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05-12-2010, 02:35 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Back on the Helcaraxe
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Thank God I was wrong! I've never been any good at constructing riddles, so I don't quite know why I piped up in the first place. Going back to lurking mode....
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05-13-2010, 12:11 PM
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: May 2010
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great guess, mate!!!
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05-15-2010, 09:39 AM
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall
Posts: 3,329
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na vedui...
Let's try this:
I keep the guard though I have no eyes, I speak old words but am none of the Wise; prize of thief not won by theft, yet from my hidden home I was reft. No beast am I, yet by hunters sought; to some who craved me their bane I brought.
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Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI |
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05-15-2010, 10:36 AM
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Spirit of Nen Lalaith
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Meneltarma
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Despite your warning,I'll take a try
The one Ring? 
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05-15-2010, 12:11 PM
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall
Posts: 3,329
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I like to think I wouldn't be quite that obvious...
OK, I admit it sounds very much like the Ring, more than I actually realized before posting it; but the Ring is only an almost-match, not a perfect one (e.g. what would 'keep the guard' mean in its case? And none of the places where it lay 'hidden' for a while was really its 'home'). Keep guessing! (P.S. What warning? I was merely asking you to give me a few days time to think of a new riddle, and thanks for the waiting. You're welcome to guess, of course! )
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Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI |
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05-15-2010, 01:28 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Posts: 602
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Nauglamir?
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05-15-2010, 01:35 PM
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Flame Imperishable
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Right here
Posts: 3,928
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Is it Bilbo/Frodo's Mithril shirt?
I keep the guard though I have no eyes, - Armour I speak old words but am none of the Wise; - not sure about this one prize of thief not won by theft, - Bilbo was given it by Thorin yet from my hidden home I was reft. - Taken from Smaug's hoard No beast am I, yet by hunters sought; - "Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven-princeling in! If it were known that hobbits had such hides, all the hunters of Middle-earth would be riding to the Shire." to some who craved me their bane I brought. - The orcs who fought over it at Cirith Ungol
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05-15-2010, 03:40 PM
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall
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Eorl - lukewarm. As in, a wee bit closer than the Ring, but not warm enough to thaw frozen toes.
Eönwë- hot. Very hot. As in, Ouch! That burned! - but not quite the heart of Orodruin. The problem is, of course, that pesky line 2, which doesn't fit the shirt in any way that I'm aware of... but having come so close, give your thought just another twist, and you've got it. (PS. - You've just given me an idea for the Bad Translator thread...)
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Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI |
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