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    Re: The Riddle-Game

    You're quick, LA . Lembas is correct

    I was thinking about just going with that second stanza, but I thought it might be a little too tough by itself and added the one above it.
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    Re: The Riddle-Game

    I have a near finished riddle that's been in my head for a while... I'll finish it up now and post it.
    [color=gray][i]The bright blade of Anduril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. [size=3][color=gold]"Elendil!"[/size][/color] he cried. "I am Aragorn son of Arathorn and am called Elessar, the Elfstone, Dunadan, the heir of Isildur Elendil's son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly!"[/i][/color]

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    Re: The Riddle-Game

    Here's the best I can do with it.

    I gave my love to two,
    They fought for me in their rivalry,
    One I chose for a time,
    Forsaking the other,
    Then I left my chosen,
    Losing my only lover,
    Now I sail the Sea in peace,
    Great friend of the Elven-Kings.
    [color=gray][i]The bright blade of Anduril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. [size=3][color=gold]"Elendil!"[/size][/color] he cried. "I am Aragorn son of Arathorn and am called Elessar, the Elfstone, Dunadan, the heir of Isildur Elendil's son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly!"[/i][/color]

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    Re: The Riddle-Game

    Earendil, who as a half-Elf could have chosen either race, and really liked Men (in a non-gay sense!) but ended up becoming an Elf; his ship was placed in the stars and he is said to still be sailing?
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    Re: The Riddle-Game

    Sorry, he seems to fit most of the riddle in that sense, but he's not the answer I'm looking for.
    [color=gray][i]The bright blade of Anduril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. [size=3][color=gold]"Elendil!"[/size][/color] he cried. "I am Aragorn son of Arathorn and am called Elessar, the Elfstone, Dunadan, the heir of Isildur Elendil's son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly!"[/i][/color]

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    Re: The Riddle-Game

    Findulas (the Elf that is, the one that loved Gwindor and then Turin)?
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    Sorry, she doesn't really fit the last two lines.
    [color=gray][i]The bright blade of Anduril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. [size=3][color=gold]"Elendil!"[/size][/color] he cried. "I am Aragorn son of Arathorn and am called Elessar, the Elfstone, Dunadan, the heir of Isildur Elendil's son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly!"[/i][/color]

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    Re: The Riddle-Game

    Heh, it seems to me to be Osse, the Maia of Ulmo?

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    Nope, sorry.
    [color=gray][i]The bright blade of Anduril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. [size=3][color=gold]"Elendil!"[/size][/color] he cried. "I am Aragorn son of Arathorn and am called Elessar, the Elfstone, Dunadan, the heir of Isildur Elendil's son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly!"[/i][/color]

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    Re: The Riddle-Game

    How about Earendil the Mariner? He could fit (metaphorically at least)
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    Quote Originally Posted by LOTRFan101 View Post
    Earendil, who as a half-Elf could have chosen either race, and really liked Men (in a non-gay sense!) but ended up becoming an Elf; his ship was placed in the stars and he is said to still be sailing?
    That was, as you can see, my first thought too! But it was wrong. Great minds think alike...
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    Oh, oops. Heheh. Well I suppose I should come up with a different guess then. Hrrrrmmmmm... the Nauglamir?
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    Sorry... the answer can be found in one specific book... I don't know if anyone has read that book...
    [color=gray][i]The bright blade of Anduril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. [size=3][color=gold]"Elendil!"[/size][/color] he cried. "I am Aragorn son of Arathorn and am called Elessar, the Elfstone, Dunadan, the heir of Isildur Elendil's son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly!"[/i][/color]

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    Re: The Riddle-Game

    hi folks, im back finally. its been too long!

    ok i took on LA's latest and did a little research, (as is my custom with any of LA's riddles hehe)
    heres the beast:

    I gave my love to two,
    They fought for me in their rivalry,
    One I chose for a time,
    Forsaking the other,
    Then I left my chosen,
    Losing my only lover,
    Now I sail the Sea in peace,
    Great friend of the Elven-Kings.



    The answer I've come up with at this point is Aldarion, the king of numenor. He was also a great mariner. He was husband of Erendis, and chose her over his seafaring life, but then left his estranged wife to go sail the seas again. He lost her in the end as she died in water trying at last to find him.
    (edit: Aldarion also gave much aid to the elves)
    This all came from a famous tale out of numenor called "The Mariner's Wife"

    Am i right? wow LA your riddles really get me exploring the lore lol
    if im wrong i get to do even more exploring woohoo!
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    Re: The Riddle-Game

    Good guess Elvyen. I'll add another of my own, Nienor, from the Children of Hurin.

    She was loved by both Brandir and Turin, married Turin, but when she finally discovered that he was her brother she hurled herself into the sea, never to be seen again.

    Then Turin, being the nice guy he is, killed Brandir because he was ticked off. So that would fit the quarreling in rivalry part, even if it was after Nienor's death/disappearance.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lastalliance View Post
    Sorry... the answer can be found in one specific book... I don't know if anyone has read that book...
    If this is as bad as I think it is, he's saying the answer is not in the Silmarillion... because we've pretty much all read that.

    It may be in some obscure work... Therefore I'm inclined to guess Aldarion, the more obscure, is correct...
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    You got it once again, Elvyen.
    [color=gray][i]The bright blade of Anduril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. [size=3][color=gold]"Elendil!"[/size][/color] he cried. "I am Aragorn son of Arathorn and am called Elessar, the Elfstone, Dunadan, the heir of Isildur Elendil's son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly!"[/i][/color]

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    Excellent! another great one LA,

    (i admit I resorted to wikipedia for that one. )

    ok here's my latest,

    Born I was on a day of despondence and grief
    My father dwelt then midst the highest of elves
    On the day all the blessed were mourning themselves
    On a black day when blasphemy conquered belief
    My father in misery gave me my name
    And my mission, to faithfully render the tale
    To remind all the fair folk who easterly sail
    Of two fair children murdered, of tears and of shame
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    Turin?

    I'm guessing it's a Man of some kind whose father lived with the Elves at the time... in the Silmarillion-lore...

    And Hurin fought in the Battle of Unnumbered Tears, or whatever they called it, where Melkor pretty much owned everyone...

    Am I on the right track here?
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    You know, despite all the other amazing and beautiful things Tolkein wrote about, whenever he made mention of an elven lament I would always imagine it to be the most heart-wrenching, soul-stirring music that could possibly be heard.

    I remember once setting down the book and just thinking (for how long, I don't know) about what it would be like to dwell in Aman and listen to the elvish voices, even in mourning... or maybe especially in mourning. How moving it must be...

    I only mention all that because I think the answer to Elvyen's riddle may be the Aldudenie.
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    Great guess Womdon! you got it (and a beautifully written guess at that hehe)
    It is indeed describing The Aldudénië, the lament for the destruction of the Two Trees and the darkening of Valinor, composed by the Vanyar Elemmírë.
    ALL the Eldar knew it by heart.
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    Cool riddle, I'll see if I can come up with one today, don't have one prepared at the moment.
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    Re: The Riddle-Game

    In honor of the exciting announcement of the new areas being added in the expansion, here's my riddle for today:

    They felt breezes blend from beyond the bend
    Clutched doomed sand from Vala-blessed land
    Stiched the floral seams of Sindarin dreams
    And inspired awe once the child-folk saw

    Wardens of the bridge which loving to the loved linked,
    Greeted fond by foreign eyes, and in the Redbook inked,
    Fateful wanderers swiftly escorted by legendary kings,
    Lingering only where great hope and inspiration truly rings,
    From the First, to the Second, to the second of the First,
    Tended by and tending to whom are duly Vala-versed.
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    Re: The Riddle-Game

    ... Rangers?

    (Couldn't see that coming from me )
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    You? Rangers? Naawwww

    At any rate, I see Rangers fitting several of the lines pretty well, but not all of them.
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