More Riddles in the Dark

[Lhunithiliel]

The palantiri?

 

[Eledhwen]

No. Think 'people'.

 

[Aulë]

The 7 sons of Feanor?

 

[Manveru]

maybe it will be the wildest (and silliest) guess ever made, but...

...Ringbearers?

i've made a little theory of mine thx to which Gollum was the fourth one (and perished = lost) and Frodo was the last one (and sailed last...to Aman), but... i'm not sure there were seven of them [according to my math-knowledge we had: Sauron, Isildur, Deagol - tho short, Smeagol aka Gollum, Bilbo, Frodo, Sam - short too - then again Frodo (the same Frodo, yes)]

don't laugh, pls...

*hides*

 

[Eledhwen]

Ringbearers

Give the man a coconut. Correct.

1. Sauron
2. Isildur
3. Deagol
4. Smeagol (and last to bear the ring)
5. Bilbo
6. Frodo
7. Sam (and last of the ringbearers in M-e, who was also the last of them to sail west - see appendix)

Your go!

 

[Manveru]

now what d'ya know? and i felt (really) silly posting that silly-looking (at first) theory... but i see it was worth trying...

thx, El (tho still haven't got that coconut )

now... next riddle -- gee, my "productivity" ran out for a moment... so... i'll give a go for anyone who has "a card in her/his sleeve"

(but beware... cause if i visit this place again and there won't be any new riddle, i'll surely have one )

so... anyone?

 

[Melian_the_Maya]

I know I've been away lately, but does anybody mind my posting a riddle then? It's not all that difficult...

Our mother gave us birth and we were
Three siblings, at the dawn of our time.
Born with the ninth wave, that swept through
All Men we knew and loved
In the third age of this time.
And I was one of those three siblings,
My name’s forgotten by nigh all
My head lay next to whispering water,
My feet lay on the Eastern Road.

I ask only the name that's forgotten...

 

[Manveru]

ah, a fresh "dare"... goodie

I ask only the name that's forgotten...

gosh, i forgot it

 

[Ambartur]

This thread better not die. That's be a shame. This is one of the best ones in my opinion.

But I don't know what it is. I've been thinking through all the things in the Third Age, but I haven't thought of anything that fits into all these things.

I'm stupid! *runs away crying*

 

[Eledhwen]

Hmm! Let's make a wild, uneducated guess then.

It is not necessarily the Third age of the Sun, but I haven't time to research it properly right now, so I'll go for someone who was one of three siblings, but did nothing amazing other than die in battle alongside his father at Eithel Sirion. I'll guess at Gundor, son of Hador, who had no offspring but whose brothers became fathers to Huor>Tuor>Earendil and Hurin.

 

[Melian_the_Maya]

I am very sorry for not coming here earlier, but I thought everyone had given this up...

No, I am sorry, you're not even close to it. I'll give you a big hint: The riddle is an allegory. It is not about persons.

 

[Aulë]

I know I've been away lately, but does anybody mind my posting a riddle then? It's not all that difficult...

Our mother gave us birth and we were
Three siblings, at the dawn of our time.
Born with the ninth wave, that swept through
All Men we knew and loved
In the third age of this time.
And I was one of those three siblings,
My name’s forgotten by nigh all
My head lay next to whispering water,
My feet lay on the Eastern Road.

I ask only the name that's forgotten...

Possibly the Greyflood?
(One of three major rivers in Arnor, seldom called Gwathló anymore, stretches from the sea to the East-West Road, known by the Men of Arnor in the Third Age)
Although it was Ulmo and Aulë who created it, not a female. And I have no idea about that ninth wave,

 

[Melian_the_Maya]

You are very close (geographically), but no. The ninth wave is important, since it should give you a big hint.

 

[Aulë]

I know I've been away lately, but does anybody mind my posting a riddle then? It's not all that difficult...

Our mother gave us birth and we were
Three siblings, at the dawn of our time.
Born with the ninth wave, that swept through
All Men we knew and loved
In the third age of this time.
And I was one of those three siblings,
My name’s forgotten by nigh all
My head lay next to whispering water,
My feet lay on the Eastern Road.

I ask only the name that's forgotten...

OK, perhaps the siblings were Rhudaur, Cardolan and Arthedain. With their mother being Arnor, having split up in the Third Age. All three were realms of Men.

And I reckon that the forgotten one being referred to is Cardolan- it's 'head' along the Greyflood, and it's 'feet' at the East-West Road.

I'm still not sure about the 'ninth wave' though. Since it was after the death of the tenth King of Arnor that the Kingdom was split.

 

[Melian_the_Maya]

Your answer is correct. Arnor was split in the NINTH century of the THIRD age. That's the source of the numbers. Good guess nevertheless. You're up.

 

[Aulë]

A long forgotten country,
Speared by the forces of Ulmo.
I saw the Great March of the Elves,
And the coming of the Atanatari.
Two Sindarin Lords dwelt within,
Their power in the trees.
Dwarves and Men would come and go,
Only to return once more.
I held the Ring within my grasp,
Before it was stolen by the Little Folk.
The Land of Battles was I,
Wheel-tracks scared my fields,
And Dragon-fire seared them.
Never again shall I be called my name again,
But the return of the King cleansed me.

 

[Maeglin]

It doesn't happen to be Mirkwood, does it?

 

[Aulë]

It doesn't happen to be Mirkwood, does it?

Nope. Fairly close though.

 

[greypilgrim]

Lake-Town/Dale

 

[Aulë]

Lake-Town/Dale

Did two Sindarin Lords live there?
I think not!