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Susan Delgado · 04-19-2002, 09:58 AM

Shelob, one of the less pleasant inhabitants of Mordor

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Birdland · 04-19-2002, 10:06 AM

No, no, Susan. The last entry was "Shagrat", which ends with a "T". So your entry should be a name that begins with a "T".

Susan Delgado · 04-19-2002, 10:10 AM

Calm down, it was an honest mistake.

Turin Turambar, famous guy in the Silmarillion

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Dior · 04-19-2002, 08:41 PM

Ragnor, one of the outlaws that made up the remnants of the house of Beor, along w/ Beren and Barahir.

Belegfanaion · 04-19-2002, 10:54 PM

Ring of Water, AKA Nunya: Galadriel's Elven ring of power, granted to her in the first age.

KingCarlton · 04-20-2002, 01:47 AM

So what's the letter here...R or A

R - Robin Smallburrow, a hobbit.

A - Ancalagon the Black, a dragon.

W or K .. go!

Birdland · 04-20-2002, 02:59 AM

It was an "R". Definitely an "R". (Anything to avoid the dreaded "N")

Widfara - The scout sent by Theoden to reconnoitre the way through Anórien. (Translation: "Wide-Farer")

KingCarlton · 04-20-2002, 03:24 AM

AR-PHARAZÔN THE GOLDEN , the seeker of eternity!

N- your face. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

Belegfanaion · 04-20-2002, 12:24 PM

(Sammath) Naur ---> The Chambers of Fire

Belegfanaion · 04-20-2002, 12:25 PM

You guys are right! The "N" is dastardly! Let us never speak of it again!! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Susan Delgado · 04-20-2002, 12:48 PM

Rohan, land of the horse people

Belegfanaion · 04-20-2002, 12:53 PM

You just keep coming up with new "n's", eh? Oh well: here's another N-Word.

Necromancer; the evil being discovered by Gandalf to be Sauron!

Nuranar · 04-20-2002, 09:56 PM

Ringwraiths, the men who gained immortality only to lose their wills and identities.

KingCarlton · 04-20-2002, 11:42 PM

Sirion, a sub culture of Elf.

N - again. N's are easy, arn't they.

Cheers !

Birdland · 04-21-2002, 07:00 AM

Nienna - A Queen of the Valar, the sister of Námo and Irmo, who dwells alone on the western borders of the World. Nienna ranks as one of the eight Aratar, the most powerful of the Valar. She represents Grief and Mourning.

(Birdie's been reading The E. of A. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img])

Arwen Imladris · 04-21-2002, 07:02 PM

Aragorn, another n, sorry!

KingCarlton · 04-22-2002, 03:45 AM

Nerdanel, the wife of Fëanor and mother of his seven Sons.

So has the King, fair bird, so has the King indeed..heh heh.

Arwen Imladris · 04-22-2002, 02:05 PM

Leglas

^^^^ This is an incomplete answer ^^^^

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Rimbaud · 04-23-2002, 07:34 AM

Indeed. With I hope no offense to anybody, I shall restart with the 'L' and say...

Ladros - highland region to the northeast of Dorthonion. It was held as a fief by the House of Bëor, Boromir being briefly a Lord of it, but lost to Morgoth in the Dagor Bragollach.

Swallowed by the Great Sea, I think at the end of the First Age.

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Lindolirian · 04-23-2002, 05:19 PM

Soronto: Numenorean, son of Tar-Aldarion's sister Ailinel, and cousin of Tar-Ancalime. He would have been King but for the change of law made by Aldarion in his daughter's favor.

Aosama, the Wandering Star · 04-23-2002, 10:06 PM

how 'bout Orald - another name for good ol' Tom Bombadil. I think men called him this. Okay, 'd' word!

Birdland · 04-23-2002, 11:40 PM

Dwimordene - The name among the Rohirrim for the land of Lórien, meaning 'magical wood'.

KingCarlton · 04-24-2002, 01:20 AM

Erchamion - The most commonly used title of Beren; it means 'of the One Hand'

I'll bet everyones been eading the good ol E of A.

Rimbaud · 04-24-2002, 07:33 AM

I pray forgiveness if this has been used before but I am short on time...

Nienor Níniel - sister of Turin Turambar, the tale as told in Narn i Hîn Húrin (The Tale of the Children of Húrin).

Dior · 04-24-2002, 03:16 PM

Linda Baggins, Bilbo's sister.

KingCarlton · 04-25-2002, 08:29 AM

Strongbow, the title and surname of Beleg, the captain of Doriath, who became a companion of Túrin Turambar!

Birdland · 04-25-2002, 09:19 AM

Weathertop - The name among Men for Amon Sûl, the southernmost of the Weather Hills in Eriador, on which had stood the Tower of Amon Sûl during the early Third Age. It was here in the ruins of Amon Sûl that Frodo suffered his near-fatal wound from the hand of the Ring Wraith.

Rimbaud · 04-25-2002, 11:43 AM

Phurunargian - The Westron name of Khazad-dûm or Moria, often shortened to "Dwarrowdelf".

*chuckles to himself*

Joy · 04-25-2002, 10:07 PM

Neithan - meaning "The Wronged"; alias taken by Túrin Turambar when he dwelt among the Gaurwaith.

Couldn't help but to give another "N"! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Joy · 04-25-2002, 10:10 PM

Just to give you another letter to work with:

Nahar - The horse of Oromë. Nahar's coat was said to be white under the Sun, but to shimmer in silver in the night.

Sounds a bit like Shadowfax.

Birdland · 04-25-2002, 10:54 PM

Rhîw - The Sindarian word for "winter".

Joy · 04-26-2002, 12:34 AM

Withywindle - The river that flowed through the Old Forest

Rimbaud · 04-26-2002, 07:36 AM

Elfstan Fairbairn - A grandson of Samwise Gamgee. The son of Fastred of Greenholm and Sam Gamgee's eldest daughter Elanor.

Joy · 04-26-2002, 10:17 PM

I guess we're stuck with an "N" either way! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]:

Nindamos - A shoreland settlement of southern Númenor

Birdland · 04-26-2002, 11:07 PM

Snail - a favorite snack of the thrushes of the Lonely Mountain.

The Sindarian word for snail is escargot, which translates as "snack-of-thrushes".

BTW - Anybody notice anything different about me? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

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KingCarlton · 04-27-2002, 03:45 AM

Lothlann, the wide, empty plain north of the March of Maedhros. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] N [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

Uh, Birdie is that you.... is that how you look with the One Ring on?

N [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]erbreeker????

Birdland · 04-27-2002, 07:44 AM

Neekerbreeker! Neekerbreeker! NEEE-ker-BREEE-ker!!!

Lindolirian · 04-28-2002, 03:18 PM

Radagast the Brown, cousin of Gandalf, tamer of birds and beasts.

Gimli Son Of Gloin · 04-28-2002, 05:52 PM

Nazgûl, servents of Sauron, [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

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Joy · 04-28-2002, 10:10 PM

Lithlad - Mordor’s northern plain of ash.

04-19-2002, 09:58 AM	#121
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Shelob, one of the less pleasant inhabitants of Mordor [ April 19, 2002: Message edited by: Susan Delgado ] __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

04-19-2002, 10:10 AM	#123
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Calm down, it was an honest mistake. Turin Turambar, famous guy in the Silmarillion [ April 19, 2002: Message edited by: Susan Delgado ] __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

04-19-2002, 08:41 PM	#124
Dior Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Doriath Posts: 242	Ragnor, one of the outlaws that made up the remnants of the house of Beor, along w/ Beren and Barahir. __________________ Goodbye everybody, I've got to go... Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth....

04-19-2002, 10:54 PM	#125
Belegfanaion Animated Skeleton Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 45	Ring of Water, AKA Nunya: Galadriel's Elven ring of power, granted to her in the first age. __________________ "'Hold it up!' said Gandalf. 'And look closely.' As Frodo did so, he now saw fine lines, finer than the finest pen-strokes, running along the ring, outside and inside: lines of fire that seemed to form the letters of a flowing script. They shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth. 'I cannot read the fiery letters,' said Frodo in a quavering voice. 'No,' said Gandalf, 'but I can. The letters are Elvish, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. But this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough: One Ring to Bring them all and in the darkness bind them.'"

04-20-2002, 01:47 AM	#126
KingCarlton Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dream Kingdom Posts: 119	So what's the letter here...R or A R - Robin Smallburrow, a hobbit. A - Ancalagon the Black, a dragon. W or K .. go! __________________ Know ye People, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, And the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Hither came Carlton, the King, black haired, bronze hued, mightily thewed, sullen eyed. Sword in hand, a warrior, a destroyer, a conqueror. With gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jewelled thrones of the Earth, under his sandalled feet.

04-19-2002, 10:06 AM	#122
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	No, no, Susan. The last entry was "Shagrat", which ends with a "T". So your entry should be a name that begins with a "T".

04-20-2002, 02:59 AM	#127
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	It was an "R". Definitely an "R". (Anything to avoid the dreaded "N") Widfara - The scout sent by Theoden to reconnoitre the way through Anórien. (Translation: "Wide-Farer")

04-20-2002, 03:24 AM	#128
KingCarlton Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dream Kingdom Posts: 119	AR-PHARAZÔN THE GOLDEN , the seeker of eternity! N- your face. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] __________________ Know ye People, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, And the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Hither came Carlton, the King, black haired, bronze hued, mightily thewed, sullen eyed. Sword in hand, a warrior, a destroyer, a conqueror. With gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jewelled thrones of the Earth, under his sandalled feet.

04-20-2002, 12:24 PM	#129
Belegfanaion Animated Skeleton Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 45	(Sammath) Naur ---> The Chambers of Fire __________________ "'Hold it up!' said Gandalf. 'And look closely.' As Frodo did so, he now saw fine lines, finer than the finest pen-strokes, running along the ring, outside and inside: lines of fire that seemed to form the letters of a flowing script. They shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth. 'I cannot read the fiery letters,' said Frodo in a quavering voice. 'No,' said Gandalf, 'but I can. The letters are Elvish, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. But this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough: One Ring to Bring them all and in the darkness bind them.'"

04-20-2002, 12:25 PM	#130
Belegfanaion Animated Skeleton Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 45	You guys are right! The "N" is dastardly! Let us never speak of it again!! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ "'Hold it up!' said Gandalf. 'And look closely.' As Frodo did so, he now saw fine lines, finer than the finest pen-strokes, running along the ring, outside and inside: lines of fire that seemed to form the letters of a flowing script. They shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth. 'I cannot read the fiery letters,' said Frodo in a quavering voice. 'No,' said Gandalf, 'but I can. The letters are Elvish, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. But this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough: One Ring to Bring them all and in the darkness bind them.'"

04-20-2002, 12:48 PM	#131
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Rohan, land of the horse people __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

04-20-2002, 12:53 PM	#132
Belegfanaion Animated Skeleton Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 45	You just keep coming up with new "n's", eh? Oh well: here's another N-Word. Necromancer; the evil being discovered by Gandalf to be Sauron! __________________ "'Hold it up!' said Gandalf. 'And look closely.' As Frodo did so, he now saw fine lines, finer than the finest pen-strokes, running along the ring, outside and inside: lines of fire that seemed to form the letters of a flowing script. They shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth. 'I cannot read the fiery letters,' said Frodo in a quavering voice. 'No,' said Gandalf, 'but I can. The letters are Elvish, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. But this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough: One Ring to Bring them all and in the darkness bind them.'"

04-20-2002, 09:56 PM	#133
Nuranar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: STILL a drought Posts: 529	Ringwraiths, the men who gained immortality only to lose their wills and identities. __________________ I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. Lord Peter Wimsey

04-20-2002, 11:42 PM	#134
KingCarlton Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dream Kingdom Posts: 119	Sirion, a sub culture of Elf. N - again. N's are easy, arn't they. Cheers ! __________________ Know ye People, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, And the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Hither came Carlton, the King, black haired, bronze hued, mightily thewed, sullen eyed. Sword in hand, a warrior, a destroyer, a conqueror. With gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jewelled thrones of the Earth, under his sandalled feet.

04-21-2002, 07:00 AM	#135
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Nienna - A Queen of the Valar, the sister of Námo and Irmo, who dwells alone on the western borders of the World. Nienna ranks as one of the eight Aratar, the most powerful of the Valar. She represents Grief and Mourning. (Birdie's been reading The E. of A. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img])

04-21-2002, 07:02 PM	#136
Arwen Imladris Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a box with a fox Posts: 1,347	Aragorn, another n, sorry! __________________ "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies, we must go, yes, we must go at once."

04-22-2002, 03:45 AM	#137
KingCarlton Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dream Kingdom Posts: 119	Nerdanel, the wife of Fëanor and mother of his seven Sons. So has the King, fair bird, so has the King indeed..heh heh. __________________ Know ye People, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, And the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Hither came Carlton, the King, black haired, bronze hued, mightily thewed, sullen eyed. Sword in hand, a warrior, a destroyer, a conqueror. With gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jewelled thrones of the Earth, under his sandalled feet.

04-22-2002, 02:05 PM	#138
Arwen Imladris Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a box with a fox Posts: 1,347	Leglas ^^^^ This is an incomplete answer ^^^^ [ April 22, 2002: Message edited by: The Barrow-Wight ] __________________ "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies, we must go, yes, we must go at once."

04-23-2002, 07:34 AM	#139
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Indeed. With I hope no offense to anybody, I shall restart with the 'L' and say... Ladros - highland region to the northeast of Dorthonion. It was held as a fief by the House of Bëor, Boromir being briefly a Lord of it, but lost to Morgoth in the Dagor Bragollach. Swallowed by the Great Sea, I think at the end of the First Age. [ April 23, 2002: Message edited by: Stephanos ] __________________ And all the rest is literature

04-23-2002, 05:19 PM	#140
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	Soronto: Numenorean, son of Tar-Aldarion's sister Ailinel, and cousin of Tar-Ancalime. He would have been King but for the change of law made by Aldarion in his daughter's favor. __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

04-23-2002, 10:06 PM	#141
Aosama, the Wandering Star Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Middle-Earth Posts: 210	how 'bout Orald - another name for good ol' Tom Bombadil. I think men called him this. Okay, 'd' word!

04-23-2002, 11:40 PM	#142
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Dwimordene - The name among the Rohirrim for the land of Lórien, meaning 'magical wood'.

04-24-2002, 01:20 AM	#143
KingCarlton Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dream Kingdom Posts: 119	Erchamion - The most commonly used title of Beren; it means 'of the One Hand' I'll bet everyones been eading the good ol E of A. __________________ Know ye People, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, And the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Hither came Carlton, the King, black haired, bronze hued, mightily thewed, sullen eyed. Sword in hand, a warrior, a destroyer, a conqueror. With gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jewelled thrones of the Earth, under his sandalled feet.

04-24-2002, 07:33 AM	#144
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	I pray forgiveness if this has been used before but I am short on time... Nienor Níniel - sister of Turin Turambar, the tale as told in Narn i Hîn Húrin (The Tale of the Children of Húrin). __________________ And all the rest is literature

04-24-2002, 03:16 PM	#145
Dior Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Doriath Posts: 242	Linda Baggins, Bilbo's sister. __________________ Goodbye everybody, I've got to go... Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth....

04-25-2002, 08:29 AM	#146
KingCarlton Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dream Kingdom Posts: 119	Strongbow, the title and surname of Beleg, the captain of Doriath, who became a companion of Túrin Turambar! __________________ Know ye People, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, And the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Hither came Carlton, the King, black haired, bronze hued, mightily thewed, sullen eyed. Sword in hand, a warrior, a destroyer, a conqueror. With gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jewelled thrones of the Earth, under his sandalled feet.

04-25-2002, 09:19 AM	#147
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Weathertop - The name among Men for Amon Sûl, the southernmost of the Weather Hills in Eriador, on which had stood the Tower of Amon Sûl during the early Third Age. It was here in the ruins of Amon Sûl that Frodo suffered his near-fatal wound from the hand of the Ring Wraith.

04-25-2002, 11:43 AM	#148
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Phurunargian - The Westron name of Khazad-dûm or Moria, often shortened to "Dwarrowdelf". chuckles to himself __________________ And all the rest is literature

04-25-2002, 10:07 PM	#149
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,012	Neithan - meaning "The Wronged"; alias taken by Túrin Turambar when he dwelt among the Gaurwaith. Couldn't help but to give another "N"! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

04-25-2002, 10:10 PM	#150
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,012	Just to give you another letter to work with: Nahar - The horse of Oromë. Nahar's coat was said to be white under the Sun, but to shimmer in silver in the night. Sounds a bit like Shadowfax. __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

04-25-2002, 10:54 PM	#151
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Rhîw - The Sindarian word for "winter".

04-26-2002, 12:34 AM	#152
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,012	Withywindle - The river that flowed through the Old Forest __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

04-26-2002, 07:36 AM	#153
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Elfstan Fairbairn - A grandson of Samwise Gamgee. The son of Fastred of Greenholm and Sam Gamgee's eldest daughter Elanor. __________________ And all the rest is literature

04-26-2002, 10:17 PM	#154
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,012	I guess we're stuck with an "N" either way! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]: Nindamos - A shoreland settlement of southern Númenor __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

04-26-2002, 11:07 PM	#155
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Snail - a favorite snack of the thrushes of the Lonely Mountain. The Sindarian word for snail is escargot, which translates as "snack-of-thrushes". BTW - Anybody notice anything different about me? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [ April 27, 2002: Message edited by: Birdland ]