The Wyld Hunt

When all the world has gone to sleep
The hunters to the forest creep
From out 'the wild wood comes the call:
"The hunt is life ... the hunt is all ..."

(Omnia, 'The Wylde Hunt')

The Wyld Hunt is a heavy RP kinship on Laurelin server, woven around the Tolkien's take on the old myth of the Wild Hunt, present in the game under form of the Court of the Huntsman in Enedwaith. 

The Huntsman, a Maya of Oromë, is -not- part of the kinship himself, but rather an inspiration for a small, tight-knit organisation that devoted its attention to hunting down major threats against Free People's, as well as gathering knowledge and wisdom to guide the Free Peoples once the last elves leave the Middle-Earth.

Started by Shemkel Mornheneb, known throughout Arda as the Dark Hunter, The Wyld Hunt attracted many of those who were lost or broken, but who wanted to reshape and reforge their lives, devoting themselves to hunt: the hunt for freedom, the hunt for knowledge and the hunt of evil beings. Throughout the years, their numbers were never high, due to relative secrecy and extreme dangers of their missions. Nevertheless, though often bloodied and mourning losses, in the end, they always prevailed  and nothing could crush the Hunt's spirit.

The Wyld Hunt, Lore-wise, has never been a big organisation, nor an influential one. Shemkel himself has never craved fame nor wealth, so the members are just a semi-obscure myth for most, but leaders of elves, dwarves and Dunedain know better. Even if not a military power, the scouting intelligence provided by the Wolves (as the members of the Hunt often call one another) is always accurate and, furthermore, they are determined and near fearless, therefore, many threats were significantly reduced by a surgical deep strike into an enemy camp or stronghold, resulting in elimination of a key leader or strategist.

Nowadays, their numbers are still thin, bloodied by a long and, frankly, suicidal campaign in Angmar. Alas, with shadows rising over Mordor, their sacrifice may be needed once again.

That is why Shemkel now roams Eriador and Rhovanion, looking for new Wolves who thirst for more. With the new threats on the horizon, both scouts and warriors are needed, as well as scholars and wise men, who shall preserve once lost and now recovered knowledge. Afterall, the time of elves comes to an end and soon the race of Men shall be left without their guidance. 

Kinship details: we are a rank 10 role-playing kinship with a long tradition. Since we strive to provide excellent RP experience, we do not recruit in the common sense of it. Rather, we seek to ally ourselves with good RPers and only when they prove themselves, we can incorporate their characters into the kinship... Or stories.