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Forum: Quiz Room 06-22-2017, 04:39 AM
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Posted By Ivriniel
Very good of you to go easy....I've had a look,...

Very good of you to go easy....I've had a look, and I've got some ideas about some of them.....(but then again, if you've seen my 'ideas' hahaha upstream, .....)

Back soon
Forum: Quiz Room 06-22-2017, 04:37 AM
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Posted By Ivriniel
I am very well, Nerwen and smiling at the end of...

I am very well, Nerwen and smiling at the end of my day here, while I tidy up some written work due soon. It's winter here, but we've had spectacular sunshine.

I'll ponder your riddle and post...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-22-2017, 04:28 AM
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Posted By Ivriniel
No problem lovely :) Now, [note to self]...

No problem lovely :)

Now, [note to self] HAHAHA Stavros, ur going to have fun making an idiot of yourself[/Note to self]

Thanx Nerwen for the Riddle.....please be patient as I make a series of...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-19-2017, 02:19 AM
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Posted By Ivriniel
Nerwen, hahaha I'll no doubt require the entire...

Nerwen, hahaha I'll no doubt require the entire fortnight to solve ur riddle, but I promise to try really hard and post regularly until Pevrinca returns.
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 06-18-2017, 10:21 PM
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Posted By Ivriniel
This best recounts something about Celebrimbor...

This best recounts something about Celebrimbor and Galadriel that has roots with the Kinslaying and Galadriel being "...unfriends with Feanor forever...". It was an important theme that Galadriel...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-18-2017, 06:17 AM
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Posted By Ivriniel
I studied it very hard hahaha (the guests just...

I studied it very hard hahaha (the guests just left) and I can see how the clue makes sense. There's the 'clue bit' about literals (webs of horror) and anagram mish mash stuff...the "NB" hahaha...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-18-2017, 05:25 AM
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Posted By Ivriniel
Very kind, thank you. And I am agog hahahah...

Very kind, thank you.

And I am agog hahahah at the clue. Not in one million years would I have solved it.

I recall Taur Nu Fuin was where 'webs' were and in the shadow lands of the...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-18-2017, 04:31 AM
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Posted By Ivriniel
I understand three of the four...could I trouble...

I understand three of the four...could I trouble someone to explain Beleriand?
Forum: Quiz Room 06-18-2017, 02:09 AM
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Posted By Ivriniel
:) I'd never have solved it. I am reading,...

:) I'd never have solved it. I am reading, though Pevrinca and Nerwen, and learning as I read.

Cheers
Forum: Quiz Room 06-17-2017, 05:40 AM
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Posted By Ivriniel
Hi Nerwen and Pevrinca. I am very dumb about...

Hi Nerwen and Pevrinca. I am very dumb about this game, but I'll pop in to say hello, and make a very bad attempt at answering.

Mandos
Forum: The Books 06-12-2017, 12:39 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 13,547
Posted By Ivriniel
Animals have sentience and any being with (aural)...

Animals have sentience and any being with (aural) sentience (language) and secondly as evidencing capacity for biological intermingling, and thirdly with trace to the same Pantheon suggests...
Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter 06-11-2017, 11:12 PM
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Posted By Ivriniel
I would say that it is very boring on Vigilot. ...

I would say that it is very boring on Vigilot.

Earendil was able to bind the Silmaril to his brow, and he must have heard the Lore of origins of the gems and of Valinor. His plea to the West...
Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter 06-11-2017, 10:59 PM
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Posted By Ivriniel
Maeglin was in many ways a heroic character in...

Maeglin was in many ways a heroic character in terms of strength, given that he witnessed his father, Eol, thrown off the cliffs of the surrounding mountains as response to the death of Aredhel. ...
Forum: The Books 06-11-2017, 01:26 AM
Replies: 14
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Posted By Ivriniel
hahaha well said

hahaha well said
Forum: The Books 06-10-2017, 11:50 PM
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Posted By Ivriniel
@Morthoron I thought Balrogs took ski...

@Morthoron

I thought Balrogs took ski holidays in the Misty Mountains when travelling in subterreanean vaults to place a Silmaril (Arkestone) in The Lonely Mountain.

@ reader - more responding...
Forum: The Books 06-10-2017, 12:53 AM
Replies: 14
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Posted By Ivriniel
Hello Nerwen hahahah I didn't say it passed...

Hello Nerwen hahahah

I didn't say it passed its own KISS test - perhaps it's polite to be welcoming of the opening poster....by mirroring (what I could - I don't have their training) of his/her...
Forum: The Books 06-09-2017, 11:08 PM
Replies: 14
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Posted By Ivriniel
I'll post, for courtesy, but the angle on the...

I'll post, for courtesy, but the angle on the leading post, personally, is too analytical and too focussed on Academic emphasis, without enough fun and 'Bombadil' as he was sent to us via Tolkien,...
Forum: The Books 06-09-2017, 05:09 AM
Replies: 42
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Posted By Ivriniel
autopoietic (DOT) DOT . The above are...

autopoietic (DOT) DOT .

The above are transgenic inferences - that is, there was no indication in the narratives that Elvish persons were immune from the trappings of Greed.

Maeglin is case in...
Forum: The Books 06-09-2017, 05:01 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 27,677
Posted By Ivriniel
Sauron Did Achieve what He Wanted: HE'S COMING BACK

The rise of the Shadow while the Ring was severed from the Body of Sauron, implies something I have always wondered about and that has left me with indications of doubt. How did it occur. On what...
Forum: The Books 06-03-2017, 12:32 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 12,514
Posted By Ivriniel
My Favourite Topic

This is my favourite topic. I have taken on board the premise that the Second Prophesy of Mandos was not taken through to Tolkien's death in overt notes. I doubt, however, that he did not have...
Forum: The Books 06-02-2017, 09:16 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 15,320
Posted By Ivriniel
5. Beren and Luthien to be Published ...

5. Beren and Luthien to be Published (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=19046&highlight=Half-Elven)

I hope it addresses the headache we have about the Peredhil and their Choice. I...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-02-2017, 08:57 PM
Replies: 12,679
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Posted By Ivriniel
Please make a downward comparison :) I'm MUCH...

Please make a downward comparison :) I'm MUCH worse at them, so a post for your self esteem ahahhahah as that's about how competent I am at this very strange but fun thread. It's not that I'm...
Forum: The Books 06-02-2017, 08:45 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 13,547
Posted By Ivriniel
Yes. The Uruk Hai were Saruman's blending of...

Yes.

The Uruk Hai were Saruman's blending of races, implying sexual contact in procreation between humanoids. It seems to me, then that the two races were I) sentient (as we know), ii) birthed by...
Forum: The Books 06-02-2017, 08:26 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 27,677
Posted By Ivriniel
Servants or no, it implies a parental...

Servants or no, it implies a parental relationship. We don't know what secret affectations and affections Sauron had with his Orcs in hierarchies. Certainly, if Eru's manifestation of sentience was...
Forum: The Books 06-02-2017, 06:40 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 27,677
Posted By Ivriniel
Hello Mithadan, it's a really interesting topic. ...

Hello Mithadan, it's a really interesting topic. I vary from seeing Sauron (Maia of Aule) as suffering from autocentric self-centred 'foolishness' and at my most unforgiving as suffering from...
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