A place of sight
a few there were like- Resting place of a Palantir?
guess which one am I

Elven roots -One built by Gil-Galad?
eye of men -And used by Elendil?
a path to past -A palantir that looked over the sea?
now blind again. -but has now been taken there?

My guess is Elostirion, the tallest of the Towers of Emyn Beriad.

Sophia

Perfect reasoning for perfect answer; I have nothing to add except please carry on, Sophia. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

ok... here goes:

Tall I was once,
and home of The Tall
Small I am now,
No longer a home of battles
Only birds live here now
And the sad sigh of waters

yuck, no rhyme at all, I'm terrible at making these up.

Sophia

It could be Himring, the hill where Maedhros' fortress stood (which obviously was tall, and Tall is also Maedhros' nickname). After the drowning of Beleriand it became considerably smaller in stature and was renamed Himling (an island where the "sigh of waters" is always present).

OK, I'll go for Meneltarma which, being the Pillar of the Heavens and the tallest Mountain of Numenor (island of the tall Men), was certainly once tall. Following the Downfall, it too became considerably shorter.

Himring/Himling it was! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Maedhros the Tall was supposed to be the clue (and battles, I don't recall much battling on the Meneltarma), although, Saucepan Man, as always, your solution works nicely. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Carry on Annunfuiniel

Sophia

[ April 27, 2003: Message edited by: Sophia the Thunder Mistress ]

Thanks, Sophia!
Hmm, I don't seem to rhyme today [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] so this next task will come out in prose for a change:
give the route through which the sweet galenas came to the Shire.

Found it! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Sophia

Well, well found, Sophia! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
And thank you for that quote; I still don't hold an English copy of the books so at the moment I'm collecting all the quotes I can find from here... *copies and pastes* [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

What was the name of the river that ran through the valley where Feanor's house, Formenos, stood?

The River Híri.

That wasn't the name I was looking for...

Let me try this:

Sirnúmen

That's it [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

A forest there was, that held the ancient tomb of Elendil: it's name, pray tell.

Firien Wood

Your turn! Carry on!

In the Land of the free
wide and far,
Big meets little,
Side on side
splendour and might hold with pride,

Behold a wonder some parts actually rhyme [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Bree perhaps? where hobbits and big-folk lived together?

Nope, sorry

Alright, lets try again. This one much more thoroughly considered. The Gap of Maglor: it's a wide gap between Big and Little Gelion, defense of it keeps the free lands free, and the defenders are splendid and proud, being the Sons of Feanor.

Sophia

No that’s not it. but you are in the right continent

Ach! This is driving me Bonkers! Just a small hint? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

In the Land of the free
wide and far,
Big meets little,
Side on side
splendour and might hold with pride,

Hint: there is only one big and there are more than one little

Amon Rudh where Turin met the Petty Dwarves?

No that's not it

Emyn Beriad- There are several towers, of which Elostirion is chief?

It seems to fit but it is not what I had in mind.
Hint: big is very big but not high

River Gelion and its six tributaries in Ossiriand. It's big, but not high, there's only one big and many littles, and it's in a free land that is wide and far

Your right, it is a river but Gelion is not the right river, sorry.

Sirion, then? It's the other very important river in Beleriand.

Sirion is the big but that is not the entire answer
I know it is lame of me, but could you please give the whole answer. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

I would guess that you means Sirion and Narog, where Nargothrond was holding splendid and pridefully...

But Mindeb, Esgalduin, Teiglin, and Aros all flow into Sirion.

Sophia

Estanesse?

Sorry for this late reply. Your right about Sirion and the other smaller rivers but Nargothrond is not correct still your close enough
The whole answer I had in mind was:

In the Land of the free
wide and far,- Beleriand

Big meets little,- Sirion the great river, the little are Esgalduin, Teiglin, and Aros

Side on side
splendor and might hold with pride,- Doriath

please carry on Sophia, [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[ June 06, 2003: Message edited by: Estanesse ]

Alright, after much delay, here is the next question:

The inland sea,
The reaching arm,
The Gates of Stone,
The Water-Town,
The Elfking's Halls,
The Water Dim,
The hills of Stone,
The Mountain Grim,
Atop the spine,
I am the head,
but followed down,
Where am I led?

Sophia

I'm not sure but is the answer Isengard

The inland sea, (Sea of Nurnen)
The reaching arm, (Barad Dûr)
The Gates of Stone,(morannon)
The Water-Town, (dale)
The Elfking's Halls,(the Elvenking’s halls)
The Water Dim,(forest river)
The hills of Stone,(Grey mountains?)
The Mountain Grim,(misty mountains)
Atop the spine,(Methedras)
I am the head,( Orthanc)
but followed down,
Where am I led? (Isengard?)

Not correct, Estanesse, but the right idea. What I want is the path of a journey, from the correct beginning, through the correct places to the correct ending. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I think I just broke a record on the number of times one can use "correct" in a post correctly (ooh, bad joke).

Sophia

Well, I think that we could all do with another little hint here, Sophia. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

The Sea of Rhun (The inland sea)
The Gates of Argonath (The reaching arm)
Minas Tirith (The Gates of Stone)
Dale/Lake-town (The Water-Town)
Thranduil's caves in Mirkwood (The Elfking's Halls)
The Enchanted River (The Water Dim)
Misty Mountains OR The Carrack (The hills of Stone)
Mount Gundabad (The Mountain Grim)
Head of the 'spine' of the Hithaeglir (Atop the spine)
See above (I am the head)
Followed down the line of Mountains OR down into Eriador (but followed down)
Where am I led? = Rohan OR Eriador

Alternatively,

Caradhras/Fanuidhol the Grey Mountain (The Mountain Grim)
On top of the Mountains (Atop the spine)
On the peak of Cradhras/Fanuidhol -- Cloudy'head' mountain (I am the head)
Down the Redhorn pass/High pass (but followed down)
Where am I led? = Eriador/Rivendell

Hmm I would say that the first version is my best guess.