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Forum: Quiz Room 06-12-2019, 05:20 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Blood of two peoples made me. He I trusted...

Blood of two peoples made me.
He I trusted tried to undo me.
He that I hated saved me.
He that was loyal slew me.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-12-2019, 02:46 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Ring DARK: Adding note to a vessel results in a...

DARK: Adding note to a vessel results in a failure to shed light.
MOUNTAIN: An isle without water about it.
SUN ON THE DAISIES: Flowers receive radiation. Sounds like it's a boy!
WIND:...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-12-2019, 02:37 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Nearly there.

Nearly there.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-11-2019, 11:56 PM
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Posted By Nerwen
Leaf Lembas? In the first I was given to him by...

Lembas?

In the first
I was given to him by a foster mother
Though ultimately
I was meant for his blood brother -Melian gave Beleg lembas for Túrin, whom she had fostered and who could be...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-11-2019, 11:47 PM
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Posted By Nerwen
#3. No. #7. No. #6. Yes, but I'm...

#3. No.

#7. No.

#6. Yes, but I'm looking for an equivalent action to perform at a door... and the poem is oddly ambiguous about this.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-11-2019, 11:20 PM
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Posted By Nerwen
1420! 1. Adding note to a vessel results in a failure...

1. Adding note to a vessel results in a failure to shed light.
2. An isle without water about it.
3. Flowers receive radiation. Sounds like it's a boy!
4. Exclamation from opening creates a...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-11-2019, 10:30 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Yes, and that's the correct explanation (with the...

Yes, and that's the correct explanation (with the last bit referring to Arvedui giving the ring to the Lossoth). But I'm afraid Pervinca got in before you, so it's her turn.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-11-2019, 10:26 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Yep!

Yep!
Forum: Quiz Room 06-11-2019, 10:22 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
I did that with Huan once. Before your time, I...

I did that with Huan once. Before your time, I think.

For salvation given,
From a cold hand taken
That vows be kept
In a land forsaken.

Brought down years uncounted,
From lands sea-riven,...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-11-2019, 10:09 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Assuming my guess is correct, here's the...

Assuming my guess is correct, here's the explanation:

Under shadow, under earth, -In subterranean halls in Mirkwood.
By foul magics hid from sight. -Made invisible by the Ring.
To the deepest...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-11-2019, 09:53 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Ring It's Bilbo's rescue of Thorin from Thranduil's...

It's Bilbo's rescue of Thorin from Thranduil's dungeon, isn't it?
Forum: Quiz Room 06-11-2019, 06:44 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Thumbs up You've got it! However, by "for a jewel my...

You've got it!

However, by "for a jewel my jewel was found" I meant, "to be worn by Elessar" and I was think of the last part of Silmarien's name being "rien" (i.e. "nothing" in French).

Over...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-11-2019, 06:32 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Why the scare quotes? That is from the true...

Why the scare quotes? That is from the true Silmarillion. We had an entire thread about the real Lalaith (or "Little Carcharoth" as she was known)! As I recall, we established that she bit Sador's...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-11-2019, 06:12 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Nothing, and a jewel incomplete; To my heirs a...

Nothing, and a jewel incomplete;
To my heirs a jewel I bequeathed;
Long treasured, long drowned,
For a jewel my jewel was found.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-11-2019, 12:58 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Silmaril Is #4 FËANÁRO (far + aeon)? Is the...

Is #4 FËANÁRO (far + aeon)?

Is the password CRAFT?

(And no, I haven't heard of that pairing and I'm chicken to google it...)
Forum: Quiz Room 06-10-2019, 11:04 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
#2, I believe, is RUMIL (rum + il(l)).

#2, I believe, is RUMIL (rum + il(l)).
Forum: Quiz Room 06-10-2019, 08:03 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Dross. So, MAEDHROS?

Dross. So, MAEDHROS?
Forum: Quiz Room 06-10-2019, 07:59 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Silmaril I think the speaker is your namesake,...

I think the speaker is your namesake, Urwen/Lalaith, and the one addressed is Fëanor.


Fire you were named for
And, originally, so was I -"Spirit of fire" and "Fire-maiden"
Renowned you were,...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-10-2019, 07:25 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Yep!

Yep!
Forum: Quiz Room 06-10-2019, 06:19 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Well, hang on, who do you think the answer is? ...

Well, hang on, who do you think the answer is?

I assure you the plural is deliberate.

Edit: did you just put the actual guess in? I didn't see it before. Yes, it's Eöl- but can you explain...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-10-2019, 06:04 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Pipe Okay, I think you'll like this one.:cool: ...

Okay, I think you'll like this one.:cool:

Father of traitors yet none to myself
Friend to neither Man nor Elf
Lover and slayer of kin and of foe
My own I will take and by choice I will go.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-10-2019, 05:57 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
And Urwen, thanks for the reminder. I'll put one...

And Urwen, thanks for the reminder. I'll put one up shortly.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-10-2019, 05:55 AM
Replies: 12,679
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Posted By Nerwen
So it's just "made voyages"? I'm still doubtful...

So it's just "made voyages"? I'm still doubtful about the applicability to unwilling sailors who throw themselves overboard, but it's your call.;)

Is #5 NOWË (a name of Círdan)?
Forum: Quiz Room 06-10-2019, 04:42 AM
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Posted By Nerwen
Silmaril Hmmn. I think the password might be MARINER, in...

Hmmn. I think the password might be MARINER, in which case the known answers could be connected thus-

???
AMROTH- this one is tenuous. Amroth set foot on a ship, at least, though he didn't...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-10-2019, 03:48 AM
Replies: 12,679
Views: 1,968,910
Posted By Nerwen
Is #2 AMROTH?

Is #2 AMROTH?
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