Odd Battle Out
 

Well, i really like O_O's, and this seems like a good one. So, welcome to Odd Battle Out! The rules are as any other Odd _ Out! I give several battles, and you have the task of finding which one stands out from the crowd! When you give the correct answer, you get to give the next set! Here's an example:

Battle of Pelenor Fields
Battle of the Peak
Battle of Helms Deep
Battle of Bywater


The correct answer (althought an answer can be right, it has to be the one the person asking the question was thinking of) would be the Battle of Bywater because Gandalf was not present. Any questions? Good! Let's get started! The first set is....

Battle of Helms Deep
Battle of Pelenor Fields
Fall of Gondolin
Battle of Azanulbizar
Dagor Bragollach

Have fun!

Battle of Azanulbizar- the only one in which Men didn't fight?

Nope!

long shot but...
 

The battle of helm's deep was the only one to not have a king die in it?

Battle of pelennor fields, Theoden dies.
Fall of Gondolin King Turgon dies.
Battle of Azanulzibar, Nain dies. (Or Azog the Goblin)
and during the Dagor Bragollach, Fingolfin rode to face Morgoth in combat, and died?

nope! try again :D

Is it the Dagor Bragollach because it is the only one when a strong hold of the Enemy is beseiged - in the others it is the Free peoples who are beseiged by the forces of Darkness?

Well technically the Dwarves were laying seige to Moria in the Battle of Azanulbizar, so I'm gonna try somthing else. No Elves were at Azanulbizar and no Dwarves were at the Fall of Gondolin.

Battle of Azanulbizar was the only one where nobody fought on the same side as someone from another race:

Pelennor - Orcs and men/Men, elf and dwarf
Helm's Deep - Men, dwarf and elf
Bragollach - Men and elves/Dragons, balrogs, orcs etc.
Fall of Gondolin - Orcs, dragons, balrogs...

Azanulbizar - Dwarves vs orcs. Plain and simple! ;)

Mithalwen is on the right track...but wrong. And I say that the Battle of Azanulbizar isn't a seige, because it was in front of the gates. Lindolirian, you actually stumbled upon the ansser, although you didn't say it. And NightKnight, you're just wrong.

The battle of Azanulzibar was the only one where powers of good attacked forces of evil?

Um, no. It's about seiging. Just think about it and it will come to you!

WAIT A SECOND!

both said by perky ent:


therefore the battle of Azanulzibar is the OBO because it's not a siege?

You're verry close, but think broader. It's got the right ingredients, but not the right name.

Dagor Bragollach - the only one where someone broke out from a siege and started the battle.

No. Think seige. It's not a seige, but think general. It can't be more obvious

Dagor Bragollach is the only one where the battle was started due to an army breaking a siege, rather than marching on an enemy stronghold?

-dagor bragollach is started when Morgoth breaks the long siege of the elves.
-helms deep enemy sets off towards Helm's Deep
-Pelennor, enemy marches to Minas Tirith
-Azanulzibar dwarves set off towards Moria to fight
-Gondolin, enemy marches on Gondolin

It's kind of hard to see what I'm getting at, but if it's right you'll know perk!

No, you already have the answer. BTW, it's the Battle of Azanulzibar! You had the answer. Just find another way to phrase it! The answer contains seiging, but it isn't a seige itself. Woops. Did I give it away. Oh well, you've basically had it all the time. Just follow the hints and you'll get it and slap yourself in the head.

hmmm...BAttle of Aznulzibar only one not to incorporate a siege?

...We have a winner!!!! I yield all thread powers to you!

Foiled again1 this time by the haziness of my knowledge of dwarvish history.....

ahh the dwarves...
 

Battle of five Armies
Scouring of the Shire
Battle of Pelennor fields
Battle of helm's deep

Lots and lots of possibilities in this game! But I think mine is pretty obvious...

Helm's Deep - No hobbits?

Scouring of the Shire- No Gandalf?

Fingolfin got it...and i just realized that that was basically the same post that Perky made for an example at the beginning...oops :o


You're up!

Here's a tricksy one...
 

The War of Wrath
The Battle of the Five Armies
The Battle of Pelennor Fields
The Nirnaeth Arnoediad

Pelenor Fields? The only one where there wasn't an elven force? (sorry Legolas! As powerful as you are, you aren't that good)

Nope. You're sort of close though......sort of ;).

5 armies, only one not against a dark lord (i.e. morgoth sauron)

The Nirnaith Arnoediad? Because apart from being the only defeat for the forces of light, all the others victory was acheived because of requested reinforcements - Teh Elves of Aman at the War of Wrath following the mission of Earendil, The Five Armies (Elves of Mirkwood, Dwarves of Iron Mountains, Pelenor Fields teh Rohirrim.... although the less expected (unless you are Gandalf ) arrival of Aragorn and co may have bee decisive there ..aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgh

Nirnaeth - the elves lost?

All wrong so far :p.

wedll I think it is something to do with dragons ... but I am not sure which is the odd one out ......
War of Wrath - Earendil slays Ancalagon,
Battle of Five Armies ...Smaug's death is the catalyst
Nirnaeth - Galurung causes devastation but survives
Battle of the Pellenor Fields - the Nazgul's steed could be termed a dragon I think - monstrous winged creature without feathers.......


So Pellenor could be the odd one out if you don't class the feel beast as a dragon:ooo - no dragon

Five Armies OOO- caused by dragon not featuring a dragon

Nirnaeth OOO Dragon lives to fight another day....

Nope- nothing to do with Dragons.

Nirnaeth - the only one where reinforcements didn't turn the tide.

Five Armies - Beorn and eagles
Pelennor - Aragorn & co.
Wrath - Eärendil and eagles

Still nope ;).

Perhaps it was the War of Wrath. There wasn't a king present there.

Five Armies - Thranduil
Nirnaeth - Fingon
Pelennor Fields - Aragorn (although you could count Theoden as well.)

Nope- think of people and their relationship towards each other.

War of Wrath? The only one where a king wasn't suceeded?

Five Armies - After Thorin's death, Dain Ironfoot suceeded him and became King under the Mountain
The Nirnaeth Arnoediad - Gil-Galad suceeded his father Fingon
Pelennor fields - Eomer became King of Rohan after Theoden's death

Probably not, but it's a shot

Still nope.

Perhaps it was:

Battle of the Pelennor

Because all the others hadone or more armies of other races against the dark forces.