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09-21-2012, 03:43 AM
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Pilgrim Soul
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For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.
Well that is reassuring...  Just shows that obscure and obvious is a very individual thing....
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 09-21-2012 at 03:48 AM. |
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09-21-2012, 05:34 AM
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Blossom of Dwimordene
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In my school they barely teach poetry. And most of the poems we are taught sound like "Red. Cake. Book cover. Glue stick. Headache. Elephant." and we are supposed to decipher "the author's message".
 Perhaps I am just under the wrong education system on the wrong side of the Great Pool.I am glad to have learned of the Kubla Khan poem, though. I think I might even try to convince my teacher to assign it instead of another gibberish one. Anyways, I think your clue was a good one, and it was certainly interesting to solve. Squatter and I dug up things we would probably never have encountered otherwise!  This is certainly one of the more educating quizzes around...So enough ranting, and for my clue: Fortress of metal messed up before second person takes position of note in aged man
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09-25-2012, 10:55 AM
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Blossom of Dwimordene
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I thought this one would take up a few hours max...
 Should I give a hint?
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09-25-2012, 04:41 PM
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Pilgrim Soul
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I am not ignoring it..just don't have anything I am confident of trying yet..
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
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09-25-2012, 06:24 PM
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Blossom of Dwimordene
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Would this help?
Don't go looking for a man. That's not the straight road......erm, clue.
(For clarity's sake: Aman and the straight road are just jokes, not hints. But the answer is not a man.)
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09-29-2012, 07:26 AM
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Blossom of Dwimordene
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Still no luck?
Fortress is the straight clue. Fortress, fastness, stronghold, what have you. Before separates the two parts that the clue is made up of. When you solve them and put them together you'll get the answer. Aged man is not a reference to a specific person/character. Find a synonym for it.
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09-29-2012, 07:49 AM
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Pilgrim Soul
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Ok right well that helps.... I had got fortress of metal in my head as a straight clue which led me to think of Angband and Thangorodrim which didn't work at all.... so looking for a metallic anagram toonpresuambly with messed up...
Gondolin doesn't work that I can see save having gold in it.. seems I need to mug up my fortresses..
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