The One Object To Rule Them All! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

blantyr · 04-17-2011, 11:35 AM

Not an easy question. The Three Rings come with too much responsibility, and I'm not strong enough to wield one of them well. I considered the Arkenstone, but asking for an item of wealth or power doesn't seem prudent. There are any number of potent weapons, but I could not wield them and we have enough weapons. Bringing one of the great ladies into this world might not be fair to either the lady or the world.

Perhaps a ripe fruit from the line of Nimloth the Fair, with the intent to plant it?

But that leaves a second question. Where would one plant it?

Alassë Estel · 07-06-2023, 12:21 PM

I think, after a long and terrible struggle with indecisiveness, I would choose one of the Mearas, a horse blessed in both mind and body above their lesser relatives.

Hmmm...a flask of Miruvor would be a close "runner-up". I have always been fascinated by it, wondering what it tastes of and about it's effect to strengthen and renew.

Pitchwife · 07-08-2023, 05:06 AM

Before I quit smoking it would have been a good stash of South Farthing leaf. Nowadays maybe a barrel of Butterbur's home-brewed craft beer.

Galadriel55 · 07-09-2023, 09:05 PM

Funny. This is a somewhat silly thread I don't even remember creating all those years ago, but I still stick by my former answer. I'll have a Lorien Elven-cloak, preferably with a brooch.

04-17-2011, 11:35 AM	#1
blantyr Wight Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Settling down in Bree for the winter. Posts: 208	Interesting Thread Not an easy question. The Three Rings come with too much responsibility, and I'm not strong enough to wield one of them well. I considered the Arkenstone, but asking for an item of wealth or power doesn't seem prudent. There are any number of potent weapons, but I could not wield them and we have enough weapons. Bringing one of the great ladies into this world might not be fair to either the lady or the world. Perhaps a ripe fruit from the line of Nimloth the Fair, with the intent to plant it? But that leaves a second question. Where would one plant it?

07-06-2023, 12:21 PM	#2
Alassë Estel Wight Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Treading the Narrow Way Posts: 198	I think, after a long and terrible struggle with indecisiveness, I would choose one of the Mearas, a horse blessed in both mind and body above their lesser relatives. Hmmm...a flask of Miruvor would be a close "runner-up". I have always been fascinated by it, wondering what it tastes of and about it's effect to strengthen and renew. __________________ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

07-08-2023, 05:06 AM	#3
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	Before I quit smoking it would have been a good stash of South Farthing leaf. Nowadays maybe a barrel of Butterbur's home-brewed craft beer. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

07-09-2023, 09:05 PM	#4
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,526	Funny. This is a somewhat silly thread I don't even remember creating all those years ago, but I still stick by my former answer. I'll have a Lorien Elven-cloak, preferably with a brooch. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera