Riddles in the Downs

[Pitchwife]

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

I have found out that it is difficult to get back to the riddle-making business after a long time when I have not been doing it, but hope you are going to like it nevertheless

Well, your encrypting skills are obviously not diminished in the least!

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

That last line makes me thik this is not about any character, but rather a thing or concept. But then how can it have a mother?

No nonsense at all! I think you're on to something here, and the solution could perhaps be something like a geographical feature, like, say, a river or a road; in which case the 'mother' would be metaphorical (e.g. a river's source could be considered its mother), and the 'King' may be as well (not necessarily though). 'After the mountains shook' and 'the Dark One's fall' sound very much like the War of Wrath and the drowning of Beleriand, but beyond that, I'm groping in the dark. Very intriguing, this!