Limericks of Lute

[Dionysos]

Yes this is a terrible header but I forgot about a header and forgot to
ask for someone to make one, so here is one I created in five minutes. ​

The game is simple. Guess the character/location/item/concept/etc alluded to in the limerick poems I will be posting here.

If you are unsure what a limerick is, see this Wikipedia definition:

A limerick... is a form of verse, usually humorous and frequently rude, in five-line, predominantly anapestic meter with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, in which the first, second and fifth line rhyme, while the third and fourth lines are shorter and share a different rhyme.

These might not always be consistently funny or rude, but you get the idea.

An example limerick is:
There lives an Adam in Dublin
Who Liv thinks looks like a goblin.
One day he said:
“The Empire state of your head!”
But his broken TV said nuthin’


To make it more challenging I shall be posting the limericks one line at a time. The sooner you guess the answer, the more points you will score.

• Guessing correctly with one line revealed nets you five points.
• Guessing correctly with two lines would net you four points.
• Guessing correctly with three lines would net you three points.
• Guessing correctly with four lines would net you two points.
• The complete poem would net you one point if you solve it.

• If nobody solves it then there will be no points allocated.
• I will be offering bonuses too. One each limerick has been solved I will link to a thread. Bonus points will be awarded upon completing a round if a person follows the link to post in the thread.

If you wish to facilitate the flow of the game, feel free to post 'pass' if you would request another line. If enough people do it then I will post the second line. Otherwise, I'll post the next line after a short amount of time has passed.

You are only allowed one guess for per round/limerick. So if you guess wrong with the first line, you are not allowed to guess again once more lines are revealed.

Spoiler: Score Board (to be updated):

Usernames	Current Points
Miko	22
Linnaete	9
Soulcorruptor	5
Ilyena	5
Molosev	3

Spoiler: Previous Limericks (to be updated):

Limerick One:
There was a man with an ugly pet
He loved to get everyone wet
Not only was he dirty
He was oppressively flirty
But unlike some this creep could sweat.

= Don Corneo (solved by Molosev)
Bonus point: https://www.finalfantasyforums.net/...and-that-of-the-remake-which-is-better.65460/


Limerick Two:
Though strong and eager to chase
This ruler fell from grace.
Filled with rage
and tricked into a cage,
Rebels sent the near-topless tyrant shivering into space.

= Sorceress Adel (solved by Linnaete)
Bonus point = https://www.finalfantasyforums.net/...quivalent-to-marmite-within-the-series.64752/

Limerick Three:
This neglected enemy of antique age
Contains enough lore to well engage.
I promise if you look
You can read it like a book.
Be warned! Its attacks fly off the page!

= Tantarian (solved by Miko)
Bonus point = https://www.finalfantasyforums.net/threads/tantarian.65376/

Limerick Four:
There is a lady who makes everyone blush
Accordingly she causes her foes to shush
She opens her mouth
But your eyes are drawn south
To her golden, feathery bush!

= Siren (solved by Miko)
Bonus point = https://www.finalfantasyforums.net/threads/fff-mythology-manual-siren.65274/


Limerick Five:
If you dare to give this man a call
Know you’ll be dealing with a screwball.
He so often gets stuck
With his bottom ready to pluck
Like a vegetable ripened in the fall.

= Hildibrand Manderville (solved by Miko)
Bonus point = https://www.finalfantasyforums.net/threads/who-is-your-favourite-ffxiv-npc.64883/

Limerick Six:
There arrived a lady from afar
Whose presence seemed to mar.
She never truly dies
And her nipples have eyes.
For years she was displayed in a jar!

= Jenova (solved by Soulcorruptor)
Bonus point = https://www.finalfantasyforums.net/threads/a-horror-themed-final-fantasy.61319/


Limerick Seven:
This beast of ancient stock
Wouldn’t settle with eating the flock.
Instead it’ll engulf
The whimpering wolf
And extra levels it’ll unlock.

= Wild Saurian (solved by Ilyena)
Bonus point = https://www.finalfantasyforums.net/threads/favourite-extinct-animal.64488/


Limerick Eight:
There was a firstborn son
Who did not shine like the sun.
While he possessed the same crest,
T’was his lil bro who was blessed
Until their town became bitterly overdone.

= Clive (solved by Miko)
Bonus point = https://www.finalfantasyforums.net/threads/final-fantasy-xvi-general-discussion-thread.65397/


Limerick Nine:
There was an adventurer of a sort
Who wandered aimlessly for naught.
His loyal partner,
Helped him travel farther.
The lad’s name is less rude in the port!

= Bartz (solved by Miko)
Bonus point = https://www.finalfantasyforums.net/threads/zombie-butts.65160/

Limerick Ten:
There was a lady quite unseen
Not once does she appear on screen
She has a thing for fashion
Her existence a brazen cash-in.
Her dress for the moon’ll now need a clean!

= Vivienne Westwood (unsolved)
Bonus point = https://www.finalfantasyforums.net/threads/apathy-of-accordo.63781/

Limerick Eleven.
When spied some may yell “Giddy!”
While transliterated poorly, we can’t be picky
On him and within him he carries a star
Jamming good, he plays guitar
His melodic neigh cries “I am Ziggy!”.

= Gighee (solved by Ilyena)
Bonus point = https://www.finalfantasyforums.net/...-you-learned-from-a-final-fantasy-game.65418/


Limerick Twelve.
There was a place of solitude
Its owner was in a foul mood.
If lucky, you’ll be swept by a talking broom
Else be admonished for falling to your doom
And returning from the Lifestream nude!

= Matoya's Cave (solved by Linnaete)
Bonus point = https://www.finalfantasyforums.net/threads/swish-swish-aroo-decluttering-your-inventory.65119/

 

[Dionysos]

Limerick One:
There was a man with an ugly pet

 

[Dionysos]

Nobody passed but time did, so here is line two for Limerick One.
The maximum score is now four points.

Limerick One:
There was a man with an ugly pet
He loved to get everyone wet

 

[Miko]

I'll volunteer to be potentially knocked out

Is it Faris Scherwiz From FFV? ‘He’ has a pet/friend Syldra, both of whom I assume like getting everyone wet.

 

[Dionysos]

Great guess, but incorrect!

Here is line three for Limerick One.
The maximum score is now three points.

Limerick One:
There was a man with an ugly pet
He loved to get everyone wet
Not only was he dirty

 

[Linnaete]

Uhh, Ultros? I can't remember if he has a water attack but he certainly does spray...something at you. Typhon is pretty ugly and it's not too farfetched to believe Ultros considers his partner-in-crime a mere pet. The octopus is also dirty in more ways than one.

 

[Soulcorruptor]

Gilgamesh if only because he also used Typhon as a pet in ffv

 

[Dionysos]

Great guesses but both incorrect!
Typhon was Ultros' 'pet' named after his Greek mythological counterpart's father.
Enkidu was Gilgamesh's 'pet' named after his 'wild-man' companion in Mesopotamian mythology. Later reimagined as a green chicken in FFXIV.
Alas, neither of those are this.

Here is line four for Limerick One.
The maximum score is now two points.

Limerick One:
There was a man with an ugly pet
He loved to get everyone wet
Not only was he dirty
He was oppressively flirty

 

[Molosev]

"The Don" because of his pet Abzu and his dirty manners !

 

[sly]

Yeah, Corneo is lewd and uses the trap door to drop you into the sewer with his pet Aps.

 

[Dionysos]

"The Don" because of his pet Abzu and his dirty manners !

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!
You win two points!

In the original the 'pet' was called Aps, but in the Remake it was given the more correct name of Abzu (named after a primeval sea in Sumerian/Akkadian mythology). In both games Don Corneo sends his enemies through a trapdoor into the sewers where they encounter his pet.

The complete limerick reads:
There was a man with an ugly pet
He loved to get everyone wet
Not only was he dirty
He was oppressively flirty
But unlike some this creep could sweat.

Bonus: Anyone can complete this bonus to win a single point. Simply post in this thread before the contest ends.

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Limerick Two:
Though strong and eager to chase

 

[Soulcorruptor]

Steiner?
He is quite eager to chase Zidane for a bit and the princess

 

[Dionysos]

Not that. Here is line two for Limerick Two.
The maximum score is now four points.

Limerick Two:
Though strong and eager to chase
This ruler fell from grace.

 

[Miko]

Ardyn Izunia, Final Fantasy XV?

 

[Dionysos]

No. Here is line three for Limerick Two.
The maximum score is now three points.


Limerick Two:
Though strong and eager to chase
This ruler fell from grace.
Filled with rage

 

[Ilyena]

Queen Brahne?

 

[Dionysos]

Not Brahe.

Here is line four for Limerick Two.
The maximum score is now two points.


Limerick Two:
Though strong and eager to chase
This ruler fell from grace.
Filled with rage
and tricked into a cage,

 

[Ilyena]

Cid Fabool from IX

 

[Linnaete]

Sorceress Adel

 

[Soulcorruptor]

The werewolf from ffv, that is a dawn warrior from the other world?