Whispers

   Perhaps you are familiar with the feeling ...

You have lost something, and you do not remember what it is, or where it was lost, or how. You know that it is something of yours that has been misplaced... your shelf seems emptier somehow, and though you cannot even begin to describe it, you know that you greatly desire to have it back ...

  Sorrow without hope is despair. Although my heart is heavy, as though it has been anchored to the lowest depths of the ocean, I feel hopeful still, that this weight will pass, and that there will again be cause to have joy. There is nothing they can do to take that from me. Even should death watch me from around the corner, I will smile to him.

        
            

Fall of Ungoliant's Spawn

Nilithion Has Been Defeated!

The dreaded spider from Moria has at last fallen by the hand of courageous heroes: Captain Evonfall, Tyrral, Tarvhos, Mosaine, Caladheil, and Warey the River-Maid.

From Evendim to the Misty Mountains, the fellowship pursued this dreaded creature on a long and exhausting hunt, which at last concluded within the depth of Helegrod. The length of time spent in the bitter cold with limited rations left the fellowship half frozen and weak, yet they resolved not to let the monster escape this time. When the battle commenced, it took a vicious toll on all concerned. By the hand of the Elf scout Caladheil, the beast took a blow which felled her, but it was a hard earned victory. All members of the group had be injured, many with fatal poison, and lost consciousness in the dark of the cave along side the body of their enemy.

The identities of those who came to their rescue remain unknown, yet each member of the fellowship was delivered alive to Rivendell with poison removed and wounds dressed. As of now, these heroes continue their path to healing and rejuvenation in The Last Homely House.

The land has been cleansed of the spider's maddening influence and news has spread abroad of her death. Peace has returned to nature is seems, yet tales say there is still evil brewing within Moria-- What evil sent the Rune Hunter forth from that place remains unknown. What action will now be taken against it is the decision of kinship leader Skalithor Mountainzephyr.

-Dorus

New Year's Kinship Challenge!

Thank you for your participation
in last years Kinship challenges! 

This year we will be continuing our theme of "Unity" as we move into one of the most challenging stages of our collaboration effort. Our last two challenges involved "Photography" and "Interpretation", wherein our members voted for the screenshot that best represented our theme and were then challenged to take one object in the scenery and creatively describe it as a character. 

Very good job to all those who chose to participate! These submitted entries will serve as the outline for the next step:

 ILLUSTRATION

The instructions for this month's challenge are as follows; 

Participants will be given one of the descriptions from the previous challenge to illustrate in any visual medium of their choice. 

An illustration is a visual compliment to a story. The objective of an illustration is to enhance the writing without distracting from it, and to do so an illustrator must be attentive to the author's description. Nothing is more frustrating or unappealing than an illustration that improperly represents the original text of a work. So in this challenge you will be putting your talents to the test through comprehension of an author's original idea and fitting it into visual format in a way that illuminates the concept precisely and artistically, incorporates the challenge's theme, and merits the work of the author as well as the illustrator. 

Best of luck to our incredible artists!