Wait a minute - that's not in the third person!
Jude is outraged.
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Jude wants someone talking about himself in third person? Jude gets someone talking about himself in third person!
Thou thy doom master simulates Alda Merck problem power supply.
Thou thy doom master simulates Alda Merck problem power supply.
"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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Thank you, Jude. 
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Jude wonders if that is a real Tolkien quote that is the next one to solve.
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Yup!
"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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The name of the speaker was in the original quote (speaking of himself in the third person), but has been mangled significantly in the translation.
"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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Melkor?
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Yes to Inanna, and sort of yes to Jude. Melkor somehow became Merck, but the "Alda" was also morphed, from something closer.
"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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Arda became Alda?
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Yup!
"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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No, much later.
"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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To another.
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"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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Do we need another hint?
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"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 Melkor saying it to Húrin?
'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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"Failing mortal Húrin dares to question the huge power of Melkor, best master of the fates of Arda ever! SAD!"
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bigly power, Jude, bigly power.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude