Rohan Trivia Question...

Helix · 01-13-2003, 09:43 AM

How many generations of the Rohirrim royal family were living during the reign of Aldor the Old?

If anyone knows, it would be very helpful. [Please put source(s).] Thanx!

Oh, and sorry if this should be somewhere else (Middle Earth maybe?) Books seemed the most appropriate place for it.

Beleg Strongbow · 01-13-2003, 02:02 PM

I don't know, but I was curious: why did you want to know?
And your mailbox is full: you can't recieve PM's (though I tried). Please delete some messages!

Elf Girl · 01-13-2003, 04:23 PM

I have no idea...

Helix · 01-13-2003, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Beleg Strongbow
I don't know, but I was curious: why did you want to know?
And your mailbox is full: you can't recieve PM's (though I tried). Please delete some messages!

sorry about that... i didn't realize it stored sent messages

as to why i want to know, i don't... i'm asking on behalf of a engineering drawing classmate. it is kind of a perplexing question, though... how old did Aldor live to be?

Elf Girl · 01-13-2003, 06:22 PM

Why does he want to know?

The Lady of Ithilien · 01-13-2003, 09:35 PM

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Originally posted by Helix
How many generations of the Rohirrim royal family were living during the reign of Aldor the Old?

If anyone knows, it would be very helpful. [Please put source(s).] Thanx!

Terrific question, Helix! Checked out Appendix A in The Return of the King. Now, Aldor the Old ruled for 75 years, from the death of his father, Brego, in T.A. 2570 to his own death in 2645. (His brother, Baldor, had entered the Paths of the Dead and would not be seen again by living eyes until the ride of the Grey Company.)

During Aldor King's long reign, the future kings Fréa, Fréawine, Goldwine and (barely) Déor (his son, grandson, great-grandson and great-great-grandson, respectively) were around, so the answer is: four generations.

Helix · 01-14-2003, 02:03 PM

thank you much... excellent research, Lady of Ithilien!

He was just curious... his brother asked him, and he didn't know.

Beleg Strongbow · 01-14-2003, 02:31 PM

wow. Amazed at the level of effort put into that question. Impressed, too.

I assume this is Glorfindel the excluded you're asking about?

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-14-2003, 06:01 PM

Don't forget Aldor himself.

The Lady of Ithilien · 01-14-2003, 08:12 PM

GW is correct -- one would have to count Aldor's generation, too, so it would be five generations.

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Originally posted by Helix
thank you much... excellent research, Lady of Ithilien! He was just curious... his brother asked him, and he didn't know.

Aw, I was hoping this might turn into a Rohan trivia thread (unless there's already one around that I haven't seen yet). It's surprising how much detail there is about Rohan and the Rohirrim, yet they don't always get examined as closely, given the stirring events of the War of the Ring and Gondor's prominence.

Just in case anyone's interested, here's another Rohan trivia question:

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At the foot of the walled hill the way ran under the shadow of many mounds, high and green. Upon their western sides the grass was white as with a drifted snow: small flowers sprang there like countless stars amid the turf.

'Look!' said Gandalf. 'How fair are the bright eyes in the grass! Evermind they are called, Simbelmynë in this land of Men, for they blossom in all the seasons of the year, and grow where dead men rest. Behold! we are come to the great barrows where the sires of Théoden sleep.'

'Seven mounds upon the left, and nine upon the right,' said Aragorn.

Although Aragorn didn't mention it, the Simbelmyné grew most thickly on the ninth mound. Why?

Helix · 01-15-2003, 12:35 PM

Good question... I have no idea. Going to have to read that part again

.

Beleg Strongbow · 01-15-2003, 05:00 PM

I believe it was because that was the burial place of Helm Hammerhand. Will wait for confirmation before posting another question if right.

The Lady of Ithilien · 01-15-2003, 05:57 PM

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I believe it was because that was the burial place of Helm Hammerhand.

Quite right, Beleg Strongbow: the "drifting snow" motif of the flowers recalled his death outside in the cold (and perhaps also that of his son Háma, who along with his men had been lost in the snows earlier that year) during the seige of the Deep by Dunlendings in the Long Winter of 2759. Your turn!

Beleg Strongbow · 01-16-2003, 08:52 AM

What was the name of the chief of the Dunlendings who was slain in Edoras?

Helix · 01-16-2003, 12:19 PM

Was it Wulf? Or is he only in the card game?

Beleg Strongbow · 01-16-2003, 01:58 PM

It is indeed Wulf, but a different Wulf from the card game. Nonetheless the answer is correct: your turn, Helix!

Helix · 01-17-2003, 10:58 AM

How did the Rohirrim get the Gap of Rohan to live in? They did not originally live to the north of Gondor.

Beleg Strongbow · 01-17-2003, 02:25 PM

After a battle with the wainriders, they made an alliance with the stewards of Gondor and Cirion ceeded them the fields of Calenardhon.

Helix · 01-17-2003, 02:36 PM

Right again, Beleg. Your go.

Beleg Strongbow · 01-17-2003, 02:42 PM

Eomer was the Third Marshal of the Riddermark. Name one person who at any time was the First.

01-13-2003, 09:43 AM	#1
Helix Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: School! Posts: 107	Rohan Trivia Question... How many generations of the Rohirrim royal family were living during the reign of Aldor the Old? If anyone knows, it would be very helpful. [Please put source(s).] Thanx! Oh, and sorry if this should be somewhere else (Middle Earth maybe?) Books seemed the most appropriate place for it. __________________ Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo. -Elvish Greeting Last edited by Helix : 01-13-2003 at 09:54 AM.

01-13-2003, 02:02 PM	#2
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	I don't know, but I was curious: why did you want to know? And your mailbox is full: you can't recieve PM's (though I tried). Please delete some messages! __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

01-13-2003, 04:23 PM	#3
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	I have no idea... __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

01-13-2003, 06:22 PM	#5
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	Why does he want to know? __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

01-14-2003, 02:03 PM	#7
Helix Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: School! Posts: 107	thank you much... excellent research, Lady of Ithilien! He was just curious... his brother asked him, and he didn't know. __________________ Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo. -Elvish Greeting

01-14-2003, 02:31 PM	#8
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	wow. Amazed at the level of effort put into that question. Impressed, too. I assume this is Glorfindel the excluded you're asking about? __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

01-14-2003, 06:01 PM	#9
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Don't forget Aldor himself. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

01-15-2003, 12:35 PM	#11
Helix Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: School! Posts: 107	Good question... I have no idea. Going to have to read that part again . __________________ Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo. -Elvish Greeting

01-15-2003, 05:00 PM	#12
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	I believe it was because that was the burial place of Helm Hammerhand. Will wait for confirmation before posting another question if right. __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

01-16-2003, 08:52 AM	#14
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	What was the name of the chief of the Dunlendings who was slain in Edoras? __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

01-16-2003, 12:19 PM	#15
Helix Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: School! Posts: 107	Was it Wulf? Or is he only in the card game? __________________ Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo. -Elvish Greeting

01-16-2003, 01:58 PM	#16
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	It is indeed Wulf, but a different Wulf from the card game. Nonetheless the answer is correct: your turn, Helix! __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

01-17-2003, 10:58 AM	#17
Helix Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: School! Posts: 107	How did the Rohirrim get the Gap of Rohan to live in? They did not originally live to the north of Gondor. __________________ Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo. -Elvish Greeting

01-17-2003, 02:25 PM	#18
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	After a battle with the wainriders, they made an alliance with the stewards of Gondor and Cirion ceeded them the fields of Calenardhon. __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

01-17-2003, 02:36 PM	#19
Helix Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: School! Posts: 107	Right again, Beleg. Your go. __________________ Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo. -Elvish Greeting

01-17-2003, 02:42 PM	#20
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	Eomer was the Third Marshal of the Riddermark. Name one person who at any time was the First. __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

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