Results, Round 1: Mirandor
1. I confess that though difficult to write I must approach this text with much as much candour as may be safely mustered without giving it the air of a Weighty Tome of some antecendant of Plutarch. -written by songofnewday
2. My Mother was born rich and my Father poor; but by the Time they met one another both of their Fortunes had been reversed. -written by jeffr23 and guessed by songofnewday and xxxlibris (welcome!)
3. I was born, dear Reader, in one of the finest and most famous cities in Holland. Unknown translator, guessed by no one!
4. My Name, dear Reader, is Mirandor, and in the Course of what follows, I shall endeavour to acquaint you with the more than remarkable Conditions of my life. -written by alextiefling and guessed by jeffr23
5. I was born - so I am told - in a small and dismal Town named Sint-Amandus. -written by dorianegray and guessed by
a_d_medievalist and braisedbywolves
6. My parents had long prayed for a son, but for years their prayers went unheard, as they had produced daughter after daughter; you may imagine the celebrations that accompanied my birth, and caused them to give me the name Mirandor. written by
a_d_medievalist and guessed by lanyer
7. To begin with my conception would be Affectation, with the coming of my Benefactor trite. Written by lanyer and guessed by dorianegray and alextiefling
Scores, thusly:
lanyer : 2
jeffr23 : 2
dorianegray : 2
alextiefling : 1
a_d_medievalist :1
2. My Mother was born rich and my Father poor; but by the Time they met one another both of their Fortunes had been reversed. -written by jeffr23 and guessed by songofnewday and xxxlibris (welcome!)
3. I was born, dear Reader, in one of the finest and most famous cities in Holland. Unknown translator, guessed by no one!
4. My Name, dear Reader, is Mirandor, and in the Course of what follows, I shall endeavour to acquaint you with the more than remarkable Conditions of my life. -written by alextiefling and guessed by jeffr23
5. I was born - so I am told - in a small and dismal Town named Sint-Amandus. -written by dorianegray and guessed by
a_d_medievalist and braisedbywolves
6. My parents had long prayed for a son, but for years their prayers went unheard, as they had produced daughter after daughter; you may imagine the celebrations that accompanied my birth, and caused them to give me the name Mirandor. written by
a_d_medievalist and guessed by lanyer
7. To begin with my conception would be Affectation, with the coming of my Benefactor trite. Written by lanyer and guessed by dorianegray and alextiefling
Scores, thusly:
lanyer : 2
jeffr23 : 2
dorianegray : 2
alextiefling : 1
a_d_medievalist :1