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The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 10-02-2018, 12:19 PM

9 is more likely to be Old Forest, although I'm not convinced that 'fo' can be 'four'.

Huinesoron · 10-02-2018, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by The Squatter of Amon Rûdh

9 is more likely to be Old Forest, although I'm not convinced that 'fo' can be 'four'.

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C onspiracy - If three (3) is company, then what is five (4)?
2. U - Twixt dark below and dark above, below & between.
T hree Dwarves - + 60, -10, still stepping out of the same door.
T ower Hills - A place of first meetings, lingering glances, and (nearly) last farewells.
I mrahil - Twenty-second in the line.
N ob - A bit sweet, but backward, and if I gave a direct clue it would probably be crude.
G lorfindel - Elvish ... and a trio of Beornings.
R ed Arrow - Gondor calls, "The flaming cursor!"
O ld Forest - Not new, not two, not race, not safe.
O ld Man Willow - They could make almost a Hobbit sequel, but Warwick is necessary first.
11. M - With a name, he's a stalker above all others; without his name, sing who he is.
F atty Bolger - Left behind; his namesake is on the Barrow-downs though.
13. L - Scrambled in an anagram: retained in the taproom.
O rald - Singular, lost in Ladros, in a house by the river.
O ld Took - Bilbo passed, and the Age removed
R angers of the North - Before they were grey, they served still.

[Theme: Things not in the Jackson movies.]

Well maybe I'm not very good at cryptic clues. ^_^ But you guessed it, so maybe I actually am?

Three to go. Number 2 appears in Book 4, numbers 11 & 13 appear in Book 1 (and in fact in adjacent chapters).

hS

Formendacil · 10-02-2018, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Huinesoron

Well maybe I'm not very good at cryptic clues. ^_^ But you guessed it, so maybe I actually am?

Three to go. Number 2 appears in Book 4, numbers 11 & 13 appear in Book 1 (and in fact in adjacent chapters).

hS

Could "M" be the "Man in the Moon?"

Pervinca Took · 10-02-2018, 02:19 PM

11. Man in the Moon?

Edit: Whoops! Cross-post.

Huinesoron · 10-02-2018, 03:22 PM

Quote:

C onspiracy - If three (3) is company, then what is five (4)?
2. U - Twixt dark below and dark above, below & between.
T hree Dwarves - + 60, -10, still stepping out of the same door.
T ower Hills - A place of first meetings, lingering glances, and (nearly) last farewells.
I mrahil - Twenty-second in the line.
N ob - A bit sweet, but backward, and if I gave a direct clue it would probably be crude.
G lorfindel - Elvish ... and a trio of Beornings.
R ed Arrow - Gondor calls, "The flaming cursor!"
O ld Forest - Not new, not two, not race, not safe.
O ld Man Willow - They could make almost a Hobbit sequel, but Warwick is necessary first11.M an in the Moon - With a name, he's a stalker above all others; without his name, sing who he is.
F atty Bolger - Left behind; his namesake is on the Barrow-downs though.
13. L - Scrambled in an anagram: retained in the taproom.
O rald - Singular, lost in Ladros, in a house by the river.
O ld Took - Bilbo passed, and the Age removed
R angers of the North - Before they were grey, they served still.

[Theme: Things not in the Jackson movies.]

Yes to both of you.

Tilion is of course best known for stalking Arien so much that he scorched the Moon on one side.

Two to go!

hS

Pervinca Took · 10-02-2018, 03:24 PM

Could 2 be Undertowers, if the Appendices count?

Huinesoron · 10-02-2018, 03:32 PM

Not Undertowers - though you're actually half right.

hS

Pervinca Took · 10-02-2018, 04:22 PM

Is 13 (Gandalf's) LETTER? (Kept by Barliman, who forgot about it).

What is the evil bit, though? Do we need a synonym to find that? Epistle?

And apparently there's an UNDERGATE in Shelob's Lair.

Huinesoron · 10-03-2018, 02:18 AM

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C onspiracy - If three (3) is company, then what is five (4)?
U ndergate - Twixt dark below and dark above, below & between.
T hree Dwarves - + 60, -10, still stepping out of the same door.
T ower Hills - A place of first meetings, lingering glances, and (nearly) last farewells.
I mrahil - Twenty-second in the line.
N ob - A bit sweet, but backward, and if I gave a direct clue it would probably be crude.
G lorfindel - Elvish ... and a trio of Beornings.
R ed Arrow - Gondor calls, "The flaming cursor!"
O ld Forest - Not new, not two, not race, not safe.
O ld Man Willow - They could make almost a Hobbit sequel, but Warwick is necessary first
M an in the Moon - With a name, he's a stalker above all others; without his name, sing who he is.
F atty Bolger - Left behind; his namesake is on the Barrow-downs though.
L etter from Gandalf - Scrambled in an anagram: retained in the taproom.
O rald - Singular, lost in Ladros, in a house by the river.
O ld Took - Bilbo passed, and the Age removed
R angers of the North - Before they were grey, they served still.

[Theme: Things not in the Jackson movies.]

Both correct! 'Letter' is a nasty little clue because there's no actual anagram involved (I think you got it - what's scrambled in an anagram is letters). The Undergate (which Sam tries to follow the Orcs to) is a tricky one because barely anyone remembers it exists - but there's not many words starting with U! (Umbar was the obvious one, but the Corsairs are in there, so.)

Well done! Over to you, Pervinca.

hS

Pervinca Took · 10-03-2018, 05:59 AM

Great puzzle, Huinesoron! 'Letters' is a clever cryptic clue. Should have guessed, because it sort of said anagram twice, but I didn't.

I'll post one shortly. I have a couple ready-made on my laptop.

Pervinca Took · 10-03-2018, 07:53 AM

1. Me, subjectively, plus him ... for him .... (Well, in a roundabout sort of way).
2. The prairies!
3. It’s Undomiel’s monument, with a slight modification.
4. Tear demon, causing dental loss, left all around the refuge.
5. Retreat a step too far, to place of near-immolation? It’s just a number.
6. Answer this hider of gold.
7. Such a self-satisfied villain. Barely perturbed!

Huinesoron · 10-03-2018, 08:46 AM

#7: smug, barely perturbed, could be SMAUG.

#6: I want to suggest one of the dragons with golden hides, which would be Smaug again or GLAURUNG.

hS

Pervinca Took · 10-03-2018, 09:38 AM

1. Me, subjectively, plus him ... for him .... (Well, in a roundabout sort of way).
2. The prairies!
3. It’s Undomiel’s monument, with a slight modification.
4. Tear demon, causing dental loss, left all around the refuge.
5. Retreat a step too far, to place of near-immolation? It’s just a number.
6. Answer this hider of gold.
SMAUG: Such a self-satisfied villain. Barely perturbed!

Yes: A plus SMUG, barely perturbed, = Smaug.

Glaurung is incorrect, though. Furthermore, 6 is not a dragon.

I wrote this puzzle quite a while ago, then Nerwen posted a puzzle with a similar Smaug clue in it, so I saved it for a while.

Mithalwen · 10-07-2018, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Cousin of Forlong the Flatulent?

Autocorrect excelled itself there. It started as 22nd

Formendacil · 10-07-2018, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

6. Answer this hider of gold.

If 6. is not a dragon, could it be Gollum? He hides a golden ring and wants a riddle answered?

Pervinca Took · 10-07-2018, 04:12 PM

It's not Gollum, but you're in the right part of the right book. And you've interpreted 'answer' pretty much correctly.

Pervinca Took · 10-07-2018, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Autocorrect excelled itself there. It started as 22nd

I did wonder why Imrahil was the Wind Prince. I was thinking of Dol Amroth sea breezes as well as those of the posterial category.

Huinesoron · 10-08-2018, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

It's not Gollum, but you're in the right part of the right book. And you've interpreted 'answer' pretty much correctly.

So is it Bilbo for the same reasons?

hS

Pervinca Took · 10-08-2018, 04:09 AM

No.

The gold in question is not the Ring.

And ...

'Answer' is not a verb here.

Galadriel55 · 10-08-2018, 09:19 AM

... is it an egg?

Pervinca Took · 10-08-2018, 11:03 AM

1. Me, subjectively, plus him ... for him .... (Well, in a roundabout sort of way).
2. The prairies!
3. It’s Undomiel’s monument, with a slight modification.
4. Tear demon, causing dental loss, left all around the refuge.
5. Retreat a step too far, to place of near-immolation? It’s just a number.
EGG: Answer this hider of gold.
SMAUG: Such a self-satisfied villain. Barely perturbed!

'A box without hinges, key or lid
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.'

Galadriel55 · 10-08-2018, 06:42 PM

Is the password Riddles?

Pervinca Took · 10-09-2018, 03:24 AM

Good idea, but no.

The clues should get easier if you work out what the theme is, though.

Pervinca Took · 10-10-2018, 10:50 AM

The theme is pretty easy ....

Mithalwen · 10-17-2018, 04:34 PM

Is 4 Rivendell. Tear could be rive and demon could be devil and I hoped v might be a dental fricative but I can’t dispose of the I but left might be extra l, and it certainly is a refuge

Pervinca Took · 10-17-2018, 11:42 PM

1. Me, subjectively, plus him ... for him .... (Well, in a roundabout sort of way).
2. The prairies!
3. It’s Undomiel’s monument, with a slight modification.
RIVENDELL: Tear demon, causing dental loss, left all around the refuge.
5. Retreat a step too far, to place of near-immolation? It’s just a number.
EGG: Answer this hider of gold.
SMAUG: Such a self-satisfied villain. Barely perturbed!

Good ideas, and the correct end result. It's REND + DEVIL, minus one of the D's for 'dental loss.' And 'all around' to scramble it, of course.

Pervinca Took · 10-21-2018, 03:19 AM

For 2, you might want to consider a well-loved children's author.

Huinesoron · 10-22-2018, 07:28 AM

... is it WILDERLAND, being the lands that Laura [s]Ingold[/s] Ingalls Wilder wrote about?

General theme is looking to be The Hobbit, but I've not got a guess at the password yet.

I keep coming back to #5 being a description of Gollum's death, and therefore pointing at 'THE ONE', but the 'near-' throws that off.

hS

Pervinca Took · 10-22-2018, 12:35 PM

1. Me, subjectively, plus him ... for him .... (Well, in a roundabout sort of way).
WILDERLAND: The prairies!
3. It’s Undomiel’s monument, with a slight modification.
RIVENDELL: Tear demon, causing dental loss, left all around the refuge.
5. Retreat a step too far, to place of near-immolation? It’s just a number.
EGG: Answer this hider of gold.
SMAUG: Such a self-satisfied villain. Barely perturbed!

THEME: 'THE HOBBIT.'

It isn't Gollum's full or even partial combustion I'm looking for. For one thing, it's in the wrong book.

What does an [/s] font look like, and why have you put it around Ingold?

Huinesoron · 10-22-2018, 04:11 PM

Oops... [s] would be strikethrough if this were HTML (and if the brackets were pointy). I tried to make a Tolkien joke but flubbed the delivery (story of my life...!).

hS

Pervinca Took · 10-23-2018, 01:33 AM

Clue 1 will be hard until you get the password.

Solve clue 5 and the password will be easy to guess.

When retreating a step too far, remember that in making themed passwords we sometimes have to compromise with how the letters are situated to make the password work.

Formendacil · 10-23-2018, 06:10 AM

Is the Password "DWARVES?"

Pervinca Took · 10-23-2018, 07:21 AM

D: Me, subjectively, plus him ... for him .... (Well, in a roundabout sort of way).
WILDERLAND: The prairies!
A: It’s Undomiel’s monument, with a slight modification.
RIVENDELL: Tear demon, causing dental loss, left all around the refuge.
-V: Retreat a step too far, to place of near-immolation? It’s just a number.
EGG: Answer this hider of gold.
SMAUG: Such a self-satisfied villain. Barely perturbed!

THEME: 'THE HOBBIT'

Indeed it is!

Nerwen · 10-27-2018, 07:26 PM

Thinking aloud, in case it helps someone else:
#5 is meant to be read in reverse, I think? And "near-immolation" would refer to one of the incidents where Smaug *nearly* got Bilbo or the others. But I can't make sense of the last part.

Galadriel55 · 10-27-2018, 09:03 PM

Going by the letters and the "just a number", does FIVE also happen to be a place? Battle of 5 Armies? Anything?

Pervinca Took · 10-28-2018, 03:57 AM

It's FIVE, reading backwards, yes, and it's a place (or perhaps one should say five places) ... but it's not the battle of the five armies, and it's nothing to do with Smaug (other than being in the same book and having happened on the way to visit him).

Clue: I could hear (in my imagination) a group called The Hobbitons (I have their CD) singing where the near-immolation took place, as I wrote the clue.

Huinesoron · 10-29-2018, 07:53 AM

Oh!

FIF-TEEN BIRDS IN FIVE FIR TREES!

hS

Pervinca Took · 10-29-2018, 09:58 AM

D: Me, subjectively, plus him ... for him .... (Well, in a roundabout sort of way).
WILDERLAND: The prairies!
A: It’s Undomiel’s monument, with a slight modification.
RIVENDELL: Tear demon, causing dental loss, left all around the refuge.
EVIF (FIRTREES): Retreat a step too far, to place of near-immolation? It’s just a number.
EGG: Answer this hider of gold.
SMAUG: Such a self-satisfied villain. Barely perturbed!

THEME: 'THE HOBBIT'

Yes. 'Just a number' because we are only using the number to get the letter (the answer would be retreating *really* far otherwise!)

Two to go!

By the way, one of the 'hims' of clue one could be seen as a desperate man ….

Mithalwen · 10-29-2018, 06:32 PM

A is for Arkenstone slightly modified would be arwenstone, a sone can be a monument

Galadriel55 · 10-29-2018, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

A is for Arkenstone slightly modified would be arwenstone, a sone can be a monument

Good one, Mith!

10-02-2018, 12:19 PM	#4281
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	9 is more likely to be Old Forest, although I'm not convinced that 'fo' can be 'four'. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

10-02-2018, 02:19 PM	#4284
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	11. Man in the Moon? Edit: Whoops! Cross-post. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

10-02-2018, 03:24 PM	#4286
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Could 2 be Undertowers, if the Appendices count? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

10-02-2018, 04:22 PM	#4288
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Is 13 (Gandalf's) LETTER? (Kept by Barliman, who forgot about it). What is the evil bit, though? Do we need a synonym to find that? Epistle? And apparently there's an UNDERGATE in Shelob's Lair. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 10-03-2018 at 12:03 AM.

10-03-2018, 05:59 AM	#4290
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Great puzzle, Huinesoron! 'Letters' is a clever cryptic clue. Should have guessed, because it sort of said anagram twice, but I didn't. I'll post one shortly. I have a couple ready-made on my laptop. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 10-03-2018 at 07:56 AM.

10-02-2018, 03:32 PM	#4287
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,909	Not Undertowers - though you're actually half right. hS

10-03-2018, 07:53 AM	#4291
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Here you go ... 1. Me, subjectively, plus him ... for him .... (Well, in a roundabout sort of way). 2. The prairies! 3. It’s Undomiel’s monument, with a slight modification. 4. Tear demon, causing dental loss, left all around the refuge. 5. Retreat a step too far, to place of near-immolation? It’s just a number. 6. Answer this hider of gold. 7. Such a self-satisfied villain. Barely perturbed! __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

10-03-2018, 08:46 AM	#4292
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,909	#7: smug, barely perturbed, could be SMAUG. #6: I want to suggest one of the dragons with golden hides, which would be Smaug again or GLAURUNG. hS

10-03-2018, 09:38 AM	#4293
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	1. Me, subjectively, plus him ... for him .... (Well, in a roundabout sort of way). 2. The prairies! 3. It’s Undomiel’s monument, with a slight modification. 4. Tear demon, causing dental loss, left all around the refuge. 5. Retreat a step too far, to place of near-immolation? It’s just a number. 6. Answer this hider of gold. SMAUG: Such a self-satisfied villain. Barely perturbed! Yes: A plus SMUG, barely perturbed, = Smaug. Glaurung is incorrect, though. Furthermore, 6 is not a dragon. I wrote this puzzle quite a while ago, then Nerwen posted a puzzle with a similar Smaug clue in it, so I saved it for a while. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 10-04-2018 at 04:14 AM.

10-07-2018, 04:12 PM	#4296
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	It's not Gollum, but you're in the right part of the right book. And you've interpreted 'answer' pretty much correctly. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 10-07-2018 at 04:17 PM.

10-08-2018, 04:09 AM	#4299
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	No. The gold in question is not the Ring. And ... 'Answer' is not a verb here. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 10-08-2018 at 05:10 AM.

10-08-2018, 09:19 AM	#4300
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	... is it an egg? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

10-08-2018, 11:03 AM	#4301
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Yes! 1. Me, subjectively, plus him ... for him .... (Well, in a roundabout sort of way). 2. The prairies! 3. It’s Undomiel’s monument, with a slight modification. 4. Tear demon, causing dental loss, left all around the refuge. 5. Retreat a step too far, to place of near-immolation? It’s just a number. EGG: Answer this hider of gold. SMAUG: Such a self-satisfied villain. Barely perturbed! 'A box without hinges, key or lid Yet golden treasure inside is hid.' __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

10-08-2018, 06:42 PM	#4302
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Is the password Riddles? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

10-09-2018, 03:24 AM	#4303
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Good idea, but no. The clues should get easier if you work out what the theme is, though. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 10-09-2018 at 04:48 AM.

10-10-2018, 10:50 AM	#4304
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	The theme is pretty easy .... __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

10-17-2018, 04:34 PM	#4305
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Is 4 Rivendell. Tear could be rive and demon could be devil and I hoped v might be a dental fricative but I can’t dispose of the I but left might be extra l, and it certainly is a refuge __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-17-2018, 11:42 PM	#4306
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	1. Me, subjectively, plus him ... for him .... (Well, in a roundabout sort of way). 2. The prairies! 3. It’s Undomiel’s monument, with a slight modification. RIVENDELL: Tear demon, causing dental loss, left all around the refuge. 5. Retreat a step too far, to place of near-immolation? It’s just a number. EGG: Answer this hider of gold. SMAUG: Such a self-satisfied villain. Barely perturbed! Good ideas, and the correct end result. It's REND + DEVIL, minus one of the D's for 'dental loss.' And 'all around' to scramble it, of course. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

10-21-2018, 03:19 AM	#4307
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	For 2, you might want to consider a well-loved children's author. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

10-22-2018, 07:28 AM	#4308
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,909	... is it WILDERLAND, being the lands that Laura [s]Ingold[/s] Ingalls Wilder wrote about? General theme is looking to be The Hobbit, but I've not got a guess at the password yet. I keep coming back to #5 being a description of Gollum's death, and therefore pointing at 'THE ONE', but the 'near-' throws that off. hS

10-22-2018, 12:35 PM	#4309
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	1. Me, subjectively, plus him ... for him .... (Well, in a roundabout sort of way). WILDERLAND: The prairies! 3. It’s Undomiel’s monument, with a slight modification. RIVENDELL: Tear demon, causing dental loss, left all around the refuge. 5. Retreat a step too far, to place of near-immolation? It’s just a number. EGG: Answer this hider of gold. SMAUG: Such a self-satisfied villain. Barely perturbed! THEME: 'THE HOBBIT.' It isn't Gollum's full or even partial combustion I'm looking for. For one thing, it's in the wrong book. What does an [/s] font look like, and why have you put it around Ingold? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 10-22-2018 at 12:42 PM.

10-22-2018, 04:11 PM	#4310
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,909	Oops... [s] would be strikethrough if this were HTML (and if the brackets were pointy). I tried to make a Tolkien joke but flubbed the delivery (story of my life...!). hS

10-23-2018, 01:33 AM	#4311
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Clue 1 will be hard until you get the password. Solve clue 5 and the password will be easy to guess. When retreating a step too far, remember that in making themed passwords we sometimes have to compromise with how the letters are situated to make the password work. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

10-23-2018, 06:10 AM	#4312
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,326	Is the Password "DWARVES?" __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

10-23-2018, 07:21 AM	#4313
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	D: Me, subjectively, plus him ... for him .... (Well, in a roundabout sort of way). WILDERLAND: The prairies! A: It’s Undomiel’s monument, with a slight modification. RIVENDELL: Tear demon, causing dental loss, left all around the refuge. -V: Retreat a step too far, to place of near-immolation? It’s just a number. EGG: Answer this hider of gold. SMAUG: Such a self-satisfied villain. Barely perturbed! THEME: 'THE HOBBIT' Indeed it is! __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 10-29-2018 at 09:52 AM.

10-27-2018, 07:26 PM	#4314
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Thinking aloud, in case it helps someone else: #5 is meant to be read in reverse, I think? And "near-immolation" would refer to one of the incidents where Smaug nearly got Bilbo or the others. But I can't make sense of the last part. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

10-27-2018, 09:03 PM	#4315
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Going by the letters and the "just a number", does FIVE also happen to be a place? Battle of 5 Armies? Anything? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

10-28-2018, 03:57 AM	#4316
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	It's FIVE, reading backwards, yes, and it's a place (or perhaps one should say five places) ... but it's not the battle of the five armies, and it's nothing to do with Smaug (other than being in the same book and having happened on the way to visit him). Clue: I could hear (in my imagination) a group called The Hobbitons (I have their CD) singing where the near-immolation took place, as I wrote the clue. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 10-29-2018 at 09:54 AM.

10-29-2018, 07:53 AM	#4317
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,909	Oh! FIF-TEEN BIRDS IN FIVE FIR TREES! hS

10-29-2018, 09:58 AM	#4318
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	D: Me, subjectively, plus him ... for him .... (Well, in a roundabout sort of way). WILDERLAND: The prairies! A: It’s Undomiel’s monument, with a slight modification. RIVENDELL: Tear demon, causing dental loss, left all around the refuge. EVIF (FIRTREES): Retreat a step too far, to place of near-immolation? It’s just a number. EGG: Answer this hider of gold. SMAUG: Such a self-satisfied villain. Barely perturbed! THEME: 'THE HOBBIT' Yes. 'Just a number' because we are only using the number to get the letter (the answer would be retreating really far otherwise!) Two to go! By the way, one of the 'hims' of clue one could be seen as a desperate man …. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

10-29-2018, 06:32 PM	#4319
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	A is for Arkenstone slightly modified would be arwenstone, a sone can be a monument __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace