Greetings to you All,

I am a professional armour maker in the rural outreaches of San Diego, California. I have been a big fan of Lord of the Rings since 1983, when I first read it. I am male, single and 42 years of age. I am active politically and have held 2 minor elected position in Virgina in the mid 1990's, and may again run for office here. I am facinated with the arms and armour of the Rohirrim and feel that it required to most skill of all the armour in the films. I have sucessfull made full combat versions of some Rohirric items and will make more in the future. I moved to California in 1996 to "make it in Hollywood" and was involved in some talks back in July of 1998 about being an assistant shop manager in the aborted Miramax LotR version. I have moved constructing a lot of items for the Las Vegas entertainment industry and have become one of the largest sellers of hand made armour on ebay in the world. The area around my humble armour shop located between Santa Ysabel and Julian, California and scenically inspirational for writing works about Rohan. My writing draws on my personal experiences making armour, starting with a simple helm made on the back porch of an Erie Pennsylvania apartment in March 1982 through today.

I am new to public writing and want to thank the author Deandra for his work in the Elwine Chronicles for helping keep life in perspective.