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ecthelion · 05-09-2010, 08:46 AM

I choose ecthelion because he is my favorite elf and he is a lord of my favorite city GONDOLIN. I am also probably the only person who can say that ecthelion is my favorite elf.

Nogrod · 05-09-2010, 09:37 AM

Nice stories!

I just realised I had never posted here (according to the site itself)!

It's quite random actually.

Years ago my daughter (Thinlómien) told me to check this forum and I immediately thought it looked great and I felt I wished to comment on a thread but the forum required creating an account to do that. So as I saw that people seemed to have Tolkien inspired nicks I thought that was the general way of doing it here. I picked my copy of the Silmarillion and started going through the Index to find something that was not too obvious and sounded nice. And then there was Nogrod. I thought immediately that was fine as I kind of like dwarves and it sounded northern/eastern. I could never have thought of taking an elvish or hobbittish nick... or anything from the LotR.

As I started to get around the place I must admit I was a bit frustrated with my nick... I mean after meeting people like littlemanpoet, The Saucepan Man, theguywhobeshort... just great nicks! Why hadn't I thought of something along those lines?

But yes, with years passing I have grown used to Nogrod, it's like a second skin now.

skip spence · 05-09-2010, 10:54 AM

Skip Spence was a musician who had a brief spell of moderate fame and fortune in the late 60's, as a member of both Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape, two seminal "hippie"-bands from San Francisco. Being something of an acid victim he was incarcerated for trying to attack his manager with a fire-ax and upon his release he cut a solo album, "Oar", before once again disappearing into a fog of mental illness. Many years ago I listened a lot to that album, which is mad but also quite brilliant, and when I was going to register to another forum, completely unrelated to Tolkien, I chose his name as a nick, for no reason other than him being on my mind.

When I first found this site I was in the process of immersing myself in the more nerdy Tolkien materials like HoME, Lost Tales, Unfinished Tales etc, and wanting to comment on a thread I saw, I just used the nick and password from the other forum out of convenience.

So that's that.

05-09-2010, 09:37 AM	#2
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Nice stories! I just realised I had never posted here (according to the site itself)! It's quite random actually. Years ago my daughter (Thinlómien) told me to check this forum and I immediately thought it looked great and I felt I wished to comment on a thread but the forum required creating an account to do that. So as I saw that people seemed to have Tolkien inspired nicks I thought that was the general way of doing it here. I picked my copy of the Silmarillion and started going through the Index to find something that was not too obvious and sounded nice. And then there was Nogrod. I thought immediately that was fine as I kind of like dwarves and it sounded northern/eastern. I could never have thought of taking an elvish or hobbittish nick... or anything from the LotR. As I started to get around the place I must admit I was a bit frustrated with my nick... I mean after meeting people like littlemanpoet, The Saucepan Man, theguywhobeshort... just great nicks! Why hadn't I thought of something along those lines? But yes, with years passing I have grown used to Nogrod, it's like a second skin now. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

05-09-2010, 10:54 AM	#3
skip spence shadow of a doubt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the streets Posts: 1,125	Skip Spence was a musician who had a brief spell of moderate fame and fortune in the late 60's, as a member of both Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape, two seminal "hippie"-bands from San Francisco. Being something of an acid victim he was incarcerated for trying to attack his manager with a fire-ax and upon his release he cut a solo album, "Oar", before once again disappearing into a fog of mental illness. Many years ago I listened a lot to that album, which is mad but also quite brilliant, and when I was going to register to another forum, completely unrelated to Tolkien, I chose his name as a nick, for no reason other than him being on my mind. When I first found this site I was in the process of immersing myself in the more nerdy Tolkien materials like HoME, Lost Tales, Unfinished Tales etc, and wanting to comment on a thread I saw, I just used the nick and password from the other forum out of convenience. So that's that. __________________ "You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way" ~ Bob Dylan

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05-09-2010, 08:46 AM	#1
ecthelion Pile O'Bones Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 22	I choose ecthelion because he is my favorite elf and he is a lord of my favorite city GONDOLIN. I am also probably the only person who can say that ecthelion is my favorite elf.