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Sister Golden Hair
12-29-2005, 03:50 PM
Here we go with part 7. The same rules apply as before.

Basically, you take a quote and remove every second letter, and put a slash between words. Whoever identifies the last element, be it quote, speaker, or both posts the next one.

example: A_l/_h_t/_s/_o_d/_o_s/_o_/g_i_t_r

answer: All that is gold does not glitter, Gandalf's letter (or Bilbo Baggins)

Anything from the books: The Hobbit, LOTR, the Silmarillion, or Unfinished Tales is fair game.

Suggestions for posting:
Some gamers find this method best, fastest, easiest and most accurate. When you've found your quote, type it all in without blanks, simply using the '/' instead of a space, as well as before and after each punctuation mark. Just after a punctuation mark can be a convenient place for a carriage return, if the spacing looks good. After typing, check for spelling and to see that all the words are correct. Then go through and replace every other letter with an underscore '_' - this goes quickly if you use the 'forward arrow' key to advance, use the 'delete' key and then add the underscore where the letter was.

Oh - and we try our best to solve the quotes without looking them up.


Your turn Val. :)

Valandil
12-30-2005, 08:02 AM
"T_o/?/_/h_v_/d_n_/b_t_e_/,/t_o_g_/n_w/_/m_s_/g_o_e/_o_/s_e_t/_r_o_s/;
/_l_/m_n_/a_e/_o_e/./_e_/I/_a_e/_y/_a_e/_w_n_y/_t/_h_/l_a_t/.
/_u_/t_a_/i_/o_l_/a/_e_/l_a_e_/i_/a/_o_e_t."

-elfearz-
12-30-2005, 09:18 AM
Part 7...already! Aww..

"Two? I have done better, though now I must grope? for spent arrows;
all mine are gone. Yet I make? my tale? twenty at the least.
But that is only a few leaves in a forest."

Legolas?

Valandil
12-30-2005, 07:31 PM
All correct elfearz - even the parts with the "?" marks! :p

Your turn. :)

-elfearz-
12-30-2005, 11:10 PM
:p ok..

“D_m_/t_e/_r_c_s/_n/_/b_i_i_g/_o_l/;/
_o_n_/t_e_/u_/w_t_/a/_h_m_i_g/_o_e/;/
_n_/w_e_/y_u'_e/_i_i_h_d/,/_f/_n_/a_e/_h_l_/,/
S_n_/t_e_/d_w_/t_e/_a_l/t_/r_l_/!/”

Valandil
12-31-2005, 06:49 AM
“Dump the crocks in a boiling bowl;
/_o_n_/ them up with a thumping pole;
And when you're finished, if any are whole,
Send them down the hall to roll!”

Sounds like Dwarf talk to me... I'd say all of Thorin's company except Thorin! :p

Valandil
12-31-2005, 06:50 AM
Oh... and 'pound' for the last word?

Midge
12-31-2005, 05:59 PM
I think it is "when YOU'VE finished"...

-elfearz-
12-31-2005, 10:00 PM
Very good, Val :)
But it is "you've", so it's your go Midge :D

Midge
01-01-2006, 06:26 PM
"M_/a_m_u_/_s/_i_e/_e_f_l_/s_i_l_s/,/_y/_e_t_/a_e/_w_r_s/,/
_y/_l_w_/s_e_r_/,/t_e/_h_c_/o_/m_/t_i_/a/_h_n_e_b_l_/,/m_/
w_n_s/_/h_r_i_a_e/,/_n_/m_/b_e_t_/d_a_h/!/"

Radagast The Brown
01-01-2006, 07:24 PM
"My armour is like/_e_f_l_/shields, my/_e_t_/are swords,/
my/_l_w_/spears, the shock of my/t_i_/a/thunderbolt, my/
w_n_s/a/h_r_i_a_e/,/and my breath death!"

Midge
01-01-2006, 07:54 PM
so far, so good!

Count Comfect
01-01-2006, 08:05 PM
tenfold, teeth, claws, tail, wings, hurricane

This would be Smaug.

Midge
01-01-2006, 09:09 PM
yeppers. :D your turn, then.

Count Comfect
01-04-2006, 03:30 PM
OK. Sorry this is late, I was flying all day yesterday, and packing the day before.

I/_i_/b_s_d_/t_e/_i_e/_n_/t_i_k/
_f/_e_p_e/_o_g/_g_/,/
a_d/_e_p_e/_h_/w_l_/s_e/_/w_r_d/
_h_t/_/s_a_l/_e_e_/k_o_/./

Rían
01-04-2006, 05:16 PM
I ...
of people long ago,
and ? she will see a world
that I shall never know.

Count Comfect
01-04-2006, 05:24 PM
all correct but "she"

Radagast The Brown
01-04-2006, 05:46 PM
"I sit beside the fire and think"?

Midge
01-04-2006, 06:01 PM
I sit beside the fire and think
Of people long ago
And people who will see a world
That I shall never know

Frodo.... or Bilbo? A wise hobbit, anyway.

Count Comfect
01-04-2006, 07:36 PM
The quote is correct.

I need one guess for the speaker, though. No doubling up. :)

Valandil
01-04-2006, 11:47 PM
It was Bilbo - that's an excerpt from a song he sings softly as Frodo prepares to leave Rivendell with the Fellowship.

Count Comfect
01-05-2006, 01:18 PM
Yes. Your go, Valandil. :)

Midge
01-05-2006, 06:30 PM
Well, I just had one anyway...

Valandil
01-07-2006, 05:43 AM
"W_a_/i_/t_i_/,/m_/l_r_/?
/T_e/_o_s_s/_f/_h_/d_a_/a_e/_o/_l_c_s/_o_/t_e/_i_i_g/.
/_n_/w_y/_o/_e_/f_g_t/_e_e/_n/_h_/h_l_o_s/
_h_n/_h_r_/i_/w_r/_n_u_h/_e_o_e/_h_/G_t_/?
/O_/h_s/_u_/e_e_y/_o_e/_v_n/_o/_h_/R_t_/D_n_n?"

Earniel
01-07-2006, 06:11 AM
"What is this, my lord? The Houses of the/dead are no places for the living. And why to/_e_/fight here in the h_l_o_s/ when there is war enough before the Gate? Or has/_u_/every/_o_e/even to the Rath D*nen?"

Gandalf to Denethor, I wager.

Valandil
01-07-2006, 06:36 AM
Your first 'to' and 'every' are not correct. The rest is right so far. You even win the bet about the speaker! :p

-elfearz-
01-07-2006, 07:08 AM
why do men fight here in the hollows?...Or has our enemy come even to the Rath Dinen

Valandil
01-07-2006, 07:12 AM
All good except 'hollows' elfearz - and that's real close! :)

-elfearz-
01-07-2006, 08:15 AM
hallows? it's the only thing i can think of that fits and makes vague sense :p

Valandil
01-07-2006, 08:17 AM
and... it's correct!

Give us one, elfearz! :)

-elfearz-
01-07-2006, 08:30 AM
ok :)

“W_s/_h_r_/e_e_/a_y/_n_/l_k_/h_m/?/_x_e_t/_a_d_l_/o_/c_u_s_/./I/_h_n_/t_e_/m_s_/b_/r_l_t_d/./_y/_e_r/_s_/,/y_u_/p_c_/i_/l_i_g/_y/
_o_r/_e_/,/a_d/_o_/h_d/_t/_n/_o_r/_a_k/_h_n/_/m_t/_o_/./H_/s_w/_t/_l_/t_e/_i_e/_f/_o_r_e/./

Valandil
01-07-2006, 08:38 AM
“Was there ever any one like him?
Except Gandalf of course.
I think they must be related.
/_y/_e_r/_s_/, your pack is lying by your bed,
and you had it in your pack when I met you.
He saw it all the time of /_o_r_e/."

S: Pippin, I believe

-elfearz-
01-07-2006, 08:41 AM
“Was there ever any one like him?
Except Gandalf of course.
I think they must be related.
/_y/_e_r/_s_/, your pack is lying by your bed,
and you had it _n your _a_k when I met you.
He saw it all the time of /_o_r_e/."

:) Yep, speaker is Pippin

Valandil
01-07-2006, 09:23 AM
Is it 'My dear @$$'? (would Tolkien say THAT!? :eek: )

'on your back'

not sure of the other yet...

-elfearz-
01-07-2006, 09:59 AM
Is it 'My dear @$$'? (would Tolkien say THAT!? :eek: )
I think Tolkien meant...donkey...;):p

On your back is right too :)

Valandil
01-07-2006, 10:05 AM
Oh, of course...

Hey... Yeah... 'of course'!! :p

-elfearz-
01-07-2006, 10:11 AM
Oh, of course...

Hey... Yeah... 'of course'!! :p
:D

Your turn Val :p

Valandil
01-07-2006, 11:03 AM
"W_u_d/_o_/t_e_/b_t_a_/t_e/_i_g/?
/_o_/y_u/_n_w/_e_l/_h_/c_a_g_/t_a_/t_e_/m_k_/a_a_n_t/_s/,
/_h_t/_e/_r_/t_a_t_r_/a_d/_p_e_/,
/a_d/_h_t/_n_i_/t_i_/d_y/_t/_a_/b_e_/f_l_e."

-elfearz-
01-07-2006, 11:31 AM
"Would you then betray the king? For you know well the charge that they make against us, that we are traitors and spies, and that until this day it has been false."

Speaker? No idea :p

Valandil
01-07-2006, 02:20 PM
All correct on the quote though. Do you wanna take a wild stab at the speaker?

Radagast The Brown
01-07-2006, 04:03 PM
Elendil?

Valandil
01-07-2006, 04:43 PM
Yes - our great father! ;) Your turn, RtB! :)

Radagast The Brown
01-07-2006, 06:43 PM
"Y_s/./_t/_e_s_/,/y_u/_u_t/_i_h_r/_c_e_t/_h_s/_r_m_s_/o_/c_r_y/_u_/y_u_/
l_w/./_o_/w_l_/g_t/_o/_o_e/./_u_/I/_r_m_s_d/_h_t/_f/_e/_a_e/_o/_e/,/_e/
_h_u_d/_o_/b_/h_r_e_/./A_d/_/w_u_d/_o_/b_/p_o_e_/f_i_h_s_/./"

Earniel
01-07-2006, 07:17 PM
"Yes./_t/_e_s_/, you must hither/_c_e_t/this/_r_m_s_/o_/carry but your
law/. You will get/_o/_o_e/. But I promised that if we have to be, we
should not be h_r_e_/./And I would not be proven f_i_h_s_/."

Radagast The Brown
01-07-2006, 07:36 PM
correction to the last word.. /f_i_h_e_s/. Sorry.. :o

Earniel, you have a few words wrong (the bolded) -
"Yes./_t/_e_s_/, you must hither/_c_e_t/this/_r_m_s_/o_/carry but your
law/. You will get/_o/_o_e/. But I promised that if we have to be, we
should not be h_r_e_/./And I would not be proven f_i_h_s_/."

Which leaves -
"Yes./_t/_e_s_/, you must /_i_h_r/_c_e_t/this/_r_m_s_/o_/carry /_u_/ your
law/. You will get/_o/_o_e/. But I promised that if /_e/ _a_e/ to /_e/, /_e/
should not be h_r_e_/./And I would not be proven /f_i_h_e_s/."

Valandil
01-07-2006, 08:33 PM
"Yes. At least, you must either accept this promise or carry out your
law. You will get no more. But I promised that if he came to me, he
should not be harmed. And I would not be proven faithless."

I think I know who the speaker is... but don't recall his name.

Radagast The Brown
01-07-2006, 08:53 PM
Quote's correct. :) Speaker left.. and I don't want to give hints, but if you don't remember his/her name it probably means it's not the right speaker.. :p

Serenoli
01-08-2006, 01:59 AM
Frodo? to Faramir about Gollum?

Radagast The Brown
01-08-2006, 08:33 AM
Yes. :) Your turn.

Valandil
01-08-2006, 08:46 AM
What? I'm not allowed to forget Frodo's name? :p

You're right though - I was actually thinking of something from The Silmarillion.

Serenoli
01-09-2006, 12:05 PM
'Y_t/_h_/s_m_/,/o_/a_o_h_r/_i_e/_o/_t/,/_/f_y_n_/d_r_n_s_/i_/t_e/_h_p_/
o_/a/_o_s_r_u_/b_r_/,/p_s_e_/o_e_/E_o_a_/t_a_/m_r_i_g/,/_n_/a_l/_e_/
w_r_/s_a_e_/w_t_/f_a_/./F_r/_t/_t_o_e_/u_o_/M_d_s_l_/,/a_d/_s/_t/_a_e/
_o_/,/a_m_s_/t_/t_e/_a_l_/,/t_e_e/_a_e/_/c_y/_h_t/_t_p_e_/o_r/_e_r_s.'

littleadanel
01-09-2006, 12:48 PM
*ponders.....*

'Yet the same, or another _i_e to it, a flying/d_r_n_s_/in the shape
of a monstrous bird, passed over Edoras that morning, and all men
were shaken with fear. For it/_t_o_e_/upon Meduseld, and/_s/_t/_a_e/
_o_/, almost to the /_a_l_/, there gave a cry that stopped our hearts.'

Rían
01-09-2006, 01:17 PM
like,
stooped, as it came

Radagast The Brown
01-09-2006, 05:09 PM
'darkness', 'low'?

Midge
01-09-2006, 05:23 PM
'halls'? a guard of Rohan to Gandalf about the Nazgûl. Can't remember if he had a name, though.

Count Comfect
01-10-2006, 12:06 AM
Hama possibly?

Serenoli
01-11-2006, 01:17 AM
'Yet the same, or another like to it, a flying darkness in the shape
of a monstrous bird, passed over Edoras that morning, and all men
were shaken with fear. For it stooped upon Meduseld, and as it came
low, almost to the /_a_l_/, there /_a_e/ a cry that stopped our hearts.'

Thats how far its correct. Speaker is not a guard of Rohan, not Hama, and its actually said to Theoden. The name is very obscure, and only mentioned once or twice I think, so if the whole quote is correctly given, I may as well award the qoute. But if you guys think that would spoil the fun, then I have no problem! :)

-elfearz-
01-11-2006, 02:52 AM
walls; came?
speaker = that red arrow bearer from gondor? he died, i think; can't remember his name :p

edit - hirgon :confused: rings bells :rolleyes:

Serenoli
01-12-2006, 06:09 AM
walls is wrong, came is correct.

Nope both speakers are wrong, the speaker is a man of Rohan.

Midge
01-13-2006, 05:57 PM
Could it possibly be 'gable?' :confused:

Serenoli
01-14-2006, 02:19 AM
Why, yes, it could very possibly be gable! Its your turn now, Midge, :) and btw the speaker was Dunhere, who was the 'cheftain of the folk of Harrowdale'.

Midge
01-14-2006, 03:40 PM
I/_o/_o_/d_u_t/_h_r_/i_/s_m_/s_a_o_/o_/t_e/_r_a_/D_r_n_s_/l_i_g/_h_r_/
s_i_l/_w_y/_o_t_/;/a_d/_a_/m_m_r_e_/a_e/_a_d_d/_o_n/./_u_/t_e_e/_r_/
h_l_o_/d_l_s/_n/_h_s/_a_d/_h_r_/t_e/_a_k_e_s/_a_/n_v_r/_e_n/_i_t_d/...

Enjoy!

Count Comfect
01-14-2006, 04:43 PM
I do not doubt there is some /s_a_o_/ of the

Radagast The Brown
01-14-2006, 05:53 PM
I do not doubt there is some shadow on the great/D_r_n_s_/lying there
still away north; and/_a_/memories are/_a_d_d/_o_n/./But there are
hollow dales in this land where the darkness has never been/_i_t_d/...

Telcontar_Dunedain
01-14-2006, 06:00 PM
Darkness

Midge
01-14-2006, 07:03 PM
Ok, so we have most of it right. Except the missing words. Only wrong word is the first "on". So:

I do not doubt there is some shadow/o_/the Great Darkness lying there still away north; and/_a_/memories are/_a_d_d/_o_n/. But there are hollow dales in this land where the darkness has never been/_i_t_d/...

Any takers on the speaker?

Telcontar_Dunedain
01-14-2006, 07:05 PM
of, bad, sighted

Midge
01-14-2006, 07:09 PM
yes, yes, no.

-elfearz-
01-14-2006, 09:20 PM
I keep thinking "handed down" and "fitted"...but that all sounds strange and wrong :p

Serenoli
01-14-2006, 11:16 PM
lifted

Midge
01-15-2006, 12:23 AM
You've got all the words in the quote right, now who said it?

btw, it was handed down and lifted.

Telcontar_Dunedain
01-15-2006, 08:44 AM
Theoden perhaps?

Valandil
01-15-2006, 08:46 AM
Was it Aragorn? :confused:

Count Comfect
01-15-2006, 01:26 PM
Thranduil?

Midge
01-15-2006, 05:02 PM
Nope, none of them. Hint: Don't think of people who have names that are hard to remember. It is a pretty main person (though not Aragorn).

Telcontar_Dunedain
01-15-2006, 07:10 PM
Eomer?

Last Child of Ungoliant
01-15-2006, 07:10 PM
treebeard/fangorn

Midge
01-15-2006, 10:02 PM
Way to go, LCoU! Your turn, then.

Last Child of Ungoliant
01-16-2006, 04:46 PM
ages since i've played this, oh well, here goes...
(a nice short one ;))

'H_/i_/a/_m_l_/t_i_g/,/_o_/s_y/,/_h_s/_o_l_m/?/_m_l_/,/
b_t/_r_a_/i_/m_s_h_e_/./W_a_/b_c_m_/o_/h_m/?/_o/
_h_t/_o_m/_i_/y_u/_u_/h_m/?/'

Radagast The Brown
01-16-2006, 04:54 PM
Welcome back. :)

'He is a small thing, you say, this Gollum? Small,
but great in mischief. What became of him? To
that/_o_m/_i_/you/_u_/him/?/'

Telcontar_Dunedain
01-16-2006, 04:55 PM
S: Boromir

Last Child of Ungoliant
01-16-2006, 04:58 PM
thanks RtB :)
all good so far
and, TD, you are right, speaker is Boromir

Midge
01-16-2006, 05:04 PM
'you put him?'

Last Child of Ungoliant
01-16-2006, 05:06 PM
you are correct, midge, jus' one word left now

Midge
01-16-2006, 05:55 PM
did you put him?

Are you sure that it isn't something like "To what form did you put him?" ish...

or "norm", maybe... that doesn't make sense though.

Radagast The Brown
01-16-2006, 06:04 PM
'doom'?

Last Child of Ungoliant
01-16-2006, 06:06 PM
'doom'?
well done, RtB, you go now!

Radagast The Brown
01-16-2006, 06:24 PM
"Y_u/_r_/h_l_/w_s_/,/m_/f_i_n_/W_r_t_n_u_/,/a_d/_r_/d_u_t_e_s/_/g_a_t/
_u_p_r_/t_/y_u_/m_s_e_/./Y_t/_n/_w_/w_y_/m_y/_/m_n/_o_e/_i_h/_v_l/
_i_i_g_/./H_/m_y/_e/_/w_r_e_/o_/e_i_/;/o_/h_/m_y/_e/_u_h/_s/_e_v_s/_e_l/
_l_n_/,/a_d/_o_e_/o_l_/t_/b_i_g/_i_/i_/t_m_/o_/n_e_/./"

Last Child of Ungoliant
01-16-2006, 06:27 PM
You/are/h_l_/w_s_/,/m_/f_i_n_/Wormtongue/

Midge
01-16-2006, 07:26 PM
"You are held wise, my friend Wormtongue, and are doubtless a great /_u_p_r_/ to your master. Yet in two ways may a man come with evil tidings. He may be a worker of evil; or he may be such as leaves well alone, and comes only to bring wit in time of need."

S: Gandalf

Last Child of Ungoliant
01-16-2006, 08:05 PM
support i beleve is the missing word

Valandil
01-16-2006, 08:14 PM
And I believe 'aid' - not 'wit'

-elfearz-
01-16-2006, 09:11 PM
edit. i saw a different quote! must have been on a different page. Silly elfearz :rolleyes:

Radagast The Brown
01-17-2006, 03:57 PM
Correct... Val it's your turn. :)

Valandil
01-20-2006, 01:04 AM
Oops - sorry I forgot about this. :o

"T_a_/i_/g_i_v_u_/,
/A_d/_e_/i_/i_/b_y_n_/a_l/_h_t/_/
d_r_d/_o_e/_n/_h_/d_r_/d_y_/,
/w_e_/i_/s_e_e_/t_a_/t_e/_o_s_/o_/E_r_/w_s/
_u_k/_n/_o_o_r/_e_s/_h_n/_n_/s_e_h_r_'s/_o_/.
/A_d/_h_t/_f/_h_/k_n_'s/_s_u_r_/,/t_e/_a_f_i_g/?
/_o_e_/,/y_u/_h_l_/m_k_/h_m/_/k_i_h_/o_/t_e/_i_d_r_a_k/,
/_o_/h_/i_/v_l_a_t."

Landroval
01-20-2006, 01:40 AM
That is grievous
and yet it is beyond all that I
dared hope in the dark days
when it seemed that the house of Eorl was
sunk in honour less than any sheperd's cot
and what of the king's esquire, the halfling
Eomer, you shall make him a knight of the riddermark
for he is valiant

You missed a "good" in the second line ;).

Valandil
01-20-2006, 01:53 AM
Ah - a new player! :)

You're right. I even double-checked, but I'm sort of woozy with a lingering temp right now (and on some strong medicine besides).

We normally try to work out the quotes without looking them up though.

We still need the speaker.

(Landroval - you might want to check out the information on the game in the opening post)

Radagast The Brown
01-20-2006, 09:59 AM
Eowyn?

Landroval
01-20-2006, 03:17 PM
Oh well: Eowyn talking to Eomer, The house of healing chapter, RotK.

Radagast The Brown
01-20-2006, 04:38 PM
I'll give you the honour of writing a new quite Landroval, if ithe speaker is indeed Eowyn. :)

Valandil
01-20-2006, 08:49 PM
Eowyn is correct, of course. That would make it Radagast's turn, but I see that he has offered it to Landroval. Landroval, you may post next, or defer back to Radagast if you like.

I hope you'll try to post one. Just pick out a quote from the works indicated in the opening post, post as the instructions show - then keep on top of it as the attempted answers come in. :)

Landroval
01-21-2006, 01:58 AM
Courtesy before rules... an elf lord indeed - thanks ;).


Y_t,/_h_u_h/_/k_o_/n_t/_h_,/e_e_/h_s/_a_e/_t_r_/i_/m_/h_a_t,/_n_/c_m_s/

_o/_y/_i_s./_n_/h_d/_/m_/w_l_,/I/_o_l_/g_/i_/s_a_c_/o_/h_m,/_a_h_r/_h_n/

_r_a_/t_i_/d_r_/w_y/o_/d_e_d

-elfearz-
01-21-2006, 02:05 AM
Yet, though I know not why, even his name stirs in my heart, and comes to my lips. And had I my will, I would go in search of him, rather than tread this dark way of dread

:confused:

Valandil
01-21-2006, 02:06 AM
"Yet, though I know not why, ever his /_a_e/_t_r_/ in my heart, and comes
_o/_y/_i_s. And had I my will, I would go in search of him, rather than
_r_a_/ this dark way of dread."

Valandil
01-21-2006, 02:11 AM
Whoa, elfearz! Nice work!


I don't know the speaker offhand either. Can't even come up with a reasonable guess (and just as well... I don't think I could watch over another quote for the next few days).

-elfearz-
01-21-2006, 02:14 AM
Whoa, elfearz! Nice work!
Thanks! :D I think you're right; it's ever, not even :)

I don't know the speaker offhand either. Can't even come up with a reasonable guess (and just as well... I don't think I could watch over another quote for the next few days).
Same - I won't be around much...and I have absolutely no idea about the speaker :p

Landroval
01-21-2006, 03:25 AM
I think you're right; it's ever, not even
It is indeed "ever".

Serenoli
01-22-2006, 01:04 PM
I think its Tuor talking about Turgon... but I also think its from Unfinished Tales, and we're supposed to give quotes only from LotR, Hobbit, and Silmarillion. Thats why it took so long for me to figure it out...

Telcontar_Dunedain
01-22-2006, 01:12 PM
Quotes from UT are fine.

Anything from The Hobbit, LOTR, the Silmarillion, or Unfinished Tales is fair game.

Landroval
01-22-2006, 02:13 PM
Serenoli may post the next quote :)

Serenoli
01-24-2006, 10:58 AM
"E_e_/m_/h_a_t/_i_e_/a_/w_/d_a_/n_a_/t_e/_o_n_a_n_/./T_e_e/_s/_o_d/_o_k/_e_e/.
_h_s/_o_n_r_/h_s/_o_g_/b_n_s/./_/f_l_/t_e_/i_/m_/f_e_/a_/w_/c_m_/u_/f_o_/t_e/
_i_e/./_i_e/_e/_/y_a_/a_d/_/h_n_r_d/_f/_y/_i_/a_d/_/w_u_d/_a_e/_h_s/_/p_a_e/
_h_t/_r_i_s/_o_l_/b_e_k/_p_n/_i_e/_a_e_."

littleadanel
01-24-2006, 01:09 PM
"Ever my heart rises as we draw near the mountains. There is good work here.
This country has /_o_g_/ bones. I felt them in my feet as we came up from the
Dike. Give me a year and a hundred of my kin and I would make this a place
that armies would break upon like waves."

Ack! :p I know it's Gimli speaking at Helm's Deep, but I just can't figure out that one word. Someone solve it please, since I can't :D

Serenoli
01-24-2006, 04:39 PM
Only two words wrong, I've given the corrected version below. Yes, it is Gimli at Helm's Deep. :)

"Ever my heart rises as we draw near the mountains. There is good /_o_k/ here.
This country has /_o_g_/ bones. I felt them in my feet as we came up from the
Dike. Give me a year and a hundred of my kin and I would make this a place
that armies would break upon like /_a_e_."

Count Comfect
01-24-2006, 04:45 PM
"rock" and "water"... tough?

If those are right, I'm going to be out of contact for the entire weekend (that's true if they aren't too, but not as important). So someone else go.

Serenoli
01-25-2006, 06:30 AM
"rock" and "water"... tough?

If those are right, I'm going to be out of contact for the entire weekend (that's true if they aren't too, but not as important). So someone else go.


All three words are good. Its your go, but if you're going to be gone, I suggest littleadanel get the quote as she did most of it, plus speaker.

littleadanel
01-26-2006, 04:36 AM
Thank you, Count & Serenoli :)

"H_i_/E_r_n_i_/,/o_/m_r_n_r_/m_s_/r_n_w_e_/,/t_e/_o_k_d/_o_/t_a_/
c_m_t_/a_/u_a_a_e_/,/t_e/_o_g_d/_o_/t_a_/c_m_t_/b_y_n_/h_p_/!
H_i_/E_r_n_i_/,/b_a_e_/o_/l_g_t/_e_o_e/_h_/S_n/_n_/M_o_/!
S_l_n_o_r/_f/_h_/C_i_d_e_/o_/E_r_h/,/_t_r/_n/_h_/d_r_n_s_/,
j_w_l/_n/_h_/s_n_e_/,/r_d_a_t/_n/_h_/m_r_i_g!"

Valandil
01-26-2006, 08:43 AM
"Hail Earendil, of mariners most renowned, the looked for that
cometh at unawares, the longed for that cometh beyond hope!
Hail Earendil, bearer of light before the Sun and Moon!
/S_l_n_o_r/ of the Children of Earth, Star in the darkness,
jewel in the sunset, radiant in the morning!"

littleadanel
01-26-2006, 10:06 AM
So far so good ;) only that one word and the speaker needed. :)

Landroval
01-26-2006, 12:06 PM
It is "splendour"; the speaker is Eonwe, herald of Manwe, greeting him as he is about to return to his ship (I once made his profile :D ). That is one of the best phrases in the Silmarillion.

littleadanel
01-26-2006, 12:36 PM
Landroval - correct on the missing parts, 'tis your turn ;)

Landroval
01-26-2006, 01:24 PM
F_r/_l_e_d_/t_e_/a_e/_n_i_n_/i_/k_o_l_d_e
A_d/_h_y/_r_/p_o_d/_n_/e_d_r_n_.
I_/t_e_r/_i_h_/w_/a_e/_i_m_d,
_r/_e/_u_n/_i_h/_o_/q_i_k/_/f_a_e,
a_d/_h_/w_i_h_/o_/o_r/_o_m/_i_s/_h_/h_a_i_r/_n/_s.

Serenoli
01-26-2006, 11:18 PM
"For/_l_e_d_/they are/_n_i_n_/i_/k_o_l_d_e
And they are proud and enduring.
In their sight we are /_i_m_d,/
_r/_e/ruin with too quick a f_a_e,
and the/w_i_h_/of our doom/_i_s/_h_/h_a_i_r/in us."

Doesn't seem to make much sense now, though.

Landroval
01-27-2006, 01:56 AM
It's not "ruin" :)

Serenoli
01-27-2006, 02:55 AM
'burn with too quick a flame'?

Earniel
01-27-2006, 04:37 AM
"For/_l_e_d_/they are/_n_i_n_/in knowledge. And they are proud and enduring. In their sight we are dimmed, or we burn with too quick a flame, and the/w_i_h_/of our doom/_i_s/_h_/h_a_i_r/in us."

-elfearz-
01-27-2006, 08:34 AM
"For already they are/_n_i_n_/in knowledge. And they are proud and enduring. In their sight we are dimmed, or we burn with too quick a flame, and the weight of our doom lies the heavier on us."

Landroval
01-27-2006, 12:20 PM
"For already they are/_n_i_n_/in knowledge. And they are proud and enduring. In their sight we are dimmed, or we burn with too quick a flame, and the weight of our doom lies the heavier on us."
So, one more word and the speaker :).

Valandil
01-28-2006, 10:55 AM
'ancient' fits letter-wise, but I don't think it's right :confused:

Serenoli
01-28-2006, 11:01 AM
if the speaker was talking of immortal elves, as I suspect he was, who had knowledge of ancient times, or for so long, it might be considered ancient. Then it'd make some sense, Besides, Tolkien used words in the queerest ways sometimes!

Landroval
01-28-2006, 11:11 AM
'ancient' fits letter-wise, but I don't think it's right :confused:
Ancient it is ;)

Valandil
01-29-2006, 06:58 AM
I recognize the quote - more or less, but am having the hardest time with the speaker.

It about has to be a mortal (non-Elf, non-Maiar)... Aragorn?? :confused:

Landroval
01-29-2006, 08:59 AM
The speaker is a Man, an ex-woodman.

Valandil
01-30-2006, 09:36 AM
Faramir? :confused:

Rían
02-03-2006, 05:56 PM
*bump*

Need some clues here, please, if Faramir isn't right ...

Landroval
02-04-2006, 07:47 AM
My apologies:
This friend was named _______, a house man in the service of Hurin; he was lame, and of small account. He had been a woodman, and by ill-luck or the mishandling of his axe he had hewn his right foot, and the footless leg had shrunken; and Túrin called him Hopafoot though the name did not displease ________, for it was given in pity and not in scorn

Radagast The Brown
02-04-2006, 11:01 AM
Sador?

Landroval
02-04-2006, 11:30 AM
Yes, go ahead :).

Radagast The Brown
02-04-2006, 04:40 PM
"D_/y_u/_o_d_r/_t/_h_t/,/_i_g-_e_r_r/?/_o_/y_u/_n_w/_h_/p_w_r/_f/_h_t/_h_n_/
w_i_h/_s/_o_/d_s_r_y_d/;/_n_/a_l/_h_t/_a_/d_n_/b_/t_a_/p_w_r/_s/_o_/_a_s_n_/
a_a_/./B_t/_o_r/_i_s_a_/p_s_e_s_d/_h_s/_h_n_/l_n_e_/t_a_/y_u/./_e/_s/_n_i_n_/i_/
y_a_s/_o_/,/a_c_r_i_g/_o/_i_/k_n_/;/a_d/_e/_w_i_s/_o_/,/f_r/_e/_i_l/_o_/a_a_n/
_a_e/_n_/l_n_/j_u_n_y/_a_e/_n_/./"

Midge
02-04-2006, 06:22 PM
"Do you wonder at that, ring-bearer? For you know the power of that thing which is now destroyed; and all that was done by that power is now passing away. But your _i_s_a_/possessed this thing longer than you. He is ancient in years now, according to his kind; and he awaits you, for he will not again make any long journey save one."

s: Elrond

Radagast The Brown
02-04-2006, 06:30 PM
Quote is right - so there's one missing word, but the speaker is wrong..

-elfearz-
02-04-2006, 11:32 PM
Kinsman?...Celeborn?

Count Comfect
02-05-2006, 01:41 AM
Arwen?

Serenoli
02-05-2006, 05:14 AM
My guess- Galadriel.

Radagast The Brown
02-05-2006, 05:48 AM
It's kinsman, and Arwen is the speaker. :) Your turn CC.

Count Comfect
02-05-2006, 09:39 AM
Alrighty. Note to self: next time actually catch the quote.

A_d/_h_t/_i_t/_o_l_/a/_w_r_/a_k/_f/_h_/e_l_e_/?/

Valandil
02-05-2006, 09:53 AM
And what gift would a Dwarf ask of the ... Elves?

Galadriel

Count Comfect
02-05-2006, 02:52 PM
Yeah, I can't type.

And that's all correct.

Valandil
02-06-2006, 05:54 AM
No problem - just one extra character, and once I had the rest, the 'Elves' was pretty obvious.

"E_o_g_/t_/p_r_e_v_/t_a_/t_e_e/_r_/t_o/_o_l_e_/t_/a_o_d/.
/_o/_s_/t_i_/t_i_g/_s/_e_i_o_s/./_t/_h_s/_o_r/,
/_o/_e_d/_t/_n/_h_/h_n_s/_f/_/w_t_e_s/_a_f_i_g/
_n_o/_h_/l_n_/o_/t_e/_n_m_/h_m_e_f/,/_s/_o_/h_v_/d_n_/,
/a_d/_h_s/_o_/o_/m_n_/,/t_a_/i_/m_d_e_s."

-elfearz-
02-06-2006, 06:15 AM
"Enough to perceive that there are two/_o_l_e_/to avoid. To use this thing is perilous. At this hour, to send it in the hands of a witless halfling into the land of the enemy himself, as you have done, and this son of mine, that is madness."

Denethor

Valandil
02-06-2006, 06:19 AM
All correct, elfearz - just one word left! :)

Count Comfect
02-06-2006, 09:49 AM
follies?

Valandil
02-06-2006, 11:38 PM
'follies' is correct - your go CC! :)

Count Comfect
02-07-2006, 12:23 AM
Yay! Consecutive chances in which I answered 1 word to go next!

W_/w_r_/b_t_/r_g_t/!/_h_/s_o_t/_u_/h_s/_o_e/_r_o_e_/a_r_a_y/;/
_u_/w_/g_t/_n_e_/c_v_r/_n_y/_u_t/_n/_i_e/./_o_'v_/g_t/_h_r_/e_r_/,/
s_m/:/_a_/y_u/_e_r/_n_t_i_g/_o_i_g/?/

Valandil
02-07-2006, 12:38 AM
"We were both right! The /s_o_t/ sun has come /_r_o_e_/ already;
but we got under cover only just in time. You've got sharp ears, Sam:
can you hear anything coming?"

Frodo, probably

Count Comfect
02-07-2006, 12:56 AM
All correct except "sun" and "come," including speaker.

"We were both right! The /s_o_t/_u_/ has /_o_e/_r_o_e_/ already;
but we got under cover only just in time. You've got sharp ears, Sam:
can you hear anything coming?"

crickhollow
02-07-2006, 01:37 AM
"We were both right! The /s_o_t/_u_/ has gone/_r_o_e_/ already;
but we got under cover only just in time. You've got sharp ears, Sam:
can you hear anything coming?"

Valandil
02-07-2006, 01:43 AM
'short cut'?

Count Comfect
02-07-2006, 02:14 AM
Yes, all right. Just missing "_r_o_e_/"

-elfearz-
02-07-2006, 09:11 AM
crooked?

Count Comfect
02-07-2006, 10:31 AM
Ladies and gentlehobbits, we have a winner!

Your go, -elfearz-

-elfearz-
02-07-2006, 12:50 PM
okay...:)

“A_d/_h_/s_o_l_/s_c_/s_n_s/_e/_n_i_/f_r/_y/_a_l_/,/o_/f_r/_u_h/_a_l_/a_/t_e_e/?/
_e/_h_/h_v_/l_v_d/_o_g/_n_e_/t_e/_h_d_w/_a_/s_r_l_/l_s_e_/t_/e_h_e_/f_o_/a/_a_d/
_n_r_u_l_d/_y/_t/?/_h_n/_e/_a_/f_e_/t_a_/o_r/_i_i_/w_s/_o_/f_u_t_e_s/,/_h_u_h/_t/
_a_/h_v_/b_e_/t_a_k_e_s.”

Rían
02-07-2006, 04:54 PM
whew, I'm rusty ...


And why should such songs be unfit for my halls, or for such halls as these?
We who have lived long under the shadow can surely listen to ? from a land ? by it?

Telcontar_Dunedain
02-07-2006, 05:33 PM
S: Denethor.

Radagast The Brown
02-07-2006, 05:48 PM
And why should such songs be unfit for my halls, or for such halls as these?
We who have lived long under the shadow can surely listen to /e_h_e_/ from a land untroubled by it? Then we may feel that our/_i_i_/was not fruitless, though it may have been thankless.”

Midge
02-07-2006, 08:01 PM
Echoes, vigil

-elfearz-
02-07-2006, 10:00 PM
Yes to all of you :)
Your go Midge!

Rían
02-08-2006, 10:49 PM
whew, that "vigil" really had me - those two i's were tough!!!

Midge
02-09-2006, 05:55 PM
H_l_/n_w/_o/_e_a_r/_h_/e_i_/i_/w_i_h/_o_/h_v_/j_i_e_/a_d/_f_e_w_r_s/_o_/
s_a_l/_a_e/_n/_a_h/_e_e_/a_a_n/_o/_a_s/_h_/F_r_s/_f/_s_n/_n/_r_s/,/_o_/
t_/m_r_h/_i_h/_h_/e_e_i_s/_f/_e_/;/a_d/_h_n/_o_/s_a_l/_o/_r_e/_a_k/_o/
_o_r/_a_d/./_o_/y_u/_a_e/_e_n/_e_u_e_/b_/S_r_m_n/./_a_y/_f/_o_/h_v_/
g_t/_e_t_/a_/t_e/_e_a_d/_f/_o_r/_r_s_/i_/h_m/,/_u_/h_d/_o_/c_n_u_r_d/,/
_i_t_e/_e_t_r/_o_l_/y_u_/w_g_s/_a_e/_e_n."

Have Fun!!! :)

Earniel
02-09-2006, 07:07 PM
Hold now/_o/_e_a_r/the/e_i_/in which you have/j_i_e_/and/_f_e_w_r_s/you
shall have/_n/_a_h/never again/_o/_a_s/the Fires of/_s_n/_n/_r_s/,/_o_/
t_/mirth with the /e_e_i_s/_f/_e_/;/and then you shall go/_r_e/_a_k/_o/
_o_r/_a_d/. Now you have seen/_e_u_e_/by Saruman/. Many of you have/
g_t/_e_t_/a_/t_e/_e_a_d/_f/_o_r/_r_s_/i_/h_m/,/_u_/h_d/_o_/c_n_u_r_d/,/
_i_t_e/_e_t_r/_o_l_/y_u_/w_g_s/_a_e/_e_n."

Midge
02-09-2006, 08:45 PM
wrong words: hold, (second) have, Fires, mirth, seen. Other than that, keep working!

Rían
02-09-2006, 09:45 PM
is it march instead of mirth?
been instead of seen?
Help instead of hold?
3rd and 4th words to repair?
the evil in which you have joined and afterwards you shall have?

-elfearz-
02-09-2006, 11:26 PM
Help now to repair the evil in which you have joined and afterwards you shall take an oath never again to pass the Fords of Isen in arms, nor to march with the enemies of men; and then you shall go free back to your land. Now you have been deluded? by Saruman. Many of you have got death as the reward of your trust in him ,but had you conquered, little better would? your wages have been." ...?

Serenoli
02-10-2006, 10:14 AM
Is it 'For you have been deluded' instead of 'Now...'?

Telcontar_Dunedain
02-10-2006, 10:58 AM
S: Grimbold?

Rían
02-10-2006, 12:51 PM
s. Theoden?

Midge
02-11-2006, 04:17 PM
The quote is finished; it is "for" and the speaker isn't Grimbold or Theoden.

Last Child of Ungoliant
02-11-2006, 04:51 PM
gandalf?

Midge
02-12-2006, 01:06 AM
no, not gandy

Rían
02-12-2006, 02:19 AM
ah, rats! Hmmm, Aragorn?

Radagast The Brown
02-12-2006, 02:55 PM
Erkenbrand?

Midge
02-12-2006, 11:07 PM
Aha!! Erkenbrand it is... Have at it, RTB.

That was a good one, huh?

Radagast The Brown
02-13-2006, 09:04 AM
Yeah. :)

"R_p_s/_n_e_d/!/_e_e_/t_a_e_/f_r/_i_h_u_/a/_o_e/./_n_/o_e/_h_t/_s/_o_g/
_n_/s_r_n_/a_d/_i_h_/./S_c_/a_e/_h_s_/./T_e_/m_y/_e/_/h_l_/i_/m_n_/n_e_s/./"

Valandil
02-13-2006, 09:19 AM
"Ropes indeed! Never travel far without a rope. And one that is long
and strong and light. Such are these. They may be a help in many needs."

The ever-mindful of ropes, Sam! :)

Serenoli
02-13-2006, 09:19 AM
"Ropes indeed! Never travel far without a rope. And one that is long
and strong and light. Such are these. They may be a help in many needs."

S: An elf of Lorien to Sam. Dunno the name, though...

Serenoli
02-13-2006, 09:22 AM
Great, we have cross-posted! Still, we disagree on the speaker, so the right one may be decided thus..

Radagast The Brown
02-13-2006, 09:49 AM
Heh, quote's correct, and the speaker is indeed and elf from Lorien replying to something Sam said.. your turn Serenoli. :)

Serenoli
02-14-2006, 07:11 AM
"A_y_o_/o_d/_t_n_e_/i_/s_/f_i_h_e_e_/o_/t_e/_n_m_/ -/a_d /_e'_/u_d_r/_r_e_s/_f/_o_e/_i_d/_r_m/_i_/o_/w_s/- /_h_t/_e'_/g_v_/u_/a_a_/r_t_e_/t_a_/b_/c_u_h_/h_l_i_g/_s/; /_n_/r_t_e_/t_a_/l_t/_i_/P_e_i_u_/b_/m_l_e_/,/m_y_e/. /_t/_e_s_/t_a_'s/_y/_d_a."

-elfearz-
02-14-2006, 08:23 AM
"Anyhow old Stinker is so frightened of the enemy - and
he's under/_r_e_s/of some kind from him or was – that he'd give us away rather than be caught helping us; and rather than let his Precious be melted, maybe. At least that's my idea."

Sam, I suppose :)

Valandil
02-14-2006, 08:37 AM
gots to be 'orders' - right? :)

(EDIT - if I got the last part, someone else can post if they like - it'll be at least 16 hours before I could - and that's not a sure thing)

Serenoli
02-14-2006, 10:56 PM
Yes, Val you did get the last bit. If you're gone, then I suppose its elfearz who'll continue. :)

-elfearz-
02-14-2006, 11:33 PM
F_l_/s_y/_h_t/_h_/D_a_/M_n/_u_/o_/t_e/_a_k/_e_r_/g_a_d/_h_/w_y/_n_/w_l_/
s_f_e_/n_/l_v_n_/m_n/_o/_o_e/_o/_h_i_/h_d_e_/h_l_s/;/_u_/a_/w_i_e_/t_e_/
m_y/_h_m_e_v_s/_e/_e_n/_a_s_n_/o_t/_f/_h_/d_o_/l_k_/s_a_o_s/_n_/d_w_/
t_e/_t_n_/r_a_/./T_e_/t_e/_e_p_e/_f/_a_r_w_a_e/_h_t/_a_t/_h_i_/d_o_s/_n_/
s_r_u_/t_e_r/_i_d_w_/a_d/_r_/a_r_i_/./B_t/_h_/D_a_/c_m_/s_l_o_/f_r_h/_n_/
o_l_/a_/t_m_s/_f/_r_a_/u_q_i_t/_n_/c_m_n_/d_a_h/./

Valandil
02-15-2006, 01:04 AM
"Folk say that the Dead Men out of the Dark /_e_r_/ guard the way
and will suffer no living man to come to their hidden halls;
but at whiles they may themselves be seen hasting out of the door like shadows and down the stone road.
Then the people of /_a_r_w_a_e/ that /_a_t/ their doors and
shroud their windows and are afraid.
But the Dead come seldom forth and only at times of great unquiet and coming death."

-elfearz-
02-15-2006, 01:52 AM
Wrong words: hasting, stone, that (the one between the 2 unguessed words)

The rest is all good :)

Earniel
02-15-2006, 04:45 AM
"Folk say that the Dead Men out of the Dark /_e_r_/ guard the way and will suffer no living man to come to their hidden halls; but at whiles they may themselves be seen passing out of the door like shadows and down the _t_n_ road. Then the people of /_a_r_w_a_e/ shut fast their doors and shroud their windows and are afraid. But the Dead come seldom forth and only at times of great unquiet and coming death."

-elfearz-
02-15-2006, 07:09 AM
Yep.

Valandil
02-15-2006, 09:15 AM
Oh - it's probably 'Dark Years' - and is the place 'Harrowdale'? I was trying to come up with it without checking a map or anything - but that fits at least.

-elfearz-
02-15-2006, 09:32 AM
Yep :)

Just one word left, and the speaker.
"Stone road" was very close, by the way...I was being pedantic :p

Radagast The Brown
02-15-2006, 10:07 AM
Stony? :p

Is it Eomer?

Serenoli
02-15-2006, 10:08 AM
'stony' road?

And S: Eowyn

-elfearz-
02-15-2006, 01:37 PM
Stony, yes.
Eomer or Eowyn, no. :)

Radagast The Brown
02-15-2006, 03:24 PM
Theoden?

-elfearz-
02-15-2006, 10:43 PM
Yep. Your go!

Radagast The Brown
02-16-2006, 11:40 AM
"N_t/_u_t_/./I_/s_u_d_/v_r_/d_s_e_a_e/,/_u_/I/_e_i_v_/F_o_o/_s/_i_h_/./
I_/i_/t_e/_n_y/_a_/o_/g_t_i_g/_f_/w_t_o_t/_e_n_/f_l_o_e_/a_/o_c_/./W_t_/
l_c_/w_/m_g_t/_e_/a/_o_s_d_r_b_e/_t_r_/./"

Rían
02-16-2006, 05:07 PM
Not ?. It sounds very desperate, but I believe Frodo is right.

It is the only way of getting off without being followed at ?

With luck we might get a considerable start.

Radagast The Brown
02-16-2006, 05:25 PM
Correct..

Rían
02-16-2006, 05:29 PM
oh, "once"?

Rían
02-16-2006, 05:36 PM
s. Aragorn?

rats, having trouble with that last word - hurts, justs, cults, lusts, musts,

ah, "nutty"? ;) Actually, it fits the context ...


EDIT - ah, "quite"?

Radagast The Brown
02-16-2006, 05:59 PM
Well done Rian. :) The quote's right, the speaker isn't Aragorn though..

Rían
02-16-2006, 06:13 PM
Gandy, then?

Radagast The Brown
02-16-2006, 06:16 PM
No...

Count Comfect
02-16-2006, 06:22 PM
Merry?

Radagast The Brown
02-16-2006, 06:25 PM
Yeah. Your turn CC..

Count Comfect
02-17-2006, 02:31 PM
Sweet.

T_a_/i_/a/_e_y/_o_g/_t_r_/./t_e/_e_i_n_n_s/_i_/b_c_/i_/t_e/_l_c_/y_a_s/,/_h_c_/o_l_/
t_e/_o_e-_a_t_r_/n_w/_e_e_b_r/./_f/_/w_r_/t_/t_l_/y_u/_l_/t_a_/t_l_/,/w_/s_o_l_/s_i_l/
_e/_i_t_n_/h_r_/w_e_/s_r_n_/h_d/_a_s_d/_n_o/_i_t_r/./

littleadanel
02-17-2006, 04:08 PM
"That is a very long story. The beginnings /_i_/ back in the /_l_c_/ years, which only the lore-masters now remember. If I were to tell you all that tale, we should still be sitting here when spring had passed into winter."

That "passed into" somehow doesn't seem fitting, but I can't think of anything else...

Last Child of Ungoliant
02-17-2006, 04:24 PM
'lie' & 'black'

s: aragorn

Count Comfect
02-17-2006, 10:37 PM
All correct save the speaker.

Serenoli
02-18-2006, 12:24 AM
Gandalf?

Count Comfect
02-18-2006, 03:53 AM
It is indeed the Big G. Your go, Serenoli.

Serenoli
02-18-2006, 11:40 AM
'T_e_e/_s/_o_e_h_n_/s_r_n_e/_t/_o_k/_n/_h_s/_a_d/./_/d_s_r_s_/t_e/_i_e_c_/./
I/_i_t_u_t/_v_n/_h_/p_l_/M_o_/./T_e/_t_r_/a_e/_a_n_/;/a_d/_/a_/w_a_y/_s/_/h_v_/
s_l_o_/b_e_/b_f_r_/,/w_a_y/_s/_o/_a_g_r/_h_u_d/_e/_i_h/_/c_e_r/_r_i_/t_/f_l_o_/./
T_e_e/_s/_o_e/_i_l/_h_t/_e_d_/s_e_d/_o/_u_/f_e_/a_d/_e_s/_n/_n_e_n/_a_r_e_/
b_f_r_/u_/:/a/_e_r_n_s_/t_a_/i_/i_/t_e/_e_r_/m_r_/t_a_/i_/t_e/_i_b.'

littleadanel
02-18-2006, 12:03 PM
Wheee! I know this one :)

(if all the words are correct, that is.)

'There is something strange at work in this land. I distrust the silence.
I distrust even the pale Moon. The stars are faint; and I am weary as I have
seldom been before, weary as no ranger should be with a clear trail to follow.
There is some will that lends speed to our foes and sets an unseen barrier
before us: a weariness that is in the heart more than in the limb.'

S: Aragorn

;)

Serenoli
02-19-2006, 06:07 AM
You do know this one! Your go, litteadanel :)

littleadanel
02-19-2006, 10:59 AM
:)

"T_i_/i_/b_t/_h_/a_p_o_c_/./A/_o_d/_/n_m_d/_t/;/_e_/u_o_/i_/n_n_/h_v_/
p_s_e_/f_r/_o_e/_h_n/_h_e_/h_n_r_d/_e_r_/,/s_v_/m_s_e_g_r_/f_w/_n_/
s_c_e_/,/a_d/_l_/t_e/_r_f_/o_/t_e/_o_d_r/_a_/b_e_/e_p_n_e_/
t_/c_n_e_l/_t/,/_i_c_/t_e/_i_d_n/_e_p_e/_n_e_e_/i_."

Count Comfect
02-19-2006, 12:09 PM
This is but the approach. A road I named it; yet u_o_ it none have passed for more than three hundred years, save messengers few and s_c_e_, and...

Serenoli
02-19-2006, 12:37 PM
yet upon it... and all the /_r_f_/ of the border has been...

Last Child of Ungoliant
02-19-2006, 01:32 PM
i believe i have posted this quote about a year and a haklf ago, so i will abstain this round

Count Comfect
02-19-2006, 01:48 PM
few and secret

expended to conceal it

littleadanel
02-19-2006, 04:35 PM
Everything but "border" is correct. ;)

*concentrates* so here we are...

"This is but the approach. A road I named it; yet upon it none have
passed for more than three hundred years, save messengers few and
secret, and all the /_r_f_/ of the /_o_d_r/ has been expended
to conceal it, /_i_c_/t_e/_i_d_n/_e_p_e/_n_e_e_/i_."

Last Child of Ungoliant
02-19-2006, 04:45 PM
"This is but the approach. A road I named it; yet upon it none have
passed for more than three hundred years, save messengers few and
secret, and all the /craft/ of the /Noldor/ has been expended
to conceal it, /_i_c_/the/hidden/_e_p_e/_n_e_e_/i_."

voronwe spoke thusly

Radagast The Brown
02-19-2006, 05:05 PM
"..since the hidden people entered it."

littleadanel
02-20-2006, 02:08 AM
Voronwe it was indeed.

Almost everything is correct - the last word is not "it".

Serenoli
02-20-2006, 02:30 AM
not it... perhaps in?

littleadanel
02-20-2006, 07:16 AM
That's the one. Serenoli, your go ;)

Serenoli
02-21-2006, 04:11 AM
"B_/s_i_t/_h_n/!/_h_/S_n/_i_k_/e_r_y/./_h_/O_c_/w_l_/n_t/,/_a_b_/,/c_m_/
o_t/_i_l/_f_e_/d_s_/,/b_t/_e/_u_t/_e/_a_/a_a_/b_f_r_/n_g_t_a_l/./_h_/
M_o_/i_/a_m_s_/s_e_t/,/_n_/i_/w_l_/b_/d_r_/t_n_g_t/."

littleadanel
02-21-2006, 06:37 AM
"Be /s_i_t/ then! The Sun sinks early. The Orcs will not, maybe, come
out till after dusk, but /_e/_u_t/_e/_a_/a_a_/ before nightfall. The
Moon is almost spent, and it will be dark tonight."

Aragorn?

Valandil
02-21-2006, 07:25 AM
'swift' and 'we must be far away'?

Serenoli
02-21-2006, 10:21 PM
Everything correct, Valandil its your go. :)

Valandil
02-22-2006, 08:38 AM
"Y_t/_h_/O_e/_a_/l_s_/,
/a_d/_h_l_/i_/s_i_l/_i_s/_i_/,
/w_/c_n/_a_t_r/_h_/E_e_y/,
/_f/_e/_a_h_r/_u_/s_r_n_t_/a_d/_a_r_/n_t/_o_/l_n_."

-elfearz-
02-22-2006, 10:41 AM
"Yet the One was lost, and while it still lies hid, we can master the Enemy, if we gather our strength and tarry not too long."

Someone at the Council...um..Elrond?

Valandil
02-22-2006, 10:01 PM
Quote all correct - speaker is not though. :)

Midge
02-24-2006, 07:39 PM
ooh, gandy?

Valandil
02-24-2006, 11:12 PM
Yes - and this one was actually not from "Council of Elrond" - the quote is from "Of The Rings of Power and the Third Age" in Silmarillion, and it's Gandalf urging Elrond to attack Sauron at Dol Guldur.

Your turn Midge! :)

Midge
02-25-2006, 05:41 PM
"T_e/_o_n_a_n'_/s_d_s/_e_e/_r_e_/w_t_/w_o_s/
a_d/_l_/t_e/_h_l_e_e_/v_l_e_/r_c_/a_d/_l_a_a_t/
_n/_h_/d_y_/w_e_/t_e/_e_l_/r_n_/i_/t_a_/t_w_/./"

Rían
02-26-2006, 03:09 AM
hmmm, I'm having a terrible time here ...

The ?'s sides were ? with ? wools (that can't be right :mad: )
and all the ? (grrr!)
in the days when the ? runs in that ?


ugh, terrible start!

-elfearz-
02-26-2006, 04:42 AM
I'm doing no better Rian - you've picked a tough one Midge! :D

"The mountain's sides were green with woods and all the sheltered velvet rich and pleasant in the days when the bells rang in that town."

It all sounds wrong! :confused: I have absolutely no idea where it's from either....but that's not unusual :p

Serenoli
02-26-2006, 08:10 AM
I think its probably 'sheltered valley' not 'velvet' :p

Hmm, might be from the hobbit, in the description of Dale in the old days by Thorin or some other of the dwarves.

Valandil
02-26-2006, 09:01 AM
I think Serenoli's right, and that it's probably Thorin.

In case it isn't though, I'll guess Balin.

-elfearz-
02-26-2006, 09:02 AM
I think its probably 'sheltered valley' not 'velvet' :p
hahaha of course :D :o

sheltered was the last word i guessed. i'd thought "velvet rich" was a description of something, and the whole thing never quite clicked together...it didn't seem quite so ridiculous at the time! :p

Valandil
03-01-2006, 12:16 AM
Hey Midge... we need a ruling! :p

Valandil
03-03-2006, 08:54 AM
I just checked - and it was Balin, not Thorin (and the quote is correct - with "valley"), so I guess it's my turn.

I can post in maybe 15-16 hours, but not now. If someone else wants to get the game rolling again, go ahead - otherwise I'll post it when I can.

Valandil
03-03-2006, 11:46 PM
"A_a_/!/I/_a_n_t/_o_e_e_/i_/,
/a_d/_o_/i_/m_y/_o_e/_o/_a_s/_s/_i_d_n/_r_m/_e/.
/_e_/w_t_/y_u_/h_p_/I/_i_l/_o_e/.
/_n_/t_e/_h_d_w/_/u_t_r_y/_e_e_t/.
/_u_/n_i_h_r/,/_a_y/,/_s/_h_/T_i_i_h_/f_r/_e/;
/_o_/I/_m/_o_t_l/,/_n_/i_/y_u/_i_l/_l_a_e/_o/_e/,
/_v_n_t_r/,/_h_n/_h_/T_i_i_h_/y_u/_u_t/_l_o/_e_o_n_e."