Amistad del Otro continues to be a fantastic group of friendly players. Unfortunately my personal life has not afforded me time this kinship deserves for leadership duties. In order to remedy that, I have asked Alberos to step in for me as Kinship Leader until such time as I can resume regular play. And, thankfully, he has agreed!

Please join me in congratulating and thanking Alberos for taking over the reins of the once, and soon to be again, best kinship on Arkenstone!

Congratulations (and much thanks) to Alberos!

-Forjo

Many years ago, it is said there was an old man and his wife who lived in the North Downs area. It is told that they were always deeply in love and that when they were young the man had carved a small wooden heart and gave it to her to show his eternal love. They had been together many years and through many trials and came to the town of Trestlebridge often to trade their crops.

Eventually, it was noticed that they had not been to town in a very long time and some went to visit and see if the couple were alright. They found the farm empty and abandoned. The local guards at Trestlebridge decided to investigate. Looking around the farm they made a gruesome discovery. They found a bag stuffed up into the chimney of the fireplace, and after getting it out of that tight spot they discovered it was the old woman and she had been dismembered and stuffed into the bag. They also found an axe in the house that was covered in old, dried blood. It seemed the old man had murdered his wife, so they began a search for the old man.

The trail led them to the Fields of Fornost, not a place they wished to be doing any searching in. So the search was abandoned. Some few bounty hunters and other indidividuals tried to follow the trail further over the years. Most never returned and the few that did spoke of horrid nightmares roaming the fields. Only 3 ever claimed that they had found the old man with tales that he had gone crazy-wild mad, his hair grown down to his feet, his eyes red and murderous. They said he was naked underneath his suit of hair. One of those 3 survivors had an arm missing, claiming that the old man had chopped it off with a huge, bloodied axe.

Thus the tales of "The Hairsuit" spread and to this day are told around campfires and on cold dark nights to spook the listeners. But no more. Now we, Amistad del Otro, plan to put an end to the mystery and prove that the old man no longer lives and that he died many years ago. On October 30th, starting at 3:00 PM CST, we venture into the haunted Fields of Fornost to look for evidence of....The Hairsuit.

We will run at least one Fellowship every hour as needed to insure everyone gets a chance to participate in this grand investigation. For further information contact Arganwulf in game, or post on the forums.

Are you ready for a Fright Night?

MwHahahahaha!

Oktoberfest del Otro - The Other Oktoberfest!

Please join us Friday, October 8th, at 8:00 PM CST (9:00 PM EST) for a full resource gathering and crafting festival. We will meet just outside the West Gate of Bree and split into teams to gather resources for crafting. This will last approx. 1 hour.

Then we will gather at the dwarven forges at Thorin's Hall and use those resources for crafting items for the Kinship members. We will try to accomdate all requests as much as possible given the time, materials, and craftsmen available.

We have had events such as this in the past, and it is time to get things moving again. We had a lot of fun with these events. But it will take all of us to make it a success. Please join us if you can.

Let's bring in the fall with a bang! Any volunteers to help coordinate this event and track the resources gathered will be greatly appreciated. The event will be lead by my main, Arganwulf. Hope to see you there!

Hey everyone

Episode 30 of LOTROCast is now available. Please download it from iTunes or go to http://www.lotrocast.com or http://www.lotrocast.net for the new episode.

Alberos

Hey all-

The LOTROCast podcast has a new home. You can go to http://www.lotrocast.net or http://www.thelotrocast.blogspot.com to access the blog. You can send emails to thelotrocast@gmail.com

We had to change websites as the original website and email account got locked out.

Listen to LOTROCast #28 for more details about the move and about my opinions on the F2P decision by Turbine.

Alberos

Hey all-

After a short break LOTROCast is back. Moormur is still on vacation so I am putting out my first solo episode.

In this episode I talk about the dev diaries for the upcoming expansion and give my take on some of the bigger changes.

As this is my first solo work (including the editing and sound work) I'd really like to here your feeback on the episode.

Also, I am starting a blog which can be found at http://my.lotro.com/alberich/ I'd like to hear your thoughts on the blog as well.

If you get a chance please give the podcast a listen and the blog a read.