Lalaith, referring to her siblings Turin and Nienor?

Yes. :cool:

Thought of an idea, and have just come up with this:


See if you remember me!
A friend who lent a hand:
Not a major player
Nor a farer from my land.

Didn't want the limelight
Wasn't even told!
Not a rebel, not a king,
Nor a warrior bold.

Popped in for a little while,
But then I had to go -
Have you all forgotten me?
I think you have, you know!

Nellas? Saved Turin's reputation in Doriath but he didn't evenremember his childhood friend?

Afraid not.

Fatty Bolger? Though seeing as he was arrested he was a bit of a rebel.

Close! 'Not a rebel' was to rule out Fatty, because he led a band of rebels and was put in the Lockholes for it.

Farmer Maggot, then?

Not Farmer Maggot. He didn't pop in ... they popped in to him.

Folco Boffin?

Correct! Your turn.

Here is the riddle which I originally posted yesterday


We were there once
We stood proud on our own
But then darkness crept upon us
And we were cast down


The Great Ones created us
In north and south is where we used to dwell
But we didn't expect
To be torn down by the powers fell

The Dunedain?

Nope.

The Lamps of the Valar?

So fast.... :(


I thought this one would take a while.

'North and south' was a big hint.

Here's another quick one:

Broken, scattered, torn apart?
Yet to the end the story's heart.

The Silmarili?

No.

The Fellowship of the Ring? (As in, the group itself, not the book)

Yes! :)

Over to you.

Time for another song-inspired riddle


Born from grief
Taught to hate
There is no relief
For someone unable to resist his own fate

Bringer of darkness
Of destruction and ruin
All because of madness
That came from deep within

Voldemort. :D

Well, technically correct, but.....wrong book. :p

Well, it *sounds* like Turin.

Nope.

Maeglin? 'Born from grief, taught to hate' seems to cut the field down quite a lot - most of the sad parents (Rian, for instance) just sort of moped rather than explicitly raising their kids to be angry.

hS

Ey, it be inspired by t'is. A perfect song for him. ;)

^_^ Isn't it just?

A very quick one:

hS

The drowning of Numenor?

Correct! I was charmed by the coincidence ("There are no coincidences.") that Numenor has things named for most of the chief sources of light in Arda, and decided to make a riddle out of it. (In hindsight, I should have used Isildur and Anarion to end with 'the Sun and Moon endured'. Ah, well. :))

Over to you!

hS

Tower - Meneltarma?
Fire - Did Ar-Pharazon burn the tree?

Star - well, it's not the island itself. Water claimed that. Was the Star circlet/fillet thing lost?

Light?

The Pillar is Meneltarma, the Pillar of Heaven. Sauron had the White Tree burned. And yes, the Star is Numenor itself - pretty sure an earthquake had a part in taking it out (also I didn't want to repeat Water...). Light is just the general principle that the good parts of Numenor escaped.

hS

That's actually quite beautiful.

Speaking of which:

Gone to death untimely
Quite a girl of fame:
Feisty, sure! And beautiful?
Or is that just her name?

Vanimelde?

No.

Finduilas?

Nope.

Well, then there is no name which incorporates both 'feisty' and 'beautiful' in it. :/


Except maybe Vana, who is immortal.


And believe me, I've checked the etymology of every single name given to a female character, ever.

It doesn't need to incorporate 'feisty' - that is followed by a 'sure.' It's only 'beautiful' that is followed by a question mark.