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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
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Keeping with the good tradition of this site that has created so many couples and, in notable number of cases, has led to producing a new generation of Barrow-Downer offspring, I would like to announce with great joy the birth of Thinlómien and Legate of Amon Lanc's baby daughter.
Her due date was officially 22nd September, but as a debatable screenwriter once wrote, a Wizard is never late, nor is she early, she arrives precisely when she means to. We therefore did not exactly make it for Cormarë, but nonetheless - the little one is now with us and we hope that in time, she would not frown on her parents' interests but perhaps find her own joy in them (or even join this very community, if we dared to hope - that would create already a third-generation 'Downer in one family, which would truly be something). Keeping with the Finnish custom of naming children usually only a couple of weeks or months after birth, I cannot share a name with you, but I can tell you that much that, unsurprisingly, Tolkien referrences have been heavily considered among our options.
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From our Downs family to yours: congratulations Legate and Lommy! Never mind their real name, what username to bequeath them? Thinny of Amon Lanc? Legalomien? The options are endless!
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Spirit of Mist
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Tol Eressea
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Congratulations!
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Cryptic Aura
Join Date: May 2002
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Congratulations to you, Legate and Lommie. And I believe congratulations are also in order to a certain Downer on gaining Gaffer status, Nogrod.
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Princess of Skwerlz
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles)
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Congratulations and best wishes, Lommy and Legate, as well as Gaffer Nogrod and Auntie Greenie! How lovely to see the Barrow family growing!
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall
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O fabulous news, o great glory and splendour! A hearty welcome to the Baby Wight, best wishes for the health of Mother Penguin and her Werechick, and congratulations to the extended family!
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Blossom of Dwimordene
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: The realm of forgotten words
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Happy birthday to the newly arrived Istar! And of course to the parents and all the rest of the family!
And it may of course only be a silly coincidence, but one of the things that marks a wizard is that many are their names in many countries - or forums. ![]() Quote:
![]() (But imagine the amount of wishy-floppy flip-washiness if someone with such a username ever joined a game of WW! ![]()
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Drummer in the Deep
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Next Sunday A.D.
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(Is the title of Legate inheritable?)
Congratulations and much love to the expanded family! <3
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Overshadowed Eagle
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea
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Congratulations Lommy and Legate!
In Middle-earth everything is hereditary. I think the heir to a Legate would be a Tribune, so congratulations to Tribune *Legalomien too. ^_^ hS
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Curmudgeonly Wordwraith
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits
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Best of wishes to you both and the best of health to the Halfling.
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
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Thank y'all!
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Penguin180 certainly sounds like a username. Quote:
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Obviously though if the Legate part is accounted for in the Tribune, then it should logically be something like Tribune of Amon Lóm. - Hey! Of course! How about something like... *dramatic drumroll* Tribune of Dor-Lómin?
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Regal Dwarven Shade
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold
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Congratulations to you both.
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
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Finally here! Apart from the werechick keeping me busy, our new internet provider seems to block the 'Down by default
![]() Thank you all so much for the congratulations <3 I had a good chuckle about the usernames too; and how cute if she was a tribune! Let's also hope the kid doesn't take after her parents (and grandpa) as a werewolf player - just imagine the floodposting with her genes... ![]()
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Congradulations to you both.
So, when does the indoctrination begin? ![]()
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
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It already has - for instance I just started listening to The Silmarillion as an audiobook so she has been exposed to the Ainulindalë. (And unfortunately she might have heard some sounds of The Rings of Power too.
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
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Also as far as songs go, the song of Eärendil (which I sing in Czech) seems to be good for putting to sleep (well, I guess it is repetitive enough to pick up the pattern). Last time she seemed especially happy at the description of armour and all the other equipment. Other ones I have exposed her to (also in Czech) were the second version of the Dwarven song (the wind over withered heath), the song of Nimrodel, and a bit of Gollum's song.
Plus, yesterday when we were typing our respective rants about the RoP, she was present and Lommy showed her the very 'Downs and she reputedly seemed interested ![]()
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Cryptic Aura
Join Date: May 2002
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Remember to take a screen shot for her baby book!
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