Yet another quote that wasn't - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

radagastly · 04-22-2005, 08:42 PM

I'm thinking that it is Frodo speaking. Some time after they are all back in the Shire Sam comes into Bag End to find that Frodo is ill, lying in bed, fingering the white gem hanging from his neck. Frodo says something like, "It is lost and now all is darkness." then your quote would come in, "It was precious to me and I lost it with great pain."

The Elf-warrior · 04-23-2005, 07:39 PM

You're close enough, Radagastly. It was Frodo to Farmer Cotton not Sam. The exact quote is "It is gone for ever," he said, "and now all is dark and empty." My fictional quote would go after the real one. Now it's your turn.

radagastly · 04-25-2005, 11:43 PM

Sorry for the delay, but I didn't get a chance to check this weekend. So, here we go:

The walls of Gondor are strong, but they do not hold back all his dark minions.

radagastly · 04-27-2005, 11:35 PM

Two days and not a single response. It's not very obscure, but it may be too mundane to remember. Think about a great discussion.

The Elf-warrior · 04-29-2005, 06:14 PM

"But men are better than gates, and no gate will endure against our Enemy if men desert it. The walls of Gondor are strong, but they do not hold back all his dark minions."

radagastly · 04-30-2005, 10:09 AM

You know, actually, that works. But that's not what I had in mind. This non-quote occurs much earlier in the story, before the future king set out for the southern kingdom.

arcticstorm · 04-30-2005, 06:25 PM

Boromir in the council of Elrond
"Beleive not that in the land of Gondor the blood of Numenor is spent, nor all its pride and dignity forgotten. By our valour the wild folk of the East are still restrained, and the terror of Morgul kept at bay; and thus alone are peace and freedom maintained in the lands behind us, bulwark of the West. But if the passages of the river should be won, what then? The walls of Gondor are strong, but they do not hold back all his dark minions."

04-22-2005, 08:42 PM	#1
radagastly Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Washington, D. C., USA Posts: 299	I'm thinking that it is Frodo speaking. Some time after they are all back in the Shire Sam comes into Bag End to find that Frodo is ill, lying in bed, fingering the white gem hanging from his neck. Frodo says something like, "It is lost and now all is darkness." then your quote would come in, "It was precious to me and I lost it with great pain." __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before, I listen for returning feet and voices at the door.

04-23-2005, 07:39 PM	#2
The Elf-warrior Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Virginia. Posts: 952	You're close enough, Radagastly. It was Frodo to Farmer Cotton not Sam. The exact quote is "It is gone for ever," he said, "and now all is dark and empty." My fictional quote would go after the real one. Now it's your turn. __________________ Fenris Wolf: WW LXXX.

04-25-2005, 11:43 PM	#3
radagastly Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Washington, D. C., USA Posts: 299	Sorry for the delay, but I didn't get a chance to check this weekend. So, here we go: The walls of Gondor are strong, but they do not hold back all his dark minions. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before, I listen for returning feet and voices at the door.

04-27-2005, 11:35 PM	#4
radagastly Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Washington, D. C., USA Posts: 299	Hint time Two days and not a single response. It's not very obscure, but it may be too mundane to remember. Think about a great discussion. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before, I listen for returning feet and voices at the door.

04-29-2005, 06:14 PM	#5
The Elf-warrior Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Virginia. Posts: 952	Is this it? "But men are better than gates, and no gate will endure against our Enemy if men desert it. The walls of Gondor are strong, but they do not hold back all his dark minions." __________________ Fenris Wolf: WW LXXX.

04-30-2005, 10:09 AM	#6
radagastly Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Washington, D. C., USA Posts: 299	You know, actually, that works. But that's not what I had in mind. This non-quote occurs much earlier in the story, before the future king set out for the southern kingdom. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before, I listen for returning feet and voices at the door.

04-30-2005, 06:25 PM	#7
arcticstorm Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Johnson Bible College: Knoxville, TN Posts: 464	Boromir in the council of Elrond "Beleive not that in the land of Gondor the blood of Numenor is spent, nor all its pride and dignity forgotten. By our valour the wild folk of the East are still restrained, and the terror of Morgul kept at bay; and thus alone are peace and freedom maintained in the lands behind us, bulwark of the West. But if the passages of the river should be won, what then? The walls of Gondor are strong, but they do not hold back all his dark minions." Last edited by arcticstorm; 05-06-2005 at 01:44 PM.

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