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Old 07-07-2003, 02:59 AM   #321
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Clever question... Kemen. It is the only one not found in the place-names of Numenor.
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Old 07-07-2003, 03:35 AM   #322
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If you please,M'lord,a little more.Your on the right path.
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Old 07-08-2003, 03:02 AM   #323
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More? Hmm I'm not sure how to go about continuing on this track. Could I have a hint please? To be really useful, you might tell me whether you're talking about Numenor or not. =/
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Old 07-08-2003, 02:48 PM   #324
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Formen is North
Hyarmen is South
Romen is East
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Kemen is not a direction.
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Old 07-08-2003, 03:06 PM   #325
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You have my compass
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Old 07-24-2003, 03:37 PM   #326
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Combe
Staddle
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Old 07-29-2003, 03:00 AM   #327
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Staddle was the only one inhabited by Hobbits, as well as Men.
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Old 07-30-2003, 09:05 PM   #328
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It's more of a geographic difference than a demographic.
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Old 07-31-2003, 04:20 PM   #329
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Combe was the only one of the three that was in a valley?
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Old 07-31-2003, 08:51 PM   #330
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Not quite.
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Staddle the only one on a hill?
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Old 08-02-2003, 01:13 AM   #332
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Archet the only place in a forest or not on Bree-hill?
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Combe, because it was nearest to teh South Downs?

Clearly, I am just guessing!
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Old 08-09-2003, 01:11 PM   #334
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Combe is the only one that took its name from its location?
Combe lay in a deep valley, and "combe" was an old word for valley.
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Old 08-12-2003, 11:25 AM   #335
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There was Staddle on the other side of the hill, Combe in a deep valley a little further eastward, and Archet on the edge of Chetwood.
I've been pouring over this but with no success. Please, another clue?
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Old 08-12-2003, 10:17 PM   #336
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Ah! I'm sorry I've been gone for so long. Meneltarmacil had it on August 2 with the fact that Archet was merely the only one in a forest. Sorry for all of you who kept working so hard on it.
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Phew! Such a simple answer! And Mariska and I were babbling on about other differences! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

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Old 08-27-2003, 11:26 AM   #338
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Nevrast
Mithrim
Gorgoroth
Nurn

These places really do not have much in common, but if you look at what three of them have in common, then it'll be really obvious why the fourth doesn't fit.
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Old 08-28-2003, 04:37 PM   #339
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I'll say Gorgoroth, as it is the only region that does not contain a body of water (Linaewen in Nevrast, Lake Mithrim in Mithrim and the Sea of Nurnen in Nurn).
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Old 08-28-2003, 08:45 PM   #340
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Absolutely right! You got that one really easily. Apparently, I am not that great at coming up with hard questions [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]... Go ahead, Saucepan Man!

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Cirith Ungol
Orodruin
Rivendell

One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong ... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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No river flows near Orodruin. Except its own rivers of lava, of course. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
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Old 09-01-2003, 10:43 AM   #343
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Nope. That's not the answer that I'm looking for.
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Old 09-01-2003, 12:30 PM   #344
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Does that mean it isn't Orodruin, or just that the reason was wrong? I was thinking Orodruin, because it is the only one that is a place, not a home of some sort- all the others are lived in, that one is a volcano!
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I just have this hunch about Orodruin and it might be that it's the only place that Bilbo's mithril coat did not go to. Maybe, maybe not...
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Old 09-02-2003, 07:19 AM   #346
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Nope, neither of those is what I'm looking for. And Orodruin may be the odd one out ...

... but then again it may not be. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

By way of a hint, I have added another location:

Anduin River
Bag End
Cirith Ungol
Orodruin
Rivendell

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Cirith Ungol because there wasn't very any major battle around there

Bag end- the uprising aganest Sharkey
Orodruin- siege of Barad-Dur/ desturcution of the ring
Anduin- taking of Osgiliath
Rivnedell- aganest Angmar
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Sorry, that's not it either.
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Old 09-04-2003, 05:00 PM   #349
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Another hint, another location ...

Anduin River
Bag End
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Goblin Tunnels
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That should help. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
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No one was hurt while aruging over the Ring in Rivendell.
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Old 09-06-2003, 08:14 AM   #351
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You have the location, Lindol, but not the explanation, although you are very close indeed.

A little more detail may assist:

Anduin River - near Gladden Fields
Bag End
Cirith Ungol - just outside Shelob's lair and in the top chamber of the Tower
Goblin Tunnels
Orodruin - on the slopes and at Sammath Naur
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Old 09-08-2003, 06:10 PM   #352
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Final hint:

Surely someone must get this now? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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Old 09-08-2003, 07:30 PM   #353
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Rivendell is the OPO because...ummm...the Ring didn't change masters here. In all the other places it passed from someone to another.
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At last! You are correct, Evisse. They are all locations where the identity of the Ringbearer changed, with the exception of Rivendell. Well done. The thread is yours. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 09-09-2003, 03:38 PM   #355
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Oh. Thanks, Saucy. Oy - I'm really really weak at geography and places and such and ME is no exception, but - here's my humble attempt at a riddle:
Nan Elmoth
Neldoreth
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Rohan is mostly grassland while the others are wooded?
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Nope. Think of something that has to do with people.
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Rohan because it was never inhabited by elves?

And yes, Gondor WAS inhabited by elves in the past. (think Edhellond)
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No. I mean, right OPO, wrong reason.
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Nope. Think of something that has to do with people.
This one is difficult - which is good [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] - but just to make perfectly sure Evisse the Blue, do you mean people, as is 'a people' or (specific) persons ???
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