Frozen Elegance

 

Once again, the art department at Standing Stone Games delivered an impressive and equally beautiful collection of new Yule Festival cosmetics with a wintry gala theme. They've definitely captured the essence of winter in a elegant, yet cozy way. Gloredh, thankfully, over at Wandering Around Arda has provided the community with wonderful screenshots of the new items. The Yule Festival runs through January 5th, 2021 and there is plenty of time for earning the require barter tokens. 

The Gala-worthy Dress, featured here, was the most breathtaking piece. Not only does it have a gorgeous snowflake pattern and copper-toned holly leaves, it dyes brightly and is a sight to behold in any color! The other item that caught my attention was the Cloak of Flurries. It doesn't dye, but the delicate curtain of iridescent snowflakes more than compensates for that shortcoming. There aren't many iridescent skins in the game, most of them gated behind raids like Orthanc, Draigoch, and Anvil and the ever elusive Curator NPC, so don't miss this chance for a shiny reward!

And with that, this is my final outfit for 2020. I have several more ready for screenshots, and I hope to share them here, but time has been precious commodity this year. That being said, I'd like to extend the following wishes, as always, with all my heart:

Happy Holidays from Material Middle-earth!

~May you be blessed with the love of family and friends this season~

Head: Ice Flower Crown (Sea blue, Yule Festival token barter reward)
Back: Cloak of Flurries (Default, Yule Festival token barter reward)
Chest: Gala-worthy Dress (Sea blue, Yule Festival barter reward)

Shoulders: Soothing Mantle of the Anvil (Deafult, drops from T1 Anvil of Winterstith)
Feet: Rugged Rock-climber's Shoes (White, T6 Tailor recipe)**

Main-hand: Replica of Ornadar (Bartered from the Curator NPC, or drops from the Gorgoroth lockboxes)

Off-hand: Thindris (Purchased from the Classic skirmish camp vendor)

**Any shoes will do, really. The dress hem is so large that shoes are obscured unless running. Even then, only the soles are ever seen!