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Samwise · 01-16-2003, 07:18 PM

On another thread here, where the Name/Race/Whatever generator was being used, I put several things in just for fun, and got some interesting answers. Trouble is, I don't know WHAT these things are that the generator said my entries were! [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] Can someone tell me?

Mumak (with a little "thingy" above the u)
Meara
Olog-Hai
Bounder
Haradim

Thanks a bunch! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Vardadurwen · 01-16-2003, 07:29 PM

Isn't a "Meara" a very special and powerful type of horse? Shadowfax was a meara, wasn't he?...correct me if I'm wrong...

But that's all I got, sorry.

Iarwain · 01-16-2003, 07:30 PM

Mumak- an Oliphaunt

Meara- I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure It's a horse of the same breed as Shadowfax.

Haradrim- someone from Harad

Bounder- Someone who protects the borders of the shire? maybe?

Samwise · 01-16-2003, 07:34 PM

Thank you, all of those sound feasable to me... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

**The Saucepan Man** · 01-16-2003, 07:40 PM

Samwise,

Mumaks: War Oliphaunts of the Southrons - men of the South who served Sauron in the War of the Ring (I think that this would include the Haradrim - see below)

Meara: I don't know exactly, but they are some kind of wonder horse, and Shadowfax was one (as was Champion [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] ).

Olog-Hai: Uber-trolls bred for war (as Uruk-Hai were uber-orcs). I think they were at the battle before the Black Gate. There is a great article on whether they were subject to the same "turn-to-stone-in-sunlight" rule as your common or garden troll in the Articles section of this site.

Bounder: A sort of ad hoc militia in the Shire employed to "beat the bound", ie patrol the borders.

Haradim: The men of Harad (and Far Harad?) to the South, who served Sauron in the War of the Ring.

Hope that helps. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Tar-Palantir · 01-16-2003, 07:40 PM

Bounders were hobbits whose job it was to patrol the boundaries of the Shire.

The Olog-hai were bred in Mordor by Sauron, they were an attempt to create immensely strong creatures that were intelligent enough to be used as troops. Ordinary Trolls were unsuitable - strong but stupid - and so, according to rumour, they were interbred with the variags, a cruel mannish race. The result were the Olog-hai of Mordor; cunnig and immune to the effects of sunlight and smaller than other Trolls, they were sometimes mistaken for huge orcs by enemy soldiers.

[ January 16, 2003: Message edited by: Tar-Palantir ]

Samwise · 01-16-2003, 07:55 PM

Wow! Thank you, all. Hm. One of the name generator things said I was a scholarly
Meara. So, then, a horse of Shadowfax's caliber that read or studied? [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

[ January 16, 2003: Message edited by: Samwise ]

01-16-2003, 07:18 PM	#1
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	What is it? On another thread here, where the Name/Race/Whatever generator was being used, I put several things in just for fun, and got some interesting answers. Trouble is, I don't know WHAT these things are that the generator said my entries were! [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] Can someone tell me? Mumak (with a little "thingy" above the u) Meara Olog-Hai Bounder Haradim Thanks a bunch! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

01-16-2003, 07:29 PM	#2
Vardadurwen Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 102	Isn't a "Meara" a very special and powerful type of horse? Shadowfax was a meara, wasn't he?...correct me if I'm wrong... But that's all I got, sorry. __________________ 'In this phial,' she said, 'is caught the light of Earendil's star....May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out...' - Galadriel 'Now there's an eye-opener and no mistake!' - Samwise Gamgee

01-16-2003, 07:30 PM	#3
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	Mumak- an Oliphaunt Meara- I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure It's a horse of the same breed as Shadowfax. Haradrim- someone from Harad Bounder- Someone who protects the borders of the shire? maybe? __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"

01-16-2003, 07:34 PM	#4
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Thank you, all of those sound feasable to me... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

01-16-2003, 07:40 PM	#5
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Samwise, Mumaks: War Oliphaunts of the Southrons - men of the South who served Sauron in the War of the Ring (I think that this would include the Haradrim - see below) Meara: I don't know exactly, but they are some kind of wonder horse, and Shadowfax was one (as was Champion [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] ). Olog-Hai: Uber-trolls bred for war (as Uruk-Hai were uber-orcs). I think they were at the battle before the Black Gate. There is a great article on whether they were subject to the same "turn-to-stone-in-sunlight" rule as your common or garden troll in the Articles section of this site. Bounder: A sort of ad hoc militia in the Shire employed to "beat the bound", ie patrol the borders. Haradim: The men of Harad (and Far Harad?) to the South, who served Sauron in the War of the Ring. Hope that helps. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

01-16-2003, 07:40 PM	#6
Tar-Palantir Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: napa valley, ca Posts: 496	Bounders were hobbits whose job it was to patrol the boundaries of the Shire. The Olog-hai were bred in Mordor by Sauron, they were an attempt to create immensely strong creatures that were intelligent enough to be used as troops. Ordinary Trolls were unsuitable - strong but stupid - and so, according to rumour, they were interbred with the variags, a cruel mannish race. The result were the Olog-hai of Mordor; cunnig and immune to the effects of sunlight and smaller than other Trolls, they were sometimes mistaken for huge orcs by enemy soldiers. [ January 16, 2003: Message edited by: Tar-Palantir ] __________________ History shows again and again How nature points up the folly of men Go, go, Godzilla!

01-16-2003, 07:55 PM	#7
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Wow! Thank you, all. Hm. One of the name generator things said I was a scholarly Meara. So, then, a horse of Shadowfax's caliber that read or studied? [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] [ January 16, 2003: Message edited by: Samwise ] __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)