+Kealia Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 (edited) And so it begins......the time when The Ring is once again up for grabs... Who of you are brave enough to take on the protection of the ring and keep it from the ever-prying eyes of Team Nazgul? "While sleeping, the ring was taken from us from a nasty, nasty man covered in wood shavings he was. Took the Precious and hid it from us he did. THIEVES!! " The Precious is now hidden safely away but it is up to you to keep it away from Nazgul. Game goes like this: The TB will NOT be dropped in a cache online as a typical bug would - that would be too easy for Nazgul to pounce on. Instead, use this thread to log it's current location, but only give hints or clues to the cache that it's in - don't give the actual cache name or that will defeat the purpose. Feel free to leave personal clues (i.e. if you've visited a cache with a particular cacher and have an inside joke/.story that will alert them to it's whereabouts). Just "grab" the TB from the previous holder into your posession. I'm not concerned with it tracking mileage. Remember - the fate of Middle Earth now lies in your hands! Edited January 3, 2005 by Kealia Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 As I was travelling through the distant land of Scott's Valley, I encountered a strange creature who presented himself as Kealia (He had an ill look about him, and I guessed that this was in reality the creature known as Gollum). He held a coin I desired, and I negotiated a trade, giving him small token of my wood-craft. He gave me the coin, but as he did, from his hand dropped a gold ring. I knew at once that this was the Ring of Power. I grabbed the ring and sped quickly over the hill, leaving him shrieking "the Precious, the Precious! Filthy cachers'ss... we hates them!" But the ring weighs heavily on me, and it calls for its Master... I fear the Nazgul will come to take it from me. So I have hidden it, that another may take up the quest and keep it out of the reach of this evil minnion of Sauron. I spied a lone hill, guarded by lions, and placed the ring within a box of tupperware, seated on a small ledge. I think it may be safe here as no one goes here anymore... and the hide is known only to myself and my firstborn. I will watch it daily as I come and go from my home, until another retrieves it and relieves me of the burden. May it be kept safely from the evil Nazgul... Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Puny humans. The ring is mine. Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Dang that Nazgul is fast.... must be that scary beast he travels in. We MUST get this back! Quote Link to comment
+beckerbuns Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Having been interrupted during our feast with news of the ring's arrival, we made haste to its location, but alas, my band of weary travelers arrived too late. (We did like the nifty new signature item, though.) Quote Link to comment
+beckerbuns Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 I spied a lone hill, guarded by lions, and placed the ring within a box of tupperware, seated on a small ledge. I think it may be safe here as no one goes here anymore... and the hide is known only to myself and my firstborn. I will watch it daily as I come and go from my home, until another retrieves it and relieves me of the burden. May it be kept safely from the evil Nazgul... It seems that concealing the Precious in the same region as Nazgul might not have been such a good plan. Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 I spied a lone hill, guarded by lions, and placed the ring within a box of tupperware, seated on a small ledge. I think it may be safe here as no one goes here anymore... and the hide is known only to myself and my firstborn. I will watch it daily as I come and go from my home, until another retrieves it and relieves me of the burden. May it be kept safely from the evil Nazgul... It seems that concealing the Precious in the same region as Nazgul might not have been such a good plan. hey, I was on foot & it was raining ok? Quote Link to comment
+The Petoskey Stones Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 This is not a time to place blame. Before this is over there shall be enough for all. We must focus on our task. The Nazgul are effectively blind in the world of the living, and so rely upon their keen sense of smell to detect their quarry. Can we make use of this vulenerability to recover the ring? Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Perhaps we can entice him out of his lair with something else he can't resist. Maybe an FTF opportunity? Maybe in his haste to sign the log he may drop the ring? Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted January 3, 2005 Author Share Posted January 3, 2005 NO! NO! He has it and we wantz it back. Ours it is.... His Fell Beast is swift and has no fear so outsmarat he we must. But how?!?!!? Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted January 3, 2005 Author Share Posted January 3, 2005 Perhaps we can entice him out of his lair with something else he can't resist. Maybe an FTF opportunity? Maybe in his haste to sign the log he may drop the ring? YES! YES! Then stabs his eyez out! Quote Link to comment
+WalruZ Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 (edited) A Cache Unfound it must be - then he can be waylaid. Edited January 3, 2005 by WalruZ Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 A new cache it must be then... I will venture at dawn to search for that mythical place, The Park With No Cache. There I shall bait a trap that the dreaded Nazgul cannot resist... Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 There I shall bait a trap that the dreaded Nazgul cannot resist... Yeah, but how are you gonna fit the entire Dallas cowboy cheerleader squad into a cache? Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 I'll bring a big stick Quote Link to comment
+WeBeDnD Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Perhaps I can send in my halfling to messmerize the Nazgul? Whilst he is entranced, the rest of the fellowship could overpower him and reclaim the One. Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 (edited) If the One Ring were small enough, I'd recommend a certain cache that would be certain to strike fear into the black heart of our faceless foe: The Shards Of Narsil Here's is the mighty Anduril, Flame of the West in the hands of those Valiant Hobbits of the Shire that are written of in tales of yore. Edited January 3, 2005 by Touchstone Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Hmmm... Narsil's hilt looks an awful lot like my old SCA-style sword from twenty years ago. I wonder if mbrill is planning any more of his famous Tolkien-based multis? Surely a new fellowship would be called upon to locate it if he did. Quote Link to comment
+The Foote Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 There I shall bait a trap that the dreaded Nazgul cannot resist... Yeah, but how are you gonna fit the entire Dallas cowboy cheerleader squad into a cache? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 2 new caches were placed this morning to lure the dreaded Nazgul from his lair. Perhaps in his haste he may drop the ring... Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 It appears the Nazgul has misplaced the ring (must have been those distracting cheerleaders)... Quote Link to comment
+GeoBrowns Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 It appears the Nazgul has misplaced the ring (must have been those distracting cheerleaders)... WHAT??!!!!! Oh how convenient! Just when I was scouring suitable caches for possible misleadi...eh hiding places. Even have Twin Towers on Encore right now to get in the mood. Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 My spies tell me that a Ranger from the north may have located the ring. These rangers are secretive sorts, but possess great caching skill....We'll see where he puts it. Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Hmmmmm.... The sneaky ranger has logged nor find nor grab, nor posted his words here. Knowing the ranger, he is probably placing it on the highest, most distant peak he can locate! Quote Link to comment
+geowal701 Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 The Precious… is watched by the riderless steeds over by the town next to the old drive-in. Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 The fellowship with the skills required for this one numbers but a few... I am one, as is Marky, but there are perhaps two more. Quote Link to comment
+GeoBrowns Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Guess that leaves us out of this leg of the quest. Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 Watching....always watching The Precious we are! He's watching too! And he hatez us! WHy does he hatez us, Master? Smeagol loves everybody. (Good luck to those brave souls who now protect the One Ring). Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Nazgul hasn't the foggiest idea where it is now, and is busy with other things as well so it's going to be safe pretty much anywhere it is for a couple of weeks. Pesky rangers... Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 I know of two members of the fellowship that have sworn an oath to seek the ring, but others may yet join the quest. Just because you don't know its resting place is no excuse not to try... Seek the advise of wizards, they may know more than they are telling... Quote Link to comment
+MRsquared Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 When the Fellowship met during the quest for the elusive “Precious” talk naturally leads to tales of previous adventures and of “Wizards” in their craft. Of mountains, or was that hills, and searches after dark and of bruised arms and childhood adventures with things that make noise. One of the Fellowship will know! Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 Nazgul hasn't the foggiest idea where it is now, and is busy with other things as well so it's going to be safe pretty much anywhere it is for a couple of weeks. Pesky rangers... We are busy for a while on a mission as well....hope the Precious stays safe. Yes, we too seek the Precious and will dance and taunt the evil Nazgul if we capture it first. Quote Link to comment
+ProTechCC Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 "The Precious" is safe once again. Upon reading the secret message I knew The Precious was within my reach. I mounted my great black stallion and road off in to the darkness. The ring was still where another of the Fellowship had placed it. I took it, though it would be a great burden to bear. Once back to the safety of my castle I started to plot the move to a safer place. Till then my Aliens will keep it safe. Quote Link to comment
+ProTechCC Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 The placement of The Precious is difficult thing, for the Nazgul is cunning and has great power. ” Those who used the Nine Rings became mighty in their day, kings, sorcerers, and warriors of old. They obtained glory and great wealth, yet it turned to their undoing. They had, as it seemed, unending life, yet life became unendurable to them. They could walk, if they would, unseen by all eyes in this world beneath the sun, and they could see things in worlds invisible to mortal men; but too often they beheld only the phantoms and delusions of Sauron. And one by one, sooner or later, according to their native strength and to the good or evil of their wills in the beginning, they fell under the thralldom of the ring that they bore and of the domination of the One, which was Sauron's. And they became forever invisible save to him that wore the Ruling Ring, and they entered into the realm of shadows. The Nazgul were they, the Ringwraiths, the Enemy's most terrible servants; darkness went with them, and they cried with the voices of death.” I was stumped for a while and after searching through some #1298 cache’s I found a safe place for it to hide. From my near castle I should be able to see the Great Nazgul’s attempts to approach this hill. Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 As I posted in one of my logs for The Fellowship of the Ring multi, this is my favorite quote regarding the nazgul: "The voice belonged to a man.... a stranger they had understandably overlooked because of his rather ordinary black cape, black chain mail, black mace, black dirk, and perfectly normal red glowing fires where his eyes should have been." - "Bored of the Rings", page 25 Quote Link to comment
+ProTechCC Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 The Precious is safe with others of the Fellowship. We also appear to be having some luck as the Nazgul is traveling south for a time. Who knows what havoc he'll rain to the south. Quote Link to comment
+bullit Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 We left at first light today to ensure the precious did not fall into the Nazgul's hands. We have the Precious in the northern realm... unfortunately one of my party became entranced, she put the ring on and disappeared. I know of her plans and will retrieve the Precious while she is sleeping. Quote Link to comment
+bullit Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 (edited) The precious is safely in my hands, since the Nazgul has left for the deserts we will hold it for..... Edited January 9, 2005 by bullit Quote Link to comment
+ProTechCC Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Has someone fallen under the power of the "The Precious"? Does someone need to be rescued from it's spell? Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 I saw the Nazgul tonight in the shadow of a lion (an MGM lion, something to do with a webcam...), so I am pretty sure he really is still gone. The ring is safe for a bit longer. Quote Link to comment
+bullit Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 At three hours after sunrise on the next day The Precious will be passed on. We met a friend today who told us about a strange man: "Son of Thranduil, Lord of the Elves of Mirkwood. He set out from Rivendell with the Company of the Ring, and journeyed with Aragorn and Gimli through the southern lands of Middle-earth during the War of the Ring; he fought at the Battles of the Hornburg and the Pelennor Fields. " Quote Link to comment
+bullit Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 The precious is safely resting now... let us hope we do not miss "Hanna's coronation" Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 I took the ring, but encountered a group of orcs, they wrestled the ring from my grasp, I will try to recover it... Quote Link to comment
+KennyHannahJacobKatie Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Ok great wizards and brave rangers, reveal your secrets. I get the Legolas - Lets go Lego's connection after the fact but the Hannah's Coronation - Google Falls link is beyond the discernment of this simple Shire dweller. /Lefty Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 It is currently being passed amongst the orcs (last seen in the hands of Wa'lRuz, and Al Amo). It will be retrieved miraculously and head for the Grey Havens... Quote Link to comment
+budd-rdc Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 By the time I figured out where the Ring was resting, it was too late to retrieve The Precious... Oh well, got beat by a few hours. Quote Link to comment
+bullit Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 (edited) Hanna's coronation is an anagram for the park that the lego cache is in... just an extra hint :-) Don't worry I had no clue where two of the other hides were and I got lucky on cache #1298(digitalfish) Edited January 15, 2005 by bullit Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 The evil Nazgul will soon return... so I will take the ring to the Grey Havens. I will place it this morning in the first place I find that will prove safe and secure. Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Done... the ring is secure. I placed it in the first cache I encountered today that was large enough to hold it. Quote Link to comment
+ProTechCC Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 The power of The Precious is great. It is taking Nostrada. He need help! Quote Link to comment
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