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The Memorial

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  The Memorial Address:  1 Cliff Road. Siramond. Belfalas Homesteads. Prelude: My first premium house purchased back in 2017 has undergone a number of changes throughout the years. After the transfers to the 64-bit servers, the newly-positioned house was redone with new decorations just down the road from the kinhouse. The convenience of the 1-minute cooldown on the house port allows me to travel quickly without waiting a full hour. Without owning a house in Rohan, deciding on a theme proved difficult. There are decorations from Rohan, Gondor, Umbar, and Arnor. What you ultimately get in the end is a little of everything.  Outside Monument:  The entrance of the building is forever encased at sunset with the  Day of Coronation  ambient environment. The Great Wedding Theme is always playing in the background as a reminder of Gondor's future. Egwylf and a Variag mercenary protects the premises. A lovely fountain built in the style of the Rohirric and Dol ...

The Lookout

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The Lookout Address:  2 Highburg Road. Barlond. Rivendell Homesteads. Prelude:  There were a number of different houses released within the Rivendell neighborhood. There seemed to be a house for everyone whether it was someone who wanted privacy or a view of the Misty Mountains. When you consider there are only two small houses within my price range and one of them having a vantage point higher than all the others, there spurred an idea to create a small outpost. A number of decorations came from the newest sets on the seasonal barterer, the additions to the reputational barters, the barterers from the Kintai in the Harad regions, and the various floral arrangements that came from a previous kinship theme.  Outside Overhead:  Mobile yard hooks are generally seen as a rarity outside the Erebor neighborhood. The developers chose that all houses in the Rivendell neighborhood should have them. This allows you to lift up bridges and things on top of platforms. Though...

The Boneyard

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  The Boneyard Address:  12 Wyrmhoard Bridge. Kikun-Zahar. Erebor Homesteads. Prelude:  When the Erebor neighborhoods were released, there was a certain amount of excitement when it came to the introduction of mobile hooks. While the smallest house might have only had one enormous yard slot, moving things into the air seemed to be an excellent edition to the housing system. Unfortunately, there really wasn't much that can be done when a number of huge decorations were being tied to the ground. I originally set the place up with all my snowy and stone decorations, but my brother felt that was too unrealistic or impractical. So this time around, I broke out the ice and went for a more dragon-style approach.  Outside Dragon Fight:  To fit the theme of dwarves, the outside was converted into a battlefield. There are three of the newest small dragon skulls from  Ill Omens , two large skulls from the  Reward Track , one huge one from the barterer, and the Bo...

Dark House

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  Dark House Address:  4 Brookbank Street. Loghallow. Shire Homestead Prelude:  There are a number of dark and spooky decorations out there that stand out from the rest. They are usually black, scary, and not quite the type that you would fit with the standard variety of landscape with nice flowers and parties. The original deluxe house that hosted these items didn't seem enough to contain them all. That's why I decided to purchase a kinhouse to lay them all this time around. Although there are quite a few that are hard to obtain in raids like  Isengard  and  Remmorchant,  the developers did manage to offer quite a bit through other sources such has the Reward Track and the Mordor barterer. Outside Chaos:  The greenhouse decorations were probably the most annoying to figure out. The smaller version of the two does not permit you to walk inside. So, instead of sticking the larger one outside, I decided to play with the concept of a mutated tree bre...