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Legate of Amon Lanc · 10-07-2009, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Eönwë

I read that as "Now I think it should be a bit easier to find the ring."

Of course it should be easier to find the Ring if you focus on Bilbo, you silly Riders should have realised it a long time ago...

Morsul the Dark · 11-19-2009, 05:38 PM

They both attended awesome parties thrown by relatives... I know it isn't right but I wanted to bump the thread

Legate of Amon Lanc · 11-19-2009, 06:06 PM

It indeed isn't

But nice for you to bump the thread here. Perhaps somebody wants to try? We are talking Frodo and Nienor here. Focusing on Bilbo was a good move. From there, one can start unfolding it...

Pitchwife · 11-20-2009, 03:24 PM

This is really really far-fetched, but let's give it a try.
Both had an elder relative who gave a necklace from a dragon hoard to an elven king: Bilbo to Thranduil (his parting gift near the end of The Hobbit), Húrin to Thingol (the Nauglamír).

Legate of Amon Lanc · 11-20-2009, 04:00 PM

Ugh. No, that is maybe somewhat a bit too complicated.

What I am looking for has more something to do with their... social status, so to say.

Mugwump · 11-28-2009, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

let's try Frodo Baggins and... Nienor Níniel. What do they have in common?

The first thing that came to mind is that they were both carried away by water, so that they have no known final resting place in Middle Earth.

But since then you've given us further hints: focus on those close to them, and "social status." Let me think a bit about it.

Edit: They were both orphans and/or their fathers both drowned?

(Nienor's father Húrin Thalion killed himself by throwing himself into the sea, her mother Morwen Eledhwen was lost in a dragon attack; Frodo's father Drogo Baggins drowned in a boating accident along with Frodo's mother Primula).

Legate of Amon Lanc · 11-28-2009, 04:51 PM

Nope, not really, but good try nevertheless. Social status, yes, good focus. The family relations are also a good focus. But there is something else what I am looking for.

11-19-2009, 05:38 PM	#2
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	They both attended awesome parties thrown by relatives... I know it isn't right but I wanted to bump the thread __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

11-19-2009, 06:06 PM	#3
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	It indeed isn't But nice for you to bump the thread here. Perhaps somebody wants to try? We are talking Frodo and Nienor here. Focusing on Bilbo was a good move. From there, one can start unfolding it... __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

11-20-2009, 03:24 PM	#4
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	This is really really far-fetched, but let's give it a try. Both had an elder relative who gave a necklace from a dragon hoard to an elven king: Bilbo to Thranduil (his parting gift near the end of The Hobbit), Húrin to Thingol (the Nauglamír). __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

11-20-2009, 04:00 PM	#5
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Ugh. No, that is maybe somewhat a bit too complicated. What I am looking for has more something to do with their... social status, so to say. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

11-28-2009, 04:51 PM	#7
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Nope, not really, but good try nevertheless. Social status, yes, good focus. The family relations are also a good focus. But there is something else what I am looking for. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories