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Legate of Amon Lanc · 11-15-2009, 07:19 AM

Well, my first idea would be of course Bilbo, though that sounds too plainly obvious to be true.

Rumil · 11-15-2009, 07:29 AM

Hi Legate,

your instincts are entirely correct, no its not Bilbo

I think he was more flustered by unexpected guests (especially dwarves in the larder!)

Guess on !

R

Legate of Amon Lanc · 11-15-2009, 08:34 AM

Well yes, but the very mention of unexpected guests at all - after all, it could have been ironic

But anyway, as for top-of-the-hill-dwellers who provide bed to unexpected guests and then send them on their way, what about Tom Bombadil? (Or Goldberry, for that matter.) I am not entirely sure about the tea, but then, why not.

Rumil · 11-15-2009, 10:13 AM

Hi Legate,

nope, not Tom or Goldberry,

R

Morsul the Dark · 11-16-2009, 07:35 AM

Shelob
top of cirith ungol
Find "guests"
to snack on(tea)

Soft Sheets, web
Helpng them on their way could mean helping them with that final "trip" death

Legate of Amon Lanc · 11-16-2009, 07:49 AM

I was also thinking about Mim the Petty Dwarf at one point, but then, he won't send them on their way, but make them stay, so I guess that's not it.

Shards of Narsil · 11-16-2009, 01:06 PM

He ran the Prancing Pony in Bree, which was a town on a hill. This may not fit well as I recall that the Inn was actually at the foot of the hill.

11-15-2009, 07:19 AM	#1
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Well, my first idea would be of course Bilbo, though that sounds too plainly obvious to be true. __________________ "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

11-15-2009, 07:29 AM	#2
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	Hi Legate, your instincts are entirely correct, no its not Bilbo I think he was more flustered by unexpected guests (especially dwarves in the larder!) Guess on ! R __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion

11-15-2009, 08:34 AM	#3
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Well yes, but the very mention of unexpected guests at all - after all, it could have been ironic But anyway, as for top-of-the-hill-dwellers who provide bed to unexpected guests and then send them on their way, what about Tom Bombadil? (Or Goldberry, for that matter.) I am not entirely sure about the tea, but then, why not. __________________ "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

11-15-2009, 10:13 AM	#4
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	Hi Legate, nope, not Tom or Goldberry, R __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion

11-16-2009, 07:35 AM	#5
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	Shelob top of cirith ungol Find "guests" to snack on(tea) Soft Sheets, web Helpng them on their way could mean helping them with that final "trip" death __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

11-16-2009, 07:49 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	I was also thinking about Mim the Petty Dwarf at one point, but then, he won't send them on their way, but make them stay, so I guess that's not it. __________________ "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

11-16-2009, 01:06 PM	#7
Shards of Narsil Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 33	How about Barliman Butterbur? He ran the Prancing Pony in Bree, which was a town on a hill. This may not fit well as I recall that the Inn was actually at the foot of the hill.