Long ago in the depths of time (circa 1998) I decided my little Tolkien site needed a name of its own. At that time, many of the more obvious ones (or at least variations of them...i.e. lordotherings.com and middle-earth.com) were still available, but I was determined not to be much of a movie site so I sought for a lesser known Middle-earth place or person to use as the name for the site.
After reading through the books for a couple day and still not arriving at an acceptable name, I turned to a friend who had read the books only once and long ago.
"How about the Barrow-downs?" he asked.
"Wow!"I thought, "That's an awesome idea!"
So I immediately registered the domain, and fortunately the site was already done in a color scheme close to what you see today.
Eventually, the discussion forum was born and it became necessary to theme it somewhat because of the User Levels/User Titles. The levels of decriptude seemed only fitting for those unwise enough to chat in a haunted tomb.
And now you know ... the rest of the story.
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The Barrow-Wight
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