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Old 04-02-2025, 10:05 AM   #4138
Huinesoron
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Originally Posted by Urwen View Post
I have a feeling that the descriptions are based on the elvish names.
Okay I really like this but it is very wrong.

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55 View Post
I get the sense that there are supposed to be 6 of this type of thing, so that naming 5 will lead to the 6th by process of elimination. But there aren't any groups of 6.
This is also wrong: there are five. Or four. Or, arguably, 16/17, but we're not doing that.

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Originally Posted by Urwen View Post
To follow up on that -

One is ancient, ever-new - Vana?
One lurks deep in shadow black - Melkor?
One came from stone and stone followed - Aule?
One rides high but falls swift - Orome?
One lies low amid the loam - Ulmo?
Again, I LOVE this but it's wildly off-track. I'm only quoting it because I want to note that "loam" here is a word for soil, not a typo for "foam".

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