Then suddenly fire burst from the Meneltarma, and there came a mighty wind and a tumult of the earth, and the sky reeled, and the hills slid, and Númenor went down into the sea, with all its children and its wives and its maidens and its ladies proud; and all its gardens and its halls … Continue reading QOTW: The Drowned Ruins →

But Sauron caused to be built upon the hill in the midst of the city of the Númenóreans, Armenelos the Golden, a mighty temple.... And the first fire upon the altar Sauron kindled with the hewn wood of Nimloth, and it crackled and was consumed; but men marvelled at the reek that went up from … Continue reading QOTW: Temple of the Deceived →

Then he sent word to Ulmo of the new things that were done, and Ulmo desired not that the waters of the inner seas be longer unpeopled, but came forth seeking Palúrien, and she gave him spells, and the seas began to gleam with fish or strange creatures crawled at bottom; yet the shellfish and … Continue reading QOTW: The Thing in the Depths →

The sky itself was darkened, and there were storms of rain and hail in those days, and violent winds; and ever and anon a great ship of the Númenóreans would founder and return not to haven, though such a grief had not till then befallen them since the rising of the Star. And out of … Continue reading QOTW: Flight of the Stormcaller →

Beyond the Lune was Elvish country, green and quiet, where no Men went... At the Grey Havens dwelt Círdan the Shipwright, and some say he dwells there still, until the Last Ship sets sail into the West. In the days of the Kings most of the High Elves that still lingered in Middle-earth dwelt with … Continue reading QOTW: Raid on the Grey Havens →

Among the Exiles many believed that the summit of the Meneltarma, the Pillar of Heaven, was not drowned for ever, but rose again above the waves, a lonely island lost in the great waters; for it had been a hallowed place, and even in the days of Sauron none had defiled it. And some there … Continue reading QOTW: The Fate of Númenor →

Above all arts they nourished ship-building and sea-craft, and they became mariners whose like shall never be again since the world was diminished; and voyaging upon the wide seas was the chief feat and adventure of their hardy men in the gallant days of their youth.-Akallabêth Voyage Across Belegaer Stats Groups registered: 19 Total attempts: 35 Most … Continue reading QOTW: Voyage Across Belegaer →

This past week we did an interlude standalone between Angmar Awakened and Dream-Chaser cycles: The Siege of Annúminas. This is a particularly thematic standalone for pairing with the Angmar Awakened cycle because it is about the Rangers of the North defending their ancestral city of Annúminas from an army from Angmar. We even had an … Continue reading QOTW: The Siege of Annúminas →

Here we are at the end of another cycle in our Quest of the Week march through all the content! This one was a lot of fun. We had a lot of participation, quite a few folks doing campaign mode, and lots of discussion on the Discord about the quests. Together we got through Carn … Continue reading QOTW: The Dread Realm →

Then he told them that these blades were forged many long years ago by the Men of Westernesse: they were foes of the Dark Lord, but they were overcome by the evil king of Carn Dûm in the Land of Angmar. 'Few now remember them,' Tom murmured, 'yet still some go wandering, sons of forgotten … Continue reading QOTW: The Battle of Carn Dûm →