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Pervinca Took · 08-18-2018, 06:50 AM

Is there a new password, Nerwen?

Nerwen · 08-18-2018, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Is there a new password, Nerwen?

Not yet- I've been rather occupied the last few days, sorry. I'll get onto it!

Nerwen · 08-20-2018, 08:32 PM

Sorry about the delay!

Nice easy one this time..l

1. Namesake of Hiawatha's beloved gives name to another doomed maiden.
2. It is rich, yet a disfigurement.
3. Call softly; it is cold.
4. I'm addressing you- bow your head deeply. Shepherds bathe here!
5. Cheer up flower!

Huinesoron · 08-21-2018, 02:48 AM

Is #3 HAIL? It is cold, though I'm not sure I'd call hailing someone a particularly soft call.

hS

Nerwen · 08-21-2018, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Huinesoron

Is #3 HAIL? It is cold, though I'm not sure I'd call hailing someone a particularly soft call.

hS

No. You are looking for a relatively recent synonym for "call", with a specific (real-world) context.

Meanwhile, the answer is Middle-earth specific.

Pervinca Took · 08-21-2018, 05:03 AM

1. Hiawatha's beloved was Minnehaha, meaning 'laughing water.'

Not sure about the water, but is the answer the doomed LALAITH?

Pervinca Took · 08-21-2018, 05:10 AM

5. Gladden?

Pervinca Took · 08-21-2018, 10:36 AM

2. ASCAR? Why rich, though?

... Ah ... Doriath's treasure was apparently lost in there, and then it became known as Goldenbed/Rathloriel.

Nerwen · 08-21-2018, 06:26 AM

Correct on #3 and #5. Pervinca, you're almost there with #1, but you need, not Lalaith herself, but the thing for which she was named (and which translates roughly to "laughing water").

1. Namesake of Hiawatha's beloved gives name to another doomed maiden.
2. It is rich, yet a disfigurement.
RINGLÓ: Call softly; it is cold.
4. I'm addressing you- bow your head deeply. Shepherds bathe here!
GLADDEN: Cheer up flower!

Pervinca Took · 08-21-2018, 08:33 AM

Is the password NAROG and the theme water/rivers?

Pervinca Took · 08-21-2018, 08:36 AM

And NEN LALAITH for the first clue? (It means 'Water of Laughter,' apparently).

Nerwen · 08-21-2018, 10:32 AM

Right on all three counts!

NEN LALAITH Namesake of Hiawatha's beloved gives name to another doomed maiden.
A It is rich, yet a disfigurement.
RINGLÓ: Call softly; it is cold.
O I'm addressing you- bow your head deeply. Shepherds bathe here!
GLADDEN: Cheer up flower!

Nerwen · 08-21-2018, 05:36 PM

NEN LALAITH: Namesake of Hiawatha's beloved gives name to another doomed maiden.
ASCAR: is rich, yet a disfigurement.
RINGLÓ: Call softly; it is cold.
ONODLÓ: I'm addressing you- bow your head deeply. Shepherds bathe here!
GLADDEN: Cheer up flower!

Theme: Rivers.

Well done, and over to Pervinca!

Pervinca Took · 08-22-2018, 03:58 AM

Nice one, Nerwen!

This is the one I put on hold because 'Panthael' was a response to Huey's 'Meriadoc.' Hope you like it.

1. Plosive meets slithery thing (we hear) on Caradhras.
2. ABBA song swallows little Beatrice. It’s exhausting!
3. Oo, they’re awful!
4. Cousins of Vogons? They torment with onomatopoeia!
5. Submerged stalker, or just a wet TV addict?
6. Lovable rugby player loses surname and liquid, but gains an equine hybrid here, we hear!
7. Grumble about chicken? Here?
8. ‘Lotsss of thisss in Mordor, my Preciouss!’ (he gasped).
9. Do this only for a taste of justice or a world of truth. (The twin of the last clue).
10. Nice place? No, a slum. Messed up.
11. Breathing apparatus swallows map-book, in confusion. (They’re so bad at finding people, you’d think they had, too).
12. Terror of Cirith Ungol.
13. Morning marathon around (or rather up) here – and the final one.
14. To hear these might well dement. Perhaps they were played to Frodo in Cirith Ungol?
15. Much harder than feather-beds!
16. Hateful road brings epiphany of danger – and this.
17. Beren and Luthien, brought to the camp-fire by this.
18. Inanimate bogs.

08-21-2018, 05:03 AM	#6
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	1. Hiawatha's beloved was Minnehaha, meaning 'laughing water.' Not sure about the water, but is the answer the doomed LALAITH? __________________ "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; 08-21-2018 at 05:10 AM.

08-21-2018, 05:10 AM	#7
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	5. Gladden? __________________ "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; 08-21-2018 at 05:16 AM.

08-21-2018, 10:36 AM	#8
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	2. ASCAR? Why rich, though? ... Ah ... Doriath's treasure was apparently lost in there, and then it became known as Goldenbed/Rathloriel. __________________ "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; 08-21-2018 at 10:43 AM.

08-21-2018, 06:26 AM	#9
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Correct on #3 and #5. Pervinca, you're almost there with #1, but you need, not Lalaith herself, but the thing for which she was named (and which translates roughly to "laughing water"). 1. Namesake of Hiawatha's beloved gives name to another doomed maiden. 2. It is rich, yet a disfigurement. RINGLÓ: Call softly; it is cold. 4. I'm addressing you- bow your head deeply. Shepherds bathe here! GLADDEN: Cheer up flower! __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

08-21-2018, 08:33 AM	#10
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Is the password NAROG and the theme water/rivers? __________________ "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."

08-18-2018, 06:50 AM	#1
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Is there a new password, Nerwen? __________________ "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."

08-20-2018, 08:32 PM	#3
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Sorry about the delay! Nice easy one this time..l 1. Namesake of Hiawatha's beloved gives name to another doomed maiden. 2. It is rich, yet a disfigurement. 3. Call softly; it is cold. 4. I'm addressing you- bow your head deeply. Shepherds bathe here! 5. Cheer up flower! __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

08-21-2018, 02:48 AM	#4
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,795	Is #3 HAIL? It is cold, though I'm not sure I'd call hailing someone a particularly soft call. hS

08-21-2018, 08:36 AM	#11
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	And NEN LALAITH for the first clue? (It means 'Water of Laughter,' apparently). __________________ "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."

08-21-2018, 10:32 AM	#12
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Right on all three counts! NEN LALAITH Namesake of Hiawatha's beloved gives name to another doomed maiden. A It is rich, yet a disfigurement. RINGLÓ: Call softly; it is cold. O I'm addressing you- bow your head deeply. Shepherds bathe here! GLADDEN: Cheer up flower! __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

08-21-2018, 05:36 PM	#13
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	NEN LALAITH: Namesake of Hiawatha's beloved gives name to another doomed maiden. ASCAR: is rich, yet a disfigurement. RINGLÓ: Call softly; it is cold. ONODLÓ: I'm addressing you- bow your head deeply. Shepherds bathe here! GLADDEN: Cheer up flower! Theme: Rivers. Well done, and over to Pervinca! __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

08-22-2018, 03:58 AM	#14
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Nice one, Nerwen! This is the one I put on hold because 'Panthael' was a response to Huey's 'Meriadoc.' Hope you like it. 1. Plosive meets slithery thing (we hear) on Caradhras. 2. ABBA song swallows little Beatrice. It’s exhausting! 3. Oo, they’re awful! 4. Cousins of Vogons? They torment with onomatopoeia! 5. Submerged stalker, or just a wet TV addict? 6. Lovable rugby player loses surname and liquid, but gains an equine hybrid here, we hear! 7. Grumble about chicken? Here? 8. ‘Lotsss of thisss in Mordor, my Preciouss!’ (he gasped). 9. Do this only for a taste of justice or a world of truth. (The twin of the last clue). 10. Nice place? No, a slum. Messed up. 11. Breathing apparatus swallows map-book, in confusion. (They’re so bad at finding people, you’d think they had, too). 12. Terror of Cirith Ungol. 13. Morning marathon around (or rather up) here – and the final one. 14. To hear these might well dement. Perhaps they were played to Frodo in Cirith Ungol? 15. Much harder than feather-beds! 16. Hateful road brings epiphany of danger – and this. 17. Beren and Luthien, brought to the camp-fire by this. 18. Inanimate bogs. __________________ "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."