Riddling IV

[CAB]

Originally Posted by EllethValatari

A new one.

Once high upon White,
Clear roads in my sight,
but now covered skies
Weltschmerz clouds my eyes,
This no one can revive,
I must go to die.

Denethor was also in the White tower and died hopelessly under skies covered by Sauron's clouds.

[EllethValatari]

Originally Posted by Thurin

Denethor was also in the White tower and died hopelessly under skies covered by Sauron's clouds.

You got it! Yes, it's about Denethor...he was in the White Tower, then he was under skies covered by Sauron's clouds, and then he became depressed because he couldn't get ahold of the ring and saw no other way to overcome Sauron, then he killed himself. Good riddling!

[Keith K]

Here's a new one for y'all to have fun with.


I was not born to be a seer.
Or oracle to make things clear.
So writing is my best device
for sending out so much advice.
Some sure think I'm way to brash,
and what I write is naught but trash.


Good luck, riddlers!

[CAB]

Originally Posted by Keith K

Here's a new one for y'all to have fun with.


I was not born to be a seer.
Or oracle to make things clear.
So writing is my best device
for sending out so much advice.
Some sure think I'm way to brash,
and what I write is naught but trash.


Good luck, riddlers!

Frodo's aunt Dora Baggins...who apparently wrote many letters containing much advice, for which she received a trash can from Bilbo at his party.

[EllethValatari]

Another one:

Presented clothed, hiding covered, dwindling slowly, traveling longer,
bringing bitterness, stirring anger: jealousy. trickery, mockery. gone.

[Keith K]

Originally Posted by EllethValatari

Another one:

Presented clothed, hiding covered, dwindling slowly, traveling longer,
bringing bitterness, stirring anger: jealousy. trickery, mockery. gone.

The Petty Dwarves have a history similar to these words. Not sure how the presented clothed thing fits though. I just wanted to guess something while I was here.

[CAB]

Thanks Elleth and Wilhelm.

I forgot that I had posted a riddle earlier:

Dark crowns in a giant green bowl,
Impatient sounds far below

For which Midge answered:

Originally Posted by Midge

This is Entmoot. The dark crowns are the heads of the Ents, and the impatient sounds far below are coming from the little hobbits at their feet.

Which is a good guess, but not correct. Definitely on the right track concerning the “bowl”, but leaving the “crowns” part unanswered. Edit: rather, the "crowns" part was not what I had in mind

Originally Posted by EllethValatari

Another one:

Presented clothed, hiding covered, dwindling slowly, traveling longer,
bringing bitterness, stirring anger: jealousy. trickery, mockery. gone.

I think Petty Dwarves is a better answer, but this could also apply to Gollum, though the “Presented clothed” part is a problem here too.

[EllethValatari]

Originally Posted by Thurin

Thanks Elleth and Wilhelm.
I think Petty Dwarves is a better answer, but this could also apply to Gollum, though the “Presented clothed” part is a problem here too.

Yes, it is indeed a problem, and it's what makes those guesses wrong.

I can give a hint, but I want to see if anyone else has a guess.

[Keith K]

Originally Posted by Thurin

Thanks Elleth and Wilhelm.

I forgot that I had posted a riddle earlier:

Dark crowns in a giant green bowl,
Impatient sounds far below

For which Midge answered:

Which is a good guess, but not correct. Definitely on the right track concerning the “bowl”, but leaving the “crowns” part unanswered. Edit: rather, the "crowns" part was not what I had in mind

If it is truly Derndingle, with the hobbits far below, then the dark crowns must be the evergreen hedge surrounding the place. Unless it refers to the three silver birches at its center?

[Valandil]

Originally Posted by Thurin

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Dark crowns in a giant green bowl,
Impatient sounds far below

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Barrows of the Barrow Wights?

[Midge]

Originally Posted by EllethValatari

Another one:

Presented clothed, hiding covered, dwindling slowly, traveling longer,
bringing bitterness, stirring anger: jealousy. trickery, mockery. gone.

Funny, I was going to guess Bilbo - he was definitely clothed, and he hid covered by the Ring - he began to be "Well-preserved at 99", traveled after his 111th birthday, brought bitterness to Smaug as well as anger, and to the Dwarves too, and Gollum (he really caused a stir on his first trip!). Jealousy for Smaug and the trickery with the Arkenstone and he mocked the spiders.

He's also unfortunately no longer around.

[Keith K]

Originally Posted by Midge

Funny, I was going to guess Bilbo - he was definitely clothed, and he hid covered by the Ring - he began to be "Well-preserved at 99", traveled after his 111th birthday, brought bitterness to Smaug as well as anger, and to the Dwarves too, and Gollum (he really caused a stir on his first trip!). Jealousy for Smaug and the trickery with the Arkenstone and he mocked the spiders.

He's also unfortunately no longer around.

Oooh! I really like this guess, Midge.

[Valandil]

Originally Posted by Thurin

Dark crowns in a giant green bowl,
Impatient sounds far below

OK - then it's Bilbo up in the tree in Mirkwood, seeing the emperor butterflies at the treetops - at a location where the ground sloped up all around (so he couldn't see far) - and the Dwarves were impatiently calling up to him to tell them what was going on.

[CAB]

Originally Posted by Valandil

OK - then it's Bilbo up in the tree in Mirkwood, seeing the emperor butterflies at the treetops - at a location where the ground sloped up all around (so he couldn't see far) - and the Dwarves were impatiently calling up to him to tell them what was going on.

Correct, sir!

[Wilhelm]

Presented clothed, hiding covered, dwindling slowly, traveling longer,
bringing bitterness, stirring anger: jealousy. trickery, mockery. gone.

Could this be Lembas?

[Keith K]

Originally Posted by EllethValatari

Another one:

Presented clothed, hiding covered, dwindling slowly, traveling longer,
bringing bitterness, stirring anger: jealousy. trickery, mockery. gone.

The light of the Silmarils? They were presented clothed in crystal. Except for the slowly dwindling part they could cover the other clues.

This riddle concerns a thing rather than a person, doesn't it?

[EllethValatari]

Originally Posted by Keith K

The light of the Silmarils? They were presented clothed in crystal. Except for the slowly dwindling part they could cover the other clues.

This riddle concerns a thing rather than a person, doesn't it?

Yes, Keith, it does. But no, it's not the Light of the Simarils, or anything to do with the Simarils. As I said earlier, it's an LoTR quote

[Keith K]

Originally Posted by EllethValatari

Another one:

Presented clothed, hiding covered, dwindling slowly, traveling longer,
bringing bitterness, stirring anger: jealousy. trickery, mockery. gone.

Okay. It could be the Seven Rings of the Dwarves. I'll bet Sauron had his pants on when he handed them out!

[EllethValatari]

Originally Posted by Keith K

Okay. It could be the Seven Rings of the Dwarves. I'll bet Sauron had his pants on when he handed them out!

No, you guys are getting colder...here are my hints:

1. It's inanimate
2. It's from LoTR and possibly other places

[CAB]

Originally Posted by Valandil

Barrows of the Barrow Wights?

This is another excellent, yet incorrect, guess.

Hint: This is a The Hobbit riddle.

Originally Posted by Keith K

Middle Earth Bargain Hunting?
Only an Entmoot riddling sleuth
can locate this place with a toll-less booth.

Maybe you mean Thorin an Co's escape from the Elvenking's caverns? They avoided the ransom that the Elvenking surely would have demanded for their release (toll-less) by escaping in barrels (booths).

Originally Posted by EllethValatari

Another one:

Presented clothed, hiding covered, dwindling slowly, traveling longer,
bringing bitterness, stirring anger: jealousy. trickery, mockery. gone.

Wild guess: The pipe-weed that Merry or Pippin (can't remember which) recovered at Isengard that Saruman later took from him on the road.