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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
No idea what to do with this. Equally no idea if the oldest thing in the legendarium is in the story timeline or in Tolkien writing timeline. However, on radio devices, the next word after a sentence could be OVER, which has the right letter. This can't be the whole clue, but maybe something like OVERHEAD for Earendil's Silmaril?  |
Can't it?
Eala Earendel engla beorhtast!
Ofer middangeard monnum sended
"Hail, Earendel, brightest of angels!
Over Middle-earth sent to Men"
Aiya Eärendil Elenion Ancalima!
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The Crist, ca. AD 800. Read by Tolkien in 1913, and the source of Earendil the Evening-Star.
FRODO - A chocolate frog? O but Ed, no! He is no lord!
(Arwen's jewel)
ARWEN - Turn round and restore the sun god in the evening.
(emeralds in the Ring of Barahir)
TOMB - Singer of Middle-earth's GREATEST songs left his signature underground.
(Arkenstone)
ELESSAR - Half-resist the sale, mix it up with many titles.
(two(?) Elfstones, and two Elendilmirs)
OVER - On the radio, the next word: Aiya Eärendil Elenion Ancalima!
(Luthien's Silmaril)
FIRE - One thing the movie archers did not do; it's pretty hot.
(Maedhros' Silmaril)
7.
G - A French element in the belly of a ship; instead of the end, a hole (and French swapped and moved) - wear a mask here!
ERESSEA - Um (not um)... look back, briefly see the Sea, and it's lonesome.
(jewels in the Three Rings)
MIRKWOOD - A space station! Quick, it's okay, it's just a tree (but it's dark...)
(emeralds in the Necklace of Girion)
SEA - As it took the Fifth, it roared.
(Maglor's Silmaril)
I think it's a perfectly accurate answer to 'where's the Silmaril now?'.
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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
Did Numenor have a custom of holding masquerade balls by any chance?  |
Not as far as I know, though I wouldn't put it past them. Picture the moment someone shows up in a very tasteless Melkor mask - then takes it off to reveal that he's the heir to the sceptre...!
The final gem was given by one elf to another in token of friendship, and then passed to the mask-wearers as payment.
hS