Riddles - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

WarBringer · 12-11-2002, 06:41 PM

How abou a rousing game of sharades..er...riddles? I'll start...

A game of men
Solves the problems of all
Though many die
one side stands tall
like a high stakes gambler
risks win it all...
What is the answer to this riddle?

the mortal elf · 12-11-2002, 07:00 PM

Is it chess, my precious? *pokes*

Aragorn_The_King · 12-11-2002, 07:07 PM

It is obviously a similie of chess. It is a battle field -- war. My turn!!!!!

It grows upon the wind,
Streaking through the sky.
Evil it perhaps abodes,
Many that will die.

It smells of fire, feels of flame--
black, a shhadow in the sky.
furnaces cause this burning tow,
above all it flies.

WarBringer · 12-11-2002, 07:08 PM

is it heat?

the mortal elf · 12-11-2002, 07:13 PM

Polution? Or Saruman's eye? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

WarBringer · 12-11-2002, 07:14 PM

Sauron's eye

Aragorn_The_King · 12-11-2002, 07:23 PM

You got it Mortal eye. It is polution smogish smoke to be exact.

WarBringer · 12-11-2002, 07:25 PM

Mortal Elf, good job! Its your turn now!

Konarmi · 12-11-2002, 11:47 PM

Chess!!

Tigerlily Gamgee · 12-11-2002, 11:51 PM

Yay! A new riddles thread. We used to do this all the time in the "N & N section", if you look back many pages you can see two multiple page posts full of riddles and answers. They are so full though, that I think a new riddles thread in this section is quite refreshing (though I do miss exchanging riddles with Starbreeze, Susan, and pio...).
Let's start a new tradition here!

the mortal elf · 12-12-2002, 09:38 PM

Sorry I took so long, guys. I've been busy lately.

It isn't limited to one culture,
one language,
or one country.

It's universal.

It can make you laugh
cry,
or jump for joy.

It's a surge of emotion.

It can take you to the streets of New York,
the Glades of Lothlorien,
or the islands of the tropics.

It can take you anywhere.

It's poetry,
Fantasy,
and expression,

All rolled into one.

It's.... (fill in the blank here)

sorry, I know that's vague beyond reason, but it's the best I could come up with on short notice [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]. Brownie points for anyone remotely close

[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Sithren · 12-12-2002, 09:43 PM

I believe I qould like to hear some of these riddles.

Sithren · 12-12-2002, 09:45 PM

guesses in a romantic voice, "love?"

Sithren · 12-12-2002, 09:53 PM

changes her guess to the Lord of the Rings series...

Sithren · 12-12-2002, 10:05 PM

*uses her old mother hubbard voice* "you young fellas think you can handle that one? It's not hard lads." *does the cha-cha* I even got it!

the mortal elf · 12-12-2002, 10:11 PM

*gives Sithren points for trying* Sorry, but those aren't it. Lots of things could apply to this riddle, and I'm sorry for it. I'll give you a hint.

It's not exactly tangible.

Diamond18 · 12-12-2002, 10:24 PM

It's music.

Susan Delgado · 12-12-2002, 10:40 PM

Yay, a new riddle thread! I miss those old times, and those old people... *sighs nostalgically*

Heya, Princess Tigerlily! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Dang, if I'd posted this 20 minutes later, I could have had my first post on Friday the 13th also be my 1,313th post.
On second thought, maybe that wouldn't be such a good idea...

[ December 12, 2002: Message edited by: Susan Delgado ]

WarBringer · 12-13-2002, 10:14 AM

is it imagination?

Aragorn_The_King · 12-13-2002, 02:59 PM

Shucks, I read it and was going to say imagination, but I guess you said it before me. I ditto that but I'll try again.
.............dreams?................

Susan Delgado · 12-14-2002, 12:06 PM

ME to mortal Elf, where are you, mortal Elf?

WarBringer · 12-14-2002, 05:25 PM

mortal elf, i ask again. is it imagination?

Susan Delgado · 12-15-2002, 04:43 AM

Very well, then I will ask one.

White bird, featherless, flying out of Paradise,
Flying over sea and landing, dying, in my hand.

dragoneyes · 12-15-2002, 04:57 AM

a snowflake?

WarBringer · 12-15-2002, 12:40 PM

i also say snowflake

Susan Delgado · 12-15-2002, 12:50 PM

A snowflake it is.

WarBringer · 12-15-2002, 03:07 PM

Dragoneyes gets to go now, he was before me!

Susan Delgado · 12-15-2002, 03:11 PM

but Dragoneyes isn't online now. You go ahead. The riddle games aren't that strict anyway.

WarBringer · 12-15-2002, 03:32 PM

alright, here i go...

Bringer of hope and of despair
Slays they mightiest and spares the weak
controlled by the Might's Children
Shapes land,
surrounds islands...
what is the answer?

Susan Delgado · 12-15-2002, 03:41 PM

hmm, Is it War?

Aragorn_The_King · 12-15-2002, 03:45 PM

Water?
[img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

WarBringer · 12-15-2002, 03:53 PM

it is water, hail Aragorn the King! [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Susan Delgado · 12-15-2002, 03:58 PM

How is it water?

WarBringer · 12-15-2002, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Bringer of hope and of despair
Slays they mightiest and spares the weak
controlled by the Might's Children
Shapes land,
surrounds islands...
what is the answer?

Bringer of hope and despair-those who travel on sea have hope, while those caught in storms and such despair,
it can slay the mightiest, and then spare the weakest(though by chance or by design)
controlled by the Valar
it shapes land, and it surrounds islands

Susan Delgado · 12-15-2002, 04:05 PM

ok. The wording was vague on the second line (absence of the word "can"). That's what threw me. Thanks.

Susan Delgado · 12-15-2002, 04:08 PM

Here's one while we're waiting for Aragorn.

You can see me, though you're blind
Light shines, but dispels no darkness
Touch me and I live,
But if you're touched, I die.

Aragorn_The_King · 12-15-2002, 04:13 PM

You guys don't wait very long-- lets see was that ten minutes! Discount Susans riddle heres mine.
I am called hope
A fear to those that dwell in lies
My other meaning is airy as the clouds.

dragoneyes · 12-15-2002, 04:14 PM

I was on for AGES waiting for someone to answer me (I'm a girl by the way) Anyway all I can think of is shadow... hmmm...

Susan Delgado · 12-15-2002, 04:15 PM

Hey, dude, what's wrong with having two riddles going at he same time? Nothing! Relax and have fun.

Is the answer to yours truth?

Susan Delgado · 12-15-2002, 04:16 PM

So ask one, dragoneyes [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

12-11-2002, 06:41 PM	#1
WarBringer Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wandering The North Posts: 184	Riddles How abou a rousing game of sharades..er...riddles? I'll start... A game of men Solves the problems of all Though many die one side stands tall like a high stakes gambler risks win it all... What is the answer to this riddle? __________________ Fortune Favors the Bold...

12-11-2002, 07:00 PM	#2
the mortal elf Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... Posts: 201	Is it chess, my precious? pokes __________________ My imaginary friend says you have problems.

12-11-2002, 07:07 PM	#3
Aragorn_The_King Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Inside the LOTR book Posts: 34	It is obviously a similie of chess. It is a battle field -- war. My turn!!!!! It grows upon the wind, Streaking through the sky. Evil it perhaps abodes, Many that will die. It smells of fire, feels of flame-- black, a shhadow in the sky. furnaces cause this burning tow, above all it flies. __________________ If you study into a field, there are worlds of information waiting to be found.

12-11-2002, 07:08 PM	#4
WarBringer Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wandering The North Posts: 184	is it heat? __________________ Fortune Favors the Bold...

12-11-2002, 07:13 PM	#5
the mortal elf Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... Posts: 201	Polution? Or Saruman's eye? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ My imaginary friend says you have problems.

12-11-2002, 07:14 PM	#6
WarBringer Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wandering The North Posts: 184	Sauron's eye __________________ Fortune Favors the Bold...

12-11-2002, 07:23 PM	#7
Aragorn_The_King Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Inside the LOTR book Posts: 34	You got it Mortal eye. It is polution smogish smoke to be exact. __________________ If you study into a field, there are worlds of information waiting to be found.

12-11-2002, 07:25 PM	#8
WarBringer Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wandering The North Posts: 184	Mortal Elf, good job! Its your turn now! __________________ Fortune Favors the Bold...

12-11-2002, 11:47 PM	#9
Konarmi Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 21	Chess!! __________________ .:Welcome to thelordoftherings.ca:.

12-11-2002, 11:51 PM	#10
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	Yay! A new riddles thread. We used to do this all the time in the "N & N section", if you look back many pages you can see two multiple page posts full of riddles and answers. They are so full though, that I think a new riddles thread in this section is quite refreshing (though I do miss exchanging riddles with Starbreeze, Susan, and pio...). Let's start a new tradition here! __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

12-12-2002, 09:38 PM	#11
the mortal elf Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... Posts: 201	Sorry I took so long, guys. I've been busy lately. It isn't limited to one culture, one language, or one country. It's universal. It can make you laugh cry, or jump for joy. It's a surge of emotion. It can take you to the streets of New York, the Glades of Lothlorien, or the islands of the tropics. It can take you anywhere. It's poetry, Fantasy, and expression, All rolled into one. It's.... (fill in the blank here) sorry, I know that's vague beyond reason, but it's the best I could come up with on short notice [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]. Brownie points for anyone remotely close [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ My imaginary friend says you have problems.

12-12-2002, 09:43 PM	#12
Sithren Pile O'Bones Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: US Posts: 14	I believe I qould like to hear some of these riddles. __________________ This I have said

12-12-2002, 09:45 PM	#13
Sithren Pile O'Bones Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: US Posts: 14	guesses in a romantic voice, "love?" __________________ This I have said

12-12-2002, 09:53 PM	#14
Sithren Pile O'Bones Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: US Posts: 14	changes her guess to the Lord of the Rings series... __________________ This I have said

12-12-2002, 10:05 PM	#15
Sithren Pile O'Bones Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: US Posts: 14	uses her old mother hubbard voice "you young fellas think you can handle that one? It's not hard lads." does the cha-cha I even got it! __________________ This I have said

12-12-2002, 10:11 PM	#16
the mortal elf Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... Posts: 201	gives Sithren points for trying Sorry, but those aren't it. Lots of things could apply to this riddle, and I'm sorry for it. I'll give you a hint. It's not exactly tangible. __________________ My imaginary friend says you have problems.

12-12-2002, 10:24 PM	#17
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	It's music. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

12-12-2002, 10:40 PM	#18
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Yay, a new riddle thread! I miss those old times, and those old people... sighs nostalgically Heya, Princess Tigerlily! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Dang, if I'd posted this 20 minutes later, I could have had my first post on Friday the 13th also be my 1,313th post. On second thought, maybe that wouldn't be such a good idea... [ December 12, 2002: Message edited by: Susan Delgado ] __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

12-13-2002, 10:14 AM	#19
WarBringer Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wandering The North Posts: 184	is it imagination? __________________ Fortune Favors the Bold...

12-13-2002, 02:59 PM	#20
Aragorn_The_King Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Inside the LOTR book Posts: 34	Shucks, I read it and was going to say imagination, but I guess you said it before me. I ditto that but I'll try again. .............dreams?................ __________________ If you study into a field, there are worlds of information waiting to be found.

12-14-2002, 12:06 PM	#21
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	ME to mortal Elf, where are you, mortal Elf? __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

12-14-2002, 05:25 PM	#22
WarBringer Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wandering The North Posts: 184	mortal elf, i ask again. is it imagination? __________________ Fortune Favors the Bold...

12-15-2002, 04:43 AM	#23
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Very well, then I will ask one. White bird, featherless, flying out of Paradise, Flying over sea and landing, dying, in my hand. __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

12-15-2002, 04:57 AM	#24
dragoneyes Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Completely lost track, sorry! Posts: 733	a snowflake? __________________ "We might succeed in roasting Pippin alive inside." - Frodo.

12-15-2002, 12:40 PM	#25
WarBringer Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wandering The North Posts: 184	i also say snowflake __________________ Fortune Favors the Bold...

12-15-2002, 12:50 PM	#26
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	A snowflake it is. __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

12-15-2002, 03:07 PM	#27
WarBringer Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wandering The North Posts: 184	Dragoneyes gets to go now, he was before me! __________________ Fortune Favors the Bold...

12-15-2002, 03:11 PM	#28
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	but Dragoneyes isn't online now. You go ahead. The riddle games aren't that strict anyway. __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

12-15-2002, 03:32 PM	#29
WarBringer Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wandering The North Posts: 184	alright, here i go... Bringer of hope and of despair Slays they mightiest and spares the weak controlled by the Might's Children Shapes land, surrounds islands... what is the answer? __________________ Fortune Favors the Bold...

12-15-2002, 03:41 PM	#30
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	hmm, Is it War? __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

12-15-2002, 03:45 PM	#31
Aragorn_The_King Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Inside the LOTR book Posts: 34	Water? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ If you study into a field, there are worlds of information waiting to be found.

12-15-2002, 03:53 PM	#32
WarBringer Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wandering The North Posts: 184	it is water, hail Aragorn the King! [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ Fortune Favors the Bold...

12-15-2002, 03:58 PM	#33
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	How is it water? __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

12-15-2002, 04:05 PM	#35
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	ok. The wording was vague on the second line (absence of the word "can"). That's what threw me. Thanks. __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

12-15-2002, 04:08 PM	#36
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Here's one while we're waiting for Aragorn. You can see me, though you're blind Light shines, but dispels no darkness Touch me and I live, But if you're touched, I die. __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"