Hmm, which would rule out Barahir and Beren as the last pair... would Bombadil fit the theme because he is explicitly fatherless?

hS

I dunno, but that's the only name which features all the highlighted letters.


I'll dig more.


Nope, found nothing else to match.

...B... Pub locks out of order.
BUNGO: Mosquito absent but confused.
...M... Fan's friend paid only a fifth of my price.
BILBO: Note in stirred hot water.
BARD: ...with a bowstring for a harp.
BEREGOND: Hammer scrambles hard worker.
BAIN: Dwalin's brother loses way.
BERGIL: Half as tall as old.

Indeed!

Yes, Bombadil is the fatherLESS. Not sure what your logic is for your first statement...

Can't find any B character who matches the last two clues.....

'Neither of them has an M'.

... unless of course 3 is BEREN ERCHAMION, because Frodo lost only one finger, while he lost all 5.

I can see bar in BARAHIR, for pub, but can't get 'locks' from the last 4 letters.

hS

The only other one with a 'bar' in his name is Barliman Butterbur.....

Also, I've already made a new password set. I think you'd like the theme of my next one.

Which it, of course, is, because turns out not that many B father/son characters have M's in their names!

It's a scramble of HAIR.



BARAHIR: Pub locks out of order.
BUNGO: Mosquito absent but confused.
BEREN ERCHAMION: Fan's friend paid only a fifth of my price.
BILBO: Note in stirred hot water.
BARD: ...with a bowstring for a harp.
BEREGOND: Hammer scrambles hard worker.
BAIN: Dwalin's brother loses way.
BERGIL: Half as tall as old.

Theme: Fathers and Sons, Start with B
Password: Bombadil the Fatherless


I hope you enjoyed this one. From my side it was fun to see you try to find the themes and not wholly believe everything would just start with a B. Not quite the same level as the square passwords, but I thought a double theme is a neat idea.

Anyways, over to Urwen now. You got us all licking our lips with that promise. :p

Then, I won't keep you waiting


1. A way loses its tail, and a great Mannish warrior is revealed
2. A man of skill, but this is merely one of his names
3. He is like a rose, mixed up
4. Take a surname of famous writers and replace the ending with an article. (For him)
5. Disturbed, faint light is inside (He appears)

3. Saeros - near anagram of "a rose"?

It's AS+ROSE, actually, but the answer is correct




1. A way loses its tail, and a great Mannish warrior is revealed
2. A man of skill, but this is merely one of his names
SAEROS: He is like a rose, mixed up
4. Take a surname of famous writers and replace the ending with an article. (For him)
5. Disturbed, faint light is inside (He appears)

4. Famous writers in plural makes me think Bronte... Brodda? Doesn't make sense for an article.

Also, the theme would then be "the jerks of Middle-earth (and specifically to the House of Hador)". :D

Brodda is incorrect, and so is the theme. I very much doubt the solution to the first clue is a jerk - just the opposite, in fact. Also, #1 is of the House of Hador, so why would they be a jerk towards their own house?


For #4, think fairy tales.....

Ah, Grima from Brothers Grimm.

I wasn't really serious about the theme but it would have been a fun one. :)

2. Curunir / Saruman?

1. A way loses its tail, and a great Mannish warrior is revealed
SARUMAN: A man of skill, but this is merely one of his names
SAEROS: He is like a rose, mixed up
GRIMA: Take a surname of famous writers and replace the ending with an article. (For him)
5. Disturbed, faint light is inside (He appears)


Now, the remaining two are the main reasons I picked this theme in particular. The other three just happened to fit the theme (and had the necessary letters for the password)

Thoughts on #1
 

Well, you revealed that that one is of the House of Hador, so there are limited options but I can't get any to fit the clue, and I don't think ranting them off is fair.

The other thing is that the password seems to be Hurin, Turin, or Durin. Neither contains the first letter for the other Man, so these can tentatively be ruled out. Still not sure what the theme is, aside from possibly shady characters (NOT jerks, fine :p), and the younger branch of the house doesn't fit well with that.

So... how about #1. Tuor and Password = Turin?

Both correct.


TUOR: A way loses its tail, and a great Mannish warrior is revealed
SARUMAN: A man of skill, but this is merely one of his names
SAEROS: He is like a rose, mixed up
GRIMA: Take a surname of famous writers and replace the ending with an article. (For him)
......N: Disturbed, faint light is inside (He appears)


Figuring out the theme might help you find the final one.

Can you explain how the Tuor clue works? I still don't see it.

The closest I can get to tying all these people together is being [nearly], literally or figuratively, stabbed in the back.

Not a very solid guess.

Way = Route. Take away it's tail, ie E, and you get Tuor.


As for the theme, it functions the same way your fathers and daughters theme does. There are three pairs of characters. Two of the people in those pairs did to other half of those pairs what was done to the final person.


This is the closest I can tell you without giving it completely away....

Turin killed Saeros.
Grima killed Saruman.
Maybe one of the remaining answers killed the other?

Wasn't Tuor granted immortality to be with Idril?

Thanks!



Edit: ah, never mind, gotta be someone Tuor killed, not the other way around. MAEGLIN?

See, I knew you guys would figure it out





TUOR: A way loses its tail, and a great Mannish warrior is revealed
SARUMAN: A man of skill, but this is merely one of his names
SAEROS: He is like a rose, mixed up
GRIMA: Take a surname of famous writers and replace the ending with an article. (For him)
MAEGLIN: Disturbed, faint light is inside (He appears)


Theme: Killers and their victims.
Password: Turin


My next clue was gonna be a reference to 'Tidbits of Curiosity' thread.


Anyway, hope you enjoyed the clues and the theme......

I like the theme, it's original and a little outside the box. Kudos to Pervinca for figuring it out!

You know the drill. The next one is yours. Make it a good one.

One last thing. The final one was supposed to go GLEAM (rearranged) + IN for the cryptic part

This one is a little more back to the basics, but I don't think the topic has been done before.



1. A rough bunch note a number of weapons and one, a mess.
2. Jaw cracker darkened flower.
3. Smeagol drops Latin for Irish, after undergarment on fire.
4. Cry inside two articles, with (and without) direction.
5. Point trinket haphazardly to stream.

Have been out of the loop for a few days helping out a friend ... sorry I missed so much. Fantastic passwords and I *loved* the B-named fathers and sons. It was all solved by the time I got back, but was the fan Sam, (Frodo's biggest fan), and Frodo was also his fan's friend?

Did you like mine too? I'd say it's the one I am most proud of.

Of course! I said fantastic passwordS. Was it your first themed one, too?

4. Could be the cry O between THE and German accusative DEN, (Theoden), but not sure about the direction.

5. NNE + ring almost gives Nenning.

Thanks! As I said earlier, it was inspired by your paired passwords. It was a great fun to make.

The fan is Sam, who keeps admiring Beren, and the fan's friend is Frodo.

Neither guess is correct, but this one has the right idea.

If something streams, it's RUNNING ...

Or it's just a stream.

Nope. The second. There was one before, but it wasn't as remarkable as this one.

Was the first before the one with Maeglin as the password?

Yes.