The Tolkien Translation Game!
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Voronwë the Faithful
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Since no one else is asking, is this from the First Age?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Nope, later.
EDIT: Reposting the quote for this page.
EDIT: Reposting the quote for this page.
It was us who mattered, and what I told you was mine. I ran away.
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But it’s from the Sil?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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It is not.
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Before or after Balin visited the Shire?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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After.
I like that way of implicitly asking which book it's in!
I like that way of implicitly asking which book it's in!
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Was it said by a member of the fellowship?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Is it Gandalf?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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No and no.
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Gollum?
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Is it Gollum in response to Frodo saying that Aragorn believed that Gollum had been released by Sauron rather than escaping himself: "The Precious was ours, it was mine I tell you. I did escape."
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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That's correct! Your turn, Voronwë.
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So, if you're going to struggle through the swamps and briars, let's go now!
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Is it from The Hobbit?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Nope!
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Tom Bombadil?
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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Nope and nope, though Jude is getting warmer.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
