Plaza History Project: KINGDOMS Ruler Icons

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Eru introduced single Rulers for all Kingdoms and 3 Admins in January [2002].

We need your help! The ultimate goal is to get together a timeline of sorts, with rulers' names and their icons in some sort of order for those who want to walk through the plaza's history. Some people find this sort of thing interesting. What?

This is probably not a comprehensive collection of icons - much that should not have been forgotten was lost - but it should give us a starting point at least. Please do feel free to add any icons you find - I will try and update this post every so often so I/we don't go insane - poke me to do it if necessary. Gently. Or get an admin to do it! :smiley9:

Also, we have so many gaps - please feel free to jump in and help!

A word of warning, though, for those of you who are wandering through different areas of the wayback: you might have quite mixed results, with some icons being overwritten by others, so not giving a true reflection of who had what. For an example, see Imladris below - the kingdom pages don't change the icons with every new ruler, so 3 people have the same icon, which is unlikely... Your memory may be a truer reflection, unless you are as forgetful as me.
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F12 & F13 – Treebeard – Collecthor (Achoo) (Oct 2002-Nov 03)
F5 – Fimbrethil – Tinuviel (Oct 2002-Jun 03)
F5 – Fimbrethil – Marina (Jun 03-Jun 04)
F9 – Quickbeam – Glingol (Nov 2003-Jun 04)
F10? - Quickbeam - Cassiroo (Jun-Oct? 2004)
F13? - Treebeard - Morim (Jun-Oct? 2004) then changed to:
F6 – Finglas – Morim (Oct 2004-Nov? 05)
F7 – Fladrif – @Mojo (Oct 2004-Feb? 06)
F10 – Quickbeam - @Flame Fried Entas MeaghanB (Nov? 2005-07)
F4 – Fimbrethil - Lanthir Lamath (Feb? 2006-Feb? 07) later Vana
F11 – Treebeard - Thom Greenleaf (Mar? 2006-)
F3 – Fimbrethil - Lillyth (Feb? 2007-)
F14 – Treebeard - @Region (Feb?-May? 2008)
? - Treebeard - Elendil the Canuck 76098 (May? 2008-Apr? 09) (changed to Beechbone Feb? 09)
? - Quickbeam - Nav (Sep?-Nov? 2008)
? - Fimbrethil - Tarin (Nov? 2008-May? 09) ruled alone from Apr? 09
F3 – Fimbrethil - Ithilvalan (May? 2009) Nessa admin @Sil helped out a lonely ruler here
F1 - Treebeard - @Nia (Aug? 2009-10)
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O8 - Fimbrethil - House (?)
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Erucolindo ? (? 2004)
F8 – Fladrif -
F12 – Treebeard -
F2 – ent? -

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G9 – Aragorn King - Mormegil (?-Aug 2002) later Manwë
G10 – Arwen Evenstar - Gilraen (?- ? 2002) later Vairë
G3 – Aragorn King - Elwing (Aug 2002-Nov 2002) later Varda
G15 – Arwen - ~~Gwaihir~~ (?-Nov 2002)
G4 – Aragorn - Mathen Nors (Nov 02-Apr 03)
G12 – Queen Arwen Evenstar – Laielinwen (Nov 2002) G13 – Queen Arwen Evenstar – Laielinwen (Apr-May 2005)
G3 - Aragorn King - Hoyamir (Apr-Jun 2003)
G7 – King Aragorn Elessar – Naith Liathant (May 2003) G2 – King Aragorn Elessar – Naith Liathant (Apr--May 2005)
G5 – Aragorn - Tarkano (Jun 2005- Oct 06) later Tulkas
G14 – Arwen - Tiana (Jun 2005-Jan 07)
G2 till end Nov then G1 - Aragorn - @Udan (Oct 2006-Jan 07)
G18 – Faramir - Hothuxus Par (Jan 2007 )
? - Prince Imrahil - Rohanna (Jan 2007)
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? - Aragorn - Jevesh (Arteris) (21 Jan 2007)
G18 – Faramir - @Finduilas Faelivrin (Feb 2007-Nov 08) later Yavanna
G18 - Faramir - Taranuen (Nov 2008) Taranuen Faramir (2008-11-01 - 2009-06-07) changed to Arwen Undomiel (icon?) between May/Aug 2009 Taranuen Arwen (2009-06-07 - 2009-12-01)
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G1 – Aragorn -
G6 – Aragorn -
G11 – Arwen -
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I4 – Elrond - PipofRivendell (Feb-Sep 2002) later Este
I11 – The Lady Galadriel - Andurin (May?-Oct 2002)
I4 - Elrond - Elenedhel (Oct 2002-Apr 03)
which icon? - The Lady Galadriel - Meishan, more commonly referred to as Lady Anmôriel or Mori (Oct 2002-Nov 02)
I10 – The Lady Galadriel – Alkthoniel (Nov 2002-? 04) [Ally apparently also Celebrian in Dec 2003?] later Manwe
I3 – Lord Elrond – Arlo Cuthalion (2003-04-12 - 2004-04-12) later Ulmo
I14 – Lord Glorfindel - Laebeth (Feb 2004-Jul 04)
I2 – Lord Elrond – Laebeth (Jul 2004-Aug? 05)
I13 – Lord Glorfindel – Taramiluiel (Jul 2004-Dec? 05)
I5 – Lord Elrond – Tinw (Aug? 2005-Jun 06) Master Elrond (Apr 2006)
I12 – Lord Glorfindel - Eithil (Dec? 2005-Jul 06)
I1 – Master Elrond - Eglagaladiel (Jun 2006-Feb? 07)
I12 – Lord Glorfindel - Loriwaynen (Jul 2006- Jun 08) (Feb 07 just Glorfindel)
I1 – Master Elrond - VardaElbereth (Feb? 2007)
I1 – Master Elrond - Rilome (Mar 2007) (Sep 07 Lord Elrond)
I12 – Glorfindel - Ealena (Jun 2008)
? - Lady Celebrian - Merl Moriestiel (Feb? 2009) Celebrían (2009-02-10 - 2009-12-01)
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I6 – Elrond -
I7 - Elrond
I9 – Galadriel -
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W2 – Gandalf the White – Ferruccio (May-Oct 2002)
W8 – Saruman – Le Bob (May 02-Feb 03) later Mandos
W3 – Gandalf the White – Elen Sila (Oct 2002-Oct? 04) (Dec 03 just Gandalf)
W9 – Saruman – Wedgie (Feb-Apr 2003)
W10 – Saruman – Mirluin Ererana (Apr 03-Feb 04)
W12 – Saruman – Philthrandir (Feb-Oct? 04)
W4 – Gandalf – Grey Pilgrim (Oct 04-Oct 05)
W11 – Saruman – @Arwe Thereyet (Oct 04-? 2005) later Lorien
? - Gandalf - YaWorm (Nov? 2005)
? - Saruman - @istarimoneta (Nov?-Dec 2005)
? - Gandalf - Nylara (Dec 2005)
? - Saruman - YaWorm - (Dec 2005-Jun? 06)
? - Saruman - Trillian (Jun? 2006-Feb? 08)
? - Gandalf - Searogim (Nov? 2006-May? 08)
? - Saruman - Daywalker (Feb?-Dec? 2008)
? - Gandalf - Morgray (May?-Sep? 2008)
? - Gandalf - Lotryn (Sep? 2008)
Dec? 2008-May? 09 - Empty second ruler position
? - Saruman - @Sovielus (May? 2009)
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W5 – Gandalf –
W6 – Saruman –
W7 – Saruman –
W1 – Gandalf –
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K5 – Durin the Deathless - Tor the Mighty (30 Jan 2002-22 Feb 2002)(Jan-Feb 2002)
K5 – Durin the Deathless - Isembard (22 Feb 2002-Feb 03?)
K11 – Gimli son of Gloin - LittleDude87 (22 Feb 2002-Feb? 03)
K12 – Gimli son of Gloin – Loki Teshvara (Feb?-Oct? 2003) later Aule
K5 – Durin the Deathless - op127 (Feb?-Apr? 2003)
K7 – Durin the Deathless – Marin Sandbrow (Apr 03- Jun 04)
K1 REVERSED – Balin son of Fundin – @Annolori (Oct 03-Jun? 2004)
both quit sometime before 10 June 04
K9 – Queen of Durin’s Folk – @Dis (Jun 2004-Oct 05) later Mahal
K10 – Queen of Durin’s Folk – Hrive/elvensong (Jun 2004-Oct 05)
K2 – King of Durin's Folk - DainRubyholder (Oct 05-Oct 06) (renamed Dain II Ironfoot Aug? 06) Dain (2005-10-16 - 2006-10-25) later Aule
K4 – Queen of Durin’s Folk - OpalArkenstone/CajsaArkenstone (Oct 2005-Apr? 06)
K4 – Queen of Durin’s Folk - Alce Marille (Apr? 2006-Oct 06) (renamed Durin VII Aug? 06) K3 Queen of Durin's Folk (2006-04-12 - 2006-10-04)
K2 - Dain II Ironfoot - Norin Deathfoot (Nov? 2006-Jan? 08)
K3 - Durin VII - TMM (Nov? 2006-Jan? 08)
Jan? 08 - No rulers
? - Dain II Ironfoot - Nain Blackheart (Feb? 2008)
? - Gimli, son of Gloin - Elenna (May? 2008-Apr? 09)
O1 regions, what icon before that? - Thorin Oakenshield - Ellisiva Yiva (Dec? 2008) this is you, right @Queen Nerwen?
??? I don't remember where the below info came from.
K10 – Queen of Durin’s Folk – Alameda Larkeye () ? don't have any record of this
K6 – Durin the Deathless - ?
K11 – Gimli son of Gloin - @Oro () ? regions?
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- Lord Celeborn - Seregon (3 Dec 2003-29 Jan 04*) later Vana
L7 - The Lady Galadriel - Alkthoniel (3 Dec 2003-28 Mar 04*) later Manwe
L2 - Lord Celeborn - Master Herdir (30 Jan-29 May 2004*)
L5 - Lady Galadriel - Laire (28 Mar-13 Sep 2004*)
L2 - Lord Celeborn - Imfalas (29 May-13 Sep 2004*)
L1 - Lord Celeborn - ecaps (13 Sep 04-24 May 07*)
L6 – Lady Galadriel - Imfalas (13 Sep 04-21 Jul 05*)
L8 – Lady Galadriel - Nenedhel @Nen (21 Jul 2005- 23 Feb 06*)
L4 – Lady Galadriel – Brillonnien (23 Feb 2006-1 Jul 07*)
L12 - Lord Celeborn - Amalric (1 Jul 2007*-Apr? 09)
L4 - Lady Galadriel - Nienna Tindómë (24 May*-Dec? 2007)
L7 – Lady Galadriel - Menthol (Dec? 2007-Sep? 08)
L7 - Lady Galadriel - @Dincairwen (Sep? 08)
? - Lord Celeborn - Kalandria (Apr? 2009)
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R8 - Eomer of the Mark - Lorelei (Jun?-Oct 2002)
R14/R10? - Eowyn of the Mark - Éowyn o’ Rohan (Feb-Sep 2002)
R2 – Eomer of the Mark - Bereth (Oct 2002-Mar 03)
R10 – Eowyn of the Mark - Eohdwyn (Sep 2002-Oct 03)
R3 – Eomer of the Mark - ~Lanahar~ (Mar-Jun? 2003)
R4 – Eomer of the Mark - Lana (Jun? 2003-Jul 04)
R15 – Theoden King - Faramir (Oct 2003-Jun 04)
R11 – Eowyn of the Mark – @Eléowyn (Jun 2004-06) later Nienna
R6 – Eomer of the Mark - @Wamba_the_Fool (Jul 2004)
R4 – Eomer of the Mark - Ele Isenfolme (Oct 2004-Aug? 05)
R5 – Eomer of the Mark - Feawen (Aug? 2005-Feb? 06) later Nienna
R1 – Eomer of the Mark - Imbeannowyn (Feb? 2006-May? 07)
R9 – Eowyn of the Mark - Celinawyn (Apr? 2006-Nov? 07)
? - Eomer of the Mark - @Elarith (May? 2007-Jan 2008?)
R14 - Eowyn of the Mark - @Shivased (Nov? 2007)
R8 – Eomer of the Mark - Eile (Jan 2008?-Mar? 2009)
R7 – Eomer of the Mark - @Allafyrefleorhtlig ([ur=http://web.archive.org/web/201011251840 ... ll-pleasel]Feb 2009[/url] - region changeover)
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R13 – Eowyn -
R12 – Eowyn -
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S14 - Pippeness - Samwise Gamgee (Mar 2002 - Jul 2002)
S4 - Sare - Rose Cotton (Mar 2002 - Sep 2002)
S10 - Endymion - Samwise Gamgee (Jul 2002- Jan 2003), later Lórien
S4 - Banazîr - Rose Cotton (Sep 2002 - Jan 2003) changed to:
S10 - Banazîr - Samwise Gamgee (Jan 2003 - Jun 2003), later Nienna
S5 - Seregon - Rose Cotton (Jan 2003 - Aug 2003), later Vána
S11 - @Blackrose Bugg - Samwise Gamgee (Jun 2003 - Jun 2004), later Varda
S6 - Rosebud - Rosie Cotton (Sep 2003 - Jan 2004)
S7 - @Brandybuck - Rosie Cotton (Jan 2004 - Sep 2005), later Vairë
S12 - @Eamila Bolger - Samwise Gamgee (Jun 2004 - Mar 05)
S13 - @Tari as Tari Boffin - Samwise Gamgee (Mar 2005 - Mar 2006), later Ulmo
S2 - Elanor Evermind - Frodo Baggins (Sep 2005 - Nov 05)
S1 - Anson Baranduin - Frodo Baggins (Nov 2005 - Jun 2006)
S9 - @Feiniel - Samwise Gamgee (Mar 06 - Aug 07)
S3 - @Woggy Hardbotom - Pippin Took (Jun 2006 - May 2007)
S3 - Miriath - Pippin Took (May 2007 - May 2009)
S9 - Celandine - Samwise Gamgee (Nov? 2007 - Feb 08)
S9 - @Estel Underhill - Samwise Gamgee (Feb 2008 - Dec 2009), Samwise Gamgee (2008-02-22 - 2009-12-01)
S8? - Rosie Cotton - @Menolly (Jun? 09-)
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I am not sure if M5 was Narg. It might be me. If it was me, you will find it is not a perfect 58x58 icon. It is slightly short, like me.
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Yay! I'm glad this has its own thread now - it was definitely getting buried in the Icon Workshop one.

A few notes:
L9 is Dincairwen (n instead of m)
I think Pele was Faramir till early 2016? Whenever the admin election happened on Old Plaza.

I also really love this old page, which was a Special Ranks Timeline - https://web.archive.org/web/20150919125 ... s-Timeline

Based on the rank you select, it gives a Gantt chart-like timeline of who held that rank for which years (also includes admin timelines).
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@Sil LMAO ... well, all the best things, they say.

The icon I have is 58x58. If there is another ring out there which is not quite so, I haven't found it.

@Tarawen I have looked at that timeline, but have not loved it - I never saw a page which had more than 2 entries on it! I was looking at Admins and Maiar though, which is a whole 'nother barrel. Maybe it'll help someone with this.

And fixed, I think! Thanks! :smiley17:
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@Lirimaer - yeah that's very fair - I was looking at the page for Tinfang just now and it was never updated when I stepped down in 2013 so *shrug* Maybe it'll be a little help with rulers at the very least!
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Oh that should help a bunch - just looked at Rivvy! :smiley22: :smiley22: :smiley22:

(I do have a fear that I shall have to open an admin/maiar thread... :smiley12: Maybe not for a couple of weeks!)
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@Lirimaer it ok I found myself! A voyage of deep discovery. Here’s my shorty ring. Thanks to @Tzülien’s old photobucket
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I'm not sure how helpful this is, but I know that one of the Celeborn icons was held by Amalric, I want to say L1, but I'm not 100% certain. I also believe @Celebrin held a Celeborn icon at one point.
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LUSHHHHHHH How awesome! *steals*

Clearly, everyone needs to come back and provide their old icons via a sig pic!! :smiley9:
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Ahh @Sil I remember that sig image!

@Lirimaer - I'm sure you will have LOTS of eager helpers with old Admin/Maiar icons as well! *goes down a wormhole in old Vali pages*
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Everything in this post is going from the link that Tarawen provided.

Kalandria held this icon of Galadriel from 2009-11-09 - 2010-10-06. I'm pretty certain the order is Y/M/D.
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O1 is Thorin, held by @Queen Nerwen from July 2008-June 2010
Aisil held K8 for awhile in 2011 during the Regions.
And Celebrin's icon was L3 for November 2009-February 2010
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I believe F8 was the Quickbeam icon of @Flame Fried Ent (MeaghanB at the time). She can correct me if I'm wrong.

I was a ruler from 2004-2005. Morim was also a ruler in the same relative timeframe (he started a few months before me and finished a few months before me as well, but I think the years were the same).
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@Lirimaer I just asked Naith and he says he was G7 and Mathen Nors was G4

If Mo had M12 too, then he had it before me, so 2003 as well. Cause he was Sauron when I was made WK.
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I was never Celeborn. I believe Amalric was the last Celeborn (at least that I know of), and we only had Galadriels after that. I could be wrong though. I was not around for long periods of time. Amalric then became one of the Valar though I don't remember which. And Dincairwen was the last Galadriel I remember. Tbh I am a terrible reference lol I can't even remember Kala being Galadriel or any Celeborns besides Amalric XD
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Another link: https://web.archive.org/web/20051203084 ... n_vali.asp

The many iterations of that page that were archived seem to have some unique information on each of them, which is nice but also a lot to sift through! I will try to help by doing more than just sharing links at some point later this week. XD
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So a lot of people think Celebrin was a ruler, but not himself ... Are you sure, Celebrin? Were you a ruler, unbeknownst to yourself, in your absence? Some admins worked this way for years ... :smiley9:

I think I've updated your corrections so far, the written stuff anyway if not pictures. If I have made glaring errors, please point them out in neon!

Thank you all. :smiley11:
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I mean, I did find this in one of the Valinor pages that Tarawen linked. Seems like evidence to me :smiley16:

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Artanis / Éomund / Brandor / Zarâm

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I swear I wasn't hahaha and I posted this in the other icon thread but this was Amalric's to my knowledge
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And Kalandria being Galadriel is coming back to me now lol
ah you see? thats Celeblin not Celebrin. I don't remember much about him, only that he existed
I had no right being a ruler back then lol I had a chance only of being Celeborn after AMalric but I wasn't really around enough
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Your names are all too similar! :oops: Thanks for pointing that out to me. Sorry for all the confusion.

I knew there was someone who's name was very similar to Celeborn.
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Naith was G7 :P Not G2 ;)

Uruloki and Grishnak were rulers when I joined Mordor March 2003. Both stepped down that year too. I think Mandallah came after me, so 2003 as well. Not sure when @DEATH was ruler, might have been with Mandallah (pretty sure it was)

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Ooooh oh one just came back to me while staring at the icons - I think G8 was Dirion Telpelen. Ruler in 2009.

ETA: Also found a wayback machine page where corlisswyn was wearing L9 – Galadriel.
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@Mojo ....I was either F9 or F10. Can’t remember. If I had to guess, F10.

I took over after Morim left, then brought Lanthy on when Mojo left. I stepped down 2007? Sometime around there.
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F14 was Region (according to the old ruler page he was ruler in 2008, his term started in early 08 and ended in late 08).

Also I think F5 was Tinuviel (02-03)...Marina might have been F3 but I don't remember. I remember the F3 icon but not who had it.

I think @Nia was F1.
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In terms of dates, I believe I wore Arwen as ruler of Eriador from 2014-2016ish.

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Winddancer wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 12:02 am Naith was G7 :P Not G2 ;)

Uruloki and Grishnak were rulers when I joined Mordor March 2003. Both stepped down that year too. I think Mandallah came after me, so 2003 as well. Not sure when @DEATH was ruler, might have been with Mandallah (pretty sure it was)
All dates are approximate...
Mandallah was Sauron from late Feb 2004 to late April or early May. So he would have been Gothmog for a time before that. 2003 tracks with this theory.
Lulani came on board as Gothmog Feb 2004.
I ... er, Loke was Gothmog by late April or early May 2004. All three of us wore the M1 icon as Gothmog.
Fairly certain Mandallah wore M4 as Sauron, perhaps also M5
I wanna say Lulani wore M6 - unsure if that was for her entire rule.
As Sauron I think I was the first to wear the M7 icon.

So 2004 looks something like this.

Feb - Mandallah (Sauron) Lulani (Gothmog)
May - Lulani (Sauron) Loke (Gothmog)
After August? - Loke (Sauron) Rohanna (Witchking I think?)
By December's end it looks like Mandallah was back as a Ruler so I was out before then. My retirement came at a time of great upheaval in my life and I'm honestly uncertain about when it actually happened.

Edit: Inzilbeth may have been Sauron spanning end of 2003/start of 2004. It's getting pretty murky for me though in these old memory archives.
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Mojo wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 1:44 am I think @Nia was F1.
Yeah pretty sure [edit: virtually certain, the more I look at him] F1 was my Treebeard. Looking through them all really made me question it - they all look so familiar to me! You'd think your own icon would jump out at you like an old friend, but for me apparently not.

Anyway, I've just spent my 11am self-awarded tea break searching through the annals of my old hard drive and finally found the file I was looking for - my resignation post - the file is dated 15 May 2010. I don't really remember when I stepped up though :smiley14: . I feel like it wasn't a particularly long stint. I mention Sov, Shiva, Lotryn and DH as my co-rulers at the time.

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Per @Tarawen's link:
Wamba the Fool wore R6 in 2004
Faramir wore R15 in 2003-2004
@Eléowyn wore R11 in 2004-2006
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I can confirm some years:

K8 was also worn by myself 2011
O3 was worn by Aisil Dagda in 2011
O4 was worn by @Idesinholde in 2010 and by myself in 2011-12
O10 was worn by myself in 2012

Also the list of ruler dates in this post may help decipher some of the Shire icons: https://lotrfanaticsplaza.com/forum/vie ... 9373#p9373

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@Lirimaer You still have Naith as G2, he didnt have that one according to him :P Oddly enough he is saved with G4 in 2004 and G3 in 2003

G5 and G14 Were Tarkano and Tiana around 2005

Hoyamir was ruler before Naith and archive has him saved with G3

W4 was saved to Grey Pilgrim 2005

L6 was saved to Imfalas 2005

O8 was Fimbrethil and someone named House was saved 2007 with that

Merl was saved to O6 in 2007

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@Winddancer I remember Naith and Laie had a 'coronation' event and changed icons ... I'm sure I remember him with a crown - was it a different icon he changed to? :smiley14:

Wow - what a lot of work I've given myself to do ... :smiley20:
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@Lirimaer I'll say! haha Edit: Obviouly let us know if you need help <3

And just asked Naith, again and this time I was real specific and he then remembered that he did have that one and he HATED it :smiley9: my bad!

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Well, tbh I was doubting myself because the brain is real fuzzy on these things :smiley9:

I hated their new icons too, in fairness. I like to think they were terrible new icons and it wasn't just change that made me intractable! :smiley10:
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Well to be fair, it is a bit shire :P

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Oh nice! :smiley9:

Thanks for all your help, everyone - I do appreciate it. If I did it wrong, or ignored you, please do point it out - I am old and forgetful, not rude!

For the future of this project, I am ASKING FOR MORE HELP!!

What I'm hoping for is a person (or team) to take on a kingdom (or the regions) and reorganise it somehow into date order. Some kingdoms will need more information collated before we get to that stage - either that or they only had a few rulers. We might need to ask each kingdom for their specialist help!!

I imagine that eventually all the icons numbers will end up all over the place, but we'll have a nicer picture of who did what when and any gaps that emerge (and they are arbitrary numbers anyway). I'm not precious about presentation of your findings, so whatever way suits you will be fine - Loke/DEATH's post above is easy to read, for example.

Please feel free to take a kingdom and do it rather than being assigned it by me - I am in the middle of my RL busywork (report-writing time), so will not be even looking at this myself for a couple of weeks - there's no rush at all.

Thanking you all in advance. :smiley17:
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I can see what I can dig up on Fangorn. I'll try to do it in the next couple weeks. :)
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All these were from the capture early 2004

M13 is saved to -haste - would think he was one of the first Mordor rulers

New Mordor ruler icon, Idril's and would think she ruled with haste
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R4 I have seen both Wamba the fool and Lana saved with it.
R12 was saved to Éowyn of Rohan
W5 was saved to Ferruccio
R2 saved to Bereth
G15 ~~Gwaihir~~ and think she must have been one of the first rulers, so around 2002
G7 was saved to Hoyamir and was before Naith and only ruled for about 2 months
K5 was saved to Isembard
K11 saved to Littledude87 and op127
G6 was saved to Mathen Nors and he was pre Naith too
S14 saved to Pippeness
W2 saved to RavenClawCharm
K5 saved to Tor the Mighty
W9 saved to Wedgie

All these are from the capture late 2004


Andurin MC had this one saved and think she was one of the first Rivendell rulers
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R6 saved to Wamba the fool

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This should also help with the timelines: http://web.archive.org/web/201503160814 ... s-Timeline
Some still work

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@Lirimaer - I am working on this for Rohan! I'll give you a more coherent list/estimated dates once I've got it done. I want to see if anyone can help us out here.

Here's what I have so far... dates are approximate.

R2 - I think was Bereth 2002-2003. @Bereth - can you confirm?
R4 - Pretty sure this was Ele Isenfolme 2004. Ele definitely had a helmeted-Eomer.
R5 - I think Feawen 2005
R10 - may also have been Eo/Eowyn of Rohan (same as ~Eohdwyn~, right? or wrong? this was early days for me but I thought she changed her name later...) She preceded Eleowyn. 2002-2003

Ok after that my memory is pretty shot as I was around less, but I think that:
R13 - Celinawyn 2006 or Shivased 2007-2009
R14 - Shivased - 2007-2009 @Shivased can you confirm? sorry I can't remember.

One of the Eomer's will have been @Elarith 2006-2007. I apologize I can't recall which one! Can you help us?
@Allacan Beorhtlig (2009-?) can you also help us play the Eomer face-matching game?

Other unmatched Eomer's I have are Imbeannowyn (2006) and Eile (2008) as well as Lorelai (2002).
Instinct tells me Eile wore R8 but maybe someone else can help us out with these.

May also want to take a look at this thread for Shire ruler dates.

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Windy's latest link is suggesting that M9 is mine from 2010, and that feels about right.

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For a brief time as mayor of Imladris, I was I8. Forgot the year though it was late late plaza

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@Lailyn My dates were Oct 2007 - June 2011. I was a ruler for just over 3 years. Eowyn for most of it and then Eomer for the last bit. I started as a ruler with Elarith, then Eile, then ruled with Allacan, then Dragon-Helm and Rowena. There were a couple other rulers in there, like Soveilus and stuff when we had regions and there were more than 2 rulers. I stepped down in 2011, leaving Rowena and Dragon-helm as rulers.

I know Celinawyn ruled with Imbeannowyn. Imbe was a ruler from 2006 - 2007 (I found a 1 year rulerversary thread from 2007.) and was Eomer. She stepped down early in 2007 I believe. Celi was Eowyn at that point. When Imbe stepped down Elarith took over as Eomer I believe, and I took over in around Oct 2007 from Celi, ruled as Eowyn with Elarith for a few months, then Elarith stepped down and Eile was brought in to replace Elarith and took the Eomer icon. I switched to Eomer at the end of my time when Allacan took the Theoden icon.

Does any of that make sense? It was a kind of confusing time as rulers kept going inactive, new rulers came in then went inactive or stepped down....

Edited to reflect Windy's link cuz I'm confused and don't know what Icon I had longest :smiley16:
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@Lailyn I could have sworn Ber served with R3, but I’ll trust others memories better. Ber served after Lorelei, and then Lana after Ber. Exact dates elude me.

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@Winddancer thanks! I got it backwards. I was Eowyn for most of my time, then Eomer at the end!
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@Shivased - YES. it all makes sense! Thank you so much for filling those missing gaps for me! I only ever remembered you as Eowyn, but to be honest, I'm not sure I should trust my memory at all at this point.

@Bereth - On the contrary, I trust you more than my own memory. :smiley24: And perhaps we'll never have it all figured out and I think that's ok, too.

Thanks for answering my call for aid to both of you! :smiley22:

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@Winddancer Ah, so that is what they mean by the “Way Back Machine”? Thanks!

@Lailyn absolutely OK to have a little mystery in our lives. :smiley8:

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Kind of, though not everything is saved unfortunately and sometimes an icon gets saved to the wrong person cause it got the same link name :P @Bereth
@Shivased Glad I could help :)

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@Lailyn Ok this is going to sound really bad but I don’t remember (not being a ruler very long and basically vanishing, something I regret to this day). :oops: If I had to pick I think I was R5. From some WBM digging:
R1 - Imbeannowyn
R9 - Celinawyn
I think you’re right and Ele was R4.

WBM only shows me as Kermit the Frog :smiley9:

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Agreed, Ber!

Thanks @Elarith. And hey, no worries. I, too, basically vanished as well. It happened its all good! :smiley17:

:smiley9: It is really funny what the WBM saves - I've seen lots of random Halloween icons in December! I guess we'll just mark you down as Kermy, then, gotta trust that WBM... :smiley10:

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