6 Degrees of Separation - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Hakon · 08-17-2009, 06:46 PM

Barliman Butterbur->Bill Fenry->Witch King->Glorfindel

Pitchwife · 08-17-2009, 07:10 PM

Almost what I thought of (indeed one degree shorter than mine). I'll accept it as correct (and bonus points for elegance) if you can give me a quote that proves Bill Ferny met the Witch King himself in person. Otherwise you need one more person to link them (not necessarily one whose name we know, but someone who can be identified by, let's say, three words).

Hakon · 08-17-2009, 07:17 PM

I am guessing this other person is Squint-eyed Southerner. I cannot provide you with a quote that says Bill met the Witch King in person.

Pitchwife · 08-17-2009, 07:46 PM

Yes, it's the Squint-eyed Southerner. For bonus again (and since you said you were guessing) - as the Witch King himself apparently (from Gandalf's report at the Council of Elrond) wasn't involved in the attack at the Prancing Pony, where are we told that he and the SqS had met before?
Anyway, correct answer is Barliman - Bill Ferny - Squint-eyed Southerner - Witch King - Glorfindel, so take the thread!

Hakon · 08-17-2009, 09:34 PM

I thought of one.

Ungoliant->Elrond

Andsigil · 08-18-2009, 04:46 AM

Ungoliant- Melkor - Lúthien - Eärwen - Galadriel - Elrond

(the only one I'm not sure of is the Lúthien-Eärwen connection. They were cousins, but I can't recall an actual passage in which they met. It wouldn't surprise me if I were missing some simpler solution to this puzzle)

skip spence · 08-18-2009, 05:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andsigil

It wouldn't surprise me if I were missing some simpler solution to this puzzle)

How about Ungoliant - Morgoth - Maedros - Elrond?

08-17-2009, 06:46 PM	#1
Hakon Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Twilight Zone Posts: 736	Barliman Butterbur->Bill Fenry->Witch King->Glorfindel __________________ Medicine for the soul. ~Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes

08-17-2009, 07:10 PM	#2
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Almost what I thought of (indeed one degree shorter than mine). I'll accept it as correct (and bonus points for elegance) if you can give me a quote that proves Bill Ferny met the Witch King himself in person. Otherwise you need one more person to link them (not necessarily one whose name we know, but someone who can be identified by, let's say, three words). __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

08-17-2009, 07:17 PM	#3
Hakon Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Twilight Zone Posts: 736	I am guessing this other person is Squint-eyed Southerner. I cannot provide you with a quote that says Bill met the Witch King in person. __________________ Medicine for the soul. ~Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes

08-17-2009, 07:46 PM	#4
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Yes, it's the Squint-eyed Southerner. For bonus again (and since you said you were guessing) - as the Witch King himself apparently (from Gandalf's report at the Council of Elrond) wasn't involved in the attack at the Prancing Pony, where are we told that he and the SqS had met before? Anyway, correct answer is Barliman - Bill Ferny - Squint-eyed Southerner - Witch King - Glorfindel, so take the thread! __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

08-17-2009, 09:34 PM	#5
Hakon Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Twilight Zone Posts: 736	I thought of one. Ungoliant->Elrond __________________ Medicine for the soul. ~Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes

08-18-2009, 04:46 AM	#6
Andsigil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Deepest Forges of Ered Luin Posts: 733	Ungoliant- Melkor - Lúthien - Eärwen - Galadriel - Elrond (the only one I'm not sure of is the Lúthien-Eärwen connection. They were cousins, but I can't recall an actual passage in which they met. It wouldn't surprise me if I were missing some simpler solution to this puzzle) __________________ Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depression in the world consciousness.