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Pervinca Took · 11-23-2018, 07:15 AM

PRYFTAN: Initially Frodo’s pantry, but now in chaos for this beast!
TROTTER: Running flush – that’s him!
BINGO: He uncoils for a springy sound. Not much, though.
ODO: No party for him?
BLADORTHIN: He renders Thora blind, and Thorin bald!

THEME: FORMER NAMES OF CHARACTERS IN EARLY DRAFTS:

Smaug was Pryftan
Strider was Trotter
Frodo was Bingo
Merry was Odo
Gandalf was Bladorthin

Password: FRODO (Pippin was Frodo).

(Although he wouldn't fit into the puzzle, Thorin was also originally called Gandalf).

Correct answer, Formendacil, but I think Odo was the prototype of Merry, not Fatty Bolger.

In the biography, it refers to ''Bingo and his cousins Odo and Frodo' in very early drafts of LOTR, (but not the very first drafts, in which Bilbo was still the hero). As we (and the characters) tend to refer to 'Merry and Pippin' rather than 'Pippin and Merry,' I have always kind of assumed that Odo = Merry and Frodo = Pippin, even though their characters probably weren't that developed at that stage. I do have the HOME books containing the early drafts, but haven't read them cover to cover.

It's O (no/nothing) plus DO (party).

Well done, everyone!

And over to Nerwen!

11-23-2018, 07:15 AM	#4402
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	PRYFTAN: Initially Frodo’s pantry, but now in chaos for this beast! TROTTER: Running flush – that’s him! BINGO: He uncoils for a springy sound. Not much, though. ODO: No party for him? BLADORTHIN: He renders Thora blind, and Thorin bald! THEME: FORMER NAMES OF CHARACTERS IN EARLY DRAFTS: Smaug was Pryftan Strider was Trotter Frodo was Bingo Merry was Odo Gandalf was Bladorthin Password: FRODO (Pippin was Frodo). (Although he wouldn't fit into the puzzle, Thorin was also originally called Gandalf). Correct answer, Formendacil, but I think Odo was the prototype of Merry, not Fatty Bolger. In the biography, it refers to ''Bingo and his cousins Odo and Frodo' in very early drafts of LOTR, (but not the very first drafts, in which Bilbo was still the hero). As we (and the characters) tend to refer to 'Merry and Pippin' rather than 'Pippin and Merry,' I have always kind of assumed that Odo = Merry and Frodo = Pippin, even though their characters probably weren't that developed at that stage. I do have the HOME books containing the early drafts, but haven't read them cover to cover. It's O (no/nothing) plus DO (party). Well done, everyone! And over to Nerwen! __________________ "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; 11-23-2018 at 09:03 AM.