Meriymun
1. Gulp. But he thought it sounded a bit too... non-majestic and decided to go with Swallow. Personally, I think they're both a bit ludicrous.
2. Dragon's father was a street-peddling merchant who accidently impregnated Dragon's mother. When Dragon's mother asked for some financial support, Mr. Daddy-o turned tail and fled across the land. No one really remembers him anymore, or knows where he got to.
3. Their names all contain the letter 'n' and they all know how to waddle. (Though they wouldn't all show off their waddling skills in public)
4. 1. Gevan likes to pretend he's incapacitated so he can relax, though in Sutrium he likes to show off and drinks into the double digit territory.
5. Elspeth's middle name is 'acave' which is, funnily enough, the location of the weaponmachines. So if she paid proper attention she would know all she has to do is find A Cave and it would be over, simple!
6. The Herders are famous for scratching their heads
and standing 'round chasing their tails
but sometimes they venture from outside their houses
and they drink beer, lager and ale!
(The 3 things are: head scratching, tail chasing and drinking)
7. There are 98 main rooms and the exact same number of bathrooms. You know how girls are in the morning, if you want to get a decent wash you need to have your own bathroom!
8. Any kind of fish they can get, they're not going to be fussy about it. As long as it's not bad or tainted, then it's totally fine with them.
9. The 4th tallest mountain?! Why on earth would they measure the height of their mountains? That sounds a bit like a job for someone with a whole heap of time on their hands? A few of the taller mountains are, Avest, Cogir, Kachung, Hote, Maal and Choyohoo. One f those is probably the fourth tallest, but as to which one... Your guess is as good as mine.
10. Maruman is of course Cancer, ever-changing moods and the moon as his mistress.
Atthis is a Libra. Libra's element is air, symbol is the scales, Atthis is of course Libra. Libra's are deep and can search right down into their souls which is exactly Atthis. Most of the other Agyllians are Libra too.
Dameon was born under Virgo. Sweet and gentle, compassionate and caring. Dameon is an empath and heart and so is he a Virgo. His star sign is perfectly fitting of his soul.
11. Sutrium and the Boys It was made up of Domick and three other guys, one of which was our one and only Master of Obernewtyn, though Rushton would die before admitting to it now. They started the band years and years ago, but after Rushton decided to "mature" he quit the band. Though Sutrium and the Boys still rocked it without their lead guitarist.
12. Spaghetti with butter. It can't have anything else with it. Ariel loves the way it reminds him of silken strands of golden hair, he's a little bit of an oddball.
13. I would... but we have to keep things PG. ;)
Okay fine, he was picking out which pig looked the fattest so he could sneak back down when it was dark and have some nice bacon for supper.
14. He'll rope a couple of sea-turtles and ride them home.
15. No way, his hair is the bomb! Though if he's looking for a change I heard mullets were back in? (No I didn't but Daffyd doesn't need to know that little detail...)
16. You see, I would tell you but I don't want to ruin the surprise. You'll discover it in your own time, young grasshopper. [act]cough[/act]Dameon[act]cough[/act]
pizzagreen
What is Swallow's real name?
He really is called Swallow, but he tries to cover this up by saying it is his nickname, but this is just a lie.
Who was Dragon's father?
Would it be too ironic if he was called Draco? If that's too much, well how about Ruber Rex?
Name two similarities between Brydda Llewellyn, the penguin out of Billy Madison, and Gary Oldman?
To be honest I don't even remember seeing Billy Madison, I probably have, but I can't remember what the penguin does, so it will basically be just a penguin.
1. They all light up a room
2. They give great hugs, even if they smell of fish
On average, how many standard drinks before Gevan's under the table? How does this change when the table is in Sutrium?
Oh Gevan has a strong stomach, he can hold 15 standard drinks, but when he goes to Sutrium, that doubles to 30!
What is Elspeth's middle name and how is it relevant to her quest? (Fun fact! We're doing this question again this year! :P)
How bizzare that I came up with this exact question for this year's competition. I have no idea what her middle name is though. Is Innle too obvious? Maybe Elnni, because it is Innle backwards, and they thought she would never notice.
The Herders are famous for three things. Make a short poem (4 lines max) highlighting these things.
We burn like the sun
All day long
Preaching and Praying
To our dear Lud
How many rooms are in the Obernewtyn main house (including the Healer Hall)? How many bathrooms?
There are exactly 113 rooms in Obernewtyn (excluding bathrooms), and 8 bathrooms, so when you add them together you get 121, which was Lukas Seraphim's father's age when he died.
What kind of fish do the Sadorian catch in their annual harvest?
Beach loving flatheads
Name the 4th tallest mountain in the Land.
That would be Zaun (if you translate Tor from German, it means gate, so Zaun means fence)
What is Maruman's star sign? Atthis'? Dameon's?
Maruman is an Ariesian (is that even a word?)
Atthis is an Aquarian
Dameon is a Pisces
Which boy band was Domick a member of before defecting to the Council?
One Direction, but it was called Two Directions, but when Domick left, he went the other way, so they only had One Direction to go, to get away from Domick
What is Ariel's favourite food?
I'm going to say mashed potato, because he can take the time mashing to swash things violently to channel his anger
Explain why Rushton was in the barn?
I'm guessing this is the first time Elspeth saw Rushton. He was practising his ballroom dancing skills, and he was doing that in the barn, because he was embarrassed about it and didn't want anyone to find out. Why was he learning ballroom dancing? Well he was in training for the Annual Land Ballroom Dancing competition, but had to pull out because he couldn't find a partner in time :(
How will Matthew get out of the Land of the Red Queen?
He will find out that the beast in the pit (not sure what that is called, haven't read the stone key in a while, and haven't read the sending at all) is actually a conspiracy, and is some sort of portal/wormhole, and he will appear in the Sadorian desert, and then find his way back to Obernewtyn.
Do you think Daffyd would do well to get a haircut?
He's a free man to have manly, long, luscious hair. Unless he is off to see Gilaine, in that case, he needs to tidy up.
Who is the Destroyer?
I think that Malik doesn't even have a heart, and is really a robot sent into the future from the Beforetime, and he is the Destroyer, because robots will revel in a world without life (yep... that's my theory....). Who said the Destroyer had to be human and Malik is really a cyborg!
deb
1. What is Swallow's real name? Mr Deb Gates
2. Who was Dragon's father? A misfit in the RQL by the name of George who had empathic talent. He made the Queen fall in love with him using his talent. Sadly he was killed in a buffalo stampede.
3. Name two similarities between Brydda Llewellyn, the penguin out of Billy Madison, and Gary Oldman? They are all cute and they are all welcome at my house.
4. On average, how many standard drinks before Gevan's under the table? How does this change when the table is in Sutrium? At Obernewtyn, it would take three of Grufyyd’s ferment to have Geven rolling drunk. In Sutrium he would need to drink 10 or more for the same effect as the booze there is not up to Grufyyd’s standard.
5. What is Elspeth's middle name and how is it relevant to her quest? Joan, named after Joan of Arc a beforetime heroine who saved the world. Her mother just had a feeling about Elspeth and had read the name in a beforetime book.(Fun fact! We're doing this question again this year! :P)
6. The Herders are famous for three things. Make a short poem (4 lines max) highlighting these things.
Maiming and killing with poison and whitestick,
Burning and beating and kidnapping mistfits,
But hiding on islands and running away
That’s what the herders are good at these days
(to the tune of ‘a few of my favourite things’ from Sound of Music.)
7. How many rooms are in the Obernewtyn main house (including the Healer Hall)? How many bathrooms? 257 rooms. 5 communal bathing chambers and 43 toilets. Extensions are on the way.
8. What kind of fish do the Sadorian catch in their annual harvest? Lemmings
9. Name the 4th tallest mountain in the Land. Tor
10. What is Maruman's star sign? Atthis'? Dameon's? Maruman: Leo. Masculine and dry, inflexible yet loyal. Majestic. Key life phrase: I Shine. Dameon: Pisces. Loving, sensitive, intuitive, idealistic and victimized. Key life Phrase: I Sacrifice. Attis: Scorpio. Secretive, resolute, steadfast, painstaking and stubborn. Key life phrase: I Will.
11. Which boy band was Domick a member of before defecting to the Council? The Sutrium Herder Boys Choir.
12. What is Ariel's favourite food? Broiled chicken with a side of mushrooms.
13. Explain why Rushton was in the barn? He was choosing his future love.
14. How will Matthew get out of the Land of the Red Queen? Matthew will flag down a passing equine and using finger speech to ask for a ride to the train station where he will catch a train to the docks. He will stow away on a small ship that only goes to the next port of the RQL. From there he will steal a two wheeled beforetime vehicle and peddle away into the sunset.
15. Do you think Daffyd would do well to get a haircut? Leave poor Daffyd’s hair alone. He’s gone though enough without suggesting he change his appearance.
16. Who is the Destroyer? Lud only knows but if I had to guess, my money’s on Dameon.
Deb, Mystics
Arwen
1. Swallow’s real name is in fact Edmund, meaning “rich protectorâ€. We'll just have to wait and see if he'll be led astray by the White Witch.
2. Dragon’s father was Gilbert’s father. In The Farseekers Elspeth learns that Glibert’s father had been taken by slavers and “his boat sunk†(p. 85). He made it safely (or as safe as you can when you’re a slave) to the Spit, where someone from the Red Land saw him and bought his freedom because of his uncommon red hair. As there were no vessels travelling back to the Land from the Spit that weren’t slave vessels, he saw no other option but to travelling with his saviour to the Red Land, whereupon he met the Queen.
3. Their nose/beak and their laugh :nods:
4. Standard drinks for me? Well, that would be until he’s had his fill, since my standard is quite non-alcoholic. Though I imagine 2 litres of orange fizzy drink wouldn’t do him any favours. In Sutrium however, the table is at The Good Egg. And the drink? He heard about Domick’s special concoction and decided he’d try it. Unfortunately it was too sweet for his liking, and after two the sugar got too much for him…
5. Elspeth’s middle name is Trena. Its relevance to her quest is that it is in fact a key to escape from the Tumen by means of granting her companions access to where she is held. How? Rearrange the letters and you get ‘entar’, which sounds like ‘enter’.
6.
Devout misogynists screaming lies
Spreading fire, burning flesh,
And as the smoke touches the skies,
Fleeing from Misfit visions.
7. A total of 65 rooms, which include dorm rooms for each guild, guild meeting rooms, guildmerge hall, the kitchens, guest rooms and rooms for the guild leaders. There are only five rooms set aside specifically for bathrooms. The queues after a hard day of work on the farms got so long that Rushton ordered everyone to write their name down on a list. His idea was that bathing order would be done by rank. That way he was guaranteed to have plenty of hot water.
8. They don’t catch any. The fish throw themselves upon the shore, and the Sadorians then harvest from the beached fish. One year they were confused by a particularly large fish that was beached. In the end they reasoned that it would be a waste to harvest it, so they gathered as many of the men as they could and sent it back out to sea.
9. Mount Rushton. Out of Swallow, Dameon, Straaka and Rushton, I picture Rushton as being the shortest. Just.
10. Maruman: Sagittarius. His freedom and wildness mean everything to Maruman, but he values greatly the home he has by Elspeth’s side.
Atthis: Aquarius. She was definitely an intellectual being, with thoughts beyond/different to those around her.
Dameon: Virgo. He’s caring and sensitive, all the while hoping Elspeth will love him.
11. Plus One. He had a major disagreement with the other members when they informed him the Written on [his] Heart was ‘Kella’. He decided that it was ‘My Life’ and defected so as to avoid having them tease him more about The Promise he made Kella.
12. When he’s in a picky mood he’ll eat only white food with a black filling. His favourite is white chocolate coated liquorice, sweetness offset by bitterness.
13. At what point in time do you mean? The time when Zarak and Lina snuck off during moonfair? Well, he’d just seen the Empath’s performance and being the emotional guy he is, he just had to tell the pig all about it, and apologise for not bringing it along. Naturally he blamed Elspeth for the last part, mimicking her “No, the ridiculous pig cannot accompany the Master of Obernewtyn about the fair. I won’t stand for the creature snuggling in your arms in front of everyone. Not after last time†(see Obernewtyn for an explanation). At this point Lina and Zarak were in the barn doorway. Hearing him grumbling to the pig sent them into hysterics. They ran before he could catch them.
14. He won’t get out, ever. His happily ever after is going to happen there with Dragon, so he’ll never want to leave, no matter how much he misses Obernewtyn.
15. Nah, long hair’s fine for him, provided he doesn’t grow it so long he can braid it. We’ll leave that look for the Norselanders.
16. I have it on excellent authority that it is my brother. He is completely anti-literature, loves to move my bookmarks around, threatens to tear pages out of my books and quite desperately wishes to burn anything by Shakespeare. Oh! In the Ober Chrons – that would be Dameon.
blackbird
1. What is Swallow's real name? Horatio Ronaldo Antonius.
2. Who was Dragon's father? An Animal Trainer in a travelling Circus.
3. Name two similarities between Brydda Llewellyn, the penguin out of Billy Madison, and Gary Oldman? Black – Black Dog, Black and white feathers, Sirius Black. Everyone knows them – All OC knows the Black Dog, everyone in HP knows Sirius, every 20-sometihing+ knows the penguin.
4. On average, how many standard drinks before Gevan's under the table? How does this change when the table is in Sutrium? 7, but in Sutrium the lower altitude lets him consume more.
5. What is Elspeth's middle name and how is it relevant to her quest? Isra – in Arabic it means Nocturnal Journey, and in Thai it means Free.
6. The Herders are famous for three things. Make a short poem (4 lines max) highlighting these things.
Herders are so fine, they make fishing line.
Herders are so cool, they make woodwork tools.
Herders are so tall, they make your bouncing balls!
7. How many rooms are in the Obernewtyn main house (including the Healer Hall)? How many bathrooms? 666 rooms, with 66 bathrooms.
8. What kind of fish do the Sadorian catch in their annual harvest? Mullet.
9. Name the 4th tallest mountain in the Land. Emeralfel.
10. What is Maruman's star sign? Atthis'? Dameon's? Maruman is a Cancer (because he is “crabbyâ€), Atthis is an Aries (fire sign – fire is red – plumage is red), Dameon is a Libra (justice is blind).
11. Which boy band was Domick a member of before defecting to the Council? One Direction – he was the sixth member.
12. What is Ariel's favourite food? Cookies with milk.
13. Explain why Rushton was in the barn? Visiting the pig – it was lonely, and cries if left alone too long.
14. How will Matthew get out of the Land of the Red Queen? He will take up work on a cruise ship as an waiter, be promoted to entertainer, and eventually make his way back to The Land.
15. Do you think Daffyd would do well to get a haircut? No – it hides his tattoo!
16. Who is the Destroyer? I am! [act]spooky/evil laugh[/act]
Loren
What is Swallow's real name?
Celonio, of Latin origin, meaning like a swallow.
Who was Dragon's father?
The soldierguard captain, hence why he recognised her.
Name two similarities between Brydda Llewellyn, the penguin out of Billy Madison, and Gary Oldman?
On average, how many standard drinks before Gevan's under the table? How does this change when the table is in Sutrium?
Gevan can hold his liquor, it takes 10 to fell him. In Sutrium, it only takes two, but that's because he's acting. Although one time in Sutrium, it did actually only take 2, but someone had spiked his drink.
What is Elspeth's middle name and how is it relevant to her quest? (Fun fact! We're doing this question again this year! :P)
Must I answer it again then? Rosita, Zita for short.
The Herders are famous for three things. Make a short poem (4 lines max) highlighting these things.
Like a spiders web, twitching in its prey
It's never torture, but treatment
If you're different, they make you pay
Meeting slavers on the beach with deadly intent.
How many rooms are in the Obernewtyn main house (including the Healer Hall)? How many bathrooms?
150 rooms in Obernewtyn - 30 in the Healer Hall. 20 aathrooms.
What kind of fish do the Sadorian catch in their annual harvest?
A larger cousin of the grunion, a californian fish famous for beaching itself in its thousands.
Name the 4th tallest mountain in the Land.
Vierthöchste
What is Maruman's star sign? Atthis'? Dameon's?
Maruman is an Aquarius. Atthis is a Libra. Dameon is a Pisces.
Which boy band was Domick a member of before defecting to the Council?
One Direction
What is Ariel's favourite food?
gruel
Explain why Rushton was in the barn?
The pig had been having piglets in there.
How will Matthew get out of the Land of the Red Queen?
The expedition will rescue him when they liberate the RQL
Do you think Daffyd would do well to get a haircut?
Yes! He's a mophead!
Who is the Destroyer?
The pig!!!
