Quote Originally Posted by Tuor_Elendil15432 View Post
I'm sure someone's mentioned this before (I just recently found this thread and read the first twelve pages before deciding to just skip to the last page), but a lore nugget that I liked was the mention of Ancalagon, the dragon of Morgoth from the Silmarillion, in one of the riddles about drakes or worms for that salamander quest in Evendim. I know someone who had a lot of trouble with that one because he didn't recognize the reference, but I caught it as soon as I read it. Although I didn't immediately remember whether it was a drake or worm. I think it was a flying one, because it ended up crushing an entire mountain range when it was killed if I remember correctly.

Anyway, this has been a fun thread to read, and I hope to find more of these hidden nuggets in the game.
Yeah, I remember that quest. The only reason I knew Ancalagon was a dragon was because he's mentioned in The Fellowship of the Ring, when Gandalf is telling Frodo about the Ring. Gandalf mentions that "nor was there ever any dragon, not even Ancalagon the Black, who could have harmed the One Ring,...." (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Shadow of the Past) Although for some bizarre reason, when I was doing the quest, I was thinking Elrond said the line during his council.