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This one has lasted too long -- I'll give the answer if no one guesses it this morning.

HINT: for Turgon + Finrod -- Ulmo.

[ August 25, 2003: Message edited by: Turambar ]

Well, Lorien is the god of dreams, so the the reason for the OMO Finglofin is all the others had ( recieved, if you will, by the grace of the Ainur) visionary dreams:
- Fingon and Turgon about the cities they will build - with help from Ulmo;
- Thingol had a vision about the light of the Two Trees through the grace of Melian;
- Beren was warned in a dream of his father's death - I forget by whom;

I don't have the time to check these, I hope they're correct.

PS: This better be the correct one, cause it just got me promoted to 'Shade of Carn Dum'
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[ August 25, 2003: Message edited by: Evisse the Blue ]

Correct !!

Thingol "was troubled by dreams concerning the coming of Men," and Beren had a very lurid dream in which "carrion-birds sat thick as leaves upon bare trees beside a mere, and blood dripped from their beaks."

Fingolfin, as far as we know, slept like Samwise.

Here is the new one, then:

Aragorn
Theoden
Gandalf
Eomer

Gandalf, because he was never a King?

No, it's not that.

I should say that this new one was inspired by Turambar's previous one - so, the solution is somewhat similar).
(oh, gee, I really shoudn't use 'inspired by' anymore. this expression tends to get me in trouble [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] )

Ummm... Gandalf, then, the only one never to have had a 'visionary dream'? (worth a try...?)

Hey, I said 'inspired', not copied. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] . So, no, it's not that, but as I said, close enough.

Other guesses will have to wait till the end of the week to recieve confirmation, hope you don't mind ; (I'll be out trying to break a few more miles on the way to Rivendell [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Aragorn was afraid of his past, and what he might become, he didn't want to bear Narsil

Nope.
HINT: It's something they all said (all but the OMO).

Aw, c'mon! It's really easy! I nearly handed it to you on a golden plate already solved. All you have to do is think about things the characters have said, and remmber a key word in Turmabar's previous riddle. If you get the key word, you get the riddle solved.

Gandalf, because he was the only one not married? (that's more inspired by something someone else said, but I thought it was worth a try.)

Nope, it's not this. I think it has been a long time since Aug 25 when the riddle was first posted, and as nobody gets it - I'll provide the answer.
The OMO was Eomer because he never had a moment of 'clairvoyance' - the rest all predicted something:
Aragorn - told Gandalf 'if you pass the doors of Moria, beware'
Theoden - predicted that he will not see Aragorn again
Gandalf - predicted lots of things; Gollum having still a part to play is the one that comes to mind now.

Eomer actually predicted something of which the opposite would come true: that Aragorn will not make it through the Paths of the Dead.

Now that's settled - anyone care to provide the next riddle? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

I will try one. (hope my memory is working correctly)

Legolas
Gimli
Aragorn
Gandalf
Pippin

EVISSE -- I didnt remember that Theoden made that prediction! At least, that's my excuse.

Is it Pippin because he wasn't at the battle of Helm's Deep?

Turambar: it's a very good excuse, it's not the kind of thing that strikes you in the face, but I found it somehow ironic that he should make this prediction and it would prove true, but with a small twist... this is the quote: ROTK, ch 'Muster of Rohan': Theoden (about Aragorn): "Maybe he was called and my heart tells me that I shall not see him again."

That is true, but not what I was thinking of. I had a different odd man out in mind.

Somebody else should go. I am leaving for vacation and I won't be back until October.

Hurin
Turin
Huor
Tuor

I'll start narrowing it down with the obvious ones... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Turin has never been to Gondolin.
Tuor was never on the plains of Anfauglith.
Only Tuor married an Elda, and became an immortal.

Tuor was the only one whose story was bright, rather than miserable.

Tuor because he was the only one who didn't die early/ be killed.

There is no correct answer yet but Lindolirian is on the right track. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

Huor was never taken captive?

Huor was the only one not to survive a great battle?

No correct answer yet. A little hint, it has to do with battles.

Túrin didn't fight in the Nirnaeth?

Turin
He is the only one who did not fight along side Turgon.

No and no

Hurin was the only one to be captured and taken to Morgoth, by Balrogs, in a battle?

No it has nothing to do with what they did.

It has to do with family doesnt it???

[ October 30, 2003: Message edited by: Telchar ]

Turin is the only one whose son did not fight against Morgoth or his hosts.

Sorry but it has nothing to do with family.

Turin had no son.

hmmmm *looks crazed and shoots wildly around*

Turin: Because he never had any children [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

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[ October 31, 2003: Message edited by: Estanesse ]

Huor because he didn't utter any battle-cries in any battles that he fought in. (Or at least we don't remember them).

Nope battle cry isn’t the answer.

*Hint*
*New hint* age

All of them except for Tuor were sent away as children, after a big battle.

Tuor was the only one to survive the First Age?