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Legate of Amon Lanc · 01-02-2007, 01:04 PM

Yup, it's Bilbo. I knew it was easy but I supposed that people will try to seek something more complicated in it.

It's your turn now.

The Might · 01-02-2007, 01:39 PM

well, I did, in the beginning
but after I reminded of the events in The Hobbit I was pretty sure it was Bilbo

The name of this land comes from a terrible cry

Legate of Amon Lanc · 01-02-2007, 01:45 PM

Lammoth...

The Might · 01-02-2007, 01:49 PM

well...it was quite obvious I guess

Legate of Amon Lanc · 01-02-2007, 02:01 PM

Well, the trouble is that in thread like this if you ask for something "common", it would be likely very easy to answer.
Hope at least this will not be a first-thought case:

Remember that one who lost one front tooth?

The Might · 01-02-2007, 02:22 PM

Viggo Mortensen ?

Legate of Amon Lanc · 01-02-2007, 02:26 PM

!!!
But no, it was not him.

The Might · 01-06-2007, 07:19 PM

well, I wasn't able find any character that actually lost a tooth, but I probably didn't look hard enough

maybe a small hint would be good

Legate of Amon Lanc · 01-07-2007, 07:55 AM

Okay, since I didn't want this to be too obvious, I might add that this character's tooth was, ehm, forced to leave his mouth after being persuaded by a wooden branch

Legate of Amon Lanc · 01-14-2007, 10:28 AM

No one knows???

Don't give me that!

I can now tell you, all you Downers who have read my description and didn't guess the right answer, that you seriously have lost the right to call yourselves "the wise in Tolkien-lore"!

Saruman, you have studied the deep knowledge of ancient scrolls for so long that you lost view of the most obvious things! Or is it that the help must come from the hands of weak when wise falter?

Note: Includes hint

The Might · 01-14-2007, 10:49 AM

Saruman lost a tooth?

Legate of Amon Lanc · 01-14-2007, 10:56 AM

No, it's not that obvious

Okay, I meant that the answer is not in any of the "sophisticated books", neither HoME, nor Unfinished Tales... generally, I think that someone who just came to contact with Tolkien's work half a year ago could beat in answering someone who has spent ten years reading all the books from back to front...

Beanamir of Gondor · 03-05-2007, 04:25 PM

My guess is a Hobbit... just because getting smacked in the face with a tree branch sounds like something a Hobbit would do. :P
*frantically ruffles through book*

The Might · 03-05-2007, 04:47 PM

Oh yeah, I remember searching for this answer some time ago but I eventually gave up as I wasn't able to locate it.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 03-06-2007, 01:37 PM

You are correct about the Hobbit, it is not really such a problem - try to imagine all the possibilities where in Hobbit someone could have been hit by a tree branch and lost a tooth... (you can start by ellimination method - e.g. it couldn't have been the spiders in Mirkwood, because spiders don't have teeth; it couldn't have been Gollum, because there were no trees around... I think I have said quite enough)

Ataralasse · 04-16-2007, 04:40 PM

I don't know his name, but it was one of the Trolls in The Hobbit!! I think it was Tom.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 04-17-2007, 03:44 AM

Yes, that was Tom. And Thorin was the one who did it to him, by the way.

Great job, Ataralasse! You managed to solve a thing that has been lying here unsolved for weeks... You can post the next question.

Ataralasse · 04-17-2007, 09:21 PM

Woohoo! I read the vague description, and thought, 'Oh, oh, I know that one! But someone has GOT to have answered it already ::sigh:: ... ' and then suddenly I was at the bottom of the page.

I've never typed so fast in my life. Hehe.

So, hm, vague description ...

Does this character have light hair or dark hair?!

Vague enough? Or too much?

Thinlómien · 04-18-2007, 03:30 AM

Legolas, by any chance?

Ataralasse · 04-18-2007, 02:03 PM

Ai! Too easy.

Your go.

The Might · 05-28-2007, 06:54 AM

Thinlomien, are you going to post a new one, or should I?

The Might · 07-25-2007, 12:29 PM

Ok, since nobody posted for sooo long, I will

This character received a bag of money in his mouth.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 07-25-2007, 01:54 PM

Wasn't that Thror? I don't recall now exactly if I don't confuse it...

The Might · 07-26-2007, 02:14 AM

No, not really.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 07-26-2007, 09:33 AM

Then it was Azog? Nár received some gold from Azog "for message" and the Dwarves later made Azog (after his decapitation) "eat this".

The Might · 07-30-2007, 06:05 AM

Yes.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 08-01-2007, 12:07 PM

This guy was almost as old as the boy's uncle.

The Might · 08-02-2007, 04:27 AM

Is the guy same as the boy?

Legate of Amon Lanc · 08-02-2007, 11:07 AM

No, someone different. One person was almost as old as one boy's uncle. But it's vague description, so it refers to... well, certain situation... it's surely possible to guess it easily.

The Might · 09-03-2007, 03:36 PM

Perhaps a little hint as I have many ideas but not sure what direction I shoulg go in.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 09-04-2007, 06:19 AM

A hint? Hmm... what about this: The boy said it. (Meaning the boy said that that person X is almost as old as his uncle.)

Thinlómien · 09-04-2007, 11:30 AM

It's Pippin, right?
And in that case the boy is Bergil.

I think I was all too concentrated on Bagginses and other Hobbiton hobbits when trying to solve this one.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 09-04-2007, 12:31 PM

How silly of you, maybe, but at least you are right

Please, continue

Thinlómien · 09-10-2007, 07:21 AM

This person was the chief of the ten loyal ones.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 09-10-2007, 07:28 AM

Hmm... what about Finrod Felagund?

Thinlómien · 09-10-2007, 07:48 AM

Nope...

The Might · 09-10-2007, 09:29 AM

I believe that Legate was reffering to the same moment, however the chief f the ten was Edrahil.

Thinlómien · 09-10-2007, 09:39 AM

You're correct...

Legate of Amon Lanc · 09-10-2007, 09:51 AM

Uh-huh! And now I probably understand why Lommy included that smiley there

Thinlómien · 09-10-2007, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

Uh-huh! And now I probably understand why Lommy included that smiley there

And I almost added "but you're very close" but then I decided it was too early to give any hints...

01-02-2007, 01:04 PM	#121
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Yup, it's Bilbo. I knew it was easy but I supposed that people will try to seek something more complicated in it. It's your turn now. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

01-02-2007, 01:39 PM	#122
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	well, I did, in the beginning but after I reminded of the events in The Hobbit I was pretty sure it was Bilbo The name of this land comes from a terrible cry __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-02-2007, 01:45 PM	#123
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Lammoth... __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

01-02-2007, 01:49 PM	#124
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	well...it was quite obvious I guess __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-02-2007, 02:01 PM	#125
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Well, the trouble is that in thread like this if you ask for something "common", it would be likely very easy to answer. Hope at least this will not be a first-thought case: Remember that one who lost one front tooth? __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

01-02-2007, 02:22 PM	#126
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Viggo Mortensen ? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-02-2007, 02:26 PM	#127
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	!!! But no, it was not him. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

01-06-2007, 07:19 PM	#128
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	well, I wasn't able find any character that actually lost a tooth, but I probably didn't look hard enough maybe a small hint would be good __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-07-2007, 07:55 AM	#129
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Okay, since I didn't want this to be too obvious, I might add that this character's tooth was, ehm, forced to leave his mouth after being persuaded by a wooden branch __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

01-14-2007, 10:28 AM	#130
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	No one knows??? Don't give me that! I can now tell you, all you Downers who have read my description and didn't guess the right answer, that you seriously have lost the right to call yourselves "the wise in Tolkien-lore"! Saruman, you have studied the deep knowledge of ancient scrolls for so long that you lost view of the most obvious things! Or is it that the help must come from the hands of weak when wise falter? Note: Includes hint __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

01-14-2007, 10:49 AM	#131
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Saruman lost a tooth? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-14-2007, 10:56 AM	#132
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	No, it's not that obvious Okay, I meant that the answer is not in any of the "sophisticated books", neither HoME, nor Unfinished Tales... generally, I think that someone who just came to contact with Tolkien's work half a year ago could beat in answering someone who has spent ten years reading all the books from back to front... __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

03-05-2007, 04:25 PM	#133
Beanamir of Gondor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the Shadow Gallery Posts: 276	My guess is a Hobbit... just because getting smacked in the face with a tree branch sounds like something a Hobbit would do. :P frantically ruffles through book __________________ The answer to life is no longer 42. It's 4 8 15 16 23... 42. "I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream."

03-05-2007, 04:47 PM	#134
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Oh yeah, I remember searching for this answer some time ago but I eventually gave up as I wasn't able to locate it. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

03-06-2007, 01:37 PM	#135
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Hint, here You are correct about the Hobbit, it is not really such a problem - try to imagine all the possibilities where in Hobbit someone could have been hit by a tree branch and lost a tooth... (you can start by ellimination method - e.g. it couldn't have been the spiders in Mirkwood, because spiders don't have teeth; it couldn't have been Gollum, because there were no trees around... I think I have said quite enough) __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

04-16-2007, 04:40 PM	#136
Ataralasse Pile O'Bones Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 20	I don't know his name, but it was one of the Trolls in The Hobbit!! I think it was Tom. __________________ This was unexpected and rather difficult. There was some scattered clapping, but most of them were trying to work it out to see if it came to a compliment.

04-17-2007, 03:44 AM	#137
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Tremendous applause! Yes, that was Tom. And Thorin was the one who did it to him, by the way. Great job, Ataralasse! You managed to solve a thing that has been lying here unsolved for weeks... You can post the next question. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

04-17-2007, 09:21 PM	#138
Ataralasse Pile O'Bones Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 20	Woohoo! I read the vague description, and thought, 'Oh, oh, I know that one! But someone has GOT to have answered it already ::sigh:: ... ' and then suddenly I was at the bottom of the page. I've never typed so fast in my life. Hehe. So, hm, vague description ... Does this character have light hair or dark hair?! Vague enough? Or too much? __________________ This was unexpected and rather difficult. There was some scattered clapping, but most of them were trying to work it out to see if it came to a compliment.

04-18-2007, 03:30 AM	#139
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Legolas, by any chance? __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

04-18-2007, 02:03 PM	#140
Ataralasse Pile O'Bones Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 20	Ai! Too easy. Your go. __________________ This was unexpected and rather difficult. There was some scattered clapping, but most of them were trying to work it out to see if it came to a compliment.

05-28-2007, 06:54 AM	#141
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Thinlomien, are you going to post a new one, or should I? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

07-25-2007, 12:29 PM	#142
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Ok, since nobody posted for sooo long, I will This character received a bag of money in his mouth. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

07-25-2007, 01:54 PM	#143
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Wasn't that Thror? I don't recall now exactly if I don't confuse it... __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

07-26-2007, 02:14 AM	#144
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	No, not really. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

07-26-2007, 09:33 AM	#145
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Then it was Azog? Nár received some gold from Azog "for message" and the Dwarves later made Azog (after his decapitation) "eat this". __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

07-30-2007, 06:05 AM	#146
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Yes. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

08-01-2007, 12:07 PM	#147
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Okay, silly but... This guy was almost as old as the boy's uncle. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

08-02-2007, 04:27 AM	#148
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Is the guy same as the boy? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

08-02-2007, 11:07 AM	#149
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	No, someone different. One person was almost as old as one boy's uncle. But it's vague description, so it refers to... well, certain situation... it's surely possible to guess it easily. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

09-03-2007, 03:36 PM	#150
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Perhaps a little hint as I have many ideas but not sure what direction I shoulg go in. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

09-04-2007, 06:19 AM	#151
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	A hint? Hmm... what about this: The boy said it. (Meaning the boy said that that person X is almost as old as his uncle.) __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

09-04-2007, 11:30 AM	#152
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	How silly of me not to get this before... It's Pippin, right? And in that case the boy is Bergil. I think I was all too concentrated on Bagginses and other Hobbiton hobbits when trying to solve this one. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

09-04-2007, 12:31 PM	#153
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	How silly of you, maybe, but at least you are right Please, continue __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

09-10-2007, 07:21 AM	#154
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Sorry it took me so long to post this... :) This person was the chief of the ten loyal ones. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

09-10-2007, 07:28 AM	#155
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Hmm... what about Finrod Felagund? __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories