The Riddle Thread

[Úlairi]

Does it construct the letters t-o-l-k-i-e-n i.e. Tolkien?

Cheers,

Úlairi.

 

[Illuin]

Indeed! Excellent!

The fingers of a crux and a Ring complete,
A wedge afore another and an upright meet,
A perilous stair; one leg trails behind,
And the way amid two is officially declined.
The Fingers of a crux (Latin for cross) and a Ring (circle) complete - T O

A wedge (triangle shape) afore another (another wedge) and an upright (vertical) meet - L K

A perilous stair (broken ladder); one leg (leg of the ladder) trails behind - I E

And the way (path or line) amid (between) two is officially declined (as opposed to inclined) - N

T O L K I E N

I purposely used crux for cross, and a capital R in ring to throw everyone off, because I thought it would be too obvious otherwise. Anyway; NICE Úlairi! You're up.

 

[Úlairi]

*Rips out eyebrows* And who said I was mentally retarded???

Great, now I can go to sleep! Staying up for 72 hours takes it right out of you, especially when you start hallucinating! Just jokes...

I must commend you on quite the clever riddle Illuin. I'm impressed. That's going to be quite hard to match.

How about we give someone else a turn? Any takers... NOT YOU ILLUIN!!! Chrys or Aulë?

Cheers,

Úlairi.

 

[Aulë]

I'm quite happy to solve riddles (or attempt to do so), but I'm in the middle or writing up a report right now...so I'll let one of you guys come up with the challenge.

 

[Úlairi]

I'm sorta in the same boat, but I have been mentally retarded and have ignored it. It's time that I do it so take it away Chrys... or anyone else...

Cheers,

Úlairi.

 

[The Tall Hobbit]

I would have never gotten that last one.

I've always heard the term "Crux" associated with the constellation known as "The Southern Cross".

So, I was thinking of all the references that Tolkien made to stars and constellations in his books.

 

[Úlairi]

You can take it away from here TTH if you wish!

I' going to enact The Illuin Act (2009) of which there is the one provision below.

I think we should make them up ourselves, rather than using someone else’s parlor tricks from bars or the internet.

From now on you must make up you're own riddles. Make sure they're coherent and can be solved; but there's no need to make them too easy either.

The floor's yours TTH...

Cheers,

Úlairi.

 

[The Tall Hobbit]

Probably far too easy, but I've always been better at solving riddles and puzzles than making them up:

Effulgent ampulla.
Phosphor's brilliance.
Blindness' bane.

 

[chrysophalax]

The phial given to Frodo by Galadriel?

 

[The Tall Hobbit]

You are Correct.

Probably not a good riddle to use on a Tolkien related forum.

 

[chrysophalax]

Woot! Thanks, Tall Hobbit, but where else would you use such a riddle, mewonders?

I'll get my riddle up later this evening, people, so I crave your indulgence until then.

 

[Úlairi]

Woot! Thanks, Tall Hobbit, but where else would you use such a riddle, mewonders?

I'll get my riddle up later this evening, people, so I crave your indulgence until then.

Granted, Chrys.

Cheers,

Úlairi.

 

[chrysophalax]

CAVEAT: I suck at poetry...

Surrounded by gold
Through years untold,
I wielded power beyond measure.

Until the heir
In great despair
Parted me from my treasure.

 

[Aulë]

A sunflower? Although I'm yet to meet a powerful flower...

 

[Durin's Bane]

A dragon ?

 

[Illuin]

White Dwarf or Neutron Star - after shedding all of its outer layers or exploding from a Nova or Supernova - perhaps with a play on the word heir - i.e. heir = sun/son. The remnants of the star could also be considered new "heirs" to planets, stars, etc.

 

[chrysophalax]

Whoa! Funkadelic answers!

Ok, I assure you that this is a Tolkien-based answer, as I see no point in making it anything else.

If you've seen the first movie, pay attention!

 

[Alcarinque]

The fingers of a crux and a Ring complete,
A wedge afore another and an upright meet,
A perilous stair; one leg trails behind,
And the way amid two is officially declined.
The Fingers of a crux (Latin for cross) and a Ring (circle) complete - T O

A wedge (triangle shape) afore another (another wedge) and an upright (vertical) meet - L K

A perilous stair (broken ladder); one leg (leg of the ladder) trails behind - I E

And the way (path or line) amid (between) two is officially declined (as opposed to inclined) - N

T O L K I E N

Unbelievable! You completely blew me off!

 

[Alcarinque]

Surrounded by gold
Through years untold,
I wielded power beyond measure.

Until the heir
In great despair
Parted me from my treasure.[/quote]

Is it the One Ring itself? The heir being Isildur.

 

[chrysophalax]

Verrrry close! Think a little more "inside" the box.