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

Eamila Bolger · Mon Feb 23, 2026 9:00 pm

Who am I?

I am not an elf.
I am not a Maia.

Merewyn · Tue Feb 24, 2026 12:22 am

Are you a child of Man?

Arothir · Tue Feb 24, 2026 2:21 pm

Are you a hobbit?

Eamila Bolger · Tue Feb 24, 2026 4:07 pm

Who am I?

I am not an elf.
I am not a Maia.
I am in a way a child of Men.
I am indeed a hobbit!

Arothir · Tue Feb 24, 2026 7:01 pm

Are you male?

Merewyn · Wed Feb 25, 2026 5:01 pm

Are you female?

Eamila Bolger · Wed Feb 25, 2026 9:37 pm

Who am I?

I am not an elf.
I am not a Maia.
I am in a way a child of Men.
I am indeed a hobbit!
I am male.
I am not (a) female

Arothir · Wed Feb 25, 2026 9:56 pm

Are you descended from the Old Took?

Eamila Bolger · Thu Feb 26, 2026 7:52 am

Who am I?

I am not an elf.
I am not a Maia.
I am in a way a child of Men.
I am indeed a hobbit!
I am male.
I am not female
I am most likely not descended from the Old Took, although with hobbits, you never really know

Aikári Salmarinian · Thu Feb 26, 2026 11:32 am

Are you one of the Bolgers?

Eamila Bolger · Thu Feb 26, 2026 12:47 pm

That would have been nice with my Plaza name :-D

Who am I?

I am not an elf.
I am not a Maia.
I am in a way a child of Men.
I am indeed a hobbit!
I am male.
I am not female
I am most likely not descended from the Old Took, although with hobbits, you never really know.
I am not one of the Bolgers.

Arothir · Thu Feb 26, 2026 1:15 pm

Are you related to Samwise Gamgee?

Eamila Bolger · Thu Feb 26, 2026 1:54 pm

Who am I?

I am not an elf.
I am not a Maia.
I am in a way a child of Men.
I am indeed a hobbit!
I am male.
I am not female
I am most likely not descended from the Old Took, although with hobbits, you never really know.
I am not one of the Bolgers.
I am not related to Samwise Gamgee.

Aikári Salmarinian · Thu Feb 26, 2026 3:28 pm

Are you alive and present at Bilbo's farewell party?

Arothir · Thu Feb 26, 2026 5:26 pm

Are you named in The Hobbit?

Eamila Bolger · Thu Feb 26, 2026 7:13 pm

Who am I?

I am not an elf.
I am not a Maia.
I am in a way a child of Men.
I am indeed a hobbit!
I am male.
I am not female
I am most likely not descended from the Old Took, although with hobbits, you never really know.
I am not one of the Bolgers.
I am not related to Samwise Gamgee.
I am alive but might not have been present at Bilbo's farewell party.
I am not named in The Hobbit.

Arothir · Thu Feb 26, 2026 8:47 pm

Are you alive in the Fourth Age?

Eamila Bolger · Fri Feb 27, 2026 6:04 pm

Who am I?

I am not an elf.
I am not a Maia.
I am in a way a child of Men.
I am indeed a hobbit!
I am male.
I am not female
I am most likely not descended from the Old Took, although with hobbits, you never really know.
I am not one of the Bolgers.
I am not related to Samwise Gamgee.
I am alive but might not have been present at Bilbo's farewell party.
I am not named in The Hobbit.
I am not alive in the Fourth Age.

Arothir · Fri Feb 27, 2026 7:10 pm

Are you named on one of the family trees in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings?

Eamila Bolger · Sat Feb 28, 2026 7:58 am

Who am I?

I am not an elf.
I am not a Maia.
I am in a way a child of Men.
I am indeed a hobbit!
I am male.
I am not female
I am most likely not descended from the Old Took, although with hobbits, you never really know.
I am not one of the Bolgers.
I am not related to Samwise Gamgee.
I am alive but might not have been present at Bilbo's farewell party.
I am not named in The Hobbit.
I am not alive in the Fourth Age.
I am not named on one of the family trees in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings (needed my reading glasses to make sure).

Drífa · Sat Feb 28, 2026 12:53 pm

Are you from the Shire?

Eamila Bolger · Sat Feb 28, 2026 2:23 pm

Who am I?

I am not an elf.
I am not a Maia.
I am in a way a child of Men.
I am indeed a hobbit!
I am male.
I am not female
I am most likely not descended from the Old Took, although with hobbits, you never really know.
I am not one of the Bolgers.
I am not related to Samwise Gamgee.
I am alive but might not have been present at Bilbo's farewell party.
I am not named in The Hobbit.
I am not alive in the Fourth Age.
I am not named on one of the family trees in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings.
I am not from the Shire.

Arothir · Sat Feb 28, 2026 4:49 pm

Are you from Breeland?

Eamila Bolger · Sat Feb 28, 2026 5:55 pm

Who am I?

I am not an elf.
I am not a Maia.
I am in a way a child of Men.
I am indeed a hobbit!
I am male.
I am not female
I am most likely not descended from the Old Took, although with hobbits, you never really know.
I am not one of the Bolgers.
I am not related to Samwise Gamgee.
I am alive but might not have been present at Bilbo's farewell party.
I am not named in The Hobbit.
I am not alive in the Fourth Age.
I am not named on one of the family trees in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings.
I am not from the Shire.
I am indeed from Breeland.

Drífa · Sat Feb 28, 2026 7:41 pm

I am going to guess, are you Willie Banks?

Aikári Salmarinian · Sat Feb 28, 2026 7:51 pm

Do you live in Combe?

Eamila Bolger · Sat Feb 28, 2026 8:42 pm

I am indeed Willie Banks @Drífa !

Drífa · Sun Mar 01, 2026 1:22 pm

Yay for Willie Banks, god rest his soul! Thanks!

What am I?

Eamila Bolger · Sun Mar 01, 2026 3:38 pm

Yes, the brave fella... thought he deserved to be remembered

Are you a tool of some kind?

Arothir · Sun Mar 01, 2026 7:25 pm

Are you one of a kind?

Drífa · Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:14 pm

I am not a tool.
I am one of a kind.

Arothir · Mon Mar 02, 2026 1:20 pm

Are you a weapon?

Eamila Bolger · Mon Mar 02, 2026 5:28 pm

Are you a piece of art?

Eldrith · Tue Mar 03, 2026 3:12 pm

Are you larger than a horse?

Drífa · Tue Mar 03, 2026 6:18 pm

I am not a tool.
I am one of a kind.
I am not a weapon.
I suppose you could categorize me as a piece of art.
I am not larger than a horse.

Eamila Bolger · Tue Mar 03, 2026 9:05 pm

Are you (a piece of) jewelry?

Arothir · Tue Mar 03, 2026 10:03 pm

Are you in The Hobbit?

Esme · Wed Mar 04, 2026 1:54 pm

are you an instrument?

Drífa · Wed Mar 04, 2026 3:09 pm

I am not a tool.
I am one of a kind.
I am not a weapon.
I suppose you could categorize me as a piece of art.
I am not larger than a horse.
I am a piece of jewelry.
I am in The Hobbit.
I am not an instrument.

Arothir · Wed Mar 04, 2026 6:38 pm

Are you used by a dwarf?

Drífa · Thu Mar 05, 2026 5:51 pm

I am not a tool.
I am one of a kind.
I am not a weapon.
I suppose you could categorize me as a piece of art.
I am not larger than a horse.
I am a piece of jewelry.
I am in The Hobbit.
I am not an instrument.
It does not say that I am used by a dwarf.

Eamila Bolger · Thu Mar 05, 2026 8:31 pm

Were you part of the treasure found in the cave of the trolls?

Arothir · Thu Mar 05, 2026 9:47 pm

Are you used by a hobbit?

Merewyn · Fri Mar 06, 2026 12:01 am

Are you the White Gems of Lasgalen?

Drífa · Sat Mar 07, 2026 12:55 am

I am not a tool.
I am one of a kind.
I am not a weapon.
I suppose you could categorize me as a piece of art.
I am not larger than a horse.
I am a piece of jewelry.
I am in The Hobbit.
I am not an instrument.
It does not say that a dwarf uses me.
I am not part of the treasure found in the trolls' cave.
A Hobbit does not use me.
I am not the White Gems of Lasgalen.

Before the game continues, I wish to remind you of the OP and the Sources that are listed there for this game. And secondly, to pose a question.

Firstly, I have searched all the sources listed in the OP and could not find any mention of the White Gems of Lasgalen. The word Lasgalen, as in Eryn Lasgalen, the Wood of Greenleaves (Appendix B to The Lord of the Rings), is found in the sources.
I did find mention of the White Gems of Lasgalen in the adaptation of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, which, as a source, is not listed in the OP.

So, here is my question to you. Would you also like to see adaptations of Tolkien's works (movies, games, etc.) used in the Who, What, or Where (In The Name of Arda) Am I sections of this game as sources? If yes, should there be a list of these new Sources posted in the OP?
And, should the person who gets to choose the who, what, or where have to indicate at the top of the post which source media they are using?
For example:
OP Sources:
Who am I?
or
Adaptations of Tolkien's works Sources:
Who am I?

I would like to hear what you all think. Thanks, folks.

Merewyn · Sat Mar 07, 2026 1:49 am

@Drífa , that is 100% a mistake on my part. I cannot believe I let a piece of made up naming from those dang Hobbit movies infiltrate my brain. I jad forgotten that in the actual text it just refers to the Elf King having a fondness for white gems.

I personally think we should only use Tolkien's actual works and not adaptions.

Arothir · Sun Mar 08, 2026 1:30 pm

I personally think we should keep it to the books.

Eamila Bolger · Sun Mar 08, 2026 1:56 pm

Yep, me too. But since reading The Hobbit was longer ago than watching the movies, I could very well have made that same mistake!

Are you crafted by Elves?

Drífa · Sun Mar 08, 2026 8:04 pm

Thanks for the responses. I, too, prefer the books. But it would be simple to start a new source category. There are a lot of whos, whats, and wheres in the movies and other adaptations—something to shake things up a bit.
Online fandoms usually include both Tolkien's original works and adaptations. It is easy to confuse them sometimes.

I am not a tool.
I am one of a kind.
I am not a weapon.
I suppose you could categorize me as a piece of art.
I am not larger than a horse.
I am a piece of jewelry.
I am in The Hobbit.
I am not an instrument.
It does not say that a dwarf uses me.
I am not part of the treasure found in the trolls' cave.
A Hobbit does not use me.
I am not the White Gems of Lasgalen.
Elves do not craft me.

Arothir · Sun Mar 08, 2026 8:20 pm

Were you made by dwarves?