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Pervinca Took · 12-26-2019, 02:46 PM

Is F just FROR, from FREE?

Pervinca Took · 12-26-2019, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urwen

HUNDAD: He is Atilla's father.
IMRAZOR: Initially, instant messaging and a shaving supplement reveal him.
SILMARIEN: A jewel loses its end, but gains expensive network, initially, for her.
T: Briefly, a state is inside the turncloak, for him.
OLWE: German lion spins for him.
R: A returning pronoun is inside a confused dwarf, for him
YLMIR: He is marbled, and confused
OROME: Confused Shakespearen lover reveals him
F: No price? Twist it for him.
MALLOR: An endless tree for him.
IVARE: Reorder a Valie for a minstrel.
DAERON: No read, but backwards, for him.
DIOR: French company shares his name.
L: A Norse God finds a way, for him.
E: A direction inside a bloomer, for him.
E: Note common spice in a spin, for him.
A: Middle ear bones, in discord, reveal her.
R: Archaic dirt returns for him.
T: He is someone that laments, chaotically
HUAN: He is common in Spain.

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Urwen · 12-26-2019, 03:15 PM

Nope.

Pervinca Took · 12-26-2019, 05:27 PM

2nd E could be ERU from RUE, except that there's no room for a note in there.

Urwen · 12-26-2019, 06:06 PM

Nope.

Pervinca Took · 12-28-2019, 12:12 PM

F = no fee = a bit like FEANOR?

I don't know the Norse god, but is L LOMION?

Urwen · 12-28-2019, 01:10 PM

Yes to Feanor, but it's NO+FARE

No to Lomion

Urwen · 12-28-2019, 01:11 PM

HUNDAD: He is Atilla's father.
IMRAZOR: Initially, instant messaging and a shaving supplement reveal him.
SILMARIEN: A jewel loses its end, but gains expensive network, initially, for her.
T: Briefly, a state is inside the turncloak, for him.
OLWE: German lion spins for him.
R: A returning pronoun is inside a confused dwarf, for him
YLMIR: He is marbled, and confused
OROME: Confused Shakespearen lover reveals him
FEANOR: No price? Twist it for him.
MALLOR: An endless tree for him.
IVARE: Reorder a Valie for a minstrel.
DAERON: No read, but backwards, for him.
DIOR: French company shares his name.
L: A Norse God finds a way, for him.
E: A direction inside a bloomer, for him.
E: Note common spice in a spin, for him.
A: Middle ear bones, in discord, reveal her.
R: Archaic dirt returns for him.
T: He is someone that laments, chaotically
HUAN: He is common in Spain.

Pervinca Took · 12-28-2019, 04:58 PM

LINDO, keeper of the Cottage of Lost Play.

L + ODIN.

My mistake was not realising that L was the direction/way.

Urwen · 12-29-2019, 05:50 PM

HUNDAD: He is Atilla's father.
IMRAZOR: Initially, instant messaging and a shaving supplement reveal him.
SILMARIEN: A jewel loses its end, but gains expensive network, initially, for her.
T: Briefly, a state is inside the turncloak, for him.
OLWE: German lion spins for him.
R: A returning pronoun is inside a confused dwarf, for him
YLMIR: He is marbled, and confused
OROME: Confused Shakespearen lover reveals him
FEANOR: No price? Twist it for him.
MALLOR: An endless tree for him.
IVARE: Reorder a Valie for a minstrel.
DAERON: No read, but backwards, for him.
DIOR: French company shares his name.
LINDO: A Norse God finds a way, for him.
E: A direction inside a bloomer, for him.
E: Note common spice in a spin, for him.
A: Middle ear bones, in discord, reveal her.
R: Archaic dirt returns for him.
T: He is someone that laments, chaotically
HUAN: He is common in Spain.

Pervinca Took · 12-30-2019, 04:45 AM

Well, since my HOME collection is currently 200 miles away from me, I have about as much chance of solving the rest of these as I have of getting sound relationship advice from Denethor.

The turncloak one, (interesting to learn the North American term; it's turncoat over here), might be TROTTER from TRAITOR, but I very much doubt it. It's probably something really obscure from the Notion Club Papers or something.

Urwen · 12-30-2019, 06:36 AM

Actually, the book in question is a really famous one, with a TV show based on it no less. And the clue refers to my 2nd favorite character innit.

Galadriel55 · 12-30-2019, 07:51 PM

I believe I can provide that part. Theon Turncloak was the first thing that came to mind, but I can't make anything out of his name. Pervinca, any ideas with that?

Pervinca Took · 12-30-2019, 08:07 PM

Would your second favourite character be TURIN?

U(TAH) could be the state, but who is the traitor?

...

EDIT: If there's a THEON, we could put DE(LAWARE) inside it, perhaps, and get ...

... THEODEN?

He must be in HOME, because the History of LOTR is in HOME.

Galadriel55 · 12-30-2019, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urwen

Actually, the book in question is a really famous one, with a TV show based on it no less. And the clue refers to my 2nd favorite character innit.

Btw, who is your favourite? I have to say Theon is a fascinating character myself in both book and show, but I've always looked forward the most to the Arya POV chapters.

Urwen · 12-31-2019, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Btw, who is your favourite? I have to say Theon is a fascinating character myself in both book and show, but I've always looked forward the most to the Arya POV chapters.

Bran.

Urwen · 12-31-2019, 04:43 AM

HUNDAD: He is Atilla's father.
IMRAZOR: Initially, instant messaging and a shaving supplement reveal him.
SILMARIEN: A jewel loses its end, but gains expensive network, initially, for her.
THEODEN: Briefly, a state is inside the turncloak, for him.
OLWE: German lion spins for him.
R: A returning pronoun is inside a confused dwarf, for him
YLMIR: He is marbled, and confused
OROME: Confused Shakespearen lover reveals him
FEANOR: No price? Twist it for him.
MALLOR: An endless tree for him.
IVARE: Reorder a Valie for a minstrel.
DAERON: No read, but backwards, for him.
DIOR: French company shares his name.
LINDO: A Norse God finds a way, for him.
E: A direction inside a bloomer, for him.
E: Note common spice in a spin, for him.
A: Middle ear bones, in discord, reveal her.
R: Archaic dirt returns for him.
T: He is someone that laments, chaotically
HUAN: He is common in Spain.

Theon the Turncloak.

Pervinca Took · 12-31-2019, 05:15 AM

RIAN is NAR with returning I.

Well, it is!

But it's not a female character that the clue is asking for.

ROWAN is close ... NAR again ... but WO, not WE.

Urwen · 12-31-2019, 06:42 AM

Nope.

Urwen · 01-06-2020, 04:12 PM

Do you need hints?

Galadriel55 · 01-06-2020, 09:19 PM

Probably. I do.

Urwen · 01-07-2020, 05:12 AM

No hints for you, since you haven't given your follow-up reaction on Bran being my favorite.

Pervinca Took · 01-07-2020, 11:19 AM

I can't give feedback, because I've never read nor watched a single episode of GOT.

Urwen · 01-10-2020, 04:34 AM

Try figuring some of those out first. E, A, R, and T clues should be quite easy, especially for you Pervinca, since you are a password genius and all.

Pervinca Took · 01-10-2020, 07:38 AM

TURIN laments, and has the word RUIN, which is chaotic?

Urwen · 01-10-2020, 10:28 AM

No. This character is an anagram of LAMENTER.

Pervinca Took · 01-10-2020, 11:17 AM

TELEMNAR, king during the Great Plague.

Urwen · 01-28-2020, 09:15 AM

HUNDAD: He is Atilla's father.
IMRAZOR: Initially, instant messaging and a shaving supplement reveal him.
SILMARIEN: A jewel loses its end, but gains expensive network, initially, for her.
THEODEN: Briefly, a state is inside the turncloak, for him.
OLWE: German lion spins for him.
R: A returning pronoun is inside a confused dwarf, for him
YLMIR: He is marbled, and confused
OROME: Confused Shakespearen lover reveals him
FEANOR: No price? Twist it for him.
MALLOR: An endless tree for him.
IVARE: Reorder a Valie for a minstrel.
DAERON: No read, but backwards, for him.
DIOR: French company shares his name.
LINDO: A Norse God finds a way, for him.
E: A direction inside a bloomer, for him.
E: Note common spice in a spin, for him.
A: Middle ear bones, in discord, reveal her.
R: Archaic dirt returns for him.
TELEMNAR: He is someone that laments, chaotically
HUAN: He is common in Spain.

Pervinca Took · 01-28-2020, 02:23 PM

None of the actual words for middle ear bones work. I've tried them all. Ossicles, stapes, hammer, anvil etc.

Just thought, the middle of ear is A.

But don't have time to mix that with collections of every named bone in the human body, or perhaps in the entire animal kingdom. Bones itself doesn't work.

Urwen · 01-28-2020, 05:39 PM

I didn't either, until I came across MALLEUS, the plural of which is MALLEI.

Pervinca Took · 01-29-2020, 07:14 AM

Which gives us ALMIEL, the sister of Anardil.

I feel there should be a name that can be reached by adding a direction word to ELANOR for the bloomer, but no luck so far.

Pervinca Took · 01-30-2020, 07:08 AM

Hang on ...

Is the first E ELROS - L inside ROSE?

A bit naughty not to include an anagram indicator, if so.

Urwen · 01-31-2020, 05:19 AM

HUNDAD: He is Atilla's father.
IMRAZOR: Initially, instant messaging and a shaving supplement reveal him.
SILMARIEN: A jewel loses its end, but gains expensive network, initially, for her.
THEODEN: Briefly, a state is inside the turncloak, for him.
OLWE: German lion spins for him.
R: A returning pronoun is inside a confused dwarf, for him
YLMIR: He is marbled, and confused
OROME: Confused Shakespearen lover reveals him
FEANOR: No price? Twist it for him.
MALLOR: An endless tree for him.
IVARE: Reorder a Valie for a minstrel.
DAERON: No read, but backwards, for him.
DIOR: French company shares his name.
LINDO: A Norse God finds a way, for him.
ELROS: A direction inside a bloomer, for him.
E: Note common spice in a spin, for him.
ALMIEL: Middle ear bones, in discord, reveal her.
R: Archaic dirt returns for him.
TELEMNAR: He is someone that laments, chaotically
HUAN: He is common in Spain.

Urwen · 01-31-2020, 05:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Hang on ...

Is the first E ELROS - L inside ROSE?

A bit naughty not to include an anagram indicator, if so.

I forgot.

Huinesoron · 02-03-2020, 07:35 AM

Okay okay. Three male characters, no other obvious straight clues ("archaic" could be, but probably modifies "dirt" instead).

R(1): The pronoun isn't noted as not being English, so let's figure it is. It can't be I (which can't be reversed), but could be most of the others. Probably not they or any of its derivitives, because -ht- isn't a common sound. A confused dwarf is probably a M-e dwarf's name. I'm rubbish at anagrams, so it's brute-force time!

Using the Encyclopedia of Arda index, I find no R-words which contain the reversed pronouns he/his/him/she/her/hers/us. There is one word containing reversed we, 'Renewer', but RENER doesn't seem to make a dwarf. Pronoun me, reversed produces 4 hits, but none of them are characters.

Okay, moving over to the Tolkien Gateway index. Him/his/he/she/her/hers/us once again produce nothing. 'ew' gives a lovely placename I didn't know - Ras Mewrim in the Falas - but that's not 'him'. 'em' produces a whole host of hits, but no characters.

Oh, I forgot the second person, didn't I? You/your/yours do nothing on either index, and thy/thee/thou/thine all have that same -ht-. Um, what have I missed out... 'ym'? Well, there's Raymond E. Feist, but...

Okay, it's looking like either the character isn't indexed by TG, or doesn't use an English pronoun. Hmm. Perhaps there are only a few dwarves with R in their names? NOPE there's heaps. At least 27 by my count. I... don't think I can brute-force that.

... and the E clue is an anagram of a note + a common spice, or possibly words meaning common + spice. Um... it's not pepper? Nah, anagrams from this many options aren't for me.

R(2): Either this is an archaic term for [soil/filth], or it's synonyms for archaic + dirt. Either way, either 'dirt' needs to end with R, or 'archaic' starts with it. In the latter case, the only word that jumps to mind is 'relic'; there are no names starting with that.

So, 'dirt'... there's rumour, but no names starting with ro/ruo. I can't come up with any other words ending in -r that come anywhere close to meaning 'dirt', so I guess I'll give up on this one.

I knew there was a reason I bowed out when we reached the point of Generic Noun Anagram Comma For Him. ^_~ Still, maybe I've given someone else something to start from.

hS

Pervinca Took · 02-03-2020, 08:29 AM

'It' is also a pronoun, but I couldn't get anything from that, either.

I suspect the remaining names are rare and we probably need to look in the indexes at the back of the HOME books.

Huinesoron · 02-04-2020, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

'It' is also a pronoun, but I couldn't get anything from that, either.

I suspect the remaining names are rare and we probably need to look in the indexes at the back of the HOME books.

Just realised I missed out 'our', but it would need the same -uo- that made 'you' so unlikely.

This is the first time I've wished I owned HoME XIII; a single index would be very helpful at this point.

If it's any help, the answers so far consist of 9 from the First Age, 3 from Numenor, 4 from the Third Age, and one (Lindo) who doesn't really fall into any of those. So probability suggests the last three are probably heavy on the First Age as well.

Urwen has said that 'E, A, R, and T' should be quite easy; that probably means the last R, and might mean the E we have outstanding too. If so, that suggests that both the spice and 'archaic dirt' are fairly well-known words - though the answer to 'A' used 'mallei', so maybe not.

hS

Urwen · 02-05-2020, 07:33 AM

The spice is easy, the archaic dirt isn't.

The spice is a common ingredient in every meal.

Huinesoron · 02-05-2020, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urwen

The spice is easy, the archaic dirt isn't.

The spice is a common ingredient in every meal.

To me that sounds like SALT + E. Which gives us... Elast? Estal? Etals? Ealts? Eslat?

Ah, there it is: ELTAS, teller of the Tale of Turambar in the Cottage of Lost Play.

hS

Pervinca Took · 02-05-2020, 04:15 PM

Archaic dirt could be LOAM ... except it doesn't have an R or produce anything useful when spelled backwards.

12-26-2019, 02:46 PM	#8561
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Is F just FROR, from FREE? __________________ "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."

12-26-2019, 03:15 PM	#8563
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	Nope. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

12-26-2019, 05:27 PM	#8564
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	2nd E could be ERU from RUE, except that there's no room for a note in there. __________________ "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."

12-26-2019, 06:06 PM	#8565
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	Nope. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

12-28-2019, 12:12 PM	#8566
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	F = no fee = a bit like FEANOR? I don't know the Norse god, but is L LOMION? __________________ "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; 12-28-2019 at 12:16 PM.

12-28-2019, 01:10 PM	#8567
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	Yes to Feanor, but it's NO+FARE No to Lomion __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

12-28-2019, 01:11 PM	#8568
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	HUNDAD: He is Atilla's father. IMRAZOR: Initially, instant messaging and a shaving supplement reveal him. SILMARIEN: A jewel loses its end, but gains expensive network, initially, for her. T: Briefly, a state is inside the turncloak, for him. OLWE: German lion spins for him. R: A returning pronoun is inside a confused dwarf, for him YLMIR: He is marbled, and confused OROME: Confused Shakespearen lover reveals him FEANOR: No price? Twist it for him. MALLOR: An endless tree for him. IVARE: Reorder a Valie for a minstrel. DAERON: No read, but backwards, for him. DIOR: French company shares his name. L: A Norse God finds a way, for him. E: A direction inside a bloomer, for him. E: Note common spice in a spin, for him. A: Middle ear bones, in discord, reveal her. R: Archaic dirt returns for him. T: He is someone that laments, chaotically HUAN: He is common in Spain. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

12-28-2019, 04:58 PM	#8569
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	LINDO, keeper of the Cottage of Lost Play. L + ODIN. My mistake was not realising that L was the direction/way. __________________ "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."

12-29-2019, 05:50 PM	#8570
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	HUNDAD: He is Atilla's father. IMRAZOR: Initially, instant messaging and a shaving supplement reveal him. SILMARIEN: A jewel loses its end, but gains expensive network, initially, for her. T: Briefly, a state is inside the turncloak, for him. OLWE: German lion spins for him. R: A returning pronoun is inside a confused dwarf, for him YLMIR: He is marbled, and confused OROME: Confused Shakespearen lover reveals him FEANOR: No price? Twist it for him. MALLOR: An endless tree for him. IVARE: Reorder a Valie for a minstrel. DAERON: No read, but backwards, for him. DIOR: French company shares his name. LINDO: A Norse God finds a way, for him. E: A direction inside a bloomer, for him. E: Note common spice in a spin, for him. A: Middle ear bones, in discord, reveal her. R: Archaic dirt returns for him. T: He is someone that laments, chaotically HUAN: He is common in Spain. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

12-30-2019, 04:45 AM	#8571
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Well, since my HOME collection is currently 200 miles away from me, I have about as much chance of solving the rest of these as I have of getting sound relationship advice from Denethor. The turncloak one, (interesting to learn the North American term; it's turncoat over here), might be TROTTER from TRAITOR, but I very much doubt it. It's probably something really obscure from the Notion Club Papers or something. __________________ "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; 12-30-2019 at 12:15 PM.

12-30-2019, 06:36 AM	#8572
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	Actually, the book in question is a really famous one, with a TV show based on it no less. And the clue refers to my 2nd favorite character innit. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

12-30-2019, 07:51 PM	#8573
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,406	I believe I can provide that part. Theon Turncloak was the first thing that came to mind, but I can't make anything out of his name. Pervinca, any ideas with that? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

12-30-2019, 08:07 PM	#8574
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Would your second favourite character be TURIN? U(TAH) could be the state, but who is the traitor? ... EDIT: If there's a THEON, we could put DE(LAWARE) inside it, perhaps, and get ... ... THEODEN? He must be in HOME, because the History of LOTR is in HOME. __________________ "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; 12-30-2019 at 08:12 PM.

12-31-2019, 04:43 AM	#8577
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	HUNDAD: He is Atilla's father. IMRAZOR: Initially, instant messaging and a shaving supplement reveal him. SILMARIEN: A jewel loses its end, but gains expensive network, initially, for her. THEODEN: Briefly, a state is inside the turncloak, for him. OLWE: German lion spins for him. R: A returning pronoun is inside a confused dwarf, for him YLMIR: He is marbled, and confused OROME: Confused Shakespearen lover reveals him FEANOR: No price? Twist it for him. MALLOR: An endless tree for him. IVARE: Reorder a Valie for a minstrel. DAERON: No read, but backwards, for him. DIOR: French company shares his name. LINDO: A Norse God finds a way, for him. E: A direction inside a bloomer, for him. E: Note common spice in a spin, for him. A: Middle ear bones, in discord, reveal her. R: Archaic dirt returns for him. T: He is someone that laments, chaotically HUAN: He is common in Spain. Theon the Turncloak. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

12-31-2019, 05:15 AM	#8578
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	RIAN is NAR with returning I. Well, it is! But it's not a female character that the clue is asking for. ROWAN is close ... NAR again ... but WO, not WE. __________________ "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."

12-31-2019, 06:42 AM	#8579
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	Nope. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

01-06-2020, 04:12 PM	#8580
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	Do you need hints? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

01-06-2020, 09:19 PM	#8581
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,406	Probably. I do. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

01-07-2020, 05:12 AM	#8582
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	No hints for you, since you haven't given your follow-up reaction on Bran being my favorite. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

01-07-2020, 11:19 AM	#8583
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	I can't give feedback, because I've never read nor watched a single episode of GOT. __________________ "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."

01-10-2020, 04:34 AM	#8584
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	Try figuring some of those out first. E, A, R, and T clues should be quite easy, especially for you Pervinca, since you are a password genius and all. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

01-10-2020, 07:38 AM	#8585
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	TURIN laments, and has the word RUIN, which is chaotic? __________________ "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."

01-10-2020, 10:28 AM	#8586
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	No. This character is an anagram of LAMENTER. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

01-10-2020, 11:17 AM	#8587
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	TELEMNAR, king during the Great Plague. __________________ "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."

01-28-2020, 09:15 AM	#8588
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	HUNDAD: He is Atilla's father. IMRAZOR: Initially, instant messaging and a shaving supplement reveal him. SILMARIEN: A jewel loses its end, but gains expensive network, initially, for her. THEODEN: Briefly, a state is inside the turncloak, for him. OLWE: German lion spins for him. R: A returning pronoun is inside a confused dwarf, for him YLMIR: He is marbled, and confused OROME: Confused Shakespearen lover reveals him FEANOR: No price? Twist it for him. MALLOR: An endless tree for him. IVARE: Reorder a Valie for a minstrel. DAERON: No read, but backwards, for him. DIOR: French company shares his name. LINDO: A Norse God finds a way, for him. E: A direction inside a bloomer, for him. E: Note common spice in a spin, for him. A: Middle ear bones, in discord, reveal her. R: Archaic dirt returns for him. TELEMNAR: He is someone that laments, chaotically HUAN: He is common in Spain. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

01-28-2020, 02:23 PM	#8589
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	None of the actual words for middle ear bones work. I've tried them all. Ossicles, stapes, hammer, anvil etc. Just thought, the middle of ear is A. But don't have time to mix that with collections of every named bone in the human body, or perhaps in the entire animal kingdom. Bones itself doesn't 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." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 01-29-2020 at 07:01 AM.

01-28-2020, 05:39 PM	#8590
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	I didn't either, until I came across MALLEUS, the plural of which is MALLEI. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

01-29-2020, 07:14 AM	#8591
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Which gives us ALMIEL, the sister of Anardil. I feel there should be a name that can be reached by adding a direction word to ELANOR for the bloomer, but no luck so far. __________________ "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."

01-30-2020, 07:08 AM	#8592
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Hang on ... Is the first E ELROS - L inside ROSE? A bit naughty not to include an anagram indicator, if so. __________________ "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."

01-31-2020, 05:19 AM	#8593
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	HUNDAD: He is Atilla's father. IMRAZOR: Initially, instant messaging and a shaving supplement reveal him. SILMARIEN: A jewel loses its end, but gains expensive network, initially, for her. THEODEN: Briefly, a state is inside the turncloak, for him. OLWE: German lion spins for him. R: A returning pronoun is inside a confused dwarf, for him YLMIR: He is marbled, and confused OROME: Confused Shakespearen lover reveals him FEANOR: No price? Twist it for him. MALLOR: An endless tree for him. IVARE: Reorder a Valie for a minstrel. DAERON: No read, but backwards, for him. DIOR: French company shares his name. LINDO: A Norse God finds a way, for him. ELROS: A direction inside a bloomer, for him. E: Note common spice in a spin, for him. ALMIEL: Middle ear bones, in discord, reveal her. R: Archaic dirt returns for him. TELEMNAR: He is someone that laments, chaotically HUAN: He is common in Spain. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

02-03-2020, 07:35 AM	#8595
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,914	Okay okay. Three male characters, no other obvious straight clues ("archaic" could be, but probably modifies "dirt" instead). R(1): The pronoun isn't noted as not being English, so let's figure it is. It can't be I (which can't be reversed), but could be most of the others. Probably not they or any of its derivitives, because -ht- isn't a common sound. A confused dwarf is probably a M-e dwarf's name. I'm rubbish at anagrams, so it's brute-force time! Using the Encyclopedia of Arda index, I find no R-words which contain the reversed pronouns he/his/him/she/her/hers/us. There is one word containing reversed we, 'Renewer', but RENER doesn't seem to make a dwarf. Pronoun me, reversed produces 4 hits, but none of them are characters. Okay, moving over to the Tolkien Gateway index. Him/his/he/she/her/hers/us once again produce nothing. 'ew' gives a lovely placename I didn't know - Ras Mewrim in the Falas - but that's not 'him'. 'em' produces a whole host of hits, but no characters. Oh, I forgot the second person, didn't I? You/your/yours do nothing on either index, and thy/thee/thou/thine all have that same -ht-. Um, what have I missed out... 'ym'? Well, there's Raymond E. Feist, but... Okay, it's looking like either the character isn't indexed by TG, or doesn't use an English pronoun. Hmm. Perhaps there are only a few dwarves with R in their names? NOPE there's heaps. At least 27 by my count. I... don't think I can brute-force that. ... and the E clue is an anagram of a note + a common spice, or possibly words meaning common + spice. Um... it's not pepper? Nah, anagrams from this many options aren't for me. R(2): Either this is an archaic term for [soil/filth], or it's synonyms for archaic + dirt. Either way, either 'dirt' needs to end with R, or 'archaic' starts with it. In the latter case, the only word that jumps to mind is 'relic'; there are no names starting with that. So, 'dirt'... there's rumour, but no names starting with ro/ruo. I can't come up with any other words ending in -r that come anywhere close to meaning 'dirt', so I guess I'll give up on this one. I knew there was a reason I bowed out when we reached the point of Generic Noun Anagram Comma For Him. ^_~ Still, maybe I've given someone else something to start from. hS

02-03-2020, 08:29 AM	#8596
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	'It' is also a pronoun, but I couldn't get anything from that, either. I suspect the remaining names are rare and we probably need to look in the indexes at the back of the HOME books. __________________ "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; 02-03-2020 at 08:33 AM.

02-05-2020, 07:33 AM	#8598
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	The spice is easy, the archaic dirt isn't. The spice is a common ingredient in every meal. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

02-05-2020, 04:15 PM	#8600
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Archaic dirt could be LOAM ... except it doesn't have an R or produce anything useful when spelled backwards. __________________ "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."