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Gil-Galad · 05-10-2007, 07:13 AM

Then i could say Umbar, i beleive it was still in Gondors hands and it was a growing port city

i must research on what calembel is

Legate of Amon Lanc · 05-10-2007, 07:20 AM

Then look at it first. But I want a good tip why, you know, the destination must have something special about it, so you'd have to pick the city with the really most, most, most attractive (for ME tourists) things in it, whatever it might be. Big city is nice as well, but it doesn't mean people would find it attractive. I suggest you try to imagine a slogan in the agency's catalogue. "Visit big city!" is certainly nothing much. If you live in Minas Tirith for example, you are in a big city as well.

Nerwen · 12-15-2007, 08:46 AM

Well, is it Calembel?

"Visit the chief town of Lamedon... close by the famous green fields of Lebennin... watch the sun set blood-red behind the Pinnath Gelin..." Something like that?

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-15-2007, 08:49 AM

No, it is not Calembel... there is one location that really, ultimately beats the others in the eyes of an early-3rd-age Middle-Earthian...

You only have to figure out why it is (and of course which one it is)

And it is more than just blood-red sunset and beautiful fields with streams...

Nerwen · 12-15-2007, 09:09 AM

In that case is it Umbar? It had that monument to the defeat of Sauron.

It would have to be in the late first millenium, though.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-15-2007, 09:13 AM

Indeed, it's Umbar. I was really wondering if no one knows about the monument.

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Originally Posted by Nerwen

It would have to be in the late first millenium, though.

I couldn't have written, of course, "since year XY" because then it would've been obvious. Nevertheless, as long as Umbar was free, it was in my opinion obviously a destination every citizen of Arnor and Gondor must have dreamt of visiting.

You may continue this thread, Nerwen.

Nerwen · 12-15-2007, 05:47 PM

I'd have guessed Umbar first, only I wasn't sure about the dates.

Who was the father of Roäc?

05-10-2007, 07:13 AM	#1
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Then i could say Umbar, i beleive it was still in Gondors hands and it was a growing port city i must research on what calembel is __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

05-10-2007, 07:20 AM	#2
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Then look at it first. But I want a good tip why, you know, the destination must have something special about it, so you'd have to pick the city with the really most, most, most attractive (for ME tourists) things in it, whatever it might be. Big city is nice as well, but it doesn't mean people would find it attractive. I suggest you try to imagine a slogan in the agency's catalogue. "Visit big city!" is certainly nothing much. If you live in Minas Tirith for example, you are in a big city as well. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-15-2007, 08:49 AM	#4
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	No, it is not Calembel... there is one location that really, ultimately beats the others in the eyes of an early-3rd-age Middle-Earthian... You only have to figure out why it is (and of course which one it is) And it is more than just blood-red sunset and beautiful fields with streams... __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-15-2007, 09:09 AM	#5
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	In that case is it Umbar? It had that monument to the defeat of Sauron. It would have to be in the late first millenium, though. Last edited by Nerwen; 12-15-2007 at 09:17 AM. Reason: Adding a comment

12-15-2007, 08:46 AM	#3
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Well, is it Calembel? "Visit the chief town of Lamedon... close by the famous green fields of Lebennin... watch the sun set blood-red behind the Pinnath Gelin..." Something like that?

12-15-2007, 05:47 PM	#7
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	I'd have guessed Umbar first, only I wasn't sure about the dates. Who was the father of Roäc?