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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
Is 3 EREBOR?
Known for being the Lonely Mountain.
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No, but also yes, so I'll give you that.
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Originally Posted by Urwen
For 2.
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In that case yes.
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
Is 1 DWARROWDELF? Tolkien's preferred plural for dwarf (in English) was the archaic dwarrows/dwerrows (which I think he wrote ought to have existed, or something), and Moria was the black chasm.
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Exactly that.
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
Could password be DEEPING?
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It could be... if this were a different puzzle.
DWARROWDELF - A proper plural and archaic form gives the black its English name.
ELVENKING'S HALLS - Named for their master in the blackened green.
LONELY MOUNTAIN - Known by where and what it is, home of gold.
4. Belted and counted; look three from the back.
IRON HILLS - Fear halved, an elementary rise for the new king.
NARGOTHROND - Elvish fire, depart! The hammer begins to be cast by the river.
GUNDABAD - Firearms - the evil in the north.
Theme: Underground realms
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