Riddling. - Page 3

Elf Girl · 03-27-2002, 09:37 AM

I'll write another.

Surprising leaf
Tall, fair and strong
Where none has ever been seen before
In these years so long
Brought by one who journeyed far
And went through things of song

My riddles aren't all that subtle, but it's the best I could do.

Quote:

Originally posted by Nibs
Out from the West
Predecessor blest
A fair pale glow
No kin to show
The heirloom of ancestry
Now shines inconsistently

Is it Telperion?

F.B.-B. · 03-27-2002, 03:08 PM

All right. I know this is a long shot, but is it Aragorn? "Where none has ever been seen before
In these years so long" sounds like the King of Gondor. Maybe. Or Frodo, first hobbit in the Westernesse?

Elf Girl · 03-27-2002, 04:15 PM

No. And it was a good guess, it would have been the answer if I was a better riddler. But like I said, my riddles have no subtlety.

Hint: I only threw in "in these years so long" so it would rhyme.

F.B.-B. · 03-27-2002, 04:35 PM

Do not degrade yourself. You are a good riddler. Let me see... Fangorn? Of leaf, in Isengard for the first time, brought by the hobbits who have traveled far?

Elf Girl · 03-27-2002, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by F.B.-B.
Do not degrade yourself. You are a good riddler. Let me see... Fangorn? Of leaf, in Isengard for the first time, brought by the hobbits who have traveled far?

No. Close, though. Nibs, was I right about Telperion?

F.B.-B. · 03-27-2002, 05:32 PM

My mind can't help but wander back to Frodo. Leaf: Longbottom leaf, or surprising leaf: One from the cultivated lands, who surprised the council of Elrond. Tall, fair: "Taller than some, fairer than most." Strong: To have carried the Ring. Where none has ever been seen before: He traveled many places where hobbits had not come before. Brought by one who journeyed far: Gandalf. And went through things of song: The elven lands, i.e. Lothlorien, Rivendell.
But! I have already guessed Frodo, and that wasn't it. So ... Legolas? Glorfindel? (Grasping at straws, as the saying goes.)
Ack! Clue? Hintsess, my preciouss? Can we cheatsess? Gollum, gollum. We begsess!

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by F.B.-B.
Winter passes unpassed.
Call unto them at last.
Where now then, my young friend?

Bleached stones and lightened self.
Elf, yes, and yet not elf.
Who am I to thine eye?

In my hand, in my heart,
In the wood, given art.
Mastery: what does it be?

There is a seperate answer for each section, but they all link together.

Have fun!

Okay, my brain is still dead, but I'll give this a try.

Winter passes, unpassed? Can I interpret this as a never ending winter, or a winter that has never been, or is it just a metaphor? If I'm going for winter unpassing, then Caradhras? Moria? No, you said it wasn't moria? An underground place? Paths of the dead?

Okay, Bleached stones, and lightened self (bleached bones?). Is this a place of the dead somewhere? Passing into the west, maybe, since you refer to elves? The mutation of an elf: an orc?

This is probably too obvious, but does the last verse refer to the making of the one ring?

Anyone else? This is all I'm getting at the moment!

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 05:39 PM

Oops, misread, so winter passes IS moria. Okay, so I'll have to look again at the first verse...

Quote:

Dreams, visions while you search
Rooted past, lofty perch.
Where am I to thine eye?

The dark tower? Or Orthanc? The palantiri stones?

F.B.-B. · 03-27-2002, 05:45 PM

Orthanc! Good job, Beard! (It feels funny calling you that again.) So, Orthanc, Moria: Two key locations. No on both the other bits. Now put them together ...

Nibs · 03-27-2002, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elf Girl
Is it Telperion?

I'll give it to you. It's Nimloth, the White tree of Gondor. That was a tough one, indeed.

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 05:56 PM

"I am old, my skin is cold,
Sprawling, I reach, with twisted embrace,
My voice the toll of doom.
In the dark places, in the gloom,
I will secure you in my place."

Okay, that's my riddle. I'm not too good at these, so forgive me, my literary sins!

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 06:51 PM

Dreams, visions while you search
Rooted past, lofty perch. Where am I to thine eye?

ORTHANC

Winter passes unpassed.
Call unto them at last.
Where now then, my young friend?

MORIA

Bleached stones and lightened self.
Elf, yes, and yet not elf. Who am I to thine eye?

? ORCS ? DEATH?

In my hand, in my heart,
In the wood, given art. Mastery: what does it be?

SAURON/DARK ARTS MIRKWOOD> DOL GULDUR?

Elf Girl · 03-27-2002, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BeardofPants
"I am old, my skin is cold,
Sprawling, I reach, with twisted embrace,
My voice the toll of doom.
In the dark places, in the gloom,
I will secure you in my place."

Uh...Gollum? He's all I can think of.

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elf Girl

Uh...Gollum? He's all I can think of.

Nope.

Elf Girl · 03-27-2002, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by F.B.-B.
My mind can't help but wander back to Frodo. Leaf: Longbottom leaf, or surprising leaf: One from the cultivated lands, who surprised the council of Elrond. Tall, fair: "Taller than some, fairer than most." Strong: To have carried the Ring. Where none has ever been seen before: He traveled many places where hobbits had not come before. Brought by one who journeyed far: Gandalf. And went through things of song: The elven lands, i.e. Lothlorien, Rivendell.
But! I have already guessed Frodo, and that wasn't it. So ... Legolas? Glorfindel? (Grasping at straws, as the saying goes.)
Ack! Clue? Hintsess, my preciouss? Can we cheatsess? Gollum, gollum. We begsess!

Wrong. hint: leaf means "tree" in this case.

Here's another riddle:

A shining gem from evening lands,
Forever kept away,
And then sent back at close of day

I think it's tricky, but some of you are very good riddle solvers.

Nibs · 03-27-2002, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BeardofPants
"I am old, my skin is cold,
Sprawling, I reach, with twisted embrace,
My voice the toll of doom.
In the dark places, in the gloom,
I will secure you in my place."

'Tis the one ring, if my cerebellum serves me!

Elf Girl · 03-27-2002, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BeardofPants
"I am old, my skin is cold,
Sprawling, I reach, with twisted embrace,
My voice the toll of doom.
In the dark places, in the gloom,
I will secure you in my place."

Mordor, then? Or the Mouth of Sauron?

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elf Girl
Wrong. hint: leaf means "tree" in this case.

That gives it away! Is it the white tree of Gondor?

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elf Girl
A shining gem from evening lands,
Forever kept away,
And then sent back at close of day

Arwen Evenstar, or is that too obvious?

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nibs

'Tis the one ring, if my cerebellum serves me!

No. Not even close

Quote:

Mordor, then? Or the Mouth of Sauron?

No.

03-27-2002, 03:08 PM	#42
F.B.-B. Enting Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Over the Hill, and under the Hill, and across the Water. From the lands of my birth, into the place beyond the Sundering Seas. Posts: 69	All right. I know this is a long shot, but is it Aragorn? "Where none has ever been seen before In these years so long" sounds like the King of Gondor. Maybe. Or Frodo, first hobbit in the Westernesse? __________________ The Enigmatic F.B.-B. ~"Why, to think of it, we're in the same tale still! It's going on."~ Olalye i vanwa i lome, Olalye a manan mapaiauretul i aure. (Translated: Dream of the past by night, Dream of how you can grasp the future by day.) Greet each day with enthusiasm. You never know what tale you might be thrust into before nightfall ... Be sure you have enough courage stored up to endure once the quest has found you.

03-27-2002, 04:15 PM	#43
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	No. And it was a good guess, it would have been the answer if I was a better riddler. But like I said, my riddles have no subtlety. Hint: I only threw in "in these years so long" so it would rhyme. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium... Last edited by Elf Girl : 03-27-2002 at 04:17 PM.

03-27-2002, 04:35 PM	#44
F.B.-B. Enting Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Over the Hill, and under the Hill, and across the Water. From the lands of my birth, into the place beyond the Sundering Seas. Posts: 69	Do not degrade yourself. You are a good riddler. Let me see... Fangorn? Of leaf, in Isengard for the first time, brought by the hobbits who have traveled far? __________________ The Enigmatic F.B.-B. ~"Why, to think of it, we're in the same tale still! It's going on."~ Olalye i vanwa i lome, Olalye a manan mapaiauretul i aure. (Translated: Dream of the past by night, Dream of how you can grasp the future by day.) Greet each day with enthusiasm. You never know what tale you might be thrust into before nightfall ... Be sure you have enough courage stored up to endure once the quest has found you.

03-27-2002, 05:32 PM	#46
F.B.-B. Enting Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Over the Hill, and under the Hill, and across the Water. From the lands of my birth, into the place beyond the Sundering Seas. Posts: 69	My mind can't help but wander back to Frodo. Leaf: Longbottom leaf, or surprising leaf: One from the cultivated lands, who surprised the council of Elrond. Tall, fair: "Taller than some, fairer than most." Strong: To have carried the Ring. Where none has ever been seen before: He traveled many places where hobbits had not come before. Brought by one who journeyed far: Gandalf. And went through things of song: The elven lands, i.e. Lothlorien, Rivendell. But! I have already guessed Frodo, and that wasn't it. So ... Legolas? Glorfindel? (Grasping at straws, as the saying goes.) Ack! Clue? Hintsess, my preciouss? Can we cheatsess? Gollum, gollum. We begsess! __________________ The Enigmatic F.B.-B. ~"Why, to think of it, we're in the same tale still! It's going on."~ Olalye i vanwa i lome, Olalye a manan mapaiauretul i aure. (Translated: Dream of the past by night, Dream of how you can grasp the future by day.) Greet each day with enthusiasm. You never know what tale you might be thrust into before nightfall ... Be sure you have enough courage stored up to endure once the quest has found you.

03-27-2002, 05:45 PM	#49
F.B.-B. Enting Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Over the Hill, and under the Hill, and across the Water. From the lands of my birth, into the place beyond the Sundering Seas. Posts: 69	Orthanc! Good job, Beard! (It feels funny calling you that again.) So, Orthanc, Moria: Two key locations. No on both the other bits. Now put them together ... __________________ The Enigmatic F.B.-B. ~"Why, to think of it, we're in the same tale still! It's going on."~ Olalye i vanwa i lome, Olalye a manan mapaiauretul i aure. (Translated: Dream of the past by night, Dream of how you can grasp the future by day.) Greet each day with enthusiasm. You never know what tale you might be thrust into before nightfall ... Be sure you have enough courage stored up to endure once the quest has found you.

03-27-2002, 05:56 PM	#51
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	"I am old, my skin is cold, Sprawling, I reach, with twisted embrace, My voice the toll of doom. In the dark places, in the gloom, I will secure you in my place." Okay, that's my riddle. I'm not too good at these, so forgive me, my literary sins! __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

03-27-2002, 06:51 PM	#52
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Dreams, visions while you search Rooted past, lofty perch. Where am I to thine eye? ORTHANC Winter passes unpassed. Call unto them at last. Where now then, my young friend? MORIA Bleached stones and lightened self. Elf, yes, and yet not elf. Who am I to thine eye? ? ORCS ? DEATH? In my hand, in my heart, In the wood, given art. Mastery: what does it be? SAURON/DARK ARTS MIRKWOOD> DOL GULDUR? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords Last edited by BeardofPants : 03-27-2002 at 07:11 PM.

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