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coracle
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(the) Hebrides, a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland. [I used your spelling to play on]

[I've been to Drumnadrochit and I know the truth...  but I've also watched Water Horse, which is a retelling of the legend]

There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."

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Posted : July 3, 2023 3:00 am
waggawerewolf27
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Tobermory (Toba Mhoire) on the Island of Mull, in Scotland's Inner Hebrides. 

@coracle: [I've been to Drumnadrochit and I know the truth...  but I've also watched Water Horse, which is a retelling of the legend]

So have I been to Drumnadrochit, but that is a name that defeats my ability to memorise & spell Gaelic names accurately. That is what comes of being an Aussie, Eyeroll though I'd never admit it to my Scottish-born husband. Though I have at least two Scottish ancestors of my own, even though one was a transported convict, who arrived in Tasmania in 1819. Wink  

In your travels did you go to Falkirk recently? They have two giant statues of Water Horses (or Kelpies) at their Falkirk Wheel, situated where two canals intersect. 

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Posted : July 4, 2023 4:48 am
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Yemen, a country in the Middle East

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Posted : July 4, 2023 10:45 am
coracle
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Northumbria, a county in northern England

 

[ @waggawerewolf27 I haven't been there, but I looked it up - beautiful statues!]

There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."

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Posted : July 4, 2023 3:17 pm
Courtenay
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Posted by: @coracle

Northumbria, a county in northern England

May I please offer a respectful correction? Smile Northumbria was the name of an Anglo-Saxon kingdom covering the lands "north of the Humber" (where the name comes from) up into what's now southern Scotland — it existed from about 654 AD to 954, when it was taken over by the Vikings. The modern county in northern England (a small portion of former Northumbria) is called Northumberland. Don't worry, I keep getting those two names confused too! Wink  

Anyway, taking it from there...

Anglia, a peninsula in northern Germany (near the Danish border), where the Angles who settled in (and named) England originally came from.

"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)

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Posted : July 4, 2023 5:09 pm
coracle
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Acton, a suburb of west London.

[@courtenay I thought Northumbria was still used for the area - the University is still called Northumbria. I have cousins in Newcastle and a friend in Sunderland, all up there in Northumberland!]

There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."

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Posted : July 5, 2023 11:49 pm
Courtenay
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Posted by: @coracle

[@courtenay I thought Northumbria was still used for the area - the University is still called Northumbria. I have cousins in Newcastle and a friend in Sunderland, all up there in Northumberland!]

Northumbria is still sometimes used as a general term for north-east England, I gather, but it's no longer the name of any officially defined area in a political sense. (Similar to Wessex, which was also once an Anglo-Saxon kingdom and the term is still sometimes used loosely for that part of England, but there isn't an actual county called that.) There's an interesting Wikipedia articlehere about "Northumbria" in modern usage.

Back to the game, if I may make it slightly recursive...

Northumberland, the north-easternmost county of England Grin  

 

"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)

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Posted : July 6, 2023 6:36 am
coracle
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Durham, a city near Newcastle in northeast England (good setting out point for Beamish outdoor museum)

 

There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."

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Posted : July 6, 2023 1:58 pm
waggawerewolf27
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Mumbai, India, once called Bombay, and where India's Bollywood is centred.

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Posted : July 8, 2023 4:45 am
coracle
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Istanbul, an ancient city in Turkey which has sometimes been named Constinople.

There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."

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Posted : July 8, 2023 5:28 am
ValiantArcher
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Lajosmizse [Bács-Kiskun, Hungary]

God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay.
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray.

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Topic starter Posted : July 8, 2023 8:15 am
waggawerewolf27
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Eraring,  Australia, important for many reasons to the state of New South Wales.

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Posted : July 9, 2023 4:39 pm
ValiantArcher
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Ghazaouet [Tlemcen, Algeria]

God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay.
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray.

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Topic starter Posted : July 15, 2023 7:39 pm
coracle
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Tehran, capital of Iran

There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."

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Posted : July 16, 2023 12:28 am
ValiantArcher
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Nuevo Chao [La Libertad, Peru]

God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay.
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray.

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Topic starter Posted : July 16, 2023 4:19 pm
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