User blog:AlteOgre/Thoronbar - Hisildi-Avari stronghold @ Dawn of the Ring

Undisturbed survival building works therapeutically for me, especially when I'm ill and my energy level is low ... so I figured to start building something fancy as if my character was an Avari elf of Helkanen, a Hisildi (MERP lore). I started to find some nice spot at the on a fresh and friendly server, Dawn of the Ring (DotR). Thanks to SinzPet and Lord_Ragna the build was transferred to a reset map in v25 after I started to work on it in v24. Initially I did receive some blocks from Pancakeponcho, who wanted to help me speed up my survival building efforts, so I must admit not all of the thousands of blocks I used were obtained in survival mode. I guess about 1 full chest was obtained from that enthusiastic Admin ... although it was like, against the server rules ... but yeah well. Nonetheless, as I lost a lot of time rebuilding stuff and terraforming due to the transfer from a v24 to a v25 map, I dare to state it is a 'survival build', just like my builds Barad Peredhil and Ost Amon Faeoron on hARDA.

So, here's the photobucket album link of a number of screenshots I just made of the build as it is today.

Thoronbar Hisildi-Avari stronghold at DotR slideshow

It is not finsihed yet, but the main building, the citadel is, including all internal staircases. The build to the north of the citadel is supposed to become a garrisson fortress, guarding the east-west pass that leads from the wild woods into the Orocarni mountains. The photobucket album also contains a map view, created with Journeymap, and a picture of the 3 banners I created for the 3 Avari factions we have on DotR (L-R): Penni of the Taur Romen, Hisildi of Helkanen and Kinn-Lai of the Mumakan. Note that these Avari factions are all Tolkien created and their lore is derived from the common creativity of the MERP community.

Sorry for not having added any titles to the slides yet. Regardless, together they should provide a good impression of Thoronbar. :)