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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Know Your LotRO Lore: The Ents]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/24/know-your-lotro-lore-the-ents/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/24/know-your-lotro-lore-the-ents/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/24/know-your-lotro-lore-the-ents/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/lord-of-the-rings-online/" rel="tag">Lord of the Rings Online</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/lore/" rel="tag">Lore</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/know-your-lotro-lore/" rel="tag">Know Your LotRO Lore</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://peeringintodarkness.com/?p=1320"><em><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/treebeard-sms-0209.jpg" alt="" /></em></a><br /><em></em></div>
<em>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.<br /><br /></em><span style="font-style: italic;">"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 the time, and I've lived a very long, long time; so my name is like a story. Real names tell you the story of things they belong to in my language, in the Old Entish as you might say. It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time saying anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a long time to say, and to listen to. "</span> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treebeard">Treebeard</a><br /><br />This quote from Tolkien's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Towers"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Two Towers</span></a> gives us just a glimpse into these fantastic creatures known as Ents. In this week's <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/know-your-lotro-lore">Know Your LotRO Lore</a>, we're going to explore the "Shepherds of the Trees" a bit more and help you understand their importance in the grand scheme of Middle-earth. Follow along below for more on these curators of the copse, these guardians of the grove, these wardens of the woodland! Ok, I'll stop that now.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/24/know-your-lotro-lore-the-ents/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Know Your LotRO Lore: The Ents</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/24/know-your-lotro-lore-the-ents/">Know Your LotRO Lore: The Ents</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/24/know-your-lotro-lore-the-ents/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1469844/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/24/know-your-lotro-lore-the-ents/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>ent</category><category>featured</category><category>joystiqfeatures</category><category>know-your-lotro-lore</category><category>lord-of-the-rings-online</category><category>lore</category><category>lotro</category><category>tolkien</category><category>tree-herder</category><category>trees</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shawn Schuster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
