The Riddle-Game

[Womdon]

Wow, you guys are really honing in on it. Moon and Valacirca are so close, I'd say you both pretty much nailed it. The answer is stars

First line speaks of Varda making them for the firstborn
Second refers to the 2nd battle, battle under the stars
Third is Earendil's Star, which gave hope to the people of ME that the Ainur hadn't forgotten them
Fourth refers to the Faithful's (dunedain) and Feanor's symbols
Fifth is just their location
Last refers to the Valacirca, Varda's warning to Morgoth

Good job guys... but now we need to get ehb's riddle. Close to Halls of Mandos, eh? I'll think about it some more.

[Bailo]

Man I think I have the answer to EHB's riddle, could it be Valinor?

A place of leaving: When the elves left to pursue Morgoth.
A place of losing: The Valar (or Mandos more specifically) banished the elves who left.
A place of remembering: This line explains itself.
and returning once more: The elves were allowed to return somewhere around the 3rd Age (I think, a more lore adept person could correct me).

[camro75]

Here is another easy one:
Tall and omnious, I stand alone,
spare my kin and the roaring tone.
I warn the North and keep it at bay,
yet for now my axe I will stay.
I have no sons and was never king,
and of my death some now sing.
Of my kin one remains,
Yet he has many titles and names.

[e_h_b]

Wow, you were all so close! Actually, it was the Grey Havens.
Elves leave Middle-Earth there (Place of leaving)
Sam and Merry and Pippin 'lost' Frodo there, and Middle-Earth loses the elves (Place of leaving)
It's one of the few places in Middle-Earth where the first age is remembered, by Cirdan (who might have been born at Culivien) and the Teleri who live there. (place of remembering)
It's where the elves can return to Valinor, the only other way is through the Halls of Mandos (and returning once more)


I'd say that camro is talking about Isildur or Anarion, both of whom have statues at the Gates of Argonath, but they both had sons...






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[Womdon]

I would agree that it sounds like Argonath

[camro75]

Its actually Anarion's statue specifically but I forgot his children good catch

[Bailo]

Ah, thats a good riddle EHB. I thought of Grey Havens but I thought that Valinor fit closer.
Nice riddle.

[MissGrace]

Nice riddle, MissGrace. I'm not exactly a Battlestar Galactica expert, but I think I picked out enough references from the riddle to guess Starbuck It seems to make sense with book, show, quaker, whaler, sailor, coffee, and from what I know of BSG, show, spacer, and cylon

If that's correct I'll see if I can come up with a riddle. They've been few and far between lately, just too busy at work to really think about them. I'll try though

Ack, just realized I never came back after posting that riddle... and you were right!

[Beorhtred]

I've never been great at solving riddles (much less writing them) but I'll try my hand to keep this alive, since I didnt see another one after the Argonath:

Darkness through both day and night
Shrouded within from bright sunlight
Tainted by a power unknown
With dangers crawling and overgrown
Off-road you may hear revelry
Yet stray not far, or lost you'll be!

(I'm not entirely pleased with the 5th line but I was really drawing a blank)

[Talanthiar]

Would that be Mirkwood?

[ChampionSword]

Sounds like Mirkwood to me.

[Beorhtred]

yep that's mirkwood!

didnt think that was very difficult but I'm an amateur :P

[Talanthiar]

That was great and not too easy. My help was doing the whole Hobbit reread recently, and the lost hungry Dwarves trying to crash the Elves' party's was one of my favorite parts.


The Jewels of nights splendour
in day it will render.

Enthralling the first, he stayed
not for his thirst

Those following first delved near
it's reflection

Until bane they awakened
brought death and rejection

[Beorhtred]

That was great and not too easy. My help was doing the whole Hobbit reread recently, and the lost hungry Dwarves trying to crash the Elves' party's was one of my favorite parts.


The Jewels of nights splendour
in day it will render.

Enthralling the first, he stayed
not for his thirst

Those following first delved near
it's reflection

Until bane they awakened
brought death and rejection

that sounds a lot like Durin's folk in Moria.

(after Mirkwood my brain's drawing a blank on a new riddle)

[camro75]

I was thinking a little about the path to shelobs lair or paths of the dead but I was looking in the hobbit for a middle earth quiz game question and thought of mirkwood.good riddle probebly would have taken me some time to guess it if not for that

[Beorhtred]

I was thinking a little about the path to shelobs lair or paths of the dead but I was looking in the hobbit for a middle earth quiz game question and thought of mirkwood.good riddle probebly would have taken me some time to guess it if not for that

well it's good to know I didnt bottom out on my first riddle thanks!

[e_h_b]

That was great and not too easy. My help was doing the whole Hobbit reread recently, and the lost hungry Dwarves trying to crash the Elves' party's was one of my favorite parts.


The Jewels of nights splendour
in day it will render.

Enthralling the first, he stayed
not for his thirst

Those following first delved near
it's reflection

Until bane they awakened
brought death and rejection

The Mirrormere?




e.h.b

[Talanthiar]

The Mirrormere?




e.h.b

You got it.

[Gumawerian]

...strange... since the thread became "Hall of Fame" is has slowed nearly to a halt.

Who has the next riddle?

[TheScyphozoa]

...strange... since the thread became "Hall of Fame" is has slowed nearly to a halt.

Um, happy opposite day?

[Fredigar]

Um, happy opposite day?

Opposite day? We've been waiting for a new riddle for more than a week!

[TheScyphozoa]

Still faster than it sometimes was before the hall of fame. but anyway i'm sure it's a coincidence.

[JebusJM]

He fears nothing,
While everything fears him,

First one in,
Last one out,

There is no rest,
While he is he.

-First try at a riddle in that kind of style. So be nice.

[Bailo]

Sauron? I doubt its him though.

[JebusJM]

I suck at this

The answer is a Guardian.