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**The Saucepan Man** · 04-09-2003, 06:00 PM

... or Alqualonde?

alquadae · 04-09-2003, 06:39 PM

Aqualonde//232

piosenniel · 04-09-2003, 06:46 PM

What does //232 signify?

alquadae · 04-09-2003, 06:48 PM

compass heading /or the direction of

[ April 09, 2003: Message edited by: alquadae ]

alquadae · 04-10-2003, 04:24 PM

Arghhh me lubbers,tis as plain as the mizzen on me mast!!! We are in the Gulf of Lune our compass heading is 230 degrees, any map or chart has vertical lines on it , o degrees or north ,180 degrees ,south,horizontal lines are 90 degrees east 270 degrees, west.
Falmari song, sometimes a sailors life is refered to as a song. fortnight through,the trip,two weeks plus.
The course runs close enough to see Meneltarma on Numenor. Frictions aside,we make for Tol Eressa.Quicken/vitalize or renew.quay/a wharf . open forum go ahead!

[ April 10, 2003: Message edited by: alquadae ]

**The Saucepan Man** · 04-10-2003, 04:58 PM

Would that be Avallone, then?

alquadae · 04-10-2003, 05:02 PM

Aye 'tis what we make for swabbie

elven maiden Earwen · 04-15-2003, 01:15 PM

hola, anyone going to post

**The Saucepan Man** · 04-15-2003, 01:58 PM

Oops! That'll be me, then. Sorry. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Scramble along the Ered Tatagoras from Drenville towards Tol Mindh for 110 miles.

Where are you?

Annunfuiniel · 04-15-2003, 02:51 PM

And what a scramble that is! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Ok, if you stroll from Rivendell along the Great East Road towards Mithlond for 110 miles you should get somewhere near the Last Bridge.
Oh, wish I was already there! Long road ahead...(see my From:!) [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

**The Saucepan Man** · 04-15-2003, 04:39 PM

Ah, Annunfuiniel, no cryptic clue gets past you. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Please proceed ...

Annunfuiniel · 04-23-2003, 01:53 PM

Hannon le, Saucepan Man! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
I'll proceed later this week, I'm on extended Easter holiday and don't have my books with me... So please, have patience. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Annunfuiniel · 04-25-2003, 10:26 AM

And here I finally am: Home sweet home! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
Ok, here's the next riddle:

A place of sight
a few there were like
guess which one am I

Elven roots
eye of men
a path to past
now blind again.

Can you tell my brains are still on vacation? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 04-25-2003, 04:35 PM

A place of sight
a few there were like- Resting place of a Palantir?
guess which one am I

Elven roots -One built by Gil-Galad?
eye of men -And used by Elendil?
a path to past -A palantir that looked over the sea?
now blind again. -but has now been taken there?

My guess is Elostirion, the tallest of the Towers of Emyn Beriad.

Sophia

Annunfuiniel · 04-26-2003, 12:55 AM

Perfect reasoning for perfect answer; I have nothing to add except please carry on, Sophia. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 04-26-2003, 01:46 PM

ok... here goes:

Tall I was once,
and home of The Tall
Small I am now,
No longer a home of battles
Only birds live here now
And the sad sigh of waters

yuck, no rhyme at all, I'm terrible at making these up.

Sophia

Annunfuiniel · 04-26-2003, 03:07 PM

It could be Himring, the hill where Maedhros' fortress stood (which obviously was tall, and Tall is also Maedhros' nickname). After the drowning of Beleriand it became considerably smaller in stature and was renamed Himling (an island where the "sigh of waters" is always present).

**The Saucepan Man** · 04-26-2003, 08:13 PM

OK, I'll go for Meneltarma which, being the Pillar of the Heavens and the tallest Mountain of Numenor (island of the tall Men), was certainly once tall. Following the Downfall, it too became considerably shorter.

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 04-27-2003, 12:41 AM

Himring/Himling it was! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Maedhros the Tall was supposed to be the clue (and battles, I don't recall much battling on the Meneltarma), although, Saucepan Man, as always, your solution works nicely. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Carry on Annunfuiniel

Sophia

[ April 27, 2003: Message edited by: Sophia the Thunder Mistress ]

Annunfuiniel · 04-27-2003, 08:33 AM

Thanks, Sophia!
Hmm, I don't seem to rhyme today [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] so this next task will come out in prose for a change:
give the route through which the sweet galenas came to the Shire.

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 04-29-2003, 01:40 PM

Quote:

it was, I suspect, originally brought over Sea by the men of Westernesse. It grows abundantly in Gondor, and there is richer and larger than in the North, where it is never found wild, and flourishes only in warm sheltered places like Longbottom. The men of Gondor call it sweet galenas and esteem it only for the fragrance of its flowers. From that land it must have been carried up the Greenway during the long centuries between the coming of Elendil and our own days. But even the Dunedain of Gondor allow us this credit: Hobbits first put it into pipes. Not even the Wizards first thought of that before we did. Though one Wizard that I knew took up the art long ago, and became as skilful in it as in all other things that he put his mind to. (Prologue to LOTR)

Found it! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Sophia

Annunfuiniel · 04-29-2003, 02:57 PM

Well, well found, Sophia! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
And thank you for that quote; I still don't hold an English copy of the books so at the moment I'm collecting all the quotes I can find from here... *copies and pastes* [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 04-30-2003, 08:27 AM

What was the name of the river that ran through the valley where Feanor's house, Formenos, stood?

piosenniel · 04-30-2003, 09:29 AM

The River Híri.

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 04-30-2003, 11:54 AM

That wasn't the name I was looking for...

piosenniel · 04-30-2003, 04:05 PM

Let me try this:

Sirnúmen

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 05-02-2003, 12:09 AM

That's it [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

piosenniel · 05-02-2003, 05:07 PM

A forest there was, that held the ancient tomb of Elendil: it's name, pray tell.

Estanesse · 05-02-2003, 05:58 PM

Firien Wood

piosenniel · 05-02-2003, 07:10 PM

Your turn! Carry on!

Estanesse · 05-05-2003, 02:37 PM

In the Land of the free
wide and far,
Big meets little,
Side on side
splendour and might hold with pride,

Behold a wonder some parts actually rhyme [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 05-05-2003, 02:46 PM

Bree perhaps? where hobbits and big-folk lived together?

Estanesse · 05-05-2003, 02:48 PM

Nope, sorry

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 05-05-2003, 11:27 PM

Alright, lets try again. This one much more thoroughly considered. The Gap of Maglor: it's a wide gap between Big and Little Gelion, defense of it keeps the free lands free, and the defenders are splendid and proud, being the Sons of Feanor.

Sophia

Estanesse · 05-06-2003, 02:59 AM

No that’s not it. but you are in the right continent

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 05-17-2003, 07:46 PM

Ach! This is driving me Bonkers! Just a small hint? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Estanesse · 05-18-2003, 05:23 AM

In the Land of the free
wide and far,
Big meets little,
Side on side
splendour and might hold with pride,

Hint: there is only one big and there are more than one little

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 05-18-2003, 02:27 PM

Amon Rudh where Turin met the Petty Dwarves?

Estanesse · 05-18-2003, 02:29 PM

No that's not it

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 05-19-2003, 09:46 PM

Emyn Beriad- There are several towers, of which Elostirion is chief?

04-09-2003, 06:00 PM	#1
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	... or Alqualonde? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

04-09-2003, 06:39 PM	#2
alquadae Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Mithlond Posts: 154	Aqualonde//232 __________________ Keeper of St. Elmos Fire

04-09-2003, 06:46 PM	#3
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	What does //232 signify? __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

04-09-2003, 06:48 PM	#4
alquadae Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Mithlond Posts: 154	compass heading /or the direction of [ April 09, 2003: Message edited by: alquadae ] __________________ Keeper of St. Elmos Fire

04-10-2003, 04:24 PM	#5
alquadae Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Mithlond Posts: 154	Arghhh me lubbers,tis as plain as the mizzen on me mast!!! We are in the Gulf of Lune our compass heading is 230 degrees, any map or chart has vertical lines on it , o degrees or north ,180 degrees ,south,horizontal lines are 90 degrees east 270 degrees, west. Falmari song, sometimes a sailors life is refered to as a song. fortnight through,the trip,two weeks plus. The course runs close enough to see Meneltarma on Numenor. Frictions aside,we make for Tol Eressa.Quicken/vitalize or renew.quay/a wharf . open forum go ahead! [ April 10, 2003: Message edited by: alquadae ] __________________ Keeper of St. Elmos Fire

04-10-2003, 04:58 PM	#6
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Would that be Avallone, then? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

04-10-2003, 05:02 PM	#7
alquadae Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Mithlond Posts: 154	Aye 'tis what we make for swabbie __________________ Keeper of St. Elmos Fire

04-15-2003, 01:15 PM	#8
elven maiden Earwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A world that never was and never will be Posts: 1,300	hola, anyone going to post __________________ We pillage and plunder, we rifle and loot, Drink up me hearties, Yo Ho. the looniest site in the world!!!

04-15-2003, 01:58 PM	#9
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Oops! That'll be me, then. Sorry. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Scramble along the Ered Tatagoras from Drenville towards Tol Mindh for 110 miles. Where are you? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

04-15-2003, 02:51 PM	#10
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	And what a scramble that is! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Ok, if you stroll from Rivendell along the Great East Road towards Mithlond for 110 miles you should get somewhere near the Last Bridge. Oh, wish I was already there! Long road ahead...(see my From:!) [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

04-15-2003, 04:39 PM	#11
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Ah, Annunfuiniel, no cryptic clue gets past you. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Please proceed ... __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

04-23-2003, 01:53 PM	#12
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Hannon le, Saucepan Man! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I'll proceed later this week, I'm on extended Easter holiday and don't have my books with me... So please, have patience. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

04-25-2003, 10:26 AM	#13
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	And here I finally am: Home sweet home! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Ok, here's the next riddle: A place of sight a few there were like guess which one am I Elven roots eye of men a path to past now blind again. Can you tell my brains are still on vacation? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

04-25-2003, 04:35 PM	#14
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	A place of sight a few there were like- Resting place of a Palantir? guess which one am I Elven roots -One built by Gil-Galad? eye of men -And used by Elendil? a path to past -A palantir that looked over the sea? now blind again. -but has now been taken there? My guess is Elostirion, the tallest of the Towers of Emyn Beriad. 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!

04-26-2003, 12:55 AM	#15
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Perfect reasoning for perfect answer; I have nothing to add except please carry on, Sophia. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

04-26-2003, 01:46 PM	#16
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	ok... here goes: Tall I was once, and home of The Tall Small I am now, No longer a home of battles Only birds live here now And the sad sigh of waters yuck, no rhyme at all, I'm terrible at making these up. 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!

04-26-2003, 03:07 PM	#17
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	It could be Himring, the hill where Maedhros' fortress stood (which obviously was tall, and Tall is also Maedhros' nickname). After the drowning of Beleriand it became considerably smaller in stature and was renamed Himling (an island where the "sigh of waters" is always present). __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

04-26-2003, 08:13 PM	#18
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	OK, I'll go for Meneltarma which, being the Pillar of the Heavens and the tallest Mountain of Numenor (island of the tall Men), was certainly once tall. Following the Downfall, it too became considerably shorter. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

04-27-2003, 12:41 AM	#19
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	Himring/Himling it was! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Maedhros the Tall was supposed to be the clue (and battles, I don't recall much battling on the Meneltarma), although, Saucepan Man, as always, your solution works nicely. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Carry on Annunfuiniel Sophia [ April 27, 2003: Message edited by: Sophia the Thunder Mistress ] __________________ 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!

04-27-2003, 08:33 AM	#20
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Thanks, Sophia! Hmm, I don't seem to rhyme today [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] so this next task will come out in prose for a change: give the route through which the sweet galenas came to the Shire. __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

04-29-2003, 02:57 PM	#22
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Well, well found, Sophia! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] And thank you for that quote; I still don't hold an English copy of the books so at the moment I'm collecting all the quotes I can find from here... copies and pastes [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

04-30-2003, 08:27 AM	#23
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	What was the name of the river that ran through the valley where Feanor's house, Formenos, stood? __________________ 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!

04-30-2003, 09:29 AM	#24
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	The River Híri. __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

04-30-2003, 11:54 AM	#25
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	That wasn't the name I was looking for... __________________ 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!

04-30-2003, 04:05 PM	#26
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Let me try this: Sirnúmen __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

05-02-2003, 12:09 AM	#27
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	That's it [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ 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!

05-02-2003, 05:07 PM	#28
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	A forest there was, that held the ancient tomb of Elendil: it's name, pray tell. __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

05-02-2003, 05:58 PM	#29
Estanesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: somewhere far away Posts: 561	Firien Wood __________________ Since there is no time like the present, I thought it was time to present the present.

05-02-2003, 07:10 PM	#30
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Your turn! Carry on! __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

05-05-2003, 02:37 PM	#31
Estanesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: somewhere far away Posts: 561	In the Land of the free wide and far, Big meets little, Side on side splendour and might hold with pride, Behold a wonder some parts actually rhyme [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Since there is no time like the present, I thought it was time to present the present.

05-05-2003, 02:46 PM	#32
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	Bree perhaps? where hobbits and big-folk lived together? __________________ 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!

05-05-2003, 02:48 PM	#33
Estanesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: somewhere far away Posts: 561	Nope, sorry __________________ Since there is no time like the present, I thought it was time to present the present.

05-05-2003, 11:27 PM	#34
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	Alright, lets try again. This one much more thoroughly considered. The Gap of Maglor: it's a wide gap between Big and Little Gelion, defense of it keeps the free lands free, and the defenders are splendid and proud, being the Sons of Feanor. 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!

05-06-2003, 02:59 AM	#35
Estanesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: somewhere far away Posts: 561	No that’s not it. but you are in the right continent __________________ Since there is no time like the present, I thought it was time to present the present.

05-17-2003, 07:46 PM	#36
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	Ach! This is driving me Bonkers! Just a small hint? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ 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!