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Originally Posted by Nerwen
#6 is UMBOTH MUILIN ("pools of twilight"), alternative name of Aelin-uial ("meres of twilight"), where Ulmo sent dreams to Turgon and Finrod.
Is the password FELAGUND?
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FAROTH - You might spy them from far off, but the hunters would see you first.
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E - "He's red with wine," they slurred of Fingolfin before his death.
3.
L - Boys with German flowers in the mortal lands.
4.
AMON RUDH - Turin held that it was quite rude of the sun.
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G - If those who love spelling are dead, plainly within this they'll see you coming.
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UMBOTH MUILIN - Not a mere name: pool your thoughts, think in Sindarin, and dream of the sea.
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N - Beneath the hills, Elvish, ancient, and French: the (not a) sun goes round.
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DORTHONION - It sucks to have a lisp - the portal's on chloride before the night's shade.
That's the one(s)!
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Edit: Yes, I got the "far off" pun, but I wasn't sure how the clue worked.
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Well, if I didn't make it clear already, the clue should be read as:
"You might spy [the location name under discussion] from[/in] FAR OFF | (but) the hunters would see you first [at this location]."
Cryptic, then straight.
hS
PS: I should note that Umboth Muilin/Aelin-uial doesn't quite
100% fit the theme. It probably did at some point in time, though. ~hS