Nice one, the thread is yours.

I'm actually thinking Hurin.

Correct?

Sadly no

Khîm the Petty-dwarf, escaping from Túrin's band only to be shot by one of them?

Incorrect.

Maybe it would be better to say his freedom rather than escape (but the thing is, he freed himself, so to speak)

Intriguing. I'll have to give it more thought.

Ok, should I give a hint?

May as well. Apparently everyone's stymied.

OK. His escape did not directly cause his death. It was the reason he escaped that got him killed in the end.

Gollum?

No, but that's quite a good guess (well, at least in the way of ideas)

If not Khîm, what about Mîm?
He bought his life and freedom by betraying Bar-en-Danwedh to the Orcs, only to be killed for it by Hurin.

Basically, here you conceal the person/thing/place/word/quote etc. (in short, anything Tolkien-related) in a cryptic clue. This is the same principle as the cryptic clues found in crosswords.
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It's been ages since I did this and I'm not sure who it was originally (I have a vague recollection that it might be Finrod, but that doesn't seem right either).

So I'll hand this thread over to whoever wants it.

Wow, long since I haven't posted, but I the Quiz Room should be kept alive! :D

He invited someone for a drink.

Do you remember one whose best friend married one of them who are fallen?

This is really far-fetched, but Beleg? Because, well, Turin married Niniel who cast herself into a precipice on learning that she married her brother.

No.
Hint:AKKALABETH!

I'll change it a little:
Remember one whose best friend was married to one of those who are fallen?

All right. I'll give the easier one:

Remember the one killed by a spouse?

I remember Aredhel

Correct.

Thanks.

There was a guy whose love ran away with another

Should be pretty easy. ;)

Daeron? *as if, as if* ;)

yup

Remember the one who fulfilled a prophecy?

Yes, tonnes! :p

Aragorn?

No.

Eowyn?

Yup.

Alrighty!

Name the guy who is considered old, at least by one

Pippin.

That's all I can think of :/ I think Nerwen got it.

I actually remember the answer! :eek:

Not Pippin. Sorry.

Bergil's uncle Iorlas, then?

Yup!