Who, What, or Where, (In The Name of Arda) Am I?

[Aikári Salmarinian]

Arothir: Aww. Very nice. Thanks. Now a change... Have fun guessing.

Where am I?

[Arothir]

Are you in Aman?

[Aikári Salmarinian]

No, I am not in Aman.

[Arothir]

Are you west of, and including, the Ered Luin?

[Aikári Salmarinian]

You could say so, yes.

[Arothir]

Are you above water in the Third Age?

[Drífa]

Are you a populated place?

[Aikári Salmarinian]

I am not in Aman.
You could say I am west included the Ered Luin.
I am above the water in the Third Age.
I am populated, but not quite a place.

[Arothir]

Are you the straight road?

[Drífa]

Are you Harlindon?

[Aikári Salmarinian]

The straight road is not populated with anything, it's air.
No, I am not Harlindon.

[Arothir]

Are you an island?

[Drífa]

Are you Forlindon?

[Aikári Salmarinian]

No, I am not an island.
Yes, I am in Forlindon in the Third Age, but inland in the First Age.

[Arothir]

Are you Ossiriand?

[Drífa]

Are you Lindon?

[Aikári Salmarinian]

Sorry, Ossiriand is the land of Harlindon and Gulf of Lhûn.
I am not entirely Lindon, but I am in it, in Forlindon's area.

[Arothir]

Are you Forlond?

[Drífa]

I think you got it, Arothir!

[Aikári Salmarinian]

I am not in Aman.
You could say I am west included the Ered Luin.
I am above the water in the Third Age.
I am populated, but not quite a place.
The straight road is not populated with anything, it's air.
No, I am not Harlindon.
No, I am not an island.
Yes, I am in Forlindon in the Third Age, but inland in the First Age.
Sorry, Ossiriand is the land of Harlindon and Gulf of Lhûn.
I am not entirely Lindon, but I am in it, in Forlindon's area.
Sorry, I am not a real 'modern' elven town.

I'll help out a bit. You're close, Arothir. It is ancient land (lands, woods and river) that survived into the Fourth Age at least. But is known by quite a few names over the eras. I just want the right name *g*.

[Arothir]

Are you Tol Fuin?

[Aikári Salmarinian]

No, I am not Tol Fuin.

Hmm, would be an idea to put the first age map, next to the third age map.

[Arothir]

Then my next guess is Himling/Himring

[Aikári Salmarinian]

Good guess, you're close, but it is not the Mount of Fuin/Himling and the close land around .

[Arothir]

Is it the Blue Mountains themselves?

[Aikári Salmarinian]

You're very warm now actually, but not the Ered Luin themselves. But the touch is there. *g*

[Arothir]

Are you Dolmed?

[Aikári Salmarinian]

Arothir: You guessed it! Congratulations. It is your turn again. Have fun with the riddle.

[Arothir]

Woohoo! I was going through it and thinking "Maybe Dolmed?" a couple of times before but decided on another path.

Let's stay on the geography train!

Where am I?

[Drífa]

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I'll help out a bit. You're close, Arothir. It is ancient land (lands, woods and river) that survived into the Fourth Age at least. But is known by quite a few names over the eras. I just want the right name *g*. [/color]

Hi! I want to point out that Mount Dolmed does not survive into the Fourth Age in the source list used in this game. Mount Dolmed is also known by one name. There is some speculation that along with the Blue Mountains, Dolmed also survived in some form after the destruction of Beleriand, though there is no evidence of its presence on later maps.

Are you in a forest?

[Aikári Salmarinian]

Drifa: On Tolkien Gateway there are other thoughts about it. I had assumed always that the westside of the Ered Luin survived, including Thargelion, the Lanthir waterfalls, the Dwarven towns, mount Rerir and Mount Dolmed, combined into Forlindon. And large parts of Ossiriand into Harlindon. So neither me or Arothir are truly wrong, even you would disagree.

"Some Tolkienists such as Robert Foster and Karen Fonstad speculate that after the War of Wrath Dolmed was destroyed when the Ered Luin were broken and the Gulf of Lune broke through it.[1][2]

However, Ronald E. Kyrmse[3] and later Didier Willis[4] independently noted a prominent unidentified mountain exactly on the location of Dolmed in the map of Beleriand as well as Mount Rerir to the north. This, coupled with a reinterpretation of Tolkien's maps, shows that Dolmed at least partially survived the devastation."

[Arothir]

I am in a forest.

[Drífa]

Are you in a forest in the Third Age?

[Arothir]

I am in a forest.
I am not in a forest in the Third Age.

[Drífa]

The source that this game uses:
Who, What, or Where Sources
The Hobbit
The Lord of The Rings
The Silmarillion
The Unfinished Tales
HoM-e (The History of Middle-earth)
Appendices

Are you inhabited?

[VelvetineZone]

Are you a building in a forest?

[Arothir]

I am in a forest.
I am not in a forest in the Third Age.
I am not inhabited.
I am not a building in a forest

[Drífa]

Are you a dark forest?

[Arothir]

I am in a forest.
I am not in a forest in the Third Age.
I am not inhabited.
I am not a building in a forest
I am not a dark forest, but I am located in one that one could say became dark.

[Drífa]

Are you a stone?

[Arothir]

I am in a forest.
I am not in a forest in the Third Age.
I am not inhabited.
I am not a building in a forest
I am not a dark forest, but I am located in one that one could say became dark.
I am not a stone.

[Drífa]

Were you ever inhabited?

[Arothir]

I am in a forest.
I am not in a forest in the Third Age.
I am not inhabited.
I am not a building in a forest
I am not a dark forest, but I am located in one that one could say became dark.
I am not a stone.
I was never properly inhabited, but I have been camped at.

[Aikári Salmarinian]

Are you the location where the three stoned trolls of Bilbo are found?

[Arothir]

I am in a forest.
I am not in a forest in the Third Age.
I am not inhabited.
I am not a building in a forest
I am not a dark forest, but I am located in one that one could say became dark.
I am not a stone.
I was never properly inhabited, but I have been camped at.
I am not where Bilbo met the three trolls.

[Drífa]

Was there a notable death in the forest?

[Arothir]

I am in a forest.
I am not in a forest in the Third Age.
I am not inhabited.
I am not a building in a forest
I am not a dark forest, but I am located in one that one could say became dark.
I am not a stone.
I was never properly inhabited, but I have been camped at.
I am not where Bilbo met the three trolls.
There have been many notable deaths in the forest I am in but the only death at my location is named by a title and not a proper name.

[Drífa]

Was the title of this location due to a female death?

[Arothir]

I am in a forest.
I am not in a forest in the Third Age.
I am not inhabited.
I am not a building in a forest
I am not a dark forest, but I am located in one that became dark.
I am not a stone.
I was never properly inhabited, but I have been camped at.
I am not where Bilbo met the three trolls.
There have been many notable deaths in the forest I am in but the only death at my location is a person known only by their rank, not by a name.
The title had nothing to do with a female's death.

In retrospect I have reclarified the darkness of the forest and the notable deaths.

[Drífa]

Was the rank, Captain?