6 Degrees of Separation

[Huinesoron]

Well, Lalaith > Turin > Tuor > Maeglin springs to mind, by way of the cousins passing on the road.

Hurin was around for Lalaith's childhood, right? And he visited Gondolin and would have met Maeglin. So can I just have Lalaith > Hurin > Maeglin?

hS

[Urwen]

Those answers are both acceptable, but I kinda like the first one better.


You're up.

[Huinesoron]

Thanks! Let's move on from your favourite character to one of my bizarre obsessions: the Witch-Queen of Numenor theory (using the term 'theory' loosely).

Tar-Telperien -> The Witch-King of Angmar

Without going through Sauron, I can do it in six solid steps, or five with an assumption in the middle. Perhaps you can do better!

And as a bonus round of sorts, the one I can't get below 8: Tal-Elmar (of Tal-Elmar) to Borlas (of The New Shadow). Would love to see any solutions that use less names, even if they don't hit 6 and qualify for this game.

hS

[Urwen]

That's a hard one without going through Sauron....

[William Cloud Hicklin]

Okay, Ill give it a crack.

1. Tar-Telperien was the mother of
2. Tar-Minastir, who came to the aid of
3. Gil-Galad, whose other sub-commander in that war was
4. Elrond, in whose house dwelt
5. Glorfindel, who at Fornost routed and prophesied the destruction of
6. The Witch-King

(If one assumes Glorfindel was already present and was one of G-G's generals, we can skip Elrond)

Alternative:

3. Gil-Galad, who received two Rings from
4. Celebrimbor, who also made the Ring of the
5. Witch-King

[Huinesoron]

That's the one I got, sure enough (though I believe Minastir was her nephew, not her son), including the 'can we assume Glorfindel met Gil-Galad' potential shortcut.

Over to you, William!

hS

[William Cloud Hicklin]

All right:

SAURON -> LEGOLAS, without using ANY members of the Fellowship or Council of Elrond.