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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
11-04-2025, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 59,801
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Huinesoron
Celebestel III
Welp.
One level further...
Celebestel III Welp. One level further down, no changes to anything, she killed Maeglin. Then she tried to fight Ancalagon. And Ossė. At the same time. Lesson fatally learned. |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
11-03-2025, 08:44 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 59,801
Posted By
Huinesoron
Celebestel III
... is somehow down to DL80...
Celebestel III ... is somehow down to DL80 (!!!) / CL 48. She has 600 life (yes, it dropped from some equipment changes), almost 400 spell points, +23 base speed (+33 when she uses her Staff of... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
10-13-2025, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 59,801
Posted By
Huinesoron
Celebestel III
... is still not dead! She's...
Celebestel III ... is still not dead! She's at DL69 / CL43, and has just killed Tevildo, Prince of Cats, to claim the Dragon-Helm of Dor-lomin, which is apparently so unutterably cool that it... |
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Forum: The Books
10-09-2025, 01:52 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,065
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Huinesoron
Okay, for fun then: you have Feanor born in...
Okay, for fun then: you have Feanor born in 16,680 BC, and I half-remember that LaCE says elvish children are normally born in the spring. Tolkien being Tolkien, I would guess that this was... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
10-06-2025, 04:07 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 59,801
Posted By
Huinesoron
Celebestel III
... is not dead! She's at DL...
Celebestel III ... is not dead! She's at DL 57 / CL 40, which means she's just unlocked two of her final three spells: Thrust Away, which knocks back a single enemy, and Mass Banishment, which... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
10-01-2025, 04:33 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 59,801
Posted By
Huinesoron
So first up: ahahahaha, Imgur is now blocked in...
So first up: ahahahaha, Imgur is now blocked in the UK, so I can't see my own pictures. That's ellipsis awesome. No idea where I'm going to post to replace them, WHATEVER. (EDIT: I've rehosted the... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-16-2025, 01:48 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 27,371
Posted By
Huinesoron
Quite possibly! Shire Post Mint actually does a...
Quite possibly! Shire Post Mint actually does a huge range (https://www.shirepost.com/collections/the-lord-of-the-rings) of Middle-earth coins these days; they kickstarted the first set a few years... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
09-09-2025, 06:10 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 59,801
Posted By
Huinesoron
Catching up a little on the art: I discovered I'd...
Catching up a little on the art: I discovered I'd actually drawn Elwing but never got round to posting her: https://i.imgur.com/TIgovEx.jpeg And I have now drawn Gribblins the scholarly kobold:... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
09-08-2025, 04:35 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 59,801
Posted By
Huinesoron
Gribblins II
… is on Dungeon Level 76! Which...
Gribblins II … is on Dungeon Level 76! Which is frankly insane. There's monsters down here I've never even heard of: the familiar Ancient Dragons have given way to Great Wyrms, and the array of... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
09-03-2025, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 59,801
Posted By
Huinesoron
What was my previous best? It looks like Irimė...
What was my previous best? It looks like Irimė II, who hit Dungeon Level 66/100, Character Level 44. Well, today, we are Gribblins II, Kobold Rogue ... who has just entered DL 69 and is at CL... |
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Forum: The Books
08-26-2025, 08:09 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 29,929
Posted By
Huinesoron
There is not, but it's definitely there anyway....
There is not, but it's definitely there anyway. :D I have previously described (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=19367) driving and walking across the Berkshire/North Wessex Downs, which... |
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Forum: The Books
08-18-2025, 02:57 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 29,929
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Huinesoron
Interesting. I'm not going to comment on the...
Interesting. I'm not going to comment on the internal or metaphysical aspects, but the inspiration side is looking just as mysterious. It is, I understand, established historical fact that the... |
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Forum: The Books
06-12-2025, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 74,133
Posted By
Huinesoron
But going straight back to Appendix E, is it Old...
But going straight back to Appendix E, is it Old English or modernised Old English? The note at the end of part II starts: The sounds he names are from the Old English "translated" forms:... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
06-04-2025, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 14,966
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Huinesoron
I've certainly assumed it was the "guests" (bots...
I've certainly assumed it was the "guests" (bots and/or crawlers) causing the issue. Right now there are ~4800 guests on the Downs, plus me; typically over the past few weeks this has been 6000+. ... |
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Forum: The Books
06-02-2025, 06:41 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 74,133
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Huinesoron
We watched the entire trilogy a week ago; the...
We watched the entire trilogy a week ago; the movies are 100% consistent on "Eye-zen-guard" (to within the limits of people's accents). Presumably, since the previous LotR movie couldn't decide... |
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Forum: The Books
05-16-2025, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 114
Views: 172,895
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Huinesoron
Okay, by going through NoME line by line I think...
Okay, by going through NoME line by line I think I can piece the Finweans back together. Relevant sources, from newest to oldest: Silvan Elves & Elvish: 8496 SY in Aman. Shibboleth: Miriel... |
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Forum: The Books
05-14-2025, 06:28 AM
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Replies: 114
Views: 172,895
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Huinesoron
Unfortunately that goes against Tolkien's...
Unfortunately that goes against Tolkien's thinking; in XVII.3(1) (his last comment on the matter) he specifically says that the Eldar married sooner in Aman. I think we have so little data on the... |
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Forum: The Books
05-14-2025, 03:36 AM
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Replies: 114
Views: 172,895
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Huinesoron
Tolkien's last comment touching on the aging of...
Tolkien's last comment touching on the aging of the Eldar in Aman is from NoME 1.XVIII (1965): "Elvish ages must be counted in two different stages: growth-years (GY) and life-years (LY). The GYs... |
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Forum: The Books
05-14-2025, 02:57 AM
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Replies: 114
Views: 172,895
Posted By
Huinesoron
As Arvegil says, the good news for the Late...
As Arvegil says, the good news for the Late Timeline is that it's explicitly using Tolkien's latest (written) thoughts. So until a new text appears, this Timeline has place 9258 years between the... |
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Forum: The Books
05-13-2025, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 114
Views: 172,895
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Huinesoron
Oh dear. XD
Linking the Ages discussion...
Oh dear. XD Linking the Ages discussion (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=19474) and my Late Timeline... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
04-14-2025, 03:32 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,272,412
Posted By
Huinesoron
I've been trying to shake off the obvious option,...
I've been trying to shake off the obvious option, but it's still rattling round my head, so: are you Beleg Cuthalion, hassling Turin in Mim's cave after he kicked himself out of Doriath? Or, and... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
04-04-2025, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,272,412
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Huinesoron
That is entirely correct. :D Either the third or...
That is entirely correct. :D Either the third or the fifth would be the right answer. Over to you! hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
04-04-2025, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,272,412
Posted By
Huinesoron
Interesting; does it fit, and can you answer the...
Interesting; does it fit, and can you answer the question? hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
04-04-2025, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,272,412
Posted By
Huinesoron
Still a long way off track.
Like the last...
Still a long way off track. Like the last few, this is a specific passage - actually a specific poem. Even more specifically, it's the opening of a poem we never hear in full. hS |
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Forum: Quiz Room
04-02-2025, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,272,412
Posted By
Huinesoron
Okay I really like this but it is very wrong.
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Okay I really like this but it is very wrong. This is also wrong: there are five. Or four. Or, arguably, 16/17, but we're not doing that. :D Again, I LOVE this but it's wildly... |
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