So close!
 

I'm going to give it to you, because you're so close that if I didn't accept it I'd be nitpicking.

Mablung fell before the doors of Thingol's treasury.
Haleth fell before the doors of Meduseld.
Denethor's servants (not the porter) fell before the door of the House of Stewards.
Saruman and Wormtongue fell before the door of Bag End.

No one fell before the "door" of Osgiliath because Osgiliath, being a city and not a room or building, would have gates not doors. (It's not even walled, is it?)

*pats thread fondly and walks away* The thread is yours, NightKnight.

Blast!
 

Foiled again! :mad:

Then get this one, Nil. :)

Formenos
Angband
Gondolin
Nargothrond
Tol-in-Gaurhoth

Hmm...
 

Hmm....would it be Angbad?

Formenos - Morgoth invaded and took the simarils
Gondolin - Morgoth's servants discovered and invaded
Nargothrond - Morgoth sent Glaurung to invade the stronghold
Tol-in-Gaurhoth - Sauron invaded and captured the Isle

Therefore, Angbad is the OPO because it was the only place that wasn't invaded by forces of evil!

That's wrong.

Wrong Wrong, or Right Wrong
 

NK, Am i wrong in the sense that my info is wrong, or wrong, but my info is right?

Your info is right, but your answer is not.

They were all attacked by an opposing force, but Tol-in-Gaurhoth was the only one occupied. Or, Formenos was the only one not destroyed or injured in some way.

Wrong.....

Angband - was occupied by Morgoth.
Gondolin - was occupied by Morgoth's forces
Nargothrond - was occupied by Glaurung, Morgoth's "pet"
Tol-in-Gaurhoth - was occupied by Sauron, Morgoth's lieutenant.

Formenos - OPO

Wrong again. I'm beginning to think I've made a hard one! :D

Angband, because it was the only place that was never an Elvish stronghold at any point.

Angband was the only one that wasn't a fortress of the elves.

Not what I was looking for.

I'm going to go for the really obvious and say that Formenos was the only one that was not located in Beleriand.

Formenos...
 

...was the only one that didn't fall in a battle.

By battle I mean about half a thousand troops on both sides. ;)

Both wrong.

Gondolin is the only city among them.

Tol-in-Gaurhoth was the only fortress where an elf destroyed it. (Luthien)

Nay.

Gondolin was the only one that fell through treachery... wait... wait...

Turgon died at Gondolin
Finrod died at Tol-in-Gaurhoth
Orodreth died at Nargothrond
Finwe died at Formenos

Angband is the only one where an elf-king did not die?

Fingolfin and Fëanor did die before Angband...
 

...but not actually in/on it.

OK...Formenos was the only one not in Middle-earth? :)

Symestreem has the right reasoning, but the wrong OPO. I guess it's who gets here first now...

Symestreem gets here first, but hasn't a clue what you're talking about.

Gondolin is the only one where an elf-king is not slain?

Formenos- You put it first in the list. It's gotta be it, cause that's just the way you are... :rolleyes: Ok, and it doesn't fit the rest of the criteria
Angband- Fell because of Earendil's (who was half Man) plea to the Valar for help
Gondolin- Many of its people were saved from its sack by Tuor
Nargothrond- Was destroyed easily because of Turin's decision to build a bridge
Tol-in-Gaurhoth- Was destroyed for the sake of Beren's escape

Formenos was the only one whose downfall did not concern or involve a Man.

I got it!
 

Tol-in-Gaurhoth is the only place where a High-King of the Noldor didn't die...albeit my father did. :(

Nil is very close now. :D

And Lindo, how do you know I'm like that? :cool:

Attack of the bold type!!!!
 

Well, neither Finrod Felagund nor Orodreth were High Kings of Noldor, being the sons of Finarfin...

OK. First, Finwe dies at Formenos, leaving Fingolfin as High King of the Noldor and the oldest of the "accepted" (non-Feanorian/not banished) line. Then, Fingolfin dies at Angband, leaving Fingon as High King of the Noldor and the oldest. Fingon dies in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, leaving Turgon as the eldest in the eldest line. If he was never proclaimed High King, he had the right. Then Turgon dies at Gondolin, leaving... um... I guess Finrod Felagund would be next. He dies at Tol-in-Gaurhoth (sorry, Nil), leaving Orodreth as the eldest who could claim that title. He dies at Nargothrond.

I don't know if this matters, but on your list Nargothrond is the only one that does not fit the above... um... reasoning. The event that occurs there is out of order chronologically... Finrod dies in Tol-in-Gaurhoth before Orodreth dies in Nargothrond. On the list it's out of order. So that would make Nargothrond the OPO because it's the only place where an elf-king didn't die there within that time frame. Ie, noone died there between Turgon's death and Finrod's death.
Does that make any sense whatsoever?

Eh...I think so. You get it, the answer was as simple as that no elfking died in Nargothrond - Orodreth died at the field of Tumladen.

My father can't be High King of Noldor in Middle-earth, because the eldest line was the House of Fingolfin. After Turgon Ereinion Gil-galad was the next king.

Just a tidbit there. Carry on.

Boy, do I feel stupid now
 

I stand corrected, Nilpaurion.
I need a few days to come up with something hopefully easier than my last one... I'll be back then.

Here's the next set. I'm telling you now that it has nothing to do with death. Think happy thoughts!!

Rivendell
Beorn's house
Minas Tirith the 2nd
Vinyamar
Ivrin

Ivrin, the only place where someone didn't live?

Beorn's house - the only one not near a river?

Nyet.

Beorn's house,only place not banking off of mountains, or in mountainous area?

Nien. Think happy, hobbit-like thoughts!!! :) :cool:

Hobbit-like, you say? Does that perhaps involve food? :rolleyes:

There were no parties at Ivrin?

Right reasoning, but the wrong OPO.

Gotta be Vinyamar then.