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An actual cloak and actual darkness, separately.
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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Moria, or Mordor?
Edit: Or Lothlórien?
Edit: Or Lothlórien?
"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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None of them.
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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To bring it to the new page:
Was it spoken to Frodo?I will support you from the bottom of the cloak until this darkness is still dark.
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Is it spoken by one of the non-Hobbit members of the Fellowship?
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Jude, no.
Inanna, non-Hobbit yes, member of Fellowship no.
Inanna, non-Hobbit yes, member of Fellowship no.
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Faramir?
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Is it spoken to a hobbit member of the Fellowship, after the Fellowship has been broken?
x-posted with Inanna, who seems to be on the same track as I am.
x-posted with Inanna, who seems to be on the same track as I am.
"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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Inanna, no.
V, yes.
V, yes.
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 spoken by a family member of Inanna's guess?
"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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Not at the time that it is spoken.
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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Yes
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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Éowyn to Merry:
"I will bear you before me, under my cloak until we are far afield, and this darkness is yet darker."
"I will bear you before me, under my cloak until we are far afield, and this darkness is yet darker."
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That's the one.
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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Here we go:
Noldor's curse will end you and the rebellion will wake up at your wall.
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Sounds like a combination of the Silmarillion, Star Wars, and Trump's America.
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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 it Ulmo to Turgon: 'Thus it may come to pass,' he said, 'that the curse of the Noldor shall find thee too ere the end, and treason awake within thy walls.'
"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 the one!
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Tricky lighting. Carcass candles, yes, yes. Do n’t look! Do n’t look!
"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."