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Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 01-31-2005, 06:07 AM

I'll offer this for the letter "I".

Ithryn Luin - the two Blue Wizards who were lost in the East long before the War of the Ring. Their names were Alatar and Pallando.

I was going to say Istari, but it just lands us back in the same position with "I", so hopefully since there were two Blue Wizards they can be a very small race unto themselves.

I rather like the idea of this thread, if it can get off the ground. It might develop into an interesting little game.

Sophia

Firefoot · 01-31-2005, 06:10 AM

Naugrim - aka the Dwarves. Translated as "The Stunted People."

ohtatyaro · 01-31-2005, 06:51 AM

Moriquendi - Elves of the Darkness' or Dark Elves

But since it ends us with I again, (I'm sorry, could not think up anything without I on its end

), I suggest we can use the ending S of Common Speach translation)

Or, Besides answering, I propose a modification too - if the ending letter is the 'hard one' (say, i or q), let it be allowed to use the last letter of the translation, eh?

**The Saucepan Man** · 01-31-2005, 08:28 AM

Although the point of the game (as it has developed) is to try to gain control of the thread by setting a difficult end letter. In other words, the "winner" on any one theme is the person who provides an answer which cannot be followed. On that basis, I suggest that the actual end letter used in the answer given should be the one required to start the next word.

ohtatyaro · 01-31-2005, 08:39 AM

Does it mean that if in 5 days nobody comes up with I-race, I wil change the theme?

**The Saucepan Man** · 01-31-2005, 08:42 AM

Precisely.

Eruanna · 01-31-2005, 11:36 AM

How about Isengarders? The name given to Saruman's Uruk-Hai by the other orcs as they quarrelled about what they should do with Merry and Pippin.

01-31-2005, 06:07 AM	#1
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	Not quite sure whether it quite qualifies as a race, but... I'll offer this for the letter "I". Ithryn Luin - the two Blue Wizards who were lost in the East long before the War of the Ring. Their names were Alatar and Pallando. I was going to say Istari, but it just lands us back in the same position with "I", so hopefully since there were two Blue Wizards they can be a very small race unto themselves. I rather like the idea of this thread, if it can get off the ground. It might develop into an interesting little game. Sophia __________________ The seasons fall like silver swords, the years rush ever onward; and soon I sail, to leave this world, these lands where I have wander'd. O Elbereth! O Queen who dwells beyond the Western Seas, spare me yet a little time 'ere white ships come for me!

01-31-2005, 06:51 AM	#3
ohtatyaro Wight Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: here, there, everywhere... Posts: 121	Moriquendi - Elves of the Darkness' or Dark Elves But since it ends us with I again, (I'm sorry, could not think up anything without I on its end ), I suggest we can use the ending S of Common Speach translation) Or, Besides answering, I propose a modification too - if the ending letter is the 'hard one' (say, i or q), let it be allowed to use the last letter of the translation, eh? __________________ Reading this sig costs three Galleons, nine Sickles, and a Knut. Pay up!

01-31-2005, 08:28 AM	#4
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Although the point of the game (as it has developed) is to try to gain control of the thread by setting a difficult end letter. In other words, the "winner" on any one theme is the person who provides an answer which cannot be followed. On that basis, I suggest that the actual end letter used in the answer given should be the one required to start the next word. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

01-31-2005, 08:39 AM	#5
ohtatyaro Wight Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: here, there, everywhere... Posts: 121	Does it mean that if in 5 days nobody comes up with I-race, I wil change the theme? __________________ Reading this sig costs three Galleons, nine Sickles, and a Knut. Pay up!

01-31-2005, 08:42 AM	#6
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Precisely. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

01-31-2005, 06:10 AM	#2
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Naugrim - aka the Dwarves. Translated as "The Stunted People."

01-31-2005, 11:36 AM	#7
Eruanna Memento Mori Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past The Point Of No Return Posts: 1,117	How about Isengarders? The name given to Saruman's Uruk-Hai by the other orcs as they quarrelled about what they should do with Merry and Pippin. __________________ "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."