History

Confession time: my first toon was actually a Rune-Keeper, created on the Windfola server. When I began playing LotRO, Turbine offered a two-week trial (it's now free to play the game). When I have played games that allow role-playing, I usually gravitate to more "magical" classes, and the Rune-Keeper seemed right up my alley. I got the character up to level 21, and was heading into the Lone-Lands by the time the trial subscription ran out. It didn't take much thought to decide to subscribe.

At the time, I didn't realize that each server is a separate world. I assumed that you created a character, and that character could be played anywhere - the servers were merely a way to keep the population balanced.

At the end of the process of subscribing, I got directed to the Vilya server - and there was no sign of my RK. I was sort of mad, but I figured that the trial characters didn't count, and players had to start over in the "real world"; thus I rolled my LM.

Introduction

This is a blog about Lord of the Rings Online (LotRO). I've been playing the game since April 2010, and my primary "toon" is now a level 65 Lore-Master. I've never been much of a gamer, but I've loved The Lord of the Rings for years, and when I discovered this game, I fell in love.

The name of the blog is deceptive: I'm not planning on necessarily discussing the Lore-Master class. There will be some discussion of game mechanics and class skills, but I'm more interested in just sharing my thoughts on the game.

So, here's to sharing (and, hopefully, a long life in the blogosphere).