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Urwen · 05-05-2019, 03:55 AM

Orcrist aka Biter aka Goblin Cleaver?

Nerwen · 05-05-2019, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Urwen

Orcrist aka Biter aka Goblin Cleaver?

After I'd just guessed Glamdring? No.

"Cleave" is a funny word, almost a riddle in itself. "What word means its own opposite"?

Urwen · 05-05-2019, 04:15 AM

Anguirel?

Nerwen · 05-05-2019, 04:21 AM

No.

Urwen · 05-05-2019, 04:27 AM

Dragon-helm of Dor-Lomin?

From the first descended
To one of the first I cleave. - Maedhros, then Fingon, and then the house of Hador
That which my name resembles
My heirs will never need. - Glaurung the dragon

Nerwen · 05-05-2019, 05:07 AM

No. I get the reasoning, but if it was that I wouldn't have used "one of the first" to designate anyone from the second House of the Edain... and then, how does the Dragon-helm have "heirs"?

Urwen · 05-05-2019, 05:20 AM

From the first descended - From Barahir, the first bearer
To one of the first I cleave. - to Beren, a member of the first house, and the first man to marry an Elf
That which my name resembles - One Ring
My heirs will never need. - Aragorn

05-05-2019, 03:55 AM	#1
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,408	Orcrist aka Biter aka Goblin Cleaver? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-05-2019, 04:15 AM	#3
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,408	Anguirel? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-05-2019, 04:21 AM	#4
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	No. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

05-05-2019, 04:27 AM	#5
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,408	Dragon-helm of Dor-Lomin? From the first descended To one of the first I cleave. - Maedhros, then Fingon, and then the house of Hador That which my name resembles My heirs will never need. - Glaurung the dragon __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-05-2019, 05:07 AM	#6
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	No. I get the reasoning, but if it was that I wouldn't have used "one of the first" to designate anyone from the second House of the Edain... and then, how does the Dragon-helm have "heirs"? __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

05-05-2019, 05:20 AM	#7
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,408	From the first descended - From Barahir, the first bearer To one of the first I cleave. - to Beren, a member of the first house, and the first man to marry an Elf That which my name resembles - One Ring My heirs will never need. - Aragorn __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia. Last edited by Urwen; 05-05-2019 at 05:24 AM.