A – Z of Middle-earth (#2)

[piosenniel]

For this trivia game, we start with 'A' and try and work through the alphabet as many times as possible using words from Middle-earth and then describing them.
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CATEGORY: Weapons

Arwen Imladris’ last posted for "I":

Isildur’s Bane, Betrayer of the second Ring-bearer: A name for the One Ring. After Sauron's defeat in the War of the Last Alliance, Isildur Elendil's son took the Ring, and later journeyed northward with it to his kingdom of Arnor. Ambushed by Orcs, Isildur's small force was cut down, and he fled the battle wearing the Ring. It slipped from his finger, though, and so both Isildur and the Ring were lost.

My offering for "J":

Jewels of Fëanor – The Silmarils; at whose heart the radiant light of the Two Trees of Valinor was captured; hallowed by Varda so that any iniquitous hand touching them would burn and wither.

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[Arwen Imladris]

Khamûl: Called the Shadow of the East, Khamûl was the second of the nine Ringwraiths, second only to the Lord of the Nazgûl, and referred to as Sauron's lieutenant.

He was Sauron's weapon.

[Lyra Greenleaf]

The River Loudwater (aka Bruinen) was used as a weapon to stop the Nazgul catching Frodo.

[Arwen Imladris]

Mathom-house: A place in Michel Delving where the Hobbits collected and displayed items they had no particular use for. It was known to contain a store of weapons, and for a time also held Bilbo's mithril coat.

[Beren87]

Narsil: Sword of Elendil, forged by Telchar. It was reforged for Aragorn in Rivendell and renamed Anduril.

[Eruanna]

Orcrist Thorin's sword, which was buried with him in the Lonely Mountain.

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[Beruthiel]

The Palantir was used as a weapon by Grima when he threw it at Gandalf smilies/tongue.gif

[piosenniel]

This is a stretch for 'Q': smilies/wink.gif

Quenya macil -- sword

A weapon used in many forms by Men and by Shadow.

[Arestevana]

Ringil, the sword of Fingolfin

[Lyra Greenleaf]

Sting!

[Arwen Imladris]

Tilion: Originally a hunter of Oromë's people, famed for his silver bow. After the Darkening of Valinor, Tilion was chosen by the Valar to become the pilot of the Moon. Now he steers the last flower of Telperion across the sky, though sometimes by uncertain paths.

[Beruthiel]

Ungoliant helped Melkor in the darkening of Valinor

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

Another stretch: Valacirca: Called the Sickle of the Valar, they were seven stars used as weapons of warning to Melkor and his servants.

[Orofaniel]

William: One of the three trolls in in The Hobbit which Bilbo tried to steal from. William, Tom and Bert were all turned in to stones because the rising of the sun.

Orofâniel

[Lyra Greenleaf]

X? You are joking! OK. There were many X-tra sharp swords in the history of ME including Anguirel, forged by Eol.

[Arwen Imladris]

Yrch: The Sindarin name for the race known to Men as Orcs. They were used as weapons for Sauron and Saruman.

[Lyra Greenleaf]

Z hey? Always with the funny letters.

Zirakzigil, the Misty Mountains were used as a weapon, perhaps by their own power or by Sauron, against the Fellowship.

[mordor136]

Hey we're back on A! Forgive me if it has been used before wich it probobly has.

Aiglos spear of Gil-galad.

[alquadae]

Battering ram GROND used to smash the gates of Minas Tirth

[piosenniel]

Does everyone want to do WEAPONS again - or would you like to try a different topic?

[alquadae]

Your the author! I'm sure whatever You decide will be fine. smilies/smile.gif

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[piosenniel]

Actually, this is just a continuation of the other longer thread.

Let's do an A - Z of all things Hobbit oriented. The one who finishes this list can start another with a different category.
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Category: HOBBITS AND ALL THAT CONCERNS THEM

A

Adventures of Tom Bombadil - a Hobbit poem from Buckland. Published in the Shire in a collection with other poems as a supplement to The Red Book of Westmarch.

[Lyra Greenleaf]

B is for Baggins, Bolgers and Bracegirdles- all estimable Hobbit names.

[Arwen Imladris]

Camellia Sackville: An aunt of Bilbo Baggins, whose marriage to his uncle Longo Baggins formed the foundation of the Sackville-Baggins family. Through her son Otho, she became the mother-in-law of Lobelia Sackville-Baggins.

Does everyone want to do WEAPONS again
No way! That was bad, and my fault if I remember right. smilies/frown.gif

[Dûrlossiel]

Drogo Baggins, Frodo's dad, need I say more? smilies/smile.gif

[Arwen Imladris]

Eglantine Banks: The wife of Thain Paladin Took II, and mother of Peregrin Took I of the Company of the Ring.

[LePetitChoux]

Fatty Bolger, who was left behind and missed out on being put into songs.

[elven maiden Earwen]

G for gardens and flowers, or gardeners smilies/biggrin.gif

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

H is for Hobbits! Those short, rotund, allaround charming furry-footed fools. Wow. 3 f's.

[Eruanna]

H is, of course, for Hobbit. An ancient race, lovers of food, gardens, and peace and quiet. They are a merry race with a fondness for bright colours, particularly yellow and green.

Great minds think alike, eh Horse Maiden!

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[piosenniel]

I

Isumbras Took - (740 S.R.)

13th Thain of the Shire and 1st Took to hold this office.

[elven maiden Earwen]

J for Jolly music something hobbits love to listen to.

[piosenniel]

K

for Kûd-dûkan - from the original speech of the Northern Men: "hole-dweller" - referring to Hobbits

[elven maiden Earwen]

L for Lots and lots of food. 'Nuff said smilies/biggrin.gif

[Beruthiel]

M for Meriadoc Brandybuck, son of Saradoc Brandybuck, called 'The Magnificent', Merry accompanied Frodo on the Quest of Mount Doom.

[piosenniel]

N

Nobottle, a small town in the Westfarthing of the Shire.

[alquadae]

Oldfat spider spinning in a tree!
Old fat spider can't see me!
Attercop Attercop!
Won't you stop,
Stop your spinning and look for me?

Old Tomnoddy, all big body,
Old tomnoddy can't spy me!
Attercop!Attercop!
Down you drop!
You'll never catch me up your tree!

Bilbo Baggins

[elven maiden Earwen]

Paladin Took II the father of Perigrin Took

[Arwen Imladris]

Quest of Mount Doom: The quest of the Wise to bring the One Ring to Orodruin, and there destroy it. Nine set out on the quest, the Company of the Ring, but only two succeeded in reaching Mount Doom: Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee.

[elven maiden Earwen]

R for Rose Cotton wife of Samwise Gamgee and mother of 13(I think)

[Eruanna]

S is for Stoors, a branch of Hobbit-folk who were known for their adventurous spirit. Hobbit chieftains frequently had Stoor blood.

[Arwen Imladris]

Sigismond Took: A grandson of Gerontius, the Old Took, and himself the grandfather of Fredegar 'Fatty' Bolger.

[elven maiden Earwen]

T for Tooks, a hobbit family

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[Arwen Imladris]

Ulairi: Ring-wraiths: The slaves of the Nine Rings of Men and chief servants of Sauron. Some hobbits in the shire, and especially those in the felloship encountered the Ulairi in the war of the Ring.

[piosenniel]

Vales of the Anduin - the original home of the Hobbits

[Arwen Imladris]

Wil Whitfoot: A hobbit of the shire, was mayor, was the first one to go to the lockholes.

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

X?!?!?

X is for Xceptionally brave hobbits, without whom the Destruction of the Ring would not have been possible.

[piosenniel]

New Category: ALL THINGS ROHAN

A

Arod - the horse of Rohan lent to Legolas and Gimli by Eomer

[elven maiden Earwen]

B for Brego
2nd king of Rohan

[piosenniel]

C

Caverns of Helm's Deep: Aglarond, the Glittering Caves

[Arwen Imladris]

Deeping-coomb: The deep, well-defended valley in the northern White Mountains that held Helm's Deep and the castle of the Hornburg. The site of an important battle, the Battle of the Hornburg, during the War of the Ring.

[Arestevana]

Edoras, the royal city of Rohan.

[piosenniel]

F

Fastred and Folcred – twin sons of Folcwine of Rohan. Rode to the aid of Gondor in 2885 TA and were lost in the battle against the encroaching armies of Harad. Buried together at the Crossings of Poros. Their mound was known as Haudh in Gwanur.

[Eruanna]

G for green background with a white horse, which was the emblem of Rohan.

[The X Phial]

H is for Helm and his deep.

[Arwen Imladris]

Isengard: A Gondorian fortification at the southern end of the Misty Mountains, at the source of the River Isen. It was granted to the Wizard Saruman by Steward Beren of Gondor, and destroyed by the Ents during the War of the Ring, though its central tower of Orthanc remained standing. Threatened Rohan in the war of the ring.

[piosenniel]

K

Kings of the Mark

The Kings of Rohan of the House of Eorl. The line of the Kings was broken twice, and so the line was divided into the First, Second, and Third Line.

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

L is for Lathspell, a name given to Gandalf by Grima, who at the time was the King of Rohan's counsellor.

[alquadae]

" MEARAS All the horses of Arda were created in the image of Nahar,white steed of Orome, the Valarian Horseman. The true decendants of Nahar it was believed were Mearas, the "Horse-Princes" of Rohan,for they were magical and wonderful.White and silver-grey,they were fleet as the wind,long lived and tireless and filled with great wisdom."

David Day

[Arwen Imladris]

Northmen: The Men of the north of Middle-earth, and especially those that dwelt about the upper reaches of the Vales of Anduin, from whom the Rohirrim were descended.

[elven maiden Earwen]

Oath of Eorl:
Eorl's great oath on the Halifirien, sworn to Steward Cirion of Gondor that the new kingdom of Rohan would be a perpetual ally of the South-kingdom.
-Encyclopdia of Arda

[piosenniel]

P

Púkel-men – carved by the Men of the Mountains early in the Second Age, these large statues, possibly of Woses or Druedain, lined the road leading from Edoras to Dunharrow.

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[Cameron Waite]

P for Pukel men. Ancient statues built along steep winding road used by the warriors of Rohan in their preparations for the ride to Gondor.

[piosenniel]

Q

Quest of Mount Doom – Four of the Company of the Ring (Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli) who were on the original quest to bring the One Ring to Mount Doom, pass through Rohan.

[The X Phial]

Riders of the Mark...valiant soldiers of Rohan.

[Arwen Imladris]

Snowmane: The steed of Théoden, King of Rohan, on which he rode to the Battle of the Pelennor, and beneath which he fell in that battle.

[elven maiden Earwen]

T fot Theodred son of Theoden 17th King of the Mark. He was slain in the First Battle of the Fords of Isen during the War of the Ring.

[The X Phial]

Uruk hai laid seige to the Realm of Rohan at the end of the third age.

Edit: That was always meant to be Rohan...I think my brain fell out somewhere

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[Arwen Imladris]

Vidugavia: A prince of the Northmen who ruled the lands between Mirkwood and the River Running. He was the ally of Gondor's King Rómendacil II, and received Rómendacil's son Valacar into his court as ambassador. Valacar would eventually wed Vidugavia's own daughter, Vidumavi.

[piosenniel]

X Phial and Arwen Imladris:

How do your two entries tie in to Rohan?

[Arwen Imladris]

Vidugavia: A prince of the Northmen
Northmen: The Men of the north of Middle-earth, and especially those that dwelt about the upper reaches of the Vales of Anduin, from whom the Rohirrim were descended.

That is how mine relates, sorry, I thought that since I already said how the northmen were related,*O.K. Arwen, breath* I didn't think it was necessary to remind you. Vidugavia is also known as the self-styled King of Rhovanion.

As for X Phial, I don't think there is a better one for Rohan that starts with U. Some of the Uruk-hai were breeded in Rohan (well, Isengard) and also atacked Rohan.

[Beren87]

Walda-twelfth King of Rohan.

[The Saucepan Man]

X - Xenophobia, a deep dislike of foreigners, which the Rohirrim displayed towards the Dunlendings ...

... well, best I could come up with for X. smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/wink.gif

[Beren87]

Y- a letter the Rohirrim apparently never used as the first letter of the name of anything important.

[The Saucepan Man]

How about Y - Yearling, a horse in its first year after the year of foaling. I'm sure that there were a fair few of those in Rohan.

And Z - Zigzag, the course taken by the winding road to Dunharrow.

Always good to have a dictionary handy for X, Y and Z. smilies/wink.gif

New topic, anyone? smilies/smile.gif

[Beren87]

New topic: All things The Hobbit

Arkenstone-A great Jewel found by Thrain I. Bilbo found it in Smaug's treasure pile, he gave it to the Elves as an attempt to bribe Thorin.

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

B, Baggins- a very respectable branch of hobbitry.

[Arwen Imladris]

Carc: One of the ravens who lived on Ravenhill, one of the foothills of Erebor, the Lonely Mountain. Carc seems to have been the chief of those birds, and dwelt with his wife above the Dwarves' guard-chamber on the hill. Thorin recalled him as being wise and famous at the time the Dwarves were driven out of Erebor by Smaug. When Thorin returned to the Lonely Mountain 171 years later, Carc was dead, but the ravens remained, led by his son Roäc.

[The X Phial]

Dain, King under the Mountain after the demise of Thorin Oakenshield.

[elven maiden Earwen]

E for eagles who helped the company in many ways

[Lyra Greenleaf]

F for Fili

[Arwen Imladris]

Glóin: Son of Gróin, and father of Gimli Elf-friend, Glóin accompanied Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins on the Quest of Erebor, and years later was present with his son at the Council of Elrond.

[Envinyatar]

H

“Half a moment!” cried Bilbo . . .

As he considered this riddle:

Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.

[The X Phial]

Iron Hills, the source of the bulk of the Dwarf Army in the Battle of Five Armies.

[Arwen Imladris]

Jewels of Fëanor: A name for the Silmarils, from Fëanor their maker.

Sorry, that is all I could find! Let me try to make this work.

Feanor has another name: Curufinwë, which means skillful, which is almost the same as Curunír (Saruman) which means 'Man of Skill'. Saruman was in the same order as Gandalf who was in the hobbit. Whew!

[Beren87]

Heh, nice one Arwen. smilies/tongue.gif

K is for Kili-A Dwarf of the party.

Edit: Woops, I misread her post, wrong letter!

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[Envinyatar]

L

Lazy Lob and Crazy Cob
are weaving webs to wind me.
I am far more sweet than meat,
but still they cannot find me!

- - - ‘Flies and Spiders’ chapter

[Lyra Greenleaf]

M for moon letters, the secret runes written on Thorin's map. (It was Thorin's, right? smilies/confused.gif )

[Beruthiel]

Nori, one of the dwarves in the company.

[elven maiden Earwen]

Oakenshield
The surname of King Thorin II member of the company

[Envinyatar]

P

for patch:

Bilbo about Smaug: "Old Fool! Why there is a large patch in the hollow of his left breast as bare as a snail out of its shell."

[Lyra Greenleaf]

Q is easy for once!

Q for the Quest of Erebor!

[alquadae]

Chapter 2
ROAST MUTTON

[Manardariel]

S is for SMAUG!

nuff said! smilies/wink.gif

edit: wretched double posting........
smilies/tongue.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

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[Lyra Greenleaf]

EDIT: Cross posted!

T for Thorin Oakenshield, a very annoying Dwarf. Or at least I think so!

EDIT AGAIN: Hey, we cross-edited too!

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[Arwen Imladris]

Ungoliant: The evil creature of spider-form who was Melkor's accomplice in the Darkening of Valinor, and who fled with him to Middle-earth. The most famous of Ungoliant's children, though, lived far to the south and east of the Ered Gorgoroth, on the borders of the land of Mordor. This was Shelob, who haunted a network of tunnels watching the pass of Cirith Ungol, eking a living on the hapless Orcs of Sauron. She had offspring of her own, too, smaller than she but with a cruel intelligence, that spread throughout the Ephel Dúath and north into Mirkwood. It was creatures like these that Bilbo encountered in The Hobbit, and through fighting them that his sword acquired its name Sting.

[Manardariel]

V is for Valinor, the undieing land across the sea

[Arwen Imladris]

Wargs: The ferocious and intelligent race of wolves that lived in the northern Vales of Anduin, and probably elsewhere in the north of Middle-earth. They aided the goblins when they were chasing Bilbo and Co.

[The Saucepan Man]

X is for Xylographs, or wood engravings, such as Beorn may have had in his home. smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Lyra Greenleaf]

This may be a teensy little bit random, but Yule is a Hobbit festival!

[piosenniel]

Z

Zaragamba - Hobbitish for 'Oldbuck', the family which became the Brandybucks and settled Buckland - through which Bilbo and company passed on their way east to The Last Homely House

[piosenniel]

NEW TOPIC: Lines of Tolkien Poetry

A

At night they dance beneath the roofless sky,
When naked elms entwine in branching lace
The Seven Stars, and through the boughs, the eye
Stares down cold-gleaming in the high moon’s face.

Book of Lost Tales I – “The Trees of Kortirion”

[Lyra Greenleaf]

But better is beer, if drink we lack,
and Water hot poured down the back!

One of Bilbo's favourite bath songs, as sung by PIppin- "A Conspiracy Unmasked", FOTR.

[alquadae]

"Silver flow the streams from Celos to Erui
In the green fields of Lebennin!
Tall grows the grass there.In the wind from the sea.
The white lilies sway,
And the golden bells are shaken of mallos and alfrin
In the green fields of Lebennin,
In the wind from the sea!

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[piosenniel]

D

He battled with the Dumbledoors,
The Hummerhorns, and bumblebees,
and won the golden Honeycomb;
and running home on sunny seas
in ship of leaves and gossamer
with blossom for a canopy,
he sat and sang, and furbished up
and burnished up his panoply.

The Tolkien Reader - "Errantry"

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[Eruanna]

Ere iron was found or tree was hewn,
When young was mountain under moon;
Ere ring was made, or wrought was woe,
It walked the forests long ago.


Gandalf's Riddle of the Ents.

[Manardariel]

Faithful servant, yet Master´s bane
Lightfoot´s foal, swift Snowmane

smilies/smile.gif

[Arwen Imladris]

Grey as a mouse...

[alquadae]

"Hey dol! merry dol!ring a dong dillo!
Ring a dong!hop along! fal lal the willow!
Tom Bom.jolly Tom,Tom bombadillo!"

[Arwen Imladris]

In western lands beneath the Sun
The flowers may rise in Spring,
the trees may bud, the waters run,
the merry finches sing

[Lyra Greenleaf]

With a ping and a pang the fiddle-strings broke!
The cow jumped over the Moon,
And the little dog laughed to see such fun,
And the Saturday dish went off at a run
with the silver Sunday spoon.

That was the best I could do, sorry!

[Arwen Imladris]

The world is grey, the mountains old,
The forge's fire is ashen-cold;
No harp is wrung, no hammer falls:
The darkness dwells in Durin's halls;
The shadow lies upon his tomb
In Moria, in Khazad-dum.
But still the sunken stars appear
In dark and windless Mirrormere;
Till Durin wakes again from sleep.

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

Faithful servant yet master's bane,
Lightfoot's foal, swift Snowmane.

[Arwen Imladris]

Mourn not overmuch! Mighty was the fallen, meet was his ending. When his mound is raised, women then shall weep. War now calls us!

[alquadae]

Lyra
Slim pickings for J
Well done !!!
Fair winds

[alquadae]

To NORTH there lay the Land of Dread,
whence only evil pathways led.

[piosenniel]

O

He twinkled his feet as he thought of the meat,
Of the punch and the peppery brew,
Till he tripped unaware on his slanting stair, And fell like meteors do.

~~ Why the Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon - BoLT I

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[alquadae]

Patient Piosenniel
propheticaly ponders
Pilantirs purpose
proficently professing
pronounced proof
peeking perilous
psychogenic pandemonium prevails!

From the Gaffers Journel of Lost Jools

[Arwen Imladris]

Q? How about I make one up. Terribly sorry everyone.

The Queen of the magical cats
She was a dark and mournful Queen
to Tarannon Falastur she married,
On whom she would lean.

She owned ten marvellous and magical cats,
Hey, at least they were not bats!

She set them to spy
But that made her cry

She was set adrift on the Great Sea,
Gee, I am glad I am not she!

[Eruanna]

Well done Arwen smilies/smile.gif

Renewed shall be the blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

[Lyra Greenleaf]

Still round the corner there may wait
A new Road or secret gate;
And though I oft have passd them by,
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

~ The walking song, edited by Frodo- The Grey Havens (ROTK)

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying,
The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying.
West, west away, the round sun is falling.
Grey ship, grey ship, do you hear them calling,
The voices of my people that have gone before me?
I will leave, I will leave, the woods that bore me;
For our days are ending and our years failing.
I will pass the wide waters lonely sailing.
Long are the waves on the Last Shore falling,
Sweet are the voices in the Lost Isle calling,
In Eressea, in Elvenhome that no man can discover,
Where the leaves fall not: land of my people for ever!

A tad long, but still enjoyable.

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[Envinyatar]

U

Umboth-Muilin, Twilight Meres, those great wide waters grey as tears
the Elves then named . . .

The Lay of Leithian - The Lays of Beleriand

[Tinuviel the Nightingale]

Ve Fanyar Maryat Elentari Ortane

From Galadriel's Song of Eladamar.

[Lyra Greenleaf]

We still remember, we who dwell
In this far land beneath the trees
The starlight on the Western seas.

~ The Elves singing back to Frodo, The Grey Havens ROTK

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

Arise, arise, Riders of Theoden!
Fell deeds await: fire and slaughter!
spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!

[Envinyatar]

The missing 'X'

Said Tom: 'I don't see why the likes o' thee
Without aXin' leave should go makin' free
With the shank of the shin o' my father's kin . . .

The Stone Troll - The Tolkien Reader

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Z

She scorned him and she scoffed at him,
she laughed at him unpitying;
so long he studied wiZardry
and sigaldry and smithying . . .

Errantry - The Tolkien Reader

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[Lyra Greenleaf]

Feel free to change it if this has been done, but how about places?

Starting with the biggest...Arda.

[Eruanna]

Beleriand.....the lands West of the Blue Mountains that were drowned by the sea at the end of the First Age.

[elven maiden Earwen]

C for Crickhollow

[Beren87]

D is for Dor Firn-I-Guinar, the area around Tol Galen, wherest Beren and Luthein dwelt.

[Arwen Imladris]

Edhellond: An Elf-haven that stood where the River Morthond reached the sea, some fifty miles to the north of Dol Amroth. Edhellond was in lands under the control of Gondor, but the haven was far older than that land of Men; tradition recounts its founding by the Sindarin mariners even before the end of the First Age.

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

F for Fangorn Forest, the dwelling of Treebeard the Ent.

[Beren87]

G is for Gondolin, Elven kingdom/city in Tumladen, build by Turgon.

[elven maiden Earwen]

H for Hobbiton

[Arwen Imladris]

Iron Hills: A range of hills in the northeast of the known parts of Middle-earth, where a Dwarf-realm was founded by Grór son of Dáin I after the Dwarves were driven from the Grey Mountains by the Cold-drakes.

[elven maiden Earwen]

J for Jolly ol' Tom's house! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Arwen Imladris]

Khand: A little-known land lying directly to the east of Mordor, and its traditional ally.

[Finwe]

Lebennin: A province of Gondor covered with green fields.

[Arwen Imladris]

Mickleburg: 'Great City', a Mannish rendering of 'Belegost', the name of one of the two great Dwarf-cities of the ancient Blue Mountains.

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Nevrast- the land where Turgon dwelt before the founding of Gondolin.

[Arwen Imladris]

Ondolindë: 'The Rock of the Music of Water', the original name of the city that became known as Gondolin.

[piosenniel]

P

Pelargir

A chief port of Gondor. On the Anduin at the mouth of the Sirith.

During the War of the Ring, Pelargir was taken by the Corsairs, but they were defeated by the Dead.

[piosenniel]

Q

Quarry

A village in the East Farthing, near Scary

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

R

Rohan, home of the horse-lords.

(Woops! Got my alphabet mixed up!)

[Lyra Greenleaf]

S for the Shire

[elven maiden Earwen]

T for Tower Hills

[Cúdae]

U for the Undying Lands smilies/smile.gif

[elven maiden Earwen]

V for Vinyalondë

[Cúdae]

W for the White Mountain (Taniquetil)

[elven maiden Earwen]

x for X-qusite Mithlond

[Eruanna]

Y for Yôzâyan, the Adûnaic name for Númenor.

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

Z for Zirakzigil, a mountain.

Hope that counts as a place!

[Arwen Imladris]

How about monsters or evil things? Hope that hasn't been done before! So like, dragons, orcs, anything related to Sauron or Melkor.

Ancalagon: The mightiest of Morgoth's winged dragons, loosed from Angband against the host of the Valar at the end of the War of Wrath. Even that mighty army was driven back by the onset of Ancalagon and his vassals, but Eärendil came through the sky in Vingilot to do battle with the dragon armada, and he was aided by Thorondor and the Eagles. They fought for twenty-four hours, until Eärendil at last slew Ancalagon, who fell on the mountains of Thangorodrim and destroyed them in his ruin.

[The Saucepan Man]

Arwen, please check your PMs.

[elven maiden Earwen]

B for Balrogs

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

C

Crebain.

Evil little birdies.

[Firondoiel]

D is for Draugluin, werewolf servant of Sauron, called sire and lord of werewolves.

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Enemy, the - one of Sauron/Morgoth's titles smilies/wink.gif.

Sophia

[Lyra Greenleaf]

F for Fire Drakes- a type of dragon.

[The Saucepan Man]

G is for Gothmog, well two Gothmogs in fact - one Lord of the Balrogs, and one Lieutenant of Minas Morgul (possibly a Nazgul, but then again possibly not smilies/wink.gif ).

[piosenniel]

H

Half-orcs

bred by Saruman

[Beruthiel]

I for Isildur's Bane
A name for the One Ring. After Sauron's defeat in the War of the Last Alliance, Isildur Elendil's son took the Ring, and later journeyed northward with it to his kingdom of Arnor. Ambushed by Orcs, Isildur's small force was cut down, and he fled the battle wearing the Ring. It slipped from his finger, though, and so both Isildur and the Ring were lost.

[alquadae]

"or just sit on them one by one and squash them into jelly "

[Firondoiel]

K is for Khamul; The second Ringwraith next to the Witch King, called Sauron's lieutenant.

[Beren87]

L is for Lagduf, Orc of the tower of Cirith Ungol.

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

M is for Mauhur, an Uruk in the TT movie.

[alquadae]

NECROMANCER

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Olog-hai, trolls anyone?

[Lyra Greenleaf]

P is for Pharazon. He married his cousin against her will- I call that evil!

[Firondoiel]

Tar-Telperiën, Numenor's second ruling
Queen.

[ July 05, 2003: Message edited by: Firondoiel ]

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

R for Radbug, an Orc that Shagrat killed.

[Orofaniel]

S for Smaug, the dragon that Bard killed in The Hobbit. smilies/biggrin.gif

[elven maiden Earwen]

Tom the Troll

[Orofaniel]

U for Ulmo.
He is one of the Vala, Lord of Waters or King of the Sea. Of the Vala he is closest to Manwë and he has a great love indeed for Elves and Men.

[Orofaniel]

May I take next one too????

Okey! smilies/wink.gif

V for Varda, the greatest Vala. Varda was also one of the Aratar and spouse of Manwë. Varda lit the Two Lamps of the Valar, which gave the first light to Arda.

[Arwen Imladris]

Wraiths: The 9 men to whom Sauron gave the nine rings of men too. They wore these rings for so long that they were more in the hidden wraith-world than Middle-earth.

[Lyra Greenleaf]

What's happened? There seem to be lots of un-evil things up there. (Ulmo and Varda evil?)
So, X hey? X-tra specially nasty Orcs.

[Arwen Imladris]

Yrch: The elvish name for orcs, supposedly elves that had been corrupted by Melkor, most of them prefured darkness to night.

[piosenniel]

Here's a stretch:

A*Z*og - the Orc chieftain who slew Thror

[Lyra Greenleaf]

Here's a stretch Lets face it, it's better than Xtra nasty Orcs.

Have we done cities, towns and villages? If not I say Alqualonde.

[ July 06, 2003: Message edited by: Lyra Greenleaf ]

[The Saucepan Man]

B is for Bywater, a village in the Shire. Curiously, Bywater is situated next to a lake which, astonishingly, is named Bywater Pool.

[Beren87]

C is for Cardolan, a Kingdom, one of the divisions of Arnor. The Great Plague wiped out most of the Kingdom.

Oddly enough, I used to be a Ghost Prince of there, charming little place really.

[Cameron Waite]

D for Dale a town\city that lies below the Lonely Mountain

[alquadae]

Elvenhome {Calacirian,Eressa}

[Orofaniel]

What's happened? There seem to be lots of un-evil things up there. (Ulmo and Varda evil?)


Of course they aren't evil...I didn't know there was a "theme" because I hadn't read the thread carefully enough. Sorry... smilies/frown.gif

Okey, we are on towns,cities and villages, right?

F for Frogmorten. In ROTK it says it's a village right on the Road, about twenty-two miles from the Bridge. The Floating Log is a good Inn there.

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

G is for Gondolin, obviously. smilies/tongue.gif

[Beruthiel]

H for Hobbiton

[Beren87]

I is for Imladris, this little elven-joint right before the mountains. Nice place, Imladris. You could get anything you needed, and man, when I say anything I mean it.

- Beren, Your local elven dealer

[ July 07, 2003: Message edited by: Beren87 ]

[alquadae]

Joolsburrow

[Dior]

K is for Khazad-Dum, the great Dwarf city.

[Arwen Imladris]

Lake-town: A town built beside the Long Lake, it was built on stilts as a protection against Smaug. Bilbo and company went there on there way to the lonley mountain.

[Cameron Waite]

Lugburz the orc city of Mordor. Home to the Dark Tower

[piosenniel]

M

Mundburg - name for Minas Tirith in the Mark

[Arwen Imladris]

Nogrod: A dwarf city situated in the blue mountains in the first age.

[Lyra Greenleaf]

O for Ondolinde- aka Gondolin. It's already gone, but this was it's original name was, so that counts. Right?

[Arwen_Evenstar]

P is for Paladin, father of Peregrin, Soldier of Gondor

~nat~

[The Saucepan Man]

Eh? There be no settlement at Paladin, unless he be in the Midgewater Marshes and hosting a colony of them pesky Neekerbreekers. smilies/wink.gif

How about P for Pelargir, port of Gondor where Aragorn routed the Corsairs.

(Arwen, if you check back to the beginning of this alphabetical sequence, you will see that the theme is towns, cities and villages. smilies/smile.gif )

[ July 09, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ]

[Aragost]

Quarry, a village in the Eastfarthing, near Scary.

[piosenniel]

R

Ravenhill - outlying hill from Erebor (the Lonely Mountain); overlooked the valley of Dale.

Carc, the wise old Raven, and his wife lived there.

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Scary, in the Shire.

[Envinyatar]

T

Talath Dirnen

The Guarded Plain in West Beleriand, between Nargothrond and Doriath.

[Dior]

U is for Umbar, the once great port/fortress of the Numenoreans, and home of the Corsairs in the Third Age.

[The Saucepan Man]

V is for Valimar, capital of Valinor and city of the Valar.

There, lots of V's. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Arwen Imladris]

Woodhall: A village just outside of which Frodo, Sam and Pippin met Gildor Inglorion on their way to Buckland

[Envinyatar]

X

FoX Downs (another name for the Far Downs, Westfarthing, the Shire)

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

HaYsend, in Buckland at the end of the High Hay.

[Lyra Greenleaf]

KhaZad-Dum, the great city of the Dwarves

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

We need another subject? If I may, how about Elves?

[Aragost]

Aredhel-Youngest child and only daughter of Fingolfin. Mother of Maeglin

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

That is a REALLY cool avatar, Aragost. smilies/eek.gif

B for Bregolas, an Elf I read about in the Silmarillion.

[Beruthiel]

C for Celeborn in Lothlorien

[Iarwain]

D for Daeron, the rejected lover of Luthien, also one of the greatest minstrels ever.

[Aragost]

Thanks Horse-Maiden

Elenwe: Mother of Idril, and wife of Turgon, she died while the Exiles were crossing the Helcaraxe.

[Beruthiel]

F for Fëanor. He was the eldest son of Finwë. He created the three Silmarils which captured the light of the Two Trees in Valinor.

[Lyra Greenleaf]

G for Galadriel

[Beren87]

H is for Haldir, elf of Lorien, one of the three brothers that brought the Fellowship to Caras Galadon.

[Lyra Greenleaf]

I for Idril Celebrindal, daughter of Turgon, wife of Tuor, mother of Earendil the mariner

[Cúdae]

G for Glorfindel, elf of Gondolin (correct me if I'm wrong) and later Rivendell.

[The Saucepan Man]

Erm, Cúdae, it should be 'J' next.

Best I can think of is J for Jewels of Fëanor.

[Arwen Imladris]

Keepers of the Three Rings: The people who kept the three elven rings (Narya, Nenya and Vilya). At the end of the Third Age the keepers were Elrond, Galadriel and Gandalf.

[Lyra Greenleaf]

L is for the lovely Legolas! Sorry, but there you go...... smilies/wink.gif

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

M for Maedhros... my favorite elf of all!

[Aragost]

Nerdanal, daughter of Mahtan and wife of Feanor

[Firondoiel]

O is for Olwe; King of the Teleri in Valinor.

[ September 10, 2003: Message edited by: Firondoiel ]

[Arwen Imladris]

Peredhil: One of Elrond's names, it means 'half-elven'.

[Faye Took]

Q is for Quendi: 'The Speakers', 'Those that speak with voices'. The origional name for all Elves.

[ July 16, 2003: Message edited by: Faye Took ]

[Kaiserin]

Rfor Rings of Power- forged by elven skill

[Dior]

The Sindar, them guys in Doriath.

[elven maiden Earwen]

T for Elu Thingol

[piosenniel]

U

Úmanyar - a general term denoting the Elves who never came to Aman

[Dior]

V, Valinor, where almost all of them eventually went.

[Cinderella]

W, for Westernesse, 'the great island preaed by the Valar as a dwelling place for the Edain after the ending of the first age.'

[Eressië Ailin]

X - EXiles of Gondolin - The survivors of the Fall of Gondolin

[Arwen Imladris]

Yestarë: The elven name for the first day of the year. The actual date differed from calendar to calandar, according to the calandar in Rivendell it fell on April 7th.

[Lyra Greenleaf]

Z is for Zaeros... well kind of!

[Arwen Imladris]

Hmmm, new topic. How about all things Valar, we could also include things about the Maiar.

Aldaron: One of the names of Oromë. It means 'Lord of Trees'.

[Lyta_Underhill]

Balrog-Demon of Fire that served the Vala Melkor (Morgoth)

[ July 21, 2003: Message edited by: Lyta_Underhill ]

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Curunir, a name of Saruman.

[Arwen Imladris]

Doomsman of the Valar: One of Mandos' titles. He was given the responsibility of pronoucing judgment on things having to do with fate.

[Lyta_Underhill]

Elbereth, the Elves' name for Varda, Queen of the Stars

[Beren87]

F is for Fëanturi, the Valar Mandos and Lorien. "Spirit Masters"

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

G is for Gothmog, a Balrog, who was an evil Maia.

[Beren87]

H is for HerenIstarion, the wizards, and not to mention excellent member of this site. =P

[Aragost]

Illuin,
The north lamp of the Valar

[The Saucepan Man]

I is for Incanus aka Olorin aka Gandalf, one of the aforementioned Heren Istarion, and ultimately the greatest among them.

Edit: Oh well, you can never have to many 'I's. smilies/wink.gif

[ July 22, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ]

[Beren87]

J is for Jewels of Fëanor, which..err..the Valar really wanted back. Yeah, I couldn't think of anything for J, so sue me.

[Cinderella]

K, for Kementari, one of Yavanna's titles

[Eressië Ailin]

L - Lord of the Waters - A title of Ulmo

[ July 22, 2003: Message edited by: Eressië Ailin ]

[Lyta_Underhill]

M- Mahal, the name given to Aulë by the Dwarves.