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The Might · 08-19-2009, 05:55 AM

Hmm...

The only that I can come up with right now is Merry.

The first part - he was "royalty" I guess since he was the Master of Buckland after all, and part of the ruling house of Buckland.

The second part - from all the people that I could think of he is the only one that made several books, all other "royalties" wrote just one for example Elendil with the Akallabêth. Merry at least wrote the Herblore of the Shire, Old Words and Names in the Shire, the Reckoning of Years and contributed to the Tale of Years.

Pitchwife · 08-19-2009, 02:38 PM

Nice thought about Merry, but sorry, no. You've got to think of somebody way more exalted - I do mean royalty as in 'a house of kings'.
Elendil, although he wrote only that one book (that we know of), is warmer.

The Might · 08-23-2009, 06:06 AM

Ha-ha, I found it! Thing is I was concetrating on books that we know more of, such as those written by Merry, but I realised that it's not really necessary to know what the books were exactly.

As such, the answer seems to be Tar-Elendil (so that's why Elendil was so "warm"

), of whom the following is said in the UT, The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor:

Quote:

He was also called Parmaitë, for with his own hand he made many books and legends of the lore gathered by his grandfather.

Pitchwife · 08-23-2009, 06:53 AM

See? You don't need a palantír after all! Tar-Elendil it is. Take it away!

(Btw, you realize we two have been playing ping-pong with this thread for over a month now? I wonder where everybody else is - hopefully we haven't scared them away?!

)

The Might · 08-24-2009, 03:46 AM

Yes, you're right about the ping-pong part, but I used to have that with Legate a lot, after a while others will join in, it's always like that.

Who grabbed her spouse by the beard?

I was trying to go with "its spouse" but I realised it would be pointless.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 08-24-2009, 08:40 AM

Nah, obvious! Silly me was thinking about it for several minutes, thinking who the heck could that have been, whether some Morwen or whoever (trying to figure out which Men had beards), but of course it's Goldberry.

The Might · 08-24-2009, 01:08 PM

I start suspecting that Legate is in fact Voldemort. I just happen to say his name in here and POOF! he already gives a correct answer.

08-19-2009, 05:55 AM	#1
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Hmm... The only that I can come up with right now is Merry. The first part - he was "royalty" I guess since he was the Master of Buckland after all, and part of the ruling house of Buckland. The second part - from all the people that I could think of he is the only one that made several books, all other "royalties" wrote just one for example Elendil with the Akallabêth. Merry at least wrote the Herblore of the Shire, Old Words and Names in the Shire, the Reckoning of Years and contributed to the Tale of Years. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

08-19-2009, 02:38 PM	#2
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Nice thought about Merry, but sorry, no. You've got to think of somebody way more exalted - I do mean royalty as in 'a house of kings'. Elendil, although he wrote only that one book (that we know of), is warmer. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

08-23-2009, 06:53 AM	#4
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	See? You don't need a palantír after all! Tar-Elendil it is. Take it away! (Btw, you realize we two have been playing ping-pong with this thread for over a month now? I wonder where everybody else is - hopefully we haven't scared them away?!) __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

08-24-2009, 03:46 AM	#5
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Yes, you're right about the ping-pong part, but I used to have that with Legate a lot, after a while others will join in, it's always like that. Who grabbed her spouse by the beard? I was trying to go with "its spouse" but I realised it would be pointless. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

08-24-2009, 08:40 AM	#6
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Nah, obvious! Silly me was thinking about it for several minutes, thinking who the heck could that have been, whether some Morwen or whoever (trying to figure out which Men had beards), but of course it's Goldberry. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

08-24-2009, 01:08 PM	#7
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I start suspecting that Legate is in fact Voldemort. I just happen to say his name in here and POOF! he already gives a correct answer. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

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