Röac the Grey Haven Raven

My goal in creating this newsletter is to serve as your signpost, pointing the way to Middle-earth and the heart of the Tolkien community. Through this newsletter and my social media spaces, I hope to celebrate and uplift the many voices within the Tolkien community and the incredible ways they share their love for Tolkien’s works.

Whether you’re new to the community or a long-time traveler of these paths, my aim is to help you discover new ways to engage with Tolkien’s world and find those corners of the community where you feel truly at home.

Beyond Bree Crossroads, my home in the Tolkien community is The Prancing Pony Podcast, where I serve as Community Coordinator and Event Coordinator (though most often I go by Host Herder). You’ll often find me in the common rooms of The PPP, especially in our Patreon community—my favorite gathering place being the Patreon Discord server, which I have the joy of running.

I also steward The PPP Kinship in The Lord of the Rings Online and its accompanying Discord server, where fellow adventurers can gather and share in the journey.

In addition to my work with The PPP, I help moderate the communities of Nerd of the Rings and Don Marshall, and I’m always flitting about different corners of the Tolkien fandom. You may know me as Bree Crossroads, Roäc, Katie of The PPP, Amarithel (on Reddit), or Lilialae (my main character in LoTRO). No matter which name I go by, my passion remains the same—celebrating Tolkien’s world and the incredible community that brings it to life.