Riddling. - Page 4

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 07:48 PM

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Originally posted by BeardofPants

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

Ack! It's the mallorn tree that Sam planted isn't it?

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 08:04 PM

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

Elves? Arwen's necklace thingy?

Khadrane · 03-27-2002, 08:07 PM

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

Perhaps the Silmaril that Earendil eventually took back to Valinor?

Menelvagor · 03-27-2002, 08:09 PM

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

'A shining gem from evening lands' makes me think of Earendil. Does it have anything to do with Earendil, the evening star, Galadriel's ring, the phial of Galadriel?

Elf Girl · 03-27-2002, 08:29 PM

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Originally posted by BeardofPants
Ack! It's the mallorn tree that Sam planted isn't it?

Yup!

All your gem answers are wrong. In this case, "gem" is a comparison, it doesn't mean an actual jewel, it means that the answer to this riddle is like to a jewel. The riddle has hidden subtlties, I'll explain them if someone guesses it.

Elf Girl · 03-27-2002, 08:32 PM

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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."

Sauron? or Saruman?

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 08:35 PM

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Originally posted by Elf Girl
All your gem answers are wrong. In this case, "gem" is a comparison, it doesn't mean an actual jewel, it means that the answer to this riddle is like to a jewel. The riddle has hidden subtlties, I'll explain them if someone guesses it.

Strider/Aragorn?

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 08:37 PM

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Sauron? or Saruman?

No, not on the right track.

Elf Girl · 03-27-2002, 09:03 PM

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No, not on the right track.

Moria? The balrog?

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Originally posted by BeardofPants
Strider/Aragorn?

No.

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 09:08 PM

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Originally posted by Elf Girl
Moria? The balrog?

No. I'll have to think more on yours, its hard!

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 09:11 PM

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

The ONE RING?

Tanoliel · 03-27-2002, 09:17 PM

Hey, BeardofPants: Is yours Shelob?
will you give us a hint to yours, Elf Girl? Please....oh, wait, you already did.

Oh well. I'll think more on it. Does it refer to a person, as you have already said that it isn't an actual gem?
-tano

F.B.-B. · 03-27-2002, 09:19 PM

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

Galadriel, or Elrond, sent back to the West at the close of the age of elves (day)?

Khadrane · 03-27-2002, 09:20 PM

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

Um... maybe Galadriel because she came from Valinor and then went back?

P.S. F.B.-B., you hadn't posted yet when I started this post, but I guess you came up with the same answer I did.

Tanoliel · 03-27-2002, 09:23 PM

I would agree, there...and is Shelob right?
-tano

F.B.-B. · 03-27-2002, 09:26 PM

Is it Orodruin?
"I am old,
The mountain is old. Older than the Ring.
my skin is cold,
The outer shell of it would be colder than the fire within.
Sprawling, I reach, with twisted embrace,
A sprawling mountian, embracing earth and sky.
My voice the toll of doom.
Mount Doom.
In the dark places, in the gloom,
In Mordor
I will secure you in my place."
Not sure of this one ...

Oh, and on mine, you're still on the right track with parts one and two, and not with three and four.

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 09:28 PM

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Originally posted by Tanoliel
I would agree, there...and is Shelob right?
-tano

No, to shelob.

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Is it Orodruin?

No, to Orodruin. Still not on the right track I'm afraid, but getting closer.

F.B.-B. · 03-27-2002, 09:33 PM

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Originally posted by Khadrane

Um... maybe Galadriel because she came from Valinor and then went back?

P.S. F.B.-B., you hadn't posted yet when I started this post, but I guess you came up with the same answer I did.

Ah! An answer (whether correct or incorrect remains to be seen,) dawns on all at once, like the rays of the sun as it rises over the crest of a mountain...

BeardofPants · 03-27-2002, 09:34 PM

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

Elf stone, Elessar?

Elf Girl · 03-27-2002, 09:38 PM

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Originally posted by Khadrane
Um... maybe Galadriel because she came from Valinor and then went back?

Yes! "Evening" in the riddle refers to the West, where the sun sets. "at close of day" refers to the twilight of the Elves.

03-27-2002, 09:17 PM	#72
Tanoliel Eccentric Chocolate Crow Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Emerald City--Seattle, WA Posts: 1,861	Hey, BeardofPants: Is yours Shelob? will you give us a hint to yours, Elf Girl? Please....oh, wait, you already did. Oh well. I'll think more on it. Does it refer to a person, as you have already said that it isn't an actual gem? -tano __________________ Wisdom for Short Attention Spans...Ozy and Millie. It rocks. Food Of The Gods: 3,7-dihydro-3,7-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione Feed Me.... Another Online Dwelling Place... "All right, I confess. It is my intention to comandeer a ship, pick up a crew in Tortuga, to rape, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out." -Captain Jack Sparrow "The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify." -Amelia Peabody Emerson "Most people obey the orders of someone who is pointing a gun at their head." -A.P. Emerson

03-27-2002, 09:19 PM	#73
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	quote: A shining gem from evening lands, Forever kept away, And then sent back at close of day Galadriel, or Elrond, sent back to the West at the close of the age of elves (day)? __________________ 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, 09:23 PM	#75
Tanoliel Eccentric Chocolate Crow Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Emerald City--Seattle, WA Posts: 1,861	I would agree, there...and is Shelob right? -tano __________________ Wisdom for Short Attention Spans...Ozy and Millie. It rocks. Food Of The Gods: 3,7-dihydro-3,7-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione Feed Me.... Another Online Dwelling Place... "All right, I confess. It is my intention to comandeer a ship, pick up a crew in Tortuga, to rape, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out." -Captain Jack Sparrow "The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify." -Amelia Peabody Emerson "Most people obey the orders of someone who is pointing a gun at their head." -A.P. Emerson

03-27-2002, 09:26 PM	#76
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	Is it Orodruin? "I am old, The mountain is old. Older than the Ring. my skin is cold, The outer shell of it would be colder than the fire within. Sprawling, I reach, with twisted embrace, A sprawling mountian, embracing earth and sky. My voice the toll of doom. Mount Doom. In the dark places, in the gloom, In Mordor I will secure you in my place." Not sure of this one ... Oh, and on mine, you're still on the right track with parts one and two, and not with three and four. __________________ 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.

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