This post is a good month overdue, but I think it's safe to say that we all needed to decompress a little after scrimping and saving every penny for months on end to feed the voracious pixel beast that is Ringwraith (that is also why we're leaving it a few months to breed foals from she and The Witch King – we need a break from the points hustle!).

City, Nekkers, and myself (otherwise known as 'The Council of Elrond'/CoE – a joke based on our mutual love/borderline obsession with LOTR that ended up sticking) originally started to plan Ringwraith waaay back in spring/summer of 2022. We knew early on that we wanted to do a LOTR theme, and as I was going to be the one mostly responsible for her artistic presentation (with a huge helping hand from Aeon, who animated coded up Ring's image beautifully), she was always going to be a dramatic little creature. I think our original goal was maybe for her to hit around 15mill? Buuuut once we started... well, it woulda been a shame to stop?!

I think I can speak for the entire CoE when I say... I cannot express how grateful I am for the truly phenomenal amount of support that we have had both throughout this year's mascot contest and since it finished. It goes without saying that we absolutely could not have got her so far without all those thousands (upon thousands... upon thousands) of tickets, so to all who sold us tickets – thank you so, so much! And to everyone who voted, who participated in Ring's forum activities, and just in general offered her so much love and enthusiasm – thank you, too!

I, personally, would also like to thank City for doing so much of the training through the contest and being the organiser extraordinaire when it comes to scouting tickets; and Neke for throwing all her tickets and shows at Ring, you guys are the best teammates.

I'm not sure about the others, but I'm greatly looking forward to sitting back, putting my feet up, spectating next year's mascot contest with a hefty portion of popcorn, and leaving the hard work to everyone else!

But for now, we're gonna make the most of our pretty pixel pony, she did good.

WOW! Congrats! I loved seeing the points go up during the contest and outside of the contest. I do hope to see you back next year. ;p

I can't wait to see a baby! Highest pointed baby on HP to-date!

Well done, you three!

It's been such a joy seeing the dedication the three of you put into Ringwraith and watching her progress, and what a stunning beast she is! It's going to be so exciting when that foal finally drops! Wonderfully done and congratulations to you all! 

CONGRATULATIONS. What a feat! She and her mate turned out to be beyond amazing! ♥

Congratulations beauties, what an incredible achievement!

Simply AMAZING and a job well done!!! :D

Thank you all so much for everyone's support. Ring was a real team effort.

As Uta said, our original goal was much, much lower but after some late night, sleep deprived conversations we thought we would see how far we could go! 

And here she is! I could not have done it without my team mates by my side as life didn't stop for Ring, and my beautiful baby boy came right towards the end of her training, not to mention a masters to be completed!

Like Uta, I am taking a break from these lines, goodness knows my bank account needs it. But all I can say is watch this space! 

Rosa is awesome, Rosa is fine, Rosa didn't write this...