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Posted: **Wed Jan 08, 2025 12:00 am**

Are you a ruler?

Posted: **Wed Jan 08, 2025 4:47 am**

Yes, I am a ruler.

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2025 6:42 am**

Are you a king?

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2025 7:08 am**

Yes, I am a king.

(I sense a closing in on the answer.)

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2025 4:39 pm**

Are you alive during The Return of the King?

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2025 6:31 pm**

Yes; well, for most of it.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:58 am**

Got it narrowed down to two, then.

Are you Theoden?

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2025 6:37 am**

No, I am not Theoden.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2025 3:22 pm**

Then are you King Brand of Dale?

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2025 3:47 pm**

Yes!

I am King Brand of Dale.

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2025 7:30 pm**

Very well!

What am I?

Posted: **Sat Jan 11, 2025 11:15 pm**

Are you alive?

Posted: **Sun Jan 12, 2025 6:16 am**

I am not

Posted: **Sun Jan 12, 2025 6:48 am**

Are you made of stone?

Posted: **Sun Jan 12, 2025 4:29 pm**

Are you a weapon?

Posted: **Sun Jan 12, 2025 4:39 pm**

I am not made of stone.
I am a weapon.

Posted: **Sun Jan 12, 2025 4:50 pm**

Are you an Elf-made weapon?

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:02 am**

It is not specifically stated, but I would say that the probability is near 100% certain that I am.

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:14 am**

Hmmmmm.

Are you used in the Third Age?

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:05 am**

Are you adorned with anything (gems, runes, etc.)?

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2025 8:58 pm**

I am not used in the Third Age.
I am not described with any adornments.

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:12 pm**

Are you a sword?

Posted: **Tue Jan 14, 2025 4:18 am**

I am a sword.

Posted: **Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:35 am**

Alright, time for a concrete guess.

Are you Dagmor, the sword of Beren?

Posted: **Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:16 am**

Are you Ringil, the sword of Fingolfin?

Posted: **Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:33 pm**

I am indeed Ringil!

Posted: **Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:46 pm**

Yeah, I would also guess that Ringil is Elvish made.

Well done, Dwarf!

Posted: **Wed Jan 15, 2025 12:01 am**

Yippee! I mean, thank you.

Dagmor is an obscure word in the histories. Only mentioned twice, I believe. It would have been a good subject for a riddle.

Where am I?

Posted: **Wed Jan 15, 2025 9:41 am**

How do you know something as obscure as the number of mentions of Dagmor? Your knowledge is astonishing.

Anyway, are you on Valinor or Tol Eressëa?

Posted: **Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:14 am**

Do you ever read the Index? I do. In my copy, it states:

Dagmor, Beren's sword page 344, 350
512 Dagmor. Beren's sword is named nowwhere else. The Lays of Beleriand, HoME vol.3, The Lay of Leithian Recommenced

I was on the dwarven drill team in the Old Plaza Hay Days for several years. At that time, I purchased all twelve volumes of The History of Middle-earth, The Silmarillion, and The Unfinished Tales. My collection has grown since then. This box of books always sits on my dining room table.

Okay, back to the game.

No, I am not on Valinor or Tol Eressëa. Would you consider that two guesses in one?

Posted: **Wed Jan 15, 2025 12:30 pm**

You are the only person I ever knew who reads the index! Tolkien would have embraced you, of that I am certain. A reader after his own heart. Incidentally, I've been looking at the appendices of LotR and have been struck by the different style of the first edition to what we know from the second. If I had more energy I would make a Lore post about it.

Technically I deem that one guess because it was a way of asking 'are you in Middle-earth?'

Anyway, the current question: are you underground?

Posted: **Wed Jan 15, 2025 5:15 pm**

Are you above water in the Third Age?

Posted: **Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:41 pm**

I am not underground.
I am not above water in the Third Age.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:52 am**

Are you above water in the First Age?

(You know, btw, that some of Beleriand survived above water.)

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:47 am**

Are you a tower?

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2025 11:03 am**

Chrysophylax Dives wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:52 am Are you above water in the First Age?

(You know, btw, that some of Beleriand survived above water.)

More riddle material.

I am above water in the First Age.
I am not a tower.

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:59 pm**

I guessed Númenor and then deleted because that was not above water in the First Age because it did not then exist.

Hmmmm. Let's get clear on the basics.

Are you one of those bits of land that gets smashed up in the Great Battle at the end of the First Age?

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2025 3:56 pm**

Were you a spot ruled by the Noldor?

Posted: **Thu Jan 16, 2025 10:52 pm**

Are you a piece of land where the elves of Lord Cirdan live in the First Age?

Posted: **Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:12 am**

No, not that I have read.
As far as I have read, I am not a spot ruled by the Noldor.
No, I am not a piece of land where the elves of Lord Cirdan lived.

Posted: **Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:15 am**

I am getting confused. Let's step back to: "I am not above water in the Third Age."

Are you under water in the Third Age?

Posted: **Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:10 pm**

Were you ruled by Melkor or a lieutenant of his?

Posted: **Sat Jan 18, 2025 12:39 pm**

Where am I?
Anyway, are you on Valinor or Tol Eressëa?
No, I am not on Valinor or Tol Eressëa. Would you consider that two guesses in one?

Anyway, the current question: are you underground?
Are you above water in the Third Age?
I am not underground.
I am not above water in the Third Age.
Are you above water in the First Age?
Are you a tower?
I am above water in the First Age.
I am not a tower.
Are you one of those bits of land that gets smashed up in the Great Battle at the end of the First Age?
Were you a spot ruled by the Noldor?
Are you a piece of land where the elves of Lord Cirdan live in the First Age?
No, not that I have read.
As far as I have read, I am not a spot ruled by the Noldor.
No, I am not a piece of land where the elves of Lord Cirdan lived.

Chrysophylax Dives wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:59 pm I guessed Númenor and then deleted because that was not above water in the First Age because it did not then exist.

Hmmmm. Let's get clear on the basics.

Are you one of those bits of land that gets smashed up in the Great Battle at the end of the First Age?

Drifa wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:12 am No, not that I have read.
As far as I have read, I am not a spot ruled by the Noldor.
No, I am not a piece of land where the elves of Lord Cirdan lived.

I have never read that I was one of those bits of land that got smashed up in the Great Battle at the end of the First Age.

~~~~~

I am not above water in the Third Age.
I have never read that Melkor or one of his lieutenants ruled me, but they may have.

Posted: **Sat Jan 18, 2025 1:40 pm**

Are you a lake or a river?

Posted: **Sat Jan 18, 2025 4:21 pm**

Are you a mountain?

Posted: **Sat Jan 18, 2025 5:52 pm**

I am not a lake or a river.
Er... no, I am not a mountain.

Posted: **Sat Jan 18, 2025 6:06 pm**

Alright, are you the sea?

Posted: **Sun Jan 19, 2025 12:02 am**

No, I am not the sea.

Posted: **Sun Jan 19, 2025 12:34 am**

The river bed where the Ring was?

Posted: **Sun Jan 19, 2025 1:01 am**

Are you cold?

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