The Evan Brand Show

Neek-breek! Breek-neek! It rings in your ears like creeping  death. The buzzing, the moisture, the stinging and biting, the ruinous  spiders and goblins All in a days work for you adventurers passing by  Midgewater Marshes. And on the far side comes sweet relief as we find  the Weather Hills and its most famousest peak, Weathertop. Have a look  around these parts with me and Chris of MMOReporter.com as we go even  further beneath your feet; like three inches worth of marshy water  further beneath.

Ah, lovely West Angmar. It's like a nuclear waste land, if Sauron had  developed the bomb. And who should join me here in this wretched land?  Why, Doc Holliday of course! Have a listen and get a better appreciation  for the lands of the Witch-king.

Ah, the tail end of the Yule Festival and all the snowballs and goodies  that come with it. In this episode I have a look at Turbine's holiday  creation and see how well it fits here in Middle-earth.

Ah, the Bridge. It's the first sight a traveler sees before crossing the  Baranduin into the Little Land. This week I have a long, hard look at  that Bridge and we see who's made it and why, and why it has everything  to do with the Shire. Enjoy!

The West Gate, Durin's Door, the Walls of Moria. For many LotRO players  it was a first step into a great beyond, as both the opening to the  alien realm of Moria and also as the games first full expansion. This  week I have a look at those walls, the story of Bosi and company, and,  of course, the Watcher in the Water.

Time to take off to that great, white North (eh?) this week on Beneath  Your Feet! I'll be exploring the permafrosted wonderland of Forochel and  see what the books have to say and how well LotRO interpreted this  frosty zone.

Goldenstar of A Casual Stroll to Mordor joined me this week for a trip  to the great lake of Eriador. The ruins of Annuminas, the remnant of  Rangers, the sheer beauty of the vista make this an amazingly scenic  zone.

I'm often concerned with the number of proper nouns I use in this show;  if you've never read the Silmarillion, it can be a problem. Who are the  Noldor? The Vanyar? The Edain? Who are the Valar? My hope is that this  episode will fill in some of those gaps for those of you less familiar  with the deeper histories of Middle-earth

Ah, Bree. That quiet crossroads of a village. This week I took a stroll  through Bree, musing on its sturdy history. Not unlike the other  episodes so far, it's hard to sift through and figure out which  information to pack into the tiny amount of allotted time.

This episode was quite difficult, as it is such a rich zone in locale  and history. I didn't want to overload anyone with a huge amount of  information and proper nouns, but I didn't want to dilute anything. I  wanted to talk about the vistas but not dwell on them. I also wanted to  talk mostly about the mountains proper, and not the lowlands included in  the same zone in LotRO (Falathlorn and the like); those are for another  episode.