Month of the Greats - Ithi & Rhea's Excellent Adventure

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

well dang it, why must I sleep.

[Gudrean]

yes yes excalibur!!!

[Ithillian Turambar]

The group watched as Tina entered the possible password. The screen went black ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The room went silent as the group collectively held their breath.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then the following words appeared.

 

 

That what was thought lost was not drowned. Begin with my Bearer's beginnings. Twice in the day you may start the path from the wizard's home.

 

 

Yes! Well done Tina

 

We are on a quest to find Excalibur! How exciting! I think we need to use this clue to find the location of the next one. Does anyone have any ideas?

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

excaliburs bearer could be a couple ppl or things but most likely Arthur

 

Arthur's beginnings could refer to birthplace, story/first written mention or I think more likely initials of his name

 

which might be k a for King Arthur or a p for Arthur pendragon?

 

and farther I cannot see.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

or first letters in Arthur of course... art?

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

and I've ignored the rest of the clue cause... I don't get it.

[Senexx]

I'm doubtful but we all began with The Big Bang Theory. TBBT

 

I'm just as confused about Twice in the day you may start the path from Myrddin's (Merlin) home unless its something about the hut he had in the woods.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

or the crystal cave if we're using other sources...

 

what was thought lost was not drowned, Excalibur held and returned by the lady in the lake?

 

twice in the day making me think of a twelve hour clock but still not making any sense.

 

also kinda makes me think o twice dawns the day, is there an Arthurian correlation there?

 

and... I think I'm over thinking it.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

these clues all feel likeLotR to me...

[Ithillian Turambar]

Hmmm ... Lyon gave us tickets to travel by more 'mundane methods'. I think we are looking for an actual real place that exists today.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

ok...

 

That what was thought lost was not drowned. Begin with my Bearer's beginnings. Twice in the day you may start the path from the wizard's home.

 

APT I think...

[Elaevia]

twice in the day makes me think of 12 hour clock too, or position of the sun or something

[Ithillian Turambar]

Hmmmmm 'my bearer's beginnings' could be a lot more literal of a clue perhaps but the twice in the day does sound like maybe a natural occurance.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

tintagel? Cornwall?

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

twice in the day... tides? a ship?

 

um... geography, I'll hush now.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

not the Cornwall shipwreck and heritage center?

 

ok now I'll hush. real place, I don't know those.

[Mashiara Sedai]

That what was thought lost was not drowned. Begin with my Bearer's beginnings. Twice in the day you may start the path from the wizard's home.

 

 

I don't think I'll be much help because I know next to nothing about the Arthurian legends.  But, Excalibur was held by the Lady of the Lake, but "not drowned."  So the first part could be about the sword.  The middle, I don't know, since I haven't a clue about where Arthur began.  But the last part could also be about the Lady of the Lake.  Wasn't there some sort of island that she lived on, out in the middle.  Cindy's guess about the tides could mean that a path is revealed to the island twice a day?

 

(Seriously, I'm useless for this part)

[Basel Gill]

Argh. I have no idea.

[Ithillian Turambar]

tintagel? Cornwall?

Yes ... I'm sure that folklore says he was born there.

[Elaevia]

Sooo... are we travelling to Cornwall?

 

(if so we should get ice cream while we're there. We should get ice cream anyway!)

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

oh please let it be torchwood...

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

That what was thought lost was not drowned. if not Excalibur maybe Avalon itself?

 

Begin with my Bearer's beginnings. *Cornwall *

 

Twice in the day - not tides? sunrise and sunset? noon and midnight?

 

you may start the path from the wizard's home. so many different versions of the story... wales? north wales? or be wick under the stone? or Avalon?

 

ugh... not the mists I Avalon, you're looking fir a place not a book

 

not castle tintargel?

[Senexx]

Albion (A for beginning / England)

 

Greenwich (for twice in the day)

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

Greenwich... oh... makes sense

[Ithillian Turambar]

I think Cindy was closer with Tintagel. Is there anything there that could be classed as the Wizard's home?