Beleriand Bafflers

[Hookbill the Goomba]

This game is alike to one I was told in a Geography lesson. I have adapted it slightly and made it a little easier. It is easy if you happen to have a map of Beleriand close at hand
Firstly, here are the rules;

1) Think of a place or landmark in Beleriand ( EDDIT: Scrub that, Anywhere in M-E) but do not say it until some one has guessed it (obviously)
2) Name the terrain, (e.g, mountains, plain, forest ect..)
3) Say one event that happened there or one fact about it. (This can be very minor, but specific to that place, you cannot say, "some one had their lunch there" as that could be anywhere.)

Got that?
If not, here's an example,

Q) Terrain = mountainous,
Event / fact = Where Celegorm and Curufin dwelt south of the pass of Aglon.

A) Himlad

Is that clear? Hope so.


Right, first one,
Terrain = wet
events / fact = There are 7 rivers.

[Evisse the Blue]

Ossiriand?

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Correct, you win a fabulous new tombstone for your barrow...
Take it away. :cool: :smokin:

[Evisse the Blue]

Haha, thanks!

Terrain: forest
Event: Slaying of the golden

[InklingElf]

"The Golden" -- meaning Glaurung Smaug and a Numenorian King (forgot his name...)?

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Brethil.

[Evisse the Blue]

yep, Brethil it is.

[InklingElf]

darnit i wasn't fast enough. I'll try for the next one then...

Take it away Nilpaurion

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Terrain: island
Event: death of the Faithful

[NightKnight]

Tol Sirion?

[Firefoot]

Númenor?

[The Perky Ent]

Tol Eressea?

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

But NK got it, anyway.

[NightKnight]

How nice, a new thread to fiddle with... :p

Terrain: Wet
Event: Awakening of the doomed

[Firefoot]

Cuivienen?

[The Perky Ent]

Hildórien?

[NightKnight]

I figured those two guesses would come first, and they are both WRONG! ;)

[The Perky Ent]

Menengroth?

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Númenor?

[NightKnight]

Neither.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Wild guess, Nargothrond?

[NightKnight]

No. Try to figure out who "the doomed" is.

[The Perky Ent]

Hmm...it could be the Witch King...but where was he born? Minas Tirith?

[Hookbill the Goomba]

The Witch King of Angmar was most probably born in Angmar.


If Turin is the doomed, then I will guess Taur-nu-Fuin where He awoke from the slumber set by the orcs and slew Beleg in wrath. Or perhaps it is the Forest of Brethil where Nienor awoke from her dumbness of the Dragon spell.
:smokin:

[luthien-elvenprincess]

Cabed-en-Aras?

[NightKnight]

Hookbill the Goomba is quite close. Turin is indeed the "doomed" I'm looking for.

[Firefoot]

Eithel Ivrin?

[NightKnight]

Aye-aye, captain Firefoot. ;)

[Firefoot]

Thanks. :)

Terrain: Mountainous
Event: Death of the Golden-haired.

[NightKnight]

Cristhorn, where Glorfindel died?

[Firefoot]

Yep.

[NightKnight]

Terrain: Open
Event: From green to grey.

[The Perky Ent]

Lindon?

[NightKnight]

Nope.

[Firefoot]

Ard-galen aka Anfauglith?

[Hookbill the Goomba]

The Green hills and grey stone of The Barrow Downs? ;)

[NightKnight]

Firefoot has it. :)

[Firefoot]

Terrain: Shore lands
Event: He waited too long

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Falas?

[NightKnight]

Nan-tathren?

[Firefoot]

Neither.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Is it the Bay of Balar?

[Firefoot]

No.

[NightKnight]

Dol Amroth?

[Firefoot]

Nope.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Is it the Gulf of Lhún?

[Firefoot]

No.

[Tuor of Gondolin]

Nevrast?

[Firefoot]

Yep.

[Tuor of Gondolin]

Okay. I believe the revised rules say anywhere in M-E, so:

Terrain: Woodland
One fact about it: Elvish oenephiles delight

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Mirkwood? (Greenwood)

[Tuor of Gondolin]

Nope (although that's where a lot of the wine was consumed). :)

[The Perky Ent]

Ithilien?

[Tuor of Gondolin]

Nope, not Ithilien.

[The Perky Ent]

Buckland?

[Hookbill the Goomba]

The Woody end, in the shire? :S

[Tuor of Gondolin]

Mmmmm...Old Winyards! :cool:

Nope. This is where the stuff was made (especially liked by Thranduil's crowd).

Oops, actually, the land may have been next to a woodland area in Middle-earth,
wine was shipped to Thranduil's people.

[Tuor of Gondolin]

Since I messed up in the initial description (I pictured the area in question as totally forested when it's only partially so), anyone interested could start a new question, or could still try to identify the wine-making area.

(Sorry about that). :o

[NightKnight]

Wasn't it called Dorwinion?

[Tuor of Gondolin]

Yes! Bordering the Sea of Rhun, Presumably sailed or poled up River Running to Laketown. (I don't imagine the nazgul imbibed). Your turn.

[NightKnight]

So...

Terrain: Island
Event: Death of Dead

[The Perky Ent]

Tol Galen?

[NightKnight]

Yep. Too easy, wasn't it?

[The Perky Ent]

Whoo! Let's see here...

Terrian: plain
Event: the camp location after the crossing



I'm sure it's easy

[NightKnight]

Estolad?

[The Perky Ent]

But of course!

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Darn it! That was my next guess... honest!

[NightKnight]

Yeah right. ;)

Terrain: Mountainous
Event: Something that should have been in the Shire

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Eh?
Ok....
I'll guess, .................... Caradhras? :s

[NightKnight]

Yep, that's where the snow was. :)

[Hookbill the Goomba]

WOW! I did not expect to get that!

Ok;

Terrain: Mountainous / hilly
Event: Denethor of the Nandor met his end in the First Battle.

Too easy I think, but.... :smokin:

[NightKnight]

Amon Ereb. And yep, it was too easy. ;)

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Ah! I knew it was! ;)

Go on...

[NightKnight]

Hehe... :)

Terrain: Cozy
Event: Double parties

[Hookbill the Goomba]

FAR TOO EASY!
The Shire
Or more specifically, Bag end. :p

[NightKnight]

Of course. ;)

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Right, here goes nothing;

Terrain: mountains / woodland
Fact: imprisoning of the one.

Sorry I changed it as the old one was wrong.
Another easy one. ;)

[NightKnight]

Thangorodrim?

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Nope!

[Tuor of Gondolin]

Ered Engrin?
After the Dagor Aglareb.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I'm afraid not.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

BIG CLUE!
Try and figure out who/what 'the one' is. :smokin:

[Evisse the Blue]

Cirith Ungol?

[Hookbill the Goomba]

No, sorry, it’s not Frodo, besides he did not have the ring when he was in Cirith Ungol.

[NightKnight]

Misty Mountains?

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Nope. Sorry, the terrain should have been: Mountains / Woodland.