Riddles in the Dark
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Is it tea?
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@Tarawen with the answer, and the 100th post in this thread! Don't forget to pick up your prize galleons on your way out 
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Ilmarë
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That was a good one, @Aerlinn! I now see how far off I was with my earlier guess of photos. 
*pockets galleons*
Here's the next riddle:
Circular but incomplete
I sometimes rise, am sometimes full
or might not even be round at all
*pockets galleons*Here's the next riddle:
Circular but incomplete
I sometimes rise, am sometimes full
or might not even be round at all
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Istari Sage
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This sounds like the moon, unless I am very confused and this is directly Middle-earth related?
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That is a very good guess - I can see how the clues fit! But it is not what I was thinking of. What I have in mind is not directly Middle-Earth related.
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Hmm, is it a soccer ball with a hole in it?
@Aerlinn I assumed I was probably way off, but I wanted to find the most ridiculous, yet plausible answer possible. Which tends to be how I handle the majority of these riddles
@Aerlinn I assumed I was probably way off, but I wanted to find the most ridiculous, yet plausible answer possible. Which tends to be how I handle the majority of these riddles
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Ilmarë
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Not a soccer ball with a hole in it. That is amazingly specific.
It’s more ingestible than the moon or a soccer ball.
It’s more ingestible than the moon or a soccer ball.
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A loaf of bread perhaps?
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Much closer, Menolly! Not quite there yet, though.
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A doughnut?
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Ilmarë
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Woohoo! You got it, @Dwim! 
I bequeath upon thee a dozen cake donuts. Your turn!
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Thanks @Tarawen, you sure do know how to make a Hobbit happy with that kind of reward! :smiley8:
Here's a Middle-earth related one:
Three there were who called me friend,
before the Third Age reached its end.
Rescued from those like Will And Bert,
I'm a faithful lookout, always alert.
Here's a Middle-earth related one:
Three there were who called me friend,
before the Third Age reached its end.
Rescued from those like Will And Bert,
I'm a faithful lookout, always alert.
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Nazgûl
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I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Balin?
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Not Balin, and not a dwarf.
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Sting? Wielded by Bilbo, Frodo, and Sam?
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Alma, yes well done, you got it! Found amongst a troll-hoard and, as you said, wielded by those three hobbits. Your turn!
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Well, now I have to think of something ... not good at writing riddles, but here's an attempt:
He raised a red weapon, before the doors of darkness: a sage advisor, slain standing at the Gate.
He raised a red weapon, before the doors of darkness: a sage advisor, slain standing at the Gate.
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Fingolfin?
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No, not Fingolfin.
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... Elendil?
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Alas, also not Elendil.
Hint: Third Age
Hint: Third Age
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All the Middle-earth specific riddles remind me how much lore I've forgotten. So I'm just going to keep guessing! :smiley8: Is it Thorin Oakenshield?
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Also not Thorin, although you are getting closer ...
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Who is Dáin II Ironfoot? :smiley8:
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@Moriel has it!
From Appendix A:
"Up the steps after him leaped a Dwarf with a red axe. It was Dáin Ironfoot, Náin's soon. Right before the doors he caught Azog, and there he slew him, and hewed off his head. [...] Yet hardy and full of wrath as he was, it is said that when he came down from the Gate he looked grey in the face, as one who has felt great fear."
"Then Thráin turned to Dáin, and said: 'But surely my own kin will not desert me?' 'No,' said Dáin. 'You are the father of our Folk, and we have bled for you, and will again. But we will not enter Khazad-dûm. You will not enter Khazad-dûm. Only I have looked through the shadow of the Gate. Beyond the shadow it waits for you still: Durin's Bane.'"
"'I grieved at the fall of Thorin,' said Gandalf, 'and now we hear that Dáin has fallen, fighting in Dale again, even while we fought here. I should call that a heavy loss, if it was not a wonder rather than in his great age he could still wield his axe as mightily as they say that he did, standing over the body of King Brand before the Gate of Erebor until the darkness fell."
From Appendix A:
"Up the steps after him leaped a Dwarf with a red axe. It was Dáin Ironfoot, Náin's soon. Right before the doors he caught Azog, and there he slew him, and hewed off his head. [...] Yet hardy and full of wrath as he was, it is said that when he came down from the Gate he looked grey in the face, as one who has felt great fear."
"Then Thráin turned to Dáin, and said: 'But surely my own kin will not desert me?' 'No,' said Dáin. 'You are the father of our Folk, and we have bled for you, and will again. But we will not enter Khazad-dûm. You will not enter Khazad-dûm. Only I have looked through the shadow of the Gate. Beyond the shadow it waits for you still: Durin's Bane.'"
"'I grieved at the fall of Thorin,' said Gandalf, 'and now we hear that Dáin has fallen, fighting in Dale again, even while we fought here. I should call that a heavy loss, if it was not a wonder rather than in his great age he could still wield his axe as mightily as they say that he did, standing over the body of King Brand before the Gate of Erebor until the darkness fell."
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Huzzah! :smiley8: Let's see... my brain is tired so I'm going to use one I didn't make up this time 
Not Middle Earth related.
Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What is it?
Not Middle Earth related.Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What is it?
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Oooooh, is it a shadow?
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Tilion
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It sure is! You're up @Aerlinn !
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Oh dear... I love guessing riddles, it's the other half of this game that's knotting up my brain. Here goes nothing...
I make no noise but am not silent.
A head in the clouds.
A top that never spins.
Here goes nothing...I make no noise but am not silent.
A head in the clouds.
A top that never spins.
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Is it...a mountain?
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Yup, you got me, @Thalionwen! The floor is yours...
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Out of my element I fly
Singing songs of the ancestors
Guiding my people on journeys
Long and perilous
Singing songs of the ancestors
Guiding my people on journeys
Long and perilous
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Ilmarë
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Is it Fingolfin?
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Nope! But that's a good guess!
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Hint: this thing is not directly mentioned in Tolkien's works (that I recall) and does exist in our world
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Going in a completely different direction, is it a dolphin?
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Thain of The Mark
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@Menolly I'm going to give it to you because I was thinking of whales (specifically humpback whales, though any whale works), and dolphins are part of the cetacean family 
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Oh that makes much more sense with the singing of songs! But I'll take the near guess, thank you. :smiley8:
I keep my owner safe and warm
I let them flee away from harm
I signal with my brightest hues
But each year me my owner must lose
I keep my owner safe and warm
I let them flee away from harm
I signal with my brightest hues
But each year me my owner must lose
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Feathers?
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You are correct @Dwim, I've got birds on the brain lately. Your turn!
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Thanks Menolly! Here's a new one:
You'll know me at the dawn of battle.
On beasts I often lead the charge.
Perhaps I'll surprise you on the road,
Pay heed or else the cost is large.
You'll know me at the dawn of battle.
On beasts I often lead the charge.
Perhaps I'll surprise you on the road,
Pay heed or else the cost is large.
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Horns?
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Wow that was quick! Yep, you got it @Almarëa Mordollwen. The idea for this riddle was prompted by a car alarm that has been going off on my street all morning.
Your turn. :smiley8:
Your turn. :smiley8:
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@Almarëa Mordollwen 
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Sorry, I am not good at finding riddles! But here goes ...
I have eyes but cannot see sunlight,
And skin, but cannot feel pain.
What am I?
I have eyes but cannot see sunlight,
And skin, but cannot feel pain.
What am I?
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a tree?
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No, it is not a tree. Good guess though!
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Ent High Elder
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is it.....
PO
TAY
TOES
(Boil 'em mash 'em stick 'em in a stew)
PO
TAY
TOES
(Boil 'em mash 'em stick 'em in a stew)
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Yes! @Mojo it is your turn.
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Sorry for the delay folks, my laptop died over the weekend, here's a new riddle:
What Sharkey's man did not believe
That any hobbit could have seen
An unknown to the Shirefolk
Could be one of which The Magnificent's friend spoke
What might I be?
What Sharkey's man did not believe
That any hobbit could have seen
An unknown to the Shirefolk
Could be one of which The Magnificent's friend spoke
What might I be?
