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		<title>The Lieutenant of Dol Guldur</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valaraen Avariquen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haarland — I apologize for leaving you with no explanation, but I was called away to do battle against the most dire of foes.  Sauron himself called his Lieutenant to keep watch over former stronghold in the south of Mirkwood, Dol Guldur.  With only twelve allies, I stood to face this evil, the Lieutenant of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=avariquen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4123400&amp;post=696&amp;subd=avariquen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Love and Loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valaraen Avariquen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haarland - My heart is wounded and I must confess this to you.  The words you spoke were painful, though I understand that you spoke them for the noblest of reasons.  You are indeed no fool, nor are you blind to the history of my Kin.  Indeed strange fates may befall those Elf-maidens who take [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=avariquen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4123400&amp;post=689&amp;subd=avariquen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>As Deep as Nenuial</title>
		<link>https://avariquen.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/as-deep-as-nenuial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valaraen Avariquen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suilad, mellyn.  It is with a heavy heart that I write from the shores of Nenuial, the great lake of Evendim.  I dare not speak too much, as though putting pen to paper will make the words real, but my heart aches.  There are a thousand words I wish to say, but none would come [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=avariquen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4123400&amp;post=686&amp;subd=avariquen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Return to Imladris</title>
		<link>https://avariquen.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/a-return-to-imladris/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valaraen Avariquen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends, good tidings from Rivendell.  Nothing makes my spirit feel lighter than passing through the gates of Imladris after so long away, and so many hard-fought battles.  I return, now, to the waiting arms and smile of a friend, to the warm halls of the house of Lord Elrond, and much needed rest.  Though I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=avariquen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4123400&amp;post=676&amp;subd=avariquen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Depths of Helegrod Keep</title>
		<link>https://avariquen.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/depths-of-helegrod-keep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valaraen Avariquen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haarland — My heart longs to return to Rivendell once again, as I grow weary of the Battle.  I am close, and for this I am thankful.  Deep within the keep of Helegrod, a great evil has taken hold.  We battle forth against Giants, Drakes, and Spiders to do combat with the great undead drake [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=avariquen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4123400&amp;post=673&amp;subd=avariquen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Into the Heart of Barad Guldur</title>
		<link>https://avariquen.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/into-the-heart-of-barad-guldur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valaraen Avariquen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://avariquen.wordpress.com/?p=671</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[News from the East, my friends.  The arm of the Enemy stretches long over the lands, and nowhere is the Shadow felt as strongly as within the heart of the former stronghold of The Necromancer in the south of Mirkwood.  With a company of but twelve, I have ventured deep into the heart of Mirkwood [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=avariquen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4123400&amp;post=671&amp;subd=avariquen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Path to Enedwaith</title>
		<link>https://avariquen.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/the-path-to-enedwaith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valaraen Avariquen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://avariquen.wordpress.com/?p=669</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dearest friends, you have my sincere apologies for the lengthy period during which I have been out of communication.  I have traveled with Thalya into the south of Eriador, to the wind-swept plains of Enedwaith.  Along with a company of Rangers of the North, we have forged a path into this formidable but strangely beautiful [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=avariquen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4123400&amp;post=669&amp;subd=avariquen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Respite in Rivendell</title>
		<link>https://avariquen.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/respite-in-rivendell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valaraen Avariquen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://avariquen.wordpress.com/?p=666</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Suillad, mellyn.  Forgive my long absence, my travels have been long and I have found respite from them, of late, in the calm of the city of Elrond.  But, as the summer season quickly comes to a close, I realise that my time draws near&#8230;  I must return to my sworn quest to stand alongside [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=avariquen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4123400&amp;post=666&amp;subd=avariquen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Ring Forges of Eregion</title>
		<link>https://avariquen.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/the-ring-forges-of-eregion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valaraen Avariquen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://avariquen.wordpress.com/?p=658</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Suilad, Mellyn &#8211; another frustrating day on the road, indeed.  No sooner had I finally set foot upon the steps of The House of Elrond, I met Thalya.  She brought tidings from Master Elrond, assigning us pertinent business in the southern reaches of Eregion, in Mirobel. Frustrated and already tired from my journey, more than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=avariquen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4123400&amp;post=658&amp;subd=avariquen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Light</title>
		<link>https://avariquen.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/light/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valaraen Avariquen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Le suilon, friends.  My travels have brought me once again to the windswept and barren landscape surrounding Amon Sûl.  It is a relief to be away from the oppressive darkness of Moria and the horrors of Dol Guldur.  Even surrounded by these silent, ancient ruins, I feel free in the fresh outside air and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=avariquen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4123400&amp;post=651&amp;subd=avariquen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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