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Narawen_Eluchil · 07-08-2007, 02:49 PM

Balin, Lord of Moria

Beanamir of Gondor · 07-10-2007, 08:45 AM

See, my first thought was Bilbo, because of the trolls arguing over how best to cook him. However I don't have my copy of The Hobbit with me, and something's making me think "caught and eaten" is more specific... maybe it's one of the dwarves. I'll have to check back.

Rikae · 07-10-2007, 09:33 AM

Thorin? Wasn't he the last to come up to the group of trolls, and realised the danger?
Not that anyone was actually cooked, though, so I suppose this is wrong...

Gil-Galad · 07-10-2007, 12:12 PM

i was going to say Bilbo but he has already been said... and now i want to say Bombur because when he got captured by the spiders of Mirkwood he was being constantly poked while the other dwarves were poisoned by the spiders...

Legate of Amon Lanc · 07-11-2007, 10:40 AM

Nah, all your answers are wrong. One hint: what am I saying in the question is absolutely true and is 100% according to the book. And it is no metaphore or something like that. Quite the opposite (and that's the main thing on which the riddle is based): I am interpretating the book literally.

07-11-2007, 02:04 PM

which book(s)?

Gandalf, directly before Moria and Beorn's home. The wolves were cooked both times.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 07-11-2007, 03:06 PM

But in that case, Gandalf was not the only one to realize that he and the Dwarves can be caught and eaten. The Dwarves realized it too. And the Wolves (<= note for WW players: see?) were not cooked, they were... well... roasted. So, no.

My question was

Who was the only one to realize that there's a real possibility to be caught and eaten; despite the person was not cooked, as some others were?
The italicised words are important. They are exactly (in different forms or tenses, maybe) in the book.

And it is one book and I won't tell you which one, only I can ensure you that it's not any History of the Middle-Earth or something like that.

07-10-2007, 08:45 AM	#2
Beanamir of Gondor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the Shadow Gallery Posts: 276	See, my first thought was Bilbo, because of the trolls arguing over how best to cook him. However I don't have my copy of The Hobbit with me, and something's making me think "caught and eaten" is more specific... maybe it's one of the dwarves. I'll have to check back. __________________ The answer to life is no longer 42. It's 4 8 15 16 23... 42. "I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream."

07-10-2007, 12:12 PM	#4
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	i was going to say Bilbo but he has already been said... and now i want to say Bombur because when he got captured by the spiders of Mirkwood he was being constantly poked while the other dwarves were poisoned by the spiders... __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

07-11-2007, 10:40 AM	#5
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Nah, all your answers are wrong. One hint: what am I saying in the question is absolutely true and is 100% according to the book. And it is no metaphore or something like that. Quite the opposite (and that's the main thing on which the riddle is based): I am interpretating the book literally. __________________ "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

07-11-2007, 02:04 PM	#6
noldon Guest Posts: n/a	which book(s)? Gandalf, directly before Moria and Beorn's home. The wolves were cooked both times. Last edited by noldon; 07-11-2007 at 02:14 PM. Reason: reread Fellowship/ Hobbit

07-11-2007, 03:06 PM	#7
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	But in that case, Gandalf was not the only one to realize that he and the Dwarves can be caught and eaten. The Dwarves realized it too. And the Wolves (<= note for WW players: see?) were not cooked, they were... well... roasted. So, no. My question was *Who was the only one to realize that there's a real possibility to be caught and eaten; despite the person was not cooked, as some others were?* The italicised words are important. They are exactly (in different forms or tenses, maybe) in the book. And it is one book and I won't tell you which one, only I can ensure you that it's not any History of the Middle-Earth or something like that. __________________ "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

07-08-2007, 02:49 PM	#1
Narawen_Eluchil Newly Deceased Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: In the Grey Havens stuck with a dwarf! Posts: 6	Balin, Lord of Moria

07-10-2007, 09:33 AM	#3
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,489	Thorin? Wasn't he the last to come up to the group of trolls, and realised the danger? Not that anyone was actually cooked, though, so I suppose this is wrong...