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Post by Angmar on Aug 7, 2007 20:20:44 GMT
Agan, I never did believe that story about "sitting on his lap." Now Khazar's theory has merit. Perhaps he is kneeling or sitting. In addition to that, there are no "mantled shoulders vast and dark." As a matter of fact, the guy is a shrimp and seems on the thin side.
We need an artist.
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Post by Agan on Aug 7, 2007 21:10:53 GMT
You sure it is a guy? Perhaps it is a ... nazgulette? ;D By the way, want a laugh? It is about Adunaphel the nazgulette and her MERP story you were discussing with Khazar. I think I know where the MERP guys took the idea. (For they are serious guys, almost all their info has at least a slight basis in the canon). Hmm... very slight. Look here at this quote from the beginning of "A Knife in the Dark" "There was a faint stir in the leaves, and a cock crowed far away. The cold hour before dawn was passing. The figure by the door moved. In the dark without moon or stars a drawn blade gleamed, as if a chill light had been unsheathed. There was a blow, soft but heavy, and the door shuddered. 'Open, in the name of Mordor!' said a voice thin and menacing". A THIN voice! So - here we have a woman! ;D And if you reread the MERP story attentively you will find out that it WAS Adunaphel who knocked on the door at Crickhollow!". And she was the one who lived with Khamul in Dol Guldur away from the seven in Minas Morgul. Why so - I don't know. I wonder what their common life was like. ;D
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Post by Elfhild on Aug 8, 2007 6:15:50 GMT
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Post by Angmar on Aug 8, 2007 6:34:28 GMT
No, Gordis, the model Elfhild used is definitely a guy - too flat-chested to be anything else. ;D
A "thin voice" proves there was a female Nazgul at Crickhollow? Those people at MERP always had great imaginations. ;D
Elfhild, I know you put a lot of work into this. I remember at the time you were doing it that it seemed like a very difficult job making a collage of these three graphics. The guy and one of the girls are standing. The other girl is sitting. It is impossible to get a standing up graphic of this threesome. You did a great job with what you had.
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Post by Elfhild on Aug 8, 2007 6:51:06 GMT
Actually, the most difficult part was the background of the page. I wanted something with circles and rings, like a Celtic knot, but it took me forever to find anything that wouldn't clash so badly that it distracted from the text. I had to make about 10 versions of the current background before it looked like what it does now.
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Post by Angmar on Aug 8, 2007 6:57:38 GMT
Elfhild, you did a magnificent job with the background and the whole layout. I would have thought, though, that the background would have been the easiest part. The difficult part for me would be lining up the figures.
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Post by Agan on Aug 8, 2007 7:52:41 GMT
Elfhild - you really did a great job. I DO know firsthand what a great amount of work it entailed. And it looks very-very nice.
Please, don't feel frustrated - we were just joking!
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Post by Elfhild on Aug 10, 2007 8:46:59 GMT
I know you're joking. By the way, a new chapter has been added...
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Post by khazarkhum on Aug 11, 2007 21:57:19 GMT
I thought 'houri' meant 'dark-eyed maiden'. Wouldn't the twins be something else?
Yes, I tried to find the Farsi equivalent of 'blue-eyed blondes' but it translated it into Persian writing, which I don't know how to read.
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Post by Angmar on Aug 11, 2007 23:54:11 GMT
In Arabic, "houri" does mean dark-eyed virgins (either male or female). However, the word "houri" is used here in a figurative sense, meaning "nymph," "spirit," "sprite," "angel," etc. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a "houri" can be "A voluptuous, alluring woman," as well as "One of the beautiful virgins of the Koranic paradise." We are using the first meaning of the word.
Inbir is saying that the sisters are beautiful enough to be spirits, nymphs or sprites. In this case, I suppose water sprites. ;D
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