Riddling III - Page 2

Last Child of Ungoliant · 03-07-2005, 06:38 PM

mirkwood elves and some form of lamp?

Keith K · 03-07-2005, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Last Child of Ungoliant

mirkwood elves and some form of lamp?

nope

***Valandil*** · 03-08-2005, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith K

a new riddle:

Where East meets North
An oasis of sorts.

Not the Helcaraxe (sp?), is it?

mithrand1r · 03-08-2005, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith K

a new riddle:

Where East meets North
An oasis of sorts.

Would it be Bree?

Beren3000 · 03-08-2005, 07:53 AM

Here's a new one:

From north to south they heard me call,
Heralding my master's fall.
Anguish devoured my home land,
Until I came into their hand
Unveiling the truth to all.

Keith K · 03-08-2005, 08:14 AM

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Would it be Bree?

yes, it would.
Bree lies at the intersection of the Great East Road and the Old North Road.
well done mithrand1r!

Last Child of Ungoliant · 03-08-2005, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Beren3000

Here's a new one:

From north to south they heard me call,
Heralding my master's fall.
Anguish devoured my home land,
Until I came into their hand
Unveiling the truth to all.

the horn of gondor

Keith K · 03-08-2005, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Beren3000

Here's a new one:

From north to south they heard me call,
Heralding my master's fall.
Anguish devoured my home land,
Until I came into their hand
Unveiling the truth to all.

i like LCoU's guess, and it is probably right, but i will offer another just in case:
Is it Huan?

Keith K · 03-08-2005, 09:15 AM

here are repostings of the unsolved riddles:

1)
Between fire and time it lay unseen.
Lying in dust and balanced on beam.

2)
When Middle Earth is under night,
there is a place where it is bright,
and folk can see to their delight
since they possess the liquid light.

Count Comfect · 03-08-2005, 11:51 AM

Would the first one be the Ring?

Keith K · 03-08-2005, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Count Comfect

Would the first one be the Ring?

No. The answer is not something as significant as the ring. In fact, the answer is rather obscure. It refers to a particular incident.

Here is a clue concerning the incident which in turn can lead you to what lies on the beam:

A chore left undone
caused one to run.

as a further clue, 3 out of the first 4 riddles i have composed since my return to entmoot all draw from the same source.

editors note: the riddle is included as one of the three....

Telcontar_Dunedain · 03-08-2005, 01:53 PM

Could the second one be the Dead Marshes and the light could be their candles.

Keith K · 03-08-2005, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Telcontar_Dunedain

Could the second one be the Dead Marshes and the light could be their candles.

That is an answer that i had not considered and it is a form of liquid light I suppose. I will give you honorable mention for it, but there is yet another form of liquid light out there. Please guess again.

Beren3000 · 03-08-2005, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Keith K

i like LCoU's guess, and it is probably right, but i will offer another just in case:
Is it Huan?

I'm afraid LCoU's guess is the better one

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Originally Posted by Keith K

When Middle Earth is under night,
there is a place where it is bright,
and folk can see to their delight
since they possess the liquid light.

Stab in the dark: the Phial of Galadriel?

Keith K · 03-08-2005, 04:30 PM

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Stab in the dark: the Phial of Galadriel?

well dang! there is liquid light all over the place. Another one i had not considered, but it did use water from G's fountain. So, another honorable mention is in order and i will now change my riddle to a challenge.....
Just how many varieties of liquid light are really out there? (just kidding). I will hold out until someone comes up with the liquid light i am thinking of.....

Radagast The Brown · 03-08-2005, 07:07 PM

Wells of Varda...? If they had light in them. Probably.

Keith K · 03-08-2005, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Radagast The Brown

Wells of Varda...? If they had light in them. Probably.

Good guess RTB, however the Wells are in Aman not in M.E. So even though that is liquid light, I am looking for good 'ol middle earth liquid light.

***Valandil*** · 03-09-2005, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith K

here are repostings of the unsolved riddles:

1)
Between fire and time it lay unseen.
Lying in dust and balanced on beam.

2)
When Middle Earth is under night,
there is a place where it is bright,
and folk can see to their delight
since they possess the liquid light.

Hah! Those clues you later gave helped me on the first... the note that Thorin left for Bilbo on his mantlepiece?

(EDIT: on the mantle, by the clock - 'between fire and time'

- lying in dust - Bilbo hadn't dusted his mantle yet!)

The second... I'm thinking lava... but there weren't really 'folk' living inside of Mount Doom or anything...

Keith K · 03-09-2005, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Valandil

Hah! Those clues you later gave helped me on the first... the note that Thorin left for Bilbo on his mantlepiece?

(EDIT: on the mantle, by the clock - 'between fire and time'

- lying in dust - Bilbo hadn't dusted his mantle yet!)

The second... I'm thinking lava... but there weren't really 'folk' living inside of Mount Doom or anything...

yes! thanx for taking the time to reason it out. I knew that i would have to give clues on that one since it was so obscure. I thought maybe one of you might figure it out from the other riddles since they all came from the first chapter of The Hobbit. Also, it was more than a mere note. I believe that the dwarves held it to be a legal contract for Bilbo's services.

On the second, i don't believe that anyone would experience much "delight" if they had to live on Mt. Doom....whether it was lighted or not. Still, as we delve into this subject i suppose that lava could also be construed as a form of "liquid light". Yet it is not the liquid light I am thinking of.

***Valandil*** · 03-09-2005, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith K

...On the second, i don't believe that anyone would experience much "delight" if they had to live on Mt. Doom....whether it was lighted or not. Still, as we delve into this subject i suppose that lava could also be construed as a form of "liquid light". Yet it is not the liquid light I am thinking of.

I didn't either, unless I looked at it strictly as 'seeing to their delight'

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Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Would the first one be the Ring? __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

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Telcontar_Dunedain Warrior of the House of Hador Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,651	Could the second one be the Dead Marshes and the light could be their candles. __________________ Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230

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Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	Wells of Varda...? If they had light in them. Probably. __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

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