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08-24-2019, 05:42 AM | #3361 |
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So I latched onto “Deck” and looked into ships.
The Alcarondas is a ship with Golden Masts (though I admit I can’t find the other colors) It’s the ship that anchored at Valar when the last king of Númenor challenged them. Taking memories if metaphorical could mean the sinking of Númenor.
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08-24-2019, 07:48 AM | #3362 | |
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Deck me out in fiery colours: Gold and red and yellow too. Feed me well with times and places; Your memories I'll take from you. Quote:
I don't think it's giving too much away to say that the answer is a class of people, places, or things, and the colours are three specific examples. hS |
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08-24-2019, 07:59 AM | #3363 |
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Oh, I think I may have it.
It's dragons. Deck me out in fiery colours: Gold and red and yellow too - Glaurung is gold; Smaug is red Feed me well with times and places; Your memories I'll take from you. - Glaurung, as he did with Nienor
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08-24-2019, 09:49 AM | #3364 | |
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To the best of my knowledge, Glaurung is the only instance of actual memory theft in Tolkien. So the question becomes: how can you 'take' someone's memories without taking them away? hS |
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08-24-2019, 10:06 AM | #3365 |
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Via a Palantir or Mirror of Galadriel?
Sorry, but these are only instances I can think of. Of course, there is Pensieve, but it's not Tolkien thing.
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08-24-2019, 11:26 AM | #3366 |
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08-24-2019, 11:56 AM | #3367 |
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Is it books?
The Red Book Of Westmarch The Golden Book Of the Eldar The Yellow Book I can’t find a specific one. But it fits the rest pretty well and you said slightly metaphorical so that would work too.
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It is!
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08-24-2019, 01:10 PM | #3369 |
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An innocent’s home I knock
My weapon is a rock At the break of night Before the final fight I watch the thief sneak I see the lizard weak
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08-24-2019, 01:23 PM | #3370 |
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No, wait.
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08-24-2019, 01:29 PM | #3371 |
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The thief is Bilbo and the lizard is Smaug. This would make the speaker Roac, who sounds like 'rock'.
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08-24-2019, 01:32 PM | #3372 |
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You’re wrong but only by a hair. Roac doesn’t knock.
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08-24-2019, 01:51 PM | #3373 |
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The thrush?
An innocent’s home I knock My weapon is a rock - it breaks the snail's shell by knocking it against the rock At the break of night Before the final fight I watch the thief sneak I see the lizard weak - obvious
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08-24-2019, 02:08 PM | #3374 |
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I debated including the last two lines might’ve made it too easy. That’s ok though. Absolutely correct
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08-24-2019, 02:37 PM | #3375 |
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Will post a riddle in a few hours.
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08-25-2019, 02:04 AM | #3376 |
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This was all I could think of.
Come, let's traverse a hidden path Where brambles and trees grow near the strand You'll give me your oath And I'll give you your land (It's far easier than my previous one)
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08-27-2019, 10:27 AM | #3377 |
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Bump?
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08-28-2019, 06:35 AM | #3378 |
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Could be Thingol and Haleth, with the first couple of lines referring either to Brethil or to Nan Dungortheb; the latter two would be the part where the Haladin guard the crossings in exchange for the right to live in Brethil.
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08-28-2019, 07:31 AM | #3379 |
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Nope. You've already said the answer recently. Because I'm cheeky like that. If you need a hint, you're looking at it.
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09-01-2019, 03:25 PM | #3381 |
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09-02-2019, 02:17 AM | #3382 |
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Or Eol to Aredhel.
Actually there's a whole bunch of 'they met in a forest and wound up getting married' stories in Tolkien... hS |
09-02-2019, 02:43 AM | #3383 |
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No to both.
Those two didn't gain love, bur rather friendship.
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09-02-2019, 08:15 AM | #3385 |
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That's it. Good job.
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09-02-2019, 01:10 PM | #3386 |
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Oh yeah I suppose that does fit.
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09-04-2019, 05:30 AM | #3387 |
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@Huin the answer is definitely yours I just quoted it. I think you should get the thread if you don’t want it I can post one later.
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Purple the heather that grows on the mountains, Blue for the mirror that stands all alone. Green for the jewel, the sigil of honour, Yellow the crown of the lord of my own. Orange the standard of he who rules over, Red for the fire that burns to the bone. One answer. hS |
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09-04-2019, 05:54 AM | #3389 |
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Aragorn? Green is Elessar.
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I'll take that as a yes.
Galadriel? Celebrimbor designed the original stone as a gift for her.
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Not Galadriel - nor 'Brim either. Unrelatedly, I quite like the idea that the Elessar Galadriel gave Aragorn came from Celebrimbor. It makes her whole gift-giving thing a massive insult at Feanor - she gives the dwarf what she refused him, she gives the Hobbit the light of the things he refused to give anyone, and she gives the Man a present she got from his grandson. (Come to think of it, I doubt Feanor would be happy with her giving out lembas to all and sundry, either.) hS |
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I am still taking it as a yes, because Elessar is the only green stone in existence.
And I like this interpretation of them unfriends.
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09-05-2019, 02:51 AM | #3394 |
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Lothlorien, maybe?
Purple the heather that grows on the mountains, Blue for the mirror that stands all alone. - Mirror of Galadriel Green for the jewel, the sigil of honour, - Elessar Yellow the crown of the lord of my own. - Celeborn's crown, obviously Orange the standard of he who rules over, - Sauron, the master of all three rings Red for the fire that burns to the bone. - Mount doom
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I'm afraid not - but good try!
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The only orange standard is that of the Glorfindel of Gondolin, who doesn't rule over anything.
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09-05-2019, 04:12 AM | #3397 |
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Wait, I may have the answer. Thanks for the hint.
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09-05-2019, 04:19 AM | #3398 |
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Tarn Aeluin?
Purple the heather that grows on the mountains, Blue for the mirror that stands all alone. - the lake of Tarn Aeluin is filled with mirror-like water, and surrounded by the mountains where heather grows Green for the jewel, the sigil of honour, - Elessar, from which Aragorn, the descendant of Barahir, took his moniker Yellow the crown of the lord of my own. - Barahir could be the 'lord' of Tarn Orange the standard of he who rules over, - I can't find Barahir's standard, but I assume it to be orange Red for the fire that burns to the bone. - A reference to Dagor Bragollach, and the rivers of lava Morgoth sent forth
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Look above.
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