Crown of Antlers

When Calicia was looting the secret chest inside the Haunted Burrow this past Saturday, she was founded the Aged Deed which awards the player with a painted skeleton steed. The amusing thing is that the following day she received the Aged Deed again after looting the secret chest. Unfortunately the Aged Deed is bound to the character that loots it, so she couldn't give it to any of my alts. All she could do was throw the extra deed away.

Here is Calicia's newest pony.



Truth be told, this steed is wasted on me/my characters. If I want them to ride a Halloween themed mount I prefer for them to ride their Steeds of Gloaming Autumn. And as far as using the Skeleton Steed as a regular mount, well...it only has one hundred points of moral, making it the same quality horse/pony as the starter steeds. Calicia has far better ponies which each have either two hundred or two hundred and fifty points of morale.

And so, she trotted around the Party Tree a few times on the skeleton pony, then put it away and whistled for her Gloaming Autumn pony.

Note: The Steed of Gloaming Autumn link is to my old blog at Live Journal, so don't be surprised at the page having a different appearance.

We got back from our trip out west in time to take part in LOTRO's Fall Festival. That means that it's time for my characters to saddle up their Steeds of Gloaming Autumn. Since this is last year's festival steed it means that this is the last time players will able to barter for it with tokens earned through the festival. After this players who want this steed will have to use Mithril Coins.



My characters who are taking part in the festival are all riding this steed and dressed in same outfit that Glorawenn is wearing (the male characters are wearing the tunic and trousers version of this particular cosmetic).

Body: Gown of Autumn Nights
Cloak: Spooky Cloak of the Bat
Head: Harvest Brew Circlet.

I'm still doing outfit and mount matching. Glorawenn, who is currently questing in Dunland, recently received the Scout's Weathered Jacket as a quest reward. Dyed turquoise, the jacket goes well with the Steed of Rivendell.




Since Credella is Glorawenn's mini-me, she has also dyed her Weathered Jacket turquoise to match her Steed of Rivendell pony.

Typically my Hobbit hunter Credella adventures with my Second String fellowship (consisting of my elven Warden Caladwyn, my elven Minstrel Manastian, and of course Credella). But occasionally she crosses paths with her idol; my elven hunter Glorawenn.

They are wearing the same armor and each riding the Steed of the Yield.

Being a Mirkwood Wood Elf, Andranel normally wears clothing and armor which has been dyed shades of green or brown, but I decided to try matching the Robe of the Learned Stag with the Prized Malledhrim Horse. I was pleasantly surprised to find that with the robe dyed gold, it goes perfectly with the trappings on this mount.

Although it's not a palomino, I think the Prized Algraig Steed works well with Glorawenn.



At the moment Glorawenn's off-hand weapon is a dagger that is enchanted to give off a blue glow when she's near orc-kind. Shortly after getting this horse, she happened to ride past an area where half-orcs were lurking and the steed's white mane began to glow blue. It took a few minutes for me to remember the enchantment on the dagger and realized that the horse's mane was reflecting the dagger's enchantment. So for a moment I wondered, "why is this horse's mane turning blue?"

LOTRO's 2016 Yule Festival started yesterday, and Glorawenn promptly headed for Frostbluff to get the new steed. She's currently working to get the warsteed cosmetics in case I ever manage to get her to a high enough level to get a warsteed (I started playing LOTRO two years ago this week and I'm still no there yet).

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Yesterday my fellowship managed to achieve Kindred status with the Malladhrim (a faction of Lothlorien Elves who have ventured into Mirkwood). The faction offers two mounts which can be bartered for. Being a hunter who likes to keep to the shadows when tracking the enemy, Glorawenn chose the Smokey Black Steed.

Andranel went with the other mount which I will share screens of in the next entry. Glorawenn, Andranel, and Calcia also all received the Elf Ambassador's Horse which is a reward for reaching Kindred with all three of the elven factions (Elves of Rivendell, Galadhrim (Lothlorien), and Malladhrim (Mirkwood). Screens of this meta-deed mount will also be shared in a future entry.

For now, here are screens of Glorawenn's new smokey black steed. I know the lighting isn't great in these shots, but Mirkwood is a dark forest unlike the Golden Wood of Lothlorien.


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