One Year Anniversary!

Today is my one year anniversary of playing LOTRO - I can't believe it! How quickly a year flies! I've made a lot of friends in-game and have even met one of them recently in real life which was super neat.

I am in two kinships on Vilya now, and I like each of them in their own way. The Dawnbreakers is always going to be home to me despite stepping away from being an officer over there. They remain the most helpful and friendly group of people that I've come across. My minstrel is in Phoenix Rising which is filled with some great raiders, and doing runs with them has helped me get a lot of fantastic gear. I've started to make friends there as well, and I'm sure I will continue to. 

My hunter hit 75 earlier today, so soon enough, I'll have another character which I can bring along for raids. It will definitely be a change to dps rather than heal, but for now, the focus will be on getting virtues up and perfecting my LIs.

Also, I never would have imagined that people from roughly 30 countries would have taken the time to check this blog out. Thank you to those of you who check this blog from time to time. It certainly makes my day when I check and see all the new views and the new countries!

<3 Anda

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Everyone in-game calls me Panda, so naturally, when I met up with that friend at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, we had to take a picture of the panda. 

Nightshade

I finally decided to make a violet outfit for myself. Violet reminds me of poison, and well, violet is the color of the poisonous Nightshade plant, so it works. I made another violet outfit a few weeks ago for Antropyne who got his name from the poison in that plant. It's a shame I didn't screenshot it in the dressing room before I sent it over. Also, congratulations to him for making officer in the Dawnbreakers - you deserve it, Antro!

 

If you wish to recreate this look, use the following:

Vibrant Eastemnet Campaign Circlet (Dyed Violet) 
Yes, I know I use this circlet on like every single outfit, but what can I say? It's simple - it's versatile.
Fine Grey Company Wrap (Dyed Violet)
Cloak of the Grey Company (Dyed Violet)
Footman's Armour (Dyed Violet)
Fine Grey Company Gauntlets (Dyed Violet)
Padded Leggings of the Dunland Soothsayer (Dyed Violet)
Boots of the Light Step (Dyed Violet)

Lots of items, lots of dye, but not really difficult to put together. I found the chest piece in the AH, the Grey Company stuff is from epics, and the pants are a Dunland quest reward (and there are identical ones in the AH with different names)..

EDIT:

Antropyne was nice enough to take a moment to send over a screenshot of his hobbit's outfit that I made: