RELEASED: The Hall of Fire, Issue 26

[GandalfOfBorg]

The Hall of Fire Issue # 26 is now available for download! (see my sig below for links)

In this issue:
- Peoples of Middle-earth: Bree-landers (one of my favs to write)
- Hostile Haunts - Tower of the Mouth (another fav, but no pics with this one unfortunately)
- The Effective... Spy
- Two more minor Istari from the Order
- The Helm's Deep contest winning submission: The Siege of Dunharrow
- What Once was - an adventure into the deeps of Moria
-Trusted Locales: Garulf's smithy, a renowned blacksmith of Rohan (or place him in any locale you need to compliment your story).

Enjoy.. and happy reading!

[Sho-sa Kurita]

Another good 'un. I think the best articles in this one were the Breelanders and 'What Once Was.' I particularly liked the background on Tori and the weights and measures. It's that kind of detail that makes a world make more sense.

[Tomcat]

I particularly liked the background on Tori and the weights and measures. It's that kind of detail that makes a world make more sense.

Thanks!

I was thinking about this adventure for about two months regarding Moria and why would a Dwarf be shamed before his peers. I thought about the wealth of treasure that came out of Moria, but then Smaug layed on a massive pile of gold and trinkets, so I knew it would have to be more than just losing the physical treasures - after all, ALL of the Dwarves ran from Moria's wealth.

But then I thought, how do you make a race of people uncertain and even more un-trusting (potentially even between themselves) - you take away the standards that they base everything on. Imagine a group of merchant Dwarves not trusting the weight of a gold coin, or an ingot.

So, the idea that the standards were as valuable (if not moreso) as what they measured and would be a very important thing to remove from the vaults came to mind, and thus the story.

Glad you liked the articles and we will keep up the work!

Tomcat