Posts tagged know-your-lotro-lore 
Turbine's Jeffrey Steefel on implementing LotRO's lore
Lore is something that can engross a person anywhere from several minutes to several hours. In the case of Lord of the Rings fans, it probably leans towards hours and hours. The core books written by Tolkien alone are quite exhaustive in detail. With Mines of Moria's release well behind us on the ...
Know Your LotRO Lore: Lothlorien
With Lord of the Rings Online's Volume II: Book 7 content releasing this month, it would only be fitting to spend this week's Know Your LotRO Lore catching you up on the land of Lothlórien. As discussed in our Turbine dev tour earlier this week, Lothlórien plays a key role in the ...
Know Your LotRO Lore: The Ents
Welcome to Know Your LotRO Lore, a new weekly column here at Massively showcasing the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien's world as it intersects with Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. "I am not going to tell you my name, not yet at any rate. For one thing it would take a long while: my name is growing all ...
Know Your LotRO Lore: Gimli
Welcome to Know Your LotRO Lore, a new weekly column here at Massively showcasing the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien's world as it intersects with Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. In this week's Know Your LotRO Lore, we're exploring the life of our favorite quirky dwarf, Gimli. You know and love him ...
Know Your LotRO Lore: The Valar
Welcome to Know Your LotRO Lore, a new weekly column here at Massively showcasing the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien's world as it intersects with Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. We're at a point in Know Your LotRO Lore where you may have developed a decent understanding of Middle-earth, if you've ...
Know Your LotRO Lore: Orcs and Goblins
Welcome to Know Your LotRO Lore, a new weekly column here at Massively showcasing the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien's world as it intersects with Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. Probably the most predominant evil race in Middle-earth, the Orcs come in many shapes and sizes. Their origins are often ...
Know Your LotRO Lore: The Race of Man
Welcome to Know Your LotRO Lore, a new weekly column here at Massively showcasing the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien's world as it intersects with Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. If you've been following along with Know Your LotRO Lore for the last few weeks, you're probably caught up with a basic ...
Know Your LotRO Lore: The Dwarves
Welcome to Know Your LotRO Lore, a new weekly column here at Massively showcasing the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien's world as it intersects with Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. In last week's Know Your LotRO Lore, we discussed the Elves and their origins in Tolkien's Middle-earth. This week we're ...
Know Your LotRO Lore: The Elves
Welcome to Know Your LotRO Lore, a new weekly column here at Massively showcasing the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien's world as it intersects with Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. The Elf is possibly the most intricately-detailed race in all of J.R.R. Tolkien's works. He created their histories, ...
Know Your LotRO Lore: Gollum
Welcome to Know Your LotRO Lore, a new weekly column here at Massively showcasing the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien's world as it intersects with Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. In this week's installment of Know Your LotRO Lore, we're going to cover one of the most popular non-Fellowship characters ...
