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Clue: famous, wise

1. No, not an elf.
2. No, they do not appear in The Silmarillion
3. No, this is not a Hobbit mentioned in LotR and/or the Appendices
4. No they did not fight in the War of the Ring.
5. Perhaps they would have enjoyed potato chips, but more likely not.
6. No, this is not one of the Istari.
7. No, this is not a Maia.
8. No, they were not as famous as Michael Jordan was.
9. Yes this character is mortal.
10. No, this character is not a dwarf.
11. This character is mentioned by name in The Hobbit but does not appear in The Hobbit.
12. No, this character did not live west of the Misty Mountains.

Is it Girion former lord of Dale of whom Bard the Bowman was descended?

No, it is not Girion.

To elaborate on the clue, the words famous and wise were used by the same person to describe this character.

Is this character male?

Is it the Raven(s) Old Carc and/or his wife?

"They live many a year, and their memories are long, and they hand on their wisdom to their children. I knew many among the ravens of the rocks when I was a dwarf- lad. This very height was once named Ravenhill, because there was a wise and famous pair, old Carc and his wife, that lived here above the guard-chamber."

Yes, this character is male, and therefore...

It is Carc, indeed! Great job @Mojo. Your turn!

Woo! Thanks Dwim, that was a good one!

My clue is for the next character is: Black

Is this character mentioned in The Silmarillion?

1. No, this character is not mentioned in The Silmarillion.

Is this character human?

Is the character being referenced black hearted?

Is this character likely to turn into an animal, such as a large black dog?

2. Yes, the character is human.
3. I do not recall this character being specifically referenced as being black-hearted but I would say that is an accurate description.
4. This character is not an animal, nor is it Sirius Black or The Grim.

Is this character dressed in black or carrying a black object?

Is black used to describe a physical attribute of this character?

Does this character appear in The Fellowship of the Ring?

5. This character may have dressed in black though it is not specifically mentioned, but it would make sene to infer that.
6. Black is not used to describe a physical attribute.
7. This character is referenced in Fellowship of the Ring but does not physically appear.

Does this character's lifespan overlap with Frodo's?

8. No, this character's lifespan did not overlap with Frodo Baggins.

Was this character a servant of Sauron?

9. No, this character was not known to be a servant of Sauron.

Did this character live during the Third Age?

10. This is a hard question to answer, as I'm not sure how I would define this character's "true love." At the risk of giving too much away, I'm going to give a partial answer and say - this character did not have a "true love."

(Insert Princess Bride reference)

Simul-post with Ducky there....

11. Yes, this character did live during the Third Age.

12. Yes, this character lived in the realm of Gondor.

Is this Queen Berúthiel, she of the black cats mentioned by Aragorn?

would this person be killed by the killer bunny in Monty Python's King Arthur and the Holy Grail?

@Elvheimdros is correct! It was Queen Berúthiel!

I had a hard time with the "true love" question because her marriage with King Tarannon was called "loveless" so I couldn't really count him as her true love. She was known for having 9 black cats and 1 white cat, so even if "her cats" were her true love, I couldn't exclusively say her cats had black hair. Also in a later interview Tolkoen mentioned she hated cats but they were drawn to her. So that was a tricky question to answer!

Alright, thanks Mojo.

The next clue is blue.

Does the clue refer to this character being sad/depressed?

1. No, the clue does not refer to the character's sadness or depression.

Would this entity be killed by the killer bunny in Monty Python's King Arthur and the Holy Grail?

Is this person associated with the sky?

If this person's name was Harry, could someone tell them "Yer a wizard, Harry!"?

2. Yes, this entity would be vulnerable to death by Killer Bunny unless it ran away.
3. No, this person is not associated with the sky.
4. No, this person could not be honestly said to be a wizard.

Does this person appear in The Silmarillion?

Did this character have an article of clothing that was blue?

5. No, this person does not appear in the Silmarillion.
6. No, although it is of course possible, this person is not said to have any blue clothing.
7. No, this individual is not said to wear a blue cloak.

Is this a dwarf?

Was this character alive during the lifetime of Bilbo Baggins?

8. No, this is not a dwarf.
9. Yes, this character was alive during Bilbo's life.

Is this character a human?

Did this character ever meet Bilbo?

Is there blood on this person's hands?

Is this person associated with water?

If a sad country song was written about this character might it be called Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain?

Was this character known to carry a “blade that glows blue when orcs are close.”?