"Bad Guy" Trivia - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Nerwen · 05-03-2019, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Ok, silly answer time... SCARY!

Oh, you mean the famous Scary Bad Thing and the equally renowned Scary but Okay Place?

Galadriel55 · 05-03-2019, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Nerwen

Oh, you mean the famous Scary Bad Thing and the equally renowned Scary but Okay Place?

Of course! The village in the Shire that's just as renowned as that scary thing the bad guys used.

There's Orthanc-stone and Orthanc-rock, but I wouldn't call the place entirely innocent. And they are not identical anyways.

Nerwen · 05-03-2019, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Of course! The village in the Shire that's just as renowned as that scary thing the bad guys used.

Well, perhaps not quite as renowned, but Morgulknifesville does boast one of the prettiest little picnic-grounds in the East Farthing!

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There's Orthanc-stone and Orthanc-rock, but I wouldn't call the place entirely innocent. And they are not identical anyways.

I wouldn't call it even slightly innocent, after Saruman took up residence. So no, not those two.

Galadriel55 · 05-03-2019, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Nerwen

I wouldn't call it even slightly innocent, after Saruman took up residence. So no, not those two.

Well that's a shame, cause all of my ideas seem to lead back to the various names of Saruman's abode (mostly iron- and fang- related stuff). Hint please?

Nerwen · 05-03-2019, 10:56 AM

Hmmn. Hints... let's see...

1. [---] is the actual name of the place, but only one of many given the object.
2. Both place and object are very important to the history of Arda, but the object is much better known in the real world.

William Cloud Hicklin · 05-03-2019, 11:02 AM

The One Ring, and the Ring of Doom in Valinor?

Edit: the former was even called the "Ring of Doom" by the minstrel at the Field of Cormallen)

Nerwen · 05-03-2019, 11:24 AM

Bingo!

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William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	The One Ring, and the Ring of Doom in Valinor? Edit: the former was even called the "Ring of Doom" by the minstrel at the Field of Cormallen) __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it. Last edited by William Cloud Hicklin; 05-03-2019 at 12:04 PM.

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