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Old 03-20-2019, 03:18 AM   #1
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Huinesoron is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.Huinesoron is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.
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Only element I can find is FALAS/FALASSE (shore) or the root PHAL (foam).
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3. AILINEL apparently contains a word for 'lake.'
The name you're looking for is actually is in plain English - no Elvish required!

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4. ANGROD?

I was trying to get 'rod' to fit with 'angry.'
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1. ELROHIR - The rider is but half what he is named; he must go south with the company.
2. LALAITH - Twice following, so i'th'name of laughter is the fiery maid transformed.
3. L Sister to one of our own, she comes from the shore: send her back.
4. ANGROD - Enraged with the staff or wrathful and strange? Either way, two must fall before the lord in the north.
5. D Low riddling is yet above the half-wise.
6. A In water he found patience, yet fire claimed his fire in the end.
7. N A legendary maid at the window tumbles back, and the missing queen appears.
Precisely; or you can get it from angry + odd. Either way you need to lose two letters ('two must fall') to get one of the Lords of Dorthonion.

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Old 03-20-2019, 05:27 AM   #2
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The name you're looking for is actually is in plain English
Could 5. be Sam's sister, Daisy?
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Old 03-20-2019, 05:29 AM   #3
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Huinesoron is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.Huinesoron is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.
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1. ELROHIR - The rider is but half what he is named; he must go south with the company.
2. LALAITH - Twice following, so i'th'name of laughter is the fiery maid transformed.
3. L Sister to one of our own, she comes from the shore: send her back.
4. ANGROD - Enraged with the staff or wrathful and strange? Either way, two must fall before the lord in the north.
5. DAISY - Low riddling is yet above the half-wise.
6. A In water he found patience, yet fire claimed his fire in the end.
7. N A legendary maid at the window tumbles back, and the missing queen appears.
She is! (But do you know why?)

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Old 03-20-2019, 05:33 AM   #4
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She is! (But do you know why?)

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I'm afraid it's purely a guess from theme, first letter, and "half-wise."
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Old 03-20-2019, 05:57 AM   #5
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Huinesoron is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.Huinesoron is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.
Well, a correct guess still counts. 'Low (riddling)' was intended to point at Bilbo's riddle to Gollum: 'an eye in a low place' etc.

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Old 03-20-2019, 07:43 AM   #6
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3. Pearl, sister to Pervinca. Or rather LRAEP, since we need her backwards.
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Old 03-20-2019, 11:24 AM   #7
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3. Pearl, sister to Pervinca. Or rather LRAEP, since we need her backwards.
Correct!

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1. ELROHIR - The rider is but half what he is named; he must go south with the company.
2. LALAITH - Twice following, so i'th'name of laughter is the fiery maid transformed.
3. PEARL - Sister to one of our own, she comes from the shore: send her back.
4. ANGROD - Enraged with the staff or wrathful and strange? Either way, two must fall before the lord in the north.
5. DAISY - Low riddling is yet above the half-wise.
6. A - In water he found patience, yet fire claimed his fire in the end.
7. N - A legendary maid at the window tumbles back, and the missing queen appears.
'Our own' referred not just to the Downs, but to the Password thread itself.

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