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Galadriel55 · 11-04-2010, 05:18 PM

Object - no
Person - yes

Pitchwife · 11-07-2010, 01:13 PM

Is this person mortal?

Galadriel55 · 11-07-2010, 01:44 PM

Object - no
Person - yes
Mortal - no

Blind Guardian · 11-07-2010, 07:04 PM

In Middle-Earth?

Galadriel55 · 11-08-2010, 06:46 AM

Do you mean that his role is played in Middle Earth or that he was born there?
Yes, for the most part (role), no he was not born there.

Object - no
Person - yes
Mortal - no
ME - ???

Nerwen · 11-13-2010, 08:04 AM

Is he an Elf?

The Might · 11-13-2010, 09:12 AM

Because of ME??? I'll take a chance and say Maglor.

Galadriel55 · 11-13-2010, 09:19 AM

Object - no
Person - yes
Mortal - no
ME - ???
Elf - no
Maglor - no

Nerwen · 11-13-2010, 10:08 AM

Hey, Might, you should have waited for the answer.

...So, not an Elf. Well, that narrows it down quite a bit. A Maia? (Note: by which I mean "officially" a Maia, leaving out characters who might or might not be.)

Galadriel55 · 11-13-2010, 12:54 PM

Object - no
Person - yes
Mortal - no
ME - ???
Elf - no
Maglor - no
Maia - yes

Again, the question marks are there because the question was not clear, and the way it was said it could have a few answers.

Nerwen · 11-13-2010, 07:55 PM

One of the good guys?

Galadriel55 · 11-14-2010, 08:05 AM

Object - no
Person - yes
Mortal - no
ME - ???
Elf - no
Maglor - no
Maia - yes
Good guy - yes

Nerwen · 11-14-2010, 08:07 AM

Gandalf?

Galadriel55 · 11-14-2010, 08:19 AM

That he is!

Nerwen · 11-14-2010, 09:11 AM

Oh, good.

Well, then– I've thought of something. Ask away.

Galadriel55 · 11-14-2010, 10:11 AM

Person?

Nerwen · 11-14-2010, 10:29 PM

Yes.

Galadriel55 · 11-15-2010, 06:19 AM

mortal?

Nerwen · 11-15-2010, 06:32 AM

Yes, it's a mortal.

Galadriel55 · 11-15-2010, 04:59 PM

Human?
Isn't anyone ever going to visit this thread except for me and Nerwen?

Nerwen · 11-15-2010, 10:14 PM

Human? –sort-of.

Isn't anyone ever going to visit this thread except for me and Nerwen? –Doesn't look like it, does, it?

Galadriel55 · 11-16-2010, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nerwen

Human? –sort-of.

Halfelven?

Nerwen · 11-16-2010, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Halfelven?

No.

Galadriel55 · 11-16-2010, 04:45 PM

Hmmm....sort of human, not halfelven....
Was he/she/it alive during the 1st age?

Nerwen · 11-16-2010, 11:33 PM

No.

Galadriel55 · 11-17-2010, 06:22 AM

3rd?

Nerwen · 11-17-2010, 06:42 AM

Yes.

Tuor in Gondolin · 11-17-2010, 09:13 AM

Was it a nazgul?

Nerwen · 11-17-2010, 09:32 PM

Person? –yes.
Mortal? –yes.
Human? –sort-of.
Half-Elven? –no.
1st Age? –no.
3rd Age? –yes.
Nazgûl? –no.

You two have identified two ways in which a person might be "sort-of human". There's another. Hint: think about taxonomy.

Nerwen · 11-18-2010, 10:20 AM

'Nother hint: Technically speaking, I could have answered "yes" to the question of whether this party is human– yet that would have badly misled you. (I don't say I wasn't tempted

)

Pitchwife · 11-18-2010, 12:22 PM

Are we looking for a specimen of homo sapiens subsp. hobbitus?

Tuor in Gondolin · 11-18-2010, 01:03 PM

Is it male?

Nerwen · 11-19-2010, 12:22 AM

Person? –yes.
Mortal? –yes.
Human? –sort-of.
Half-Elven? –no.
1st Age? –no.
3rd Age? –yes.
Nazgûl? –no.
Hobbit? –yes!
Male? –no.

Galadriel55 · 11-19-2010, 06:16 AM

Rosy Cotton?

How could I not guess that it's a hobit?!

Nerwen · 11-19-2010, 06:50 AM

Rosie Cotton? –no.

Pitchwife · 11-19-2010, 11:39 AM

Does she have a speaking part in LotR?

Galadriel55 · 11-19-2010, 02:18 PM

If its a female hobbit that isn't Rosy, its either Melilot Brandybuc or that random person called Esmeralda, Rory Brandybuck's daughter in law.

Nerwen · 11-19-2010, 09:07 PM

Person? –yes.
Mortal? –yes.
Human? –sort-of.
Half-Elven? –no.
1st Age? –no.
3rd Age? –yes.
Nazgûl? –no.
Hobbit? –yes!
Male? –no.
Rosie Cotton –no.
Speaking part? –no (for good reason)!
Melilot Brandybuck? –no.
Esmeralda Brandybuck (Merry's mother)? –no.

(By the way, Galadriel55, why do you think it can be only those two?)

Pitchwife · 11-20-2010, 03:19 AM

Am I correct in assuming she wasn't alive anymore at the time of LotR?

Galadriel55 · 11-20-2010, 10:34 AM

I completely forgot about Elanor!
And Esmeralda is Rory Brandybuck's daughter-in-law. I don't think she's Merry's mom.

11-04-2010, 05:18 PM	#5761
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Object - no Person - yes __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-07-2010, 01:13 PM	#5762
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Is this person mortal? __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

11-07-2010, 01:44 PM	#5763
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Object - no Person - yes Mortal - no __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-08-2010, 06:46 AM	#5765
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Do you mean that his role is played in Middle Earth or that he was born there? Yes, for the most part (role), no he was not born there. Object - no Person - yes Mortal - no ME - ??? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-13-2010, 08:04 AM	#5766
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Is he an Elf? __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

11-13-2010, 09:12 AM	#5767
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Because of ME??? I'll take a chance and say Maglor. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

11-13-2010, 09:19 AM	#5768
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Object - no Person - yes Mortal - no ME - ??? Elf - no Maglor - no __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-13-2010, 10:08 AM	#5769
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Hey, Might, you should have waited for the answer. ...So, not an Elf. Well, that narrows it down quite a bit. A Maia? (Note: by which I mean "officially" a Maia, leaving out characters who might or might not be.) __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

11-13-2010, 12:54 PM	#5770
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Object - no Person - yes Mortal - no ME - ??? Elf - no Maglor - no Maia - yes Again, the question marks are there because the question was not clear, and the way it was said it could have a few answers. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-13-2010, 07:55 PM	#5771
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	One of the good guys? __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

11-14-2010, 08:05 AM	#5772
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Object - no Person - yes Mortal - no ME - ??? Elf - no Maglor - no Maia - yes Good guy - yes __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-14-2010, 08:07 AM	#5773
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Gandalf? __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

11-14-2010, 08:19 AM	#5774
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	That he is! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-14-2010, 09:11 AM	#5775
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Oh, good. Well, then– I've thought of something. Ask away. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

11-14-2010, 10:11 AM	#5776
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Person? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-14-2010, 10:29 PM	#5777
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Yes. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

11-15-2010, 06:19 AM	#5778
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	mortal? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-15-2010, 06:32 AM	#5779
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Yes, it's a mortal. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

11-15-2010, 04:59 PM	#5780
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Human? Isn't anyone ever going to visit this thread except for me and Nerwen? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-15-2010, 10:14 PM	#5781
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Human? –sort-of. Isn't anyone ever going to visit this thread except for me and Nerwen? –Doesn't look like it, does, it? __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

11-16-2010, 04:45 PM	#5784
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Hmmm....sort of human, not halfelven.... Was he/she/it alive during the 1st age? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-16-2010, 11:33 PM	#5785
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	No. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

11-17-2010, 06:22 AM	#5786
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	3rd? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-17-2010, 06:42 AM	#5787
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Yes. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

11-17-2010, 09:13 AM	#5788
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	Was it a nazgul? __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

11-17-2010, 09:32 PM	#5789
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Hey, there's someone else posting! Person? –yes. Mortal? –yes. Human? –sort-of. Half-Elven? –no. 1st Age? –no. 3rd Age? –yes. Nazgûl? –no. You two have identified two ways in which a person might be "sort-of human". There's another. Hint: think about taxonomy. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

11-18-2010, 10:20 AM	#5790
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	'Nother hint: Technically speaking, I could have answered "yes" to the question of whether this party is human– yet that would have badly misled you. (I don't say I wasn't tempted ) __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

11-18-2010, 12:22 PM	#5791
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Are we looking for a specimen of homo sapiens subsp. hobbitus? __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

11-18-2010, 01:03 PM	#5792
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	Is it male? __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

11-19-2010, 12:22 AM	#5793
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Person? –yes. Mortal? –yes. Human? –sort-of. Half-Elven? –no. 1st Age? –no. 3rd Age? –yes. Nazgûl? –no. Hobbit? –yes! Male? –no. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

11-19-2010, 06:16 AM	#5794
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Rosy Cotton? How could I not guess that it's a hobit?! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-19-2010, 06:50 AM	#5795
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Rosie Cotton? –no. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo. Last edited by Nerwen; 11-20-2010 at 08:01 PM. Reason: Spelt it "Rosy"!

11-19-2010, 11:39 AM	#5796
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Does she have a speaking part in LotR? __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

11-19-2010, 02:18 PM	#5797
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	If its a female hobbit that isn't Rosy, its either Melilot Brandybuc or that random person called Esmeralda, Rory Brandybuck's daughter in law. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-19-2010, 09:07 PM	#5798
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Person? –yes. Mortal? –yes. Human? –sort-of. Half-Elven? –no. 1st Age? –no. 3rd Age? –yes. Nazgûl? –no. Hobbit? –yes! Male? –no. Rosie Cotton –no. Speaking part? –no (for good reason)! Melilot Brandybuck? –no. Esmeralda Brandybuck (Merry's mother)? –no. (By the way, Galadriel55, why do you think it can be only those two?) __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo. Last edited by Nerwen; 11-20-2010 at 08:03 PM. Reason: And this time I left Rosie out altogether.