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Vanquisher of Shadow - Region Series Part I

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“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”  Angmar is a sad, depressing, dark area of Middle-earth. Evil has leaked out from Carn Dum, and has begun to spill into the surrounding lands as well, as the Witch King of Angmar continues his evil. I used to hate to head into Angmar for exactly the reason of how evil an area of Middle-earth is was, but now I have discovered that I actually like it more than I used to. This outfit could alternatively be named "Angmar", because Angmar is the main inspiration for this outfit. The brown dyes signify the dark, bleak, and desolate colors and landscape, and the bit of red in the outfit (the cape) represents the evil of Carn Dum. I was looking for a good breastplate for this outfit and I realized the perfect one was sitting right under my...

Not-so-gentle Hobbit

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"Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.”    I would like to start off this post by apologizing for not posting recently. I don't have any excuse, other than the fact that I have had no cosmetic inspiration whatsoever. I have also found that due to the fact that I am not level cap, and I have not bought any quest packs, it is becoming harder and harder to find cosmetics with some degree of variety. But, now I'm back. In the past few weeks, I have been spending hours upon hours doing skirmish after skirmish, both for the sake of the xp that you get, and the incredible cosmetics you can buy with marks and medallions.  The inspiration I had for this outfit was very little - I had been saving up marks to purchase the full Rift-defender's set for my minstrel alt, and I liked the way it complimented a re...