The Riddle-Game

[elvyen]

hmm... my guess is Sting.

a "cold hard" sword that frodo/bilbo used as a "protector" often.
It, at times, "preserved the ring-bearer" (Frodo,Bilbo) from the "former ring-wearer" Gollum. He was scared of the blade and respected its carrier hehe

And Sting saw lots of action, ("was struck") but never broke.

There you have it haha

[Silverlocket]

hmm... my guess is Sting.

a "cold hard" sword that frodo/bilbo used as a "protector" often.
It, at times, "preserved the ring-bearer" (Frodo,Bilbo) from the "former ring-wearer" Gollum. He was scared of the blade and respected its carrier hehe

And Sting saw lots of action, ("was struck") but never broke.

There you have it haha

Once again, it all fits but isn't what I had in mind. (Not too far off, though!) You're better at my riddles than I am, elvyen.

One hint: the "Ring" in "Ring-bearer" is not the same as the "ring" in "former ring-wearer."

SL

[TheOneRinger]

I would think the Ring is the answer to Sir Silverlocket's riddle, it was struck, but could not be marred, it was always cold, even when left in the hottest of fires, obviously extremely hard... It saved Bilbo from Gollum in the cave... If it is the Ring, good job! That was a good riddle, even if I think you might've put something in about the Ring's treachery, altho that might make it pretty easy.

So, uh, yeah, that's my guess.

[elvyen]

ok im at home, my wife had an idea for silverlocket's riddle. If theoneringer's guess isnt right, my wife's/my new guess is Bilbo's mithril coat The ring bearer, Frodo, was protected by it from an otherwise fatal blow. And the line "From former ring wearer" means the coat was from the former ring wearer being Bilbo, and the "ring" he wore was the mithril rings the coat was made of haha ok ill look back on monday and see what the verdict is

[Thorondor]

I believe the mithril coat is the answer to that one.

[TheOneRinger]

That was my second guess, but it was never specifically described as, "being cold," so i didn't say. Everything fits the Ring really well, to me anyway....

[JoeyJordison]

You guys still wanna know the answer to my Riddle?

[lastalliance]

You haven't told me if I guessed correctly yet. Did you not see my guess? If you haven't seen it yet, go back a couple pages until you do. If you have and it was wrong, my second guess is the barrow wight that imprisoned Frodo and the hobbits. Although that doesn't fit a bit of the riddle...

[JoeyJordison]

Oh, I just saw it. And sorry, but both your answers are incorrect.

The answer is: Azog. Azog was the Orc "Lord" of Moria.

"Azog was the name of an Orc chieftain who lived in Moria from about 2480 to 2799 Third Age.

He started the War of the Dwarves and Orcs in 2790 T.A. by killing King Thrór, who came to revisit the ruins of Khazad-dûm.

In the following years, he was the common enemy of all Dwarves, and the war he started climaxed in the Battle of Azanulbizar, where he killed Náin, only to be himself slain by Náin's son Dáin.

His son, Bolg, inherited the rulership in Moria and continued it for another 150 years."

-Wikipedia.

The part which probably stumped most of you, the

"The ringed-one now asleep,
His head filled with stuffing"

part reffers to when Azog beheaded King Thrór after he visited Khazad-dûm. Azog then took his head, stuffed it, and mounted it on his shield. The "ringed" part indicates that Thrór
was one of the bearers of the Seven Rings Of Power.

[lastalliance]

Ah, yes... that makes sense. I don't know why I didn't think of that; Azog is my very favorite Goblin King of Moria! T'was an excellent riddle! Keep them coming! I guess "till oak comes knocking" refers to Thorin Oakenshield? Although it was Dain Ironfoot who slew Azog.

[Bailo]

Ah, yes... that makes sense. I don't know why I didn't think of that; Azog is my very favorite Goblin King of Moria! T'was an excellent riddle!

I second that, was a very good riddle. Man I didn't know the Goblin King stuffed Thror's head

[Silverlocket]

Azog! I only vaguely remember Azog; I didn't remember the whole "stuffed-head" bit at all. Excellent riddle!

[Silverlocket]

Oh, and the intended answer to this:
Guardian, protector,
cold and hard.
Preserved ring-bearer
from former ring-wearer,
struck but never marred.

was the shirt of mithril mail. The "Preserved ring-bearer from former ring-wearer" part was supposed to refer to the time when Saruman tried to stab Frodo after the Battle of Bywater.

SL

[elvyen]

ah it was the mithril shirt, nice didnt work the saruman bit into it, but your right, it fits very well

Joeyjordison, wow my research was along a totally different line. Great riddle Lets hear more from you!

I'll have another offering up eventually. Meantime, keep 'em coming

[TheOneRinger]

Very good riddle JoeyJordenson! May we read many more from you in the future! I kept thinking "oak, oak, what could that be?" But all I could think of was an Ent, but that didn't fit.... As to the Mithril coat riddle, I thought the Ring fit it better, but I see your point about Saruman.

[lastalliance]

Alright, I've got a couple more riddles here. (hey, the1ringer: you saw on axesofthedwarves.com that I'd make up some dwarven riddles. I've realized that if I made dwarven riddles now, it would give you a great advantage at guessing them. So none of these are dwarven riddles! Ha! Or maybe both of them are dwarven riddles... but it's also very possible that only one of them is a dwarven riddle, and the other isn't.) Anyways, here they are.

Easy:
I am exceedingly fat,
Though when I cam of great age,
Great riches I had,
And I walked on twelve legs.

Hopefully quite a bit harder:
Ever upward I climb,
Myself shadow and light passed through,
It seemed to take an endless time,
Until at last I they slew.

[TheOneRinger]

Well, I know the first one is Bombur, that is really easy. The second one is quite confusing, did light and shadow pass through the object of the riddle, or did it pass through light and shadow? Did the thing ever stop climbing, as the third line suggests, or did it really take an endless time? Did the light and shadow slay it, or the climb? With the answers to these questions, I might be able to figure it out.

[elvyen]

similiar questions as the1ringer,
did you pass through light and shadow or did light and shadow pass through you?
did they slay you or did you slay them?

[lastalliance]

Bombur was correct. About the second one, sorry guys, I had to make it confusing so it would rhyme. To answer your first question: "did light and shadow pass through the object of the riddle, or did it pass through light and shadow?" shadow and light passed through the object of the riddle, the object of the riddle did not pass through shadow and light. Next question: "Did the thing ever stop climbing, as the third line suggests, or did it really take an endless time?" As I said it "seemed" to take an endless time. The thing did stop climbing. Finally, "did they slay you or did you slay them?" The object of the riddle is the one that was slain. I hope this makes it easier for you guys!

[HallsOfMandos]

Hopefully quite a bit harder:
Ever upward I climb,
Myself shadow and light passed through,
It seemed to take an endless time,
Until at last I they slew.

Is it Gandalf? The imagery seems to fit his fight with the Balrog, and climbing the endless stair, etc

[TheOneRinger]

Well, I agree with you accept for one thing: he was slain by the Balrog, which is one person, not multiple people, as in "Until at last I they slew" so I think it's referring to multiple enemies here.

[lastalliance]

Sorry, Gandalf is incorrect. As theoneringer said it was one person who slew Gandalf, not many. Also, shadow and light didn't really "pass through" Gandalf.

[HallsOfMandos]

How about the Endless Stair/Durin's Tower in Moria?

Seems to climb up forever. Balrog (shadow) and Gandalf (light) pass through it (them) and in the battle atop the peak the tower/stairs are broken (slain). Am I close? I have to be close, tell me I'm close :

[TheOneRinger]

Ooh, very clever answer, I like...... Congratz HallsOfMandos, on your 100th post!

[HallsOfMandos]

Ooh, very clever answer, I like...... Congratz HallsOfMandos, on your 100th post!

Thanks....I was gonna just post another random post here to get it, but then the answer (i think i'm right this time) came to me. I knew I was stretching it with Gandalf as the answer, but I knew I was close in thinking of his battle with the Balrog atop the Endless Stair.

Someone wake up lastalliance, I'll never sleep without knowing if I guessed correctly