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[Farael]

JennyHallu is not real. Or so she will make you believe if she ever introduces herself to you. It seems that for some reason or another (which she told me and I promptly forgot) she introduced herself as a Mass Hallucination.... and so that became her nickname for a while. Then it got shortened to JennyHallu which, if you ask me and I know you didn't, is much better. Or at least shorter.

She is married, so hands off all of you wraiths. She has somewhat recently moved some place away from her home town, which is a double blessing. First of all, I am sure she'll do great wherever she is (One blessing) and second, since she didn't know many people to hang out with, she decided to join the 'downs (Second blessing, this one for us)

What more can I say? She's good at writing, drawing and werewolfing... the last one being the most important skill a man (or woman) can have.

What am I forgetting? Oh, yes... once upon a time she was actually enrolled on an Engeneering program at some college or another. Yes, a woman in engeneering!!! My buddies go to Engeneering over here and they say that a woman in Engeneering is as rare as an electron not approaching the speed of light and increasing in mass as it gets closer to the atomic nucleus. I have no idea how "likely" that is, but it's probably fairly unlikely.

Surprisingly, I do not know whom her favourite LoTR character is, but I'm guessing something along the lines of Eowyn. Or is it ArwenFrodoPippinMerryAragornSamLegolasGimliBoromir FaramirTheodenDenethor.... did I miss anyone important?

You can often find her greeting newcomers on the welcome thread or writing excelent RPG posts. I believe her characters are haunting the Mead Hall on Rohan at the moment.

*takes in a deep breath* did I forget anything I wanted to say?

Why, of course... she is a very fun, lovely girl and it's always a pleasure to "talk" (or well, write) with her.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Farael, or Matias, is a 20-year-old 2nd year biochem student from Winnipeg, Canada, heading for med school. Despite his real name sounding rather Scandinavian he claims it to be Spanish as he is originally from Argentina. He started studying English at six, so now he speaks both fluent Spanish and English, lucky him. Farael joined the Downs on 24th November 2005, and he celebrates his birthday on 16th March.

Farael listens mostly to rock music from Green Day to Die Toten Hosen and The Beatles, but another band worth mentioning is The Men in Kilts, and Farael has been fortunate enough to see them live for a couple of times. As to what kind of music Farael doesn't like, Hip-Hop and Cumbia Villera definitely belong to that group.

Here at Downs you can spot Farael mostly RPGing or sharing his thoughts in the Middle-Earth Discussions forum. Farael has a great sense of humour, and he occasionally haunts in the Mirth as well. Unsurprisingly, he has some interest in WWing, too, not only as a skilled player, but he also modded a Wereorc game a while ago and invented a whole new role to it; the Shaman.

Farael doesn't like spiders. A combination of a Farael, shoe and a spider usually results in the death of one of them - thus far it has always been the spider.

Farael excels in golf (at least minigolf - he's got a hole in one!), but he couldn't care less about it, so Tiger Woods doesn't have to worry for a while now. Farael is more interested in volleyball. He likes ice hockey, too, and if you're planning to go to Winnipeg any time soon, you should probably remember the name 'Jimmy Roy' who is Farael's favourite of the local players.

Slurpee. That needs its own paragraph. As it happens, Farael lives in a city that has an honour of being not only the coldest city in the world, but also the biggest Slurpee consumer. Naturally, Farael has a tradition of deep-freezing himself with his friends by going out for a Slurpee on the coldest day possible.

Farael volunteers as a group leader to help refugee and immigrant kids to adapt for Canadian society. With his group Farael also organises and participates in free time activities with the children - whether it is sports or face painting.

All in all, Farael is a fun and perceptive BDer, and it's great to have him around.

If I forgot something, you can read more in his Barrow Confessional post.

[Roa_Aoife]

Dancing Spawn of Ungoliant, aka Spawn, aka Spawnowen, aka Anna is a prominent member of the Downs, or at least everyone knows who she is. She's an adept and dangerous werewolf player, as well as being an excellent contributor to the Books forum.

In another world, Spawn is an artist and an actress. If one can use werewolf as a judge for acting, and if one looks at her personal website, her skills are top notch in both areas. She's also a musician, and she plays both the piano and the violin, and is a member in a choir. I believe she also recently passed her violin level test and music institute exam, though her dates are all kind of screwy.

Her interests outside of the above involve manga, anime, the Downs, and composing polyfocal vocal fugas in "Palestrina style", whatever that means. (Little miss uber-talented....)

She and the infamous Nilpaurian Felagund have a sordid (okay, not really) relationship, and one can see their flirtation all over the Downs. (okay, it's mostly Nilp) Maybe he should be doing this...

Her picture on the Downs photo page is incredibly lovely.

[Celuien]

Roa_Aoife of the many names is from Ashburn, Virginia, and says that Northern Virginia rules. Other than Northern Virginia, she is fond of Ireland. In fact, she thinks that it's the best place outside of Middle-earth!

Regarding Middle-earth, Roa's favorite denizen of that place is Sam, followed by Faramir. She doesn't like Feanor or Eowyn, thinking that the latter has suicidal tendencies, is whiny, and just can't handle being a girl. If she could go to Middle-earth, she would most likely be found in Rohan. She read the LotR just before the movies came out.

On the Downs, Roa is a feared Werewolf player, and with good reason! She makes an intimidatingly good wolf, and recently put on a brilliant performance as the Evil Wizard in LMP's Dueling Wizards game. This is probably related to her ability to read people and predict their behavioral patterns, which she claims as her greatest strength.

Roa's quest is to make one life better regardless of whether or not she is recognized for it. Her favorite color is deep green. She chews her fingernails and sings along to any music she hears. She thinks the DMV is pure evil. Her most daring moment involved bungee jumping...

Roa's best Downer buddy is Fordim.



(Okay, Nilpy. Here's your chance! )

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Her real name is Nichole. She was born on St. Patrick's Day--apparently, it took a while to convince her that the parades on the 17th of March was not for her birthday. She has three sisters.

Celuien is a fourth year medicine student, the youngest one in her class.

She likes chocolate (a lot!), frogs (a lot more!), cats (she used to have severe cat allergy, but she got cured; now has a kitten named Abby), and the colour blue. Her favourite sport is bowling. She also enjoys reading books by Thomas Hardy and (this comes as a shock to me) JRR Tolkien, playing music, doing nature walks, and programming web sites.

The Frog-maiden first came across Tolkien in a grammar book, when she was but nine years old. There was an excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring, with punctuations removed, and she had to insert them. Then she started wondering where Mordor was, why Frodo wanted to go there, and why Sam wanted to go with him. She tried to look for the books, but her mum dissuaded her from it. Years later, one of her sisters was assigned The Hobbit as part of her book club. She hated it, but as soon as she put it down, Celuien grabbed the book and read it cover to cover. The old curiosity was renewed instantly, and when The Hobbit was dropped off at the library return desk, she left with a copy of The Fellowship of the Ring, followed shortly by The Two Towers and The Return of the King. She never turned back.

She joined the ranks of the dead on May 1, 2005--the same date as BD's birthday! I can't find how she stumbled upon this site. All I can discern is that she has been lurking here for years, then, during the fifth anniversary celebration of the Downs, she broke her silence.

Lately she is fascinated by spoons. I wonder why.

[symestreem]

Nilpaurion Felagund, or Louis Ortal, is a man of several siblings and several alter egos, the most familiar of which would be Adam, despite his recent untimely demise. The most familiar of his siblings is our own Lhunardawen.

He resides in the Philippines and is a student at the University of the Philippines, where he studies world domination and Naruto, as well as more mundane things like languages and biology. He greatly enjoys constructing Lego armies and staging battles between them with his little brothers, using accurate tactical information to determine who wins and who loses. Rumor has it that these battles are occasionally concluded in a rather unmilitant manner, all participants being ticklish.

Another of Nilp's well-known alter-egos is Uchiha Itachi, a deadly psychic warrior of the Naruto 'verse. As a dangerous criminal, Itachi is not fit for polite society. Luckily, Nilp keeps him reigned in, at least some of the time. Nilp's favorite Middle-earth character is his father, Finrod Felagund, though he has not seen him in some time, having been gone from Valinor for centuries. Nilp spent a good deal of time atop the ruins of Numenor with Tar-Miriel, and the current status of their relationship is not known.

Louis is nineteen and was born on Collect Rocks day in September. He loathes procrastination and follows football and chess; his musical preferences include Coldplay and Casting Crowns and his literary ones, Tom Clancy and Sherlock Holmes. He's fond of stuffed animals, especially a stuffed seal named Patty, and not so fond of shellfish. He likes light blue.

Perhaps most well-known for his contributions in Mirth and the Quiz Room, Nilp does have an unfortunate habit of poking people; his best 'Downer buddies are Kath and dancing spawn. As well as a college student, he is also a writer of numerous stories, and a part-time employee of a secret government. If you see a man in black lurking outside your window, it's probably him.

[mormegil]

Symestreem, or Willow Smith as she would be preferred to be called, is an interesting person. My first encounter with her was this post and I thoroughly enjoyed her writing style. Oddly this was her first post in about 2 years. It seems she took a brief hiatus from the downs and I gladly welcome her back.

Willow enjoys writing and symestreem was actually the last name of a character at the time of BD registration. There's a funny little story associated with her name choice that goes like this:

At the time of registration she was using 'symestreem' as one of her passwords as it was one of her characters last names, it is no longer a password so don't think about it . She mistakenly put 'symestreem' on the username line believing it to be the password field. She was sadly mistaken and wanted to be Willow instead so she wouldn't mind you calling her Willow.

For those who couldn't tell, it took me a while admittedly, her avatar is a roll of duct tape. An odd avatar one might think but this stems from her love of making and repairing things using this wonderful tape. Do Brits and the like have this marvelous invention I wonder? I digress. I've seen some duct tape creations myself as my Sister-in-Law is handy with the tape and has made dresses, purses, thongs and chairs with it. Similarly, Willow makes bracelets, flowers and weapons. Also, as previously stated, she repairs items ranging from shoes, to headphones to model rockets with a myriad of other items mixed in.

She's from the U.S. residing in Florida and fancies herself a conservative on most issues but decidedly against the death penalty.

Since her return to the downs she has been posting rather frequently and she mostly haunts the Quiz and Book forums but considers playing a WW game soon, which as a veteran would welcome her in whole heartedly. She has done some role playing in the past and I'm sure Pio would welcome her back if she fancied another adventure.

Notably her best downer buddies are Nilp and Lhuna, hence the rather detail description given of Nilp just prior to this post.

Finally she is a supporter of lifting the limit on the 3 smiley limit as she enjoys her smileys quite a bit. So in dedication to that I say That's my only three now and I humbly request the ability to do more!

Let's get to know Willow and welcome her back into the downs.