

Shadow - or should I just say Joe...heh. Shamelessly plugging gamezville there, disgraceful! Lol, welcome to the Downs, hun.

[ninlaith]

I was just joking with that earlier remark, but Bekah if you get this that remark was uncalled for and I'm sorry. It was truly a silly remark. :( :D. and thanks to the archerer you really made your point I needed that. I'll try not to get personal. and behave :D

[Aniriuq Raevla]

To Amanduial-Thank you for all the nice compliments and the wonderful welcome.

To Bekah-I am sorry,it's just I always go off topic on alot of things.Its a curse I guess.

[ohtatyaro]

Hi. This must be the place to start :), right?

Er, hallo, I'm new. Hope I'll fit in. That's about all I have to say for the moment :D

[ninlaith]

Don't worry you should fit right in. :D Welcome to Barrowdowns ohtatyaro.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Welcome everyone!

Aniriuq Raevla (I'd call you Ani like you said, but your name is pretty and fun to type)- if you're into Gamecube and like Link, than I assume you play Windwaker? What about the old N64 stuff? (Yet another video game fan, as you're sure to notice.) Welcome to our prestigious ranks.

Inferno: Welcome. The secret to getting past the dreaded newbie stage is simple: post. Not pointless posts, but contribute to discussions. Be honest, but respectful, and don't be afraid to show off your assuredly incredible mind.

Bekah: Welcome back. I hope it hasn't been anything bad that's kept you away. If so, I'm very sorry, and if not, what have you been waiting for? ;)

ohtatyaro: No worries, everybody fits in here somewhere. If you're the book-learnin' type, check out the Books forum, or the New Silmarillion project. If you want to laugh until you're fit to burst, take a stroll over to Mirth. A movies fan? Than the Movies forum is for you. See? A little somethin' for everyone.
Fea

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Welcome to the Downs, newcomers! Hope you enjoy reading and posting here.

There are a number of off-topic posts on this thread now - all members involved are requested to edit or delete theirs to eliminate those. If not, the moderators/administrators will do so. If you'd like to chat, the chat room is the place to do that - thanks!

[Fimbrethil]

Mae govannen everyone !!!
What a wonderful place I've found in my wanderings ! :)
I've re-discovered my love for Tolkien's works after long years when it's been dormant (but never gone ..) and now I find myself in the right place where I can share this marvelous obsession :D with like-minded people.

See you soon !! :)

[elronds_daughter]

Glad you like it here, Fimbrethil. hope you enjoy being dead.;) the rest of us sure have.:D

Cheers!

Elrond's (other) daughter

[ninlaith]

So tell me ,Fimbrethil, do you like being an Ent? He he Welcome to the Barrowdowns.

[Morgul Queen]

Technically, I'm not new, but I haven't been on here for months and a lot of things have changed since then.

Firstly, I'm an official PPC Agent! W00t! I patrol the Silmarillion canon with my partner, Hwin.

I'm still doing the Golden Ring Marathon and Hwin and I are organising a meeting with the manager of the Embassy theatre in Wellington.

I have 4 cats, Riley, black, was abandoned as a kitten. Panther, black, free to a good home. Ebony and Nero, both black, $500 each, utterly adorable as only 7 month old kittens can be.

I am obsessed with the English language, especially it's older forms...and Rammstein are awesome!

If I need to be yelled at for posting here, do so, I won't mind. I just felt that it would be weird if I started posting here again when no-one would remember me.

[Rilwen Gamgee]

Welcome back, Morgul! You have not been forgotten. :) Also, welcome to the other newcomers Fimbrethil and ohtatyaro. Enjoy the Barrow-Downs!

[Fimbrethil]

Thank you all for the warm welcome !

elronds_daughter: being dead would not be so bad if it were not so difficult to get up in the morning !! ;)

ninlaith: don't expect an hasty answer from me on that one ! :D

I'm sure I'm going to enjoy myself immensely here ... see you around !!

[Morgul Queen]

*hugs Ril*

Um...how do you reply to PM's, guys? I can't figure it out!

[ohtatyaro]

Thanks for the welcome, folks :)

It really is a good place to share one's obsession. Only reading takes up so much of time, there is hardly any left to write something in return :D :D

[ohtatyaro]

Er, just noticed something: all of my posts (totalling to the number of four, good number!!! :D) save the first show my sig. What's wrong with number one? It is up there, on the same here topic...

[Gil-Galad]

maybe you didn't write your sig in till then?

[Thorongil]

I have 4 cats, Riley, black, was abandoned as a kitten. Panther, black, free to a good home. Ebony and Nero, both black, $500 each, utterly adorable as only 7 month old kittens can be.
Maybe you should change your name to Queen Beruthiel. :p
Just kidding.

[Firefoot]

Ohtatyaro - Welcome to the Downs! It's possible that you do not have your signature enabled on that post. If you edit your post, you may find that underneath the box where you type your message you have the box labeled "Show your signature" unchecked.

Welcome to everybody else too! Enjoy being dead!

[Morgul Queen]

Maybe you should change your name to Queen Beruthiel.

I would, but Mum won't let me buy the white kitty. :D

[ohtatyaro]

Thanks, Firefoot :)

I now think that it's better to let it stand as it is (I mean, unsigned), so in ages to come people may know where my 10 thousand odd singular and astonishing posts originated from! kiddin' but, I mean, it is better so that I'll be able to remember which my first post is - I'll know it is the one unsigned :)

Morgul Queen, you;ll be needing some 4 more black ones too, right? :D

[pug of crydee]

Hello people,new member here.

[Gil-Galad]

Welcome to the downs! have fun not breathing, eating, drinking, playing video games, and all the other fun living stuff! wait...i miss that good stuff being dead blows!!!


"we got a drifter"


Arrgh!

[headlessmonk]

I am headless monk, referring 2 the best play EVER, The Boy Who Fell into the Book. :D yeeeeeeah I also haunt the Performing Arts Center, PAC, as a mournful ghost. But that's in Alaska, so I doubt any of u have seen me. Yep, dat's me. I am happy 2 b here. :D

[Morgul Queen]

Morgul Queen, you;ll be needing some 4 more black ones too, right?

5 more, and call me Morgy, everyone else does and Morgul Queen is such a mouthful.

No, I won't tell you where I got that name, it's far too embarassing. Morgy suits me just fine!

[Thorongil]

Welcome to the downs! have fun not breathing, eating, drinking, playing video games, and all the other fun living stuff! wait...i miss that good stuff being dead blows!!!
Well, Gil-Galad, just like life, death is what you make of it. Right?

[Gil-Galad]

meh...i guess the dead make good fighters, don't disobey commands, don't run away from dragons and they don't stop fighting after a random body part falls off

[Thorongil]

Ok, Morgy, just a question: What's PPC?


There you have it Gil-Galad. Death isn't so bad after all is it? :p

[Gil-Galad]

yeah that last part comes in handy i guess... body projectiles!!!

[Morgul Queen]

The PPC. *settles down in chair for a long explaination* All of you who already know this, just pass this post by.

I suppose that you know of Fanfiction? *sees nods and continues* Well, there's such thing as Bad!Fic. Really Bad!Fic. Like Celebrian...*shudders*

Anyway, you know of the dreaded Mary-sue, right? The 'perfect' girl who comes into a story and makes all the canon characters fall in love with her.

'Oh, Legolas,' Princess SugarPlumFairy of Random Flying Forest sighed. 'Willest thou lovest me forever?'

You know the type. They're horrible and will send canon characters out of character too.

Legolas smiled bashfully. 'Foreverest my love. I willest lovest thou forever.'

Occassionally they use bad english like the bits above.

The PPC hunts them down, kills them and restores the plot. PPC stands for Protectors of the Plot Continuum. Several other departments deal with different offenses, bad geography, acts of violence, and my department deals with Silmarillion canon violations.

That's the PPC explained. If you want to find out more, go here: PPC Site (http://oddlots.digitalspace.net/PPC/)

[Thorongil]

Seems like you're doing a most needed job. Keep up the good work!

[Lady Gamgee]

Hi. I'm new, just joined today. Like everyone here, I'm a huge LOTR fan ... SamWise being my fav. character. I've watched the movies & am in the process of reading the books. Started with "The Hobbit", and am now in the "Two Towers" book. Anyhow, just wanted to introduce myself & I look forward to hangin' around the boards & talking with y'all! Have a good one! :cool:

[Gil-Galad]

welcome to the downs...for a good look at being dead read my sig

[ninlaith]

Welcome to the Barrowdowns Lady Gamgee.

[Everdawn]

Hi. I'm new, just joined today. Like everyone here, I'm a huge LOTR fan ... SamWise being my fav. character. I've watched the movies & am in the process of reading the books. Started with "The Hobbit", and am now in the "Two Towers" book. Anyhow, just wanted to introduce myself & I look forward to hangin' around the boards & talking with y'all! Have a good one! :cool:

Welcome, and have fun decomposing with the rest of us wayward souls!

[Lady Gamgee]

Thank you all for a warm welcome. I'm really enjoying it here so far :D

[Marien]

hey i'm new and have been a fan of lotr since i was like 6. i'm thirteen now and really confused and yah. my fav is legolas and aragorn cause their pretty cool

[Gil-Galad]

Welcome Marien and Lady Gamgee...i'm sure you'll enjoy being dead, alot of bonuses to it! (look below in italics)

[Bekah]

Bekah: Welcome back. I hope it hasn't been anything bad that's kept you away. If so, I'm very sorry, and if not, what have you been waiting for?

Oh, nothing terrible. I'm just really busy with school and everything else.

Morgy asked a question about PMs which is probably going to be asked again, so I'll answer it here.

Down at the bottom right-hand corner of the PM, there are two boxes: forward (which is bigger), and quote. Click on quote; if you don't want to keep the quote of the PM you're replying too, just delete it.

Does that make sense?

Anyway, a hugely warm welcome to everyone new.

Oh, and I'm going to try to get Alk to put up my pirate pic as well in the Downs Photo Gallery...

Congratulations, Morgy. PPCing is a noble career in the fanfiction world. :D

Lots of love to everybody,

~ Elentari II

[Nuindacilien]

Hello all! I'm new here. I have a question. How do you get the avatars to download? I tried putting one in, but it said the URL wasn't right, even though it was a jpeg.
I usually hang around at tolkienonline, but this place looked fun, too, so I decided to give it a try. :D
Anyway, I'll probably be back sometime tomorrow. Namarië!

~Nuinda

[Alakfaithien]

Hello I'm new here, I just joined this afternoon, but I don't know how to work or do anything on here so if someone could tell me or somthing it would be GREAT!!! If you want to know more about me or anything, don't be shy, just ask! :rolleyes:
Namarie
~Alakfaithien~

[ninlaith]

That's a pretty neat name Alakfaithien. Welcome to the Barrowdowns! :D

[Nuindacilien]

Can anyone help me, or are you just ignoring me? :confused: :( I really have no idea what I'm doing here.

~Nuinda

[Alakfaithien]

Thank you Linlaith. I tried to change it to Lalaithamin, ( My Laughter ) but I found out that I can't. Kind of a uh-duh thing, but who knows!

[Alakfaithien]

Sorry I meant Ninlaith! :p

[Thorongil]

Well, Nuindacilien, what you're doing here is probably discuss Tolkien's works, enter some quiz & quote games or play an RPG. That's what we do here. Welcome to the Downs and have fun.

[Imladris]

I think what Nuindacilien was asking was how to change the avatar judging from this post:

Hello all! I'm new here. I have a question. How do you get the avatars to download? I tried putting one in, but it said the URL wasn't right, even though it was a jpeg.

If it was a JPEG then it wasn't a true URL. There is an option that says to "Use Custom Avatar." Click that and then upload it in the bottom space. The space that says to upload avatar. It won't have the "http://" thing there either.

A JPEG is an image shared on your computer, not an image on the web.

Cheers
Imladris

[Thorongil]

That's weird. How can she have written two posts, when her post count says 1? That tricked me.

[ninlaith]

It's ok Alakfaithien, I forgive you. Welcome to all newcomers.

[Bungo Baggins]

Hello all! I was looking at different LOTR forums and I think this one seems to be the coziest in my opinion.
-Bungo

[Child of the 7th Age]

Bungo,

Welcome to the Downs! We hope you enjoy your stay here. We are indeed the deadest and the cosiest sight on the net.

If you enjoy RPGs, come down and introduce yourself in character in the Green Dragon Inn, which is in the Shire, and take a look at the Red Book of Westmarch.

Hope to see you arrive.

Cami Goodchild (Shire Mod)/Child of the 7th Age

[Gil-Galad]

Welcome all and come over to the Quiz Room!...

[Morgul Queen]

Oh, I just realised something...My LO (Lust Object *winks*)...or rather, LO's...actually, I'll just put my main ones down, shall I?

OK, My (main) LO's are Denethor (of Gondor, not the one from the First Age), Feanor, Celebrimbor, Elu, Celeborn, Thranduil and Elrond.

Yes. There are actually many, many more than that, but as has been pointed out frequently, I am fickle. The above are the ones that I stick to no matter what.

Should probably add Figwit to that as well....

[wilwarin538]

Welcome all newly dead. Hope you enjoy the Downs!!!

~Wilwa~

[Gil-Galad]

nice new pic Wilwa by the way...mine of course is original

[Isowen]

hey. Im Isowen (which is my name in elvish) and I've been on this site for ages but I've just joined the whole forum thingy. It looks like lotsa fun! I love everything to do with lotr, but particularly elves, as I think they're so interesting and magical and I think Galadriel is the most interesting elf i've ever heard of!

[Gil-Galad]

Welcome to the downs!!!

(for a idea of being dead read my sig in italics...nobody does anyway)

[InklingElf]

Welcome dearies!Rest assured that even if the Downs is full of weird conspicuous weirdos, Tolkienologists etc. etc. I'm sure you'll find it quite homey in here :D

[Bekah]

Welcome dearies!Rest assured that even if the Downs is full of weird conspicuous weirdos, Tolkienologists etc. etc. I'm sure you'll find it quite homey in here :D

What she said. ;)

Welcome everyone. If your question still wasn't asked satisfactorily, Nuindacilien, ask one of the mods, like Estelyn Telcontar. It probably was, because Immy usually knows what she's doing, but just in case.

Or you could try downloading the jpg to the net. I use www.villagephotos.com, but that's because I don't know anywhere better.

Cheers,

~ Elentari II

[Nuindacilien]

Thank you Immy and Elentari. I tried again, and it didn't work, so I'm just giving up. I can live without an avatar. It's not the end of the world. :rolleyes:
Elentari, I tried the villagephotos thing, too, but it's not working yet either. I think my connection is slow (I still have dial-up).\
Thorongil: I was wondering the same thing. I don't know why it only shows that I've posted once. Maybe it will change after I post this.
Well, I'm off to try the avatar thing again!

~Nuinda

[Marien]

my name is jesse, i'm new here and i really hate introducing myself. i have know idea what to say

okay that is good enough for me

[Gil-Galad]

just pretend its a AA meeting... "Hi my name is Gil-Galad and i've been an acholholic eversince my friend Celebrimbor got messed up and let Sauron into his land..."

[Nuindacilien]

Elentari: Thank you, I think I'll try that. I'll let you know if it works! :D

~Nuindacilien

[Bekah]

Welcome Marien, or Jesse, whichever you prefer. I'm sure you'll find your way around soon and feel like an oldie in no time! We're all pretty friendly, and if you're unsure about something feel free to PM me. I can't promise I'll be much help, but you can PM me all the same.

I'm actually fairly up-to-date atm, so I can call newcomers by their first names.

Because I think this is a recurring issue, if one wishes to reply to a PM click on the 'quote' button down at the bottom.

Cheers,

~ Elentari II

[Witch-King]

Greetings!

[ohtatyaro]

I'm the cheeky one - just welcomed a week ago, and now look at me! I'm welcoming ppl here :D

Welcome! Witch-King :):)

[ninlaith]

Welcome newcomers! Enjoy your posting!

[Gelmir]

Hi, I'm Gelmir, well, I have no arms, no legs, and no head. :rolleyes:

[Sirithheruwen]

I was gone on vacation for a month and now I'm back. My, how everything has changed! New members, new threads, new posts. I suppose I was just naively (sp?) imagining that time would stop here at the Downs and I would come back to it exactly as I left it. :rolleyes:





Wow, it's good to be back...

[Gil-Galad]

welcome back and welcome to the downs Gelmir!

[The Perky Ent]

Welcome back Sirithheruwen!

[Bekah]

I'm the cheeky one - just welcomed a week ago, and now look at me! I'm welcoming ppl here

Welcome! Witch-King

Don't worry, Ohtatyaro. I think we all get past the newbie stage amazingly fast....some of use didn't even wait a week after being welcomed before they started being a welcomer *whistles nochalantly....*

I'm sure you'll post exceedingly well, Witchking, even if you have completely overwhelmed us with your loquaciousness here. ;) Kidding, kidding...no, seriously, posts should be written wisely which I think you will do. Unlike me... :rolleyes: So welcome to the Downs, have fun being dead, enjoy the conversations you'll get into and show the utmost respect to our beloved mods. We all have great fun here, and if you need any help, we're almost all friendly, and you can PM me if you want to ask any questions. Or anybody else, for that matter. :)

Oh, and read the FAQ before. It may help. That goes to everyone...

Cheers,

~ Elentari II

[Decended_of_Narinya]

I usually go to tolkienonline.com, and have recently joined with entmoot as well, but am still serching for more. I'm sure that this site will be just as good as the others.

Hope you all won't mind a girl who's looking for help in keeping her devoution to Tolkien books and not totally fall into Rowling fandom.

See you around the boards!

[Gil-Galad]

welcome and have alot of fun here!!!

[Gelmir]

Yes yes, we hope you do, do we?

[Witch-King]

*Flies in on his dragon, screeching like a banshee*

Welcome, DoN.

[Arie]

I'm not exactly a new member as you all can see -- but I haven't been on the Downs for the longest time and I feel like a newbie. Certainly many things have changed since the mentioned 'renovation' of the forum and I'd just like to say hi to those active members who have been posting.

[Gil-Galad]

*kills the witch-kings "dragon" cause its not suppose to be there and gives him a Fell Beast*

[Witch-King]

*Stabs Gil-Galad with his poisoned daggar*

"Oh whatever. Now, get out of THAT, if you can..."

[ohtatyaro]

Now pick after yourselves, fellaz :D We don't need rotting dragon-corpses lying around, do we? :):)

[Gil-Galad]

*starts laughing cause he's already dead*

[Mattius]

I'm not new to site but my ghostly spectre hasn't haunted this part of cyberspace for a good six months or so! The layout has changed quite dramatically but its all for the best. How you all doing?

[shia'tan]

Greetings, as required by the title, introduction as a new member.

Currently living in the capital of Middle Earth, failing to save money to go to the home of the creater of Middle Earth.

Genearl loony, obsessive, manic, depressive, passionate, confused and difficult.

[Vlakorados]

Hi, I'm known (to you people) as Vlakorados. Well, there's not much for me to talk about for now.

I suppose I should tell you that Saraphim is my sister. Everyone laugh at how she spelled her name wrong. *laughs*

[Saraphim]

'Tis true, alas, that I have a younger brother. *sigh* I welcome you to the Downs, and hope that you don't do anything to tarnish my reputation.

It's already mirky enough as it is.

[elronds_daughter]

'Tis true, alas, that I have a younger brother.
don't worry, Saraphim. they happen to the best of us. may i ask what the age difference is? there are four years between me and my younger twin brothers.

anyway, what was i doing originally? oh, yes...*ahem* welcome to the downs, Vlakorados and shia'tan. and welcome back, Mattius.

Cheers!

Elrond's (other) daughter

[ninlaith]

I detect a little sibling rivalry! Welcome to the Barrowdowns all.

[Saraphim]

Well, elronds_daughter, there are three years between my brother and myself. I've tried to keep him off of the Downs for as long as I've been on, but I suppose it was only a matter of time until he caught on and joined up.

What he supposes to do, I'm not sure. I'm starting to be afraid, given his track record out here.

Just don't act like an idiot, Vlaky, and you'll be fine. :D

[Gelmir]

Oh, goody, a pair siblings getting along (note the sarcasm), I suppose you are 16 or above? Other wise your bro would be on! :)

[The riders of Rohaan]

Hello I am new and I am Sleepy rangers good friend. We are neighbours and I also know a bit about saucepan man as he keeps talking about him. I know a lot about hobbits cause hobbits rule.

[elronds_daughter]

Welcome, The riders of Rohan! I'm curious.... are you, by any chance, skizophrenic? Your name seems to imply that there are more than one of you...;) Anyway, I hope you enjoy being dead. Most of the rest of us have found no problem with it so far, except that we tend to alarm our non-dead friends.
And Hobbits do indeed rule.;):D

Cheers!

Elrond's (other) daughter

[Nuindacilien]

I've been busy with other stuff, so I haven't had too much time to visit the Downs. I see we have some new members here. I'm still quite new myself, but welcome anyway!
I'm pretty lucky in the sibling area. My sister (who is a year younger than me) can't stand anything to do with LOTR, so she definitely won't be bothering me here. :D
Adieu for now.

~Nuinda

[Amanaduial the archer]

Ah, well, my younger sister is yet to read Tolkien (funny how over a thousand pages of very small type in a book the size of the yellow pages can put one off...), and my older sister doesn't have much interest in computers or the internet, and wouldn't touch forums with a barge pole - to which of course, you could reply 'whose got a barge pole?!' ;)

Riders of Rohaan - ah, a hobbit man! ;) So The Saucepan Man has a fan? Interesting... Welcome.

Vlakorados - ooh, this could be interesting...*evil* And hey, I like her name - your sister's an excellent writer and RPGer, by the way - don't suppose it run's the family...? I mean, you know, if you wanted to drop by The Shire and try it out...*shamelessly plugging the RPG forums*

Shia'tan - lol, an interesting self-description! Hmm, I wouldn't bother coming to Merry Olde England really...the weather is up and down like nobody's bsuiness at the moment. You like rain, right? ;) No, sorry, sorry...welcome to the Downs.

Mattius - *mouth drops open* Good lord, the dead are rising! Mattius, welcome back, how are you? Ooh, excellent, 'tis all well... Welcome back, my friend, welcome back!

Arie - welcome back to you as well - like Mattius said, 'it's all for the best'. You'll get used to it again - welcome back.

Oh, I wish there wasn't a smiley limit on each post...

[Lhundulinwen]

Hello everybody, and welcome to all the newbies (and welcome back all y'all other peoples)! Especially-The riders of Rohaan and Vlakorados! Sibling rivalry... I wonder how many siblings we actually happen to have on here? Anyways, I'm back, and I hope everyone had a safe summer so far!

[Namo Mandos]

Greetings fellow Tolkien fans, I have been looking around the Barrow Downs now for some weeks and finally decided to join.

I have been reading Tolkien’s works for around 20 years now and in that time I have built up a nice collection of books based on Middle Earth. I have an extensive library starting with my favourites the Sil, hobbit, LOTR, HoMe; I also have many books written by other authors on Tolkien works. I hope that over time I can share my love of Tolkien with you all.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Hi, Namo Mandos! Welcome to the Downs. With a name and avatar like that, you fit in perfectly.

I'm also a long time book collector. The stuff sure piles up over the years!

Come down and introduce yourself in character at the Green Dragon Inn in the Shire. We'd love to see you.

~Child

[Namo Mandos]

With a name and avatar like that, you fit in perfectly.

Thanks child of the 7th age, the avatar is actually an illusion; can you see the other image?

you can see the large image here (http://www.zx-12r.org/Funny%20Stuff/Illusion1.JPG)

do you see a couple or a skull? Have a look at the large version of the picture the link is above.

[Thorongil]

It lokks like an large hall or something from a castle. And there are people in the eyes.

[Isilmë]

Hiya everyone!
I am new around, and I just love RPG.
I hope to see your characters in any RPG thread around here.

Best wishes,

Isilmë

[Lhunardawen]

Welcome to the Downs, Isilmë! You can start RPGing by entering the Green Dragon in the Shire RPG. Enjoy being dead! :)

[Arien]

Hmmm, I'm not new, but also back after a lengthy absence. Its all changed, people have left, some have stayed and theres lots of new people. But I'm now back in a RPG and it feels great to be back...

Arien

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Welcome back, Arien. I hope your lengthy absence wasn't because something bad happened. If so, I'm sorry; if not, what took you?

Fea

[Arien]

No not terrible at all, just time consuming. A little thing called GCSE's...

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

G....C...S....E...s. Forgive me, but I've just drawn a complete and total blank, even though I'm sure I should know this. Glad to here nothing wrong's happened though.

Fea

[rutslegolas]

well hi all

i am not tottaly new ,but been back after a month ,and wow I find a whole new lot of threads and forums.

I feel great!!!!

[Lurker Bombadil]

As my name suggests, I'm not exactly new, but I did finally register so that I can begin to post.

I enjoy this board and all of you!!

Sarah
scd080571@hotmail.com

[Gil-Galad]

Hey another Bombadil! welcome to the downs, any questions feel free to PM me any time!

[Amanaduial the archer]

G....C...S....E...s. Forgive me, but I've just drawn a complete and total blank, even though I'm sure I should know this. Glad to here nothing wrong's happened though.

Fea

Feanor, GCSEs are national exams you work towards for two years, doing pieces of externally moderated coursework for each throughout, then take the GCSE exams at the end of Year 11 (American year 10). Most pupils take 8 to 10 GCSE subjects - some schools, especially private ones, take a subject a year early (for example, I got the results of my ICT this Summer, but I do the other 9 next May). The killers are languages - you get about three exams for each!

Arien - welcome back indeed! I hope you got the results you wanted from your GCSEs :) Are you staying on for AS and A2s?

Lurker Bombadil - LOL, I like the name! Glad you finally decided to join us as a member - welcome in your, erm, new position? :D

Isilmë - Hooray, an RPGer! Welcome to the Downs, Isilmë and, well, I'll doubtless see you around the Shire!

[Encaitare]

Welcome, all recently deceased!

(Love the avatar, Namo Mandos!)

[elronds_daughter]

Welcome, to all newcomers! Hope you all enjoy being dead!

I've an Announcement, and I thought here would be the best place to post it. I've recently looked up my Elvish name in the name generator, and it is--- Mithhuaniel! so instead of calling me "elronds_daughter" you can call me Mithhuaniel if you like. that's how i'll be signing my posts anymore. it's right down there in my sig, if you noticed.

just thought i'd let you all know.

Mithhie

[Pallando]

Hello. I am not a new member, but an old one returning. I... wasn't sure where to place this post.

All I can say is that I'm happy to be back.

[Gil-Galad]

Welcome Back Pallando! i hope you stay dead with us for a longer time... meh alls dead that ends dead...

[Gelmir]

I want to be welcomed back because..... Lets just say I've been away for a bit.

[elronds_daughter]

then,
Welcome back, Gelmir! and everybody else whom I have so thoughtlessly been ignoring.:p

cheers!
mithh

[RadomRadagast]

Hi I am new :D I have no clue how to do anything --yet ;) I love forums though and am excited to be here....so how do I set my avatar?

[Imladris]

Welcome, RandomRadagast! Hope to see you around...

There is an FAQ (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/faq.php?) for the Downs, and here is the bit about avatars. (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/faq.php?faq=vb_user_maintain#faq_vb_avatar_how)

See you around!

Cheers,
Imladris

[RadomRadagast]

thanks, btw how do I get to be um--not newdead? lol

[Imladris]

By posting... (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=6010)

[RadomRadagast]

oh i see, what would I be after oh say 100 posts :cool:

[Encaitare]

Welcome, RR! 100 posts = wight. All the various "levels" are in the FAQ section.

[Gil-Galad]

When you reach my level of Posts or higher, you must wait for Admins to contact you adn give you a new name... don't ask them for one or they'll get very tempermental...

[The Perky Ent]

Welcome to the Downs, RadomRadagast! Yes, in Novices and Newcommers, you'll find the answer to lots of questions. However, if it's not mentioned there, try Private Messaging someone for the answer :D BTW (By the way), love the Lord of the Peeps avatar :)

[Beserker_Warrior]

I've been hooked on Tolkein since I was 8 and I'm proud to say that I still am. Books,epics and Honors classes are what I'm in to.

[Gil-Galad]

Welcome Berserker! i hope you enjoy being dead! you do know they make good warriors cause they don't stop fighting when a random body part falls off...

[elronds_daughter]

Listen to Gil-galad! He knows what he's talking about.

but anyway...

Welcome to the 'Downs, Beserker_Warrior and RandomRadagast! enjoy death in its various stages.

cheers!
Mithh

[Lady of the Pants]

I'm not really a new member, but I'm coming back (or trying to)! I have school and homework and all that stuff. I was the first student of the week in the school year 04-05. I'm so excited. Well, forgive me for my ignorance for I am from Tennessee and have only seen the hills. :D

Goodby y'all!

P.S. I highly recommend going to the Festival of Cultures in Cleveland, TN ( sorry, not Ohio) on Saturday, Semptember 18, 2004.

P.P.S. Please remember all of the people who died 3 years ago on 9-11 and our troops in Iraq. May God be with you.