Category Archives: LoTRO

SSG, let’s talk Dwarves!

Posted on August 14, 2019 by

Last week I had the distinct pleasure to talk with Standing Stone Games’ Jerry Snook (LoTRO Community Manager) and Chris Pierson (LoTRO Lead World Builder) to muse about dwarves in LOTRO (being The Dwarrow Scholar… what else, right?). After last … Continue reading →

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Honouring those that fell

Posted on March 8, 2018 by

As a few of you may know, when I’m not working on the dwarvish dictionary, replying to some of your wonderful Tumblr questions, or posting other material available through http://www.dwarrowscholar.com, I greatly enjoy roaming LOTRO, Middle Earth as created by Standing Stone Games. So, … Continue reading →

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Fancy LotRO RP in Neo-Khuzdul? Now you can!

Posted on August 27, 2015 by

Update: The plugin-in should actually work on a Mac. Hail! Remember I spoke about a tool for LotRO Dwarf RPers, allowing them to speak Dwarvish with the click of a button (or two)…. well, without further ado, I present to … Continue reading →

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Updates to come

Posted on April 26, 2015 by

As some of you may have noticed, David Salo (the linguist responsible for the Neo-Khuzdul in the Hobbit movies) has recently released (and continues to do so) much of his notes related to these films on his wonderful site midgardsmal. … Continue reading →

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Spreading the News among the Dwarrow…

Posted on April 9, 2015 by

Hello friends, After months of preparation and work, I’m very pleased to announce the Dwarven community of LoTRO now has his own newspaper: “The Tablets of Khazadgund”. The Tablets of Khazadgund will provide you with dwarven related news, trade info, … Continue reading →

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Delving the Dwarrowdelf

Posted on November 14, 2013 by

When the fellowship journeys through the long dark of Moria they at one point arrive at one of the Great Halls of Khazad-dûm.  This is where Gimli sings to the fellowship of Durin and the Dwarrowdelf (changed to Gandalf briefly … Continue reading →

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RP-ing Dwarves in LoTRO

Posted on August 14, 2013 by

RP-ing in LoTRO When not working on Neo-Khuzdul translations, or reading Tolkien’s works for the gazillionth time, I often jump into Lord of the Rings Online where I Role-Play a dwarf (honestly, what else?) from the Grey Mountains. It’s something … Continue reading →

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