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Aratlithiel · 01-17-2003, 07:45 AM

I actually had Faramir in mind when I wrote it but after I went to bed last night I realized it could be either one, so your turn, Bill.

01-18-2003, 02:28 AM

Thanks, Aratlithiel. I was hoping to get it right, because I had a question in mind.
I am grey, my name is grey, and grey sits astride me: who am I?
Part of this is tricky, so don't be fooled!
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the real findorfin · 01-18-2003, 02:42 AM

Shadowfax!

01-18-2003, 03:59 AM

Yay! You got it! Shadowfax is said to be white, but white horses are known as grey. Shadows are grey, and Gandalf the grey(at first, anyway). Your go! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

01-19-2003, 03:55 AM

You gonna ask a question? [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

Pallando B.C · 01-19-2003, 06:15 AM

Don't be so Hasty Bill, he/she has a bit of time before he/she has to respond. Just double-check the Rules of the Quiz Room

the real findorfin · 01-20-2003, 04:07 AM

For many ages they shall wait
Their task to guard and keep the gate
To pleasure and to joy
It is their life, it is their fate

Who is it???

Pallando B.C · 01-20-2003, 05:15 AM

I can't recall the name, but is it the people that Isildur banished and Aragorn set free whilst on the Paths of the Dead?

lathspell · 01-20-2003, 10:58 AM

Just a guess: The Silent Watchers

Aratlithiel · 01-20-2003, 02:04 PM

Silent Watchers was my first guess to but I can't reconcile them with pleasure and joy.

The Dunedain?

WAITing for the return of the king
GUARDing the Shire
?????????????????????

Russandol · 01-20-2003, 02:10 PM

Mandos & Vairë ?

the real findorfin · 01-20-2003, 04:32 PM

all good guesses, but think of a more metephorical gate. (as in not a gate at all)

Pallando B.C · 01-21-2003, 05:34 AM

Círdan?

the real findorfin · 01-21-2003, 06:10 AM

Pallando BC got it!

Pallando B.C · 01-21-2003, 06:30 AM

Ok, Beware of the EASY riddle...

In a Land of Stone we are set to gaurd,
a Mighty Prince whose will is hard.
A specified task, we are set,
to make sure he lives long yet!

Who/What am I descibing?

the real findorfin · 01-21-2003, 06:36 AM

The Guard of Faramir, Prince of Ithilien (in Gondor - land of stone)

Pallando B.C · 01-21-2003, 06:42 AM

Yes, The White Company it is. Your Turn.

the real findorfin · 01-21-2003, 06:56 AM

In Elder days my life was set,
In bliss and splendour I did dwell,
But shadow came and overswept,
And in that land my tower fell.

The tree did fail,
My daughter fled,
my heir upon the trail,
but they were caught and were then trapped,
but saved by might of mail.

For then a hero fey and strong,
Strode forth toward his doom,
For he saved the fleeing throng
and smote down all evil,
But fell toward his tomb.

My gardens are now barren,
My fields are now lost,
and now they live beneath the sea,
and there to ever dwell you'll see,
the ruin of my ost.

[ January 21, 2003: Message edited by: the real findorfin ]

Donlammenion · 01-21-2003, 07:07 AM

would the hero be huan and the person not quite sure yet but im thinking

the real findorfin · 01-21-2003, 08:07 AM

Nope, not Huan.

Aratlithiel · 01-21-2003, 08:26 AM

Thingol

the real findorfin · 01-21-2003, 08:47 AM

Nope, Thingol is incorrect as well.

Manardariel · 01-21-2003, 11:59 AM

Fingolfin(Galadriel´s father, I mean- I always mix up those "Fin-s"...)
or
Elendil/Isildur

Ultimatejoe · 01-22-2003, 06:27 AM

It's Turgon is it not? The hero that falls towards his tomb is Glorfindel, although his body was eventually picked up by the Eagles. Turgon died when his tower (upon which he stood) fell.

Gondolin along with the rest of Beleriand sunk.

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the real findorfin · 01-22-2003, 12:21 PM

UJoe got it, I was very pleased that it took so long. Gooo ME!!

Ultimatejoe · 01-22-2003, 10:51 PM

Gonna make a shot at poetry... cover your ears and wash your eyes:

I awoke with stars and water,
and I passed in the night.
Strong and fell I stood,
but overmatched in might.
My line is never forgtten,
for valour and for plight.
By both hair and heart,
their fires burn most bright.

What's my name?

Beren87 · 01-22-2003, 11:28 PM

Finwë?

Ultimatejoe · 01-22-2003, 11:42 PM

I knew it was easy, but I didn't think it was THAT easy.

Beren87 · 01-22-2003, 11:53 PM

WOW! There was no way I thought I was correct. That was just the first elven-lord I thought of. That was strange.

Ack, and now on to the prose.

Father of Kings
I stood tall
I stand against evil
which causes my fall
A might supreme
I fought against
To my death
from a lack of sense

Wow, so horrible. What I get for attempting to rhyme. But anyway, there you go.

Entmoot · 01-23-2003, 02:04 AM

Is it Elendil?

Beren87 · 01-23-2003, 05:36 AM

Nope, its not.

Ultimatejoe · 01-23-2003, 06:31 AM

That'd be Fingolfin.

the real findorfin · 01-23-2003, 09:36 AM

Finwe, maybe its to do with his fall in front of Formenos.

Ultimatejoe · 01-23-2003, 09:50 AM

I doubt he'd repeat the last riddle.

Quote:

Father of Kings
I stood tall
I stand against evil
which causes my fall
A might supreme
I fought against
To my death
from a lack of sense

Fingolfin is father to Fingon and Turgon (KINGS not king), he stands against Morgoth, he falls to his death in the pit carved by Grond, a might supremem is again Morgoth, and it says that he was basically nuts when he rode to the challenge; hence the "from a lack of sense"

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Ultimatejoe · 01-24-2003, 02:31 PM

Hello?

Beren87 · 01-24-2003, 10:18 PM

Sorry, was having computer problems. You are absolutely correct!

Ultimatejoe · 01-25-2003, 09:05 AM

Huzzah! Lets see if I can craft a harder one..

I've rode many miles,
for the sake of kin;
And many more I'll travel,
With tidings and with twins.
My path is ever dark,
but with you I do not care;
My fate will come with daylight,
and with dawn comes the heir.

Who am I?

Beren87 · 01-25-2003, 02:40 PM

Halbarad?

Ultimatejoe · 01-25-2003, 09:31 PM

Damn, yeah.

Beren87 · 01-26-2003, 12:07 AM

Haha, was just a hunch, and then I looked it up.

Watch the lang. btw, Admins don't like that.

A small one I am
and yet only one way
A friend of Sams
I helped some get away
I led the rebels till
nearly the end of my day
Imprisoned I was
But with help I got away

I give up at rhyming I swear...

01-17-2003, 07:45 AM	#81
Aratlithiel Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 196	I actually had Faramir in mind when I wrote it but after I went to bed last night I realized it could be either one, so your turn, Bill. __________________ - I must find the Mountain of Fire and cast the thing into the gulf of Doom. Gandalf said so. I do not think I shall ever get there. - Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. - Where are we going?...And why am I in this handbasket?

01-18-2003, 02:42 AM	#83
the real findorfin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 514	Shadowfax! __________________ Legends of Middle Earth

01-19-2003, 06:15 AM	#86
Pallando B.C Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Rhûn, Tasmania Posts: 521	Don't be so Hasty Bill, he/she has a bit of time before he/she has to respond. Just double-check the Rules of the Quiz Room __________________ {JHart} Support The Aussies!

01-20-2003, 04:07 AM	#87
the real findorfin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 514	For many ages they shall wait Their task to guard and keep the gate To pleasure and to joy It is their life, it is their fate Who is it??? __________________ Legends of Middle Earth

01-20-2003, 05:15 AM	#88
Pallando B.C Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Rhûn, Tasmania Posts: 521	I can't recall the name, but is it the people that Isildur banished and Aragorn set free whilst on the Paths of the Dead? __________________ {JHart} Support The Aussies!

01-18-2003, 02:28 AM	#82
Frofro Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks, Aratlithiel. I was hoping to get it right, because I had a question in mind. I am grey, my name is grey, and grey sits astride me: who am I? Part of this is tricky, so don't be fooled! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

01-18-2003, 03:59 AM	#84
Frofro Guest Posts: n/a	Yay! You got it! Shadowfax is said to be white, but white horses are known as grey. Shadows are grey, and Gandalf the grey(at first, anyway). Your go! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

01-19-2003, 03:55 AM	#85
Frofro Guest Posts: n/a	You gonna ask a question? [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

01-20-2003, 10:58 AM	#89
lathspell Regenerating Ringkeeper Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Holland Posts: 757	Just a guess: The Silent Watchers __________________ 'You?' cried Frodo. 'Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey,' said the wizard solemnly. 'There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.'

01-20-2003, 02:04 PM	#90
Aratlithiel Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 196	Silent Watchers was my first guess to but I can't reconcile them with pleasure and joy. The Dunedain? WAITing for the return of the king GUARDing the Shire ????????????????????? __________________ - I must find the Mountain of Fire and cast the thing into the gulf of Doom. Gandalf said so. I do not think I shall ever get there. - Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. - Where are we going?...And why am I in this handbasket?

01-20-2003, 02:10 PM	#91
Russandol Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A sock-drawer in Mandos Posts: 156	Mandos & Vairë ?

01-20-2003, 04:32 PM	#92
the real findorfin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 514	all good guesses, but think of a more metephorical gate. (as in not a gate at all) __________________ Legends of Middle Earth

01-21-2003, 05:34 AM	#93
Pallando B.C Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Rhûn, Tasmania Posts: 521	Círdan? __________________ {JHart} Support The Aussies!

01-21-2003, 06:10 AM	#94
the real findorfin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 514	Pallando BC got it! __________________ Legends of Middle Earth

01-21-2003, 06:30 AM	#95
Pallando B.C Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Rhûn, Tasmania Posts: 521	Ok, Beware of the EASY riddle... In a Land of Stone we are set to gaurd, a Mighty Prince whose will is hard. A specified task, we are set, to make sure he lives long yet! Who/What am I descibing? __________________ {JHart} Support The Aussies!

01-21-2003, 06:36 AM	#96
the real findorfin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 514	The Guard of Faramir, Prince of Ithilien (in Gondor - land of stone) __________________ Legends of Middle Earth

01-21-2003, 06:42 AM	#97
Pallando B.C Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Rhûn, Tasmania Posts: 521	Yes, The White Company it is. Your Turn. __________________ {JHart} Support The Aussies!

01-21-2003, 06:56 AM	#98
the real findorfin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 514	In Elder days my life was set, In bliss and splendour I did dwell, But shadow came and overswept, And in that land my tower fell. The tree did fail, My daughter fled, my heir upon the trail, but they were caught and were then trapped, but saved by might of mail. For then a hero fey and strong, Strode forth toward his doom, For he saved the fleeing throng and smote down all evil, But fell toward his tomb. My gardens are now barren, My fields are now lost, and now they live beneath the sea, and there to ever dwell you'll see, the ruin of my ost. [ January 21, 2003: Message edited by: the real findorfin ] __________________ Legends of Middle Earth

01-21-2003, 07:07 AM	#99
Donlammenion Animated Skeleton Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: mirkwood Posts: 47	would the hero be huan and the person not quite sure yet but im thinking

01-21-2003, 08:07 AM	#100
the real findorfin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 514	Nope, not Huan. __________________ Legends of Middle Earth

01-21-2003, 08:26 AM	#101
Aratlithiel Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 196	Thingol __________________ - I must find the Mountain of Fire and cast the thing into the gulf of Doom. Gandalf said so. I do not think I shall ever get there. - Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. - Where are we going?...And why am I in this handbasket?

01-21-2003, 08:47 AM	#102
the real findorfin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 514	Nope, Thingol is incorrect as well. __________________ Legends of Middle Earth

01-21-2003, 11:59 AM	#103
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	Fingolfin(Galadriel´s father, I mean- I always mix up those "Fin-s"...) or Elendil/Isildur __________________ 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

01-22-2003, 06:27 AM	#104
Ultimatejoe Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario Posts: 125	It's Turgon is it not? The hero that falls towards his tomb is Glorfindel, although his body was eventually picked up by the Eagles. Turgon died when his tower (upon which he stood) fell. Gondolin along with the rest of Beleriand sunk. [ January 22, 2003: Message edited by: Ultimatejoe ] [ January 22, 2003: Message edited by: Ultimatejoe ] __________________ Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. -Leonardo Da Vinci

01-22-2003, 12:21 PM	#105
the real findorfin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 514	UJoe got it, I was very pleased that it took so long. Gooo ME!! __________________ Legends of Middle Earth

01-22-2003, 10:51 PM	#106
Ultimatejoe Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario Posts: 125	Gonna make a shot at poetry... cover your ears and wash your eyes: I awoke with stars and water, and I passed in the night. Strong and fell I stood, but overmatched in might. My line is never forgtten, for valour and for plight. By both hair and heart, their fires burn most bright. What's my name? __________________ Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. -Leonardo Da Vinci

01-22-2003, 11:28 PM	#107
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	Finwë?

01-22-2003, 11:42 PM	#108
Ultimatejoe Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario Posts: 125	I knew it was easy, but I didn't think it was THAT easy. __________________ Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. -Leonardo Da Vinci

01-22-2003, 11:53 PM	#109
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	WOW! There was no way I thought I was correct. That was just the first elven-lord I thought of. That was strange. Ack, and now on to the prose. Father of Kings I stood tall I stand against evil which causes my fall A might supreme I fought against To my death from a lack of sense Wow, so horrible. What I get for attempting to rhyme. But anyway, there you go.

01-23-2003, 02:04 AM	#110
Entmoot Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Fangorn Forest Posts: 31	Is it Elendil? __________________ 'You would die before your stroke fell.' - Legolas

01-23-2003, 05:36 AM	#111
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	Nope, its not.

01-23-2003, 06:31 AM	#112
Ultimatejoe Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario Posts: 125	That'd be Fingolfin. __________________ Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. -Leonardo Da Vinci

01-23-2003, 09:36 AM	#113
the real findorfin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 514	Finwe, maybe its to do with his fall in front of Formenos. __________________ Legends of Middle Earth

01-24-2003, 02:31 PM	#115
Ultimatejoe Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario Posts: 125	Hello? __________________ Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. -Leonardo Da Vinci

01-24-2003, 10:18 PM	#116
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	Sorry, was having computer problems. You are absolutely correct!