Riddling continued - Page 38

brownjenkins · 11-26-2003, 08:53 PM

how about when Balin was shot in the back while visiting Mirrormere?

cassiopeia · 11-27-2003, 12:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Keith K

Your riddle reminded me of the very first riddle I posted in this thread:

Complete the last line....

hill is to Hole,
as mountain is to Tower,
as tree is to ______.
)

I don't know if this has been guessed, but is it a flet?

Keith K · 11-27-2003, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by brownjenkins
how about when Balin was shot in the back while visiting Mirrormere?

Exactly.

Keith K · 11-27-2003, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cassiopeia is it a flet?

Yes!

Keith K · 11-27-2003, 09:58 AM

Keith's Thanksgiving Riddle
or
How Do You Handle A Hungry Hobbit

Hungry hobbits in the fern
hoping for some food that's warm
asked of Gollum for his aid
to hunt some meat for them this day.
"Always helpful" is his motto
seeking game he left the grotto.
Shortly he returned with meat
to give to hobbits for to eat.
Even though they're small and bony
Smeagol caught a brace of _______.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of y'all (American or not).....

***Earniel*** · 11-27-2003, 01:36 PM

Coneys!

Keith K · 11-27-2003, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Eärniel
Coneys!

MMM mmm Good!

Keith K · 11-28-2003, 06:32 PM

We lost the bridge, we lost the hall.
The western water was up to the wall.
The enemy bested us in a rout.
Our final words were “we can’t get out!”

cassiopeia · 11-28-2003, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Keith K
We lost the bridge, we lost the hall.
The western water was up to the wall.
The enemy bested us in a rout.
Our final words were “we can’t get out!”

Balin and company in the Chamber of Mazarbul in Moria.

Keith K · 11-28-2003, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cassiopeia
Balin and company in the Chamber of Mazarbul in Moria.

Yes, except that Balin was already toast at that point in time.

good job Cass!

It’s black and tall and crowned with stones.
It was once the scene of vengeful blows.
Empty and barren where no grass grows.
A cheerless place where no man goes.

Beor · 11-29-2003, 09:34 AM

Sounds like the place where the Hurons put the orcs after Helms Deep, but I dont remember it being tall, so...hell, you know...

Keith K · 11-29-2003, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Beor
Sounds like the place where the Hurons put the orcs after Helms Deep, but I dont remember it being tall

The text describes the Death Down as being "...black, tall and stony..." and you are correct with your assumption! Thanks for guessing Beor.

Keith K · 11-29-2003, 02:12 PM

Ebony orb, deep and black.
Coughed up out of ruin's wrack.
Where forgotten people make their home,
and gather at the trysting stone.

***Earniel*** · 11-29-2003, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Keith K
Ebony orb, deep and black.
Coughed up out of ruin's wrack.
Where forgotten people make their home,
and gather at the trysting stone.

The Stone of Erech?

Keith K · 11-30-2003, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Eärniel
The Stone of Erech?

Correct.

Elf Girl · 11-30-2003, 01:10 PM

Hi guys! I've returned to riddling.

I've been thinking about all those riddles I wrote a year or so ago. They aren't really riddles at all; rather little poemy things about obscure LotR objects. So, I've decided to try a new angle of riddling. This is supposed to be tricky; but it's about an element of LotR everyone knows.

On a black stem, a silver flower
opens, but when it grows in power
crushed underfoot its crownéd glory dies,
until in golden sunset it will arise.

Keith K · 12-01-2003, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elf Girl
On a black stem, a silver flower
opens, but when it grows in power
crushed underfoot its crownéd glory dies,
until in golden sunset it will arise.

Welcome back Elf Girl. I was hoping you would return one day.

As to your riddle, how about the House of Isildur as an opening guess?

Elf Girl · 12-01-2003, 03:44 PM

Eh... s'close, but I won't give it to you. Think broader.

Christiana · 12-01-2003, 09:28 PM

Keith K · 12-02-2003, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elf Girl
Think broader.

Ok, the Men of Numenor?

11-27-2003, 01:36 PM	#746
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Coneys! __________________ We are not things.

11-29-2003, 09:34 AM	#751
Beor founder of the color blue Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: E-Space Posts: 1,727	Sounds like the place where the Hurons put the orcs after Helms Deep, but I dont remember it being tall, so...hell, you know... __________________ Well, there it is.

11-30-2003, 01:10 PM	#756
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	Hi guys! I've returned to riddling. I've been thinking about all those riddles I wrote a year or so ago. They aren't really riddles at all; rather little poemy things about obscure LotR objects. So, I've decided to try a new angle of riddling. This is supposed to be tricky; but it's about an element of LotR everyone knows. On a black stem, a silver flower opens, but when it grows in power crushed underfoot its crownéd glory dies, until in golden sunset it will arise. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

12-01-2003, 03:44 PM	#758
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	Eh... s'close, but I won't give it to you. Think broader. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

12-01-2003, 09:28 PM	#759
Christiana Elf Lord Join Date: May 2002 Location: Searching desperately for a swan boat to take to Valinor Posts: 1,231	men? __________________ I take full responsibility for my actions, except for those that are somebody else's fault Having someone to blame is nearly as good as having a solution to the problem Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you habe their shoes. ~Frieda Norris

11-26-2003, 08:53 PM	#741
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	how about when Balin was shot in the back while visiting Mirrormere?

11-27-2003, 09:58 AM	#745
Keith K Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: charlotte, n.c. Posts: 1,081	Keith's Thanksgiving Riddle or How Do You Handle A Hungry Hobbit Hungry hobbits in the fern hoping for some food that's warm asked of Gollum for his aid to hunt some meat for them this day. "Always helpful" is his motto seeking game he left the grotto. Shortly he returned with meat to give to hobbits for to eat. Even though they're small and bony Smeagol caught a brace of _______. Happy Thanksgiving to all of y'all (American or not).....

11-28-2003, 06:32 PM	#748
Keith K Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: charlotte, n.c. Posts: 1,081	We lost the bridge, we lost the hall. The western water was up to the wall. The enemy bested us in a rout. Our final words were “we can’t get out!”

11-29-2003, 02:12 PM	#753
Keith K Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: charlotte, n.c. Posts: 1,081	Ebony orb, deep and black. Coughed up out of ruin's wrack. Where forgotten people make their home, and gather at the trysting stone.

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