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Old 06-26-2019, 03:57 PM   #1
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Glancing at Stone giants - Finally a Credible Source opened my eyes to so much that I hadn't realized before!

  • stone giants = giants made of stone
  • wood elves = Entings?
  • high elves =
  • fair elves = highly employed as referees
  • Horsemen of the North = thick-coated centaurs?
  • half orcs = right, left, top, bottom...?
  • mountain trolls = If they were to lie down, would it create a new mountain range?
  • nameless things = kind of an oxymoron
  • cold drakes = probably should stand closer to 'children of the sun' as not to shiver
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... does this mean you can finally tell us what, exactly, a 'Tom Bombadil' is?

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Old 06-26-2019, 05:26 PM   #2
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So, if wood-elves are made of wood, that means they weigh the same as a duck... so BURN THEM!
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Old 06-26-2019, 08:34 PM   #3
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So...

... does this mean you can finally tell us what, exactly, a 'Tom Bombadil' is?

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Two 'well reasoned' theories:


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So, if wood-elves are made of wood, that means they weigh the same as a duck... so BURN THEM!
Witch...I mean which elves, as surely sea elves would come to their brethren's rescue?
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Old 06-27-2019, 02:02 AM   #4
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Hello Huinesoron!

Two 'well reasoned' theories:
Excellent as those theories are, neither of them make the least mention of bombs ordill (or, indeed, TomToms). Alas, I can only give them a Stone Giant Credibility Rating of 3.7.

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