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'At the Sign of the Prancing Pony' (Every Saturday, 3:00 PM)

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The smell of pipeweed and the sound of merry laughter drifts from the open door of the Inn of the Prancing Pony. It is a Highday, and like every Highday, Barliman Butterbur has opened his  common room to guests from lands near and far to sample his beer in exchange for coin, conversation, and a promise 'not to go up into thin air, thank you very much!'

This Week's (November 22, 2025) Hook:

…another fire!?

Only a week after the burning of the Snowbell home in Archet, old Fatty Mugwort’s hole in Staddle has burnt down! While the Mugwort fire was at first thought by the Bree-landers to be an unfortunate coincidence, in the days after the fire, questions have been raised: why, for one, would a Hobbit like Fatty Mugwort, who is notorious for smothering every hearth-fire he’s ever encountered on account of being a living furnace himself, run a fire hot to set all of Mugworth hole aflame? And what are the chances, anyway, of two fires in two weeks?

Now, on this Commons Day, rumours abound in the Prancing Pony. ‘It’s uncommon enough,’ one patron can be heard mumbling to another over their cups of beer, ‘to have one fire so early in the season, but two’s unheard! Not even my father’s father’s father saw that, and no man saw more (excusing his blindness)! And what’s this about old Fatty running a fire? There’s a fairy-tale if ever I heard one! Mugwort’s enough blubber on him to burn every lamp in Bree for this winter, and the next! I’ll tell you what’s true: there’s a half-mad firebug that’s got the run of this country, and he’ll burn again!’

Whatever the truth about Bree-land’s recent fires, the talk in the Pony has excited—and frightened—all of Bree, and those who hole up in the Pony or continue to brave the streets and markets of Bree-town cannot help but ask themselves: is there, really, an arsonist on the loose, and what ever will they burn next?

Date:
November 22nd, 2025
Time:
3:00 PM Server Time
Location:
The Prancing Pony, Bree-town

Event details:

What, When, and Where

'At the Sign of the Prancing Pony' is a weekly story-based roleplay event series held every Saturday at 3:00 PM at LOTRO's Prancing Pony. Each week features a unique story "hook" that sets the theme or tone of the event, sometimes shifting the atmosphere within the inn or inviting characters to go out into the wider world of Bree-town and Bree-land.
 

Please note that these events will not feature a DM: you are free to run with the weekly hook as you choose, and to come as early or as late as you’d like.

Bree Commons Day

These events are part of the Bree Commons Day ("BCD") RP initiative, which provides the town of Bree with a simulated economy and set of town laws active each Saturday. For more information on BCD, check out ⁠this link. 

Because the Pony is a shared community space, however, event attendees are not required to engage with BCD’s systems or rules.

Nonetheless, many ‘At the Sign of the Prancing Pony’ hooks will encourage characters to engage with other characters, organizations, and narrative events associated with Bree Commons Day. If a character chooses to do so, they should observe BCD’s systems and rules. Furthermore, the Pony should not be considered a "safe-house" for those who choose to participate in BCD: if you break town laws at RP associated with BCD, watchers can and will pursue you into the Prancing Pony!

Why

While roleplay in the Prancing Pony is nothing new, the intention of this event is to offer: 1) disparate members of the RP community a single time and place for RP, 2) new or inexperienced RPers a chance to RP and connect with other RPers, and 3) a launchpad for other adventures; consider using this event as a “lobby” for RP—maybe you can stop by the Pony to find a Ranger who will join you on a quest to banish brigands from your farm, a Dwarf-merchant to go into business with, or adventurers to join you on a treasure-hunt. Use this event as a means to develop your own stories!

OOC details:

Rules

Players who attend these events agree to the following guidelines. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in you being asked to leave an event or barred from attending future events. All players who attend these events will:

  1. not harass or troll players who attend these events; this extends to critiquing other players’ RP or spamming OOC emotes, consumables, and items, such as fireworks, and forcing other players to engage with BCD's systems or rules.
  2. not have a history of abusing or doxxing other players.
  3. If you are deemed to be disrupting this series or its attendees in any other way, you may be asked to leave an event or barred from attending future events.
Website:
https://discord.gg/dnqFVATpj6
Contact:
Angrinc, Elegost, Frimsi, Nenaras, Sho

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