Gildor Inglorion?

Maglor? :p He stayed there and they never saw him again, probably, he might have been around in the 3rd.

Take a bow, and take the floor. :cool:

Really? Oh, great... so... here goes the riddle:

High Elves, High Kings
asked for me.
What might or might
not have come back
over the Sea?
With seven stars,
with one of stones,
twice he had me.

the Silmaril?

Nope.

For some reason it got me thinking of Arwen. . .I don't really know why.

Elendilmir

Eärendil?

No. Think of the last line, and the part of

What might or might
not have come back
over the sea?

it has its meaning as well.

Anduril perhaps?

No, no and no. Read it carefully and mind what I said before. Anduril certainly is not something

What might or might
not have come back
over the sea

Again, not. I suggest everyone, read carefully the riddle. It has three parts, in general, so try to find out that the thing you guess fits well with every one of them. If you want more hints, ask.

High Elves, High Kings
asked for me.

What might or might
not have come back
over the Sea?

With seven stars,
with one of stones,
twice he had me.

Gandalf?

I'm thinking the Palantir now

and Orome too must mostly Palantir

No, still not right.
More guesses or should I give you a hint?

the Elessar perhaps

Very good!
 

You are right! It's the Elessar. It is nice that the two of us start ruling this forum as well... but when you weren't watching, someone else stole the first one from us. Okay, now seriously. For those of you who might be confused, the riddle refers to the Elessar as a thing, which was of interest for both the Kings of Edain and the High Elves (in UT, it is said that Elessar was made in Gondolin and went to Elwing and Eärendil, then there is a story of Galadriel wishing the Elessar were there). In UT there are two versions of how it came to Aragorn, one of them is that it was the original Elessar brought back from the Undying lands (where it was left by Eärendil), the other is that this Elessar is a different one made by Celebrimbor for Galadriel. And the last verses refer to Aragorn, as he had Elessar twice: he possessed the stone, and Elessar, of course, was his name by then.

TM it's your turn now.

I thought a lot about the Elendilmir in the beginning, since it was also made twice, and then I remembered the same is true about the Elendilmir
anyway, next riddle:

Graced by the touch of three ladies hands

Beneath hills I lie beyond mortal lands

By pride and greed my master was devoured,

My brother came to rest in the West-Tower.

no takers ???

If the West-Tower were not there, I'd say Túrin Turambar.

...or had the three ladies not been there, I'd say twenty more completely different things :D

nope, not Turin...

Mmm, I don't know if anyone tried to solve this, but I spent some time on it now and I must say that am a quite perplex. Could you provide a little hint, please?

it is an obejct, not a person

and I know it's hard :D

West Tower could be Annuminas and beyond mortal lands could be Tower of Avallone... :rolleyes: Stone of Annuminas..*is very confused now*

I supposed it might be an object rather than a character when the Turin idea failed ;) I have thought about the Silmarilli, but I'm not sure. The hills don't fit.

sorry, but both answers are wrong :p

Beren perhaps?


a hint would be nice

TM, please, I hope it is not the Elendilmir!!!

lol....Gil-Galad, I doubt I would call Beren an object

not, not the Elendilmir

i so got to read more


it sounds like one of the rings of power...but which one... perhaps Galadriels ring... but then again the greed sounds more of a Dwarven one...

Arkenstone came up to my mind, but it has no "brothers" as far as I know.
wait... Orcrist? But no, I guess if you gave us one more little hint, it'd be fine ;)

it is not a ring...
and it is similar to the Elendilmir as far as origin is concerned

A-hah, I think I finally got it! Well, that was some riddle, TM!

The "three ladies" are the Three Ruling Queens of Númenor,
"beneath hills beyond mortal lands" is on the shores of Aman under mountains in the Caves of the Forgotten, where
"the master who was devoured by greed and power", Ar-Pharazon, lies along with all his men till the Last Battle and the Judgement Day.
The "brother" is the sceptre of Annúminas (the West-Tower) which was made to replace the lost Sceptre of Númenor for the Arnorian kings.

Thus, Sceptre of Númenor is the answer.

yes :)

Something to think about... I hope
 

I'm the last,
though there's one yet after me.
I know the river
But I don't know about sea.
Wicked hearts and arms of stone I knew
as well as little folk in ancient time
a wind from far and barren lands in view
With three legs; I can never move or die.

GREAT riddle Legate

I'd say Methedras

Thanks very much :) A praise from riddler of your caliber is really flattering.
Unfortunately, I have to inform you that Methedras is not the right answer :cool: Although, it was a very good attempt, it would almost fit, but there is something which fits even more.