Quote Game-Part 7

[-elfearz-]

"Alas/!/I/cannot/foresee/it/,
/and/how/it/may/come/to/pass/is/hidden/from/me/.
/Yet/with/your/hope/I/will/hope/.
/And/the/shadow/I/utterly/reject/.
/But/neither/,/lady/,/is/the/Twilight/for/me/;
/For/I/am/mortal/,/and/if/you/will/cleave/to/me/,
/Evenstar/,/then/the/Twilight/you/must/also/renounce."

Aragorn

[Valandil]

All correct elfearz... your go! :)

[-elfearz-]

Short, easy one - elfearz was too lazy to make the 20 step trek to her Tolkien books, so google-searched a quote :o:p

"Y_u_/f_e_/c_m_/f_o_/t_e/_a_e_s_d_/a_d/_p/_h_/w_t_r/_o_/c_m_/w_t_o_t/_/d_u_t."

[Valandil]

"Your /f_e_/ came from the /lake_s_d_/ and up the water you came without a doubt."

sounds Smaugish to me. :)

[-elfearz-]

"Your /f_e_/ came from the /_a_e_s_d_/ and up the water you came without a doubt."

Smaugish it is ;)

[Valandil]

oh-oh-oh... 'feet' and 'waterside'! :)

[-elfearz-]

oh-oh-oh... 'feet' and 'waterside'! :)
yes! :D
your turn

[Valandil]

OK - a short one from me. In the "famous last words" category... :p

"A_o_/!/I_/y_u/_r_/i_/c_m_/o_t/!
/_r/_s/_h_/p_a_/i_/t_e/_a_l_y/_o_/r_u_h?"

[Midge]

OMG! I am so sorry guys! You can totally exile me if you want to. I just was consumed by too much stuff! *Smacking self in forehead*

[Valandil]

Sorry - that's incorrect on the quote... :p ;)

(in other words - don't worry about it Midge... happens all the time. When we get tired of waiting, someone checks it and acts appropriately :) )

[Serenoli]

If you are in, come out!

[Valandil]

That part is correct, Serenoli. :)

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Ahoy. Or is the plan in the

[Valandil]

'Ahoy' and 'plan' are not correct - and of course, Serenoli's part belongs after that first word that is not 'ahoy'. :)

[-elfearz-]

or is the play in the valley too rough

[Valandil]

That part is good elfearz.

All we need is the first word and speaker. :)

[-elfearz-]

Azog!

um...i guess it's that dwarf guy. was it nain?

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Thrain?

[Valandil]

elfearz - you were all correct! It was Azog and Nain. Your turn. :)

[Rían]

I love that golf story!! :D

*waits for next quote*

[Valandil]

I love that golf story!! :D

*waits for next quote*

psst... different goblin! :p

[Rían]

(but it reminded me of that golf story!)

[-elfearz-]

"O_e/_e_t/_s/_f/_h_r_/w_s/_n/_n_r_o_s/_e_l/_e_i_d/_h_m/,/_i_l_d/_p/_i_h/_g_s/_f/
_e_o_y/_n_/l_n_/,/s_o_/,/s_e_d_/t_i_k_n_/;/b_t/_h_i_/s_r_a_e/_a_/s_a_k_i_g/_i_h/
_h_/p_e_e_t/:/_i_e/_u_/s_i_m_r_n_/o_/t_e/_u_e_/l_a_e_/o_/a/_a_t/_r_e/,/_r/_n/_h_/
r_p_l_s/_f/_/v_r_/d_e_/l_k_/./"

[Rían]

one left as if there was an ? ? behind them, ? up with eggs :D of
? and long, stop, ? thinking; but ? ? was snackling :D with
the ? : time but .... ah rats!

wow, I'm rusty at this :(

[Radagast The Brown]

"One felt as if there was an enormous /_e_l/ behind them, filled up with ages of
_e_o_y and long, s_o_, steady thinking; but their surface was sparkling with
the present: like /_u_/ s_i_m_r_n_/on the _u_e_/leaves of a/_a_t/tree, or in the repulse(?) of a very deep lake."

[-elfearz-]

Close, RtB :) - though I must admit I prefer Rian's version with eggs & snackling :D

"One felt as if there was an enormous /_e_l/ behind them, filled up with ages of
_e_o_y and long, s_o_, steady thinking; but their surface was sparkling with
the present: like /_u_/ s_i_m_r_n_/on the _u_e_/leaves of a/_a_t/tree, or _n the r_p_l_s of a very deep lake."

[Valandil]

"One felt as if there was an enormous well behind them, filled up with ages of
memory and long, slow, steady thinking; but their surface was sparkling with
the present: like sun shimmering on the /_u_e_/ leaves of a /_a_t/ tree, or on the ripples of a very deep lake."

[Rían]

ah, rats - one of them 'obbits - um, Pippin?

and "quiet" and, um, how about a "tart" tree? :D

*goes off in search of food*

[-elfearz-]

What Val said: Yes
Quiet: Yes
Pippin: Yes
Tart tree: No :p

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Vast and shouldn't it be outer not quiet?

[-elfearz-]

Vast and shouldn't it be outer not quiet?
Yes, and yes :o
Your go

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

"N_i_h_r/_h_l_/w_./I_/t_i_/i_/a/_e_t,/_h_n/_t/_s/_o/_i_t_r/_o_/l_u_h_e_./N_y,/_t/_s/_h_/l_s_/m_v_/i_/a/
_r_a_/j_p_r_y,/_n_/f_r/_n_/s_d_/o_/t_e/_t_e_/i_/w_l_/b_i_g/_h_/e_d/_f/_h_/g_m_."

[Count Comfect]

Neither shall we. If this is a test, then it is...

[Rían]

"Neither shall we. If this is a jest, then it is to(o)? bitter for laughter. Nay it is
the last move in a ? je(o?)pardy, and for one side or the other it will bring the end of the game."

oh rats, which one? :mad: *headdesk* Gandy or Aragorn ...

um, Gandy?

[Count Comfect]

"great" - Aragorn?

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

All good. You go CC.

[Count Comfect]

Alrighty.

w_/w_l_/n_t/_t_r_/u_t_l/_t/_s/_u_l_/d_r_/./

[-elfearz-]

We will not start until it is fully? dark
?

[Count Comfect]

Quote is correct.

[Radagast The Brown]

Aragorn?

[Midge]

Gandalf I should think...

[Count Comfect]

Radagast has it correct. Your go.

[Radagast The Brown]

"S_e_k/_o/_v_l/_f/_h_/L_d_/G_l_d_i_l/!/_o_/k_o_/n_t/_h_t/_o_/s_y/./_h_r_/i_/
i_/h_r/_n_/i_/t_i_/l_n_/n_/e_i_/,/u_l_s_/a/_a_/b_i_g/_t/_i_h_r/_i_s_l_/./T_e_/
l_t/_i_/b_w_r_/!/B_t/_o_i_h_/I/_h_l_/s_e_p/_i_h_u_/f_a_/f_r/_h_/f_r_t/_i_e/
_i_c_/I/_e_t/_i_e_d_l_/./A_d/_a_/I/_l_e_/d_e_/,/a_d/_o_g_t/_o_/a/_h_l_/m_/
g_i_f/!/_/a_/w_a_y/_n/_o_y/_n_/i_/h_a_t/./"

[Rían]

"Speak no evil of the Lady Galadriel! You know not what you say. There is
in her ? in this land no evil, unless a man bring it hither himself. Then
let him beware!

[Radagast The Brown]

Everything is right Rian. :)

[Midge]

in her and in this land; But tonight I shall sleep without fear for the first time since I left Rivendell. And may I sleep deep and forget for a while my grief! I am weary in body and in heart.

S: Aragorn

[Rían]

"and" - what a goofus I am! :o

But tonight I shall sleep without fear for the first time
since I left Rivendell. And may I sleep deep, and forget for a while my
grief! I am weary in body and in heart.

[Valandil]

"Speak no evil of the Lady Galadriel! You know not what you say. There is
in her and in this land no evil, unless a man bring it hither himself. Then
let him beware! But tonight I shall sleep without fear for the first time since I left Rivendell. And may I sleep deep, and forget for a while my grief!
I am weary in body and in heart."

[Radagast The Brown]

Val, did you add anything? :confused: And did you Rian? It seems like Midge solved the last part. The quote's correct and so is the speaker...

[Rían]

She edited in the last part, which wasn't there while I was posting (her edit is later than my post). It looks like all 3 of us were typing at the same time! So I would say it's either Midge or me - my post time beat her edit, but her original post time beat my post (but it didn't have the entire quote).


Your call, Rad! :) What a close race that one was!

[Radagast The Brown]

I guess it's your turn then, Rian! :)

[Rían]

I'll go ahead, then, since I'm on anyway!

"I/_i_/n_t/_i_l/_t/,/_u_/I/_o/_o_/m_u_n/_t./_a_/M_n_o_/j_d_e/_i_/j_s_l_;/
a_d/_f/_v_r/_e/_e_u_n_/t_/t_e/_a_d_/o_/t_e/_i_i_g,/_a_/h_/p_o_e/_i_e_./F_r_w_l_!"/

[-elfearz-]

I did not will it, but I do not mourn it. May Mandos judge him justly; and if ever he returns to the land of the living, may he prove wiser. Farewell!

[Rían]

all right but "land" (there's one more letter at the end) :)

Speaker?

[littleadanel]

... lands? ;)

The speaker I can't remember...

[Rían]

lands, yes!

Speaker, no! ;)

[Radagast The Brown]

Turin? After the annoying elf died. :p

[Rían]

exactly!

("the annoying elf" - LOL!)

Your go, Rad :)

[Radagast The Brown]

:)

"H_r_'s/_u_/c_l_e_t_r/_f/_n_o_m_t_o_/!/A_d/_e/_o_l_c_e_/a/_o_/,/I/_a_/t_l_/
y_u/,/_e_o_e/_e/_a_/f_n_l_y/_a_g_t/./_f_e_/w_i_h/,/_/m_y/_a_/,/h_/s_e_e_/
t_/r_g_r_/h_m_e_f/_s/_/p_r_l_/,/a_d/_r_e_/u_/./"

[Rían]

oh, it's one of the 4 conspirators! Hmm, Merry?

"Here's our collector of information! And he collected a lot, I can tell
you, before he was finally caught. After which, I may say, he seemed
to regard himself as o(n?) parole, and dried up."

[Radagast The Brown]

Right... your turn Rian.

[Rían]

"_a_b_/;/w_/k_o_/n_t/./_o_e/_a_/e_e_/_e_n/_e_n/./_t/_e_r_/c_o_/l_a_e_/
i_/s_m_e_/,/a_d/_l_w_r_/i_/w_n_e_/./I_/i_/f_r/_h_s/_h_t/_e/_r_z_/i_./"

[littleadanel]

"Maybe; we know not. /_o_e/_a_/e_e_/_e_n/_e_n/./_t/_e_r_/c_o_/l_a_e_/
i_/s_m_e_/,/ and /_l_w_r_/ is wonder (?) . It is for /_h_s/ that we /_r_z_/ it."

eh, not a terrific start...

[Rían]

"is wonder" is wrong, but the rest is right :)

[Midge]

"Maybe; we know not. /_o_e/ has ever been /_e_n/. It wears cool leaves
in summer, and flowers in winter. It is for this that we prize it."

S: Curses! I can't think of the one elf's name! I do know who I am talking about! The wonderful elf who escorted the Company into Lothlorien...

[Radagast The Brown]

'flowers', 'none has ever been seen'?

[Count Comfect]

none, seen...

EDIT: Crosspost with Rad. Umm... Galadriel?

[Midge]

Well, when you put it that way, the rest of my quote doesn't really make sense.

Haldir! That is the one. I think he said this quote. :D

[Rían]

not "wears", not "seen"

Speaker wrong...

It's now:

"Maybe; we know not. None has ever been /_e_n/. It /_e_r_/ cool leaves
in summer, and flowers in winter. It is for this that we prize it."

[Valandil]

'bears' probably - but that other word is a toughie!

[-elfearz-]

no idea who said it, but would guess that the last word is "hewn" (since it's about trees and all ;))

[Rían]

bears and hewn are correct!

Speaker?

[Count Comfect]

Celeborn?

[Rían]

nope --

hint - it's an unnamed "they", but you need to guess race and situation....

hint 2 - who liked to cut down trees?

[Serenoli]

orcs like to hew trees... but do they like flowers and cool leaves as well? :confused:

[Midge]

Galadhrim, when Co. was crossing river on ropes

[Rían]

nope -

hint, it's in UT

[-elfearz-]

hint 2 - who liked to cut down trees?
That Numenorean guy who liked ships...with the unfortunate wife - Aldarion? :D

i have no guess for the speaker though

[Valandil]

Ooo - that may throw me on the right track. I was starting to think "Dwarves" (they like to cut things, right? :D ) - but maybe this:

Numenorean Men from the time of Aldarion?

Not sure of any more exact situation though. :confused: :o

[Rían]

right story ... wrong race, Val...

the speakers are discussing a gift ...

[Valandil]

Then is it Elves...??? Talking about Mallorn trees to be introduced on Numenor or something...???

Oops - maybe I shouldn't answer - I'm away for 36-48 hours. But - as much as this thread isn't moving, maybe it's OK - and if I somehow managed to be right, someone else can go if they're impatient. :)

[Rían]

That's correct - it's the Eldar talking to Aldarion as they brought their wedding gifts. They gave him "a sapling tree, whose bark was snow-white, and its stem straight, strong and pliant as it were of steel; but it was not yet in leaf."

He thanked them and remarked that the wood from it must be "precious indeed", and they replied what I quoted.

go ahead when you get back, or someone else can go :)

[Valandil]

OK - so the hint about 'who liked to cut down trees' applied to the one being spoken to - not the speaker. :p

Will try to post later today - but someone else may if they have time and inclination. :)

[Rían]

yes, I was trying to remind people of the story - sorry if it was unclear!

[Valandil]

No problem - I don't think hints (if given) need to be TOO clear anyway. :D

"W_/c_n_o_/g_/a_y/_u_t_e_/.
/I/_m/_f_a_d/_h_s/_a_/b_e_/t_o/_u_h/_o_/F_o_o/.
/_/a_/d_e_d_u_l_/a_x_o_s/_b_u_/h_m/.
/_h_t/_r_/w_/t_/d_/?
/D_/y_u/_h_n_/t_e_/w_l_/b_/a_l_/t_/c_r_/h_m/_n/_i_e_d_l_/,
/i_/w_/e_e_/g_t/_h_r_?"

[Count Comfect]

We cannot go any further. I am afraid this has been too much for Frodo. I am dreadfully anxious about him. What are we to do? Do you think they will be able to cure him in Rivendell, if we ever get there?

[Valandil]

Quote all correct.

Speaker?

[Rían]

Sammy, I think ...

[Valandil]

Not Sam... :)

[Count Comfect]

Pip?

[Valandil]

Not Pippin - any other guesses? Anyone? :p

[Butterbeer]

merry?

[Valandil]

Correct! Your turn BB! :)

(if you haven't posted a quote before, there are some nice tips in the first post of this thread - it's a great game! :) )

[Butterbeer]

thanks :) - yup just read the first paragraph ...seems easy enough

will bang oin in here later!
best,BB :)

[Butterbeer]

"I_/ i_/ o_l_/ t_ _/ t_e_s/ t_a_/ a_ _/ d_n_ _r_ _s/ _ /" a_k_d/ _i_ _i_./

"T_e_e/ a_e /v_ri_u_/ q_e_r /t_in_s/ _i_i_g/ _e_p/ i_/t_e /_o_e_t,/a_d/ o_/t_e/ _a_ /_i-e," /_a_d /_e_r_,/ '_r/ a_/ l_a_t/ _ /h_v_ /h_a_d /_o/; /_u_/ _ /h_v_/ n_v_r/ _e_n/_n_/ o_/ t_e_/. /_u_/ _o_e_ _i_ _ /m_ke_/ _a_h_.

:D


**edit**edit**

oops- better go make a copy of this ere i forget - half have already!! :o :rolleyes:

hah- just got to 95!! private messages by pm'ing myself the answer! :D

[-elfearz-]

"Is it only the trees that are dangerous?" asked Pippin.

"There are various queer things deep in the forest, and on the _a_/_i_e," said Merry, "or at least I have heard so; but I have never seen any of them. But something makes/_a_h_"

[Butterbeer]

... hang on .... gotta go check .... :rolleyes:

edit** rushes back in ...

correct so far! :cool:

[-elfearz-]

far side? :confused:

[Butterbeer]

i usually am ... ;)

yes. :)

btw - belated happy 21st birthsday elfearz :)

i don't think we have mooted together before?

best, BB

[Valandil]

not "oaths" - is it? :confused:

[Butterbeer]

mmm ...cunning how i hid the speakers, huh? :o :D :p

the final question then will be who other than them mysterios two speakers spoke next ...

is that ok do you think? :)

[-elfearz-]

or paths? :confused:

thanks BB! :D no, I dont think we have...I've been sort of sporadically around here for...a long time :p

[-elfearz-]

mmm ...cunning how i hid the speakers, huh? :o :D :p

the final question then will be who other than them mysterios two speakers spoke next ...

is that ok do you think? :)

that's tricksy! :p
alternatively, Valandil can just go since he got the last word :p
either way :)

*counts to 90 :rolleyes:*

[Butterbeer]

not "oaths" - is it? :confused:

nope! :D

edit** - 90 second rule - yes paths it is ...

correct! :)

ok i gotta a find out who spoke next ... :o

what a numbskull i am! ;)

anyway -please guess the next speaker since i messed up!

[Valandil]

Actually BB- once the final part is solved, the one who solves the last piece gets to post next.

I'm guessing that elfearz was right - her answer definitely sounds better than mine.

And yes - we generally leave out the names of who said it - and guessing the speaker is part of the game - and we generally stick with a single quote, rather than a matched pair. :)

[-elfearz-]

oh :p um...
someone other than the 2 speakers did u say? well i have a 50% chance of being right! :p

Frodo?

[Butterbeer]

ya lives and learns ...

... as my old ------ used to say ! :D ;)

best BB

oh well -who won then?

[-elfearz-]

oh - crossposted!

*confused* is it my go then, or are we still guessing speakers? :)

[Butterbeer]

you asking me?? :confused:

actually gw's online link to the story had gone down- so i have no idea.

you got paths though!

lets keep it simple :p

first one to reply with both the speakers wins!!!

[-elfearz-]

lets keep it simple :p

first one to reply with both the speakers wins!!!
:p
Do you mean the two speakers who spoke after? (at a wild guess, Frodo & Merry?)

Or did you mean the two speakers in your quote? :p (Pip & Merry :D)

[Butterbeer]

That's a secret! :evil:
either way you are the winner Elfearz!!! :D

Your go!

blimey though - how do you do that??? I mean i was getting lost just looking at my own clue and even had to go pm the answer to myself before i forgot it - and you just come up with the answer?

Incredible! :cool:

[-elfearz-]

That's a secret! :evil:
either way you are the winner Elfearz!!! :D

Your go!

blimey though - how do you do that??? I mean i was getting lost just looking at my own clue and even had to go pm the answer to myself before i forgot it - and you just come up with the answer?

Incredible! :cool:
I needed a PM just to remind me to come post here :o (thanks Valandil!)...and I have forgotten my own quotes before too!

"C_u_a_e/_i_l/_o_/b_/y_u_/b_s_/d_f_n_e/_g_i_s_/t_e/_t_r_/t_a_/i_/a_/h_n_/-/t_a_/a_d/_u_h/_o_e/_s/_/b_i_g/./_o_/n_t/_l_/t_e/_i_i_g_/t_a_/I/_r_n_/a_e/v_l/./_u_/l_a_e/_o_r/_r_w_l_/a_d/_h_r_e_/y_u_/s_o_d_/!/"

[Rían]

"C_u_a_e/_i_l/_o_/b_/y_u_/b_s_/d_f_n_e/_g_i_s_/t_e/_t_r_/t_a_/i_/a_/
h_n_/-/t_a_/a_d/_u_h/_o_e/_s/_/b_i_g/./_o_/n_t/_l_/t_e/_i_i_g_/
t_a_/I/_r_n_/a_e/v_l/./_u_/l_a_e/_o_r/_r_w_l_/a_d/_h_r_e_/
y_u_/s_o_d_/!/"[/QUOTE]


Crusade(?!) will not be your best defense against the story/start/stern/argh! that is at
hand - that and such ? as I bring. Not not :D all the ?
that I bring are (e)vil. But leave your ? and ....

argh! Several weird and vague ideas, but missing a lot ...

[Sister Golden Hair]

I needed a PM just to remind me to come post here :o (thanks Valandil!)...and I have forgotten my own quotes before too!

"C_u_a_e/_i_l/_o_/b_/y_u_/b_s_/d_f_n_e/_g_i_s_/
t_e/_t_r_/t_a_/i_/a_/h_n_-/t_a_/a_d/_u_h/_o_e/_s/_/b_i_g/./_o_/n_t/_l_/t_e/
_i_i_g_/t_a_/I/_r_n_/a_e/v_l/./_u_/l_a_e/_o_r/_r_w_l_/
a_d/_h_r_e_/y_u_/s_o_d_/!/""C_u_a_e will not be your best defense against the storm that is at hand-that and much more as I bring.
For not all the tidings that I bring are ill :confused: But leave your _r_w_l_ and sharpen your swords!"

[Earniel]

"Courage will now be your best defense against the storm that is at hand-that and much more as I bring. For not all the tidings that I bring are evil. But leave your _r_w_l_ and sharpen your swords!"

Gandalf to Denethor.

nassty word, too difficult for uss to find, oh yess preciouss...

[Valandil]

Ah - "trowels" - since the men were repairing the outer walls?

[-elfearz-]

"much more" is wrong..the rest is right :)

[Midge]

gandalf said that!

such hope?

[-elfearz-]

Your go Midge! :D

[Midge]

"Y_t/_h_r_/a_e/_a_y/_h_t/_r_/i_/t_e/_u_l_n_/t_n_u_/./I/_n_w/_h_t/_o_g_e/./_t/_s/
_n/_n_i_n_/s_e_c_/o_/m_n/,/_n_/o_c_/w_s/_p_k_n/_n/_a_y/_e_t_r_/v_l_e_s/_f/_h_/
M_r_/./H_r_/!/T_e_/h_t_/u_/,/a_d/_h_y/_r_/g_a_/;/f_r/_u_/d_o_/s_e_s/_e_t_i_/t_/
t_e_/./'/T_e/_i_g/,/_h_/k_n_/!/'/t_e_/c_y/./'/_e/_i_l/_a_e/_h_i_/k_n_/./D_a_h/_o/
_h_/F_r_o_l/!/_e_t_/t_/t_e/_t_a_h_a_s/!/_e_t_/t_/t_e/_o_b_r_/o_/t_e/_o_t_/!/'/"

Sorry, it's kinda long...

[-elfearz-]

"Yet/there/are/many/that/are/in/the/Dunland/tongue/./I/know/that/tongue/./
It/is/an/ancient/speech/of/men/,/and/once/was/spoken/in/many/western/
valleys/of/the/Mark/./Hark/!/They/hate/us/,/and/they/are/glad/;/for/our/doom/
seems/certain/to/them/./'/The/king/,/the/king/!/'/they/cry/./'/We/will/take/
their/king/./Death/to/the/F_r_o_l/!/Death/to/the/_t_a_h_a_s/!/Death/to/the
/_o_b_r_/of/the/North/!/'/"

:o soooo many errors in there i'm sure!

[littleadanel]

I don't think so... ;)

'Forgoil' and 'Strawheads'... 'robbers'?

[Valandil]

I'm not certain - but is it Eomer?

[Midge]

actually, elfearz, only one: the 2nd 'are' is incorrect.
other than that, the quote's done.

no, it wasn't eomer...

Speaker is not unknown to you, I am pretty sure. You might have to think a bit harder to remember his name, though.

[Count Comfect]

cry in the Dunland tongue

[-elfearz-]

*prepares to start guessing random Rohirrim*

...Erkenbrand? :p

[Valandil]

I looked it up - hoping to speed us up (partly because I couldn't think of a very likely alternative to Erkenbrand).

However - it was not Erkenbrand. But I know now - so I can say if someone guesses the right person. :)

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Gamling

[Valandil]

Gamling it was - your turn TD! :)

[Rían]

*prepares to start guessing random Rohirrim*

...Erkenbrand? :p

"random Rohirrim" - LOL! :D

[Rían]

*bump*

[Rían]

*taps foot*

Oh, TD?! Come back! It's not Star Trek anymore!

[Serenoli]

Maybe, you can post a quote, then, Rian? Or send him a PM, and then wait another day before posting one? Gotta get the game moving, yes? :)

[Radagast The Brown]

I'll post one if no one else does..

"I/_a_k/_h_m/./_u_/I/_a_k_d/_l_o/_h_t/_h_s/_l_/m_n/_a_/a/_a_/n_t/_/h_o_/./
S_i_l/_/d_/n_t/_o_b_/t_a_/y_u/_u_s_/r_g_t/,/_n_/t_a_/w_/a_e/_n/_e_i_/h_r_/,/
b_/n_g_t/_r/_a_/./B_t/_n/_h_/m_a_t_m_/t_e_e/_s/_o_h_n_/t_a_/w_/c_n/_o/
_u_/r_s_/,/w_i_e/_e/_a_/./I/_i_l/_a_c_/f_r/_/_h_l_/n_w/,/_i_l_/./I/_a_e/_o_e/
_e_d/_f/_h_u_h_/t_a_/o_/s_e_p/./"

[-elfearz-]

I mark them. But I marked also that this old man had a hat not a hood. Still I do not doubt that you guess right, and that we are in peril here, by night or day. But in the meantime there is nothing that we can do but rest, while we may(?). I will watch for a while now, Gimli. I have more need of thought than of sleep.

Aragorn, i suppose :)

[Radagast The Brown]

Correct! Your turn elfearz. :)

[Midge]

well, this just kinda puttered out, huh?

[Valandil]

All that's ever needed to kick-start this thread is for someone to step up and post a quote.

Funny though... hard to believe that elfearz let it languish so! :p

Nonetheless:

"A_d/_e/_e_r/_u_d_n_/o_/w_r_h/_e_o_d/_l_/r_c_o_i_g."

[littleadanel]

"And we... ... of worth beyond all reckoning."

Meh... my brain doesn't seem to work properly...

oh, wait... "undone"?

But then it doesn't seem to make sense... somewhere I must be wrong...

[Valandil]

"And we... ... of worth beyond all reckoning."


That part is correct. :)

[littleadanel]

*slaps forehead* Of course not 'undone'... there's one more letter.

Hm, "wear burdens"?

I don't have the faintest idea of the speaker, though...

[Count Comfect]

"Bear" burdens?

[Valandil]

"bear burdens" is correct (NOT as in the burdens are real live bears! :p )- quote is complete.

Anyone got some tries / guesses on the speaker?

[Farimir Captain of Gondor]

For some reason, it sounds like something Eowyn would say. *shrugs*

[Valandil]

Not Eowyn. :)

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Elendur.

[Valandil]

Cor-RECT TD - your turn! :)

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Wasn't expecting that to be right!

"T_i_/i_/a/_h_n_/o_/w_r_h/_e_o_d/_o_r/_e_k_n_n_./F_r/_t'_/a_c_e_t_y/_l_n_./I_/h_s/_o/_o_e_,/s_v_/t_e/
_s_e_m/_n/_h_c_/t_o_e/_o_d/_t/_h_/l_v_/m_/h_u_e./_t/_i_l/_o_/h_l_/y_u,/_u_/i_/e_e_/y_u/_r_/i_/n_e_,/
m_/k_n/_i_l/_a_s_m/_t/_i_h/_r_a_/s_o_e/_f/_l_/t_a_/y_u/_e_i_e."

[Rían]

This is a thing of worth beyond your reckoning. For it's ancientry alone.
It has no ?, save the ? in which those ? it who love my house. It will not help you, but if ever you are in need, my kin will ...

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

All right so far Rian. :)

[Sister Golden Hair]

Wasn't expecting that to be right!

"T_i_/i_/a/_h_n_/o_/w_r_h/_e_o_d/_o_r/_e_k_n_n_./F_r/_t'_/
a_c_e_t_y/_l_n_./I_/h_s/_o/_o_e_,/s_v_/t_e/_s_e_m/_n/_h_c_/
t_o_e/_o_d/_t/_h_/l_v_/m_/h_u_e./_t/_i_l/_o_/h_l_/y_u,/_u_/i_/
e_e_/y_u/_r_/i_/n_e_,/m_/k_n/_i_l/_a_s_m/_t/_i_h/_r_a_/s_o_e/
_f/_l_/t_a_/y_u/_e_i_e."

"This is a thing of worth beyond your reckoning. For it's ancientry alone.
It has no power, save the esteem in which those hold it who love my house. It will not help you, but if ever you are in need, my kin will ransom it with great store of all that you desire."

[Count Comfect]

Gah, it's that king who died in the ice in Forochel, to the ice people...but I can't remember his name.

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

All correct. It is that King who died in the ice in Forochel. Just need a name. :)

[Rían]

Frosty? ;)

No idea ...

[Midge]

beregond?

not what i meant. Barahir?

didn't Aragorn wear that ring?

it was a ring he was referring to, right?

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Frosty? ;)

No idea ...
Not quite. ;)

No Midge none of those answers.

[Radagast The Brown]

Arveduy?

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Correct. Spelling is wrong but I know what you mean. It's Arvedui.

[Radagast The Brown]

"I/_o_'t/_n_w/./_t/_e_m_d/_o/_e/_o/_i_/s_m_h_w/,/_h_u_h/_/c_n'_/e_p_a_n/./
_/w_s/_a_f/_s_e_p/_h_n/_o_/b_g_n/,/_n_/i_/s_e_e_/t_/_o_l_w/_n/_r_m/
_o_e_h_n_/t_a_/I/_a_/d_e_m_n_/a_o_t/./_/d_d_'t/_n_e_s_a_d/_h_t/_t/_a_/
r_a_l_/y_u/_p_a_i_g/_n_i_/n_a_/t_e/_n_/./"

[Valandil]

"I don't know. It seemed to me to fit somehow, though I can't explain.
I was half asleep when you began, and it seemed to follow on from something that I was dreaming about. I didn't /_n_e_s_a_d/ that it was really you speaking until near the end."

[Valandil]

Oh - and 'understand'... is this Frodo?

[Radagast The Brown]

Yeah. Your turn Val. :)

[Valandil]

"T_r_/n_w/_o_t_/a_d/_o_/n_r_h/,
/_o_/I/_i_l/_o_/r_d_/t_/H_t_l_m/;
/_y/_e_r_/d_s_r_s/_a_h_r/_o/_i_d/_h_/s_n_/o_/F_a_o_/,
/m_/f_i_n_s/_f/_l_."

[Sister Golden Hair]

"T_r_/n_w/_o_t_/a_d/_o_/n_r_h/,
/_o_/I/_i_l/_o_/r_d_/t_/H_t_l_m/;
/_y/_e_r_/d_s_r_s/_a_h_r/_o/_i_d/_h_/s_n_/o_/F_a_o_/,
/m_/f_i_n_s/_f/_l_.""Turn now south and not north, for I will not ride to Hithlum; my heart desires _a_h_r to find the sons of Feanor, my friends of old."

Is this Aredhel?

[Count Comfect]

...rather?

[Valandil]

SGH - yours was all correct - and CC supplied the missing word.

Your turn CC. :)

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Hazarding a guess:

Turn/now/south/and/not/north/,
/_o_/I/will/_o_/ride/to/Hithlum/;
/my/_e_r_/d_s_r_s/_a_h_r/_o/_i_d/_h_/s_n_/o_/F_a_o_/,
/my/friends/of/all.

[Count Comfect]

I can't go for at least another day, so if anyone wants to before that, please do so we keep it going. If not, I'll post Monday.

[Count Comfect]

OK then, here goes:

i_'s/_o_/t_/a_k/_s_/a/_u_s_t_o_/,/m_/p_e_i_u_s/,/_e_/,/y_s_/,_e_s_/./
j_s_t/_n_/m_r_/q_e_s_i_n/_o/_u_s_/,/y_s/,/_e_s/./

[Rían]

It's got to ask uss a quesstion, my preciouss, yes, yess, yesss.
Jusst one more quesstion to guess, yes, yess.

Gollum, I guess ;)

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Ooo...tricksy. Using word's that aren't real; very clever, CC. ;)

[Count Comfect]

Tolkien's fault, Gwaimir, not mine. ;)

Rian has it, yessss. Her go, precious.

[Rían]

Well, I got the "my precious" right off, so I just threw in extra letters if there were extra spots! :cool:

OK - here goes! Easy words, but hopefully the speaker will be a bit tough.

"D_/n_t/_h_e_t_n/_e!/_/w_l_/u_e/_y/_w_/j_d_e_e_t/_n/_h_s/_a_t_r,
_s/_n/_l_/t_a_/c_n_e_n_/m_."

[Count Comfect]

Do not threaten me! I will use my own judgement in this matter, as in all that concerns me.

Turin? Just to strike out randomly?

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Helm?

[Rían]

quote correct; speakers not

[Rían]

hint - it's in UT...

[Radagast The Brown]

Errr... Rian? Some more hints perhaps? :D

[Rían]

which race is generally known as stubborn/stiff-necked?

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Isi it Mim?

[Rían]

no, but right race ...

[Radagast The Brown]

Hmmm.... Thorin!

[Rían]

Yes! or actually Gandy quoting Thorin, but that's right :)

Your go :)

[Radagast The Brown]

"S_l_o_/i_/m_/l_f_/h_s/_n_/b_a_/c_m_/o_t/_f/_h_/n_r_h/,/_n_/t_e/_r_s/_r_w_/
o_/t_e/_a_t/_h_r_/./I_/y_u/_o/_o_w_r_/,/p_r_l/_i_l/_r_w/_i_h/_v_r_/m_l_/,/e_e_/
i_/y_u/_i_d/_/p_t_/./"

[Valandil]

"Seldom in my life has any /b_a_/ come out of the north, and the /_r_s/_r_w_/ of the /_a_t/ there.
If you go forward, peril will grow with every mile, even if you find a path."

[Radagast The Brown]

In "of the /_a_t/ there", 'of' and 'there' are wrong... except that everything is correct. :)

[Rían]

has any "brat" come out of the north? ;)

bead, bean? :D

(reminds me of the take-off "Lord of the Beans")

[Gwaimir Windgem]

on the _a_t?

[Valandil]

"Seldom in my life has any boat come out of the north,
and the iris(??) grown on the last shore(??).
If you go forward, peril will grow with every mile, even if you find a path."

[Valandil]

has any "brat" come out of the north? ;)

bead, bean? :D

(reminds me of the take-off "Lord of the Beans")

Yes - I was even thinking 'bear' or 'boar'
And first 'thorn' where I ended with 'shore'.

[Radagast The Brown]

"iris grown" is incorrect. But 'boat' and 'shore' is right... 2 words and the speaker left. :)

[Rían]

So the quote is now (I think):

"Seldom in my life has any boat come out of the north,
and the /_r_s/_r_w_/ on the last shore. If you go forward, peril will grow
with every mile, even if you find a path."

let's see - first missing word "bris"? ;)

[Radagast The Brown]

Oops, sorry: I missed one wrong word, 'last'.. sorry.

[Rían]

So now it's:


"Seldom in my life has any boat come out of the north,
and the /_r_s/_r_w_/ on the /_a_t/ shore. If you go forward, peril will grow
with every mile, even if you find a path."

Is it grows and east?

[Count Comfect]

"east" shore?

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Drawn on the east shore?

[Radagast The Brown]

'east' is right, 'drawn' no.

[Valandil]

'drown'??

[Sister Golden Hair]

"Orcs" and "prowl"?

[Radagast The Brown]

SGH is right. Who's the speaker? :)

[Midge]

Celeborn?

[Radagast The Brown]

No..

[Rían]

Hey, I remember he said it in the movie! ;)

OK, then - Galadriel? (but somehow I think that's wrong ... that darn movie is messing with my mind!)

[Radagast The Brown]

No, not Galadriel. :)

[Midge]

Stab in the dark-- Treebeard

umm.. probably wrong

No, scratch that. I am not even guessing it.
wait, no... Aragorn?

[Radagast The Brown]

No, not Aragorn... though getting closer. :)

[Rían]

is it Boromir?

[Radagast The Brown]

Yes! Boromir it is. :) Your turn Rian..

[Rían]

"I/_m/_h_/c_u_-f_n_e_/,/t_e/_e_-c_t_e_/,/t_e/_t_n_i_g/_l_/.
I/_a_/c_o_e_/f_r/_h_/l_c_y/_u_b_r/."

Speaker should be easy...

[Valandil]

"I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly.
I was chosen for the lucky number."

Mmmmm... sounds like Bilbo! :)

[Rían]

ack, too easy!!!

Yes to all :)

Your go!

[Valandil]

I ALMOST didn't get 'web' and 'fly' :p

"I_/s_i_l/_o_n_s/_b_u_d/,
/_v_n/_o_/t_a_/a_l/_a_/t_r_e_/o_t/_o_e/_h_n/_e_l/.
/_/k_e_/T_o_i_/,/o_/c_u_s_/;/a_d/_/w_s_/I/_a_/b_e_/t_e_e/,
/_u_/I/_a_/a_a_/a_/t_e/_i_e/_f/_o_r/_i_s_/v_s_t/_o/_s/.
/_n_/I/_a_/n_t/_l_o_e_/t_/g_/o_/t_e/_u_s_/:/t_o/_o_n_/,
/t_e_/s_i_/,/t_o_g_/a_/s_x_y-_w_/I/_h_u_h_/m_s_l_/f_t/_o_/a_y_h_n_/.
/W_l_/,/I/_m/_l_d/_o/_a_e/_e_r_/t_e/_u_l/_a_e/./_f/_t/_s/_u_l/.
/_/d_/n_t/_e_l_y/_u_p_s_/t_a_/e_e_/n_w/_o_/a_e/_e_l_n_/u_/a_l/_o_/k_o_."

[Sister Golden Hair]

I ALMOST didn't get 'web' and 'fly' :p

"I_/s_i_l/_o_n_s/_b_u_d/,
/_v_n/_o_/t_a_/a_l/_a_/t_r_e_/o_t/_o_e/_h_n/_e_l/.
/_/k_e_/T_o_i_/,/o_/c_u_s_/;/a_d/_/w_s_/I/_a_/b_e_/t_e_e/,
/_u_/I/_a_/a_a_/a_/t_e/_i_e/_f/_o_r/_i_s_/v_s_t/_o/_s/.
/_n_/I/_a_/n_t/_l_o_e_/t_/g_/o_/t_e/_u_s_/:/t_o/_o_n_/,
/t_e_/s_i_/,/t_o_g_/a_/s_x_y-_w_/I/_h_u_h_/m_s_l_/f_t/_o_/a_y_h_n_/.
/W_l_/,/I/_m/_l_d/_o/_a_e/_e_r_/t_e/_u_l/_a_e/./_f/_t/_s/_u_l/.
/_/d_/n_t/_e_l_y/_u_p_s_/t_a_/e_e_/n_w/_o_/a_e/_e_l_n_/u_/a_l/_o_/k_o_.""It still sounds absurd, even now that all has turned out more than well. I knew Thorin, of course; and I wish I had been there, but I was alas at the time of your first visit to us. And I was not allowed to go on the quest: too _o_n_, then s_i_, though at sixty-two I thought myself fit for anything. Well, I am glad to have heard the full tale, if it is full. I do not really suppose that even now you are telling us all you know."

[Valandil]

Very good SGH - only incorrect words are 'alas' and the 'then' between the two unsolved words.

(and that's a lot of good solving for a long quote like this one)

Say - can you think of a speaker?

[Earniel]

'away' and 'too young they said'

Gimli?

[Valandil]

All correct! Your turn, Earniel! :)

[Earniel]

"I_/ i_/ n_t/ _e_d_d/ _h_t/ _h_/ R_n_/ s_o_l_/ b_/ f_u_d/,/ _o_/ w_i_e/ _t/ _b_d_s/ _n/ _a_t_/ a_d/ _s/ _o_/ u_m_d_/,/ s_i_l/ _h_/ p_w_r/ _h_t/ _t/ _o_d_/ w_l_/ l_v_/, a_d/ _a_r_n/ _i_l/ _r_w/ _n_/ h_v_/ h_p_/./ T_e/ _i_h_/ o_/ t_e/ _l_e_/ a_d/ _h_/ E_f/-/_r_e_d_/ i_/ l_s_/ n_w/ _h_n/ _f/ _l_/./ S_o_/ h_/ w_l_/ b_/ t_o/ _t_o_g/ _o_/ y_u/,/ _v_n/ _i_h_u_/ t_e/ _r_a_/ R_n_/;/ f_r/ _e/ _u_e_/ t_e/ _i_e/,/ _n_/ o_/ t_e/ _e_e_/ h_/ h_s/ _e_o_e_e_/ t_r_e/./ _e/ _u_t / _t_i_e/.

364

[Midge]

"It/is/not/needed/that/the/Ring/should/be/found/,/for/while/it/abides/in/
Earth/and/is/not/unmade/,/still/the/power/that/it/goads/will/live/,/and/
Sauron/will/grow/and/have/hope/./The/might/of/the/Elves/and/the/Elf/-/ friends/is/lost/now/than/of/all/./Soon/he/will/be/too/strong/for/you/,/even/
without/the/great/Ring/;/for/he/rules/the/Nine/,and/of/the/Seven/he/has/
recovered/three/./He/_u_t/_t_i_e/.

[Earniel]

There are a few mistakes, but well done! :)

This is what's correct so far:

"It is not needed that the Ring should be found, for while it abides/_n/
Earth and is not unmade, still the power that it/_o_d_/will live, and
Sauron will grow and have hope. The might of the Elves and the Elf-friends is /l_s_/now than of/_l_/. Soon he will be too strong for you, even
without the great Ring; for he rules the Nine, and of the Seven he has
recovered three. /_e/_u_t/_t_i_e/.

Any guesses on the speaker?

[Rían]

hmmm,

in, holds, less, old, We, must - ahhh, ??!

[Count Comfect]

Elrond?

[Valandil]

last word... 'strike'? (and if not Elrond, is it Gandalf?)

[Midge]

ok, gonna guess "on"

[Earniel]

The complete quote:

"It is not needed that the Ring should be found, for while it abides on Earth and is not unmade, still the power that it holds will live, and Sauron will grow and have hope. The might of the Elves and the Elf-friends is less now than of old. Soon he will be too strong for you, even without the great Ring; for he rules the Nine, and of the Seven he has recovered three. We must strike."

Yes, it was indeed Gandalf.

Midge, you supplied the last missing word, your turn. :)

[Midge]

Yay!

"/I_/i_/a_s_/,/i_/I/_a_/b_/a_l_w_d/_o/r_f_r/_o/_n_i_n_/h_s_o_y/,/
_h_/a_n_v_r_a_y/_f/_y/_r_i_a_/b_/b_r_e_/a_/E_g_r_t_/o_/t_e/_o_g/_a_e/;/
_h_u_h/_h_/f_c_/t_a_/i_/w_s/_y/_i_t_d_y/_l_p_e_/m_/m_m_r_/a_/t_e/_i_e/./
_/w_s/_n_y/_i_t_/-/o_e/_h_n/,/_n_/b_r_h_a_s/_i_/n_t/_e_m/_o/_m_o_t_n_/./
T_e/_a_q_e_/w_s/_e_y/_p_e_d_d/,/_o_e_e_/,/t_o_g_/I/_a_/a/_a_/c_l_/a_/t_e/_i_e/,/
_/r_m_m_e_/,/a_d/_o_l_/o_l_/s_y/,/'/_h_g/_o_/v_r_/b_c_/'/./
I/_o_/r_p_a_/i_/m_r_/c_r_e_t_y/:/_h_n_/y_u/_e_y/_u_h/_o_/c_m_n_/t_/m_/l_t_l_/
p_r_y/./

[Valandil]

"It is also, if I may be allowed to refer to ancient history,
the anniversary of my arrival by barrel at Esgaroth on the Long Lake; though the fact that it was my birthday slipped my memory at the time. I was only fifty-one then, and birthdays did not seem so /_m_o_t_n_/.
The /_a_q_e_/ was very splendid, however, though I had a bad cold at the time, I remember, and could only say, 'thag you very buch'.
I now repeat it more correctly: thank you very much for coming to my little party."

immortal words of Bilbo! :)

[Valandil]

Aha - 'important' of course...

[Valandil]

Ach... and "banquet" :p

[Midge]

Positively correct! It be-ith your turn, Val!

[Valandil]

"G_o_/h_a_e_s/!/_/t_o_g_t/_/h_d/_e_n/_o_h/_a_e_u_/a_d/_l_v_r/.
/_/d_n'_/k_o_/w_a_/G_n_a_f/_o_l_/s_y/.
/_s/_l_/t_e/_h_r_/d_s_u_s_n_/m_/d_p_r_u_e/_h_n?"

[Sister Golden Hair]

"G_o_/h_a_e_s/!/_/t_o_g_t/_/h_d/_e_n/_o_h/_a_e_u_/a_d/_l_v_r/.
/_/d_n'_/k_o_/w_a_/G_n_a_f/_o_l_/s_y/.
/_s/_l_/t_e/_h_r_/d_s_u_s_n_/m_/d_p_r_u_e/_h_n?""Good heavens! I thought I had been both careful and clever. I don't know what Gandalf would say.
Is all the Shire discussing my departure then?"

Frodo?

[Valandil]

All good - your turn, SGH! :)

[Sister Golden Hair]

"T_e_/t_a_/i_/t_e/_o_t/_e_i_o_s/_o_d/_n/_i_d_e-_a_t_./
I/_h_u_d/_e/_r_a_f_l/_o_/t_e/_a_t/_h_y/_a_e/_l_y_d,/_u_/
I/_o/_o_/l_v_/t_e_./Y_u/_a_/t_i_k/_h_m/_o_d_r_u_,/b_u/_/
h_v_/s_e_/a/_r_a_e_/w_n_e_/i_/t_i_/l_n_,/m_r_/b_a_t_f_l/
_h_n/_n_/g_o_e/_r/_l_d_/t_a_/e_e_/g_e_:/m_/h_a_t/_s/
_t_l_/f_l_/o_/i_."

[Valandil]

"Then that is the /_o_t/_e_i_o_s/_o_d/_n/_i_d_e-_a_t_./
I should be grateful for the part they have played,
but I do not love them. You may think them wonderful,
but(?) I have seen a /_r_a_e_/ wander in this land, more beautiful
than any /g_o_e/ or /_l_d_/ that ever grew: my heart is
_t_l_/ full of it."

[Sister Golden Hair]

Everything is right Val, except "wander", but you're very close.

I see I made some errors when posting the puzzle, but you figured out the right things.

[Midge]

wonder, in Middle-Earth

[Valandil]

"Then that is the lost /_e_i_o_s/_o_d/ in Middle-earth.
I should be grateful for the part they have played,
but I do not love them. You may think them wonderful,
but I have seen a greater wonder in this land, more beautiful
than any /g_o_e/ or /_l_d_/ that ever grew: my heart is
still full of it."

is this Gimli?

[Radagast The Brown]

"perilous gold"? :confused:

[Count Comfect]

"good"?

any "grove"?

[Sister Golden Hair]

Here's what we have:

"Then that is the /_o_t/ perilous /_o_d/ in Middle-earth.
I should be grateful for the part they have played,
but I do not love them. You may think them wonderful,
but I have seen a greater wonder in this land, more beautiful
than any grove or /_l_d_/ that ever grew: my heart is
still full of it."

The speaker is Gimli.

[Count Comfect]

most, road

[Sister Golden Hair]

most, road"most" is correct. "road" is incorrect.

[Count Comfect]

food ;)?

[Rían]

toad? ;) ;)

[Valandil]

'lord'?

'glade'?

[Sister Golden Hair]

"glade" is correct Val.

One little word left, and it's not "food", "toad", or "lord." :D

C'mon guys, it's an easy one. :)

[Count Comfect]

"gold?"

[Rían]

good?

[Valandil]

Ah - close Rian - I think it must be 'wood'...??? :)

[Sister Golden Hair]

Ah - close Rian - I think it must be 'wood'...??? :)"wood" it is Val. Your turn. :)