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stormcrow20
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Apr 27 2012, 1:27am
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*Founder's Day - Caption Contest!
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Throughout the history of TORn, there have been many events and happenings of special magnificence. But along the way, there have been a few interesting moments as well.
Behold! Before the Pink Swimsuit of Silneldor, before the Great Femine of 2008....there was Calisurwen.
Sorry, Calisuri! Go easy on him, guys! 
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Silverlode
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Apr 27 2012, 1:43am
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Billy's blind date for the occasion wasn't quite what he expected....//
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"Of all faces those of our familiares are the ones both most difficult to play fantastic tricks with, and most difficult really to see with fresh attention. They have become like the things which once attracted us by their glitter, or their colour, or their shape, and we laid hands on them, and then locked them in our hoard, acquired them, and acquiring ceased to look at them.
Creative fantasy, because it is mainly trying to do something else [make something new], may open your hoard and let all the locked things fly away like cage-birds. The gems all turn into flowers or flames, and you will be warned that all you had (or knew) was dangerous and potent, not really effectively chained, free and wild; no more yours than they were you." -On Fairy Stories
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dernwyn
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Apr 27 2012, 1:50am
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Liv had ignored Billy's warning against eating too many of those "lembas"... //
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
"It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?"
-Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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silneldor
Gondolin
Apr 27 2012, 2:10am
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Chris, i am sorry i missed you at the TORn Moot in NYC last fall. I saw you in the background of one of greendragon's pictures of the event. It would have been great to meet you. I had a commitment to be at my son's cross-country invitational.
''Sam put his ragged orc-cloak under his master's head, and covered them both with the grey robe of Lorien; and as he did so his thoughts went out to that fair land, and to the Elves, and he hoped that the cloth woven by their hands might have some virtue to keep them hidden beyond all hope in this wilderness of fear...But their luck held, and for the rest of that day they met no living or moving thing; and when night fell they vanished into the darkess of Mordor.'' - - -rotk, chapter III
Faerie contains many things besides elves and fays and besides dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants or dragons; it holds the seas, the sun, the moon, the sky; and the earth, and all things that are one in it: tree and bird, water and stone, wine and bread, and ourselves, mortal men, when we are enchanted."
— J.R.R. Tolkien
May the grace of Manwë let us soar with eagle's wings!
In the air, among the clouds in the sky
Here is where the birds of Manwe fly
Looking at the land, and the water that flows
The true beauty of earth shows
With the stars of Varda lighting my way
In all the realms this is where I stay
In the realm of Manwë Súlimo
"The original sin is to limit the Is. Don't" - Richard Bach
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Ataahua
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Apr 27 2012, 2:38am
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The three stages of forced perspective:
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Minature, regulature and bigature.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
Ataahua's stories
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Ataahua
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Apr 27 2012, 2:41am
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"Don't talk to it, Pippin. Don't encourage it. Heck, don't even *look* at it." /
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Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Darkstone
Elvenhome
Apr 27 2012, 2:54am
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"It was often said (in other families) that long ago one of the Took ancestors must have taken a fairy wife." /
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The audacious proposal stirred his heart. And the stirring became a song, and it mingled with the songs of Gil-galad and Celebrian, and with those of Feanor and Fingon. The song-weaving created a larger song, and then another, until suddenly it was as if a long forgotten memory woke and for one breathtaking moment the Music of the Ainur revealed itself in all glory. He opened his lips to sing and share this song. Then he realized that the others would not understand. Not even Mithrandir given his current state of mind. So he smiled and simply said "A diversion.”
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Silverlode
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Apr 27 2012, 2:58am
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"Of all faces those of our familiares are the ones both most difficult to play fantastic tricks with, and most difficult really to see with fresh attention. They have become like the things which once attracted us by their glitter, or their colour, or their shape, and we laid hands on them, and then locked them in our hoard, acquired them, and acquiring ceased to look at them.
Creative fantasy, because it is mainly trying to do something else [make something new], may open your hoard and let all the locked things fly away like cage-birds. The gems all turn into flowers or flames, and you will be warned that all you had (or knew) was dangerous and potent, not really effectively chained, free and wild; no more yours than they were you." -On Fairy Stories
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
Doriath
Apr 27 2012, 3:30am
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NABOUF
Not a TORns*b!
Certified Curmudgeon
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NARF: NWtS Chapter Member since June 17,2011
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Arandiel
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Apr 27 2012, 3:43am
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Little known fact: Arwen's ancestry included a sturdy farm girl or two...//
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Walk to Rivendell: There and Back Again Challenge - getting thirteen rowdy Dwarves, one grumpy Wizard, and a beleaguered Hobbit from Bag End to the Lonely Mountain
Join us, Thursdays on Main!
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Ruinwen
Ossiriand
Apr 27 2012, 4:19am
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Mods up to you too, sir. Sniggering in the workplace.
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weaver
Gondolin
Apr 27 2012, 4:30am
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"Is that an action figure in your hand or are you just happy to see me?""//
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silneldor
Gondolin
Apr 27 2012, 4:30am
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They are patiently waiting for....
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gammaboodawg grammaboodawg with her radiating cosmic energy to fiil the place
 
''Sam put his ragged orc-cloak under his master's head, and covered them both with the grey robe of Lorien; and as he did so his thoughts went out to that fair land, and to the Elves, and he hoped that the cloth woven by their hands might have some virtue to keep them hidden beyond all hope in this wilderness of fear...But their luck held, and for the rest of that day they met no living or moving thing; and when night fell they vanished into the darkess of Mordor.'' - - -rotk, chapter III
Faerie contains many things besides elves and fays and besides dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants or dragons; it holds the seas, the sun, the moon, the sky; and the earth, and all things that are one in it: tree and bird, water and stone, wine and bread, and ourselves, mortal men, when we are enchanted."
— J.R.R. Tolkien
May the grace of Manwë let us soar with eagle's wings!
In the air, among the clouds in the sky
Here is where the birds of Manwe fly
Looking at the land, and the water that flows
The true beauty of earth shows
With the stars of Varda lighting my way
In all the realms this is where I stay
In the realm of Manwë Súlimo
"The original sin is to limit the Is. Don't" - Richard Bach
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Earl
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Apr 27 2012, 6:21am
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"With a sigh you turn away, with a deepening heart no more words to say..." //
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The Plan 9 Interview... in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the release of The Fellowship of the Ring.
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titanium_hobbit
Nargothrond
Apr 27 2012, 11:22am
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laugh to the point of having to gasp for breath!
Hobbit firster, Book firster.
Have you explored all of TORN's forums?
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NottaSackville
Doriath
Apr 27 2012, 11:47am
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How will you get to the Lonely Mountain?
Help TORn log enough miles to get us to Smaug's home by Dec. 2013: Walk to Rivendell - Thursdays on Main (image courtesy of Arwen's daughter)
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Bombadil
Gondolin
Apr 27 2012, 5:24pm
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woke the
BARROW-WRIGHTS
shame on you for
being so wonderful
Bomby
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Rostron2
Mithlond
Apr 27 2012, 11:14pm
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After the life of the Eldar has left...
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Altaira
Superuser
Apr 28 2012, 2:10am
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Okay, so that wasn't a caption. But it's still brilliant!
Koru: Maori symbol representing a fern frond as it opens. The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new, positive beginnings.
"Life can't be all work and no TORn" -- jflower
"I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase
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Xanaseb
Dor-Lomin
Apr 28 2012, 2:48am
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Right.... just keep smiling :) //
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The Lord of the Hams:
There is only one lord of the ham...and he does not share ham
If this is indeed the ham of the council, Hamdor will fry it done.
This is no rabble of mindless porks, these are Hamak-Hai: their steak is thick, and their bacon broad
(courtesy of moreham and HamTheEast)
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zarabia
Dor-Lomin
Apr 28 2012, 3:32am
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In Rivendell, Pippen found that "beer goggles" have an unexpectedly different effect//
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