LotR Online – The Quendi Have Arrived
Fans of the MMO Lord Of The Rings Online will be glad to know that the Elves – known in Tolkien’s writing as the Quendi – will be available as a “playable race.”
Anyone familiar with The Silmarillion (the legends and background history that form the basis of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings) knows that the Elves were the Firstborn, existing for ages uncounted before the arrival of Iluvatar’s Younger Children, the Race of Man. Immortal, the Elves – or Quendi, as they are more properly known – initially befriended Men, and occasionally intermarried with them. Long ages of warfare and betrayal have estranged the two races, however, as the Quendi now live in seclusion in their deep forest kingdoms.
Now, the remnants of an ancient evil is once more rearing its head, and the Quendi find themselves once more drawn into a war, the roots of which stretch far back into the distant past of the First Age. As they again ally themselves with the races of Man, LOTRO gamers have a choice of five Elven classes: Champion, Guardian, Minstrel, Hunter, and Lore-Master.
Fans of the MMO Lord Of The Rings Online will be glad to know that the Elves – known in Tolkien’s writing as the Quendi – will be available as a “playable race.”
Anyone familiar with The Silmarillion (the legends and background history that form the basis of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings) knows that the Elves were the Firstborn, existing for ages uncounted before the arrival of Iluvatar’s Younger Children, the Race of Man. Immortal, the Elves – or Quendi, as they are more properly known – initially befriended Men, and occasionally intermarried with them. Long ages of warfare and betrayal have estranged the two races, however, as the Quendi now live in seclusion in their deep forest kingdoms.
Now, the remnants of an ancient evil is once more rearing its head, and the Quendi find themselves once more drawn into a war, the roots of which stretch far back into the distant past of the First Age. As they again ally themselves with the races of Man, LOTRO gamers have a choice of five Elven classes: Champion, Guardian, Minstrel, Hunter, and Lore-Master.
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