A little about me I am 30  and married to the lovely Colleen  who is also a LOTRO fanatic.  We are both originally from N.Ireland but currently located in Germany due to me being in the RAF.

My Kin: We started as a small group of friends from a previous kin who enjoyed playing together. We are a Rank 10  kin and have a kin house in the Shire Homesteads. This area was chosen after a vote by the kin members. Something we believe in strongly is that the members have a say in all we do, it is after all their kin too!  As of today we have approximately 100 real members, not including alts. We cover a large range of levels and classes and have members from the UK but also all over europe.

As a kin, the priority is having a laugh together and enjoying each other's company as we quest, not hardcore raiding. With the release of SoM we are loving the new Skirmish instances and really having a great laugh taking part in them. We are a family kin but we will be taking part in all of the instances as and when a group wants to, there will be no pressure put on anyone to MAKE them do things as other kins may do.

Members are encouraged to bring ideas to the table themselves for improving kin life and that works well for us.

What we offer:

Ventrilo Server:  We have purchased a 25 slot ventrilo server mainly for when we get into the instances and it has really helped with getting to know each other better.

Trait/Book Nights:  Want to complete those painful deeds? We are currently having a deed night each week where kinnies can get together in groups and try having a laugh as they go slaughtering multitudes of mobs!

Kin Lottery: We hold a monthly lottery in the kin, each enrtry costs 50 silver and 30% of the prize fund goes to the Kin Fund for upkeep of kin house and also as prizes for the competitions we hold. There are also 2 rollover slots on each draw to allow for bigger prizes to the winner.

Kin Quiz: We hold a monthly quiz to allow members the opportunity to show their knowledge and also win prizes.

Crafting meets: This is a recent addition to our kin and one that was provided by a new kinnie. On the first Sunday of every month we will meet as a kin at one of the crafting halls, where people can provide mats to our many GM and SM Crafters and they can get the armour they have been after or that shiney new sword, or even hope pots and blackberry tarts etc.

Moria Destroyers Creep Tribe - We have a creep tribe for those times when you want to really relax and kill some freeps We run regular creep nights, check out our events section for more info.

Kin House: A lovely kin house at 4 BrookBank Street, Halldown, Shire Homesteads, a stones throw away from Michel Delving, with its great transport links and its Bank, Auction house and crafting area. The Kin House is set upon a lovely hill with all round views and is directly in front of the homesteads vending area.

The main thing we offer is a social community where you will have a laugh as you grind out that XP, also a wealth of LOTRO knowledge exists within our kin, as well as the awesome crafting abilities.

What we need: We dont have any weekly attendance requirements, come and play as and when you feel like it, as long as you login once in a 40 day period we are happy. We are recruiting any level and any class, We do however have a minimum age requirement of 18, although before applying you need to ask your self one question..........

"Am I the kind of person who tries very hard to complete quests using advice from others to get the full satisfaction from levelling or am I the kind of person who gives up before trying and expects a high level to drop everything and help me powerlevel?"

If you are the first type of person then get in touch!! If you are the second then I am afraid our kin is not for you.

What to do to join: If you like what you have read here and on the website then all you need to do is fill out the MD Application Form at the website

If you have any questions feel free to speak to any of the following:

MD Officers

Chipmore - Founder/Webmaster
Oaktree - 2IC/ Kin Raid Leader/Captain mentor
Cailin - Minstrel mentor
Flackadder - Deed & Trait Night Organiser/ Hunter mentor
Rhysi - loremaster Mentor

Or any member of the kin you see running around.
Or speak to any member of the Kin you see running around and they will tell you which of their alts an officer is on. Sorry I have whittered on a bit but I wanted to get as much information in here as possible.

Happy hunting!
Chip