Last night, World Chat discussion on LOTRO drifted around from "are goblins orcs?" and "Was George RR Martin inspired by Turin's relentlessly grim tale?"* to "When is the Beren and Luthien standalone novel to be released?"
Inspired by the latter, one of the players recited a shorter version of the Tale of Beren and Luthien in World Chat. Took the player over an hour, but it was worth it.
At one point someone made a snarky comment about the endeavor, but I channeled Animal House and replied "Forget it, he's rolling."
The part about Sauron turning into a werewolf inspired a short lived "So Sauron was a Furry?" discussion, however....
*I said that he was partly inspired, but he also took heavy inspiration from Shakespeare and Medieval history. "The Children of Hurin is what you get if you let GRRM write Tolkien," was my response.
Inspired by the latter, one of the players recited a shorter version of the Tale of Beren and Luthien in World Chat. Took the player over an hour, but it was worth it.
At one point someone made a snarky comment about the endeavor, but I channeled Animal House and replied "Forget it, he's rolling."
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| The book is released June 1st, 2017. From Wikipedia. |
The part about Sauron turning into a werewolf inspired a short lived "So Sauron was a Furry?" discussion, however....
*I said that he was partly inspired, but he also took heavy inspiration from Shakespeare and Medieval history. "The Children of Hurin is what you get if you let GRRM write Tolkien," was my response.
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