Know Yer Mates, or a Member Above Ye

[Gurthang]

Ah, yes, Gil. The beloved (and self-named!) Punmaster of the 'Downs. Never know quite what to expect from Gil, since he's just as capable of making an astute Books post as he is of confusing the heck out of everyone in a Werewolf game. Just about everyone wants to see him as a Werewolf again, just because people never know what to think of him.

For more real info, he's 58th by reputation, his birthday was about a month ago (making him 16), and he's made 3200+ posts since he died.

[Orominuialwen]

Gurthang is from Ellinwood, Kansas, which is a small town in the middle of the state. He goes to Kansas State University, better known as K-State, which is in the Little Apple (Manhattan, KS) and is also my mom's alma mater. Gurthang is 19 and his birthday is July 7th. Judging by his former signature and current location, he enjoys playing video games and prefers Gamecube to X-Box. He has the greatest number of posts on the Arrows 'nd Bows thread, which tells me he likes making anagrams. He also prefers clear soda over Coke/Pepsi and likes Mountain Dew best of all.

[Cailín]

Let’s see if I can do this...

Gurthang likes werewolves, video games, starting intelligent new threads and eating chickens, innocents and wolves alike . He dislikes homework, and can appreciate neither coke nor pepsi. Recently, he has been using quotes from other Downers as his signature, which is probably the reason why the entire Downs population is constantly trying to make witty, intelligent and memorable one-liners.

Gurthang’s werewolf obsession is alarmingly obvious. Not only has he never quite gotten over his Bear-experience, he also intends to pick up girls by using WW references. Lately, he has posted that he has become a highly suspicious being, which possibly explains his camera fear and urge to hide in what looks like a cornfield.

His birthday is in July, he is currently 19, and he is now ranked 23rd in the members list. He failed to fill out the Barrow Confessional, though, which makes him much more mysterious than some.

Edit: Oi, sorry Orominuialwen, I again forgot to check for cross-posting...

So here for Oro:

Orominuialwen has about the hardest name to spell correctly on the entire Downs. She is a fan of Celtic things, which is why I'm convinced she’s very nice. I believe she’s quite into music and arts and all other pleasant things. She looks very Hobbit-like, according to herself, and I suppose that must be true then. She hates being mistaken for much older than she really is, but I’m not sure just how old she is, because she chose not to reveal that in her profile. She says she lives in The Pit of Oblivion, but we all know she really lives in that wonderful place called the Shire.

[Bergil]

Cailin is youngish and joined the downs due to werewolf.

[mormegil]

Bergil is a newer member of the downs and joined in August 2005. He has a modest posting average of 1.22 a day with a total of 113 posts. I believe he is fairly young (meaning under 20). He spends most of his time in Mirth but is seen often in others such as quotes and books. He hasn's posted much personal information so I can't get that on him but something interesting is he probably has the shortest post on this thread .

He is interested in WW and played in the latest WWJ game.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Mormegil joined the downs in april this year and has an impressive 7.77 post per day. He is 28 years old, lives in Utah with his wife and child, the last he has allredy startet indoctrinating in to loving the world of Tolkien. Mormegil has allso lived out side Rio for some years.

Thts about what I remember. . .

[HerenIstarion]

Rune Son of Bjarne is twenty, he's been around little bit more than two months but already achieved place at Elrond's Council (kudos!) and his per day posting average is little less impressive than what Mormegil may boast of - 6.96, one of the highest averages I'm aware of (Morsul the Dark held the highest of 12 odd per day, though his average dropped since, but that's another story...)

Rune is interested in Norse Mythology, also (I reckon consequently) in dragon-slaying, especially dragon-slayings historical, dubious, and mythical, and the various sorts of stabs and jabs and undercuts. Though his favourite character is not one of the dragon-slayers, but Fingolfin the High King of the Noldor. But here is the one who challenged more dangerous foe than fiercest of dragons may have ever been - Morgoth himself...

Rune lives in Copenhagen, Denmark. He likes Tolkien (bingo! but you've already known that...), Music and Football (European type of, for those across the pond that'd be Soccer) and collects coins. I would not be surprised to learn he likes Royal Hunt, seeing as it is a Danish band and Mythology lovers tend to lend their ears to good old hard rock music, and probably owns a Thomas Sorensen poster, but both last two are mere assumptions, educated guesswork, so to say, I would stand corrected if my shooting went wild here.

He would study history in University (and he is good at remembering historical facts). Besides, he is a believer in socialism ideology and its values and will try to apply knowledge obtained in University to achive some practical results in the field or maybe writhe theoretical works about the subject (seeing as he has Karl Marx for an avatar and quotes him in his signature: 'Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity' - lest he changes it and the exact one is forgotten ) Consequently, Rune likes his beer in the evening with political debate for a taste.

What else? His name means 'secret lore', and such a lore he has all chances of learning hanging with us around these here fora. His father's name stands for 'bear' (old Norse - Bjorn - Danish - Bjarne), hence in Common Tongue here we have Secret Knowledge Son of Bear. Not a bad choice of a name, I daresay. Also, I assume, if we were to live in M-E, Beorning he would be, no doubt . But that is what I assume following his father's name, he himself would better like to live in (order of preference):

1) Hithlum
2) Rohan and Gondolin
3) Lothlórien

And, as I've started with BD, let me finish with it: the place he visits the most is the Quiz Room, and the people he knows the best around here are Sleepy Ranger, Valesse and the guy who be short

[Anguirel]

Heren Istarion is a figure of contention and mystery. Among others, he has been identified as:

five separate personalities forming an Order of Wizards
The Necromancer of Threadwood
A large, ever-sparkling orange firework
and
King George the Fourth of Georgia

Certainly, there is no doubt he possesses deeply magical powers. Despite his exotic origins in Valinor/somewhere in the East/Rasghobel/Isengard/Georgia, his mastery of the tongue of the Angles and Saxons far surpasses that of any of us prosaic inhabitants of "Tol Eressea", and is distinguished for its fluency, originality, yea, and usefulness too. Obscure Latinate constructions that we mere Britons have long forgotten find a haven in the Heren English Dictionary (it's well known that the HED outstripped the OED back in the Third Age...)

He is known to be the most generous inhabitant of the Downs, and is a prodigious rep-pourer, though some sources have him down as sending the occasional mischievous anonymous rep...

In the Seventh Age, Heren Istarion took a wife of mysterious beauty, who is captured in a picture where her face slips away. Mrs Istarion is registered, rumour has it, to the Downs, though she is quite self-effacing. Reactions to the news of the union caused various lines of speculation along these terms:

"Ask her to study Heren and tell us everything she finds out about the Blue Wizards!"

But presumably the discreet Mrs Istarion is sworn to secrecy on such topics.

Finally, Heren is one of the greatest romanciers of our time. Listen to his description of the birth of Aranarth:

Third party may lawfully knock holes in both theories, indicating the whole story as mere typo on Tolkien's part. But I prefer to dream romance behind it, masked Arvedui climbing the walls and swimming over Anduin to (not to lose sight of the title) kiss his beloved, that kind of thing. And little Aranarth being as much a cause for the wedding as political necessity may have been. Things tend to be hushed up in higher up circles, yer honour. Having in mind marriage customs, though, every union is automatically 'in wedlock', so 1940 T.A. may be viewed as the year of 'official rituals', confirming the fact.

[Celuien]

Anguirel is a well-known Downer from Oxford, England. Astonishingly to many posters on the "How do you imagine other BDers" thread, he is but 16 years of age. This came as a shocking revelation to the vast majority of us who believed him to be 20-30.

An avid werewolf player, Anguirel is currently preparing to mod the latest incarnation of the game and has listed it as his strangest habit in the Barrow Confessional. He is also a fan of the Sons of Feanor, going so far as to rehabiliate the worse behaved members of the clan in his Silmarillion Survivor.

Finally, Anguirel is a member of the Barrow-Downs Procrastination Society.

[Lhunardawen]

Celuien of Philadelphia joined the Downs May 1 of last year. According to the BD name generator when she used her RL name, she is the Dancing Huorn (but right now I'm having visions of her together with Rimbaud ). She is 21, turning 22 this March 17.

She is sorely missed (at least by me) in the Werewolf games; she had already participated in IV as an ordo, X again as an ordo, and XIII as the Ranger. Right now she is engrossed with Assigned to Mordor, which, I believe, is her first RPG. (But if we're going to trust her location, she's on vacation, far from her computer).

Finally, Celuien is another member of the Downs Procrastinators' Society.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Lhunardawen hails from the Philippines. She is an acclaimed University genius despite her tender teen-age. She is just about to turn seventeen in a couple of days and I wish her a very happy birthday.

I started talking to her when she caught me in a net and engaged me in theological discussion. As I recall, the argument descended into Let's-agree-to-disagree (she might have other thoughts on that, and I thought my Loch Ness Monster analogy had her head spinning) but it started a beautiful friendship.

She claims that she has had heart-attacks but this is a lie. Lhuna is actually very healthy, never eats junk food, goes for regular 14-mile swims and can jump higher than 7 feet into the air.

She was the victim of my worst act of treachery in Werwolf VII, where she was murdered at my request. She has never forgiven me for this and I don't blame her. She will never be a Werewolf (a proper werewolf) because she's too sweet.

And she's lovely. That's the essential Lhunardawen.

[Gil-Galad]

The Grand Eomer of the Rohirrim, our local Scotsmen, perhaps even Stewart of Albany? we shall never know with him, his tale brings us to fighting Pirates and saving gnomes from trees that attack because of meatball sub shortages.

but enough of my crazy stories, i bring you the tale of Sir Eomer of Rohirrim



NARRATOR: The Tale of Sir Eomer.... So each of the knights
went their separate ways. Sir Eomer rode north, through the dark
forest of Ewing, accompanied by his favorite minstrels.
MINSTREL (singing):
Bravely bold Sir Eomer, rode forth from Rohan.
He was not afraid to die, o Brave Sir Eomer.
He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways.
Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Eomer!
He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp,
Or to have his eyes gouged out, and his elbows broken.
To have his kneecaps split, and his body burned away,
And his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Sir Eomer!
His head smashed in and his heart cut out,
And his liver removed and his bowels unplugged,
And his nostrils raped and his bottom burned off,
EOMER: That's -- that's, uh, that's enough music for now, lads.
Looks like there's dirty work afoot

ALL HEADS: Halt! Who art thou?
MINSTREL (singing): He is brave Sir Eomer, brave Sir Eomer, who--
EOMER: Shut up! Um, n-n-nobody really, I'm j-just um, just
passing through.
ALL HEADS: What do you want?
MINSTREL (singing): To fight, and--
EOMER: Shut up! Um, oo, n-nothing, nothing really -- I, uh,
j-j-ust to um, just to p-pass through good Sir knight.
ALL HEADS: I'm afraid not!
EOMER: Ah. W-well, actually I am a Knight of the Round Table.
ALL HEADS: You're a Knight of the Round Table?
EOMER: I am.
LEFT HEAD: In that case I shall have to kill you.
MIDDLE HEAD: Shall I?
RIGHT HEAD: Oh, I don't think so.
MIDDLE HEAD: Well, what do I think?
LEFT HEAD: I think kill him.
RIGHT HEAD: Well let's be nice to him.
MIDDLE HEAD: Oh shut up.
LEFT HEAD: Perhaps-
MIDDLE HEAD: And you.
LEFT HEAD: Oh quick get the sword out I want to cut his head off!
RIGHT HEAD: Oh, cut your own head off!
MIDDLE HEAD: Yes, do us all a favor!
LEFT HEAD: What?
RIGHT HEAD: Yapping on all the time.
MIDDLE HEAD: You're lucky, you're not next to him.
LEFT HEAD: What do you mean?
MIDDLE HEAD: You snore.
LEFT HEAD: Oh I don't -- anyway, you've got bad breath.
MIDDLE HEAD: Well its only because you don't brush my teeth.
RIGHT HEAD: Oh stop bitching and let's go have tea.
LEFT HEAD: All right all right all right we'll kill him first
and then have tea and biscuits.
MIDDLE HEAD: Yes.
RIGHT HEAD: Oh, not biscuits.
LEFT HEAD: All right all right not biscuits, but lets kill him
anyway.
ALL HEADS: Right!
LEFT HEAD: He's buggered off!
RIGHT HEAD: So he has, he's scarpered.
MINSTREL (singing): Brave Sir Eomer ran away
EOMER: No!
MINSTREL (singing): Bravely ran away away
EOMER: I didn't!
MINSTREL (singing): When danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled
EOMER: No!
MINSTREL (singing): Yes Brave Sir Eomer turned about
EOMER: I didn't!
MINSTREL (singing): And gallantly he chickened out
Bravely taking to his feet
EOMER: I never did!
MINSTREL (singing): He beat a very brave retreat
EOMER: Oh, lie!
MINSTREL (singing): Bravest of the brave Sir Eomer
EOMER: I never!

[Meneltarmacil]

Gil-Galad is best known for his insane, off-the-wall humorous comments, and created the character of Johnny the Stinky Balrog in "Fortunately/Unfortunately." He is also one of the most confusing players of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.

[Kath]

Meneltarmacil is a dirty, rotten liar - at least when it comes to werewolf games, of which he is an excellent player. I'm not sure how many times he's been what but as a werewolf he won and I believe he has been on the winning team as an ord too.

He is only a few months older than me at 18 (if my maths is right) and is a student, so is probably under attack from large amounts of work, as well as trying to get into university.

He wants to study paleontology, and gave some very helpful advice when I needed to choose between four dinosaurs, with information about each, so I doubt that will present too much of a problem.

Haunts the Fortunately/Unfortunately thread, creating (and defusing) some truly bizarre situations.

[Cailín]

Ooo, Kath.

Well, she is 17, British, college-bound - that is - if she manages to revise for her upcoming exams and participate in the newest Werewolf game simultaneously.

She shares one of my weirdest habits (making little boats out of pieces of paper), is addicted to the Barrowdowns, television and Lord of the Rings and deeply despises her psychology teacher. She distrusts Meneltarmacil more than any other Downer - though I could not explain why - and does not look constantly exasperated, despite evidence suggesting otherwise. She is capable of writing longer PMs than yours truly, which is quite an accomplishment.

If you're interested in finding out more about her, check the What do you assign to Mordor thread, in which she posted no less than 36 psychologically responsible rants.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

She was born June 20, 1985, and she is from Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Calín is a Celtic/English (with an emphasis on Old and Mediaeval English) student at a Dutch university. (I was slightly confused at first when looking for information about where she studies, because she's a well-travelled person who has stated an interest to study in quite a lot of universities all over the world. (Come to UP! Well, maybe it's better you don't--you might get the right impression about my country . . . )) She came across the Downs while googling for information for her Beowulf paper. She *gasp* has never read The Lord of the Rings, although she has watched the film version. When she discovered Tol-in-Gaurhoth, she was immediately addicted. So on the 29th of June, 2005, she joined the Downs under the name Cailín (which in Irish Gaelic means 'girl'), which was the first word that came to her mind. And then she joined WWIX, and continued to play in games X, XI, XII, and (the current game) XVI. She has also co-moderated WWXV, with Anguirel.

Okay, personal opinion, from playing with her, and reading some of the games she has played in, she's a devoted student of the game, having read past games to gain experience (perhaps, although she may also have read them for sheer enjoyment). She is quick to offer an insight or two, often helpful, unless she were a wolf attempting to mislead the village. ( )

She is one of the few members who became a Tolkien fan because of the Downs.

Random things: She had an imaginary childhood friend, a beautiful, vertically challenged girl with waist-length black hair. She had many brushes with Eomer of the Rohirrim, including his description of her, and this confirmation. She was also the seer in WWXI, where she denounced Eomer as a Werewolf. And then there was another game (WWXII) where she, a werewolf, was killed by her victim, Eomer the hunter. [/my stupid attempt at matchmaking]

(Having gathered the data while I was still alive in WWXVI, it's feels creepy to 'stalk' someone you used to be playing Werewolves with . . . or probably even against.

I am suspicious, even here. )

[gralin musicteeth]

Nilpaurion Felagund

I don't know very much about Nilpaurion, except that he is from the Phillipines and his birthday is September 16, 1986. His favourite colour is blue, he wears glasses, he is lazy and a perfectionist. He has a brother (I think). That's all I know about Nilpaurion Felagund. I hope it's all correct, or I will feel like a moron.

[Valier]

Real name is Anne (music teeth?) born September 20.Attends Memorial university as a physics major. Tends to be lazt and a procrastinator. Fav colour is blue. Loves the Beatles and cheesecake....... And what , I don't know is a Buttress?
Hope I got it pretty acurate!

[elronds_daughter]

Originally Posted by gralin musicteeth

He has a brother (I think).

Nilp is a brother. He's got a sister: Lhuna.

Anyway, on to Valier!
She (I hope?!) is six years, eight months, and ten days older than myself. Her post-per-day average is a whopping 3.55. In her opinion, students are close to bums. (Really? No one ever told me that....)
Other than the fact that she's an avid WW player, I don't know much about her...and it doesn't help that I'm too lazy to research.

[Roa_Aoife]

elrond's_daughter is really named Cecily. She's a college student who likes her English professor more than her American literature professor.

[Thinlómien]

Roa_Aoife (or Roa for short) is an anime fan and his/her roommate loves Sleepy's avvie. Roa (though a newbie at the area) is an able WW player and in the latest game he/she was killed by the wolves.

[HerenIstarion]

Thinlómien, the daughter of Ugri, is a bit crazy, and turns sixteen quite soon (less than a month left ). Besides madness, she is also strikingly beautiful...

Her name stands either for Grey Echo, or For Grey Nightingale, or for Grey of Twilight, or maybe for all three of them, I was not sure in my analysis, but elements are all in the name. Whatever its meaning, it suits her well. As for Ugri, the term and its application tells me that maybe she feels unity not only with people of Suomi, but further on with all Ugric peoples, and maybe has long lost cousins she knows nothing about in Hungary or even in snows of Siberia…

She lives in Uusimaa district of Helsinki, Finland, which, probably, is the same as Mejis graveyard. Not knowing if Helsinki is a proper place for Mejis burial, I, however, will utter a guess that maybe Thinlómien enjoyes Stephen King and Dark Tower series, where barony of Mejis is to be found (to the best of my knowledge)

Dark Tower being educated guess, I may now proceed to things I know for sure, precisely - Thinlómien enjoys role-playing. Per instance, she’s been noted playing M.E.R.P (that standing for Middle Earth Role Playing). Consequently, she tries herself at writing, but to what results, we are not informed yet

Else, Thinlómien enjoys drawing and hanging out with friends (and of course, Tolkien, but that is a built-in option, otherwise she would not be hanging out with us here and now )

She is interested in people as well as in books, or so I assume seeing her active participation in threads like Which Downer am I? and active welcoming of new members. She is also interested in orks (or at least in movies with them in).

Maybe (and now I’m really shooting wild) Thinlómien enjoys Nightwish, or Norther, seeing as both are Finnish bands, or maybe watches racing progress of Kimi Raikkonen intently… but here I’m not sure of my footing…

What else? I’m immensely glad to have her around here

[Thinlómien]

Quite well, Heren. Mejis is the name of the current WWJ3-village, but yes it comes from Dark Tower. Graveyard is because I'm dead. I enjoy Nightwish (one of my favourite bands, so ten points!), but have no interest in Norther or Kimi Räikkönen.

Clear-up: For the next poster: HerenIstarion is the next one, not me.

[Precioussss]

HerenIstarion ia named George, I think. He was born 21 January 1978. He is unemployed according to his profile and his signature suggests he like Jesus Christ Superstar. He likes to poll people about things, like free cheese. He's from Georgia. He is very smart, too. He doesn't make useless posts like I do. And that's all I know about your hero (and mine) HerenIstarion.

[Gil-Galad]

Precioussss is a very quiet member, this is the first time i myself had heard from her/him, joined in 2002, but only has a post count of 70, so maybe he/she will begin coming more often??

[Glirdan]

Gil-Galad, or Glen as some of us know him as, is 16 and he joined three years ago on this day. He's egotistical, but not as bad as phantom ( ) and a ladies man. He's never made it (until this game that is) to the end of a WW game. Has a post count of 3,513 and he's currently sitting on high Taniquetil. His usual haunt (I believe) is Middle-Earth Mirth yet he also goes into Quotable Quotes and the Quiz Rooms. As for background info, let's just say he did NOT meat Sauron in battle, though he tried like heck (not litterally).

[Lhunardawen]

Glirdan - or Glirdy, if you want to make him happy - is a fifteen year old and one year dead wight from Canada, and a real life friend of our Madame Butterfly of the Numbers. He's clearly a music lover as he was more than glad to take that occupation in Werewolf XVIII, and, as his profile tells us, "does stuff normal teens wouldn't do." Hmmm...

He's an extremely hyperactive guy the way I see him, and incredibly jumpy in Werewolf games - that usually gets him in trouble. Actually, a number of BDers were surprised not to find a manic glint in his RL eye, and I kind of share their sentiment. He mostly participates in Mirth threads (or maybe just because that's where I usually am nowadays ), even moderated The Hobbit Survivor, and just quite recently entered the unexplored (for him) territory of the Green Dragon Inn.

He dared to undertake the daunting task of reminding the BDers of others' deathdays, which he understandably couldn't really do perfectly. Imagine having to go through thousands of names!

In a word (or two), he's kinda crazy. Said so himself. And I'm sure we can all attest to that.

[Celuien]

Lhuna is a 17 year old Downer from the Philippines. She is a biology major and princess. According to her Live Journal, one of her alter-egos is the Endoplasmic Reticulum, and she would prefer to be the smooth ER.

Wighted on 3-16-2003, she has been an active member of the Chapter by Chapter discussions and is a well-known Werewolfer. She recently proved Eomer of the Rohirrim's prophecy that she is too sweet to be a proper werewolf true by being a Loverly Werewolf in her brother Nilpaurion Felagund's game. She is also known for her sense of humor in the Mirth Forum. Lhuna is currently the 16th Downer on the Members List sorted by reputation.

Lhuna hates too easy exams, Nilp's long fingernails, gravity, headaches, show-offs, know-it-alls and 1.0 M ammonia.

She likes chocolate, hazelnut, caramel, rainbows, the number 17 and cumulus clouds. She's also a fan of Alumìne Umfuìl.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Question: Can one do a SAVE here? I would like to do a great 'Oh-crap-he's-stalking-me!' post for her, but gathering the necessary data takes a bit of time.

And you have no ulterior motive in having SAVES here?

Why, none. If SAVES are not allowed here, I'll delete this post.

[HerenIstarion]

Originally Posted by Nilpaurion Felagund

Question: Can one do a SAVE here? I would like to do a great 'Oh-crap-he's-stalking-me!' post for her, but gathering the necessary data takes a bit of time.

And you have no ulterior motive in having SAVES here?

Why, none. If SAVES are not allowed here, I'll delete this post.

I've given it some thought. Interesting suggestion, I daresay, but I suppose it would be against the point of the thread. Aforesaid point being, 'get to know your co-boarders as the dice fall out, at random, not ones you are already familiar with by cooperating in one of the subthreads. I fear SAVES would end up in members already 'disposed' towards each other hunting each other out here. So, it's 'no, please' (Despite probable reviving of this somewhat dormant thread SAVES may well bring about)

There is no need to delete your post, let the digression/commentary stand as it is 'for future generations' good'

Next to 'investigate upon' is still Celuien

[Meneltarmacil]

Ah, HerenIstarion. The illustrious H-I has been a member of the Barrow-Downs for several years, and is held in high respect by most people around here. He is well-known for his habit of bringing ancient, long-forgotten threads back to life for more recent members to enjoy, something I appreciate. He has also created an alter-ego by the name of Roggie of Morgoth, who rears his fiery head every now and then.

[Meneltarmacil]

Okay, about Celuien:

She and I have played in some Werewolf games together, and in one village her occupation had something to do with frogs, so she put up an avatar to reflect this. She has often been confused with Cailín due to the similarity in names. Actually, I really don't know a whole lot about her, to tell you the truth.

[Gil-Galad]

ah, good old Menel, our lovely Avatar-Drawer of a dragon only for herself who recently modded a WW game which i beleive i died in...

[Legolas in spandex]

Gil Galad's name is based off of an elven king named in the Fellowship. He enjoys computer games and LotR.

[Firefoot]

A plea: a lot of people don't seem to be putting very much effort into this. It really is a lot more fun for everyone if you try to put together something interesting and thought-out, especially for the person that you're doing. Too many people have just been doing a line or two with the very barest facts found in that user's profile or just things they already know. If you don't know very much about a person, try doing some research. You might learn some interesting things. For example, I knew next to nothing about Legolas in Spandex...

Legolas is a fairly new Downer, having joined last month. She is a highschooler who loves to draw, and is on DeviantArt. She also plays the clarinet and guitar. Her birthday is the 4th of December.

She is currently reading LotR for the first time and very recently finished FotR. She has read a little bit of the Sil. She got into LotR because of the movies, and she also has a friend who is quite into LotR. She is quite the fan of the movies and enjoys several things about them including the music, effects, and settings. Her favorite character is presumably Legolas.

She likes songs of travel and adventure.

She has posted mostly in M-E mirth, but also has several posts in the Movies, Barrow Downs, and N&N fora.

[JennyHallu]

Here, dear, see if this meets with your satisfaction.

Firefoot is a high-school student, born on September 28th about 16 years ago, I think, though that is a guess, who has been a member of the 'Downs for over two years now. She is devoted to the Lutheran church she attends with her family (and some of her extended family) in the American midwest: so much so that she spent her spring break on a missions trip in New Orleans helping to clean up the city. She is athletic, and enjoys playing soccer, if not the smell of a well-used soccer gym bag.

She has a younger brother who is 14. This may be the source of her need for an outlet on the Downs (I remember when my brother was 14) and asserts that playing in RPGs such as the Eorling Mead Hall and Island of Sorrow keep her cheerful. It is certain that her eloquent and well-written additions to those threads keep the rest of us entertained.

She loves puns and puzzles--just look at her signature! She also loves horses and the Veggie Tales series. She is taking Latin, and enjoys it, which is insane. My justification for saying this is that I found it boring. Certain respected tests have advised her to date Aragorn.

She reads much more than just Tolkien, and enjoys books by Tad Williams, Robert Jordan, and Brian Jacques.

She is not fond of packaging, snow plow drivers, grammar errors from her teachers, and people who block hallways. She is a bit of a pyromaniac. Good for you!

And since this is a Tolkien site, her favorite characters are Frodo, Aragorn, Eowyn, and Feanor, and she is much less fond of Tom and Treebeard. She was first introduced to Tolkien at the age of twelve and unfortunately the disease was fatal.

[Folwren]

Good heavens above!! Talk about some elaborate detail there on Firefoot. How on earth...?

Well, let me try.

JennyHallu is a young wife, has no kids, but hopes to someday. She is extremely observant and remembers in great detail many things that happened to her in her past, but not only does she remember stuff like that, but she also remembers the mundane, every day life stuff, which is one reason why she is a secretary (like me) in an office that is not always very busy and where she has immediate access to a computer that is not connected to the internet by dial up.

She is a very friendly young woman, merry and happy and always cheers people up around her with a smile.

Jenny is extremely smart. Don’t underestimate her brain power. (It’s either that, or she knows computers so well that they do her thinking for her, but I doubt that’s the case.)

She can draw and enjoys doing so.

She types quickly - at least 70 words per minute, but that's only when she doesn't know the content of her writing very well.

And almost the best in my opinion and maybe the last - Jenny can write excellently. Her role playing is awesome reading, and I wish she would publish a book so I could read it. She’s been writing a long time and has written, over time and in different stories, about many different sorts and types of characters.

Nope, that wasn’t the last - this one is. She loves her husband dearly and they both dote on each other as they should. They always enjoy getting home at night when work is over and they can see each other, and I’m afraid I can’t tell you if she’s any good at cooking, but if I could, I would add that she cooks them up a nice dinner at evening and they live happily ever after - until the next morning.

-- Folwren

[JennyHallu]

Folwren is, though it took me a VERY long time to be absolutely sure (I'm blaming the self-references as a "chap" and her Jack alter ego), a girl. She has long, light brown hair, and is somewhere between 16 and 18 years old. (Pure conjecture) She also has absolutely no accent.

She has a younger sister and an older brother, and will be an aunt within the usual nine-month span. She lives near a wooded area, but her family keeps horses, and has a swingset, which Foley and her siblings used to pretend was a pirate ship. She works part-time and attends school, and plays violin in ways that make men long for ear-plugs. Like Firefoot, she is a Veggie-Tales fan, which leads me to the conjecture that she is Christian.

Foley likes birds and pays close attention to signatures. She has a great deal of respect for Winston Churchill. Her favorite elf is Fingolfin, and her favorite hobbit is Sam, whom she will defend to the death if need be.

[Legolas in spandex]

Originally Posted by Firefoot

A plea: a lot of people don't seem to be putting very much effort into this. =

Gil-Galad has his name from a character discussed by Aragorn in the Fellowhship . This character was an elven king who seemed to have a very shiny shield. Gil-Galad loves puns as he calls himself "Pun-master of awesomeness". He has posted in many places I have. He seems to partake in Star Wars humor as his e-mail is udonotknowthejedi@hotmail.com. His birthday is Oct.30, 1989, making him around 16 years of age. He loves computer games. He welcomes people frequently in the "Introduce Yourself column" and he is part of the "Mount Zoom Challenge."

I hope that was a good bit better. Sorry for my uninthusiasm. Nice e-mail Gil-Galad. Very unique.

[Lhunardawen]

Ahem. I think we're getting a bit lost here.

Thank you Firefoot for voicing out what HerenIstarion would have, and everyone for heeding it.

I just want to remind you all that we have a ten-person rule - you can't "do" someone within ten posts following your last.

If anyone would listen to me, I believe the thread should commence with a post on Jenny. Don't do one on me, please. Thanks!