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Gandalf_theGrey · 12-31-2002, 05:11 PM

Thanks, Susan!

My guess at Aragorn_Protector's riddle is Shelob.

In any case, as I owe a riddle submission to this thread here it is below:

No flowery destiny, I become one with flour ground.
Inside a hole, a smaller hole opens round.
I'm planted inside, taken out when baked gold.
Served with tea, shared with kin, or at an Inn sold.

dragoneyes · 12-31-2002, 05:30 PM

My guess for Gandalf_theGrey's is bread.

Gandalf_theGrey · 12-31-2002, 06:45 PM

dragoneyes:

Very good guess, though I'm looking for something a bit more specific.

If no one else comes closer, I'll accept your guess as the correct answer.

Meanwhile, think Shire!

Gandalf the Grey

Sindafalathiel · 12-31-2002, 07:45 PM

to tell the truth, I am completely confused now.

LePetitChoux · 01-01-2003, 06:42 AM

Seed-Cake?

raci · 01-01-2003, 10:22 AM

D'ya mind if I add a riddle for people to work on?

I walk through your dreams,
I cannot be seen,
I fly like a bird,
But I'm caged in your head.

Incidently Happy New Year.
[img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Gandalf_theGrey · 01-01-2003, 02:14 PM

Congratulations, Le Petit Choux!

Seed-cake it is. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Manardariel · 01-01-2003, 02:44 PM

raci, is it a wish?

dragoneyes · 01-01-2003, 05:21 PM

Is Raci's imagination?

LePetitChoux · 01-01-2003, 05:57 PM

I show the false way for wary travellers
I am the death of the immortal
I want you to join me
In the everlasting morass

That is kind of easy I suppose, but I've never made riddles before, so please forgive me [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Tigerlily Gamgee · 01-03-2003, 01:05 AM

Could you give a hint?

Alas, I am having a fit of dumbness...

Gandalf_theGrey · 01-03-2003, 02:45 AM

My guess is, the candles in the Dead Marshes.

LePetitChoux · 01-03-2003, 10:22 AM

Well done! It was a candle [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img], but it doesn't matter.

[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

raci · 01-03-2003, 02:20 PM

Sorry this took so long. Yes Dragoneyes, it was imagination.
[img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Tigerlily Gamgee · 01-04-2003, 12:01 AM

Alas! My timing on this thread doesn't seem to be very good.

People flee in times of war
Barricades block every door
Shelter in the dark of night
Beautiful to some's sight

Manardariel · 01-04-2003, 04:52 AM

Helms Caves, behind Helms Deep, the one Gimli thinks are so great?

Tigerlily Gamgee · 01-04-2003, 11:49 PM

Yup, that's correct.

New riddle anyone?

Manardariel · 01-05-2003, 08:20 AM

Wherever you´ll find me
I will come and heal
not human, or wizard
nor dwarf with a beard
I´m green and you´ll see me
in forsts deep
and those that use me
awake from dark sleep

Who/What am I?

Sindae · 01-05-2003, 09:22 AM

the Athelas plant???

Sindafalathiel · 01-05-2003, 01:40 PM

Kingsfoil, or Athelas,

WarBringer · 01-05-2003, 03:53 PM

Sindae, your up

Lady_Báin · 01-06-2003, 08:47 AM

ach does no one else have a riddle??

[ January 06, 2003: Message edited by: Lady_Báin ]

Manardariel · 01-06-2003, 04:25 PM

Can I do another? Pretty Please?

I come to you when you
do not expect me
I heal and I wound
and encant thee.
You feel your life
is totally new
it is full of grace
that is what I do.

[ January 06, 2003: Message edited by: Manardariel ]

WarBringer · 01-06-2003, 07:40 PM

Gandalf the White!!!

Tigerlily Gamgee · 01-06-2003, 10:39 PM

Gandalf the White sounds like a good answer, but I still want to list something else that it makes me think of:
Hope

Garen LiLorian · 01-06-2003, 11:37 PM

I'd say dreams, but only because hope and Gandalf are taken.

P.S. Menendariel, you missed "Love lifts us up where we belong!" and it's splendoured, not splendid... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

EDIT: Wait, no! I've got it! Love!

[ January 07, 2003: Message edited by: Garen LiLorian ]

Manardariel · 01-07-2003, 10:10 AM

Love and hope are both correct. I was making it on love, but then I figured hope fits, too.
BTW...
Thank you, Garen LiLorian !

Lady_Báin · 01-07-2003, 06:22 PM

well my timing on this thread is terrible.... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[ January 07, 2003: Message edited by: Lady_Báin ]

Tigerlily Gamgee · 01-07-2003, 10:13 PM

I guess that means I am up:

No longer near
A land lays bare
A lonely tear
For some so fair
We long for you
From land afar
Wishing to know
Where you are

Susan Delgado · 01-07-2003, 11:15 PM

Soldiers at war? or is it LotR related?

Tigerlily Gamgee · 01-07-2003, 11:18 PM

It is LOTR related.

Garen LiLorian · 01-08-2003, 06:43 AM

The search of the Ents for the Entwives. Or the Entwives themselves. Or the Brown Lands. Or something along those lines.

Lady_Báin · 01-08-2003, 07:11 AM

maybe the elves in valinor? or elves in middle earth thinking of the elves in valinor?

Tigerlily Gamgee · 01-08-2003, 10:24 PM

Garen LiLorian, you are correct [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Anyone have a new riddle to share?

WarBringer · 01-09-2003, 02:28 PM

ok...
Men are ensnared
kingdoms are destroyed
plans are ruined
love is broken
wars are fought
The wielder of the weapon
escapes without harm...

what is the answer?

WarBringer · 01-09-2003, 03:17 PM

*bumping to top*

FarathrimMaiden · 01-09-2003, 09:24 PM

lies?
death?
thats tricky

Tigerlily Gamgee · 01-10-2003, 12:26 AM

Oh tough one!

My guesses are Aragorn, the Palantir, or fate. I have my reasons for guessing these, but I don't think any are correct.

Hint? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Lady_Báin · 01-10-2003, 06:50 AM

um time?

bombur · 01-10-2003, 09:52 AM

The other cynicist makes a guess: a lie.

"Men are ensnared - by lies
kingdoms are destroyed - by men ensnared by lies
plans are ruined - by men believing the lie instead of the truth
love is broken - by lie told by/of the loved one
wars are fought - because of lies... (rather well timed reminder I'd say)
The wielder of the weapon
escapes without harm... - all too often."

If I got it right, the please go on and make next one someone. I'm lousy at in'venting them.

12-31-2002, 05:30 PM	#122
dragoneyes Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Completely lost track, sorry! Posts: 733	My guess for Gandalf_theGrey's is bread. __________________ "We might succeed in roasting Pippin alive inside." - Frodo.

12-31-2002, 07:45 PM	#124
Sindafalathiel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nargothrond Posts: 54	to tell the truth, I am completely confused now. __________________ "My Legions of Terror will be an equal-opportunity employer. Conversely, when it is prophesied that no man can defeat me, I will keep in mind the increasing number of non-traditional gender roles." ~The Evil Overlord List

01-01-2003, 06:42 AM	#125
LePetitChoux Vegetable of Doom Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: London Posts: 720	Seed-Cake? __________________ je suis une bonne odeur

01-01-2003, 10:22 AM	#126
raci Animated Skeleton Join Date: May 2002 Location: an anime world in my head Posts: 27	D'ya mind if I add a riddle for people to work on? I walk through your dreams, I cannot be seen, I fly like a bird, But I'm caged in your head. Incidently Happy New Year. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Eala Earendel engla beorhtast Ofer middangeard monnum sended

01-01-2003, 02:44 PM	#128
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	raci, is it a wish? __________________ Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Blog :-)\|FanFic Dream City

12-31-2002, 05:11 PM	#121
Gandalf_theGrey Visionary Spirit Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 633	Thanks, Susan! My guess at Aragorn_Protector's riddle is Shelob. In any case, as I owe a riddle submission to this thread here it is below: No flowery destiny, I become one with flour ground. Inside a hole, a smaller hole opens round. I'm planted inside, taken out when baked gold. Served with tea, shared with kin, or at an Inn sold.

12-31-2002, 06:45 PM	#123
Gandalf_theGrey Visionary Spirit Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 633	dragoneyes: Very good guess, though I'm looking for something a bit more specific. If no one else comes closer, I'll accept your guess as the correct answer. Meanwhile, think Shire! Gandalf the Grey

01-01-2003, 02:14 PM	#127
Gandalf_theGrey Visionary Spirit Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 633	Congratulations, Le Petit Choux! Seed-cake it is. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

01-01-2003, 05:21 PM	#129
dragoneyes Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Completely lost track, sorry! Posts: 733	Is Raci's imagination? __________________ "We might succeed in roasting Pippin alive inside." - Frodo.

01-01-2003, 05:57 PM	#130
LePetitChoux Vegetable of Doom Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: London Posts: 720	I show the false way for wary travellers I am the death of the immortal I want you to join me In the everlasting morass That is kind of easy I suppose, but I've never made riddles before, so please forgive me [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ je suis une bonne odeur

01-03-2003, 01:05 AM	#131
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	Could you give a hint? Alas, I am having a fit of dumbness... __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

01-03-2003, 02:45 AM	#132
Gandalf_theGrey Visionary Spirit Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 633	My guess is, the candles in the Dead Marshes.

01-03-2003, 10:22 AM	#133
LePetitChoux Vegetable of Doom Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: London Posts: 720	Well done! It was a candle [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img], but it doesn't matter. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ je suis une bonne odeur

01-03-2003, 02:20 PM	#134
raci Animated Skeleton Join Date: May 2002 Location: an anime world in my head Posts: 27	Sorry this took so long. Yes Dragoneyes, it was imagination. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Eala Earendel engla beorhtast Ofer middangeard monnum sended

01-04-2003, 12:01 AM	#135
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	Alas! My timing on this thread doesn't seem to be very good. People flee in times of war Barricades block every door Shelter in the dark of night Beautiful to some's sight __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

01-04-2003, 04:52 AM	#136
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	Helms Caves, behind Helms Deep, the one Gimli thinks are so great? __________________ Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Blog :-)\|FanFic Dream City

01-04-2003, 11:49 PM	#137
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	Yup, that's correct. New riddle anyone? __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

01-05-2003, 08:20 AM	#138
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	Wherever you´ll find me I will come and heal not human, or wizard nor dwarf with a beard I´m green and you´ll see me in forsts deep and those that use me awake from dark sleep Who/What am I? __________________ Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Blog :-)\|FanFic Dream City

01-05-2003, 09:22 AM	#139
Sindae Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: a messy room in the world's best city Posts: 95	the Athelas plant??? __________________ My page about Iceland

01-05-2003, 01:40 PM	#140
Sindafalathiel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nargothrond Posts: 54	Kingsfoil, or Athelas, __________________ "My Legions of Terror will be an equal-opportunity employer. Conversely, when it is prophesied that no man can defeat me, I will keep in mind the increasing number of non-traditional gender roles." ~The Evil Overlord List

01-05-2003, 03:53 PM	#141
WarBringer Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wandering The North Posts: 184	Sindae, your up __________________ Fortune Favors the Bold...

01-06-2003, 08:47 AM	#142
Lady_Báin Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Peterborough, England Posts: 250	ach does no one else have a riddle?? [ January 06, 2003: Message edited by: Lady_Báin ] __________________ pæling.

01-06-2003, 04:25 PM	#143
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	Can I do another? Pretty Please? I come to you when you do not expect me I heal and I wound and encant thee. You feel your life is totally new it is full of grace that is what I do. [ January 06, 2003: Message edited by: Manardariel ] __________________ Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Blog :-)\|FanFic Dream City

01-06-2003, 07:40 PM	#144
WarBringer Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wandering The North Posts: 184	Gandalf the White!!! __________________ Fortune Favors the Bold...

01-06-2003, 10:39 PM	#145
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	Gandalf the White sounds like a good answer, but I still want to list something else that it makes me think of: Hope __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

01-06-2003, 11:37 PM	#146
Garen LiLorian Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The frigid white wilderness of the Midwest Posts: 235	I'd say dreams, but only because hope and Gandalf are taken. P.S. Menendariel, you missed "Love lifts us up where we belong!" and it's splendoured, not splendid... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] EDIT: Wait, no! I've got it! Love! [ January 07, 2003: Message edited by: Garen LiLorian ] __________________ This is my quest, to follow that star; no matter how hopeless, no matter how far. To fight for the right, without question or pause. To be willing to march into Hell for a Heavenly cause! -Man of La Mancha

01-07-2003, 10:10 AM	#147
Manardariel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 807	Love and hope are both correct. I was making it on love, but then I figured hope fits, too. BTW... Thank you, Garen LiLorian ! __________________ Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. Blog :-)\|FanFic Dream City

01-07-2003, 06:22 PM	#148
Lady_Báin Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Peterborough, England Posts: 250	well my timing on this thread is terrible.... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [ January 07, 2003: Message edited by: Lady_Báin ] __________________ pæling.

01-07-2003, 10:13 PM	#149
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	I guess that means I am up: No longer near A land lays bare A lonely tear For some so fair We long for you From land afar Wishing to know Where you are __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

01-07-2003, 11:15 PM	#150
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Soldiers at war? or is it LotR related? __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

01-07-2003, 11:18 PM	#151
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	It is LOTR related. __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

01-08-2003, 06:43 AM	#152
Garen LiLorian Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The frigid white wilderness of the Midwest Posts: 235	The search of the Ents for the Entwives. Or the Entwives themselves. Or the Brown Lands. Or something along those lines. __________________ This is my quest, to follow that star; no matter how hopeless, no matter how far. To fight for the right, without question or pause. To be willing to march into Hell for a Heavenly cause! -Man of La Mancha

01-08-2003, 07:11 AM	#153
Lady_Báin Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Peterborough, England Posts: 250	maybe the elves in valinor? or elves in middle earth thinking of the elves in valinor? __________________ pæling.

01-08-2003, 10:24 PM	#154
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	Garen LiLorian, you are correct [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Anyone have a new riddle to share? __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

01-09-2003, 02:28 PM	#155
WarBringer Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wandering The North Posts: 184	ok... Men are ensnared kingdoms are destroyed plans are ruined love is broken wars are fought The wielder of the weapon escapes without harm... what is the answer? __________________ Fortune Favors the Bold...