Ulmo’s Pet Corner (Realm Newsletter)

It is a known fact that Ulmonites are a warm, friendly, close-knit bunch who enjoy each other’s company, gathering daily in the forums to chat, play games, and work on projects together. However, as much as we enjoy human friendship, we reserve a special corner in our hearts for our pets. Those furry, four-legged creatures that entertain, amuse, comfort, and give us an endless supply of non-judgemental love, reducing us to behaving like babbling fools ready to whip out pictures at the flick of a whisker and talk endlessly about their latest cute antics. They’re our friends, pals, consorts, familiars, confidants, a shoulder to cry on. We look into their sweet, innocent faces and see nothing but adoration for their human companions.

Or have we looked deep enough? Perhaps it’s time to probe a little deeper; to take a closer look behind those beguiling eyes and sweet faces. Perhaps our four-legged friends have a secret private life of their own; a hidden agenda, if you will. It has often been noted that after living together for awhile, pets and their owners soon begin to look like one another and may reflect each other’s personality. The question is: Do they take on our personality or do we begin to resemble theirs? Either way, there’s no question that you’ll be charmed by their lovable quirks and individual charisma, so step into our pet gallery and judge for yourselves. (You’ll notice that a surprising number of them seem to be film & t.v. buffs…coincidence?)

name: Mitzi
(female Siamese)
hobbies: flower arranging; food critic; astral projection
favorite quote: “I was worshipped in a previous life.”
fun fact: Mitzi loves to smell flowers & sleep among the flower pots.
belongs to: Uinen_Alcarin

name: Kit-nik
(male)
alias: “Snickerdoodle-Poochie-Cutie-Honey-Baby”
hobbies: Eating. Sleeping. Smelling the flowers. Did I mention eating?
favorite quote: “Being pampered is a legitimate lifestyle.”
fun fact: Kit-nik shuns water bowls and prefers gutter water.
belongs to: newsgirl

name: Tonka
(male pit-bull mix)
hobbies: watching television; collecting stuffed bunnies.
favorite quote: “I’m as cuddly as any kitten.”
fun fact: Tonka thinks he’s a cat and will curl up on LadyC’s daughter’s neck and snore in her ear.
belongs to: LadyCeleborn’s grand-dog

name: Toby
(male champagne blonde Tabby – 9 yrs.)
hobbies: Domestic Administration; raquetball
favorite quote: “When I’m finished here, those squirrels are going down. I mean it.”
fun fact: Toby’s favorite ruling domain is Naurlas’ work desk.
belongs to: Naurlas

name: Chloe
(black female)
alias: “She-Devil”
hobbies: terrorizing small children; tarot readings.
favorite quote: “You say ‘cat-itude’ like it’s a bad thing.”
fun fact: Chloe’s very jealous of any attention that’s not directed at her.
belongs to: Naurlas

name: Tess
(Grey & black Tabby)
hobbies: head-butting; homeland security; practicing southern hospitality.
favorite quote: “Ya’ll come down and see me some time, but first I’ll need to see three forms of identification, hon.”
fun fact: Tess is the household Watch-Cat. She will go to Naurlas and meow when someone somes into the yard.
belongs to: Naurlas

name: Abby
(1 yr.)
hobbies: playing with my “Binky”; setting fashion trends.
favorite quote: “I’m a rocket on four legs.”
fun fact: At night, Abby likes to sleep between Naurlas and Bob and even has her own pillow.
belongs to: Naurlas

name: Thor (German Shepard)
hobbies: patrolling the beach for vagrants
favorite quote: “Move it along, Mac. This is a private beach.”
fun fact: Thor loves to watch “The Dog Whisperer” show on t.v. He growls, grumbles, and barks at the misbehavior of the dogs on the show.
belongs to: BerethEdhellen

name: Ned
alias: “Needy Ned”
hobbies: making trinket boxes out of seashells; collecting classic Beatles on vinyl; drooling.
favorite quote: “All you need is love.”
fun fact: Ned’s pal Thor is afraid of water, but Ned persuaded him to get in and try it.
belongs to: BerethEdhellen

name: Ngila
(female Grey & fawn Tabby)
alias: “Sweetums”; “Fuzzbutt”; “Precious”
hobbies: floor hockey; reading Whitman.
favorite quote: “I can turn grown humans to mush.”
fun fact: Ngila was found at an Animal Shelter and returned twice by previous owners before Linwe took her home.
belongs to: LinweSingollo

name: Jojo
(orange male)
hobbies: pole-sitting; dining on Whiskas Salmon while watching old Greta Garbo films.
favorite quote: “I want to be alone.”
fun fact: JoJo is definitely the Alpha male and never loses a fight.
belongs to: Nenya_Ring

name: Brutus
(black male)
alias: “Casanova”; “Mackenzie”; “Mac”.
hobbies: philandering; street-fighting
favorite quote: “Wanna to see the bullet in my knee-cap?”
fun fact: Brutus actualy does have a bullet in his knee-cap.
belongs to: Nenya_Ring

name: Brutia (female) ~ pictured here with JoJo
alias: “Gypsy”; “Chipsy”
hobbies: sleeping on the VCR; film noir.
favorite quote: “I think Citizen Kane’s Sternbergian visual intricacy and complex, voiceover-driven narrative structure are echoed in dozens of classic film noirs, don’t you?”
fun fact: At a young age, Brutia suffered a head injury or a stroke that left her with a walking & movement-correlation disability.
belongs to: Nenya_Ring

name: Nae
(male)
hobbies: striking provocative poses; modeling.
favorite quote: “The centerfold spread I did for Cat Fancy Magazine is the highlight of my career.”
fun fact: Nae likes to climb up on the gate-post and wait for JoJo & Brutus to return from their philandering.
belongs to: Nenya_Ring

names: Bojangles & Q
aliases: “Velvet” and “Bo”, respectively
hobbies: Improving our hobbity girth in preparation for auditioning for leading roles in the upcoming “Hobbit” movie.
favorite quote: “We’re way cuter than Bill the Pony.”
fun fact: Q and Bo are miniature horses ~ only 30 inches high at the withers (shoulders), but they can pull a cart with up to 700 lbs. of weight.
belongs to: Gwaihir Goldenfeather

name: Ida
alias: “Bun-Honey, Hömpsö, Tötterö, Tino Taneli Tanttu, Musgusse, Gullvowe (Cutiedoggie)”.
hobbies: collecting nicknames; boating; studying parallels between the Finnish language and Quenya.
favorite quote: “Urqui túlar! Á nurta!” (Orcs are coming! Hide!)
fun fact: Ida is a Finnish Hunting dog with a mix of Norwegian…something. She’s deathly afraid of fireworks & thunder, swimming & being washed, but loves being in a boat.
belongs to: ~figwit~

name: Lapsus
alias: “Sack With Legs”; “What-Are-You-Doing-Here-Silly?”
hobbies: seeing how much trouble I can get into in one day.
favorite quote: “I’m always in demand for Halloween parties.”
fun fact: Lapsus loves to play with elastic scrunchies by holding them with her paws and teeth and then firing them off.
belongs to: Olero

name: Toffee
hobbies: Going on archeological digs; watching the Indiana Jones films over and over.
favorite quote: “I know I buried that bone around here somewhere…”
fun fact: Toffee doesn’t like people to speak anything but Spanish.
belongs to: lhaewiel’s siblings.