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The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 01-19-2014, 04:29 PM

So now that you've seen it I expect you have a solution. It really isn't all that difficult.

Pervinca Took · 01-19-2014, 06:58 PM

I've just noticed that TOL GALEN is an anagram of LONG TALE. Was this anyone's final destination?

Edit: Having looked it up, it's the Green Isle where Beren and Luthien end their mortal days (which of course has another name meaning the Land of the Dead that Live) ... so their final destination within the Circles of the World. I knew the name well, but couldn't remember what it referred to.

I hadn't looked at this clue for ages, but I think when I first tried it I was expecting it to be an elvish name for one of the tales, as when I tried using "final destination" as the straight part of the clue I was thinking of fairly obvious final destinations like Orodruin, Tol Eressea and Erebor, and I couldn't get them by shuffling "long tale" or anything meaning "long tale."

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 01-20-2014, 07:44 AM

That's the place.

Pervinca Took · 01-20-2014, 12:24 PM

I guess I'd better post another, then:

Exclude also audible success for a flower.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 01-20-2014, 02:24 PM

Baranduin is the flower, which we get by building up bar (exclude), and (also) and uin (audible success).

Pervinca Took · 01-21-2014, 03:54 PM

Indeed it is, and indeed we do. And so over to you again.

By the way, there are a couple of clues left to solve on the latest Password in the other thread.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 01-21-2014, 04:51 PM

Yes, the password. I hadn't in any way decided that those clues were too hard. I'll have a look later when I'm feeling less dense.

Here's a quick clue to keep everyone going while I think about it.

Short array possibly in the south east

01-19-2014, 04:29 PM	#1
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	So now that you've seen it I expect you have a solution. It really isn't all that difficult. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

01-19-2014, 06:58 PM	#2
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	I've just noticed that TOL GALEN is an anagram of LONG TALE. Was this anyone's final destination? Edit: Having looked it up, it's the Green Isle where Beren and Luthien end their mortal days (which of course has another name meaning the Land of the Dead that Live) ... so their final destination within the Circles of the World. I knew the name well, but couldn't remember what it referred to. I hadn't looked at this clue for ages, but I think when I first tried it I was expecting it to be an elvish name for one of the tales, as when I tried using "final destination" as the straight part of the clue I was thinking of fairly obvious final destinations like Orodruin, Tol Eressea and Erebor, and I couldn't get them by shuffling "long tale" or anything meaning "long tale." __________________ "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; 01-19-2014 at 07:15 PM.

01-20-2014, 07:44 AM	#3
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	That's the place. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

01-20-2014, 12:24 PM	#4
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	I guess I'd better post another, then: Exclude also audible success for a flower. __________________ "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."

01-20-2014, 02:24 PM	#5
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Baranduin is the flower, which we get by building up bar (exclude), and (also) and uin (audible success). __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

01-21-2014, 03:54 PM	#6
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Indeed it is, and indeed we do. And so over to you again. By the way, there are a couple of clues left to solve on the latest Password in the other thread. __________________ "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."

01-21-2014, 04:51 PM	#7
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Yes, the password. I hadn't in any way decided that those clues were too hard. I'll have a look later when I'm feeling less dense. Here's a quick clue to keep everyone going while I think about it. Short array possibly in the south east __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

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