User:Skartakh

About me

English literature in high school introduced me to Tolkien, through The Hobbit. It was maybe surprising that it took me so many years to make the acquaintance with Tolkien's works - but then it didn't take a long time to read Lord of the Rings as well; and I probably re-read it every 3-4 years or so. And of course I was captivated by the movies, which seemed so much in line with how Middle Earth looked in my imagination - or rather, in Tolkien's visual descriptions. Finding the game was simply a matter of time - then still as a paid game (Shadows of Angmar box set). After some time of intensive playing, I found myself in a situation with not much free time at hand. Later I was quite disappointed to find the game had transitioned to free-to-play and I didn't return for some years. However I've been more or less active since 2018, leveling slowly through what in the old day was the cap (65) to 100 in 2019 and 130 in 2020 during midsummer (I find events very good for leveling), and now 140. Yeah, I take it slowly :-) I used to be on server Snowbourn but since its closure I'm on Evernight.

On Steam I have a gallery with the best of my LotRO screenshots :-)

I'm also an Editor here on the wiki.

Characters

Below are my current characters - Captain Skartakh from Gondor, and his cousin Guardian Skarliman from Bree-land (brother of the Prancing Pony's innkeeper). One is a farmer and the other a cook, so together Skar & Skar can help you with beer, pipe-weed, coffee, or something else - see more below. Clan father Skarlord has recently arrived in Middle-Earth as well.

Class	Character	Race	Level	Vocation	1st Profession	2nd Profession	3rd Profession	Guilds & Standing
	Skartakh	Man	150	Historian	Master Scholar of Umbar	Master Farmer of Gundabad	(Master Weaponsmith of Gundabad) Prospector of the Ironfold	Scholar's Guild : Umbar Guild Member (Weaponsmith's Guild : Apprentice of the Guild)
	Skarliman	Man	78	Tinker	Master Jeweller of Umbar	Prospector of Umbar	Master Cook of Gundabad	Cook's Guild : Honoured Master of the Guild Jeweller's Guild : Guild Initiate
	Skarlord	Man	27	Yeoman	Master Expert Cook	Apprentice Farmer	Tailor	Cook's Guild : Tailor's Guild :
	Skarlady	Man	5	-	-	-	-	- : Tailor's Guild :

Also feel free to pop by our very cosy houses, they are open for you to get yourself a drink near the fireplace!

• 4 Chestnut Street and 5 Chestnut Street, two adjacent houses in Branbroke in the Bree-land Homesteads ^{[37.0S, 48.1W]}
  
• 2 Ridge Road, in Borburg in Rohan's Eastfold Hills Homesteads, close to the homestead center and with a view towards Snowbourn ^{[64.23S, 68.93W]}
  

Skar & Skar, Purveyors of Fine Goods

For relaxing times in Middle-Earth, Skar & Skar (est. 2020) is proud to be available for the following goods:

•  Shire Spice Ale (You are quite merry!)
•  Ultimate Honeybrew Beer (You've muddled your wits!)
•  Pouch of Hornblower Pipe-weed (blow smoke rings that fly through each other)
•  Pouch of Old Toby Pipe-weed (blow heart-shaped smoke rings)

Need a fix-up and increased run speed?

•  Cup of Superior Westemnet Coffee (min. level 90)

For your combat needs, we can help you with the following foods:

•  Nine Star Pie (morale and power regeneration, min. level 121)
•  Freshwater Fish Plate (morale and power regeneration, min. level 131) - however this needs as ingredient fish for cooking, so don't throw any of such crafting fish away when you catch them!
•  Potato-stuffed Waybread (increased might and resistance, min. level 121)
•  Fried Beetroot Sticks (increased might and resistance, min. level 131)

And of course for lore's sake, we can also supply you with Lembas!

We can also help with scrolls and athelas:

•  Scroll of Gundabad Battle Lore (do more damage, min. level 121)
•  Scroll of Gundabad Warding Lore (resist more attacks, min. level 121)
•  Gundabad Athelas Essence (large morale restoration, min. level 130)

Please enquire in-game on Evernight with Skartakh or Skarliman if you are looking for other farmer, cook or scholar items - Skar & Skar will be happy to try and procure them for you.

Useful links

• The kinship on Evernight that I am a member of: Fellowship of Guardians (FoG). Mostly Europe-based players from the GMT&CET time zones. Apply at the link or talk to Rucagorn in-game if you want to join!
• This fantastic map for LotRO - fully zoomable and annotated: LotRO Google Map.
• Plugins make game life much easier - check out the help of LoTROInterface and FibroJedi's Top 9 LOTRO Plugins.
• And we're not using aliases and other shortcuts often enough!

Captain Skartakh is often dressed in his Grey Company garb, such as here in front of The Hill, near Hobbiton