Re: MEPBM-FA1000 Riddle help needed

From: jasong@interserv.com

Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000

On 16 Sep 1997 12:37:18 -0500, Patrick F. McGehearty
<patrick@convex.COM> wrote:

>In article <17BEBAC5AS86.UK05647@ukcc.uky.edu>,
>John Lewis <jclewis@mis.net> wrote:
>>At the end of the jewels there came a war
>>   that swiftly did what could not be done before.
>>      Its name spelled fear far and wide
>>         and if it had come sooner, not so many would have died.
>>
>>Any and all help appreciated.
>>John
>>jclewis@mis.net
>
>Given the FA1000 context, the first line might mean the
>end of the three Elven rings, set with fine jewels.
>If so, the event which could not be done before would
>either be the destruction of
>Certainly, if the end of Sauron or the One Ring came sooner, not so many
>would have died.  Its name would be the answer to the riddle, and should be
>the name of the war.  But wouldn't that be "The War of the Rings"?  If so,
>it does not fit the "one-word answer" pattern of the riddles.
>Perhaps I'm on the wrong track, or I'm missing a better name for the War of
>the Rings.

"Jewels" might refer to the silmarils, but the War of Wrath,
a.k.a. the Great Battle, came just before the silmarils were lost
forever.

Later,
Jason

References

MEPBM-FA1000 Riddle help needed
jclewis@mis.net (John Lewis)
Tue, 16 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM-FA1000 Riddle help needed
Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@convex.COM>
Tue, 16 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000

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MEPBM-FA1000 Riddle help needed
jclewis@mis.net (John Lewis)
Tue, 16 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM-FA1000 Riddle help needed
Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@convex.COM>
Tue, 16 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000