Floribunda does Floyd

In a tribute to the recently departed TV chef Keith Floyd (not sure how she knows about him in Middle Earth but never mind) Apelreds cooking friend Floribunda cooks in some interesting Shire locations to achieve her Taste of Skill part 3 quest.
Later a kindly dwarf named Colzarak helped Floribunda collect the Giant Boar Flank needed for her Taste of Skill part 4 quest allowing her to make Apelred some tasty snacks for second breakfast ;-).

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Apelred gets his goat

After an intensive period of resource gathering which netted 300 Khazad Copper, 100 Khazad Gold, 100 planks of Mallorn, 100 planks of Ilex, 50 planks of Black Ash all posted on the AH & 100 Khazad Tin (vendored) Apelred finally can afford a Moria Goat of his own.

UPDATE - should have saved his in game money as it may be possible to buy a goat as part of the Adventurer's Pack, note this is only available in the US, at time of posting (5th Oct) Codemasters hadn't announced the European options.

FURTHER UPDATE 16th OCT - CODEMASTERS ANNOUNCE SoM UPGRADE OPTIONS SEE BELOW

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Lotro & Lore

I came across these very thoughtful articles on how well Tolkien's lore has been implemented in LOTRO - well worth a look.
http://mmeow.net/category/lore/

Hall of Mirrors

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Apelred Colzarak & Brenville braved Lumul-Nar the Hall of Mirrors and after considerable difficulty getting past the Wargs went on swivel mirrors around and defeat Morroval although not quite quickly enough in the case of the Taskmistresses who managed to defeat Colzarak with their 1000% damage after 45 seconds buff! The party went on to find the Gift of Gorothul for Apelred to complete Book 8 chapter 3, but was not up to taking on the final boss.
Being the only Medium armour wearer and offhand weapon wielder he got 2 very nice rewards of a dagger and helmet pushing his morale over the 4000 mark.