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Mithalwen · 09-18-2012, 11:55 AM

Sprang up but lost direction could be replacedby bloomer loses direction if it helps...

Galadriel55 · 09-18-2012, 12:41 PM

Oy... Rivers, bloomers, physics homework one on top of the other... My head is amess.

Is it Mallor?

Mallos - S (south) + R (river)?

I don't know. I have to think some more.

Mithalwen · 09-18-2012, 01:46 PM

Only the solution is a middle earth thing. Remember that the alternate clues give the same answer. I thiny you may be trying too hard since I don't know who Mallor is (bad Tolkienista).

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 09-18-2012, 01:51 PM

The second part of the clue is rose - e. So we have the scion of a noble house whose name ends in ros. There are three possible answers and I can't work out how to achieve any of them from 'sacred flower'. I think it's Maedhros, but the only reference I can find to maedh being sacred is in the name of St Maedhog, Bishop of Ferns.

Mithalwen · 09-18-2012, 01:57 PM

Yes it is -ros but not that one and the first bit is really straightforward. At least to me...

and seemingly there are even more things I don't now about than I ever imagined... Bishop of Ferns..who'd a thunk it?

Galadriel55 · 09-18-2012, 02:20 PM

Ah. As usual, I have been looking for precisely the wrong things in exactly the wrong places.

I'm fairly certain I know the -ros guy, but I won't steal it from Squatter who has really done all the work.

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Originally Posted by Mith

I thiny you may be trying too hard since I don't know who Mallor is (bad Tolkienista).

I had no clue who he was either. I was guessing-and-checking various letter combinations that could be formed from ME flowers, and I got that. Apparently he's a king of Arthedain.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 09-18-2012, 02:32 PM

Elros seems like the most likely candidate then, but that answer makes no sense.

Mithalwen · 09-18-2012, 02:58 PM

I can't see why. It isn't. Had been Elros I would have had something about the Spanish in there... Galadriel you have done your share too...

09-18-2012, 11:55 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Sprang up but lost direction could be replacedby bloomer loses direction if it helps... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-18-2012, 12:41 PM	#2
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,558	Oy... Rivers, bloomers, physics homework one on top of the other... My head is amess. Is it Mallor? Mallos - S (south) + R (river)? I don't know. I have to think some more. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

09-18-2012, 01:46 PM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Only the solution is a middle earth thing. Remember that the alternate clues give the same answer. I thiny you may be trying too hard since I don't know who Mallor is (bad Tolkienista). __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-18-2012, 01:51 PM	#4
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	The second part of the clue is rose - e. So we have the scion of a noble house whose name ends in ros. There are three possible answers and I can't work out how to achieve any of them from 'sacred flower'. I think it's Maedhros, but the only reference I can find to maedh being sacred is in the name of St Maedhog, Bishop of Ferns. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

09-18-2012, 01:57 PM	#5
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Yes it is -ros but not that one and the first bit is really straightforward. At least to me... and seemingly there are even more things I don't now about than I ever imagined... Bishop of Ferns..who'd a thunk it? __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-18-2012, 02:32 PM	#7
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Elros seems like the most likely candidate then, but that answer makes no sense. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

09-18-2012, 02:58 PM	#8
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	I can't see why. It isn't. Had been Elros I would have had something about the Spanish in there... Galadriel you have done your share too... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace