Riddles in the Dark

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Yeah @Aerlinn, that's it! I was thinking just music in general, but your guess hits on the earworm phenomena. :grin:

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This is probably too easy but its already been daaaaaaaaaays. Have at it.

Silver I am, from mithril I made.
Skilled hands, a rare friend, long ago betrayed.
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Is it the Star of Elendil?

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Is it Bilbo/Frodo's mithril coat?
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Aha, perhaps this was more misleading than I thought. 😆 But I'll let you know that it's a 'who am I', not a 'what am I'.
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Would that be Celebrimbor
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You got me @Balfur! Silver referring to the meaning of his name, rare friend to Narvi and his friendship with the dwarves. Betrayed, of course, by Annatar/Sauron.
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*looks left* *looks right* *sneaks in with a new riddle*

I echo those around me
As I listen with sharp ears
Though I may be kept for companionship
My life spans longer years


This one is not Middle-earth related.
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Are you a parrot?
The world was fair in Durin's Day

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I sure am! Your turn @drifa.
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Thanks Menolly!

Middle-earth related:
Who said, 'It seems almost like a dream that has slowly faded.'
To which another replied ' To me it feels more like falling asleep again.'?
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It's definitely one of the Hobbits, with Frodo responding. Not wanting to google, I'm going to guess -- Sam? then Frodo?
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So close, Androthelm. *grin*
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Might as well keep guessing hobbits! Is it Merry who says it to Frodo?
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Yes it is, Menolly. TRoTK, Homeward Bound is where the quote can be found.
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You see me
And I see you
Though far apart
I hear you too

Not Middle-earth related, and made up on the spur of the moment in the wee hours of the morning, so, uh...we'll see if it's far too easy or far too hard.
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Two buddies FaceTiming?

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Far too easy it is! (I would also have taken google meet or zoom or your platform of choice.) Your turn @Dwim.
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Sorry for taking so long to make a new riddle, I shamefully admit I forgot about this. Here we go. This one is not Middle-earth related.

I am the fourth.
Nothing rhymes with that of course.
I was seen closely by the fourth,
The third being well off course.

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This is going to be a real long shot guess, but the planet Mars? It is the fourth planet, although I have to admit the rest doesn't seem to fit.
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Wow @Menolly , I was beginning to think I may have made that one a bit too difficult. But you've got it!

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun, and I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with 'fourth'. As for the other lines, Mariner 4 was the first spacecraft to successfully observe Mars closeup. Mariner 3 failed due to technical issues and was on course to miss Mars by several million miles. :grin:

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Oh gosh, that was a shot in the dark that I did not think was actually correct, aaaaaaaand now I have to think of a riddle. :lol:

I am a common favorite fare
On the day of war, found everywhere

Trying short and sweet in an effort to make it a little trickier. This one is not Middle-earth related.
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*looks left*

*looks right*

*adds two more lines*

I may crack or I may bend
But any hunger I will mend
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Oh dear. Er... all I can think of is chocolate: it's what the allied soldiers were treating on when they liberated our country in World War 2!
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Unfortunately, it is not chocolate, but thank you for guessing! It's a more savory snack...
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Pretzels?

Honestly only thing I can think of that is common, and can either crack or bend depending on the type of pretzel...

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Oh I forgot I was going to come in here and guess nuts?

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Oops I should probably remember to come and check these more often! Sorry for the delay. Good guesses, but not correct. It occurs to me that part of this riddle is based on a food tradition that is common in the USA, but may not be a thing in other places. Let's try two more lines...

Wrap me, roll me, fold me too
You could eat one, but you want a few
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Well pretzel is still first thought but uhhh I guess my next guess would be tacos/burrito as those are tex-mex/american more so than Mexican...

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@CHAOS Tacos it is! We have a winner. I think most of the lines are self explanatory in retrospect, but "on the day of war" is Tyr's day, or Tuesday, aka taco Tuesday (a mostly American invention, I think). I'm not a big pretzel fan so I wouldn't want one or a few, but I do love tacos. Your turn!
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Wasn't until the wrap roll and fold me part that was clear totally didn't think of Tyr's Day for on the day of war. I was thinking things like Indepenance day stuff like that...

Uhhh okay I'm not good at riddles so this may be horribly easy

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@Fuin Elda Is this Middle-earth related or not?

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@Drifa Yes. it is Middle-earth related

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@Fuin Elda Is it Gondolin?

I also went looking for some rules here but couldn't find any - but I assume I can only have one guess until I am given a yea or nay?

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Nay it is not Gondolin!

I suppose I can add another line now that I've finally thought of one

Thrice upon the friends folly.

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@Fuin Elda Is it Erebor and Lake Town?

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Is it Imladris? (or should I not try to answer till the one above is answered?)
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@Woggy Hardbotom and @Saranna Nope on both of those unfortunately.... I haven't thought of a new line yet, trying to make it so it's not ridiculously easy (well I think it's ridiculously easy).

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Is it Ost-in-Edhil, the capitol of Eregion/Hollin?

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Gondor?
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@Ta'leus Shieldsong No
@Saranna Also No

Apologies my lack of internet had me miss these guesses. I feel like we are getting further away so Gonna give another line hopefully it gets us back towards where I was aiming

Home of calm and grace
Fire and water
Blood and tears.
Thrice upon the friends folly.
Before breaking in the dark between lights.

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Bombadil's house?
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I'm afraid not @Saranna

Hmmm Honestly I am either a better riddler than I thought or a far worse one. Another line I suppose hopefully it will be helpful and not futher muddle things.

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For the record @Afird Splitax did get this right though the answer was lost in the Great Crash of 2021 with Aqualonde So this is now open for them to post a riddle. (thank goodness it's not me anymore)

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LIVE riddle thread! Since it's been a while I'll assume the floor is open.

A crown that changes with the season,
A palace of treasure and of woe.
Ancient envy is the reason
For craving jewels as pale as snow.


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Nice poem. Sounds like Thranduil.
Just call me Aiks or Aikári. Notify is off.
Find me stuff in Gondolin.
And let us embark to Valinor!

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Aikári Salmarinian wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 1:33 am Nice poem. Sounds like Thranduil.
Thanks, and correct! You're up :smile:

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ME related:

I grow in a fair town on a
square near a great tower.
Just call me Aiks or Aikári. Notify is off.
Find me stuff in Gondolin.
And let us embark to Valinor!

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Guess: Galathilion the White Tree of Tirion

I grow in a fair town on a -- "Upon the crown of Túna the city of the Elves was built, the white walls and terraces of Tirion;" (The Silmarillion, Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië)

square near a great tower. -- "and the highest of the towers of that city was the Tower of Ingwë, Mindon Eldaliéva, whose silver lamp shone far out into the mists of the sea." (ibid, continued)

I grow in a fair town on a -- "And since of all things in Valinor they loved most the White Tree, Yavanna made for them a tree like to a lesser image of Telperion, save that it did not give light of its own being; Galathilion it was named in the Sindarin tongue.

square near a great tower -- "This tree was planted in the courts beneath the Mindon and there flourished" (ibid, continued)

Then just to be extra explicit, this was indeed referred to as a great square:

"for the house of Finwë was in the great square beneath the Mindon" (The Silmarillion, Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor)

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Correct! Congratulations! :thumbs:
Just call me Aiks or Aikári. Notify is off.
Find me stuff in Gondolin.
And let us embark to Valinor!

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