Kinships of Laurelin

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Laurelin [English-RP]

(Monster Play Tribes)

• Aegis of the Argonath - (RP kinship) Ancient peacekeepers of the region Argonath, the region that ones held the peace between elves and the evil from the far south. Led by Xaerys Aegias the peacekeepers always search for mighty warriors to aid them in the neverending battle against evil. The Aegii always stand together and always guard eachothers backs. Honour, Courage and Allegiance. Thats our code.

• Alliance of the Free People Sworn to an oath to protect Middle Earth, races from all corners join together to fight the growing threat of evil, formed by a powerful wizard by the name of Cian. We are a medium role playing kinship for all races, we are mature and accept any level characters. We play both pve and pvp so join the ever growing Alliance of the Free People and help defend Middle Earth, and fulfil our oath.

• Anorian Guard - The Anorian Guard is a Greek Kinship, dedicated to defend those in need against the hordes of Darkness, guided by the purest and holiest form of Light that still caresses Middle-Earth, the Secret Fire of Anor (The Sun).

• Baruk Khazad Baruk Khazad is an English Speaking Kinship, lead by Father Dwelorin, we are a kinship of brother dwarves where all are equal. We are mature, Medium roleplay and always approachable, even if we are somewhat techy to elves. We have been around since beta and currently have an alliance with the Defenders of Terramin and the bree pipeweed society (Free pipeweed, ale and people to fight with? What more could a dwarf ask for! )

• Blue Shields of Death - French/English speaking Kinship led by Male Hobbit Minstrel Asclepios. We are a light Roleplaying/open to all races kinship with casual to serious players who want to enjoy the game content. Although we don't enforce Roleplay, no one will stop you if you want to Roleplay heavy. Currently focused on the PvE aspect of the game, we may shift focus as our group advances. We are actively recruiting, please visit our forum.

• Bree Pipeweed Society - English Speaking Light RP Kinship led by Female Champion Selariel and Deputy Leader Guardian Jean. We are open to all races and are a friendly, approachable community. We are not actively recruiting, but any are welcome to join if they so wish. We routinely help our members with quests and instances in the ongoing war against The Shadow in The North. If you want to be part of the community register on our homepage (hyperlinked). We are part of multi-gaming Clan 2k, and already have a respected community on the Teesside counter-strike source servers. If you wish to join us in Lord Of The Rings Online, or even our other Clan games, drop us a message on our forums. Be strong! :)

• Company of the Black Thorn - Commen knowledge focused around Bree-land/ IC LORE only! The Company of the Black Thorn is rumoured to be a newly build mercenary Company, based in Bree. And the soldiers are a mixture of races and nationalities. More specifically they are specialists in different areas of skills. Although these "Experts" have their issues from time to time, With eachother as with strangers. They sort of get the job done.... Sort of... What their motivation and goal is, is still largely unknown to the general populace. Rumour has it that they will take any job for coins and no questions asked... As long as they get paid half in advance and half on delivery... Whatever that might be..!

• Children Of Arda - We are a small mixed race Kinship formed by a group of friends. English speaking, mature, medium to heavy RP'ers of all races are welcome

• Council of the Wise - Council of the Wise, open to all races, it's the only way to take on the shadow. We're a mature, light-RP Kinship. We toyed about in beta, now we're here to council the fellowship. We ask you are mature, or at least act mature...

• Custodi della Fiamma di Anor - [Keepers of the Flame of Anor] This guild was born many month ago from the first time of beta phase (althought the guild had not this name yet). We are the official guild of MMORGITALIA, the biggest italian site about MMORPG, with a big LOTRO section. Our goal is to create a pleasing community for all our LOTRO fans. Our kinship is based on Three Basic Principles: Friendship, Respect, Loyalty.

• Dirnenáro na Dôr - Guardians of the Land, in the Elvish Sindarin language. This is a casual English-speaking RP Kinship in which the members often get together and quest in an RP style format. Created at the birth of LOTRO, we hold a tightly knitted friendly roleplaying experience.

• Eldar i Silelen - We are an elf-only, lore-based roleplaying kinship. The full story behind the kinship will develop through our RP events and the RP stories of our members however the starting point is this. Eldar i Silelen (meaning Elves of the Shining Star) are a detatchment of the house of Elodu, who are currently based in Lindon, the detatchment is an envoy sent to Imladris to aid Elrond in the war with Angmar. Elrond has sent the envoy to aid with the dispute with the dwarves in Ered Luin... I will update the storyline as we live out the further events in our history. The hierarchy of the kinship is based on a family line, similar to the lines of the Noldor and houses of the Sindar in Beleriand, in the Silmarillion. Thus the leader of the kinship is the eldest with his children next in line from eldest to youngest, or his brother if there is no heir among his children (in-game, all those who are within the next level of the family tree from the leader will be officers, usually the children of the leader). Contact me in-game, post here or PM me on the official forum (Eledain Elodu) if you are interested in joining. There is no level requirement, only that you are an elf and are a roleplayer.

• Ellada - We are a Greek Kinship, opened to all races. Our main goal is to have fun and enjoy our travels in Middle Earth. No level restrictions, we support each other and all we need is people who wanna have fun and nothin more. The only problem is our language, as we re all Greeks...

• Evenstar Alliance - Evenstar Alliance is mainly a PvE based kinship. Crafting, MPvP, Raiding and RP is also encouraged, but is not our main focus. Our goal is to get the absolute maximum out of this game! We're not a huge kinship since we prefer to know our members; "quality over quantity" as they say. "Where darkness has overcome light, we bring light back again."

• Hébuin - The Hébuin are keepers of knowledge and of history of Arda, guardians of things that should not be forgotten. The kinship of the Hébuin has at its heart scholars and masters of the lore orchestrating the kinship's efforts to uncover and preserve knowledge across Middle-earth. Supporting the Hébuin archivists are kinsmen of diverse skills and abilities.

• Hand of Justice- Hand of Justice is a fairly large Kinship that promotes fair play, honesty and understanding of others. We are a laid back and mature kinship that doesn't like to take life too seriously. That said; we put real life before gaming (a hard concept to understand at times I know). Although we are not hardcore raiders or hardcore RP'ers, we do enjoy all aspects of game play. Middle Earth is a wonderful place and Hand of Justice enjoys everything that is on offer. We offer a great environment, with an active website (not just forums!) and a 24/7 vent server. Our community is not restricted to Men, Elves, Dwarves and Hobbits, but welcomes people from all over the world. We are an English speaking Kinship, yet our members come from the UK, Scandinavia, Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Croatia, Switzerland, The Netherlands and even Brazil and South Africa (I am sure there's a few I have forgotten too!)

• Hèren Rànodur' - Ordine della Luna Oscura - Our Kinship is the first officially registered Italian kinship. We strictly follow Tolkien's Lore and we aim to forge a Group of Friends sharing the same interests. We offer our help to everyone being in want; we just ask Honesty in change.

• House of Endor - House of Endor is a Kinship for mature people who enjoy each others company and the works of Mr JRR. The Kinship was founded during pre-release and imposes no rules whatsoever on its members. We do not recruit but if we enjoy playing with you then you're welcome onboard. Then again, it doesn't matter if you're kin or not, we just try to enjoy ourselves out there.

• House Surefoot - House Surefoot, open to Hobbits and Hobbit-friends, is a casual-RP guild of friends that enjoys exploring the game environment and having fun. Surefoot is a somewhat reclusive Hobbit house, with tons of lore behind it. If you've ever had an urge to be in a Hobbit family, this might be for you!

• I Nosse En Ancalimon {RP Kinship} I Nosse En Ancalimon {The Family of Ancalimon} are an English speaking Elven only role playing kinship (with an OOC kinship chat policy), based in Ered Luin. We are a small but friendly group who, while we prefer quality over quantity, do accept those new to role playing that are willing to learn! We hold regular events and are an active kinship. Will you take up arms and join the fight with us?

• Knights of Gondor - The Knights of Gondor are an experinced, hardcore roleplaying guild. We strive for having the most fun out of roleplaying! There are many events that will take place, publicly and privatley which will enhance your gameplay greatly.There will be parades, uniforms, battles, you name it, we RP it. We roleplay exactly what we are called, Knights of Gondor. You will find out much more information as you browse through the site.

• Knights of the Third Breakfast - KotTB is a danish kinship based on light RP and having fun. The kinship is based out of the Shire though we happily travel all middle-earth in the pursuit of better food. We strive to be a helpful guild that does its best to aid those in need. The core of the kinship is a group of RL friends.

• Kinship of Steel - Mae Govannen or Welcome from The Kinship of Steel which is led by the Minstral Fingalen and dedicated to the ongoing fight against the Lord of Mordor and his dark servants. We are a friendly roleplaying kinship playing on the Laurelin server. We welcome all classes and races and at this time no level restrictions. Please feel free to look at our website and talk to any of us in-game or contact us via the website if you would like to join us. Although The Kinship of Steel is an RP guild, we are not nutters and won't insist you stay in role 100% of the time. The idea is to have fun in an immersive way. Hopefully LotRO will provide RP opportunities that many other mmorpgs do not. As well as Fingalen look out for Gerag the Dwarf, Heimdall, Ariawen of Rivendell and Bristo to name just a few... You can guarantee they will be getting themselves in trouble where ever you see them (especially me, Ariawen !) Vanya sulie. Steel is the colour of the night, the moon and our blades and arrow tips.

• Legacy - The Dark Lord has returned and the descendants of those great warriors, who still carry the Seal, are taking up arms again to fight the inevitable war. Where most people are oblivious to the danger still and carry on with their everyday lives, the members of the Legacy stand ready once again, grimly determined to uphold their family honor.

• Light of Dawn - We are an intentionally small kinship, light RP, run by people old enough to know better and very relaxed with regards to particpation of members in kin events and crafting. Feel free to stop by our forums sometime.

• Lowland Dunedian - We're a new Dutch kinship with events and other fun stuff. We have light RP, but if you want to RP heavy, no one will stop you. If you want to join, you can contact Balian or Aerrian ingame. You get an invite as soon as possibe (you've to be Dutch of course).

• Metal Heart - Since there were none finnish active guilds (that i knew of) a new one was founded. It is OOC in kinship chat, but RP to outsiders. Any Finn is welcome, feel free to contact any member!

• Mithril Order - We're a small, but growing Kinship made up of a few founding members with a long roleplay background; having created and been a part of successful roleplay guilds in a number of MMORPG's. 'The Mithril Order' was born out of an idea for a mithril obsessed Dwarf-only kinship, driven by a desire to reclaim their inheritance. We are a fun, mature RP guild (with an OOC kinship chat policy) looking for like-minded people to share in our grand endeavours.Some background info is listed on our own page on this wiki, which should give you a feel for what we're about. Further to that, you'll find some background lore by clicking the 'Khazad-dûm' link on our website.Please feel free to contact us or join the forums if you would like to join us, have any questions, or if you'd just like to say hello!

• Nuin Giliath - Peace and Tolerance Under The Stars. Nuin Giliath are a mixed race, light RP Kinship. We encourage a fun and immersive experience in Middle Earth without being too serious or Lore heavy. Our activities include Ettenmoors, Raids, Fellowship Quests and general helping each other out.

• Oldlineth-Oaks - A friendly kinship of (mainly) European players formed from the merging of a number of kinships. Two of the founding kinships were the Oaken Saplings and Oldlineth, hence the name. All our members are a friendly and sociable multi-cultural bunch, predominantly from the UK, but we also have members from across the EU. You would be hard pressed to find a more helpful and welcoming kinship! Our goals as a kinship are quite loose. We enjoy social chatting, fellowship grouping for all levels and go out of our way to help other members with crafting and quests. Oldlineth-Oaks has a wonderful system for item sharing and you can always pick up free recipies and crafting materials in kinship chat. All the main classes and crafting vocations are covered to master level, so tier 5 gear is easy to come by. We do organise periodic raids too, The Rift being the current favourite.

• Precept - Precept are Europes top raiding guild, and third in the World overall (based on existing content). And *gasp* we roleplay too. We're a mixed bunch of mature friendly people, been there and done it in many other MMO's and found a nice quiet place to relax in LotRO.

• Phoenix Legion - Large kinship full of high level players.

• Rajatapaukset - A finnish mixed kinship with a decade of MMORPG and roleplay background. We keep our kinship affairs OOC, IC to outsiders. Friendly and supporting attitude for our members. New mature finnish-speaking members are welcome - Either you'll find us or we'll find you if you're a potential new member!

• Stout n Sturdy - The Stout n Sturdy tavern is open for business, we are a role-playing Kinship on the Laurelin server, we have been in beta and now move to retail. If you enjoy a fun, friendly atmosphere based around a Tavern and like to follow an on going story then come visit us! a warning to you that we may well be drunk! <smiles>

• The Awakening - The Awakening (TA) is formed by a mix of die-hard MMORPG gamers and newbies that generally seek to just have a good time. TA members help each other out when questing and crafting, sharing items and crafting materials between the kin. TA is closely connected to the Exilum forum: all members of the kinship are also forum members on Exilum. Role Playing is not a goal of TA, but it respects the role playing preferences of other people on the server. TA was founded by Sheant on 13 April 2007, at the eve of the European pre-release.

• The Grey Guard - The Grey Guard is a well established Kin on the Laurelin server which has predominantly attracted a slighter "older" playerbase. Regular events as well as a dedicated Kin Leadership continue to strengthen the community within this Kin. Applications for membership are fully forum-based on their own website and this has thus far ensured a solid and mature team of players whose simple objective is to have some fun within the game. Current players are typically based in the UK, Denmark and Sweden and the Kin is typically extremely active of an evening. There is currently a strong push amongst members to create a viable crafting system which is dedicated to providing materials and items for the entire Kin.

• The Hummerhorns - The Hummerhorns saw first light in May 2007. Their purpose was to clean out middle earth from all the filth that roams it. They are a small light RP group of mixed content and are mature and selective. Since last year they have only grown up to 10 active players. They have very nice events on tuesday evenings, including RP, races, hunts, session play, collective deeds, quests and reputation runs. Furthermore the Hummerhorns stand for assisting those that need assistance and they love people with a good sense of humor. If you are not a troublemaker you're as good as in... ;-) and if you want in, please send a message to our forum admins or send an ingame mail to: Hazhulgen or Celebferyn

• The New Horizon - (Webpage under construction) The New Horizon is a kinship with open Roleplaying and free to all races. We value freidnship, loyalty and a mature enviorment for our members. Our goal is not to create a vast number of power leveling players to be the most powerful group of people, we, however, aim to create a stable enviorment with diverse players who each contribute to the whole. We hope to achieve a community where by strength through friendship we can create one of the better kinship in Middle-Earth. We are now a very small and new kinship, but as we grow I (Ruthir, Leader and founder) will create a website and forum where we can communicate. We might also host a voice server in the future. If you are interested in joining us you can apply by sending a in-game mail to Ruthir.

• The Pride (Of Middle- Earth) - English Speaking Role-Play Kinship, We are the pride of Middle- Earth we are an open to all races Kinship, we provide help to those in need, and create Role-Play scenarios to help the player feel more at home. We are small now but soon we will flourish, with your help we can grow into a formidable kinship that will stand together against the Shadow. The Witch-King will be the first to fall, soon we and all other free peoples will conquer evil. We stand against not only the shadow but others who stand against us, The Dourhands, the Barrow-Wights anyone who wishes to stand in the way...

• The Last Resistance - is a new kinship on RP Laurelin. Our kin is open for friendy people of all races. to join please vistit website.

• The Riders of the Riddermark - The Riders of the Riddermark are one of the oldest kinships in Eriador. The Riders of the Riddermark are bound by the love for Rohan, it's people and it's culture. They were sent into the Westmark by Grima Wormtongue as part of a new offensive against the dark lord. For the time being they are stationed close to the Eastern border of Eriador. The kinship is a light roleplaying kinship.

• The Rohirrim - From the Mark comes the Riders of Rohan, 'The Rohirrim'. Looking for a trace of the origin of the orcs of the White hand raging along river Isen on the western borders of Westfold a handful of Rohirrim under the command of Thérowan, Son of of Erkenbrand, has been sent into Dunland. The rumours in villages along Bruinen has led them all the way to northern Eriador. The Rohirrim is a fullblood roleplaying kinship intrested in developing a rohirric society. The Rohirrim is one of the founding members of LRPA (Laurelin Roleplayers Alliance) and has since opened up to other players that look for a public/official kinship for people from Rohan.

• The Sanctuary - The Sanctuary is a kinship dedicated to promoting a casual, friendly atmosphere where people can find new friends or enjoy the world of Middle-Earth with old ones. We encourage and are hoping to have a wide variety of races, classes, and professions to aid each other in our online adeventures. We have members interested in role-playing and that do share written stories with each other as well as play their stories out in-game.

• Warriors of the Fourth Age - The Warriors of the fourth age is a international kinship. A light RP friendly and helpfull kin. To learn more of how this kin was founded check there kinbio. It goes back to the second era. Why the fourth age? This is because of a vision of four mighty warriors, the bio clears this question! We have kinmeetings, organizing rift raids, do often cd and uru runs for trainer items. The warriors are proud of there kinhouse. If you want to join leave a message on the forum or ingame msg the kinleader Everwind or one of the officers, Rozalot, Warryn, Sydran, Lasteron, Helenis, Aglaring, Siansiobhan, Gemmell. ( there are more officers so forgive me if I didnt write all the names down;-) All are welcome aslong as your friendly, helpfull. We have a code of honour which every warrior needs to follow, this can be found on our website as well.

• The Shadows - This light-RP kinship is part of a multigaming community. We are a mature, but friendly bunch of casual RPers and raiders. We don't focus on a single aspect of the game (like raidng, or PvMP, or RP), we do as we please and are open to any class, any race of any experience level. We also have a band called The Shades, with which we play the own-composed songs of Achazia.

• The Shards of Narsil - Small, mixed-race Kinship, led by descendants of the knights who fought at the War of the Last Alliance. English speaking, mature, casual RP'ers of all races are welcome.

• The Silent Minority - The Silent Minority is a kinship for more mature players who have a laid-back attitude towards gaming and recognise that real life sometimes gets in the way! It is important for members to respect the RP ruleset but kin-chat is OOC. That being said, there is a good range of active players through most levels and a friendly and helpful environment is promoted though not enforced (we retain the Right to Grump!)

• The Supreme Council Of Rohan - Mixed kinship led by Champion Mistradir Equus of Rohan. The finest horsemen of Middle Earth are here! It was created on June the 1st 2007 and our ambition is to unite all the free people of Middle Earth under our flag. It doesn't matter whether you are man, elf, dwarf, or hobbit. The only prerequisitive to be a member of the Council is to admire Rohan and its magnificent way of life, so if you love horses and hate Orcs you may join us!

• Vanimar - Vanimar is an elven only rp kinship, based itself heavily on Tolkien lore and the history of Beleriand. Already being one of the most populated elven-only kinships, Vanimar continues to expand by selecting the most adept tolkien readers and elven roleplayers. Since its foundation, Vanimar remains as the only pure Noldor house in laurelin server and became one of the most serious elven communities. Regular scheduled raiding and rp events are common. Canditates are getting their member status with an oath ceremony. (Rank 8)

• The Western Alliance - The Western Alliance is a “light-role playing” kinship on the Laurelin server, which means RP is welcomed and respected, but individual members can be as involved as they wish. Some members are quest and raid-oriented, some are largely into RP, and many like to do both. All races and levels of experience are welcome. We value friendship and cooperation, and have a widely-distributed member base from the UK, The Netherlands, Norway, Finland, USA, Greece, Russia and Sweden. We are a medium-to-large kinship aiming at a maximum of around 50 members so as to maintain a true sense of kinship, while having enough members to undertake raids largely or entirely from within the kin. We currently have a core group of level 50 players who raid regularly, but who are also available to help lower-level players with other quests and fellowships. Finally, we maintain close relationships with other like-minded Kinships. The Western Alliance is a democracy governed by the Inner Council of Eldars. Elections are held every 3 months for Kinship Leader, Deputy and seven Class Leaders. Our kinship hall is open to the public most of the time, and you can usually find somebody milling around there; our address is 1 High Road, Lightgard, Breeland.

Monster Play Tribes

• Karn Aanug- We class ourselves as 'the elites' of Laurelin monsterplay. We are a light roleplay tribe with lots of active members. We encourage mature behaviour from our members and enjoy a good fight, win or lose. We welcome mature and experienced Monsters from across the globe. Most memebers are from Italy, Russia or Britain. We often hold Tribe events and group up at least daily. Lead by some of the greatest monsterplayers of Laurelin - Grukfuk, Xelus and Nechrom being just some of them.