Riddle ME this - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Annunfuiniel · 02-21-2003, 03:05 AM

I thought of starting a strictly Tolkien related riddle game. No vague answers like water/river, star, dream etc. but rather specific creatures, ideas, places...that Tolkien has made famous.
Hope you join this game in CROWDS and have fun! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
Here's the first enigma:

We were never found
but never left unguarded
Although to the flesh we are bound
some might say we haunted.

Beren87 · 02-21-2003, 11:03 PM

The Dead men of Dunharrow?

Annunfuiniel · 02-21-2003, 11:16 PM

Nope. Keep on guessing!
[img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Beren87 · 02-21-2003, 11:20 PM

The Barrow-Wights?

(Just going on the whole "haunted" theme)

Annunfuiniel · 02-21-2003, 11:32 PM

Wrong again, sorry. Don't take that "haunted" part too literally, more meaning like invisible to most of beings but not to all...

Nuranar · 02-21-2003, 11:46 PM

Ringwraiths?

Annunfuiniel · 02-22-2003, 12:07 AM

Nonono...
Hint: 1.it's (or properly they're) not a living thing. Oh [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] , that just helped you a lot! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
2. Something said in the counsil of Elrond might give you a clue to the first to lines(Elrond's answer to a question).

Hope these help!

elven maiden Earwen · 02-22-2003, 12:09 AM

the one ring??

Annunfuiniel · 02-22-2003, 12:13 AM

Getting close!

Beren87 · 02-22-2003, 12:29 AM

The Three Elven Rings!!!

*smacks head*

Aerandir Carnesir · 02-22-2003, 12:31 AM

The Rings of Power?

Nuranar · 02-22-2003, 08:20 AM

Beren's probably got it, but...

The seven Dwarven rings?

Lyra Greenleaf · 02-22-2003, 09:41 AM

the silmarils?

Annunfuiniel · 02-23-2003, 06:38 AM

Beren, congratulations! Now you have the honour to continue. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Beren87 · 02-23-2003, 02:47 PM

Wew! That one was difficult. Hopefully I can live up to the example.

Created by the great one
but only a bad xerox
millions across the earth
and obviously not solar-powered

I think that narrows it down enough!

Manardariel · 02-23-2003, 03:08 PM

Stars (I guess).

Beren87 · 02-23-2003, 03:15 PM

Nope! remember, it has to fit every line.

Annunfuiniel · 02-23-2003, 10:38 PM

I have to say orcs then.

Beren87 · 02-24-2003, 12:17 AM

I'd have to say your correct!

Annunfuiniel · 02-24-2003, 12:33 AM

Thank thee, Beren! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

This came so suddenly that I haven't got a new riddle yet. Just gimme a moment...

Annunfuiniel · 02-24-2003, 12:50 AM

So this is all I could make up:

So fair is my face
I'm death's crowning grace
I live where men rest
when they've done their best.

Quite easy, me thinks, but it sounded so pretty when I thought of it... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[ February 24, 2003: Message edited by: Annunfuiniel ]

Beren87 · 02-24-2003, 12:59 AM

Gah, that weird flower thingy that grew where they buried the kings of Rohan?

Annunfuiniel · 02-24-2003, 01:13 AM

Right you are, AGAIN! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
But I really should make you look for the exact name for that "flower thingy". [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Well, simbelmynë it is, aka Evermind.

Beren87 · 02-24-2003, 01:19 AM

Ah, well I just looked up the answer anyway so I would have been back to tell you (don't give it to me next time though [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] ).

I'll post another one tomorrow..err today, as it is 2AM and I can't rhyme at 2AM.

Beren87 · 02-26-2003, 10:23 PM

Ok folks, sorry about the wait. How about a haiku?

slowly shimmering
reflecting a dwarven crown
a water filed pool

Lostgaeriel · 02-26-2003, 11:48 PM

Kheled-zâram aka Mirrormere.

I almost hope I'm wrong 'cause I'm not sure I can come up with a riddle.

Beren87 · 02-27-2003, 06:18 PM

Well then I'm very sorry to say your right! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Lostgaeriel · 02-27-2003, 07:13 PM

OK. Give me a day or two to come up with one, please?

Beren87 · 02-27-2003, 07:18 PM

According to the rules you have 10, [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Lostgaeriel · 02-27-2003, 10:03 PM

Well, nine more days isn't going to help me do this any better. It's not a very good riddle - and it's not very good poetry either. ICK! But, hey, it's done.

The light of the moon and the sun
Were two, but first they were one.
When made one again they shone like a flame
Giving glory and fame to the Chief Dúnadan.

hobbitlass · 02-28-2003, 06:30 AM

Star of Elendil, AKA: Star of the Dunedain, Star of the North and the Eledilmir.

Lostgaeriel · 03-01-2003, 11:52 AM

Ooh, I guess the answer to my riddle is not as obvious as I thought.

Nope, it's not the Star of Elendil.

HINT: It is a two-part answer.

Annunfuiniel · 03-01-2003, 12:14 PM

Narsil and Anduril. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Tar-Palantir · 03-01-2003, 12:27 PM

Arnor and Gondor [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Lostgaeriel · 03-01-2003, 01:00 PM

Annunfuiniel has got it!

Yes it was Narsil, ‘The Sun and the Moon’ and Andúril, 'Flame of the West'; the Sword of Elendil made by Telchar of Nogrod, that was broken in two when Elendil died in combat with Sauron; from the shards it was reforged for Aragorn.

See, that wasn't so hard.

Annunfuiniel · 03-01-2003, 03:12 PM

Whehee, always nice to be right! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] But still shouldn't have answered 'cause my head is now sooooo empty. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]
Ok here goes nothing:

One thing that I had
I lost with one taken
and this was too bad
greatly was I shaken
my deeds were first slanted
people thought I had failed
but grace was then granted
and I got what I craved.

There it is, not that bad for a brain-dead, aye? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Aerandir Carnesir · 03-01-2003, 03:46 PM

Frodo. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

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[ March 01, 2003: Message edited by: Aerandir Carnesir ]

Annunfuiniel · 03-01-2003, 04:15 PM

Nope, sorry! But now that you mentioned it fits quite well. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
But why on middle-earth did you have to edit that one word TWICE?? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Aerandir Carnesir · 03-01-2003, 05:31 PM

Well, I changed my answers a few times. Is it Gollum?

Annunfuiniel · 03-02-2003, 01:59 AM

No, not it...erm...him either. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Keep on guessing!

02-21-2003, 03:05 AM	#1
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Riddle ME this I thought of starting a strictly Tolkien related riddle game. No vague answers like water/river, star, dream etc. but rather specific creatures, ideas, places...that Tolkien has made famous. Hope you join this game in CROWDS and have fun! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Here's the first enigma: We were never found but never left unguarded Although to the flesh we are bound some might say we haunted. __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

02-21-2003, 11:16 PM	#3
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Nope. Keep on guessing! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

02-21-2003, 11:32 PM	#5
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Wrong again, sorry. Don't take that "haunted" part too literally, more meaning like invisible to most of beings but not to all... __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

02-21-2003, 11:46 PM	#6
Nuranar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: STILL a drought Posts: 529	Ringwraiths? __________________ I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. Lord Peter Wimsey

02-22-2003, 12:07 AM	#7
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Nonono... Hint: 1.it's (or properly they're) not a living thing. Oh [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] , that just helped you a lot! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] 2. Something said in the counsil of Elrond might give you a clue to the first to lines(Elrond's answer to a question). Hope these help! __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

02-21-2003, 11:03 PM	#2
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	The Dead men of Dunharrow?

02-21-2003, 11:20 PM	#4
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	The Barrow-Wights? (Just going on the whole "haunted" theme)

02-22-2003, 12:09 AM	#8
elven maiden Earwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A world that never was and never will be Posts: 1,300	the one ring?? __________________ We pillage and plunder, we rifle and loot, Drink up me hearties, Yo Ho. the looniest site in the world!!!

02-22-2003, 12:13 AM	#9
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Getting close! __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

02-22-2003, 12:29 AM	#10
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	The Three Elven Rings!!! smacks head

02-22-2003, 12:31 AM	#11
Aerandir Carnesir Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Finally out of the Paths of the Dead! Posts: 107	The Rings of Power? __________________ "God is the Lord, of angels, and of men--and of elves" -J.R.R. Tolkien "Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."-Gimli "Spiders are hideous."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

02-22-2003, 08:20 AM	#12
Nuranar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: STILL a drought Posts: 529	Beren's probably got it, but... The seven Dwarven rings? __________________ I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. Lord Peter Wimsey

02-22-2003, 09:41 AM	#13
Lyra Greenleaf The Diaphanous Dryad Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: R toL: 531, past the wild path Posts: 1,152	the silmarils? __________________ “Sylphs of the forest,” I whispered. “Spirits of oak, beech and ash. Dryads of Rowan and hazel, hear us. You who have guided and guarded our every footstep, you who have sheltered our growth, we honour you." the Forbidden Link

02-23-2003, 06:38 AM	#14
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Beren, congratulations! Now you have the honour to continue. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

02-23-2003, 02:47 PM	#15
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	Wew! That one was difficult. Hopefully I can live up to the example. Created by the great one but only a bad xerox millions across the earth and obviously not solar-powered I think that narrows it down enough!

02-23-2003, 03:08 PM	#16
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	Stars (I guess). __________________ 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

02-23-2003, 03:15 PM	#17
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	Nope! remember, it has to fit every line.

02-23-2003, 10:38 PM	#18
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	I have to say orcs then. __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

02-24-2003, 12:17 AM	#19
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	I'd have to say your correct!

02-24-2003, 12:33 AM	#20
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Thank thee, Beren! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] This came so suddenly that I haven't got a new riddle yet. Just gimme a moment... __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

02-24-2003, 12:50 AM	#21
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	So this is all I could make up: So fair is my face I'm death's crowning grace I live where men rest when they've done their best. Quite easy, me thinks, but it sounded so pretty when I thought of it... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [ February 24, 2003: Message edited by: Annunfuiniel ] __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

02-24-2003, 12:59 AM	#22
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	Gah, that weird flower thingy that grew where they buried the kings of Rohan?

02-24-2003, 01:13 AM	#23
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Right you are, AGAIN! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] But I really should make you look for the exact name for that "flower thingy". [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Well, simbelmynë it is, aka Evermind. __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

02-24-2003, 01:19 AM	#24
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	Ah, well I just looked up the answer anyway so I would have been back to tell you (don't give it to me next time though [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] ). I'll post another one tomorrow..err today, as it is 2AM and I can't rhyme at 2AM.

02-26-2003, 10:23 PM	#25
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	Ok folks, sorry about the wait. How about a haiku? slowly shimmering reflecting a dwarven crown a water filed pool

02-26-2003, 11:48 PM	#26
Lostgaeriel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto the Good Posts: 477	Kheled-zâram aka Mirrormere. I almost hope I'm wrong 'cause I'm not sure I can come up with a riddle. __________________ Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.

02-27-2003, 06:18 PM	#27
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	Well then I'm very sorry to say your right! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

02-27-2003, 07:13 PM	#28
Lostgaeriel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto the Good Posts: 477	OK. Give me a day or two to come up with one, please? __________________ Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.

02-27-2003, 07:18 PM	#29
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	According to the rules you have 10, [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

02-27-2003, 10:03 PM	#30
Lostgaeriel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto the Good Posts: 477	Well, nine more days isn't going to help me do this any better. It's not a very good riddle - and it's not very good poetry either. ICK! But, hey, it's done. The light of the moon and the sun Were two, but first they were one. When made one again they shone like a flame Giving glory and fame to the Chief Dúnadan. __________________ Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.

02-28-2003, 06:30 AM	#31
hobbitlass Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: next to the fire keeping warm Posts: 471	Star of Elendil, AKA: Star of the Dunedain, Star of the North and the Eledilmir. __________________ Just because a person has the right to do something doesn't make it the right thing to do.

03-01-2003, 11:52 AM	#32
Lostgaeriel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto the Good Posts: 477	Ooh, I guess the answer to my riddle is not as obvious as I thought. Nope, it's not the Star of Elendil. HINT: It is a two-part answer. __________________ Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.

03-01-2003, 12:14 PM	#33
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Narsil and Anduril. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

03-01-2003, 12:27 PM	#34
Tar-Palantir Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: napa valley, ca Posts: 496	Arnor and Gondor [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ History shows again and again How nature points up the folly of men Go, go, Godzilla!

03-01-2003, 01:00 PM	#35
Lostgaeriel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto the Good Posts: 477	Annunfuiniel has got it! Yes it was Narsil, ‘The Sun and the Moon’ and Andúril, 'Flame of the West'; the Sword of Elendil made by Telchar of Nogrod, that was broken in two when Elendil died in combat with Sauron; from the shards it was reforged for Aragorn. See, that wasn't so hard. __________________ Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.