Lindir's Question - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Arestevana · 06-01-2003, 01:34 PM

I don't believe this has been done. Please don't kill me if I am wrong. This is a game that focuses on the question Bilbo asked Lindir in Rivendell. (which verses are mine and which are the Dunedan's?) The question is posted in the form of a poem. The answer: which verses are Tolkiens's and which are the poster's? The responder who guesses correctly posts the next verses.
It might be helpful to others if you were to say where you found the verses. I'll start easy, but I expect this will go way over my head in about four posts, I'm no good at this. Here goes!
She sings and these empowers;
birds, beasts, trees, flowers
Yet one there came to slay, to sting
And there she halted listening
The wolf howls, the ravens flee
And darkness swells; a rising sea
Doom approaches, the Dead awaken
She faltered and her song was shaken
She lightly fled on dancing feet
But doom was swift her fate to greet
And doom fell on Tinuviel
Who's likeness dwelt in Rivendell.

Good Luck!

[ June 01, 2003: Message edited by: Arestevana ]

Elentarimir · 06-01-2003, 02:26 PM

OK, lines 1, 3, 8, 10, and 12 are your creations, Arestevana. Either 5 or 6 may also be your creation, but if one is, it escapes me now....

Let me know if I'm right.

Arestevana · 06-01-2003, 02:35 PM

You know me too well, friend. Yes, those are mine. Line 6 is also mine, though I should have numbered them. Please continue.

Elentarimir · 06-01-2003, 02:48 PM

Thank you Arestevana!

OK, here goes nothing.....(I'm numbering lines to make it easier [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] )

1) Let them a journey new begin
2)To walk on ways unknown to men
3)With golden roof and silver floor
4)Let them build a new home once more
5)Like the setting, rising sun
6)The day's end or the day's begun
7)In glades beneath the misty fell
8)There I end the tale I tell.

This is MUCH harder than it looks...

Some of those are a giveaway too, but it's the best I have right now. Guess away! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 06-01-2003, 06:31 PM

I believe two, three, seven and maybe eight are Tolkien's...

[ June 01, 2003: Message edited by: Sophia the Thunder Mistress ]

Elentarimir · 06-02-2003, 04:34 AM

You have two right and two wrong, Thunder Mistress. Continue guessing!

Arestevana · 06-02-2003, 01:35 PM

I agree with Sophia (usually a very wise decision), but I am fairly certain that line 8 is NOT Tolkien's. I thought line 1 might be, it sounds like something Bilbo said. I'm not quite sure he ever said it though. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

Edit: Make that "agreed" You beat be to it, Elentarimir. (always did type faster than me) Okay, three is YOURS.

[ June 02, 2003: Message edited by: Arestevana ]

Elentarimir · 06-02-2003, 01:38 PM

Line 8 IS mine(it was sorta a giveaway). However, three more lines are my creations. There, I gave you a hint. Figure it out!

Arestevana · 06-02-2003, 01:42 PM

Yours are: Four. Eight. Two. And either 5 OR 6. Right? I'm guessing 6. Note- GUESSING! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Elentarimir · 06-02-2003, 01:45 PM

Number 5 is mine. But yes, Arestevana, those are all mine. Well, your turn. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[ June 02, 2003: Message edited by: Elentarimir ]

Arestevana · 06-02-2003, 02:21 PM

Ah, This is harder than I thought! Okay, no more easy questions. Note- It is not necessary to use an entire verse. A partial line is still Tolkien's.

1) The dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea,
2) In darkness buried deep;
3) My people that have gone before me
4) Now and ever weep
5) At journey's end I lie
6) My breath is death's cold spell
7) As with that breath I die, and
8) Bid the stars farewell

Edit: I forgot to number again. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

[ June 03, 2003: Message edited by: Arestevana ]

Elentarimir · 06-02-2003, 04:07 PM

I'm sure that "at journey's end I lie" is Tolkien's, but other than that....

ATTENTION: Elentarimir's brain has just gone dead. When it has recharged, she will be back to tell you the answers. Signing off...

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 06-02-2003, 07:21 PM

Two, five, and eight are certainly Tolkien's.

Elentarimir · 06-03-2003, 04:45 AM

I have to think 1, 3, 4, 6, and possibly 7 are yours.

GaladrieloftheOlden · 06-03-2003, 05:30 AM

I think 3, 4, 6, and 7 are yours.

~Menelien

Arestevana · 06-03-2003, 01:27 PM

Go ahead Galadriel! Three is Tolkien's not mine; a quote of Legolas'. You were closest though! Please continue. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Arestevana · 06-09-2003, 03:01 PM

I'll PM Galadriel. This will bump to the top, and that should help too!

GaladrieloftheOlden · 06-11-2003, 08:56 PM

I'm really sorry to have forgotten about this thread, but my memory is going at a young age [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]. However, I have a problem. I can't find any of my Tolkien books except FotR, and you all know the quotes from that anyway, so would somebody mind taking my turn? I'm very sorry. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

~Menelien

Arestevana · 06-12-2003, 07:50 AM

This spot is up for grabs; you guys were all pretty close, so the next person on can take a go. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Arestevana · 06-18-2003, 05:30 PM

Right. *sighs* An easy one.

1-Whose shall the horn be
2-In the lost isle calling?
3-In a far country
4-the round sun is falling
5-east and onward
6-hoofbeats afar
7-comes the standard
8-that calls them to war

Fedaeglin · 06-22-2003, 01:01 PM

Are the first 6 Tolkien's, and the others your's?

Arestevana · 06-22-2003, 03:02 PM

Quite right! Welcome to the downs, Fedaeglin!

06-01-2003, 01:34 PM	#1
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	Lindir's Question I don't believe this has been done. Please don't kill me if I am wrong. This is a game that focuses on the question Bilbo asked Lindir in Rivendell. (which verses are mine and which are the Dunedan's?) The question is posted in the form of a poem. The answer: which verses are Tolkiens's and which are the poster's? The responder who guesses correctly posts the next verses. It might be helpful to others if you were to say where you found the verses. I'll start easy, but I expect this will go way over my head in about four posts, I'm no good at this. Here goes! She sings and these empowers; birds, beasts, trees, flowers Yet one there came to slay, to sting And there she halted listening The wolf howls, the ravens flee And darkness swells; a rising sea Doom approaches, the Dead awaken She faltered and her song was shaken She lightly fled on dancing feet But doom was swift her fate to greet And doom fell on Tinuviel Who's likeness dwelt in Rivendell. Good Luck! [ June 01, 2003: Message edited by: Arestevana ]

06-01-2003, 02:26 PM	#2
Elentarimir Wight Join Date: May 2003 Location: Is this a trick question? Posts: 125	OK, lines 1, 3, 8, 10, and 12 are your creations, Arestevana. Either 5 or 6 may also be your creation, but if one is, it escapes me now.... Let me know if I'm right. __________________ Due to lack of funding, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

06-01-2003, 02:48 PM	#4
Elentarimir Wight Join Date: May 2003 Location: Is this a trick question? Posts: 125	Thank you Arestevana! OK, here goes nothing.....(I'm numbering lines to make it easier [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ) 1) Let them a journey new begin 2)To walk on ways unknown to men 3)With golden roof and silver floor 4)Let them build a new home once more 5)Like the setting, rising sun 6)The day's end or the day's begun 7)In glades beneath the misty fell 8)There I end the tale I tell. This is MUCH harder than it looks... Some of those are a giveaway too, but it's the best I have right now. Guess away! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Due to lack of funding, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

06-01-2003, 06:31 PM	#5
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	I believe two, three, seven and maybe eight are Tolkien's... [ June 01, 2003: Message edited by: Sophia the Thunder Mistress ] __________________ The seasons fall like silver swords, the years rush ever onward; and soon I sail, to leave this world, these lands where I have wander'd. O Elbereth! O Queen who dwells beyond the Western Seas, spare me yet a little time 'ere white ships come for me!

06-02-2003, 04:34 AM	#6
Elentarimir Wight Join Date: May 2003 Location: Is this a trick question? Posts: 125	You have two right and two wrong, Thunder Mistress. Continue guessing! __________________ Due to lack of funding, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

06-01-2003, 02:35 PM	#3
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	You know me too well, friend. Yes, those are mine. Line 6 is also mine, though I should have numbered them. Please continue.

06-02-2003, 01:35 PM	#7
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	I agree with Sophia (usually a very wise decision), but I am fairly certain that line 8 is NOT Tolkien's. I thought line 1 might be, it sounds like something Bilbo said. I'm not quite sure he ever said it though. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] Edit: Make that "agreed" You beat be to it, Elentarimir. (always did type faster than me) Okay, three is YOURS. [ June 02, 2003: Message edited by: Arestevana ]

06-02-2003, 01:38 PM	#8
Elentarimir Wight Join Date: May 2003 Location: Is this a trick question? Posts: 125	Line 8 IS mine(it was sorta a giveaway). However, three more lines are my creations. There, I gave you a hint. Figure it out! __________________ Due to lack of funding, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

06-02-2003, 01:42 PM	#9
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	Yours are: Four. Eight. Two. And either 5 OR 6. Right? I'm guessing 6. Note- GUESSING! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

06-02-2003, 01:45 PM	#10
Elentarimir Wight Join Date: May 2003 Location: Is this a trick question? Posts: 125	Number 5 is mine. But yes, Arestevana, those are all mine. Well, your turn. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [ June 02, 2003: Message edited by: Elentarimir ] __________________ Due to lack of funding, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

06-02-2003, 02:21 PM	#11
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	Ah, This is harder than I thought! Okay, no more easy questions. Note- It is not necessary to use an entire verse. A partial line is still Tolkien's. 1) The dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea, 2) In darkness buried deep; 3) My people that have gone before me 4) Now and ever weep 5) At journey's end I lie 6) My breath is death's cold spell 7) As with that breath I die, and 8) Bid the stars farewell Edit: I forgot to number again. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] [ June 03, 2003: Message edited by: Arestevana ]

06-02-2003, 04:07 PM	#12
Elentarimir Wight Join Date: May 2003 Location: Is this a trick question? Posts: 125	I'm sure that "at journey's end I lie" is Tolkien's, but other than that.... ATTENTION: Elentarimir's brain has just gone dead. When it has recharged, she will be back to tell you the answers. Signing off... __________________ Due to lack of funding, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

06-02-2003, 07:21 PM	#13
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	Two, five, and eight are certainly Tolkien's. __________________ The seasons fall like silver swords, the years rush ever onward; and soon I sail, to leave this world, these lands where I have wander'd. O Elbereth! O Queen who dwells beyond the Western Seas, spare me yet a little time 'ere white ships come for me!

06-03-2003, 04:45 AM	#14
Elentarimir Wight Join Date: May 2003 Location: Is this a trick question? Posts: 125	I have to think 1, 3, 4, 6, and possibly 7 are yours. __________________ Due to lack of funding, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

06-03-2003, 05:30 AM	#15
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,514	I think 3, 4, 6, and 7 are yours. ~Menelien __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."

06-03-2003, 01:27 PM	#16
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	Go ahead Galadriel! Three is Tolkien's not mine; a quote of Legolas'. You were closest though! Please continue. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

06-09-2003, 03:01 PM	#17
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	I'll PM Galadriel. This will bump to the top, and that should help too!

06-11-2003, 08:56 PM	#18
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,514	I'm really sorry to have forgotten about this thread, but my memory is going at a young age [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]. However, I have a problem. I can't find any of my Tolkien books except FotR, and you all know the quotes from that anyway, so would somebody mind taking my turn? I'm very sorry. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] ~Menelien __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."

06-12-2003, 07:50 AM	#19
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	This spot is up for grabs; you guys were all pretty close, so the next person on can take a go. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

06-18-2003, 05:30 PM	#20
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	Right. sighs An easy one. 1-Whose shall the horn be 2-In the lost isle calling? 3-In a far country 4-the round sun is falling 5-east and onward 6-hoofbeats afar 7-comes the standard 8-that calls them to war

06-22-2003, 01:01 PM	#21
Fedaeglin Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: A friendly place Posts: 11	Are the first 6 Tolkien's, and the others your's? __________________ I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

06-22-2003, 03:02 PM	#22
Arestevana Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: West over water Posts: 486	Quite right! Welcome to the downs, Fedaeglin!