Riddles in the Downs

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Urwen

But if I use the usual names, then the letters don't match up to any five-letter word character name. >.>

The answer is not a character name.

Originally Posted by Urwen

I mean, look at the letters I've found yourself.

E, A, T
G, T, H
F, I, N,
C, B, N,

They don't spell any remotely coherent word

You have missed at least two letters for #1.
#2... oh, bother. Clue #2 is wrong, and should read 'and also his first'. Bother.
#3 you can narrow down by remembering that I said Celebrian also has the letter.
#4 you have correct.

It may interest you to know that the character for A is often not written down in Quenya-mode Tengwar. Thinking about why that might be may lead you to #5.

hS

[Urwen]

I dunno why that might be. Also, which names did I miss for one. Varda is her common name, is that it?

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Urwen

I dunno why that might be. Also, which names did I miss for one. Varda is her common name, is that it?

It is indeed. (You also missed 'Gilthoniel', but Varda is definitely more common, if you happen to be Valinorean.)

hS

[Urwen]

Is the riddle answer Voice?

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Urwen

Is the riddle answer Voice?

Correct! V for Varda, O is actually in Melkor as well (oops, sorry again!), I for Finrod, Finduilas, and Celebrian, C for Celeborn and Celebrian, and E is the most common letter in English; Quenya doesn't always write the As, because they're so common that you can basically assume they're there if nothing else is.

And of course, your voice is what you use to tell a riddle.

Which is what you can now do.

hS

[Urwen]

A short, simple one:

Along the sea foam
In twilight I roam
My voice is strong
My lifespan is long

[Urwen]

It really is easy....