Islay of Luthien (Midnight)
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 Islay of Luthien on the Midnight Ocean
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| Large island in the Ruby Archipelago | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Controlled by | Carpe Noctem | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Governed by | Zingman | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy color | Tan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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   4 leagues omitted
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Islay of Luthien is a large island located in the Ruby Archipelago. There are four known routes from the island: Eta Island, Lynx Island, Jorvik Island, and an inter-archipelago route to Nuptial Island in the Pearl Archipelago.
Islay of Luthien is also home to Sheepish Ernest, a sheep; and Piggy Thomas, a pig.
Natural Resources
This island spawns elderberries, iron, serandite, and sugar cane. These resources can be bid on at the market
Buildings
By agreement, building names on Islay of Luthien are puns on books written by J.R.R. Tolkien.
- Apothecary
- Mordor and Pestle (bazaar)
- Dye of Sauron (upgraded)
- Commodities market
- Shire and Shire Alike (upgraded)
- Distillery
- Entish Draughts (bazaar)
- The Swillmarillion (upgraded)
- House
- Brandybuck Hall (right-facing townhouse)
- Shackville-Bagginses (right-facing shack)
- Thousand Caves of Doriath (left-facing estate)
- Iron monger
- Smithrandir (bazaar)
- Telperirons
- Weavery
- Clothlorien (bazaar)
- Dusted buildings
- Laurelinens (weavery)
History
Islay of Luthien is named after Lúthien Tinúviel, a character in the Lord of the Rings book series. The word itself likely derives from the Old English word for love, lufien.
The Islay of Luthien monument is located on the northeastern side of the island's lake. A weavery, Laurelinens, used to exist on the island, but was dusted in May 2006.
Luthien I — 2004-10-2, In the first Midnight blockade involving three contenders, Carpe Noctem defeated Ruby Phoenix and No Homers to take control of the island.
Luthien II — 2005-3-13, In retaliation for simultaneous blockades of Zeta Island (Zeta V) and Endurance Island (Endurance III), Scallywag Syndycate attacked Luthien and Jorvik Island simultaneously (but unsuccessfully). This marked the first time four islands had been blockaded as part of a single conflict. Scallywag Syndycate was an alt flag used by Scallywag Syndicate.
Luthien III — 2006-12-09, Carpe Noctem successfully defended the island against Tyr's Own.
Luthien IV — 2007-12-09, Carpe Noctem successfully defended against Phobos Et Deimos.
Luthien V — 2008-9-14, Carpe Noctem successfully defended against Gretchen Goldfang and Brigand King flag Jinx.
Luthien VI — 2010-1-16, Tyr's Own defeated Carpe Noctem in three rounds to take control of the island.
Luthien VII — 2010-5-29, Brigand King The Widow Queen defeated Tyr's Own to take control of the island. Tyr's Own scuttled and did not defend.
Luthien VIII — 2010-6-05, The Widow Queen's flag Black Veil successfully defended the island against Carpe Noctem. Tyr's Own dropped a chest in order to help Black Veil defend.
Luthien IX — 2010-6-19, Carpe Noctem defeated Black Veil to take control of the island.
Luthien X — 2011-5-07, Carpe Noctem successfully defended the island against the Brigand King Gretchen Goldfang.
Luthien XI — 2011-10-01, Carpe Noctem successfully defended the island against Booching Blaggards.
