Peter “TheHutt” Klassen writes: In Germany, all major events around “The Lord of the Rings” attract attention from a hard-core group of fans. Any time something big happens about the “Rings” movies, a regular troupe of enthusiasts gets summoned from all around Germany. They usually know each other from other LOTR events; and for a day or a weekend they get together to demonstrate their costumes, meet their mates and, well, probably also to see the event which summoned them in the first place. [More]