If you haven’t heard, apparently some other kind of “March Madness” has started up, and yesterday was crazy with lots of close games, upsets, and the like.*
But the real wackiness came yesterday at 5:00 pm EST, when the polls closed on Round 2 of the Gryffindor and Dragon Army divisions. The results might shock [...]
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GandalfServant of the Secret Fire, Wielder of the Flame of Arnor
Age:
Immortal (or near-enough)
Race:
Istari
Weapons / Artifacts:
Glamdring, “The Shattering of Foes”; staff
Special Attack:
Flash of Light
Roland DeschainThe Gunslinger
Age:
Unknown
Race:
Human
Weapons / Artifacts:
Twin six-shooters
Special Attack:
The fastest gun in Mid-World
Advantages
Vast amounts of knowledge of the peoples, places, and legends of Middle-Earth
Many [...]
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Roland DeschainThe Gunslinger
Age:
Unknown
Race:
Human
Weapons / Artifacts:
Twin six-shooters
Special Attack:
The fastest gun in Mid-World
Elric428th Emperor of Melniboné
Age:
Unknown
Race:
Melnibonéan
Weapons / Artifacts:
Stormbringer
Special Attack:
His sword devours souls!
Advantages
Perfect marksmanship and deadly accuracy
Possessed of grim determination and an iron will
Has that terrifying Clint Eastwood thousand-yard stare
Advantages
The sentient hellblade, Stormbringer, devours souls
Stormbringer also [...]
Yesterday I posted that Stephen King would be returning to the Dark Tower, writing a novel or a collection of interwoven short stories that take place between the events of Wizard & Glass and Wolves of the Calla.
This is big news. Dark Tower fans are a cult I am proudly a part of.
It was [...]
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