Who Am I? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Manardariel · 06-09-2003, 03:31 AM

It´s been 10 days...here´s a new riddle:

Loved by The Master
killed by The Father
buried in The Hill
daughter of The Second
who am I?

Manardariel · 06-11-2003, 03:18 AM

No one??? I´m offended! [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Orofaniel · 06-11-2003, 07:59 AM

Quote:

No one?? I'm offended!

Don't be.... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

I need a clue!!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Orofâniel

Manardariel · 06-11-2003, 09:54 AM

Awww, and it was such a nice riddle... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

I am female. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

EDIT: no, moron. That was in the riddle. Ok...I have a namesake

[ June 11, 2003: Message edited by: Manardariel ]

Orofaniel · 06-11-2003, 10:47 AM

Éowyn??

Finwe · 06-11-2003, 10:48 AM

Finduilas?

Horse-Maiden of the Shire · 06-11-2003, 10:49 AM

Haleth?

Manardariel · 06-11-2003, 10:53 AM

*bows* All yours, Finwe! Good one! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Arestevana · 06-11-2003, 02:06 PM

I'm confused! [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] Would one of you explain your reasoning?

Manardariel · 06-12-2003, 09:29 AM

Sure!

Loved by The Master- Master of Doom, that´s Turin
killed by The Father- of Dragons, that´s Glaurung, he destroyed Nargothrond and killed Finduilas
buried in The Hill- Haudh-en-Arwen, a hill, that´s her grave
daughter of The Second- her fathr is Orodeth, second in the line of Finarfin

I liked it! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

Arestevana · 06-14-2003, 06:07 AM

Ah-hah. I was thinking only that she had been killed by the orcs who captured her. I'll try to remember to look at other connections next time. Btw, wasn't she buried in the haudh-en Elleth? The Haudh-en-Arwen was the burial place of Haleth, I believe. It was an excellent riddle, though.
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[ June 15, 2003: Message edited by: Arestevana ]

Manardariel · 06-20-2003, 03:38 PM

Hey Finwe, wassup? You still there?!

Manardariel · 06-21-2003, 09:32 AM

Ok, it´s been 10 days- new riddle.

Survived a strife
I am a wife
a star is in my hand
Who am I?

Arwen Imladris · 06-21-2003, 11:11 AM

Survived a strife: The kin-strife?

Elestirnë? That sounds the best, it means 'star-brow'.

Gil-Galad · 06-21-2003, 01:05 PM

Maybe Galadriel? she had the phial of it and is married to celeborn and survived the strife of the Noldor

Manardariel · 06-21-2003, 03:48 PM

Gil- Galad, you are CORRECT! Though I neant Nenya, not the phial..... [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Gil-Galad · 06-22-2003, 11:11 AM

well thanks

Of North i came, friend of south i am, enemy of stunted i also became for i slew the terror and claimed an unrightful treasure

who am i?

i have a feelign its too easy...

Manardariel · 06-22-2003, 11:20 AM

Beren? If you say Lúthien is the treasure....

Arestevana · 06-22-2003, 03:16 PM

My guess is from The Hobbit:
Perhaps Bard? Stunted meaning Dwarves, of course, as they felt the dragon's treasure to be entirely theirs, thus making any other claim false. Then of course there was the Arkenstone, which was, in a sense, stolen.

**The Saucepan Man** · 06-22-2003, 07:29 PM

I would say Fram, who slew the dragon Scatha, inherited his treasure which was largely Dwarvish in origin, and was promptly killed by the Dwarves for his trouble.

Gil-Galad · 06-23-2003, 11:37 AM

The Saucepan man is correct as usual please do continue...

**The Saucepan Man** · 06-23-2003, 05:50 PM

Thank you, Gil-Galad. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

I ruled for a time
In the place of a king
And made up lost time
By his reckoning

Nuranar · 06-24-2003, 06:03 AM

Mardil?

By the way, my dear fellow, is that a portrait of the famed Johnny Appleseed I see as your avatar?

**The Saucepan Man** · 06-24-2003, 11:18 AM

You are correct, Nuranar. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] It is indeed Mardil Voronwe, who ruled Gondor as Steward in the King's stead. He "made up lost time" by adjusting the King's Reckoning, the calendar of Numenor.

Quote:

... is that a portrait of the famed Johnny Appleseed I see as your avatar?

Actually, it's a self-portrait. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Gil-Galad · 06-24-2003, 04:22 PM

lol didn't see mine i thought it didn't work, well too explain my Avatar, its Bush saying that Bin Laden has won soem money and he is tryign too lure him out, i'll fidn a better one

[ June 24, 2003: Message edited by: Gil-Galad ]

Nuranar · 06-26-2003, 01:07 PM

Aha, I haven't totally lost my touch. Although your riddles have me pulling out my hair.

Flee from the foreshortened warrior
And his dim companion!
Misleading in name,
But unerring in path.

So, is this obscure enough? [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

[ June 26, 2003: Message edited by: Nuranar ]

aragornreborn · 06-27-2003, 02:20 PM

I'm going to guess Sam.

Manardariel · 06-27-2003, 04:28 PM

Misleading in name.....Turin?

Nuranar · 06-30-2003, 04:55 PM

No, both wrong.

Misleading in name...think full name/title/anything known by.

And the first two lines are a cryptic clue.

Lily Bombadil · 06-30-2003, 08:50 PM

Nuranar, is it Pippin?

Forshortened- He's a hobbit.

Dim Companion- Merry was a little woozy during his Uruk-hai captivity period.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 07-01-2003, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Flee from the foreshortened warrior
And his dim companion!
Misleading in name,
But unerring in path.

Yeesh. I was really thinking that it was Sam. You know, as Samwise the Strong being the 'warrior' and the name being misleading, for both 'strong' and 'wise', and his dim companion being Frodo while he was fading... but you said it wasn't...

Is it Legolas as the foreshortened warrior giving the illusion of depth? And Gimli being his dim companion?

I'm lost. I'll keep thinking on this

Fea

Nuranar · 07-07-2003, 07:41 AM

Good guess, Lily, but not what I was thinking.

I should clarify that the first two lines provide a cryptic clue to something very closely concerned with the person in question. They are not a clue to the person him/her/itself.

Gwaihir the Windlord · 07-08-2003, 02:54 AM

May I guess Frodo? Misleading in name, as he was a Baggins, and unerring in his successful path to Mount Doom. Perhaps the dim companion was... er actually I don't have much idea what it could be but the last two lines might point to him.

Nuranar · 07-08-2003, 08:17 AM

Good guess, but not right either.

Hint: This Who Am I is not by any means a major character!

[ July 08, 2003: Message edited by: Nuranar ]

Gil-Galad · 07-08-2003, 09:08 AM

i have a feelign its Mim the petty dwarf becasue Turin thought he was "petty" but was betrayed by Mim

Nuranar · 07-08-2003, 04:07 PM

Sounds good, Gil-galad, excellent reasoning. But it's not what I had in mind.

The first 2 lines are a cryptic clue to a thing, not to a person.

The last 2 lines are the Who Am I itself.

Orofaniel · 07-08-2003, 04:11 PM

OKey, this may sound stupid, but I'm going to try anyway... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

Gollum?

Gwaihir the Windlord · 07-09-2003, 01:36 AM

If you hadn't said that it wasn't a major character, I'd guess at Sauron. Misleading in name, as Annatar, the Ring as the 'dim companion' -- but of course if it isn't major, then it couldn't be him.

I'll carry on thinking.

[ July 09, 2003: Message edited by: Gwaihir the Windlord ]

Gil-Galad · 07-09-2003, 10:28 AM

I GOT IT

is it Gandalf becasue his elven ring he never showed and he was the one that brought together all of man aganest Sauron

foreshortened warrior- gandalf was thought as a old man or begger by the Rohirrim
dim companion- his elven ring was never revealed entirely
misleading in name- Gandalf the Grey, old man
unearring in path- did many things too change the fate of Middle Earth, liek kill Balrog and then he returned

Nuranar · 07-09-2003, 01:15 PM

No, no, and no. Excellent, excellent work, Gil-galad. But, like I have already said,

It is NOT a major character in any sense of the word.

The first 2 lines are a CRYPTIC clue to a THING, NOT to the person.

Only the last 2 lines correspond to the person.

Quote:

Flee from the foreshortened warrior
And his dim companion!
Misleading in name,
But unerring in path.

06-09-2003, 03:31 AM	#1
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	Who am I? It´s been 10 days...here´s a new riddle: Loved by The Master killed by The Father buried in The Hill daughter of The Second who am I? __________________ Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Blog :-)\|FanFic Dream City

06-11-2003, 03:18 AM	#2
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	No one??? I´m offended! [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Blog :-)\|FanFic Dream City

06-11-2003, 09:54 AM	#4
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	Awww, and it was such a nice riddle... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] I am female. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] EDIT: no, moron. That was in the riddle. Ok...I have a namesake [ June 11, 2003: Message edited by: Manardariel ] __________________ Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Blog :-)\|FanFic Dream City

06-11-2003, 10:47 AM	#5
Orofaniel Mighty Mouse of Mordor Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lands of the North, where no man can reach.... Posts: 823	Éowyn?? __________________ I lost my old sig...somehow....screams and shouts ..............What is this?- Now isn't this fun? >_< .....and yes, the jumping mouse is my new avatar. ^_^

06-11-2003, 10:48 AM	#6
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Finduilas? __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.

06-11-2003, 10:49 AM	#7
Horse-Maiden of the Shire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chillaxin' with Glorfindel-441 miles on the RtR Posts: 1,197	Haleth? __________________ "There's a big...machine in the sky...some kind of electric snake...coming straight at us." "Shoot it," said my attorney. "Not yet...I want to study its habits."

06-11-2003, 10:53 AM	#8
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	bows All yours, Finwe! Good one! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Blog :-)\|FanFic Dream City

06-11-2003, 02:06 PM	#9
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	I'm confused! [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] Would one of you explain your reasoning?

06-12-2003, 09:29 AM	#10
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	Sure! Loved by The Master- Master of Doom, that´s Turin killed by The Father- of Dragons, that´s Glaurung, he destroyed Nargothrond and killed Finduilas buried in The Hill- Haudh-en-Arwen, a hill, that´s her grave daughter of The Second- her fathr is Orodeth, second in the line of Finarfin I liked it! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] __________________ Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Blog :-)\|FanFic Dream City

06-14-2003, 06:07 AM	#11
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	Ah-hah. I was thinking only that she had been killed by the orcs who captured her. I'll try to remember to look at other connections next time. Btw, wasn't she buried in the haudh-en Elleth? The Haudh-en-Arwen was the burial place of Haleth, I believe. It was an excellent riddle, though. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [ June 15, 2003: Message edited by: Arestevana ]

06-20-2003, 03:38 PM	#12
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	Hey Finwe, wassup? You still there?! __________________ Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Blog :-)\|FanFic Dream City

06-21-2003, 09:32 AM	#13
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	Ok, it´s been 10 days- new riddle. Survived a strife I am a wife a star is in my hand Who am I? __________________ Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Blog :-)\|FanFic Dream City

06-21-2003, 11:11 AM	#14
Arwen Imladris Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a box with a fox Posts: 1,347	Survived a strife: The kin-strife? Elestirnë? That sounds the best, it means 'star-brow'. __________________ "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies, we must go, yes, we must go at once."

06-21-2003, 01:05 PM	#15
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Maybe Galadriel? she had the phial of it and is married to celeborn and survived the strife of the Noldor __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

06-21-2003, 03:48 PM	#16
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	Gil- Galad, you are CORRECT! Though I neant Nenya, not the phial..... [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Blog :-)\|FanFic Dream City

06-22-2003, 11:11 AM	#17
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	well thanks Of North i came, friend of south i am, enemy of stunted i also became for i slew the terror and claimed an unrightful treasure who am i? i have a feelign its too easy... __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

06-22-2003, 11:20 AM	#18
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	Beren? If you say Lúthien is the treasure.... __________________ Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Blog :-)\|FanFic Dream City

06-22-2003, 03:16 PM	#19
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	My guess is from The Hobbit: Perhaps Bard? Stunted meaning Dwarves, of course, as they felt the dragon's treasure to be entirely theirs, thus making any other claim false. Then of course there was the Arkenstone, which was, in a sense, stolen.

06-22-2003, 07:29 PM	#20
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	I would say Fram, who slew the dragon Scatha, inherited his treasure which was largely Dwarvish in origin, and was promptly killed by the Dwarves for his trouble. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

06-23-2003, 11:37 AM	#21
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	The Saucepan man is correct as usual please do continue... __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

06-23-2003, 05:50 PM	#22
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Thank you, Gil-Galad. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I ruled for a time In the place of a king And made up lost time By his reckoning __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

06-24-2003, 06:03 AM	#23
Nuranar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: STILL a drought Posts: 529	Mardil? By the way, my dear fellow, is that a portrait of the famed Johnny Appleseed I see as your avatar? __________________ I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. Lord Peter Wimsey

06-24-2003, 04:22 PM	#25
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	lol didn't see mine i thought it didn't work, well too explain my Avatar, its Bush saying that Bin Laden has won soem money and he is tryign too lure him out, i'll fidn a better one [ June 24, 2003: Message edited by: Gil-Galad ] __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

06-26-2003, 01:07 PM	#26
Nuranar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: STILL a drought Posts: 529	Aha, I haven't totally lost my touch. Although your riddles have me pulling out my hair. Flee from the foreshortened warrior And his dim companion! Misleading in name, But unerring in path. So, is this obscure enough? [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] [ June 26, 2003: Message edited by: Nuranar ] __________________ I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. Lord Peter Wimsey

06-27-2003, 02:20 PM	#27
aragornreborn Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 182	I'm going to guess Sam. __________________ At the name of Jesus every knee should bow and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. - Phil. 2:10-11

06-27-2003, 04:28 PM	#28
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	Misleading in name.....Turin? __________________ Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Blog :-)\|FanFic Dream City

06-30-2003, 04:55 PM	#29
Nuranar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: STILL a drought Posts: 529	No, both wrong. Misleading in name...think full name/title/anything known by. And the first two lines are a cryptic clue. __________________ I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. Lord Peter Wimsey

06-30-2003, 08:50 PM	#30
Lily Bombadil Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hold on...let me consult this broken compass... Posts: 279	Nuranar, is it Pippin? Forshortened- He's a hobbit. Dim Companion- Merry was a little woozy during his Uruk-hai captivity period. __________________ "YOU!" "Indeed."

07-07-2003, 07:41 AM	#32
Nuranar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: STILL a drought Posts: 529	Good guess, Lily, but not what I was thinking. I should clarify that the first two lines provide a cryptic clue to something very closely concerned with the person in question. They are not a clue to the person him/her/itself. __________________ I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. Lord Peter Wimsey

07-08-2003, 02:54 AM	#33
Gwaihir the Windlord Essence of Darkness Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Evermore Posts: 1,420	May I guess Frodo? Misleading in name, as he was a Baggins, and unerring in his successful path to Mount Doom. Perhaps the dim companion was... er actually I don't have much idea what it could be but the last two lines might point to him.

07-08-2003, 08:17 AM	#34
Nuranar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: STILL a drought Posts: 529	Good guess, but not right either. Hint: This Who Am I is not by any means a major character! [ July 08, 2003: Message edited by: Nuranar ] __________________ I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. Lord Peter Wimsey

07-08-2003, 09:08 AM	#35
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	i have a feelign its Mim the petty dwarf becasue Turin thought he was "petty" but was betrayed by Mim __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

07-08-2003, 04:07 PM	#36
Nuranar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: STILL a drought Posts: 529	Sounds good, Gil-galad, excellent reasoning. But it's not what I had in mind. The first 2 lines are a cryptic clue to a thing, not to a person. The last 2 lines are the Who Am I itself. __________________ I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. Lord Peter Wimsey

07-08-2003, 04:11 PM	#37
Orofaniel Mighty Mouse of Mordor Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lands of the North, where no man can reach.... Posts: 823	OKey, this may sound stupid, but I'm going to try anyway... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] Gollum? __________________ I lost my old sig...somehow....screams and shouts ..............What is this?- Now isn't this fun? >_< .....and yes, the jumping mouse is my new avatar. ^_^

07-09-2003, 01:36 AM	#38
Gwaihir the Windlord Essence of Darkness Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Evermore Posts: 1,420	If you hadn't said that it wasn't a major character, I'd guess at Sauron. Misleading in name, as Annatar, the Ring as the 'dim companion' -- but of course if it isn't major, then it couldn't be him. I'll carry on thinking. [ July 09, 2003: Message edited by: Gwaihir the Windlord ]