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Nimrod the Wood Elf of Mirkwood, aka TJ Kater, sported a bushy blood afro and John Lennon spectacles. He was ruddy of complexion especially when excited (about every ten minutes in our gaming sessions). His gusto was harnessed in processing orders with his sidekick, Balin, aka Bill Davis, Dwarf Lord and Shipping Manager. Bill had an unassuming air but his smile povoking good nature hid a sensible commonsense approach to life. I have lost touch with these friends as they moved out of state to obtain employment. Marc Summerlott or Marcham the Noldor Elf was infamous for his stunts of comic relief (such as trying to break a hippogriff by pounding about the head while soaring over the Elven King's Hall), He was engaged to a girl which gamed with us for some time but broke the engagment when Marcham married an princess from a northern petty kingdom for political reasons. Her amazons cut a swath through Prince Marcham's barony before riding off into the sunset. Marc did galley layouts and pasteups mostly. He authored Theives of Badabaskor under my close direction and help. Later he began dating my little sister Debbie without my knowledge then married her. Four fine children resulted and Marc is still one of the regulars at our weekend gaming sessions. Mark Holmer played Gandalf in my campaign from the first session onward when he was not playing in a local rock band. Mark's careful attention to detail became a useful asset to us in the early years and he became my business manager.

Through the Gate

The circumstellar ring has been revered as the Heaven's Bridge by most ancient races of Ghenrek IV as the planets, moons, and even the sun itself travels across the sky upon it. By daylight, it assumes a light blue aspect and at night, it glows silver with tinges of scarlet (since the war of the gods against the Markrabs or Uttermost War). It is speculated that the mass of the ring is responsible for the intensity of the plasma wind given off by the star. The ring becomes golden once every 52 yars for a period of 90 to 96 days due to a sharp decrease in solar storms and sunspot activity. Intelligent lifeforms use this phenomena to mark the end of a cycle and the beginning of new events. Astrophysic specialists predict that the asteroid belt will eventually move outward into the circumstellar ring to precipitate the formation of two additional planets in roughly 13 million years.

The unusual cosmic cauldron that formed this system resulting in four elements not found anywhere else in this galactic spiral arm. Adamantite is an extremely light weight tough metal of a golden reddish hue. Furthermore, adamantite molecules align themselves in response to mental energy in the form of alpha waves by the repeated actions of magicians (more on this later). These alignments seem to both store and focus energy in metallic crystaline lattice structures design by the magicians to achieve unusual results. The term pyschoreactive has been applied to this property. Meithreil is a nearly translucent silver colored metal whose unique molecular structure permits an edge almost monofilament in thickness, is virtually corrosion resistant, and forms a crystalline matrix that ejects other molecules making it near impossible to alloy. Heat treatment yields a tough ductile core able to withstand great stress and strain. Magicum is a turquoise colored metal with a low melting point (244 degrees C) and has an unusual crystalline structure electromagnetic energy to a concentrated form which can be manipulated by the electrical synapses in the brains of living creatures in close proximity. Magicum absorbs heat from it's surroundings, chilling the ambient significantly when this happens. Where large deposits of magicum are located, the efficacy of spells and magic in general is so potent as to indicate that the metal may be the source of all magic (and a significant factor in the geological ice age of this planet). Orichalcum is an extremely dense black metal whose crystalline form permits it to absorb gases and liquids similiar to a sponge, locking them within the crystals. Being rare, it is often overlaid on adamantite weapons to produce especially potent rings, staves and artifacts.

These rare elements were first discovered by explorers from the Alliance of Elder Races which brought many of the shorter lived races to the planet for exploitation prior to discovery of the indigneous races of Dragons and First Men.