Reflecting Pools are very useful features if you want to get to an instance quickly. However, since Moria, they have been changed.
Where you used to be able to enter an instance if someone in your group was already in and do your quest, they are now only to be used for helping someone do a quest you've already done. If you enter an instance through the pool, the quests will not complete for you and GMs will not do anything about it, because it works as intended. Or at least, this is what we in Europe hear from GMs.

Bas Scholts / Rhyaehar
[EN-RP] Laurelin

The Yule festival is here with all new quests, races, and items! With traditional decorations, warm cider, rich feasts and other, more mischievous, pursuits; Yule is a time of hope across Middle-earth even as the shadow of the Enemy continues to grow. Visit all the homelands of the free peoples to enjoy all the festival has to offer. You might even earn a new four footed friend for your efforts!

If you need some directions for this festival read our Yule Festival Guide

This right jolly old fellow wandered into the Shire this evening and handed out presents to everyone below level 10 who asked for one! As I was there working on my new Hobbit Warden, I was tickled pink to receive some blueberry muffins and a pair of padded shoes.
by thegneech

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Dear readers and visitors,

Silriel and I have an announcement to make. It is the happiest announcement in our lives. 4kg 150g and 52 cm of pure joy. Our lvl 1 hobbit prince. I'll let the picture say everything:

I hope you will understand if the news and the site suffer a bit 🙂

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Volume 1 Book 15 starts by speaking with Elrond and is all solo-able up until Chapter 12. In Book 15 Chapter 12: One hope remains, you must protect Amarthiel/Narmeleth and defeat two bosses Mordrambor and Mordirith. The second Boss is easy but for the first one you need a good strategy. 
If you have a problem to defeat Mordrambor read our guide

Strategy for Book 15 Chapter 12 - One Hope Remains

One of the interesting things in Silvertine Lodes is a 56 level Instance Skum and Urauth. If you have a problem to defeat these two bosses or to choose correct order of the statues to enter the instance you should read
Skum and Urauth Instance Guide.

We would like to thank Glorimlain, Spyx, Quickpostman, Ethelwyth, Perandir, Barandir for this guide and additional information.