Question to MoL: the New Notion Club Archives

[TesalionLortus]

@MoL because this is not the first time I'm running into stuff like this, on this website specifically, so gotta ask... Do you guys read it and/or maybe take inspiration from this archive? https://notionclubarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Khundolar

Or do you guys type LOTRO entries on it ??? :P

Because the knowledge of lotro-specific questlines and lore seems top-notch:







but this one below is peculiar lol !







eh... not Sauron? did someone take a giant leap ahead there into "what happened in Rhun" territory or something? Hey maybe it's you guys I figured you out, are there possibly spoilers on this archive? :P

Also, she? Wasn't that a male captain in-game :P





GEEZ...



Never knew bandits of the Wold could be THAT deep...
so they burnt it for freedom....


Can't unsee it now. I'll always feel guilt whenever I have to kill a bandit.

[OldMadeOfLions]

Do you guys read it and/or maybe take inspiration from this archive?

This is the first I've heard of it, but as a general rule we try to avoid non-canonical sources -- too easy to mix things up. We have no shortage of our own ideas, that's for sure!

MoL

[TesalionLortus]

This is the first I've heard of it, but as a general rule we try to avoid non-canonical sources -- too easy to mix things up. We have no shortage of our own ideas, that's for sure!

MoL

Yeah, that's for sure! Either way, I've been wondering whether some of your names are actually taken from somewhere else hence the occurrence but if not, then it must really mean people/someone at the archive really appreciate your ideas because I've seen LOTS of LOTRO's clan names/locations/lore treated like it's an integral part of that place in lots of articles - it's almost as if someone treats LOTRO higher on the "canon ladder" and only then adds pure fanon/combines with these other non-canon sources (I guess?). I remember looking for many things over the years in google meaning to end up on lotro wiki and ending up on The New Notion Club Archive instead

[elvenes]

there's A LOT of stuff that lotro takes from, for example, MERP (middle earth roleplay) the boundaries of regions, map layouts, names of places, names of towns, not everything is 100% invented from scratch using just the books, even if a dev says no, it's evident if you look it up, too many instances for it to be ALL coincidences XD call it taking inspiration from, that will work

[TesalionLortus]

there's A LOT of stuff that lotro takes from, for example, MERP (middle earth roleplay) the boundaries of regions, map layouts, names of places, names of towns, not everything is 100% invented from scratch using just the books, even if a dev says no, it's evident if you look it up, too many instances for it to be ALL coincidences XD call it taking inspiration from, that will work

Do you have an example specifically of what was taken from where? Made me curious but any info I've ever run across looked mostly like it's online stuff inspired by/taken from lotro, not vice versa

[elvenes]

Angmar region, and Evendim are 2 that come to mind