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Mettare · 07-03-2006, 02:48 PM

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Reverse mood for the second set.

The opposite of hope should be despair. But I wouldn't think that the Valacirce brought despair. Of course, it might have brought despair to the evil side.

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Both pairs contain one article of jewelry and one thing that appears in the sky. Though I switched the order of their appearance in the pairs. The sets are opposites, after all. Or as close to opposite as I could make them.

OK, I'm going to guess the missing piece of jewelry is the One Ring. Because, as the Valacirca kind of signalled the downfall of Morgoth, the One Ring destroyed Sauron in the end.

Bad guess, I know.

Celuien · 07-03-2006, 02:51 PM

The One Ring is the correct answer!

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“Seek for the Sword that was broken:
In Imladris it dwells;
There shall be counsels taken
Stronger than Morgul-spells.
There shall be shown a token
That Doom is near at hand,
For Isildur's Bane shall waken,
And the Halfling forth shall stand.”

So the Ring was directly referenced as a token of Doom...at least if that's how you read the poem.

And if you reverse the letters in mood you get...doom.

Clue might have been a bit off. But you got it. Thread is yours.

Mettare · 07-04-2006, 04:55 PM

Eithel Ivrin is to Gwindor

as

________ is to Sam

Mettare · 07-12-2006, 04:12 PM

Need a clue?

Think inspiration

Beanamir of Gondor · 03-05-2007, 04:39 PM

Inspiration, huh?
Well, in the hope of reviving this thread, I'll guess the Window on the West. Where Sam was inspired to... to... Aha, he was inspired to reveal himself and Frodo to Faramir, like Gwindor revealed himself to Beleg... uh, Turin.
I don't know.

Mettare · 03-05-2007, 06:42 PM

Ahh... that was a long time... it's a miracle I still remember what I had in mind...

Anyway, no.

But I will give you a hint. Think names. Want another hint? That previous hint was rather big.

Beanamir of Gondor · 03-05-2007, 09:42 PM

Names... names...

(muses to self) Gwindor sang a song for Beleg at Eithel Ivrin, and named it after Belthronding... he also told Turin his own name while they were there. Sam made up a couple of songs too, one at the trolls on the way to Rivendell, and one in the Tower in Mordor...

Argh. Am I on the right track at all? Another possibility is this thread expired?

07-04-2006, 04:55 PM	#3
Mettare Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: terra borealis Posts: 82	Eithel Ivrin is to Gwindor as ________ is to Sam __________________ Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life. ~ Terry Pratchett

07-12-2006, 04:12 PM	#4
Mettare Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: terra borealis Posts: 82	Need a clue? Think inspiration __________________ Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life. ~ Terry Pratchett

03-05-2007, 04:39 PM	#5
Beanamir of Gondor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the Shadow Gallery Posts: 276	Inspiration, huh? Well, in the hope of reviving this thread, I'll guess the Window on the West. Where Sam was inspired to... to... Aha, he was inspired to reveal himself and Frodo to Faramir, like Gwindor revealed himself to Beleg... uh, Turin. I don't know. __________________ The answer to life is no longer 42. It's 4 8 15 16 23... 42. "I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream." Last edited by Beanamir of Gondor; 03-05-2007 at 09:19 PM.

03-05-2007, 06:42 PM	#6
Mettare Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: terra borealis Posts: 82	Ahh... that was a long time... it's a miracle I still remember what I had in mind... Anyway, no. But I will give you a hint. Think names. Want another hint? That previous hint was rather big. __________________ Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life. ~ Terry Pratchett

03-05-2007, 09:42 PM	#7
Beanamir of Gondor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the Shadow Gallery Posts: 276	Names... names... (muses to self) Gwindor sang a song for Beleg at Eithel Ivrin, and named it after Belthronding... he also told Turin his own name while they were there. Sam made up a couple of songs too, one at the trolls on the way to Rivendell, and one in the Tower in Mordor... Argh. Am I on the right track at all? Another possibility is this thread expired? __________________ The answer to life is no longer 42. It's 4 8 15 16 23... 42. "I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream."