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Forum: Elvenhome 08-24-2015, 08:52 AM
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Posted By Mithalwen
If you like I could post something that would at...

If you like I could post something that would at least start off a day a couple of days on if you will allow me to assume that Elfthain and Javan have struck up as much of a friendship as possible in...
Forum: Quiz Room 08-24-2015, 08:46 AM
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Posted By Mithalwen
I think we need a place.. Mandos and Lorien are...

I think we need a place.. Mandos and Lorien are originally place names. Don't know about Este
Forum: Quiz Room 08-24-2015, 06:54 AM
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Posted By Mithalwen
Or Nord, Est, Sud or Oest... But Aylesbury...

Or Nord, Est, Sud or Oest...

But Aylesbury has me stumped. I can't find any famous bands that come from there. It is mainly known for its geese...
Forum: Quiz Room 08-24-2015, 06:09 AM
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Posted By Mithalwen
I think it may well be a Bolger but the clue...

I think it may well be a Bolger but the clue indicates it should be a female one and I can't quite make it work for Ruby. Also takes direction suggests that BOLD GREY, if it is a simple anagram needs...
Forum: Quiz Room 08-24-2015, 04:20 AM
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Posted By Mithalwen
8 Is Taniquetil - again a simple anagram of...

8 Is Taniquetil - again a simple anagram of Quaint Tile... sneaky you are usually far more complex than this!
Forum: Quiz Room 08-23-2015, 06:30 PM
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Posted By Mithalwen
ahh 4 is Felagund anagram of leaf and dung. I...

ahh 4 is Felagund anagram of leaf and dung. I thought of dung ages ago but couldn't make it work
Forum: Elvenhome 08-12-2015, 01:47 PM
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Posted By Mithalwen
Sounds good to me. On a side note: Are...

Sounds good to me.

On a side note:

Are the map and plan on the old thread still valid (Nogrod's)? I make it about 40 miles in old money between Scarburg and Edoras is that right?
Forum: The Books 08-12-2015, 11:03 AM
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Posted By Mithalwen
But they don't give formal vows that I recall....

But they don't give formal vows that I recall. Didn't Elrond discourage it? Gimli specifically, a warning the dwarf only understands as he leaves Lothlorien in part of one of my favourite passages in...
Forum: The Books 08-12-2015, 08:51 AM
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Posted By Mithalwen
But most were just fellow travellers in the...

But most were just fellow travellers in the outset. Boromir was going home and Aragorn was going with him. Gimli and Legolas were also on an indirect route home though there must have been a greater...
Forum: Elvenhome 08-12-2015, 03:57 AM
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Posted By Mithalwen
Certainly a few days since although it isn't a...

Certainly a few days since although it isn't a huge distance it would have been fairly hard going for the draught horses in the mud. so long enough for Elfthain to perhaps start to make a few...
Forum: Elvenhome 08-11-2015, 08:48 AM
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Posted By Mithalwen
That would be absolutely fine. But Eodwine...

That would be absolutely fine. But Eodwine doesn't seem well enough yet to be aware of someone so peripheral ... maybe Javan could put in a word with his big brother>:cool:? Then Elfthain could write...
Forum: Elvenhome 08-10-2015, 04:09 PM
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Posted By Mithalwen
Kind offer but I really don't want to put anyone...

Kind offer but I really don't want to put anyone out or alter their plans. And I can't think why mama would keep her cub away. The last thing she said was come home soon.... Don't worry. It may...
Forum: Elvenhome 08-10-2015, 02:33 PM
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Posted By Mithalwen
It doesn't have to be big drama. If the flood is...

It doesn't have to be big drama. If the flood is going to happen anyway he just needs a minor hindrance to stop him going with the main party and then by the time the floods clear he may feel...
Forum: Elvenhome 08-10-2015, 02:05 PM
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Posted By Mithalwen
Main thought that I don't want my self-inflicted...

Main thought that I don't want my self-inflicted problem to become a more general one and to stymy anyone else. I will work something out. If I have to temporarily incapacitate Elfthain so be it....
Forum: Quiz Room 08-10-2015, 01:54 PM
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Posted By Mithalwen
Ah I was reverse engineering from Ringil which...

Ah I was reverse engineering from Ringil which was a struggle...
Forum: Quiz Room 08-09-2015, 01:31 PM
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Posted By Mithalwen
ken does mean know though it is archaic save in...

ken does mean know though it is archaic save in some dialects. I guess it is linked to the German kennen. It isn't widely used save in expressions like "beyond my ken" or the old song "Do you ken...
Forum: Elvenhome 08-09-2015, 10:27 AM
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Posted By Mithalwen
Other factor in flooding is how it would affect...

Other factor in flooding is how it would affect the woodlanders and Leof's sister whose name has escaped me...
Forum: Elvenhome 08-08-2015, 03:27 AM
Replies: 610
Views: 346,506
Posted By Mithalwen
Ok, that could work if it suits others. I don't...

Ok, that could work if it suits others. I don't want a military expedition just thinking longer term who Elfthain would need to deal with if he transferred posting.

If you don't want a bunch of...
Forum: Elvenhome 08-07-2015, 05:22 PM
Replies: 610
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Posted By Mithalwen
Would the waggons stay as long as a week I...

Would the waggons stay as long as a week I wonder? Flooding would stave off the issue but I need to resolve it somehow. It doesn't need to be played out though. It can be reported, How indisposed...
Forum: Quiz Room 08-07-2015, 10:31 AM
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Posted By Mithalwen
It happens a lot to me at least with cryptic...

It happens a lot to me at least with cryptic crosswords. You know it has to be a certain word - or when you get the solution - but you don't quite see why.
Forum: Quiz Room 08-06-2015, 09:37 PM
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Posted By Mithalwen
I suspect bile is the bitter liquid and d or the...

I suspect bile is the bitter liquid and d or the extra e the lost note
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 08-04-2015, 07:58 AM
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Views: 8,996
Posted By Mithalwen
Jef Murray

I hope against hope that this isn't true, but it is being reported online from good sources that Jef Murray has died suddenly. He is one of the few artists whose Tolkien pictures I enjoy and it...
Forum: The Books 07-30-2015, 10:14 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 33,372
Posted By Mithalwen
[QUOTE=Galin;700969] I'm guessing that it's...

[QUOTE=Galin;700969]
I'm guessing that it's based on the admittedly misty reference to Arwen being referred to as Queen of Elves and Men (in The Return of The King), maybe coupled with the choice of...
Forum: The Books 07-29-2015, 02:33 PM
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Posted By Mithalwen
True but more so in real life than in Tolkien's...

True but more so in real life than in Tolkien's world where genetics don't seem to work the same way and so many powers, qualities and kudos are inherited.

And how can I phrase this, Orodreth...
Forum: The Books 07-29-2015, 09:14 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 33,372
Posted By Mithalwen
I don't find the Orodreth option satisfactory. I...

I don't find the Orodreth option satisfactory. I appreciate that this is really an instinctive / emotional response in me that Orodreth just seems so, well, feeble to have sired Gil-galad. In...
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