🧙♂️🖥️ Gandalf Attempts to Access his Account on Moria.net
Type password, friend, and enter
Gandalf Attempts to Access his Account on Moria.net
MORIA LOGIN PAGE:
“Ennyn Durin Aran Moria. Pedo Mellon a Minno. Im Narvi hain echant. Celebrimbor o Eregion teithant i thiw hin.”
GANDALF:
Set Language to ‘Common Speech’
MORIA LOGIN PAGE:
"The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak, friend, and enter. I, Narvi, made them. Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs."
GANDALF:
"Annon Edhellen, edro hi ammen!" (Gate of the Elves, open now for me!)
MORIA LOGIN PAGE:
We are unable to validate your information. Please try again.
GANDALF:
"Fennas Nogothrim, lasto beth lammen." (Doorway of the Dwarf-folk, listen to the word of my tongue.)
MORIA LOGIN PAGE:
You have one remaining attempt to log in before your account is locked. Please try again.
GANDALF:
Ando Eldarinwa… a lasta quettanya (Gate of Elves… listen to my word)
MORIA LOGIN PAGE:
I’m sorry, but you have exceeded the maximum number of login attempts and must now reset your password. Please choose a new password.
GANDALF:
Try another way to sign in
MORIA LOGIN PAGE:
Please enter the six-digit verification code that we sent to the Palantír associated with this account.
GANDALF:
Choose another way to reset my password
MORIA LOGIN PAGE:
Unable to access your Palantír? Please enter the verification code that we sent via moth.
Verification Code:
3, for the Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
7, for Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
9, Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die,
1, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throneGANDALF:
3791
MORIA LOGIN PAGE:
To verify that you are not an orc, please select all of the following images that contain images of the sun:
MORIA LOGIN PAGE:
Thank you for verifying your identity. Please enter a new password.
GANDALF:
“mellon” (friend)
MORIA LOGIN PAGE:
I’m sorry, new password cannot be identical to previous password.
GANDALF:
L;kas;ldflna;lkg;ahlkjsdflkkadslfjklajsd;fi ;h
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LOL It's weirdly comforting to see Gandalf suffer like us. Loved this clever post - the image CAPTCHA was my favorite.
I’d probably get less frustrated about having to reset my password if I just pretended it was part of an epic quest every time it happened 😂