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Old 01-07-2016, 03:58 PM   #1
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A smorgasbord of Hobbits!
One might be forgiven for thinking you want to eat them...
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As to the Elves, what of a Nomenclature of Elves? A Dialect of Elves?

Or, if that's too on-the-nose, how about Dwarves? A quarry of Dwarves?
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As to the Elves, what of a Nomenclature of Elves? A Dialect of Elves?

Or, if that's too on-the-nose, how about Dwarves? A quarry of Dwarves?
An Elder of Elves? A Delving of Dwarves?
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An Elder of Elves? A Delving of Dwarves?
No, as I already stated, it is a grumble of dwarves.
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No, as I already stated, it is a grumble of dwarves.
That is pretty appropriate.

And in keeping with the trend, a Banquet of Hobbits.
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That is pretty appropriate.

And in keeping with the trend, a Banquet of Hobbits.
I am beginning to see the theme of a potential werewolf game coming together here...
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One might be forgiven for thinking you want to eat them...
My thought exactly.

A gluttony of hobbits.
A silmarillion of elves.
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A hobbit of hobbits, of course.

Also, all your devourings of races sound like ASOIAF titles. Perhaps if GRRMartin wrote LOTR...
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A hobbit of hobbits, of course.

Also, all your devourings of races sound like ASOIAF titles. Perhaps if GRRMartin wrote LOTR...
...it would never have been finished.
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