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Pitchwife · 01-05-2009, 01:53 PM

Saruman of many colours?

Ilya · 01-05-2009, 03:12 PM

No, not him. Good guess, though. You're closer than last time.

Beregond · 01-05-2009, 03:21 PM

What about Legolas Greenleaf?

Ilya · 01-05-2009, 04:24 PM

He's a fine fellow to guess, but, no, not Legolas.

Pitchwife · 01-05-2009, 04:36 PM

Either of the Blue Wizards?

Ilya · 01-05-2009, 04:52 PM

Neither of the Blue Wizards, alas.

Inziladun · 01-05-2009, 06:35 PM

Surely not Radagast the Brown?

Ilya · 01-05-2009, 06:52 PM

Surely not.

Beregond · 01-05-2009, 07:26 PM

It cannot be Gandalf the White, or Gandalf Greyhame?

Ilya · 01-05-2009, 07:31 PM

Ah, but it can. Mithrandir was the name I was thinking of, but you were close enough. Thread's yours.

Beregond · 01-05-2009, 09:45 PM

Oh! Caught me by surprise. The better known characters are harder to guess.

Remember these men? No carrots and coal for them!

The Might · 01-05-2009, 11:27 PM

Wait, let me ask this first:

Is there really a moment when men are denied literally carrots and coal?!

Beregond · 01-05-2009, 11:46 PM

No, no (well, not to my knowledge!). This question is more...abstract? Maybe only people from certain parts of the world will get it. :\

Gollum the Great · 01-06-2009, 01:53 AM

Dead blind: The men who tied up Mim?

Beregond · 01-06-2009, 07:54 AM

Hehe, that's a good guess, but not even close, sorry.

The Might · 01-06-2009, 03:06 PM

The only connection I can establish is that snowmen are decorated with coal and with carrots to look more human.

Let me think then... no clue really what I should look for...

Thinlómien · 01-06-2009, 03:09 PM

So that could be the lossoth, actually?

Beregond · 01-06-2009, 03:09 PM

Well, there's no hint now that could help you further...

EDIT: Lommy, you're right! It is, in fact, the Snowmen of Forochel, the Lossoth! I've been waiting to include them in a question for some time.

Thinlómien · 01-06-2009, 03:12 PM

If Miggy wants to, he may take the thread, though, because I would never have realised it without him.

Beregond · 01-06-2009, 03:12 PM

Seems like a good solution.

Inziladun · 01-06-2009, 09:34 PM

That was a good one, and I'm grateful it was solved so quickly. I'd have likely been tearing out hair over it by this time tomorrow.

Beregond · 01-06-2009, 09:43 PM

Hehe, I'll take that compliment. The Snowmen have always fascinated me - not only because of their name, but because they used to slide around on the ice with bones on their feet! I wonder if they invented hockey too?

*waits for TM*

The Might · 01-06-2009, 10:12 PM

No, no, Lommy should go ahead here because it takes a lot more to make a connection to the Lossoth in my opinion, I definitely had not even thought of that.

So Lommy, do continue, please!

Thinlómien · 01-07-2009, 12:24 PM

Well, I disagree, but I'll take the thread if you insist.

Remember the one who was first the younger one but then the old one?

Gollum the Great · 01-07-2009, 12:29 PM

A lot of people come under that category, but do you mean someone who aged really quickly?

Thinlómien · 01-07-2009, 12:40 PM

No, I do not mean that.

Gollum the Great · 01-07-2009, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

No, I do not mean that.

Hmm. I must've read your question too fast.

The younger first and then the older? Bizarre. Brain warming up...

Thinlómien · 01-07-2009, 12:49 PM

Warm your brain carefully....

I won't give any hints until it starts to look like too difficult.

Beregond · 01-07-2009, 12:50 PM

Very, very tough! There are a few to whom the clue might apply. My first guess will be Earendil, who was probably the youngest escapee from the sacking of Gondolin. He was, of course, made immortal, and as far as we know is still up in the sky (that's pretty old).

Thinlómien · 01-07-2009, 12:55 PM

Hmmm, nice reasoning (and the kind of thinking I'm sort of looking for) but no, it's not Eärendil. Anything else interesting among your few ideas?

Beregond · 01-07-2009, 12:59 PM

Yes, in fact!

Meneldil. Purportedly the last birth in Numenor and a fourth child, yet he was the first of his siblings to take the throne (maybe they sisters?).

I have a feeling that's not correct though.

Inziladun · 01-07-2009, 01:15 PM

My guess is King Aldor the Old of Rohan, who became king after the death of his elder brother, Baldor.

Thinlómien · 01-07-2009, 01:25 PM

Beregond's on the right track but Inziladun has the right answer.

Please take the thread, sir.

It wasn't too difficult after all, was it?

Gollum the Great · 01-07-2009, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Inziladun has the right answer.

*Brain dies*

Beregond · 01-07-2009, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inziladun

My guess is King Aldor the Old of Rohan, who became king after the death of his elder brother, Baldor.

Wow, very nicely done!

Inziladun · 01-07-2009, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beregond

Wow, very nicely done!

Thanks much. The finding of Baldor's remains by Aragorn and Co. I've always found fascinating.
Here goes:

Remember the place where lie the small with the great?

Ilya · 01-07-2009, 09:41 PM

Possibly the Pelennor Fields, where death lords took and lowly?

Inziladun · 01-07-2009, 09:43 PM

A good guess, but not what I had in mind.

Beregond · 01-07-2009, 10:19 PM

The fields of battle in Arnor, where the Hobbits sent archers who never returned from the war against Angmar?

Inziladun · 01-08-2009, 05:08 AM

You're getting warmer, but no, that's not it.

01-05-2009, 01:53 PM	#281
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	Saruman of many colours? __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

01-05-2009, 03:12 PM	#282
Ilya Wight Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: In the cold Posts: 202	No, not him. Good guess, though. You're closer than last time. __________________ Arvedui III has walked to Rivendell!

01-05-2009, 03:21 PM	#283
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	What about Legolas Greenleaf? __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

01-05-2009, 04:24 PM	#284
Ilya Wight Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: In the cold Posts: 202	He's a fine fellow to guess, but, no, not Legolas. __________________ Arvedui III has walked to Rivendell!

01-05-2009, 04:36 PM	#285
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	Either of the Blue Wizards? __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

01-05-2009, 04:52 PM	#286
Ilya Wight Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: In the cold Posts: 202	Neither of the Blue Wizards, alas. __________________ Arvedui III has walked to Rivendell!

01-05-2009, 06:35 PM	#287
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	Surely not Radagast the Brown? __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

01-05-2009, 06:52 PM	#288
Ilya Wight Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: In the cold Posts: 202	Surely not. __________________ Arvedui III has walked to Rivendell!

01-05-2009, 07:26 PM	#289
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	It cannot be Gandalf the White, or Gandalf Greyhame? __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

01-05-2009, 07:31 PM	#290
Ilya Wight Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: In the cold Posts: 202	Ah, but it can. Mithrandir was the name I was thinking of, but you were close enough. Thread's yours. __________________ Arvedui III has walked to Rivendell!

01-05-2009, 09:45 PM	#291
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	Oh! Caught me by surprise. The better known characters are harder to guess. Remember these men? No carrots and coal for them! __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

01-05-2009, 11:27 PM	#292
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Wait, let me ask this first: Is there really a moment when men are denied literally carrots and coal?! __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-05-2009, 11:46 PM	#293
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	No, no (well, not to my knowledge!). This question is more...abstract? Maybe only people from certain parts of the world will get it. :\ __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

01-06-2009, 01:53 AM	#294
Gollum the Great Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Pinnacle of my own might Posts: 386	Dead blind: The men who tied up Mim? __________________ 'It just shows you how true it is that one-half the world doesn't knows how the other three-quarters lives.' Bertie, The Code of the Woosters, by P. G. Wodewouse

01-06-2009, 07:54 AM	#295
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	Hehe, that's a good guess, but not even close, sorry. __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

01-06-2009, 03:06 PM	#296
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	The only connection I can establish is that snowmen are decorated with coal and with carrots to look more human. Let me think then... no clue really what I should look for... __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-06-2009, 03:09 PM	#297
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	So that could be the lossoth, actually? __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

01-06-2009, 03:09 PM	#298
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	Well, there's no hint now that could help you further... EDIT: Lommy, you're right! It is, in fact, the Snowmen of Forochel, the Lossoth! I've been waiting to include them in a question for some time. __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

01-06-2009, 03:12 PM	#299
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	If Miggy wants to, he may take the thread, though, because I would never have realised it without him. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

01-06-2009, 03:12 PM	#300
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	Seems like a good solution. __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

01-06-2009, 09:34 PM	#301
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	That was a good one, and I'm grateful it was solved so quickly. I'd have likely been tearing out hair over it by this time tomorrow. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

01-06-2009, 09:43 PM	#302
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	Hehe, I'll take that compliment. The Snowmen have always fascinated me - not only because of their name, but because they used to slide around on the ice with bones on their feet! I wonder if they invented hockey too? waits for TM __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

01-06-2009, 10:12 PM	#303
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	No, no, Lommy should go ahead here because it takes a lot more to make a connection to the Lossoth in my opinion, I definitely had not even thought of that. So Lommy, do continue, please! __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-07-2009, 12:24 PM	#304
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Well, I disagree, but I'll take the thread if you insist. Remember the one who was first the younger one but then the old one? __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

01-07-2009, 12:29 PM	#305
Gollum the Great Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Pinnacle of my own might Posts: 386	A lot of people come under that category, but do you mean someone who aged really quickly? __________________ 'It just shows you how true it is that one-half the world doesn't knows how the other three-quarters lives.' Bertie, The Code of the Woosters, by P. G. Wodewouse

01-07-2009, 12:40 PM	#306
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	No, I do not mean that. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

01-07-2009, 12:49 PM	#308
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Warm your brain carefully.... I won't give any hints until it starts to look like too difficult. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

01-07-2009, 12:50 PM	#309
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	Very, very tough! There are a few to whom the clue might apply. My first guess will be Earendil, who was probably the youngest escapee from the sacking of Gondolin. He was, of course, made immortal, and as far as we know is still up in the sky (that's pretty old). __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

01-07-2009, 12:55 PM	#310
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Hmmm, nice reasoning (and the kind of thinking I'm sort of looking for) but no, it's not Eärendil. Anything else interesting among your few ideas? __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

01-07-2009, 12:59 PM	#311
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	Yes, in fact! Meneldil. Purportedly the last birth in Numenor and a fourth child, yet he was the first of his siblings to take the throne (maybe they sisters?). I have a feeling that's not correct though. __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

01-07-2009, 01:15 PM	#312
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	My guess is King Aldor the Old of Rohan, who became king after the death of his elder brother, Baldor. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

01-07-2009, 01:25 PM	#313
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Beregond's on the right track but Inziladun has the right answer. Please take the thread, sir. It wasn't too difficult after all, was it? __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

01-07-2009, 09:41 PM	#317
Ilya Wight Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: In the cold Posts: 202	Possibly the Pelennor Fields, where death lords took and lowly? __________________ Arvedui III has walked to Rivendell!

01-07-2009, 09:43 PM	#318
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	A good guess, but not what I had in mind. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

01-07-2009, 10:19 PM	#319
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	The fields of battle in Arnor, where the Hobbits sent archers who never returned from the war against Angmar? __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."