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Beregond · 01-23-2009, 10:31 PM

Anglachel? Doing justice for all Turin's faux-pas by, well, drinking his blood?

Very good question! Vague.

Vaine · 01-24-2009, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Beregond

Anglachel? Doing justice for all Turin's faux-pas by, well, drinking his blood?

Very good question! Vague.

That is correct!
The thread is yours.

Beregond · 01-24-2009, 01:15 PM

Thanks!

Second choice mother of two

Vaine · 01-24-2009, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Beregond

Thanks!

Second choice mother of two

Melian?

Beregond · 01-24-2009, 02:02 PM

No, not her.

Beregond · 01-24-2009, 02:59 PM

That's right! Second wife of Finwe, mother of Fingolfin and Finarfin.

She had daughters? Oh... my mistake. I looked at the family tree in the Silmarillion.

EDIT: you threw me for a turn when you deleted your post, lol!

Eönwë · 01-24-2009, 03:00 PM

Indis.

Yes, sorry I deleted my post because I looked at the family tree and realised that she also had daughters.

edit: And I mean Findis and Irimë

Eönwë · 01-24-2009, 03:54 PM

How about the simple:

The root of evil

Vaine · 01-24-2009, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Eönwë

How about the simple:

The root of evil

greed

Pitchwife · 01-24-2009, 05:17 PM

Old Man Willow?

Eönwë · 01-25-2009, 07:19 AM

You have it Pitchwife!

Go ahead.

Pitchwife · 01-25-2009, 07:57 AM

With pleasure!

Remember the guy with the puzzling thing about his footwear?

Vaine · 01-25-2009, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Pitchwife

With pleasure!

Remember the guy with the puzzling thing about his footwear?

Legolas wore boots instead of the usual light footwear of the elves.

Pitchwife · 01-25-2009, 11:03 AM

Sorry, Vaine, it's not Legolas, but keep thinking along a similar line...

Gollum the Great · 01-30-2009, 07:10 PM

This wouldn't be Aragorn's prototype Trotter, would it?

Pitchwife · 01-31-2009, 01:49 PM

O Most Mighty Gollum, you've got it - it's Trotter indeed. Would you like to explain what the puzzling thing actually was, for the benefit of those who couldn't guess?

Anyway, the thread is yours. Well done!

Inziladun · 01-31-2009, 05:59 PM

I really need to read the HOME books.

Gollum the Great · 02-01-2009, 03:41 PM

I think the hobbit Trotter was captured and tortured in Barad-Dur, but escaped and had to wear wooden shoes due to the injuries inflicted on his feet. That should be near to the true story, at least, Pitchwife.

Recall the guy who met with a rock?

Vaine · 02-01-2009, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Gollum the Great

I think the hobbit Trotter was captured and tortured in Barad-Dur, but escaped and had to wear wooden shoes due to the injuries inflicted on his feet. That should be near to the true story, at least, Pitchwife.

Recall the guy who met with a rock?

Anarion? He got killed by a rock during the siege of Barad Dur.

Gollum the Great · 02-01-2009, 04:02 PM

Nope.

Inziladun · 02-01-2009, 04:25 PM

Hunthor, Túrin's companion who was killed by a boulder dislodged by Glaurung?

Gollum the Great · 02-02-2009, 01:21 PM

Correct, Inziladun.

Inziladun · 02-02-2009, 08:36 PM

Thanks, Gollum.

Remember the last who was greatest?

Vaine · 02-04-2009, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Inziladun

Thanks, Gollum.

Remember the last who was greatest?

Last of the noldor elves in Middle earth, Galadriel, was the greatest if I am not mistaken.

Inziladun · 02-04-2009, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Vaine

Last of the noldor elves in Middle earth, Galadriel, was the greatest if I am not mistaken.

That's a good guess, but not what I'm looking for. This person was specifically described using both adjectives.

Inziladun · 02-12-2009, 06:24 PM

A week goes by with nothing new? I haven't killed this, have I?

Beregond · 02-12-2009, 10:15 PM

It seems the answer to this question is in my head waiting to jump out. I almost recall the quote "And so he died: the last, who was greatest" or something like that. And unless I'm making it up or thinking of another book I'm going to kick myself if I can't find the answer.

*thinks about it*

Inziladun · 02-12-2009, 10:17 PM

It's probably not as complicated as you might think.

Gollum the Great · 02-12-2009, 10:40 PM

Hurin, who was "greatest of the warriors of mortal men" if I've got the quote right; and the last of the House of Hador to fight in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. In fact the last person to fight of anyone on his side there.

Inziladun · 02-13-2009, 08:25 AM

Another good guess, but not it.
Vaine was on the right track.

Eönwë · 02-13-2009, 04:15 PM

Hmm... I can feel the answer on the edge of my consciousness... I'm sure it's a Man, such as Tuor or Aragorn or Elendil.

Wait... wait... brainwave- Is it Thingol?

Inziladun · 02-13-2009, 04:30 PM

Negative. But you're correct that it is a Man. Sort of.

Vaine · 02-14-2009, 07:35 AM

Gil-Galad? He was the last of the high kings of the Noldor, and he was a man.. sort of

Inziladun · 02-14-2009, 09:08 AM

No, not Gil-Glad. The person was neither an Elf nor a Dwarf.

Eönwë · 02-14-2009, 10:01 AM

Ahh... So 'tis a woman?

Inziladun · 02-14-2009, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Eönwë

Ahh... So 'tis a woman?

Not a woman! But not an Elf, Dwarf, Orc, or Hobbit either. That should help!

Vaine · 02-15-2009, 09:19 AM

smaug? Last of the dragons of middle earth.. he was male after all.

Or Gandalf?

Inziladun · 02-15-2009, 12:52 PM

Gandalf is indeed who I was looking for. The last to disembark, but the 'greatest spirit' as intuited by Círdan.
I suppose I can let slide the two guesses in one post.

Go ahead with something new.

Vaine · 02-15-2009, 12:59 PM

He saw it all

Eönwë · 02-15-2009, 04:10 PM

Hurin?

01-23-2009, 10:31 PM	#361
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	Anglachel? Doing justice for all Turin's faux-pas by, well, drinking his blood? Very good question! Vague. __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

01-24-2009, 01:15 PM	#363
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	Thanks! Second choice mother of two __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

01-24-2009, 02:02 PM	#365
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	No, not her. __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

01-24-2009, 02:59 PM	#366
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	That's right! Second wife of Finwe, mother of Fingolfin and Finarfin. She had daughters? Oh... my mistake. I looked at the family tree in the Silmarillion. EDIT: you threw me for a turn when you deleted your post, lol! __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

01-24-2009, 03:00 PM	#367
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	Indis. Yes, sorry I deleted my post because I looked at the family tree and realised that she also had daughters. edit: And I mean Findis and Irimë __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

01-24-2009, 03:54 PM	#368
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	How about the simple: The root of evil __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

01-24-2009, 05:17 PM	#370
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Old Man Willow? __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

01-25-2009, 07:19 AM	#371
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	You have it Pitchwife! Go ahead. __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

01-25-2009, 07:57 AM	#372
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	With pleasure! Remember the guy with the puzzling thing about his footwear? __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

01-25-2009, 11:03 AM	#374
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Sorry, Vaine, it's not Legolas, but keep thinking along a similar line... __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

01-30-2009, 07:10 PM	#375
Gollum the Great Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Pinnacle of my own might Posts: 386	This wouldn't be Aragorn's prototype Trotter, would it? __________________ 'It just shows you how true it is that one-half the world doesn't knows how the other three-quarters lives.' Bertie, The Code of the Woosters, by P. G. Wodewouse

01-31-2009, 01:49 PM	#376
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	O Most Mighty Gollum, you've got it - it's Trotter indeed. Would you like to explain what the puzzling thing actually was, for the benefit of those who couldn't guess? Anyway, the thread is yours. Well done! __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

01-31-2009, 05:59 PM	#377
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	I really need to read the HOME books. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

02-01-2009, 03:41 PM	#378
Gollum the Great Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Pinnacle of my own might Posts: 386	I think the hobbit Trotter was captured and tortured in Barad-Dur, but escaped and had to wear wooden shoes due to the injuries inflicted on his feet. That should be near to the true story, at least, Pitchwife. *Recall the guy who met with a rock?* __________________ 'It just shows you how true it is that one-half the world doesn't knows how the other three-quarters lives.' Bertie, The Code of the Woosters, by P. G. Wodewouse

02-01-2009, 04:02 PM	#380
Gollum the Great Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Pinnacle of my own might Posts: 386	Nope. __________________ 'It just shows you how true it is that one-half the world doesn't knows how the other three-quarters lives.' Bertie, The Code of the Woosters, by P. G. Wodewouse

02-01-2009, 04:25 PM	#381
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	Hunthor, Túrin's companion who was killed by a boulder dislodged by Glaurung? __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

02-02-2009, 01:21 PM	#382
Gollum the Great Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Pinnacle of my own might Posts: 386	Correct, Inziladun. __________________ 'It just shows you how true it is that one-half the world doesn't knows how the other three-quarters lives.' Bertie, The Code of the Woosters, by P. G. Wodewouse

02-02-2009, 08:36 PM	#383
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	Thanks, Gollum. Remember the last who was greatest? __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

02-12-2009, 06:24 PM	#386
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	A week goes by with nothing new? I haven't killed this, have I? __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

02-12-2009, 10:15 PM	#387
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	It seems the answer to this question is in my head waiting to jump out. I almost recall the quote "And so he died: the last, who was greatest" or something like that. And unless I'm making it up or thinking of another book I'm going to kick myself if I can't find the answer. thinks about it __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

02-12-2009, 10:17 PM	#388
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	It's probably not as complicated as you might think. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

02-12-2009, 10:40 PM	#389
Gollum the Great Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Pinnacle of my own might Posts: 386	Hurin, who was "greatest of the warriors of mortal men" if I've got the quote right; and the last of the House of Hador to fight in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. In fact the last person to fight of anyone on his side there. __________________ 'It just shows you how true it is that one-half the world doesn't knows how the other three-quarters lives.' Bertie, The Code of the Woosters, by P. G. Wodewouse

02-13-2009, 08:25 AM	#390
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	Another good guess, but not it. Vaine was on the right track. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

02-13-2009, 04:15 PM	#391
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	Hmm... I can feel the answer on the edge of my consciousness... I'm sure it's a Man, such as Tuor or Aragorn or Elendil. Wait... wait... brainwave- Is it Thingol? __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

02-13-2009, 04:30 PM	#392
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	Negative. But you're correct that it is a Man. Sort of. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

02-14-2009, 07:35 AM	#393
Vaine Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 65	Gil-Galad? He was the last of the high kings of the Noldor, and he was a man.. sort of

02-14-2009, 09:08 AM	#394
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	No, not Gil-Glad. The person was neither an Elf nor a Dwarf. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

02-14-2009, 10:01 AM	#395
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	Ahh... So 'tis a woman? __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place Last edited by Eönwë; 02-14-2009 at 10:11 AM.

02-15-2009, 09:19 AM	#397
Vaine Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 65	smaug? Last of the dragons of middle earth.. he was male after all. Or Gandalf?

02-15-2009, 12:52 PM	#398
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	Gandalf is indeed who I was looking for. The last to disembark, but the 'greatest spirit' as intuited by Círdan. I suppose I can let slide the two guesses in one post. Go ahead with something new. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

02-15-2009, 12:59 PM	#399
Vaine Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 65	He saw it all

02-15-2009, 04:10 PM	#400
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	Hurin? __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place