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Pervinca Took · 04-13-2021, 04:55 PM

Really wild guess for 8 - SORCEROR from SAUCE + ER/URGH.

Pervinca Took · 04-13-2021, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Soriman the Whide

1. Borrow we hear. The beginning of eternity followed by a boy reflected, note this; it's twisted.
2. A french transaction caught in a riddle with a twist at the end!
3. Amon Sûl - Salmon with direction would be lucky to make it here.
4. The flavorist Whaley is confused, the water of this region must not be used.
5. This rests upon a gift from a fair lady, take three from the gift to find a way and follow this path.
6. Shelob - Obfuscated flat holes help to find her.
7. Argonath - Two mighty figures guarding and doing, we hear.
8. A dressing with an audible sigh makes the role.

Soriman the Whide · 04-13-2021, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Really wild guess for 8 - SORCEROR from SAUCE + ER/URGH.

You're on the right lines, i'll refrain from giving any further clues on this one for now but I will say I think this one only works on paper.

Galadriel55 · 04-13-2021, 07:27 PM

I am actually finding these quite challenging! I wanna throw out MORGUL for #4, because we know not to drink water from the rivers of the Morgul Vale.

Soriman the Whide · 04-13-2021, 11:11 PM

You got it Galadriel55, or are so close by saying Morgul Vale I should give you credit.
Although I had a different name for the same location, i'll put the answer in soon if nobody manages to descramble "the flavorist whaley".

I was pretty unsure how to guage the difficulty when writing these, just testing to see how difficult this one is.

Huinesoron · Yesterday, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Soriman the Whide

You got it Galadriel55, or are so close by saying Morgul Vale I should give you credit.
Although I had a different name for the same location, i'll put the answer in soon if nobody manages to descramble "the flavorist whaley".

IMLAD MORGUL is the obvious alternative to the English, but I'm not unscrambling that from anything.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soriman the Whide

I was pretty unsure how to guage the difficulty when writing these, just testing to see how difficult this one is.

Looks pretty good so far; about the right balance between 'oh I got it!' and 'arrrrrrgh'.

hS

Pervinca Took · Yesterday, 03:48 AM

I was thinking the same as Galadriel. Couldn't solve the cryptic elements, though.

...

Valley of the Wraiths?

Could 2 be an ARROW resting on Legolas's bow?

Soriman the Whide · Yesterday, 06:47 AM

1. Borrow we hear/here? The beginning of Eternity followed by a lad reflected, note this.
2. A french sale caught within a riddle with a twist at the end!
3. Amon Sûl - Salmon with direction would be lucky to make it here.
4. Valley of the Wraiths - The flavorist Whaley is confused, the water of this region must not be used.
5. This rests upon a gift from a fair lady, take three from the gift to find the road.

6. Shelob - Obfuscated flat holes help to find her.
7. Argonath - Two mighty figures guarding and doing, we hear.
8. A dressing with direction makes this role.[/QUOTE]

Okay I've decided to make some edits to the clues that might improve your chances, you've all done rather well so far, you guys have guessed all my favourite ones.

Hopefully things will be easier to guess once you get the password, all solutions can be vaguely linked to it.
A big help towards this would be getting number 8, Pervinca Took was fairly close with "Sauce+Argh" at least in the format (You might want to try an alternative to sauce though). I've decided to change the clue itself as it simply makes much more sense this way and really didn't work much at all before.

Number 2 may also be a failing on my part as my translation may be a few letters out, I lowered the difficulty by changing "transaction" to "sale".

Huinesoron thought number #5 has galadriel vibes and I will confirm that it does however the gift in question is only a means to arriving at the solution which unfortunately is pretty unrelated to galadriel.

Soriman the Whide · Yesterday, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Valley of the Wraiths?

Forgot to congratulate you on this descrambling, took a while to put this one together, I wasn't sure if a "flavorist" was real but google proved it was real enough and they wouldn't want to use water from the mogul vale.

I wonder if I should've just used the V in Mogul Vale for the password and avoided a multi-word anagram.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Could 2 be an ARROW resting on Legolas's bow?

No that's not right.

Pervinca Took · Yesterday, 07:17 AM

A MARINER from a marinade?

I don't really deserve the praise, Soriman. I guessed we needed VALLEY because it uses a lot of the same letters as WHALEY, plus the V from flavorist, then looked up other names for the Imlad Morgul, thinking of what other letters we needed.

I did, however, google Whaley and flavorist before any of this, and came across a scientific document about fruit and vegetable flavours, and looked without success for a Dr Whaley in the credits!

Galadriel55 · Yesterday, 11:25 AM

1. Possibly HARROWDALE? E(ternity) + LAD backwards gives the second half. I thought "borrow" would turn into barrow, or perhaps boro, but harrow works too.

Soriman the Whide · Today, 01:34 AM

Galadriel Harrowdale is wrong but you have almost solved No.1, looking at your post you're only missing a note.

Pervinca sorry Mariner is also wrong, I might give this one away soon as it's probably the most embarrasing one for me. You did get the first two letters correct.

Pervinca Took · Today, 02:58 AM

Master?

I just can't see a dressing.

I did consider plaster, but don't know of any specifically named plasterers in Middle-earth.

Huinesoron · Today, 03:41 AM

I was thinking the dressing might be mayo/mayonnaise, but I can't--

--OH! It's a role, right?

Is it Mayo + R = MAYOR (of Michel Delving)?

hS

Pervinca Took · Today, 03:53 AM

Is the password BRAVE SAM - things he's done, seen, experienced or faced?

Soriman the Whide · Today, 04:23 AM

1. B - Borrow we hear/here? The beginning of Eternity followed by a lad reflected, note this.
2. R - A french sale caught within a riddle with a twist at the end!
3. Amon Sûl - Salmon with direction would be lucky to make it here.
4. Valley of the Wraiths - The flavorist Whaley is confused, the water of this region must not be used.
5. E - This rests upon a gift from a fair lady, take three from the gift to find the road.

6. Shelob - Obfuscated flat holes help to find her.
7. Argonath - Two mighty figures guarding and doing, we hear.
8. Mayor - A dressing with direction makes this role.

Brave Sam indeed. Things he's used, seen, experienced or faced.

04-13-2021, 04:55 PM	#10921
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 4,371	Really wild guess for 8 - SORCEROR from SAUCE + ER/URGH. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

04-13-2021, 07:27 PM	#10924
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 9,239	I am actually finding these quite challenging! I wanna throw out MORGUL for #4, because we know not to drink water from the rivers of the Morgul Vale. __________________ "Surely you don’t disbelieve the prophecies, because you had a hand in bringing them about yourself?" - Gandalf She's Cobbling from beyond the DeadThread! That's next-level cobbling. ~hS, TIG CXV

04-13-2021, 11:11 PM	#10925
Soriman the Whide Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 50	You got it Galadriel55, or are so close by saying Morgul Vale I should give you credit. Although I had a different name for the same location, i'll put the answer in soon if nobody manages to descramble "the flavorist whaley". I was pretty unsure how to guage the difficulty when writing these, just testing to see how difficult this one is. __________________ "And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite... ". The Silmarillion - Ainulindalë

Yesterday, 03:48 AM	#10927
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 4,371	I was thinking the same as Galadriel. Couldn't solve the cryptic elements, though. ... Valley of the Wraiths? Could 2 be an ARROW resting on Legolas's bow? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; Yesterday at 03:54 AM.

Yesterday, 06:47 AM	#10928
Soriman the Whide Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 50	1. Borrow we hear/here? The beginning of Eternity followed by a lad reflected, note this. 2. A french sale caught within a riddle with a twist at the end! 3. Amon Sûl - Salmon with direction would be lucky to make it here. 4. Valley of the Wraiths - The flavorist Whaley is confused, the water of this region must not be used. 5. This rests upon a gift from a fair lady, take three from the gift to find the road. 6. Shelob - Obfuscated flat holes help to find her. 7. Argonath - Two mighty figures guarding and doing, we hear. 8. A dressing with direction makes this role.[/QUOTE] Okay I've decided to make some edits to the clues that might improve your chances, you've all done rather well so far, you guys have guessed all my favourite ones. Hopefully things will be easier to guess once you get the password, all solutions can be vaguely linked to it. A big help towards this would be getting number 8, Pervinca Took was fairly close with "Sauce+Argh" at least in the format (You might want to try an alternative to sauce though). I've decided to change the clue itself as it simply makes much more sense this way and really didn't work much at all before. Number 2 may also be a failing on my part as my translation may be a few letters out, I lowered the difficulty by changing "transaction" to "sale". Huinesoron thought number #5 has galadriel vibes and I will confirm that it does however the gift in question is only a means to arriving at the solution which unfortunately is pretty unrelated to galadriel. __________________ "And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite... ". The Silmarillion - Ainulindalë Last edited by Soriman the Whide; Yesterday at 06:51 AM.

Yesterday, 07:17 AM	#10930
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 4,371	A MARINER from a marinade? I don't really deserve the praise, Soriman. I guessed we needed VALLEY because it uses a lot of the same letters as WHALEY, plus the V from flavorist, then looked up other names for the Imlad Morgul, thinking of what other letters we needed. I did, however, google Whaley and flavorist before any of this, and came across a scientific document about fruit and vegetable flavours, and looked without success for a Dr Whaley in the credits! __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; Yesterday at 01:21 PM.

Yesterday, 11:25 AM	#10931
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 9,239	1. Possibly HARROWDALE? E(ternity) + LAD backwards gives the second half. I thought "borrow" would turn into barrow, or perhaps boro, but harrow works too. __________________ "Surely you don’t disbelieve the prophecies, because you had a hand in bringing them about yourself?" - Gandalf She's Cobbling from beyond the DeadThread! That's next-level cobbling. ~hS, TIG CXV

Today, 01:34 AM	#10932
Soriman the Whide Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 50	Galadriel Harrowdale is wrong but you have almost solved No.1, looking at your post you're only missing a note. Pervinca sorry Mariner is also wrong, I might give this one away soon as it's probably the most embarrasing one for me. You did get the first two letters correct. __________________ "And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite... ". The Silmarillion - Ainulindalë

Today, 02:58 AM	#10933
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 4,371	Master? I just can't see a dressing. I did consider plaster, but don't know of any specifically named plasterers in Middle-earth. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; Today at 03:54 AM.

Today, 03:41 AM	#10934
Huinesoron Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 2,870	I was thinking the dressing might be mayo/mayonnaise, but I can't-- --OH! It's a role, right? Is it Mayo + R = MAYOR (of Michel Delving)? hS

Today, 03:53 AM	#10935
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 4,371	Is the password BRAVE SAM - things he's done, seen, experienced or faced? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

Today, 04:23 AM	#10936
Soriman the Whide Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 50	1. B - Borrow we hear/here? The beginning of Eternity followed by a lad reflected, note this. 2. R - A french sale caught within a riddle with a twist at the end! 3. Amon Sûl - Salmon with direction would be lucky to make it here. 4. Valley of the Wraiths - The flavorist Whaley is confused, the water of this region must not be used. 5. E - This rests upon a gift from a fair lady, take three from the gift to find the road. 6. Shelob - Obfuscated flat holes help to find her. 7. Argonath - Two mighty figures guarding and doing, we hear. 8. Mayor - A dressing with direction makes this role. Brave Sam indeed. Things he's used, seen, experienced or faced. __________________ "And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite... ". The Silmarillion - Ainulindalë

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