A – Z of Middle-earth (#2)

[Beren87]

N is for Narsilion, the song of lore recounting the Sun and da moon by The Valar.

[Aragost]

O-Orome-a Valar

[Arwen Imladris]

Pallando: One of the blue wizards, he went into the east with Saruman and Alatar and never came back into the west.

[Lyta_Underhill]

Q: Quenya: The High Eldarin language spoken in Valinor.

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Ring of Doom- no, not Frodo's, the one where the Valar sat in council.

[Arestevana]

Sulimo - a name of Manwe

[Arwen Imladris]

Tauron: Yet another name of the Vala Oromë. Tauron is usually translated as 'Lord of Forests'.

[Firondoiel]

U is for Ulmo, my favourite Vala! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Arwen Imladris]

Vairë: One of the Valar who also happened to be the spouse of Mandos. She is said to weave the history of Arda.

[Firondoiel]

W is for the White Tree of Valinor, a title of Telperion.

[Arwen_Evenstar]

I might be wrong, but wasn't the white tree from gondor?

[ July 25, 2003: Message edited by: Arwen_Evenstar ]

[Beren87]

Not only, read the Silm.

X is the symbol for reactance, which involves closed circuits, which the Valar didn't need, because they got their light from the Trees, lamps, and etc.

Now THAT's a stretch.

[Arwen Imladris]

Ya, but good none the less! smilies/smile.gif

Yavanna: The Vala who was in charge of all of the stuff that grows on the earth. Her name means 'Giver of Fruits'.

[Aredhel Idril Telcontar]

Zirakzigil: Where Gandalf (Maia) fought with the Balrog (Maia). Gandalf is another name for Olorin, who comes from Valinor.

Hope that works smilies/wink.gif

-Aredhel

[Arwen Imladris]

Hmm, new topic, how about Hills and Mountains? Or Mountains and Hills?

Amon Sûl: More usually known as Weathertop. It is at the southern end of the Weather Hills. It used to have a palantir at its summit.

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

B for Barazinbar, a mountain.

[elven maiden Earwen]

Cerin Amroth

[Beren87]

D is for the Death Down, which was a mass-grave outside Helm's Deep, obviously built by men. It was as hill/barrow.

[Firondoiel]

E is for Ered Luin; the elvish name for the Blue Mountains.

[Beren87]

Why do I always get the hard letters?

F is for the Far Downs, downs at the west of the shire.

[Faye Took]

Gundabad:One of the northernmost Misty Mountains, a dwelling place for Orcs.

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

H is for the Redhorn Gate, part of the Misty Mountains.

[Aragost]

Iron hills-hills east of erebor

[Firondoiel]

J is for the Jagged Peaks of Ered Gorgoroth

[Sindae]

K is for Kalorme, in early stories a mountain in the east

[Firondoiel]

L is for the Lonely Mountain

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Can anybody continue? If not, feel free to berate me...

M is for Mount Doom (or the Misty Mountains)

Fea

[Arwen Imladris]

Nardol: The third of Gondor's beakons. The name Nardol means 'fire-hilltop'. It got this name because its beacon-fire was so bright it could be seen more than a hundred miles away.

[Cinderella]

O for Oromet, A hill in western Numenor near Andunie

[Arwen Imladris]

Pelóri: A mountain range in Aman. The Valar set it up against the Melkor.

[Cinderella]

Erm... not many Q's fo hills and mountains so I'm going to cheat a bit to keep the game going.

Q for Quarry a village in the hilly Shire smilies/rolleyes.gif

[elven maiden Earwen]

R for Ravenhill
An old guard-post of Erebor

[Cinderella]

S for Slag-hills, the mounds of wasted metal, stone, and earth left by Orcs in the Morannon

[elven maiden Earwen]

T for Tower Hills

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

U for *cough* Underhill... not precisely the kind of hill we were looking for, but smilies/wink.gif.

[Faye Took]

V is for Vales of Anduin: All the lands between the western eaves of Mirkwood and the eastern foothills of the Misty Mountains.

[Amarantha_Daisy]

W is for Weathertop,, also under 'A' as Amon Sûl... But that's okay. It's special enough to be in here twice... smilies/cool.gif

[Kaiserin]

X in FoX Downs, the western hilly region of the Shire.

[Beren87]

Y is for Yale, a low-lying (and therefor un-hilly) area in the Eastfarthing. smilies/wink.gif

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Z (pronounced Zee smilies/wink.gif) for Zirakzigil, which is, in fact, a mountain.

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Since we haven't moved in two days, let us start a new topic... Barrowdowners

A- Alaklondewen

[Arwen Imladris]

B - Beren87

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

C is for coprophage7. Wow, that took going all the way into the Newbies forum to find!

Fea

[Amanaduial the archer]

D- Diamond18.

Hmm. In the brief for this topic, in the first post, it said you give a name/object and then describe it. Maybe people should give a short description of the person they name? Nothing too personal or revealing, of course.

For example: D - Diamond18. Also known as Sarah, Diamond18 is known mainly to me for her writing, as she writes in RPGs as well as doing original writing. She was in the parody RPG, The Revenge of the Entish Bow RPG in Gondor as Vogonwë Brownbark and Pimpiowyn Took, and is now in the sequel with the same characters. Her avatar suits her name, being a diamond necklace.

(I don't know much about Diamond, but you get the idea).

[Arwen Imladris]

Elennar Starfire: Her real name is Kathryn and she is 14. She really likes languages, reading and LOTR.

[Kaiserin]

F: Finwe. I don't know him, but I can see he knows a lot of stuff. smilies/smile.gif

[Firondoiel]

G is for GaladrieloftheOlden; A lot of fun and a great sense of humor!

[Kaiserin]

H is for HerenIstarion.

[Amanaduial the archer]

I - Imladris. He has become a regular poster on the Green Dragon with the character Lira. I don't know much about him, but he has a great avatar- Will Turner from Pirates of the Carribean.

[Beren87]

J-JestheJade, quiz master and previous moderator of the Quiz forum. She's no longer active on the forums.

[Mariska Greenleaf]

K-Kaiserin

[Amanaduial the archer]

(Erm, Mariska, could you put a short description as well, please? If you don't know much about that member, you could also use KingCarlton- 13 years old, nearly banned, Australian (he claimed). KC was heavily involved in the very first Party ('Lets Have The Party Here') in which he systematically tried to expel every character from the party. Delightful chap.)

L - Lyra Greenleaf. Besotted with Darius (!), Paul McCartney and, actually, the Beatles in general, Lyra is an RPGer and an active member of the forums. She is very bubbly and easy to talk to, and was a frequent poster in the Downies party, even if she does fancy a man who talks about 'BLOODY BUTTERED ONIONS'. smilies/wink.gif

[Mariska Greenleaf]

Erm, Mariska, could you put a short description as well, please

Oh, I'm so sorry, but I really did not no much about her, the name just popped up... smilies/rolleyes.gif

Well than, M for Meela, very much spoken off downer that has this weird Denethor fascination
smilies/biggrin.gif

[ August 13, 2003: Message edited by: Mariska Greenleaf ]

[Arwen Imladris]

Nárëlindalë Aralaithiel: (goes by just Aralaithiel). She works at Saint Francis Hospital in Ohhhhhhhk lahoma (where the wind comes sweeping down the plains...) smilies/smile.gif She likes horseback riding and hockey, writing, Bible study, Star Trek, languages and Fantasy books.

[Amanaduial the archer]

O- Oliphaunts_Rule. Called Ollie, he is newly deceased and hasn't been here for very long, but is quite sweet. Oddwen's sister.

[Arwen Imladris]

the phantom: Also known as Philip, is 20 years old. He wants to be rich and be a father. He likes music, he plays the drums, violin, piano and he sings. He also likes sports: football, tennis, hockey, and basketball. He likes LOTR, Star Wars, The Matrix, and the Search for the Holy Grail.

[Amanaduial the archer]

Q - Quirkette. Now, much as I love the name, I know absolutely nothing about Quirkette, apart from the fact that he/she is quite possibly the only 'Q' member on the barrowdowns. Sorry.

[Beren87]

R is for Rimbaud! Punnery expert extraordinaire, Moderator of Gondor, and all-around amphibiously seeming chap.

[Amanaduial the archer]

S - Sharku. Member number three. Administrator. PT: Hungry Ghoul. Avatar- rather cool ghostly light...thing.

[Beren87]

T is for The Barrow-Wight! (not, wright, smilies/wink.gif), Admin, creator, and leader of The Barrow-Downs.

[Faye Took]

U is for Mister Underhill: A Downs controller smilies/smile.gif

[Amanaduial the archer]

V - VanimaEdhel. Vanima is quite a big RPGer, as well as being into drama and dance in school. She is a New Yorker (I think). One of her RPG characters from the Shadows of Umbra, Hwestlaeriel, will soon be reincarnated in another RPG in Rohan.

[Arwen Imladris]

Robert W. Gardner: (Gilthalion) was born in 1963, is a paster and his goal in life is to have people say, "He truly followed Jesus." He was a former radio talkshow host.

[Beren87]

X is for TheXPhial! RPGer, anime fan, and all around incredible gal.

[Arwen Imladris]

skyfiery: Is 17 and wants to become a writer and likes Orchestral music.

Sorry, I couldn't find any info on Yavanna, and I couldn't think of any other people that started with a Y, skyfiery works well because there is 2 y's.

[Amanaduial the archer]

Hmm...Yavanna228, or YavannaKementari - I don't know either of them well. Yavanna Kementari always ends her posts with 'Peace', and both of them are named after the Vala called 'The Fruit Giver', Manwe's counterpart. The mother type figure.

Z - Zifnab. Er....little help anyone?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Can't help with Zithnab, but I can throw in a new topic: Non-human Lord of the Rings book characters.

A= Arwen, daughter of Elrond and Celebrian, grand-daughter or Galadriel and Celeborn. Gave up immortal life to be with Aragorn the Ranger. Elf maiden.

[Amanaduial the archer]

B - Beren (quite appropriate, bearing in mind the last one was Arwen). Loved Luthien Tinuviel, naming her nightingale when he first heard her singing. For her hand, he followed her father's condition, retrieving one of the Silmarils from Morgoth, and in the process, losing one hand. She gave up eternal life for him.

One of my fave characters. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Beren87]

One of my fave characters

Mine too. =P Except the topic is "Non-human" and "Lord of the Rings" characters. So here's another B

B is for Bilbo! Hobbit of the Shire, adventurer renound, and thief extrordinair!

[Amanaduial the archer]

I...am...sosorry.....*sheepish* To think, I was going to say Balin as well...(he is a Lord of the Rings character - he appears, alright!?)

C - Celeborn. Galadriel's husband, the Lord of the Golden Wood.

[Arwen Imladris]

Déagol: A creature like Sméagol (Gollum), who was the one who found the One Ring in the river Anduin. Smeagol murdered him and stole the ring.

[Cinderella]

E for Elrohir, one of our favorite Rivendell twins! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Amanaduial the archer]

F - Faramir. Son of Denethor, brother of Boromir.

[Cinderella]

G for Gimli, a member of the fellowship, representing the dwarves

[Beren87]

I was going to say Balin as well

As a corpse..anyway. smilies/rolleyes.gif

H is for Hamfast Gamgee, more commonly known as "The Gaffer".

[ August 19, 2003: Message edited by: Beren87 ]

[Cinderella]

I for Ioreth a woman of Gondor who worked in the Houses of Healing ( and drove Argorn up a tree smilies/biggrin.gif )

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

F - Faramir. Son of Denethor, brother of Boromir.

Once again, he's HUMAN!!!! Same for Ioreth. For a non-human 'F':

Feanor: best of the Children, creater of the Silmarils. Mentioned by Gandalf in the Two Towers to Pip when riding to Minas Tirith. Consumed by grief and rage, went nuts, killed some Elves, stole some ships, made an oath...

As for 'I', I'm drawing a blank, but please remember the NON-HUMAN requirement.

Fea

[Beren87]

PLEASE, don't use all caps. smilies/wink.gif

I is for Isembard Took, we know nothing about her except that she starts with I.

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

Nice description there, Beren. smilies/smile.gif

J for jolly old Tom Bombadil, who sang a lot and yelled at trees.

[ August 20, 2003: Message edited by: Horse-Maiden of the Shire ]

[Amanaduial the archer]

Lovely description from you too, Horse maiden. smilies/wink.gif Btw, where did you get your avatar?

K - King of Angmar. The Lord of the Nazguls, and a nasty piece of work, although he has some nice descriptions - 'Shadow of Despair', for one, something I would consider as a PT. smilies/wink.gif

[Evisse the Blue]

L for Legolas son of Tharanduil, great archer, member of the Fellowship of the Ring, played by Orlando Bloom in the movie
smilies/biggrin.gif (wanted to add smth funny as well..)

[ August 20, 2003: Message edited by: Evisse the Blue ]

[Amanaduial the archer]

M - Merry Brandybuck, one of the fellowship, and Pippin's best friend. Son of Saradoc Brandybuck, called the Magnificent.

[Evisse the Blue]

Nob - the wooly-footed slow servant of Barliman from the Prancing Pony who finds Merry on the streets of Bree and escorts him back to the inn.

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Orome- the huntsman of the Valar. (err... he must be mentioned somewhere in LOTR... er.. maybe not, but I thought hard and couldn't find anyone else who wasn't human. smilies/wink.gif)

[ August 20, 2003: Message edited by: Sophia the Thunder Mistress ]

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

P for Elrond Peredhil, father of Elrohir, Elladan, and Arwen and bearer of Vilya.

Amanaduial, I got my avatar by searching around on Google for Jack Sparrow. Took me a while, but I got it.

[Evisse the Blue]

R for Rory Brandybuck who received a dozen bottle of Old Winyards from Bilbo and who wasn't concerned at all about his abrupt leaving as he hadn't taken the vittles with him.

[Arwen Imladris]

Ted Sandyman: He is a hobbit who owned the mill in Hobbiton. He was one of Lotho Sackville-Baggins' followers during the War of the Ring.

[Evisse the Blue]

Sophia - for your letter there could be Ori - the dwarf who wrote in that book they found near Balin's tomb.

Now for T: Pippin Took - member of the Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo and Merry's cousin, drinker of ent draught and mischief maker, Thain and Soldier of Gondor, who, believe it or not, has something in common with Glorfindel and the Watcher in the Water - only I can't tell what smilies/frown.gif smilies/tongue.gif

[Cinderella]

Argh! smilies/frown.gif Sorry about my very stupid mistake a few posts up... Honestly, Ioreth.... Thanks to Beren for making up for my temporary (I swear!) stupidity!

Let's try this again....
U is for Uruk-Hai a strain of orcs bred by Sauron to be used as soldiers.

[Evisse the Blue]

V for Varda, Elbereth, Lady of Stars, wife of Manwe, whom Galadriel sings about.

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

W is for Woses, who were not human (I think).

[The Saucepan Man]

I'm afraid that they were, Horse-Maiden. smilies/frown.gif

How about W for Wandlimb, an Entwife whom Teebeard recalls when telling the tale of the Entwives to Merry and Pippin.

[Kaiserin]

X is for Shadowfax, the amazing Meara that Gandalf "borrowed" from Theoden.

[alquadae]

"YRCH!" said the Elf in a hissing whisper,and cast on to the flet the rope- ladder all rolled up.
"Orcs!" said Frodo. ........"

[The Saucepan Man]

Z for Zaragamba, a Hobbit family, the translation of which from the Red Book is Oldbuck.

New topic! How about descriptive words that can be linked to a specific (named) character.

A is for Adventurous, which might be applied to Bilbo, at least when under the influence of his Tookish side, and certainly in comparison to the majority of Hobbits.

[Evisse the Blue]

B is for Bold , Boromir the Bold, "he tarries and I grieve" smilies/frown.gif

[Faye Took]

C is for Courage, which I'd say Samwise Gamgee has most throughout the trilogy ^_^

[The Saucepan Man]

D is for Despair, exhibited by Denethor.

Hey, extra points if you match the description and the character to the letter. smilies/tongue.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

E is for Energy, which Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli showed in their tireless pursuit of the Uruk-hai that stole the hobbits.

[Kaiserin]

F is for faithfulness, which we see in Samwise Gamgee.

[Evisse the Blue]

G is for Gleaming, which Galadriel, Glorfindel and Gil-galad all do very well.

(ok, I just wanted the extra points... smilies/biggrin.gif)

[ August 26, 2003: Message edited by: Evisse the Blue ]

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

H is for hail-fellows which describes Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas quite nicely:

a pleasant or congenial companion

Fea

[The Saucepan Man]

I is for Intrepid, like Isengar Took who went to sea, certainly an intrepid feat by Hobbit standards.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

J is for jabberwocky- a word that describes Bombadil's singing very well.

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

Hurray for Jabberwocky! smilies/smile.gif

K is for Kingly, a word that describes the manner of Aragorn.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Why thank you for the huzzahs.

L is for Languid, which really describes Frodo excellently as they near Mordor.

[Arien]

M is for malevolent which is what Morgoth or Melkor (which ever you prefer smilies/wink.gif) was.

[ August 27, 2003: Message edited by: Arien ]

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

N is for nefarious, which describes Melkor (so much that they stopped calling him that and used "Morgoth" instead).

Fea

[Evisse the Blue]

O is for Omniscient, who is only Illuvatar - and to an extent, Gandalf in LOTR smilies/wink.gif

LOL for Jabberwocky! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Sindae]

peace-loving which describes the character of the Hobbits, especially Sam's

[alquadae]

Lobella Sackville-Baggins,the biggest QUIDNUNC in all of Tolkiens works.

[Cinderella]

Saruman's actions before, during, and after the War of the Ring were Ruthless

[piosenniel]

Stinky Sam and Smeagol in the Marshes:

. . . growled Sam . . . You stink, and master stinks; the whole place stinks.'

'Yes, yes, and Sam stinks!' answered Gollum.

[Sindae]

treacherous, for Gríma Wormtounge

[NightKnight]

I want the extra points, so Ugluk was Useful, at least to Saruman, taking Merry and Pippin captive and killing Boromir. Or maybe useless, since he failed to get them to Isengard. smilies/wink.gif

[Beren87]

Voracious describes a hungry oliphaunt.

[ October 25, 2003: Message edited by: Beren87 ]

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

Frodo was willing to risk his life to destroy the Ring.

[piosenniel]

X

Thranduil could be called xenophobic - he liked to keep strangers out of his neck of the woods.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Ioreth the yakker made quite an impression on the king.

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

Legolas ran with zest while chasing the captured Hobbits.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

I don't know if it's been repeated(I had not the will to read all previous topics), so, forgive me if it is.

How about...occupation that you can apply to a Middle-earth personality. Like this...

Gandalf was the architect of Sauron's overthrow.

[Gil-Galad]

Thruingwethil was a Bat messenger of Sauron

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Boromir was Captain of the White Tower(pretty obvious, isn't it?)

[Sindae]

Thrain, Dwarf King under the Mountain

[Gil-Galad]

Fingolfin was a high Elvenking

[The Saucepan Man]

Thrain, Dwarf King under the Mountain

Since when was being a Dwarf an occupation? smilies/tongue.gif smilies/wink.gif

F is for Farmer Maggot

G is for Gardner, a family of Hobbits.

Lots of scope for Hobbit surnames here, surely. smilies/biggrin.gif

[NightKnight]

Eomer was a Horsemaster. :P

[Sindae]

quote:
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Thrain, Dwarf King under the Mountain
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Since when was being a Dwarf an occupation?



well, dwarf is no occupation, but king of the dwarves is :P

[Evisse the Blue]

Barliman Butterbur was anInn-keeper.

[piosenniel]

Fëanor was the quintessential Jewelsmith.

[NightKnight]

Galadriel, Gandalf and Elrond were keepers of the elven rings.

[piosenniel]

Aulë was the premier Lamp-maker.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Eöl the metalsmith made galvorn, which...you know. smilies/rolleyes.gif

[The Saucepan Man]

Ioreth was a Nurse of sorts, in the Houses of Healing.

[symestreem]

Treebeard was an Orthanc assaulter.

[Finwe]

Denethor went crazy after he looked into the palantir.

[Catlyn21]

Sauron was the Questioner of Pippin when Pippin looked into the palantir

The Two Towers, said by Pippin after Gandalf asks him what he saw:

"And then he came and questioned me"

Wow, I can't believe I got that smilies/biggrin.gif Hopefully this counts as an occupation

[The Saucepan Man]

Treebeard was an Orthanc assaulter.

Denethor went crazy after he looked into the palantir.

Not too much call at the job centre for Orthanc assaulters and palantirs, though. smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/wink.gif

Hobson (Roper) Gamgee and Andwise Roper were Ropemakers in the Shire.

[Mariska Greenleaf]

Denethor was steward of Gondor.

[Evisse the Blue]

Pippin Took was Thain of the Shire.

[Tuor Turambar,Cursed by the Valar]

UNDEAD king (on the paths of the dead)

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Gothmog was the Minas Morgul's vice-mayor...of sorts... smilies/rolleyes.gif

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[Elrond of Rivendell]

Peregrin became Warden of the Westmarch.

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[The Saucepan Man]

Sauron was a Xerographer, because he copied Celebrimbor's plans for the Rings of Power to make the One Ring.

Well, best I could do with X. smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Emma Woodhouse]

Y...hard...what about someone being a yuppie?? Hmmm, maybe not smilies/rolleyes.gif

Aaah! Aragorn was the yielder of Anduril. That´s kind of an occupation, don´t you think??

[The Saucepan Man]

Aragorn was the yielder of Anduril.

Surely you mean "wielder".

An alternative would be Yeoman, of which there are a number in LotR, such as Hama and Beregond.

As for Z, well Radagast was a Zoologist. smilies/biggrin.gif

New subject, anyone?

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

How about repeating one of the topics, without repeating any of the entries...