Phew - lots to get through here!
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Originally Posted by Nerwen
If it's "L", that would make the answer SILMARIL.
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
4. PHIAL.
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are correct, but
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Originally Posted by Nerwen
the CARROCK is a similar geological formation to the more southerly Cair Andros, or "Ship of Long Foam". Could #3 be that?
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are not. So:
1. If among the boughs of victory I stood, still I would die with my brother.
2. A ship of rock am I, buried far north of the ship of foam.
3. The eldest of the younger kings raised me up, and named me for myself and my people.
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PHIAL - When they go out, I remain: I am more caustic than vile.
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SILMARIL - Freed from bonds of iron, I say: Hell, the same twist?
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
Ah, of course. The sound of 'ell. 'Cos he says it.
Confusing becausd hS doesn't usually put the 'sounds like' indicator in.
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I'm a tricksy one. ^_^ 'Bonds of iron' is the iron crown, of course.
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Not vile (although vial means phial - Juliet drinks potion from one).
Is Phosphorous caustic?
'A light when all other lights go out.'
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Originally Posted by Nerwen
The glowing form of phosphorus is nasty stuff.
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Phosphorous may well be caustic, but I was thinking of pH, which tells you how acidic or basic/alkaline/caustic something is. The 'all other lights go out' connection is correct.
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Originally Posted by Nerwen
However, still with the assumption that the "speakers" in the clues are really objects-
the CARROCK is a similar geological formation to the more southerly Cair Andros, or "Ship of Long Foam". Could #3 be that?
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That seems a reasonable assumption, and Cair Andros is indeed the Ship of Foam. But you'll need to drop out of Elvish to find the Ship of Rock.
hS