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But which answer are you confirming?
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Yours and Nerwen's.
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But which was right mine or Nerwen's !!!
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You. It says 'I'. If it were Lalaith, it would say 'he'
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Anyone up for a new riddle? Legate perhaps?
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Sorry I forgot about this though I did start a new riddle. I will try to polish it tomorrow if no one beats me to it (Werewolf a bit tense just now)
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If Mith posts a new one, I will be very happy to return to the good ol' riddling habit by starting to guess. It'll be nice, haven't been around here in a long while.
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Ooh! I love this thread! Good to see it back up!
(And Hey Miggy! Good to see you again!)
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Proper riddle needs more work so if you don't mind having more of a cryptic clue to get the ball rolling:
Cast a filthy look in German's direction to find place of greater safety (in theory at least).
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To get it going...
Aglarond? I realize that it doesn't fully fit, but it's as good as any for starters.
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No, but I think you are on the right lines with one element of the clue. And it would really, really help if I didn't have a Brainstorm and get languages mixed up.... sorry... more haste, less speed, and seriously rubbish clues... but no doubt after this Ost in Edhil will feature somewhere at a later date... I am going to hide under a rock now and cry...
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Yep. That is the one. Eglarest was a haven, but since it was attacked not so safe...
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Just worked out Eglarest, but scrolled down and it's already there! I might not have got 'glare' on my own, anyway.
Nice riddle Mith, and well done G55.
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If you have a riddle in mind, go for it. I'm busy these days, and as usual I didn't think before answering, so I don't have anything prepared and it will take me a few days and some brain-wrecking to come up with something. So if you have an idea, go for it.
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I don't, I'm afraid. I think bits of my last password are still unsolved, though.
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Very slapdash, and probably ridiculously easy, but I have a moment so I thought I'd better post something...
A four-legged creature Of the green field Serves two-legged creature Of the grey stone. They walk together in war; In peace each runs his own way. Who's the Two? Who's the Four? Can you say?
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I think your greater knowledge of The Silmarillion is probably at the heart of why I can't solve this yet.
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In war they fight together and in peace govern independently
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I am equally unsure on first sight. Let me just throw in an idea so that somebody could pick up on that, even... I keep thinking of some weird flag of Rohan on which there is a Troll sitting on top of the horse.
EDIT: I see I cross-posted with Mith, who seems to be thinking along the similar lines, but certainly making more sense. That could be it.
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No Silmarillion here, only Third Age stuff. Legate and Mith are both pretty close, but not quite dead centre (though the troll on the Rohan flag is so hilarious I have to give it full points for humour
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I did think of Stoningland, but I was trying to find named horses in Gondor and drew a blank.
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For clarification, because the riddle is a bit vague on this - only one of the creatures is a specific individual. The other is not.
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Did I kill it?
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Forlong the Fat and his horse, because the latter would only consent to carry him at times of great need, ie war?
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Durin on a horse?
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Gimli on a horse. You said it was Third Age, I remember. I just thought that I'd already said Gimli on Arod, so it wouldn't be that.
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lol, I think I know.
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Unless it's Gimli perched on Bill The Pony as they descend Caradhras. But Bill didn't go to war, and Gimli isn't exactly going to war at that point.
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Okay, I didn't want to snipe the thread if I'm right, plus I'm not sure I'm clever enough to compose a new riddle, but:
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Bravo!
![]() The two closest answers prior to this was the Gimli on Arod answer and the Rohan flag answer. I invite you to recall a somewhat different quote (though good find and good try, Firefoot! The quote was a witty answer, albeit not the one I was looking for. Let this not deter you from doing more riddles!): Quote:
A four-legged creature Of the green field - a horse Serves two-legged creature Of the grey stone. - Gimli the Dwarf They walk together in war; - indeed, as Gimli carries his shield with the Rohan emblem during the main battles In peace each runs his own way. - it's a hard task, getting a Dwarf to ride a horse Who's the Two? Who's the Four? Can you say? - certainly, as Pervinca did. ![]() The reason I had an issue with the answers for horses was that it's not a specific horse, like I mentioned somewhere, but just the animal. Maybe I was too nitpicky. But well done, Pervinca! The floor is yours!
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Nice quotation! And nice logic. I don't think I really solved it, because I didn't realise/remember Gimli's shield. 'Gimli and a horse' is the answer really, and I said 'Gimli on a horse.'
So Gimli would rather bear a horse than be borne by one? I can imagine an Erebor version of the Highland Games: horse-carrying in the place of caber-tossing! Only the toughest, strongest dwarves would be allowed to enter! Would someone else like to take the floor? I don't really have time to compose a riddle and check the thread for the next couple of days.
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Tall One, Handsome One, comely so we see
yet Children, some would say, both can and cannot be begot of He Lofty Lord to Those, yet not so to These, why say three times three? 1200 times the Summer of the Sun - some would say disease Arousal then, the Might of Men, Surrender to Elven Vanity Yet it seems such fun, and such splendour for the Elven Tree, because, odd is the even of 300 and why does this mean 1500 for every--one! Disease again, yet, nay still not seen by anyone and still not even for ninety summer suns beyond the 1500 for everyone But look again--tall ships and tall kings--and again--three times three-- What Orc would put that upon a pike? Nay, this cannot be! Is it not a head, for of the body it was, of Elven Vanity Who of course, is that supposed to mean? Can someone explain this to me? So why say 'it's the gate into the day, not dawned, beyond the night'? And then, what brought they from the foundered land? Over the flowing sea? Nay--not yet seven stars and seven stones and Nay -- not yet one white tree Last edited by Ivriniel; 06-27-2015 at 11:26 PM. |
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ps - I dunno if I over or under-pitched it. Is it too obscure, or too easy? Seemed easy and obvious when I wrote it, but I re-read it five hours later and I'm like 'erm...maybe it's too hard'.
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I'd say it's pretty cryptic, but we love challenges here, don't we? Can't yet make head or tail of it, but the numbers obviously refer to annals in a Tale of Years (which I can't check ATM, posting from work), and the thing about an Orc putting something on a pike reminds me of Sauron's army bearing Celebrimbor's body on a pike as their banner. Need to ruminate further.
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Pitchwife was a great character and linden avery's repair of him one of most memorable feats Yes - annals of time it certainly is which should make the riddle pretty easy. The questions in riddle are things I reckoned to ask about And - u bet - the celebrimbor head on pike is right on for that bit ![]() Cheers to u |
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I wonder if the 'He' of line two might be Aule - he both could and couldn't beget the dwarves, so to speak.
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