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02-27-2023, 04:15 PM | #4041 |
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I thought of Kheled Zaram, but not the rest!
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03-14-2023, 05:12 AM | #4044 |
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03-14-2023, 03:15 PM | #4045 |
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My apologies. I've had a busy time of late and haven't really come up with anything. If someone else has a riddle ready, you can have the turn.
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04-06-2023, 07:38 AM | #4046 |
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It's been a while, so I'll chuck in a quick one:
Volumes bound in Elder Ages, Halfling sisters, jewelled rings, Tribes and Ents and record pages, What sums up these several things? hS
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04-20-2023, 07:48 AM | #4047 |
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Tolkien's works, possibly?
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04-20-2023, 09:26 AM | #4048 |
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The first two words refer to (a) Tolkien work(s). And of course the whole thing is Tolkien themed.
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04-21-2023, 03:32 PM | #4049 |
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The number three?
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04-21-2023, 05:24 PM | #4050 |
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04-30-2023, 04:51 AM | #4051 |
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I am the first
Known as Shepherdess I married out of spite To deny them what was mine by right. I am the second Fickle like a moon During my life rose the Lord of the Gifts Some say I accepted his boon. I am the third I refused to do what I hate My dislike paved his path And sealed my child's fate We three share a phrase We're described by Some say there is one more Say the phrase if you know our lore.
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05-05-2023, 01:03 PM | #4052 |
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"Shepherdess" was the big opening hint here. Does anyone other than Tar-Ancalime actually interact with sheep in the Legendarium? Someone *must*, but I can't bring them to mind. Pretty much everything the Princess Shepherdess did was out of spite, including her marriage.
I'm in Verse 2. At least I think I'm still the main proponent of Tar-Telperien the Witch-Queen of Numenor. I remember Tar-Vanimelde less than I do the others, basically because she did nothing. I think "his path" here refers to her husband usurping the sceptre - not that that set a terrible precedent or anything! You are the Ruling Queens of Westernesse, and Tar-Miriel deserves to be counted alongside you. hS
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05-05-2023, 05:46 PM | #4053 |
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That is correct.
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05-22-2023, 05:24 AM | #4054 |
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Rent with iron from the forest's bones,
Bound by iron-slain heifer's hide, Scarred with iron by the gander's barbs, Stained like iron-death; who am I? hS
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05-25-2023, 09:12 AM | #4055 |
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Boromir's horn?
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05-25-2023, 09:39 AM | #4056 |
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05-25-2023, 10:51 AM | #4057 |
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Rent with iron from the forest's bones, - Angrist?
Bound by iron-slain heifer's hide, Scarred with iron by the gander's barbs, Stained like iron-death; who am I? - Gurthang?
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05-25-2023, 11:36 AM | #4058 |
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"Forest's bones" makes me think trees, and therefore something wooden. I agree with Urwen that "iron-death" soubds very much like Gurthang, so possibly painted black. To be honest if it wasn't for the "likely black" part, I would lean to Earendil's ship - a boat of timber felled. Equally though, the second line makes it sound like it's bound in leather.
Oh! Black leather bindings! Is it the book of Mazarbul? Paper made of trees, bound in leather, presumably 3rd line refers to arrow holes and other tears, and black colour?
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05-27-2023, 08:12 AM | #4060 |
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Red book of Westmarch, then?
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05-28-2023, 03:56 AM | #4061 |
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Correct. I don't know that it was dyed with iron (some red dyes use mercury ores instead), but the death of iron is rust-red.
The ink, however, would have been iron-based, which is the meaning of the third line: it's just a grisly description of writing with a quill pen. Over to you! hS
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05-28-2023, 04:53 AM | #4062 |
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Wait, they wrote in that book with blood?
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05-28-2023, 03:55 PM | #4063 |
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What, did you think Bilbo took a pen and inkwell along to write his diary with?
Nah, so the Magna Carta exhibit at Salisbury Cathedral had this whole thing about how the ink is made from oak galls and iron salts. Wikipedia's "ink" article has a big block quote about ink recipes which are all iron-based too, so I figure it's likely what the Hobbits used. hS
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I will write the riddle and the password tomorrow, promise.
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07-01-2023, 02:00 PM | #4065 |
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I stood near the river
For centuries I watched Time unfolds Many things I took for granted The black one brought ruin To me and those around me The river turned red with blood And I watched it all come to be. To anyone who still might be around: This riddle is trickier than you'd think.
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"The black one" could be Morgoth, Sauron, or Turin. It couldn't be Saruman, so the Battle of Bywater is out. I don't think we can blame Morgoth for the Kinslayings, so anything to do with Doriath is out too. "For centuries I watched" means it's either an inanimate object, or an immortal; it also can't be anything built (or anyone born) in the First Age after about 200, because "for centuries". Hmm... the repetition of "watched" has me wondering: are you the Palantir of Osgiliath? I think you need to be in an established location to get "those around me", so something like the battle of Gladden Fields is out. Osgiliath stands directly over the river, and the Palantir did do a lot of watching. hS
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Well, you have the correct group for 'the black one', and the 'inanimate object' part. Everything else is false.
Also, Sauron never destroyed that Palantir, so 'brought ruin to me' doesn't apply, Every part of the riddle applies, remember?
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Okay. Are you Minas Tirith, the Tower of Guard of the First Age?
It stood on an island in Sirion It was the Tower of Guard for centuries Time passed And the Noldor grew complacent with their Siege. Sauron came upon the tower and its people, Driving them out and bringing spiritual ruin, and ultimately killing its king and handing over the keys to its destruction. I do not know whether the loss of Minas Tirith involved slaughter, But the tower watched until it was destroyed completely. Alarmingly, for all the talk of Finrod's grave remaining "inviolate, until the land was changed and broken, and foundered under destroying seas," the Grey Annals record that after the Nirnaeth, "the pass of Sirion was pierced and Tol-sirion retaken and its dread towers rebuilt". Christopher even highlights this, saying the published Silm was amended from "[the isle] ever after remained inviolate; for Sauron came never back thither". I guess when they rebuilt they left the grave alone? (Tragically, only seven years passed between Finrod's death, and Sauron reclaiming Tol Sirion.) hS
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No, but close, at least geographically.
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07-23-2023, 03:57 PM | #4070 |
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Barad Eithel then? For basically the same reasons, though I can't say for sure Sauron was directly involved that time.
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No...
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Need a hint?
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12-24-2023, 06:19 AM | #4073 |
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Unless you are Thangorodrim, with the Black One being Ancalagon, yes please.
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Well, you're thinking in the wrong direction. Color black is not always associated with evil.
(And I probably gave everything away with this hint.)
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True, true.
(How to make a riddle about my favorites without making it about them? Just use a place associated with them.)
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08-14-2024, 08:52 AM | #4077 |
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Well, why not?
I heard their words: The lord of the Forest welcomed me; The queen of the Island wished my hand; The king in the Mountains feared me; The steed of the Plains would bear me; But in the end, each found another. Who am I? hS
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The second and third line could refer to multiple people (if the Island I am thinking of is the same one you're thinking of.), but I will assume you're referring to Telperien and Thorin...in which case...er...
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Neither Telperien nor Thorin, though it looks like you have the Island right. (I will note in passing that "lord" in the first line is not a specific title; it just means "a male ruler".) hS
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Well, starting with line 2 might make it easier. So we can remove Vanimelde, since she is not well-known...but wait...Queen doesn't neccesarily mean 'ruling queen'...wait, I might have a theory... *wanders off to check*
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