Nenaew - Hunter

1. NAME
Alexander

2. AGE
23

3. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
Norway

4. TIMEZONE
GMT+1

5. PREVIOUS MMORPG EXPERIENCE  
(i.e., other online games played or currently playing)
Currently only playing Lotro

The ones I've spent the most time playing in the past have been:
Planetside - We have no airsupport, I repeat, we have no airsupport. And our general had to go offline, his mom took him to the dentist. OH GOD THEY HAVE TANKS!
World of Warcraft - Played this one for several years, Arrain from Argent Dawn if someone happens to have been over there. Spent most of the time raiding and doing general PvE stuff.
Warhammer Online - So good, then I got to tier 3.
Age of Conan - I am in love with the voice of Helene Bøksle. Sometimes I feel I have to resub just to listen to the music, then I luckily remember I have the soundtrack before I do something stupid.
Aion - Dear god, no.

Also dabbled with EverQuest 2, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Tabula Rasa and assorted other games, but most of them didn't stick for long.

6. PREVIOUS LOTRO EXPERIENCE
(i.e., how long have you been playing, etc.)
Played quite a bit back in the SoA days, but mostly casually as I was raiding in WoW at the time also. Took a break during the MoM-era and recently resubsribed.

7. HAVE YOU BEEN A MEMBER OF OTHER KINSHIPS?
(if so, which, and why you left them)
Only a few minor kinships made up of old friends, they generally died off when someone took a break from the game.

8. YOUR MAIN CHARACTER  
(name, class, level, some idea of equipment)
Nenaew, Hunter, 65, shabby gear.

Currently working on improving this, but at the moment somewhat slowly as I have a few alts in the oven as well. General idea for me right now is to craft myself some jewelry to increase morale, then iron out a few kinks in the armor before finally attempting to get my hands on some radiance armor. I also have an urge to get around to picking up pieces of Great Bow sooner or later.

9. YOUR ALTS, IF ANY  
(as for main character)
Arranath, Champion, 65
Laineth, RK, 54
Arrain, Warden, 41
Deneryth, Burglar, 23

10. HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT TWA?
Laurelin server forums

11. DO YOU KNOW ANY CURRENT TWA MEMBERS?
Sadly not!

12. ABOUT YOURSELF
(if you want to, please tell something about yourself in real life)
Currently studying psychology while hunting for a job. Every now and then I will get drunk, and post essays about things you'd rather not know at some point during the morning. Forum access should be revoked during weekends.

13. ABOUT YOUR MAIN
(even if you are not into role-playing, try to give a back story about your main character)
I really hate writing down short descriptions of my characters, as it always ends up with odd results.

Let's just say I started over an hour ago by attempting to write this: Nenaew has spent much of his life along the coast, scouting for enemies both at sea and among the trees. Watching the ships sail west, he eventually grew shameful of what he perceived as his kindred running away, while leaving others to fight the corruption. His greatest weakness is that his urge to run straight across Middle Earth and plant an arrow in the middle of Sauron's eye sometimes makes him commit mistakes.


For some reason my attempt to write that, ended up with this:

"Must run faster, help not far. Help us they will, you hear that! Soon we will be many, many more than me!"
The goblin was slowly losing what little wits he had to begin with. He knew what was coming, the same way any prey simply knows when their time is out, and the hunt is coming to an end.
"Maybe he is gone. No, Guzlag said that as well, and Guzlag died. Maybe he died. Couldn't see, couldn't help. All so dark, and muddy. Cursed mire, get out of my boots!"
The crooked little creature was stomping ahead through the ponds, stumbling with every second step. He was exhausted, on his own in a terrain that hardly favored anyone of his size, scared half to death. Behind him the hunter followed. The same hunter who had picked them off one by one, so far seven of the goblin's comrades had fallen to his arrows, and now there was only one left.

Blue eyes burnt in the dim light from the limrafn, even they chose to get out of his way rather than follow and observe the intruder. Normally they would rejoice at the opportunity to lead an exhausted adventurer to his death, but not this time. At first they had attempted to entice the goblin, but he ignored them in his panic, he reeked of fear, sweat, blood and things that only another goblin could make out. The second intruder, the one with the blue eyes, was just as blind. He left a smell of anger, blind hatred, the promise of vengeance without mercy. The goblin grinded to a halt, spun around and peered into the fog.
"Please, stop chasing! I can't take no more, no more. Please, meant no harm, only to.."
He stopped in the middle of the sentence and flailed wildly about with his crude sword, only to discover he had just mortally wounded an old rotten branch of wood.
"Vermin, vermin, VERMIN! ELF-VERMIN! I will cut you up, yes I will. Like your friend, and feed you to the wargs, yes, yes! But first I must find the others, then you will pay!"
Again he spun around, and stumbled further into the swamp.

Nenaew felt uneasy. He had chased the goblin's company for over a day, picking them off one after the other. Always forcing them to stay on their guard, exhausting them. Now there was only one left, and he could end it so easily. A merciful shot, and the goblin would never disgrace this forest by taking another breath of its air. But part of him hesitated, he kept preparing, knocking the arrow, but always retreating back to the shadows to play with his prey for a while longer. It was wrong, and he knew it. There was no honor in this, no decency. But it was nothing compared to what the band of miscreants had done to the Malledhrim they came across. Decency be damned, he was burning with anger and the hunter would enjoy this foul chase until he was left with no choice but to end it.

"AhahaaAHAHAAA"

The shrieking laughter of the goblin made Nenaew shiver as if he had just woken up. In the distance he could make out a slope with dry grass, they were soon out of the swamp, and before them lay the eastern edge of the Drownholt, leading them straight into orcish territory. The laughter stopped as if lightning had struck, and the goblin dropped to his knees, clenching the dry, brown grass in his fists. The prey knew as well as the hunter that this was where it would end. No more illusions, and no more games, the goblin might as well have been dead for hours already. Nenaew crept closer, preparing an arrow while observing his target. The goblin muttered something unintelligible to the ground. It might be curses, it might be prayers, in all likelihood it was only gibberish fueled by the fear of death.

The hunter took his time, he lined up the shot, looking for a weak spot in the prey's armor, which would be rather close to anywhere, considering it was goblin-armor. He still felt uneasy, something wasn't right, something had changed. Or perhaps he had changed. He put the arrow back in the quiver and retreated towards the swamp, leaving the shivering goblin to whichever fate it had coming. Confused the hunter set a course for the nearest camp of the Malledhrim. Right now, the only thing he knew for certain was that such a shot might have done more damage to the heart of the hunter, than the heart of the prey.

-That- is why I hate it, and it's now nearly 4am.

14. I AM INTERESTED IN RAIDING
A lot

But I am well aware that I have heaps of work ahead of me before I can even consider it. Traits have to be polished, gear has to improved, radiance has to be found, legacies have to be grinded, and I'd of course need some practice in 3-6 mans before I make attempts at wiping an entire raid.

15. I AM INTERESTED IN FELLOWSHIP QUESTS
Somewhat

I generally try to solo things even when the game tells me I shouldn't, if anyone needs a hand they should feel free to ask though, as I have issues with saying no.

16. I AM INTERESTED IN RP & RP EVENTS
Somewhat
I consider myself a light RP'er. I won't go out of my way to find it, but if approached IC, I will do my best to reply in the same way. I am however no fan of events.

Welcome to the forum. We'll try to be in touch with you shortly!

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Ingaras, Hunter (75)
Indo, Minstrel (81)
Celefindel, Loremaster (115)
Magolisto, Champion (75)

and some others...

Welcome to the forum, and thank you for your wonderful application.

Welcome and good luck with the application.
Very nice story 

And don't worry about not being experienced enough to wipe raids yet. It seems to come naturally to hunters, so you should have no problems in that regard. 

/Fodegar

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Teppic: "You stay here. I'll whistle if it's safe to follow me."
Ptraci: "What will you do if it isn't safe?"
Teppic: "Scream."
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Terry Pratchett, Pyramids

Nice application, welcome to the forums.

Sando - Minstrel // Rissa - Burglar // Adelrisk - Guardian // Tember - Hunter

There is no try, there is only hobbits, hobbits everywhere!

Ola!

The Art of Warg

Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your story -- told from an an interesting perspective   

Welcome - liked the application  ;D

Invited today. Welcome!

promoted to full member, congratulations.