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Mithalwen · 09-22-2005, 11:31 AM

Thank you - I did affect my best "Noo yoik" accent as I read through the members list...

My clue ideas seem to fall in to two categories - the glaringly obvious and those that indicate my warped and tortuous thought processes....

Ave! You were not singing 'in excelsis'.

Formendacil · 09-22-2005, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Thank you - I did affect my best "Noo yoik" accent as I read through the members list...

My clue ideas seem to fall in to two categories - the glaringly obvious and those that indicate my warped and tortuous thought processes....

Ave! You were not singing 'in excelsis'.

Alcarillo and his (her??) Latin sig....

Either that, or it's Firefoot... But Alcarillo is my official guess.

Gil-Galad · 09-22-2005, 09:18 PM

its probaly Firefoot

Mithalwen · 09-23-2005, 06:11 AM

It is neither and I can see little connection with your guesses ... but the Latin might be worth investigation

As might spanish...

Nilpaurion Felagund · 09-29-2005, 08:20 PM

Fea?

Mithalwen · 09-30-2005, 01:26 PM

I have decided that this is a hideous clue and to salve my conscience I will give you a couple of clues.

1, It refers to a downers personal title

2, if you translate Ave first from Latin then from Spanish you will have most of the context of the original source of the PT

If that isn't enough I will give you a very google-able clue but see how you do with those....

the guy who be short · 09-30-2005, 02:12 PM

Imladris?

Mithalwen · 10-03-2005, 07:03 AM

It is a bird reference but a literary not a mythological one....

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-03-2005, 07:19 AM

Is there any reason at all for Birdland to be running through my head so often right now?

PS: or Gwaihir the Windlord, though I doubt myself quite a lot on both.

Mithalwen · 10-03-2005, 10:08 AM

OK... Remember it is a personla title.

"singing 'in excelsis'" gives a clue to which bird you are looking for.

Amanaduial the archer · 10-07-2005, 04:10 PM

I have thought long and hard, and scoured the members list in all sorts of ways. But I must admit: I am...utterly at a loss.

Mithalwen · 10-09-2005, 09:39 AM

OK same answer but much simpler clue.

"Madame Arcati's contact"

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-09-2005, 12:57 PM

Oooooh. Gotcha. Lalaith.

Mithalwen · 10-09-2005, 01:14 PM

Thank goodness for that!

Lalaith's Personal Title is "Blithe Spirit" . To explain the second clue first. Blithe Spirit is the title of a play by Noel Coward featuring a medium called Madam Arcati. However the phrase originally comes from the first line of a Poem called "Ode to a Sky Lark" by P.B.Shelley

"Hail to thee Blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert,"

So

Ave! You were not singing 'in excelsis'.

Ave is Hail in latin and Bird in Spanish. Singing in Excelsis (on high) is what Skylarks are known for......

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-09-2005, 01:34 PM

A lovely lass with a fond attachment to the lily of the valley.

Glirdan · 10-09-2005, 09:33 PM

This seems to easy to be true. Lily Bombadil?

Gil-Galad · 10-09-2005, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Glirdan

This seems to easy to be true. Lily Bombadil?

i don't think thats her... Holbytlass?

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-09-2005, 10:45 PM

It is indeed to easy to be true. Neither answer is correct.

mormegil · 10-09-2005, 10:56 PM

I'm probably incorrect but I'm thinking of Sophia the Thunder Mistress

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-09-2005, 10:59 PM

At least you're right in thinking that you're wrong...

Hint: Fea points lovingly to her cheek.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-12-2005, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

A lovely lass with a fond attachment to the lily of the valley.

Okay. I know when a hint is in store. It's a multi-part clue. Figure out the last part and then figure out the result of it.

Then remember that I already said it was a bit cheeky of me to do.

Amanaduial the archer · 10-12-2005, 02:07 PM

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White bud! that in meek beauty dost lean
Thy cloistered cheek as pale as moonlight snow,
Thou seem'st, beneath thy huge, high leaf of green,
An Eremite beneath his mountain's brow.

Sorry, just thought I'd throw that in, it seemed appropriate at Fea's allusions to her cheek and to lilly of the valley - even if I really am not sure about what she means...

Ok, as for my guess...again, I would have said Sophia the Thunder Mistress, although I admit that I am puzzled by your apparent 'cheekiness'. Is it something to do with La Langue des Fleurs at all?

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-12-2005, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Amanaduial the archer

Is it something to do with La Langue des Fleurs at all?

If it is, it's unintentionally so. Aman, you'll kill me if I say that the clue is vaguely cryptic... so I'll just allude to it being that way.

Amanaduial the archer · 10-12-2005, 04:15 PM

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If it is, it's unintentionally so. Aman, you'll kill me if I say that the clue is vaguely cryptic... so I'll just allude to it being that way.

You...!

There are no words.

*sighs and resumes looking*

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-18-2005, 03:15 PM

A lovely lass with a fond attachment to the lily of the valley.

Okay... I can see another hint is needed. The lily of the valley is, in flower lore, the flower of which month?

Amanaduial the archer · 10-18-2005, 03:43 PM

Well...May.

(Is this clue just cryptic, or actually...'Cryptic'? (oh, how that capital pains me, it hurts us so it does, precious...))

wilwarin538 · 10-18-2005, 03:51 PM

I think I've got it. Tigerlily Gamgee, whose birthday is in May.

maybe there's more? attachment = tie Ti(in Tigerlily)

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-18-2005, 04:41 PM

Not Tig. Aman's closer, what with her May-flower.

Amanaduial the archer · 10-19-2005, 01:11 PM

May-flower...maybe this is a bit far-fetched and I'm picking up the wrong thing entirely here, but would that be a hint at the Mayflower, the ship that took the Pilgrim fathers from England to Massachussets in the early 17th century? If so, then maybe Nuranar? She wrote rather eloquently on it as a subject, and does have a particular fondness for American history...(I would say Gurthang but, well, he ain't a she...)

Anywhere close, at all? I'm running dry on any ideas at all, and this is the thought that struck. Otherwise, if I'm near (which I doubt - far fetched would be a euphemism), maybe...Bethberry? I don't know, I'm hopeless! A downer from Massachussets?

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-19-2005, 01:21 PM

Aman, you are so close that I want to cry in relief at the nearness and have hysterics at the wrongness.

Yes, Mayflower. Yes, pilgrims. No Nuranar.

mormegil · 10-19-2005, 01:24 PM

Mithalwen

Pligrim Soul

Plus cheeky because she was the host right before you.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-19-2005, 01:28 PM

Yes!

YES!!!!!

I'm so happy somebody got the cheeky part! Poor Aman... I swear (and this time I'll keep my word, promise) that I'll stop doing cryptic stuff.

mormegil · 10-19-2005, 01:41 PM

Okay this is my first ever so please be patient. I have a very difficult one but I will wait on that one and use one that should be a bit easier.

Dwarvish Despondent Director

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-19-2005, 01:46 PM

I want to say Kuru, but that feels way too easy. What about LMP? He started the Mordor thread, encouraging us to think about the stuff that bothers us...

mormegil · 10-19-2005, 01:50 PM

Nope, it's probably easier than that.

the guy who be short · 10-19-2005, 01:59 PM

*Points at self*

Well?

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-19-2005, 02:17 PM

*points at TGWBS*

What he said.

mormegil · 10-19-2005, 02:35 PM

Neither one is correct

Kath · 10-19-2005, 03:01 PM

I'm thinking Mr Underhill? Dwarvish, lives underground and director, he is a mod.

mormegil · 10-19-2005, 03:16 PM

Nope you're not correct there either Kath. I think you're putting to much weight on the dwarf part. Look at the other two a bit more.

09-22-2005, 11:31 AM	#201
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Thank you - I did affect my best "Noo yoik" accent as I read through the members list... My clue ideas seem to fall in to two categories - the glaringly obvious and those that indicate my warped and tortuous thought processes.... Ave! You were not singing 'in excelsis'. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-22-2005, 09:18 PM	#203
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	its probaly Firefoot __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

09-23-2005, 06:11 AM	#204
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	It is neither and I can see little connection with your guesses ... but the Latin might be worth investigation As might spanish... Last edited by Mithalwen; 09-23-2005 at 01:20 PM.

09-29-2005, 08:20 PM	#205
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Spanish? Fea? __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

10-03-2005, 07:19 AM	#209
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Is there any reason at all for Birdland to be running through my head so often right now? PS: or Gwaihir the Windlord, though I doubt myself quite a lot on both. __________________ peace

09-30-2005, 01:26 PM	#206
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	I have decided that this is a hideous clue and to salve my conscience I will give you a couple of clues. 1, It refers to a downers personal title 2, if you translate Ave first from Latin then from Spanish you will have most of the context of the original source of the PT If that isn't enough I will give you a very google-able clue but see how you do with those....

09-30-2005, 02:12 PM	#207
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	Imladris?

10-03-2005, 07:03 AM	#208
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	It is a bird reference but a literary not a mythological one....

10-03-2005, 10:08 AM	#210
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	OK... Remember it is a personla title. "singing 'in excelsis'" gives a clue to which bird you are looking for.

10-07-2005, 04:10 PM	#211
Amanaduial the archer Shadow of Starlight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: dancing among the ledgerlines... Posts: 2,347	I have thought long and hard, and scoured the members list in all sorts of ways. But I must admit: I am...utterly at a loss. __________________ I am what I was, a harmless little devil

10-09-2005, 09:39 AM	#212
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	OK same answer but much simpler clue. "Madame Arcati's contact" __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-09-2005, 12:57 PM	#213
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Oooooh. Gotcha. Lalaith. __________________ peace

10-09-2005, 01:14 PM	#214
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Thank goodness for that! Lalaith's Personal Title is "Blithe Spirit" . To explain the second clue first. Blithe Spirit is the title of a play by Noel Coward featuring a medium called Madam Arcati. However the phrase originally comes from the first line of a Poem called "Ode to a Sky Lark" by P.B.Shelley "Hail to thee Blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert," So Ave! You were not singing 'in excelsis'. Ave is Hail in latin and Bird in Spanish. Singing in Excelsis (on high) is what Skylarks are known for...... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-09-2005, 01:34 PM	#215
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	A lovely lass with a fond attachment to the lily of the valley. __________________ peace

10-09-2005, 09:33 PM	#216
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	This seems to easy to be true. Lily Bombadil? __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

10-09-2005, 10:45 PM	#218
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	It is indeed to easy to be true. Neither answer is correct. __________________ peace

10-09-2005, 10:56 PM	#219
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,648	I'm probably incorrect but I'm thinking of Sophia the Thunder Mistress __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

10-09-2005, 10:59 PM	#220
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	At least you're right in thinking that you're wrong... Hint: Fea points lovingly to her cheek. __________________ peace Last edited by Feanor of the Peredhil; 10-10-2005 at 07:42 AM.

10-18-2005, 03:15 PM	#225
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	A lovely lass with a fond attachment to the lily of the valley. Okay... I can see another hint is needed. The lily of the valley is, in flower lore, the flower of which month? __________________ peace

10-18-2005, 03:43 PM	#226
Amanaduial the archer Shadow of Starlight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: dancing among the ledgerlines... Posts: 2,347	Well...May. (Is this clue just cryptic, or actually...'Cryptic'? (oh, how that capital pains me, it hurts us so it does, precious...)) __________________ I am what I was, a harmless little devil

10-18-2005, 03:51 PM	#227
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	I think I've got it. Tigerlily Gamgee, whose birthday is in May. maybe there's more? attachment = tie Ti(in Tigerlily) __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin Last edited by wilwarin538; 10-18-2005 at 03:56 PM.

10-18-2005, 04:41 PM	#228
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Not Tig. Aman's closer, what with her May-flower. __________________ peace

10-19-2005, 01:11 PM	#229
Amanaduial the archer Shadow of Starlight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: dancing among the ledgerlines... Posts: 2,347	May-flower...maybe this is a bit far-fetched and I'm picking up the wrong thing entirely here, but would that be a hint at the Mayflower, the ship that took the Pilgrim fathers from England to Massachussets in the early 17th century? If so, then maybe Nuranar? She wrote rather eloquently on it as a subject, and does have a particular fondness for American history...(I would say Gurthang but, well, he ain't a she...) Anywhere close, at all? I'm running dry on any ideas at all, and this is the thought that struck. Otherwise, if I'm near (which I doubt - far fetched would be a euphemism), maybe...Bethberry? I don't know, I'm hopeless! A downer from Massachussets? __________________ I am what I was, a harmless little devil

10-19-2005, 01:21 PM	#230
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Aman, you are so close that I want to cry in relief at the nearness and have hysterics at the wrongness. Yes, Mayflower. Yes, pilgrims. No Nuranar. __________________ peace

10-19-2005, 01:24 PM	#231
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,648	Mithalwen Pligrim Soul Plus cheeky because she was the host right before you. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

10-19-2005, 01:28 PM	#232
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Yes! YES!!!!! I'm so happy somebody got the cheeky part! Poor Aman... I swear (and this time I'll keep my word, promise) that I'll stop doing cryptic stuff. __________________ peace

10-19-2005, 01:41 PM	#233
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,648	Okay this is my first ever so please be patient. I have a very difficult one but I will wait on that one and use one that should be a bit easier. Dwarvish Despondent Director __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

10-19-2005, 01:46 PM	#234
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	I want to say Kuru, but that feels way too easy. What about LMP? He started the Mordor thread, encouraging us to think about the stuff that bothers us... __________________ peace

10-19-2005, 01:50 PM	#235
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,648	Nope, it's probably easier than that. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

10-19-2005, 01:59 PM	#236
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	Points at self Well?

10-19-2005, 02:17 PM	#237
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	points at TGWBS What he said. __________________ peace

10-19-2005, 02:35 PM	#238
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,648	Neither one is correct __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

10-19-2005, 03:01 PM	#239
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	I'm thinking Mr Underhill? Dwarvish, lives underground and director, he is a mod. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

10-19-2005, 03:16 PM	#240
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,648	Nope you're not correct there either Kath. I think you're putting to much weight on the dwarf part. Look at the other two a bit more. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”