6 Degrees of Separation

[Urwen]

Originally Posted by Huinesoron

No, no, I think we can do it (drawing shamelessly on your prior work):

1. Bill was sent on the quest by
2. Elrond, who was the herald of
3. Gil-Galad, who was the son of
4. Orodreth, who was king over
5. Turin, who was kind of mean to
6. Mim.

I wanted to go via Legolas, but you have to use both Thranduil and Oropher to get a confirmed connection to Thingol, and then you don't have space to reach Mim.

Oh, but can we do:

1. Bill was best buds with
2. Sam, who met
3. Celeborn, who was kin to
4. Thingol, who sent out
5. Beleg, who was hated by
6. Mim?

I'm not sure if the Celeborn-Thingol link is strong enough, though.

hS

Off-Topic: What do you think about my latest post in Sil Parody thread?

[Nerwen]

New riddle's up.

Huey, I guess yours work, but what if I told you it can be done without using Sam (or any member of the Fellowship) either?.

[Urwen]

Well, I got it correct the first time, and the rest are just the bonus challenges. So, er, could I continue the game or not?

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Urwen

Well, I got it correct the first time, and the rest are just the bonus challenges. So, er, could I continue the game or not?

Please do! But forgive me for also answering the bonus bonus bonus(...) challenge too.

hS

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Urwen

Well, I got it correct the first time, and the rest are just the bonus challenges. So, er, could I continue the game or not?

Sure.

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Nerwen

New riddle's up.

Huey, I guess yours work, but what if I told you it can be done without using Sam (or any member of the Fellowship) either?.

I would say 'Elrond isn't in the Fellowship'. But okay, how about this?

1. Bill was present when the hobbits met
2. Glorfindel, who was fellow Lord of Gondolin with
3. Tuor, who once on the road met
4. Turin, who was still fairly mean to
5. Mim.

I can't see any way to get anywhere from Barliman Butterbur or Bill Ferny - they seem to lead only back to the Fellowship or Maiar. The Nazgul only take me to Glorfindel again. And I really wanted to use the Watcher in the Water, which took Oin, letting us reach into The Hobbit - but the quickest ways I could pull that off were Bill-Watcher-Oin-Dain-Durin's Bane-Morgoth-Hurin-Mim and Bill-Watcher-Oin-Thranduil-Thingol-Turin-Mim, which are 8 and 7 respectively.

hS

[Nerwen]

Well, I guess that works too. But what I was thinking of was-

1. Bill carried Sam to the Havens to meet
2. Círdan who, back in the Elder Days, sent
3. Gelmir and Arminas to Nargothrond, where they spoke to
4. Túrin who as you mention was really rather mean to
5. Mîm.

[Urwen]

Time for another hard one, ey

Maeglin - > Bereg

Can you connect the traitors?

[William Cloud Hicklin]

Maeglin, son of
Aredhel, daughter of
Fingolfin, uncle of
Finrod, who met
Beor, forefather of
Bereg

[Urwen]

Beor and Bereg didn't have a direct contact, though. Nor are they directly related.