Superlatives

[Odysseus819]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight
Posts: 196</TD><TD><img src=http://images.ofoto.com/photos51/1/40/56/13/93/0/93135640103_0_SM.jpg?v=1 WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Largest Host

Right you are, Sharku. It say that in the Silmarillion in the very sad scene in which he dies.

</p>

[Sharkû]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hungry Ghoul
Posts: 759</TD><TD><img src=http://www.tolkiens-legacy.de/draugen.jpg WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Largest Host

Again not quite a superlative, but who was 'not the least valiant' of the house of Haleth?

</p>

[Odysseus819]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight
Posts: 199</TD><TD><img src=http://images.ofoto.com/photos51/1/40/56/13/93/0/93135640103_0_SM.jpg?v=1 WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

Hunthor

</p>

[Sharkû]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hungry Ghoul
Posts: 760</TD><TD><img src=http://www.tolkiens-legacy.de/draugen.jpg WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

Correct.

</p>

[Odysseus819]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight
Posts: 203</TD><TD><img src=http://images.ofoto.com/photos51/1/40/56/13/93/0/93135640103_0_SM.jpg?v=1 WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

Who was the most valiant of the Noldor (acc. to the narrator)?

</p>

[Sharkû]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hungry Ghoul
Posts: 764</TD><TD><img src=http://www.tolkiens-legacy.de/draugen.jpg WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

I'll rely on Blind Guardian again for this one... Fingolfin was 'most proud and most valiant' <img src=wink.gif ALT="">

</p>

[Odysseus819]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight
Posts: 206</TD><TD><img src=http://images.ofoto.com/photos51/1/40/56/13/93/0/93135640103_0_SM.jpg?v=1 WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

Correct -- that really WAS an easy one. What/who is Blind Guardian?

</p>

[Grond]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight
Posts: 201</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

Blind Guardian is a heavy metal's group.
They're German, and in my opinion, they're one of the best groups ever.
Most songs of Blind Guardian deal with LOTR, Silmarillion...

They have a song in which that is said of Fingolfin, that's why Sharku said he relied in them.

</p>

[Sharkû]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hungry Ghoul
Posts: 767</TD><TD><img src=http://www.tolkiens-legacy.de/draugen.jpg WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

I also did so above, having their lines 'Thus he died, Nom the wise, fair and noble, most beloved of the Noldor race...' in mind.


Anyway,
from where came the biggest retinue of men of the Outlands which aided Minas Tirith in the Battle of the Pelennor?

</p>

[Orald]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shadow of Malice
Posts: 682</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

The men of Rohan?

It seems fate is not without a sense of irony.</p>

[Sharkû]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hungry Ghoul
Posts: 776</TD><TD><img src=http://www.tolkiens-legacy.de/draugen.jpg WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

Hmm... practically correct, but they did not come from the Outlands of Gondor.

</p>

[The Barrow-Wight]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wraith of Angmar
Posts: 2040</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

Imrahil brought a lot of knights from Dol Amroth... but I don't think his was the biggest force. Hmmmm.... was it those led by Forlong?

The Barrow-Wight (RKittle)
<font size="2">I usually haunt http://www.barrowdowns.comThe Barrow-Downs</a> and The Barrow-Downs http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgiMiddle-Earth Discussion Board</a>.</p>

[Sharkû]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hungry Ghoul
Posts: 777</TD><TD><img src=http://www.tolkiens-legacy.de/draugen.jpg WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

It was indeed Imrahil, for behind his unit of knights marched about 700 men of Dol Amroth. Forlong isn't the answer to all of my questions <img src=wink.gif ALT="">
Ask us, Lord Wight!


Hey, a new thing to celebrate almost daily. All lucky 7's!

</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000003>Sharku</A> at: 3/16/01 10:12:04 am

[The Barrow-Wight]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wraith of Angmar
Posts: 2043</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

I guess I lucked into that one... I kept think someone brought more than a 1000, but that was the Rohirrim. And didn't Angor later lead a really large force from Pelargir? Anyways, let's see if I can think of a question....hmm.....

I don't think I can... we've asked all the good ones and I'll have to turn to my books. But that will have to wait 'til I get home.



The Barrow-Wight (RKittle)
<font size="2">I usually haunt http://www.barrowdowns.comThe Barrow-Downs</a> and The Barrow-Downs http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgiMiddle-Earth Discussion Board</a>.</p>

[The Barrow-Wight]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wraith of Angmar
Posts: 2046</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

Where could the largest library of Shire history found?

The Barrow-Wight (RKittle)
<font size="2">I usually haunt http://www.barrowdowns.comThe Barrow-Downs</a> and The Barrow-Downs http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgiMiddle-Earth Discussion Board</a>.</p>

[Orald]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shadow of Malice
Posts: 686</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

Michel Delving probably, since they had that museum, but for some reason I am going to say Brandy Hall.

Fate, it seems is not without a sense of irony.</p>

[The Barrow-Wight]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wraith of Angmar
Posts: 2047</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

Both good guess, but not quite right...

The Barrow-Wight (RKittle)
<font size="2">I usually haunt http://www.barrowdowns.comThe Barrow-Downs</a> and The Barrow-Downs http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgiMiddle-Earth Discussion Board</a>.</p>

[HerenIstarion]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Deadnight Chanter
Posts: 928</TD><TD><img src=http://www.bestanimations.com/Fantasy/Warrior-01.gif WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

maybe Rivendell? (just wild guess, but why not <img src=rolleyes.gif ALT=":rolleyes"> )

<a href=http://www.geocities.com/gl_century/Heren.html>HerenIstarion</a> </p>

[The Barrow-Wight]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wraith of Angmar
Posts: 2048</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

Your getting colder... remember that 'mortals are not their study'.... WE're talking Shire history, here!

The Barrow-Wight (RKittle)
<font size="2">I usually haunt http://www.barrowdowns.comThe Barrow-Downs</a> and The Barrow-Downs http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgiMiddle-Earth Discussion Board</a>.</p>

[Orald]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shadow of Malice
Posts: 699</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

Minas Tirith? They had relations with the shire during the fourth age, not much but still.

Thus even as Eru spoke to us shall beauty not before conceived be brought into Eä, and evil be good to have been.</p>

[The Barrow-Wight]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wraith of Angmar
Posts: 2049</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

You all keep guessing further and further away from the Shire. Stay closer to home!

The Barrow-Wight (RKittle)
<font size="2">I usually haunt http://www.barrowdowns.comThe Barrow-Downs</a> and The Barrow-Downs http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgiMiddle-Earth Discussion Board</a>.</p>

[Sharkû]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hungry Ghoul
Posts: 780</TD><TD><img src=http://www.tolkiens-legacy.de/draugen.jpg WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

Great Smials?

</p>

[The Barrow-Wight]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wraith of Angmar
Posts: 2050</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Valiant

Getting closer....

The Barrow-Wight (RKittle)
<font size="2">I usually haunt http://www.barrowdowns.comThe Barrow-Downs</a> and The Barrow-Downs http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgiMiddle-Earth Discussion Board</a>.</p>

[Elanor]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pile o' Bones
Posts: 18</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Superlatives

Was it in the Tower Hills where Elanor and the Fairbairns lived?



</p>

[The Barrow-Wight]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wraith of Angmar
Posts: 2052</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Superlatives

Yes. Undertowers, to be exact! Though there were great collections at Great Smials and Brandy Hall, the one at Undertowers included the Red Book of Westmarch for a long time.

Your turn...

The Barrow-Wight (RKittle)
<font size="2">I usually haunt http://www.barrowdowns.comThe Barrow-Downs</a> and The Barrow-Downs http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgiMiddle-Earth Discussion Board</a>.</p>

[Elanor]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pile o' Bones
Posts: 22</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Superlatives

OK... this will probably be too easy for all you old hands <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> ...

What surpassed a hobbit's wildest hopes? And when?



</p>

[Grond]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight
Posts: 208</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Superlatives

Was it the song about Frodo and Sam's advenures before the party at Cormallen?

</p>

[Elanor]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pile o' Bones
Posts: 23</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Superlatives

No, but it did involve Sam...



</p>

[Grond]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight
Posts: 210</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Superlatives

Ok, I think I've reach the answer: finding Bill the poney at The Prancing Poney when they were returning to the Shire surpassed Sam's wildest hopes.

</p>

[Elanor]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Animated Skeleton
Posts: 26</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Superlatives

It probably did Grond, but it wasn't what I was thinking of. Sam seems to have had a lot of his hopes fulfilled... Lucky chap <img src=biggrin.gif ALT="">



</p>

[Odysseus819]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight
Posts: 235</TD><TD><img src=http://images.ofoto.com/photos51/1/40/56/13/93/0/93135640103_0_SM.jpg?v=1 WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Superlatives

Was it Sam meeting Gildor and company ?

</p>

[Grond]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight
Posts: 211</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Superlatives

This is my last guess: the results of the present of Galadriel.

</p>

[Orald]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shadow of Malice
Posts: 717</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: Superlatives

Was it Sam when he first met elves? He loved stories about elves.

Thus even as Eru spoke to us shall beauty not before conceived be brought into Eä, and evil be good to have been.</p>

[Beregond]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Newly Deceased
Posts: 1</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Superlatives

Was it Frodo saying to Sam how destroying the ring was beyond his wildest hopes?

</p>

[Beregond]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Newly Deceased
Posts: 2</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Superlatives

Sorry for the double post.

</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000114>Beregond </A> at: 3/20/01 4:09:02 pm

[Elanor]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Animated Skeleton
Posts: 29</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Superlatives

Third time lucky Grond! From the final chapter of Return of the King: &quot;Spring surpassed his wildest hopes. His trees began to sprout and grow, as if time was in a hurry... In the Party Field a beautiful young sapling leaped up: it had silver bark and long leaves, and burst into golden flowers in April. It was indeed a mallorn, and was the wonder of the neighbourhood.&quot;

Your turn!



</p>

[Grond]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight
Posts: 217</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Superlatives

How many people says the word ´garn´along LOTR?

</p>

[Beregond]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pile o' Bones
Posts: 18</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Superlatives

Good question!

Three? Gorbag, the tracker orc, and one of the Ruffians in the Shire?

</p>

[Grond]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight
Posts: 218</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Superlatives

You got three! But there is still one more.

</p>

[Beregond]

<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pile o' Bones
Posts: 20</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Superlatives

Grishnakh? Bill Ferny?

</p>