Broshan, I mean, hello, fellow Wraiths, Wights and spirits!

A lone nazgul is here in your nice and friendly Barrows.
Those of you who wandered among the Shepherds of the Trees or stayed within the white walls of Minas Tirith may know me already.

Looking forward to our association,
Ulairë Gordis

A very warm welcome - or should I say a most chill welcome to you Ulairë Gordis!

And the same to Ytheogan, Samwise7, Witch-king of Angmar and everyone!

As you now have your days numbered do enjoy the death. :)

Welcome, Gordis! Enjoy your death. ;)

Thanks for the welcome!

We are undead and thus immortal!:D

Welcome to the forum Gordis. Happy Deathday!

Elen sila etc. etc.
 

Hi, although I'm not unfamiliar with this site (as it turned up once and intrigued me when I did a routine Google search for links to one of my own websites), I'm new to posting and more extensive reading here. Yeah, the name is ungainly :) but I once threatened to join a Tolkien forum using that name (the Valarin name for Telperion), and the time felt right. :D A little about myself: I've been a fan of Tolkien's writings for most of my life, I've done a number of creative and scholarly projects focused on them, and I'd better admit it now, I'm not a big fan of the movies (though if they're what floats your boat, fine with me; to each his/her own). I don't know how active I'll be, but so far, I like the neighborhood.

Welcome to the Downs, Ibrîniðilpathânezel.

I am never going to be able to remember that name. :eek:

Nonetheless, welcome.

Welcome, Ibrîniðilpathânezel! Enjoy being dead. :D

Do you... umm... have some kind of shortening for your name? ;) Like Ibry? Or Nezel? Or something totally different?

Welcome here, Ibrîniðilpathânezel! Feel welcome here and hope to see your contributions to this forum, I'm sure you'll find it most interesting around here...

...and I must join the ranks of the people stunned by your name. Don't expect anyone's going to call you that ;) For shortening, I'd suggest Ibrin (though on first sight, my original idea was something like "dilophosaurus" :D ).

Welcome Ibrina! We'll decide on the right shortening eventually if you stay around long enough. And here's hoping you do! :)

Well, I never expected anyone, even myself, to use a name that unwieldy! :) It just seems that, long though I have loved Tolkien's works, every time I try to join a discussion group -- even when it's just forming -- someone's always beaten me to the punch for names I would like that came from Tolkien's world. I think Ibrin is the most natural shortening of it -- although if one cares to get into Tolkienian semantics, "ibri" (V. "silver") would be the root of that part of the name. But having grown up in a large family, I sometimes answer to "hey, you" too :D.

Thank you all for the warm welcome.

Welcome to the forum, Ibrîniðilpathânezel . I must say that your name is probably the hardest thing I've ever tried to pronounce. :)

Sounds good. Happy Deathday Ibrin!

You mean you actually tried to pronounce it?;)

Welcome all new Downers!

Return
 

Everyone here probably doesn't know me, but I know many of you. Let me proceed to explain.

Some years ago I was looking for a Tolkien forum community to join up with. I was already, as I recall, an active editor of the Tolkien Gateway wiki as I am today. I found this forum and, you might say, fell in love with it. But when I wanted to register, something curious happened. I received no email with instructions for completing my registration, and could not re-register because it was the only email I had. I nevertheless could not think, if you can believe it, to join another Tolkien forum, because I liked this one so much and because it was so different. So, for many months, I merely read all the posts. Yes, I read almost all the posts in all forums. This went on for months. I saw the coming of Macalaure and Rikae, and Voldo and so many others. I saw the Barrow-downs newspaper, the infamous "Lord of the Bible" thread, and the introduction of the new smilie on the right.

For you who have been around a while, I came about the time of Elempi's first Wizard Werewolf, and left around the time of Davem's banishment. Life on the forum was slowing down then, and time constraints were growing. I am only now coming back to the forum and finally re-registering. I can't promise a lot of activity, but at least now I can post. Some of you may recall seeing a name down at the bottom where it says "Users present" or something like that: Narfil Palurfalas. That was me.

Welcome Narcolindo, enjoy your death! I'm glad you're no longer trapped in limbo. :D

I feel like a celebrity... :eek:

And yet you still joined? :eek: Your stomach must be made of stern stuff. :p

Welcome to The Downs. Do eat some cakes... I mean, post some discussions.

It wasn't so bad back then. :rolleyes:

Welcome to the Downs, Narcolindo !

Welcome to this madness, Ibrin and Narco!

Hi.
 

I'm a huge Tolkein fan. I was a fan of JRR Tolkein's good friend C.S. Lewis and his Narnia books growing up, and I never actually read LOTR until I was an adult. But it is easy to get hooked. :smokin:

- Isithral

Welcome, Narcolindo and Isithral! Enjoy your stay here. :)

Hi I am Manwathiel, i love Lord of the Rings and all things Tolkien, i can't wait to meet you all!

Welcome, all of you. Enjoy your deaths... :)

And I've already met you, Manwathiel in the Palantír of Fortune thread.

Ya'll couldn't have found a more Tolkien friendly environment than this one! Welcome to the Downs!:D

Glad to be here!

Yes weclome, may your days here be cold and ghastly.

In a loving way. :p

Hello
 

Hello, AJ here. New to this forum but long time member of one or two other forums. I'm 43, been reading and studying Tolkien since I was 12 so that is 31 years. Looking forward to some good discussions.

Well welcome to the Downs ArathornJax! Have a Happy Deathday!

Welcome, ArathornJax! Enjoy being dead. :)

PS. Can we call you Ajax? ;)

War rocket Ajax! Or we could extend the link and call you Flash. :p

But at any rate, welcome to the site!

Welcome Ajax! Hope you'll enjoy being here! And in any case, I'd prefer NOT to call you AJ. I am used to this as abbreviation for English Language.

P.S. General Kath, I can't see you on my screen.

its been a long time
 

the last time i was in this site was around 2002 or 2003

hows everybody?

Good gosh...that is SO long ago. I probably wasn't even alive in 2002.

Greetings, denizens of the Barrow-Downs!

Once upon a time, I used to post here occasionally, but after the movies came out, I drifted away (disillusioned by Orlando Bloom fangirls, perhaps...). :(

Anyway, I'm back now, and I'm pleased to be here. I look forward to reacquainting myself with the place.

Nice to meet you!

Welcome back, Altariel and Finiel! I think I'm too new a member to remember you, but it does not prevent me from rejoicing of your return. :D (I always get a nice feeling when old members come back, even if I never knew them. Yes... I'm odd. ;))

Hello all
I am new here.I am sreeja.I am from India.Nice to meet you all.This forum looks nice.Hope i can enjoy stay.

:):)

Hello and welcome, sreeja! :) I'm sure you'll enjoy your stay. :D

You know, you don't help people's picture of you being a skinny blond headed kid with statements like that....:rolleyes:


This last month or so it seems we have had a lot of old downers come back! It makes me happy.

Welcome Sreeja! Enjoy your stay.