Riddling. - Page 17

TinuvielChild · 04-02-2002, 05:28 PM

hmmm...ok, here goes:

Wisest of the wise are they
oldest of the old
knowing more than you or I
they are hidden gold.

not very good i know, probably will be guessed right away.

no hints until there have been 4 or more incorrect guesses!

Arathorn · 04-02-2002, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TinuvielChild
i don't even want to know what Arathorn means by the Rohirric jig....

Well I'll tell you anyway.

You get on a horse and try to keep from falling off with both hands in the air while the horse does most of the dancing.

(We don't have a horse so I borrowed my brother's old high-horse which luckily didn't break down.)

TinuvielChild · 04-02-2002, 06:08 PM

ah, i see Arathorn has got himself a brand spanking new status marking! congratudiddleations!

Elf Girl · 04-02-2002, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TinuvielChild
Wisest of the wise are they
oldest of the old
knowing more than you or I
they are hidden gold.

Wizards? anyway, is anyone going to gues at mine? I'll resurrect it:

Strangeness,
Might sustaining,
Pulls up and tall,
Its power waning

BeardofPants · 04-02-2002, 09:18 PM

Everyone seems completely baffled by mine, so I'll post the answer:

"The mark of splendor
Lost to knowledge,
Newly remembered."

Kingsfoil. The art of medicine lost to alchemists, newly rediscovered when Aragorn brought his knowledge to Gondor. The keyword is splendor = Kingliness. And it is similar to my Old man Willow rilddle, because they are both plants.

Menelvagor · 04-02-2002, 09:27 PM

TC- ents? Tom Bombadil?

TinuvielChild · 04-02-2002, 10:16 PM

wow..i feel like such an amateur riddler. i guess i didn't make it cryptic enough. yeah, the answer was Ents. although when i made that up, i was thinking first of Ents, then of the Valar, then of the Istari (wizards), and also Tom Bombadil.

TinuvielChild · 04-02-2002, 10:21 PM

i guess mine was a dreadfully easy chestnut. here's another:

Purity twisted
mutilated, darkened
wrought to a new shape
a mockery of the old.

it doesn't rhyme. so what. i think this is also a dreadfully easy chestnut, i'm new at this!

Arathorn · 04-02-2002, 10:25 PM

TC, orc or troll?

BeardofPants · 04-02-2002, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TinuvielChild
i guess mine was a dreadfully easy chestnut. here's another:

Purity twisted
mutilated, darkened
wrought to a new shape
a mockery of the old.

it doesn't rhyme. so what. i think this is also a dreadfully easy chestnut, i'm new at this!

Orcs, trolls?

TinuvielChild · 04-02-2002, 10:28 PM

damn.

TinuvielChild · 04-02-2002, 10:29 PM

*to self* think cryptic, cryptic is the key!!! *to everyone else* can other people post new ones?

Menelvagor · 04-03-2002, 12:57 AM

Ok, it's my first riddle, I hope it's not too easy:

Brought by light,
to darkness call,
shades of grey
shall come ere all.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 04-03-2002, 03:12 AM

Menelvagor-
Shadowfax? I don't really know, it was just the first thing that came to mind. . .

***Earniel*** · 04-03-2002, 05:31 AM

to Elf girl: is it Minas Tirith?

to BeardofPants: I would never have guessed that. You're way ahead of me on the riddlescale.

to TinuvielChild: See? You can do it! Once you've figured out how, it's easy.

to Menelvagor: Gandalf perhaps?

I'll see if my brain comes up with another one.

Elf Girl · 04-03-2002, 07:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Eärniel
to Elf girl: is it Minas Tirith?

Nope. Mallorns are closer.

Menelvagor · 04-03-2002, 09:47 PM

Nope, not Shadowfax or Gandalf.

I'll give you a hint: it's not a sentient being.

*groans from Mooters- oh no, not another one of THOSE*

TinuvielChild · 04-03-2002, 11:03 PM

Menelvagor: Laurelin and Telperion, or maybe one of the Silmarils?

whooo!!! now i'm an Elf Lord! post # 500, that magic number! now to try for 1000

Eruviel Greenleaf · 04-03-2002, 11:22 PM

Menalvagor--
If it's not sentient, then it can't be the Dead that Aragorn called from the paths of the dead. Darn, that was my next guess. Okay, I'll have to go think about it. Any clues as to what book/s it is from would be much appreciated!

***Earniel*** · 04-04-2002, 07:34 AM

Congrats TC!!

Menelvagor, that riddle isn't that easy (that or I'm an unbelievable no-brain) Oh no not another one of THOSE!

Anyway is it.....ummm...*thinking*.....that shadow-illness Eowyn and Merry got when they got too close to the Witch King?

Say, Elf Girl (woops nearly wrote grill

) could it be Lothlorien?

04-02-2002, 05:28 PM	#321
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	hmmm...ok, here goes: Wisest of the wise are they oldest of the old knowing more than you or I they are hidden gold. not very good i know, probably will be guessed right away. no hints until there have been 4 or more incorrect guesses! __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-02-2002, 06:08 PM	#323
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	ah, i see Arathorn has got himself a brand spanking new status marking! congratudiddleations! __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-02-2002, 09:18 PM	#325
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Everyone seems completely baffled by mine, so I'll post the answer: "The mark of splendor Lost to knowledge, Newly remembered." Kingsfoil. The art of medicine lost to alchemists, newly rediscovered when Aragorn brought his knowledge to Gondor. The keyword is splendor = Kingliness. And it is similar to my Old man Willow rilddle, because they are both plants. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords Last edited by BeardofPants : 04-02-2002 at 09:19 PM.

04-02-2002, 10:16 PM	#327
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	wow..i feel like such an amateur riddler. i guess i didn't make it cryptic enough. yeah, the answer was Ents. although when i made that up, i was thinking first of Ents, then of the Valar, then of the Istari (wizards), and also Tom Bombadil. __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-02-2002, 10:21 PM	#328
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	i guess mine was a dreadfully easy chestnut. here's another: Purity twisted mutilated, darkened wrought to a new shape a mockery of the old. it doesn't rhyme. so what. i think this is also a dreadfully easy chestnut, i'm new at this! __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-02-2002, 09:27 PM	#326
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	TC- ents? Tom Bombadil?

04-02-2002, 10:25 PM	#329
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	TC, orc or troll? __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

04-02-2002, 10:28 PM	#331
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	damn. __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-02-2002, 10:29 PM	#332
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	to self think cryptic, cryptic is the key!!! to everyone else can other people post new ones? __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-03-2002, 12:57 AM	#333
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	Ok, it's my first riddle, I hope it's not too easy: Brought by light, to darkness call, shades of grey shall come ere all.

04-03-2002, 03:12 AM	#334
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Menelvagor- Shadowfax? I don't really know, it was just the first thing that came to mind. . . __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

04-03-2002, 05:31 AM	#335
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	to Elf girl: is it Minas Tirith? to BeardofPants: I would never have guessed that. You're way ahead of me on the riddlescale. to TinuvielChild: See? You can do it! Once you've figured out how, it's easy. to Menelvagor: Gandalf perhaps? I'll see if my brain comes up with another one. __________________ We are not things.

04-03-2002, 09:47 PM	#337
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	Nope, not Shadowfax or Gandalf. I'll give you a hint: it's not a sentient being. groans from Mooters- oh no, not another one of THOSE

04-03-2002, 11:03 PM	#338
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	Menelvagor: Laurelin and Telperion, or maybe one of the Silmarils? whooo!!! now i'm an Elf Lord! post # 500, that magic number! now to try for 1000 __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

04-03-2002, 11:22 PM	#339
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Menalvagor-- If it's not sentient, then it can't be the Dead that Aragorn called from the paths of the dead. Darn, that was my next guess. Okay, I'll have to go think about it. Any clues as to what book/s it is from would be much appreciated! __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

04-04-2002, 07:34 AM	#340
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Congrats TC!! Menelvagor, that riddle isn't that easy (that or I'm an unbelievable no-brain) Oh no not another one of THOSE! Anyway is it.....ummm...thinking.....that shadow-illness Eowyn and Merry got when they got too close to the Witch King? Say, Elf Girl (woops nearly wrote grill) could it be Lothlorien? __________________ We are not things.

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