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A place to store the history of the Plaza and gather information and quotes about Tolkien's books
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Moriel wrote: Fri Jun 05, 2020 10:33 pm I just went through and scavenged all the icons from the two pages I linked and the link you fixed. There are... many. I'll see about getting them organized and posted :smiley16:
Oh gosh what an undertaking! If we had a bow-down-to-you emoticon, I'd use it right now. Those Vali bio pages are amazing...so many names I forgot but are so good to remember!

@Tarawen - I don't know when we switched. I can't even recall which icons we had when I joined. :smiley16: I do distinctly remember the change from 8 ranks to 15, though.

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I feel like I vaguely remember the old old old icons. *thinking face* I did see some interesting "icon under construction" overlays on some of the ranks in the Wayback Machine (as they were being developed, I would imagine).
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@Dwim I did in fact see that and may have archived it as well :smiley15:
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Okie dokie, let's see how many individual images I can embed before the plaza explodes.

MAIAR

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ADMINS

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Image bonus Mo icon :smiley16:



I will come back and do rulers in a different post since there's like 97 icons and I need a break :smiley20:
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*keels over* Whoa, thanks for compiling these, Moriel! It's nice to see them in full-size instead of all mushed together in the large image that was shared before. And there are some here (like my birdie) that are not in that one, so it's cool to see them all together like this!
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Ahh! Thank you, @Moriel! Now that's a beautiful and nostalgia filled set. And yes-- yay to the Maiar icons including Tara's new (er... 2012, XD) Tinfang!
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Nice, @Moriel! I've been staring at those for over 5 minutes now. Awesome to have them all together.

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Ahhh I found my old Fladrif ruler icon via the Wayback machine! Wow I haven't seen this thing in AGES. This is great.
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Edited previous post for neatness and to add Smaug admin as he got stuck in the wrong folder!

And because I'm apparently incapable of stopping in the middle of this project...

RULERS

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And especially for @Dwim :smiley15:
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I remember when that first Sauron Icon was used, my first thought was that it was a bird feeder of some kind and I was seriously confused. :smiley9:
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Wow, that's a lot of icons. Thanks for doing all the work to post them here Moriel. I can name a handful of the people who wore some of those characters back in the day.

And even if we don't need rulers, it might be helpful to have some of those icons around for RP purposes in case anyone needs to RP Galadriel, Theoden, or someone else for one reason or another.
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@Moriel, I can't believe you had to include that. :smiley9: It was less embarrassing when it was hidden behind a link! XD

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Bahahahaha @Dwim! :smiley9: (Didn't we used to have a laughing emoji that was like, banging its fists on a table with laughter? That would be useful now.)

@Dimcairien Luiniel - I also was remembering some of the individuals who wore different ranks - it's a fun nostalgia trip!
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Loving that first Fimbrethil. The Peeg Fimbrethil icons were just epic.
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Tarawen wrote: Sat Jun 06, 2020 4:04 pm (Didn't we used to have a laughing emoji that was like, banging its fists on a table with laughter? That would be useful now.)
Yes! And there was that turning/ mooning one, too!
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Some old Mordor SCRs from a banner I dug up. Especial thanks to @Winddancer for uploading these for me! :D

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I really loved the Nessa icon with the stag and the old Yavanna icon with the tree, too.
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*steals*

Thanks @Sil - I'm making a catalogue of SCRs and ATRs ... and you just helped me cross 3 off my list!
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This is the list of ATRs I have so far ... some I can't find, some I have no idea who they are - if you have them or know who the blanks are, please help!

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@Moriel and @Lirimaer - wow! I am really impressed! Got a special spot for Urwen as my first ATR so thanks for that reminder.
On an older note, I always really loved Seregon's Vana icon and Eleowyn's Nienna. So beautiful!

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@Lirimaer Huorness of Fangorn was one that I wore, but the Icon a long gone. :(
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Thanks, @Lailyn!

So anyway, after a monster upload party ... some of these might be in the wrong place :smiley12: I have tried to colour-match, but where the R&P page denoted them is where they ended up (hence Morwen is in Fangorn for some reason). Some, like Durin's Bane and Denethor, were in a couple of Kingdoms, but I left them in the primary kingdom. If there are glaring errors, please point them out to me!

If you have the missing SCRs, *grabby hands* please hand them in!

FANGORN SCRs
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GONDOR SCRs
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IMLADRIS SCRs
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ISENGARD SCRs
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KD SCRs
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LOTHLORIEN SCRs
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MORDOR SCRs
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ROHAN SCRs
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SHIRE SCRs

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Aww, nevermind, @Oak - you have the memories! ;)
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Edited my posts to add Windy's WK icon, Mo's Sauron icon, one of Naith's Aragorn icons, and Peeg's non-sub-Eru Oromë icon!
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@Lirimaer - your SCR/ATR tables are amazing! Thank you for tracking all of those down and organizing them. It's so cool to see them all here, and your labels helped me figure out what the Thuringwethil icon even was.
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@Lirimaer Amazing job! The ATR to the right of Urwen is Indis, I believe, and from the shells on the last one on that row, I'm guessing that's Uinen?

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@Moriel, here's another Thranduil one to add, which I wore in the very latter days of my rulership: Image

Edit- And some more Shire ruler icons: Image Image Image Image

@Lirimaer, the SCR & ATR collections are awesome!
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Just going to post the icons I come across while finding live threads in the archives

Mordor Halloween icons, yes we were frigging fairies
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Old Rohan icon or is it still this?
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Another Saruman, Arwe Theryet was sporting it in 2005
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Another Goldberry 2005 Lirimaer's
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Rosie Cotton, Brandybuck in 2005
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Taramiluiel's ruler icon
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SCR 2004
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Eru icon
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Old minion icon
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Old Rohan icon
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Elen Sila's icon
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Collecthor's icon
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Amazing work @Lirimaer! I think that hobbit child in the last row might be Elanor Gamgee... or maybe just Elanor?
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Hahaha that Gollum SCR - I think @Mor Toast wore that at one point, did you not?
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Hahahaha @Tarawen I totally did! I think @Pele Alarion bequeathed it to me, and I believe I used it to help pull a Plaza prank?

@Baingíl Randír, do you remember this?
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Mordor halloween icon
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Yes.. I was Buttercup
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KD Halloween icon
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Old KD hammer or new??
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Fangorn Halloween icon
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Rivendell Halloween
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Isengard ruler icon
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Isengard Halloween
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Shire Halloween
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So noted, @Sil! (In my own file, anyway.) I'll wait to see if anyone else can name some before a full update. I was hoping someone would say the smoking hobbit is the Old Gaffer ...

@Quill I had a feeling that Indis being a dark-haired Vanyar caused problems of old, so was reluctant to name her that, but I feel you are right! Maybe a grand re-naming should go on! Re-shells!woman, I've never seen the icon before, so honestly have no clue who she is - she might be another Uinen :/

My next project is putting RAM icons in order with people's names next to them - but I feel woefully underqualified for that - I remember less than half of who belonged to which icons, never mind in what order they came ... which I am attributing to long absence, and not old age :smiley9:

@Winddancer I have another icon I remember as Taramiluiel's icon. Image
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Haha I know @Lirimaer , I feel pretty confident it WAS Indis because I think I had it back in the day, but as I typed that post I was like that doesn't make sense...

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@Mor Toast ahahaha I recall there was a prank involved (I thought maybe the icon itself was a prank, too?) but I have no idea what it was.

@Lirimaer - I'd imagine lots of people would be super excited to help out with matching up people and RAM icons! By our memories combined . . . maybe we'll figure it out.
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@Lirimaer Could just be how it was archived, but that was the icon that showed up in the thread I saw

KD Halloween
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Istari Halloween
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Sovielus' Saruman late 2009
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Beor's Denethor 2010
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Aig's mod icon:
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All the Shadowlands icons are here: http://web.archive.org/web/201002021033 ... nds-region
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Tru dat, there's a lot of weird icons in the archives.
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I'm not an admin so I can't offer a prize

BUT

I'd love to see the old Emiratus icon. That thing was beautiful.

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Li. wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2020 6:41 pm
I'd love to see the old Emiratus icon. That thing was beautiful.
Do you know what forum it was in or who had it?

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Do you mean the halfirian butterfly @Li. ??
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@Tarawen so anyway I was listening ... :smiley9:

I am not sure this is a comprehensive collection of icons, but it should give us a starting point at least. Each icon has a code, so it should work to do something like:

K5 - [Icon title] - [Playername] (and the year, as Windy is doing, might be useful too!)

And feel free to give a big list.

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This one so named because either they don't fit above or I am not sure who/where/when
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Several of the icons labeled Other were Wilderland ones. I know O4 and O10 are both Thranduil. And O1 might be Dain. And I'm not sure what O3 and O9 are, but they are Wilderland icons of some sort or another.

O4 - Thranduil - Dwim (2012ish)

@Laintaen Are you going to add Lorien here?
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Oh, Did I forget it? I did do it ... [edits]
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Ok - here are a few off the top of my head - I'm tagging everyone who is currently on this new site because I make no promises that any of this is accurate...

G19 - Faramir - @Pele Alarion (???? - early 2016)
I8 - Elrond - @Aigronding Mordagnir
L10 - Galadriel - Beliowen
M8 - Sauron - Laielinwen
O6 - Círdan - Merl Moriestiel (also Sur Vanar Utirieste for a time, I think)
O9 - Bard - scribe
O10 - Thranduil - also @Dwim based on what he posted earlier in this thread
S15 - Farmer Maggot - @Menolly (???? - sometime in 2012? I know Menolly and I overlapped in Vali briefly I became a Cottage Maia in early 2012)
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O3 was Thranduil worn by Aisil Dagda and Baingil Randir too, I believe.
O4 was Thranduil worn by Idesinholde and myself
O5 O10 was Thranduil worn by myself

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M14 - Grishnak
M8 - Laielinwen
M16 - Sil
M10 - Inzilbêth
M12 - Winddancer
M4 - Mo Mandallah, Windy remembered better than me
M15 - Uruva
M1 - Lulani

I think those are all correct, there's some others I'm not sure on and will have to go back and look! Other minions (or whoever) feel free to double check me.
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F6 was @Morim's Finglas and F7 was my Fladrif icon. I think the Finglas icon got repurposed as one of the SCRs above.

I believe F13 was Collecthor ("Achoo")'s Treebeard icon.
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Dwim wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:05 pm O5 was Thranduil worn by myself
Thanduil's changed ... :smiley10: You meant O10, yes?
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Awesome @Lirimaer !!
You forgot Beor's Denethor 2010
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O13: Sovielus' Saruman late 2009
I8: Aig's
W3: Elen Sila
W11: Arwe Theryet 2005
S7: Brandybuck 2007
K9: Dis
K10: elvensong
M4: I think was Mandallah
M12: Mine 2003

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