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Pervinca Took · 10-05-2022, 05:49 PM

CONIN EN ANNUN: Praise them with the greatest praise, these Princes of the West!
OLORIN: Take note from a florin, leaving nothing. Oft he’s pressed.
NORI: She? Not she. Or he? Not he. Then you? No, no! Nor me!
SHELOB: Broideress, or spinner? Cast a net – a thrower, she!
T Two kings mix – an ancient Brit, a dwarf – and make a third;
RADIANCE OF THE TREES: Illumination, fair beyond the scope of elvish word.
ARKENSTONE: Marvellous and radiant, at mountain’s heart it lies,
IORHAEL: Strength, endurance past hope’s end – such anguish in his eyes …
NERWEN'S PHIAL: Gifted, this, to light him, when all other lights should fail,
ELESSAR: … And one who tries to heal him, and many souls who ail.
EGGSHELL: This thing cracks so easily, you walk on it with care;
SARUMAN: And this one’s speech enchants, but only listen if you dare!

AZOG'S KINSMAN: ‘Murderers and elf-friends!’ in great wrath by him was said;
NO-ONE: Ancalime – in preference, this is the one she’d wed.
DWALIN: The French breeze it is mingled for him; short yet doughty, he,

FARAMIR: And distant is a jewel? His quality is plain to see.
EVENING STAR'S LIGHT: Earendil is its guardian; a Silmaril its form;
TRAHALD: It’s heartbreaking and hideous, to see this one transform.
THEODEN: No lair after an article, that’s definite, for him,
EOMER: And Eastern Rome morphs into one of the brave Rohirrim!
RADAGAST: Starts radical – appalled, he sounds! No ire, though, ’neath his ’lids.
EREBOR: Just change the first for mints and sweets we ate when we were kids.
RICHES: This word means wealth or treasures, that are used for good or ill,
SILMARILS: And for these things, so wondrous fair, unnumbered tears will spill.

PAIRS:

Saruman - Olorin
Azog's Kinsman - Nori
Shelob - Iorhael
Silmarils - Radiance of the Trees
Nerwen's Phial - Evening Star's Light
Elessar - Trahald
Eggshell - Riches
Faramir - Conin en Annun
Theoden - Eomer
Erebor - Arkenstone
No-one - Radagast *

* And actually, you can reverse this pair and it still works - he constrains no-one and is constrained by no-one.

...

THRAIN is ONE of the TWO kings referred to in the clue. Mixed with an obscure British king, it will give you a THIRD king, which is the answer.

Monty Python brought us CONFUSE A CAT and MYSTIFY A MOLE.

But who, besides the Great Goblin, brought us CONSTRAIN A DWARF?

10-05-2022, 05:49 PM	#12217
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	CONIN EN ANNUN: Praise them with the greatest praise, these Princes of the West! OLORIN: Take note from a florin, leaving nothing. Oft he’s pressed. NORI: She? Not she. Or he? Not he. Then you? No, no! Nor me! SHELOB: Broideress, or spinner? Cast a net – a thrower, she! T Two kings mix – an ancient Brit, a dwarf – and make a third; RADIANCE OF THE TREES: Illumination, fair beyond the scope of elvish word. ARKENSTONE: Marvellous and radiant, at mountain’s heart it lies, IORHAEL: Strength, endurance past hope’s end – such anguish in his eyes … NERWEN'S PHIAL: Gifted, this, to light him, when all other lights should fail, ELESSAR: … And one who tries to heal him, and many souls who ail. EGGSHELL: This thing cracks so easily, you walk on it with care; SARUMAN: And this one’s speech enchants, but only listen if you dare! AZOG'S KINSMAN: ‘Murderers and elf-friends!’ in great wrath by him was said; NO-ONE: Ancalime – in preference, this is the one she’d wed. DWALIN: The French breeze it is mingled for him; short yet doughty, he, FARAMIR: And distant is a jewel? His quality is plain to see. EVENING STAR'S LIGHT: Earendil is its guardian; a Silmaril its form; TRAHALD: It’s heartbreaking and hideous, to see this one transform. THEODEN: No lair after an article, that’s definite, for him, EOMER: And Eastern Rome morphs into one of the brave Rohirrim! RADAGAST: Starts radical – appalled, he sounds! No ire, though, ’neath his ’lids. EREBOR: Just change the first for mints and sweets we ate when we were kids. RICHES: This word means wealth or treasures, that are used for good or ill, SILMARILS: And for these things, so wondrous fair, unnumbered tears will spill. PAIRS: Saruman - Olorin Azog's Kinsman - Nori Shelob - Iorhael Silmarils - Radiance of the Trees Nerwen's Phial - Evening Star's Light Elessar - Trahald Eggshell - Riches Faramir - Conin en Annun Theoden - Eomer Erebor - Arkenstone No-one - Radagast * * And actually, you can reverse this pair and it still works - he constrains no-one and is constrained by no-one. ... THRAIN is ONE of the TWO kings referred to in the clue. Mixed with an obscure British king, it will give you a THIRD king, which is the answer. Monty Python brought us CONFUSE A CAT and MYSTIFY A MOLE. But who, besides the Great Goblin, brought us CONSTRAIN A DWARF? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 10-05-2022 at 06:23 PM.