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Otaku-sempai
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Dec 1 2016, 5:26pm
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The Adventurer's Companion PDF is now available for download
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I pre-ordered the Adventurer's Companion book so I was able to download the PDF today for free. It's looking very nice so far, though I have some small issues with the description for the Dwarves of the Blue Mountains. There is lots of new information and options for player Heroes.
"He who lies artistically, treads closer to the truth than ever he knows." -- Favorite proverb of the wizard Ningauble of the Seven Eyes
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Meneldor
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Dec 2 2016, 12:13am
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How do they describe the Dwarves of the Blue Mountains?
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. -Psalm 107
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Otaku-sempai
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Dec 2 2016, 12:29am
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Since you asked, here is how they are introduced:
The first Dwarves of the Ered Luin were the hardy warriors of Nogrod and Belegost, the two great mountain-cities of the First Age. Master craftsmen, and great haters of Orcs and Dragons, their power was ended when their mansions were drowned in the breaking of Beleriand. In the twilight of the Third Age, the Dwarves of the Ered Luin are loyal subjects of the King of Durin’s Folk, as their halls were founded anew when Thráin the Second led his people to these mountains after the destruction of Erebor. His son, Thorin Oakenshield, ruled here for a time and the Blue Mountains became a realm of plenty and peace, drawing wayward Dwarves from as far south as Dunland. Though many who dwelt in the Blue Mountains have now returned to Erebor, some dwell here still. Those Dwarves who remain take special comfort and interest in restoring the relics of their past, be they ancient weapons or forgotten songs. They search the mountains for traces of their lost cities, probing deep into their roots and climbing their most remote peaks. For them, there is no greater joy than discovering runes engraved on a broken stone, or finding the entrance to a collapsed mine. And they would face any threat to wrest those jewels from the grasp of forgetfulness. It's fine as far as it goes. However, Tolkien indicated in Appendix A that Dwarves had continuously occupied the Ered Luin since the First Age, particularly in the southern range. Those who never left the Blue Mountains would have little reason to feel any sense of fealty to the Lord of Erebor or even identify with the Longbeards. The book has yet to go to print so I'm hoping that the entry will be modified to be a bit more accurate.
"He who lies artistically, treads closer to the truth than ever he knows." -- Favorite proverb of the wizard Ningauble of the Seven Eyes
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Meneldor
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Dec 2 2016, 4:19am
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If their mansions were drowned in the Breaking
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how can anyone live there?
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. -Psalm 107
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Otaku-sempai
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Dec 2 2016, 4:38am
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The Dwarves of Belegost and Nogrod spent several decades trying to reclaim their cities, but apparently the damage was too severe. Around the fortieth year of the Second Age, most of them left the Blue Mountains and migrated to Khazad-dûm and dwelt there with Durin's Folk until the Dwarves were driven from Moria by Durin's Bane. However there were other halls and mines in the Blue Mountains. especially in the southern Ered Luin, and some of them must have survived the destruction wrought by the ruin of Thangorodrim. And some of the displaced Naugrim stayed, delving new mines and constructing new mansions. Some of the Dwarves descended from Nogrod and Belegost might have even returned to the Blue Mountains after being driven out of Moria. The One Ring supplement Journeys & Maps shows a location called the Halls of the Dwarves where the river, the Little Lune, emerges from the Blue Mountains. This seems to be where the Dwarves who returned from the east are the most concentrated. The maps of Eriador also show mines in the southern Blue Mountains. My own Dwarf-city of Hargrod would be a bit further south, where a ridge of hills stretches east from the rest of the range.
"He who lies artistically, treads closer to the truth than ever he knows." -- Favorite proverb of the wizard Ningauble of the Seven Eyes
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Otaku-sempai
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Dec 2 2016, 4:58am
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Map of Eriador and the Blue Mountains
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"He who lies artistically, treads closer to the truth than ever he knows." -- Favorite proverb of the wizard Ningauble of the Seven Eyes
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Otaku-sempai
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Feb 15 2017, 7:39pm
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Adventurer's Companion books arriving!
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C7 customers in the UK and Europe who pre-ordered the Adventurer's Companion for The One Ring Roleplaying Game have reportedly started receiving their copies. Copies for North American customers are presently shipping by sea.
"He who lies artistically, treads closer to the truth than ever he knows." -- Favorite proverb of the wizard Ningauble of the Seven Eyes
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Otaku-sempai
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Mar 4 2017, 10:32pm
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The Adventurer's Companion arrived in the mail the day before yesterday. It is a thing of beauty!
"He who lies artistically, treads closer to the truth than ever he knows." -- Favorite proverb of the wizard Ningauble of the Seven Eyes
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