In this series, I talk about various aspects of The Lord of the Rings Online. This series is meant for newcomers, but may also help veteran players find more to love about the game.
It's time for the third class-focused entry in the series! Today we get to talk about the Lore-master class! Some things won't need to be rehashed for a third time, but the race of this character means a different Introduction and starting area to look at and discuss!
The Lore-master class is restricted to Elf, High Elf, and Man. Having gone with Elf before, and wanting to cover the basic races before the additional ones, I went with the race of Man for this character. Incidentally, my other two Lore-masters are ALSO the race of Man (but are women).
Once again using my Welsh and input from my husband and BFF, I was tasked with using "blue" and "mountains" as a theme. (Ironic since this time we won't be starting in the Blue Mountains.) In any case, I took into consideration that the first animal companion of a Lore-master is a bear, and that resulted in a name that loosely means "blue bear mountain" -- Brigarthlas. I forgot to put as much thought into the bear's name, and was going to go with the Welsh for "Sir Furry" until the game chastised me for trying to do two words. So I went with "Furry Sir" and the Welsh rough equivalent, Blewogsyr. Yeah, I know that's not the greatest. Feel free to comment with better suggestions!
Names aside, the following is a basic summary of the creation process and some of the things you'll encounter when you start out in LOTRO with a Lore-master.
