Riddling III

[Valandil]

No - not Cuivienen.

[Valandil]

I wanted so much to constribute a Tolkien-inspired, SuperBowl-relevent Riddle, but this is the best I could come up with. In addition to identifying the "speaker" - please identify the "friends" and mention why this relates to the SuperBowl.

I wear different skins,
But I'll give you a sack,
You may borrow my friends,
But you'd best send them back!

[me9996]

Beorn? You know, the skin-changer in the hobbit?

[Valandil]

Sure I know Beorn... but you didn't give everything I was asking for. Please re-read the entire question.

And now - for one that was on the previous page:

Originally Posted by Valandil

In the shadows of night's edge,
I brew a heady ale,
Where dwelt once both Elves and Men,
Now I never see a sail.

[me9996]

Oh, his friends are the horses he lent to Bilbo and the dwarves

Edit: Oops, forgot to figure out what this has to do with the superbowl...
I'll work on that.

[Noble Elf Lord]

I love riddles, although I rarely have the patience to try to solve them for long... Anyways I´ll try to make up something by myself here. How about...
Cold death of the past
Long it did last
From within the stone it came
but finally fell under the flame
Wielder burnt by fires of hatred
now lies in a place that is sacred.

It´s a pity really, I think that these riddles in this thread are either too easy or too hard. For the hard ones I just should read more, but for the easy ones, I know you guys can do better. I´m not saying mine would be good either (it´s possibly too easy) but you could make a bit more difficult ones. Come to think of it, does anyone of you have archery as a hobby? I do, and it´s great. I have a 30 lbs. longbow (about 13.5 kilos) and shoot pretty well from 15 metres and decently from 18 metres. Honestly.

[elven dragonrider]

Originally Posted by Noble Elf Lord

I love riddles, although I rarely have the patience to try to solve them for long... Anyways I´ll try to make up something by myself here. How about...
Cold death of the past
Long it did last
From within the stone it came
but finally fell under the flame
Wielder burnt by fires of hatred
now lies in a place that is sacred.

It´s a pity really, I think that these riddles in this thread are either too easy or too hard. For the hard ones I just should read more, but for the easy ones, I know you guys can do better. I´m not saying mine would be good either (it´s possibly too easy) but you could make a bit more difficult ones. Come to think of it, does anyone of you have archery as a hobby? I do, and it´s great. I have a 30 lbs. longbow (about 13.5 kilos) and shoot pretty well from 15 metres and decently from 18 metres. Honestly.

Good riddle! I have come up with a few, but none of them are all that great.
I would love to do archery more, but horses take up 60% of my time, and school the other 40%. I am really good at it when I get to do it, and after I lesson I was hitting the bullseye every time from thirty feet. I was nine then, and I had more time. I didn't do it much though, because I didn't really have pasion for it. Now that I have no time for it I really want to do it. I do it at the Renniassance Festival every year and freak the guys out becuase I am really good at it, and one of them doesn't believe me that I don't practice. You should see me at other sports though, it is the msot pathetic thing ever witnessed. I just have a knack for that. I wish I had more time for it, and I would love to do it from horseback. Oh well, I guess I picked my hobby.

[elven dragonrider]

I have a spiral that I call my "dragon spiral", and it has a whole section in the back where I put riddles. I have it about a third full. http://tolkientrail.com/ website has a page for riddles that might go with the ones here. They also have all hte ones from the book on there.

[Noble Elf Lord]

Another riddle to cause you sleepless nights...
I lie in the earth
I rest within the sea
I soar in the night sky
You can´t catch me but
someone did try
and succeeded
and store me in treasures
two shall lay hidden till the worlds end
while one may be seen by all.

[Landroval]

Originally Posted by Noble Elf Lord

Another riddle to cause you sleepless nights...
I lie in the earth
I rest within the sea
I soar in the night sky
You can´t catch me but
someone did try
and succeeded
and store me in treasures
two shall lay hidden till the worlds end
while one may be seen by all.

Da joolz - silmarils

[Noble Elf Lord]

Originally Posted by Landroval

Da joolz - silmarils

Not quite - read the riddle carefully through. Got any guesses for my first riddle?

[Landroval]

Well, light of the trees?

[Noble Elf Lord]

Originally Posted by Landroval

Well, light of the trees?

Exactly. That was too easy... Hmmm. As a tip for the another one, don´t take the word "cold" too literally.

[Landroval]

The balrog of Moria?

[Noble Elf Lord]

Originally Posted by Landroval

The balrog of Moria?

No no no. This is an item.

[Earniel]

Originally Posted by Noble Elf Lord

Cold death of the past
Long it did last
From within the stone it came
but finally fell under the flame
Wielder burnt by fires of hatred
now lies in a place that is sacred.

Denethor's palantÃ*r?

[Noble Elf Lord]

Originally Posted by Eärniel

Denethor's palantÃ*r?

No, but that is the closest thus far. Keep guessing!

[Valandil]

Originally Posted by Noble Elf Lord

Cold death of the past
Long it did last
From within the stone it came
but finally fell under the flame
Wielder burnt by fires of hatred
now lies in a place that is sacred.

Narsil / Anduril?

[Beren One-Hand]

Originally Posted by Noble Elf Lord

Cold death of the past
Long it did last
From within the stone it came
but finally fell under the flame
Wielder burnt by fires of hatred
now lies in a place that is sacred.

The one ring? Orcrist?

[Noble Elf Lord]

No, not Narsil or the Ring or Orcrist. Good guesses though.