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x Dunedain


All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.


Meet x Dunedain, the only stallion in the game (?) that is a descendant of all Million horses released so far! He has of course all the million genes, he is standing live in the Era 0 chat room (open to everyone), and straws cost 1 hbs. (But I have limited opportunity to send out this week, please write your member number, so I can send it easy)

In 2010 HaJ Bluegrass reached 1 million horses created and bred, and Mr Millions was the first million horse. He introduced W3 into the game. I think he came around the time when we had started to see our horses in the game, with the first head portraits(?).

Then came the mare, Miss Remains 2B Seen with the much beloved Gulastra Plume. It was a big mystery, because we could not test for it, and had to wait until we could crossbreed her foals before it was revealed.
A HaJ year was 2 months back then, so it took 8 real life months before the mystery was solved.

Lupin the 3rd came with Splash 3. It was very rare for a long time, and almost became extinct before it was released in the GMT lab. I think at one point it was only I and one another player that had it in our barns.

2016 came, and took our beloved singers. On the day Prince left us, HaJ reached horse nr 4 000 000 and Fourmily Known As was born. He brought W10 into the game.

The game was growing and thriving, all thanks to the hard and dedicated work of Ammit. I had moved to Portugal, New and old members was enjoying the game, and less than a year later Mr. Marvelous Milestone joined the celebrations of horse nr 5 000 000 in the game.
He had all the previous released genes, and brought with him Snowflake as a hidden surprise.
All members got a 2nd bonus straw from him later, when the game had its 15th(?) birthday. I remember where I was the day I got my 2nd intact foal from him - at the Alter Real stud farm, photographing horses for their annual auction. I bred him in a break between shots

The last of the million horses so far was released in 2020, when Khansuudyn Suns introduced the gorgeous Chocolate gene.

January 2020 was also the month my friend and I opened our big lifetime project, a Lusitano riding center, hotel and vineyard, just 15 min outside of Lisbon airport. Within 2 weeks, we had fully booked the entire year. We had horses fly to us from Dubai for training, riding clinics booked in 4 different continents, and guests from all over the world coming to us to ride and have their horse holiday experience of their life.
Then came March 2020..

I had to stop playing to take care of real life and to try to keep everything afloat during those crazy and hard times.

When I returned to the game 1 year ago, all my pixel ponies were gone, but the eggs and straws had 1(!!!) month until they expired!!

So when x Dunedain was born, I thought about Tolkien's poem, and realised that I could not give him any other name.

We lost that farm, but fought the fight together, and are on our way to launch another great project with Lusitanos and Working Equitation. Life is still great, just different. And as long as people stay together and believe in each other, we get stronger.

So by sharing straws from him, this piece of HaJ history, a game that has brought so much fun to so many people during all these years, will still live on.