The Hall of Fire

In that case it's probably not this one:

If thou hadst thy will what wouldst thou reserve? Of all thy realm what dost thou hold dearest?

(Manwë to Yavanna)

Did it get drastically shortened in the translation? If so, I may have found it.

Now that I've found it, I'm surprised that I didn't recognize it at once:


Edit: never mind, I withdraw this answer. I just re-read the clues and see that you said Fëanor wasn't born yet. Back to the books...

Has the world been created at this point?

Much more satisfying today.

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Strands #71
“Best in show”

Holy swear words. Since I start with the same two words every day, I knew this day would come.

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At least now I don't have to worry about it happening again.

Ah, okay. I never would have gotten that

RoseMorninStar wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 7:44 pm Is it the spangram that has you hung up or another word?

It's all the stuff in the lower right corner.

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I'm stuck on the last word in Strands - which means I know what all the letters are, but I can't form them into an actual word.

What Voronwë said.

Okay... was Fëanor present?

Was it spoken during the First Age?

Yeah, I looked it up after Dave posted that. I can honestly say I'd never heard of it until yesterday.

So, since you're an actor, what's your Bacon number?

Is the meaning fairly close to the original?

That's the one! Your turn!


(Incidentally, the first quote I tried came out exactly the same as the original. AI translation is getting better - if it gets too good, we might not be able to play this game any more, unless someone puts an old version up online)

No, earlier.

Not Gandalf - neither speaker nor addressee.

Very well!

mainly. I spend time going with the sun.

How long should we wait? Should someone else just go ahead?

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