Not-so-gentle Hobbit

"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 really simple robe I had in my vault.

As previously stated on another, earlier post, I am not one for helmets. I feel, though, that slowly, but surely, I am beginning to fall in love with helmets, and the Rift-defender's helmet is an incredible example of the helmets I am falling in love with: incredibly detailed and stylized helmets.

I couldn't think of any other shoulder guards to go with this outfit other than the ones from the same set of that of the helm, but I really, truly love the way they match so perfectly! I mean, of course they should look good together, they are from the same set, for goodness sake, but I love how they merged the simple robe with the lovely helmet.
 

Head: Ceremonial Rift-defender's Helm (red dye) - skirmish camp
Shoulders: Ceremonial Rift-defender's Shoulders (red dye) - skirmish camp
Back: Plain Cloak (red dye) - outfitter
Chest: Scholar's Vestments (red dye) - Bree-town outfitter
Gloves: Cloth Gloves (red dye) - world drop
Feet: Soft Leather Boots (red dye) - outfitter

As a quick "author's note", I wanted to say that I took place in Gladden's Taking the Hobbits to Isengard, and had so so so much fun! I am now trying to level my main as quickly as possible to get her to Isengard, and that also means hopefully some new cosmetic pieces :D

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