A-Z of Middle-earth - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Olorin_The_Grey · 03-31-2002, 10:27 AM

For this trivia game, we start with A and try and work through the alphabet as many times as possible using words from Middle-earth and then describing them.

A is for Anarion
The younger son of Elendil the Talland brother of Isildur.The brothers, both of whom had been born in Numenor before its Fall, ruled as conjoint Kings of Gondor from shortly after its founding until Anarion perished at the Seige of Barad-dur.

lathspell · 03-31-2002, 12:26 PM

Let's do: B for Barad-dur
Tower of adamant, and twice it was the main fortress of Sauron. Once ended in the Last Aliance and Sauron losing the Ring. The second was during the LotR and ended with the destruction of the One Ring.

Olorin_The_Grey · 03-31-2002, 12:36 PM

C is for Cadharas
The name of the snow covered mountain that runs over Khazad-dum.

Telchar · 03-31-2002, 02:37 PM

D is for Dernhelm
The name Eowyn used as a disguise when she rode to seek death in tha battle of the Pelennor Fields

Bruce MacCulloch · 03-31-2002, 03:41 PM

E is for Eöl

Called the Dark Elf; the great smith who dwelt in Nan Elmoth, and took Aradhel Turgon's sister to wife; friend of the Dwarves; maker of the sword Anglachel (Gurthang); father of Maeglin; put to death in Gondolin.

alaklondewen · 03-31-2002, 04:21 PM

F is for Fallohide, as in Marcho and Blanco. They were the brothers that led the Hobbit people from Eriador over the Brandywine, and into what is now the Shire.

lathspell · 04-02-2002, 03:20 AM

G is for Gwaihir
Lord of the Great Eagle and greatest friend of wizards in need [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

lathspell · 04-02-2002, 03:21 AM

That ofcourse should be 'Great Eagles'

pippin_took0 · 04-02-2002, 04:29 AM

H for Haldir - the elf who found the company in Lothlorien

Estelyn Telcontar · 04-02-2002, 06:29 AM

I is for Ioreth, the eldest of the women who served in the Houses of Healing in Minas Tirith. She remembered that "the hands of a king are the hands of a healer" and was called wise-woman of Gondor by Gandalf.

Voronwe · 04-02-2002, 08:07 AM

I suspect we might have more than a little trouble with J. Tolkien doesn't seem to have been overly fond of that particular letter.

Sîdhrîs · 04-02-2002, 02:05 PM

What about: Jewels of Fëanor:A name which Fëanor, their maker, gave to the Silmarils.

Voronwe · 04-02-2002, 02:29 PM

Indeed - that is the only entry for J that the encyclopedia of Arda gives. I suspect Quenya and Sindarin don't even possess the letter.

04-02-2002, 02:54 PM

K is for Khazad-dum...ya know, the bridge Gandalf fell off of in Moria. [img]smilies/redface.gif[/img])

alaklondewen · 04-02-2002, 03:22 PM

L is for Legolas - Greenleaf

He came from Mirkwood, and became one of the Nine Walkers that accompanied the One Ring on its journey to the East.

The_Elf_Girl · 04-02-2002, 04:01 PM

M is for Mithrandir.Gandalf was called that by the Elfs. It means Grey Pilgrim.

Telchar · 04-02-2002, 04:04 PM

M is (my gf tells me) for Mithril
Or True Silver. The metal only found In Khaza-dum, which price was ten times and now it is beyond price - It could be beaten like copper, and polished like glass; and the dwarves could make of it a metal, light and yet harder than tempered steel. Its beauty was like to that of common silver, but the beauty of mithril did not tarnish or grow dim. The Elves loved it - and used it for among other to make ithildin, starmoon.

Dwarin Thunderhammer · 04-02-2002, 04:11 PM

N is for Naughrim. Another name for the dwarves. Made by aule to withstand the wiles of Morgoth. The greatest smiths in middle earth. Great in strength, stout in heart.

Turambar · 04-02-2002, 05:30 PM

O is for Orodreth, the younger brother of Finrod and Galadriel (and, by one account, the father of Gil-galad); he ruled Nargothrond after Finrod was killed in Tol-in-Gaurhoth.

zifnab · 04-02-2002, 07:21 PM

Now, here is a game nobody can lose.

P is for Púkel-men . Great carved stones in the likeness of men, huge and clumsy-limbed, squatting crosslegged with their stumpy arms folded on fat bellies, That lined the road to Dunharrow in the White Mountains.

Dwarin Thunderhammer · 04-03-2002, 02:01 AM

Q is for Quenta Silmaril

The name of the book that tells the tale of the Silmarils Feanor and the Noldor

Nevtalathiel · 04-03-2002, 03:10 AM

R is for Rohan, the grassy land inhabited by the horse-lords

Sîdhrîs · 04-03-2002, 06:33 AM

S is for Sîdhrîs [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
No, seriously: S is for the Shire, land of the Halflings and home of Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin.

Narya · 04-03-2002, 08:23 AM

And T is for Tirion, the city of the Elves in Aman... or for tuna, the hill it was build on.

lathspell · 04-03-2002, 08:37 AM

U is for Ugluk
The orc-captain of the orcs who kill Boromir and take Merry and Pippin as their captives for Saruman.

Dior · 04-03-2002, 09:44 AM

V is for Varda.

Nevtalathiel · 04-03-2002, 09:48 AM

W is for Weathertop, the hil where Frodo was stabbed by one of the ringwraiths.

zifnab · 04-03-2002, 10:08 AM

Anybody for X? Im at a lose.

Nevtalathiel · 04-03-2002, 10:14 AM

X is for XFrodo XBaggins, the ringbearer??? [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

lathspell · 04-04-2002, 03:05 PM

X is for Xphial,
she used to come to bd-chat, but I haven't seen her for a while. Not really a LotR name, but all I could think off [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Estelyn Telcontar · 04-04-2002, 03:40 PM

Y is for Yavanna, Valier, giver of fruits.

The_Elf_Girl · 04-04-2002, 05:27 PM

Z is for Zirak-Zigil.

The dwarven name of Celebdil,one of Moria´s three mountains.It was here Gandalf was picked up by Gwaihir after his fight with the balrog.

Gorin Icearms · 04-04-2002, 09:34 PM

So what happens now, is it over?

How about we start one for different races? Being a Dwarf, let's start with them. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

A is for Azanulbizar.
The once fair pass outside the gates of Khazad-dum. It contains the source of the Silverlode and the Mirrormir.

Sîdhrîs · 04-05-2002, 01:51 AM

I think this is a good idea, Gorin, so I'll continue:
B is for Balin. He was one of the dwarves who accompanied Gandalf and Bilbo on the Quest of Erebor. He was killed when he led an attempt to reclaim Moria.

lathspell · 04-05-2002, 05:50 AM

C is for Caradhras,
the mountain near Moria where the fellowship is forced to return and go via moria.

Nevtalathiel · 04-05-2002, 05:52 AM

D is for Durin, the first dwarf

Eowyn of Ithilien · 04-05-2002, 08:05 AM

E is for Elbereth, most beloved of the Valar

Voronwe · 04-05-2002, 08:55 AM

F is for Fundin, the father of Balin.

Nevtalathiel · 04-05-2002, 09:43 AM

G is for Gimli, the dwarf in the fellowship of the ring

Dwarin Thunderhammer · 04-05-2002, 10:06 AM

Horde - What the Dwarves stockpile of gold was often called.

03-31-2002, 10:27 AM	#1
Olorin_The_Grey Pile O'Bones Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 14	A-Z of Middle-earth For this trivia game, we start with A and try and work through the alphabet as many times as possible using words from Middle-earth and then describing them. A is for Anarion The younger son of Elendil the Talland brother of Isildur.The brothers, both of whom had been born in Numenor before its Fall, ruled as conjoint Kings of Gondor from shortly after its founding until Anarion perished at the Seige of Barad-dur. __________________ Ash nazg durbatuluk, Ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatuluk, Agh burzum-ishi krimpatul (One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them)

03-31-2002, 12:26 PM	#2
lathspell Regenerating Ringkeeper Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Holland Posts: 757	Let's do: B for Barad-dur Tower of adamant, and twice it was the main fortress of Sauron. Once ended in the Last Aliance and Sauron losing the Ring. The second was during the LotR and ended with the destruction of the One Ring. __________________ 'You?' cried Frodo. 'Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey,' said the wizard solemnly. 'There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.'

03-31-2002, 12:36 PM	#3
Olorin_The_Grey Pile O'Bones Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 14	C is for Cadharas The name of the snow covered mountain that runs over Khazad-dum. __________________ Ash nazg durbatuluk, Ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatuluk, Agh burzum-ishi krimpatul (One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them)

03-31-2002, 02:37 PM	#4
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	D is for Dernhelm The name Eowyn used as a disguise when she rode to seek death in tha battle of the Pelennor Fields __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

03-31-2002, 03:41 PM	#5
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	E is for Eöl Called the Dark Elf; the great smith who dwelt in Nan Elmoth, and took Aradhel Turgon's sister to wife; friend of the Dwarves; maker of the sword Anglachel (Gurthang); father of Maeglin; put to death in Gondolin. __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

03-31-2002, 04:21 PM	#6
alaklondewen Song of Seregon Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Following the road less traveled Posts: 1,193	F is for Fallohide, as in Marcho and Blanco. They were the brothers that led the Hobbit people from Eriador over the Brandywine, and into what is now the Shire. __________________ At last I understand why we have waited! This is the ending. Now not day only shall be beloved, but night too shall be beautiful and blessed and all its fear pass away!

04-02-2002, 03:20 AM	#7
lathspell Regenerating Ringkeeper Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Holland Posts: 757	G is for Gwaihir Lord of the Great Eagle and greatest friend of wizards in need [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ 'You?' cried Frodo. 'Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey,' said the wizard solemnly. 'There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.'

04-02-2002, 03:21 AM	#8
lathspell Regenerating Ringkeeper Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Holland Posts: 757	That ofcourse should be 'Great Eagles' __________________ 'You?' cried Frodo. 'Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey,' said the wizard solemnly. 'There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.'

04-02-2002, 04:29 AM	#9
pippin_took0 Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Middle Earth Posts: 82	H for Haldir - the elf who found the company in Lothlorien

04-02-2002, 06:29 AM	#10
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I is for Ioreth, the eldest of the women who served in the Houses of Healing in Minas Tirith. She remembered that "the hands of a king are the hands of a healer" and was called wise-woman of Gondor by Gandalf. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

04-02-2002, 08:07 AM	#11
Voronwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Gondolin Posts: 413	I suspect we might have more than a little trouble with J. Tolkien doesn't seem to have been overly fond of that particular letter. __________________ "If you would be a real seeker after truth, you must at least once in your life doubt, as far as possible, all things." -- René Descartes

04-02-2002, 02:05 PM	#12
Sîdhrîs Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 60	What about: Jewels of Fëanor:A name which Fëanor, their maker, gave to the Silmarils.

04-02-2002, 02:29 PM	#13
Voronwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Gondolin Posts: 413	Indeed - that is the only entry for J that the encyclopedia of Arda gives. I suspect Quenya and Sindarin don't even possess the letter. __________________ "If you would be a real seeker after truth, you must at least once in your life doubt, as far as possible, all things." -- René Descartes

04-02-2002, 02:54 PM	#14
Rose Guest Posts: n/a	K is for Khazad-dum...ya know, the bridge Gandalf fell off of in Moria. [img]smilies/redface.gif[/img])

04-02-2002, 03:22 PM	#15
alaklondewen Song of Seregon Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Following the road less traveled Posts: 1,193	L is for Legolas - Greenleaf He came from Mirkwood, and became one of the Nine Walkers that accompanied the One Ring on its journey to the East. __________________ At last I understand why we have waited! This is the ending. Now not day only shall be beloved, but night too shall be beautiful and blessed and all its fear pass away!

04-02-2002, 04:01 PM	#16
The_Elf_Girl Pile O'Bones Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Middle-Earth Posts: 17	M is for Mithrandir.Gandalf was called that by the Elfs. It means Grey Pilgrim. __________________ Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That´s the reason we call it present.

04-02-2002, 04:04 PM	#17
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	M is (my gf tells me) for Mithril Or True Silver. The metal only found In Khaza-dum, which price was ten times and now it is beyond price - It could be beaten like copper, and polished like glass; and the dwarves could make of it a metal, light and yet harder than tempered steel. Its beauty was like to that of common silver, but the beauty of mithril did not tarnish or grow dim. The Elves loved it - and used it for among other to make ithildin, starmoon. __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

04-02-2002, 04:11 PM	#18
Dwarin Thunderhammer Khazad-Doomed Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: The Green Dragon Posts: 182	N is for Naughrim. Another name for the dwarves. Made by aule to withstand the wiles of Morgoth. The greatest smiths in middle earth. Great in strength, stout in heart. __________________ “Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd aimênu!” Come visit The Rohan RPG! The only RPG to fanfic on the downs! Without law there can be no freedom. Without justice there can be no law.

04-02-2002, 05:30 PM	#19
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	O is for Orodreth, the younger brother of Finrod and Galadriel (and, by one account, the father of Gil-galad); he ruled Nargothrond after Finrod was killed in Tol-in-Gaurhoth. __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

04-02-2002, 07:21 PM	#20
zifnab Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: omni-presence Posts: 329	Now, here is a game nobody can lose. P is for Púkel-men . Great carved stones in the likeness of men, huge and clumsy-limbed, squatting crosslegged with their stumpy arms folded on fat bellies, That lined the road to Dunharrow in the White Mountains. __________________ Facebook.

04-03-2002, 02:01 AM	#21
Dwarin Thunderhammer Khazad-Doomed Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: The Green Dragon Posts: 182	Q is for Quenta Silmaril The name of the book that tells the tale of the Silmarils Feanor and the Noldor __________________ “Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd aimênu!” Come visit The Rohan RPG! The only RPG to fanfic on the downs! Without law there can be no freedom. Without justice there can be no law.

04-03-2002, 03:10 AM	#22
Nevtalathiel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The depths of delusion Posts: 374	R is for Rohan, the grassy land inhabited by the horse-lords __________________ "You can go a long way with a smile. You can go even further with a smile and a gun." - Al Capone

04-03-2002, 06:33 AM	#23
Sîdhrîs Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 60	S is for Sîdhrîs [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] No, seriously: S is for the Shire, land of the Halflings and home of Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin.

04-03-2002, 08:23 AM	#24
Narya Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: not here... floating down the Liffey Posts: 124	And T is for Tirion, the city of the Elves in Aman... or for tuna, the hill it was build on. __________________ ...for we know the joy of life is the peace* that love can bring* So spoke the wizard in his mountain home.

04-03-2002, 08:37 AM	#25
lathspell Regenerating Ringkeeper Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Holland Posts: 757	U is for Ugluk The orc-captain of the orcs who kill Boromir and take Merry and Pippin as their captives for Saruman. __________________ 'You?' cried Frodo. 'Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey,' said the wizard solemnly. 'There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.'

04-03-2002, 09:44 AM	#26
Dior Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Doriath Posts: 242	V is for Varda. __________________ Goodbye everybody, I've got to go... Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth....

04-03-2002, 09:48 AM	#27
Nevtalathiel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The depths of delusion Posts: 374	W is for Weathertop, the hil where Frodo was stabbed by one of the ringwraiths. __________________ "You can go a long way with a smile. You can go even further with a smile and a gun." - Al Capone

04-03-2002, 10:08 AM	#28
zifnab Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: omni-presence Posts: 329	Anybody for X? Im at a lose. __________________ Facebook.

04-03-2002, 10:14 AM	#29
Nevtalathiel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The depths of delusion Posts: 374	X is for XFrodo XBaggins, the ringbearer??? [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] __________________ "You can go a long way with a smile. You can go even further with a smile and a gun." - Al Capone

04-04-2002, 03:05 PM	#30
lathspell Regenerating Ringkeeper Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Holland Posts: 757	X is for Xphial, she used to come to bd-chat, but I haven't seen her for a while. Not really a LotR name, but all I could think off [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ 'You?' cried Frodo. 'Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey,' said the wizard solemnly. 'There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.'

04-04-2002, 03:40 PM	#31
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Y is for Yavanna, Valier, giver of fruits. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

04-04-2002, 05:27 PM	#32
The_Elf_Girl Pile O'Bones Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Middle-Earth Posts: 17	Z is for Zirak-Zigil. The dwarven name of Celebdil,one of Moria´s three mountains.It was here Gandalf was picked up by Gwaihir after his fight with the balrog. __________________ Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That´s the reason we call it present.

04-04-2002, 09:34 PM	#33
Gorin Icearms Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 67	So what happens now, is it over? How about we start one for different races? Being a Dwarf, let's start with them. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] A is for Azanulbizar. The once fair pass outside the gates of Khazad-dum. It contains the source of the Silverlode and the Mirrormir. __________________ The Moon is Rising! Oh hey, I'm a wight now. WORSHIP ME IN ALL MY WIGHTNESS!!! MUAHAHAHA!!

04-05-2002, 01:51 AM	#34
Sîdhrîs Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 60	I think this is a good idea, Gorin, so I'll continue: B is for Balin. He was one of the dwarves who accompanied Gandalf and Bilbo on the Quest of Erebor. He was killed when he led an attempt to reclaim Moria.

04-05-2002, 05:50 AM	#35
lathspell Regenerating Ringkeeper Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Holland Posts: 757	C is for Caradhras, the mountain near Moria where the fellowship is forced to return and go via moria. __________________ 'You?' cried Frodo. 'Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey,' said the wizard solemnly. 'There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.'