Character Trivia - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The Might · 07-12-2009, 05:39 PM

I fully agree with Pitchwife, I'm just pointing out here that since you have not specified that these must be the palantiri of M-e one could also add the Master-stone in the Tower of Avallone on Tol Eressea.

Mekor Karun · 07-18-2009, 09:40 AM

BIngo, Pitchwife, and good point, the might. Pitchwife's turn.

Pitchwife · 07-18-2009, 05:39 PM

Thanks!
Name a one-eyed, limping Dwarf.

The Might · 07-25-2009, 05:43 AM

Wow, seriously, I don't know if this is too easy and I'm just too dumb to notice the obivous answer, or if it's that hard that I just don't know enough lore, but I cannot come up with any answer for this.

A small hint perhaps?

Pitchwife · 07-25-2009, 08:09 AM

Hint: he's quite prominent, but his physical handicap is only mentioned once. In LotR.

The Might · 07-28-2009, 04:01 PM

Wow, Pitchwife, you never stop amazing me! Without the tip for LotR I still would be searching.

The answer is Thráin II, who was injured at the battle of Azanulbizar.

Quote:

None the less in the morning Thráin stood before them. He had one eye blinded beyond cure, and he was halt with a leg-wound; but he said: 'Good! We have the victory. Khazad-dûm is ours! ' ~ Appendix A of LotR, Durin's Folk

I'll have to dig through the books long and hard to find something matching this question!

Pitchwife · 07-30-2009, 01:33 PM

Correct, of course! And don't think I doubted for a moment that you'd get it.

(Want to know how I came up with this? Opened the book on a random page and picked the first detail that looked obscure enough. Maybe you'd like to try the method...

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07-12-2009, 05:39 PM	#1
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I fully agree with Pitchwife, I'm just pointing out here that since you have not specified that these must be the palantiri of M-e one could also add the Master-stone in the Tower of Avallone on Tol Eressea. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

07-18-2009, 09:40 AM	#2
Mekor Karun Newly Deceased Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wouldn't YOU like to know... Posts: 7	BIngo, Pitchwife, and good point, the might. Pitchwife's turn. __________________ Uh oh, here come the torch-wielding villagers. (Again)

07-18-2009, 05:39 PM	#3
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Thanks! Name a one-eyed, limping Dwarf. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

07-25-2009, 05:43 AM	#4
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Wow, seriously, I don't know if this is too easy and I'm just too dumb to notice the obivous answer, or if it's that hard that I just don't know enough lore, but I cannot come up with any answer for this. A small hint perhaps? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

07-25-2009, 08:09 AM	#5
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Hint: he's quite prominent, but his physical handicap is only mentioned once. In LotR. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

07-30-2009, 01:33 PM	#7
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Correct, of course! And don't think I doubted for a moment that you'd get it. (Want to know how I came up with this? Opened the book on a random page and picked the first detail that looked obscure enough. Maybe you'd like to try the method...) __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI