Spanking Minions' Red Burnt Asses

[hakatri]

Dear wizards, honorable Gondorians, fellow elves I wellcome you to the Jr. Drill League Minion Ass Spanking planing thread. Wellcome. ;D

[Alhana]

*twirls around into the thread* Alright, perhaps Menelmacar was not able to come around to post here, but here is an IM that he left me not too long ago:

"As Beren looked into her eyes
Within the shadows of her hair,
The trembling starlight of the skies
He saw there mirrored shimmering.
Tinúviel the elven-fair,
Immortal maiden elven-wise,
About him cast her shadowy hair
And arms like silver glimmering.

So the answer could be Luthien's arms."

[hakatri]

Hmm, it sounds nice. Here is what I dig out:

Answer: Shadowfax

Shadowfax they called him. By day his coat glistens like silver; and by night it is like a shade, and he passes unseen. - The Council of Elrond, FotR

Oh yes, Menelmacar, always provide source for your quote. Answer is consider inncorrect without it.

[Alhana]

Darn it! I even told you by PM that Shadowfax had been my first guess! I'm gonna have to start going with instinct from now on. Great, honey. *walks away while muttering all over the place*

[menelmacar]

Anor Malthen ~ Who/what gleamed like silver in the shade?"

Question says in the shade, while according to thequote, Shadowfax gleamed like silver during day, and was like a shade at night.
(And my source is A knife in the Dark, LotR)

[amalric]

The only alternative I would suggest is this, from LotR, Lothlorien.

Out of the shadows a ladder was let down: it was made of rope, silver-grey and glimmering in the dark, and though it looked slender it proved strong enough to bear many men.

Oh, and hello everyone! ;D

[hakatri]

Menelmacar - I agree, I'm not too happy with my answer either. Amalric's however look excatly correct I think. I would go with that. What the rest of you think?

Btw, wellcome Ammy. *hands over a cold beer from the fridge*

[Alhana]

'Shadowfax' doesn't completely fit, which is why I had put aside that first guess of mine.

Sir Spamalot...er...Ammy *g*, your answer though does sound true to the question that is asked. I vote for that one. And welcome aboard.

<timeloop>

I've just posted our answer. We shall see how that goes.

[hakatri]

Here is our second question:

What name was burned in the heart of an old king's old friend?

It took me forever but I think I found the suitable answer: Azog

“Years afterwards Thrór, now old, poor, and desperate… he went away with one old companion only called Nár … Then Nár turned the head and saw branded on the brow in Dwarf-runes so that he could read it the name AZOG. That name was branded in his heart and in the hearts of all the Dwarves afterwards.” – RotK, Appendix A, Durin’s Folk

[Alhana]

That was fast. I'm going to look through the books and any other source I have after my 'daily posting routine' but 'Azog' fits the bill very nicely either way.

[amalric]

Looks good to me. *has another beer*

[Alhana]

Okies, well, I haven't found anything else. Hakatri, hon, that sounds just about right with me.

[Alhana]

Double post...I know, bad me *puts halo on*. Anyways kiddies, here's our fourth question:

Who spoke with everyone, in their own mysterious tongue?"

And my attempted answer would be: Mithrandir

"With Dwarf and Hobbit, Elves and Men, with mortal and immortal folk, with bird on bough and beast in den, in their own secret tongues he spoke." {LotR, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Mirror of Galadriel}

[hakatri]

Sounds good to me hon.

[Alhana]

Well, I just gave the best answer that I could for the 5th question of this round, but needless to say, I'm quite sure that it's the incorrect one. However, since it's best to give something rather than nothing, I had to post it. I am however, rather disappointed (and this is putting it mildly) in the lack of help (save for Hakatri and Ammy, who I have to be fair and admit that he helped with the first question), that the team is showing. That's all I'm going to say.