Riddles in the Downs

[Ivriniel]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Ack! I completely forgot about this!

If someone has a riddle ready, feel free to post it. If not, I'll get something up in the net day or two.

I could post one, but i'll way to see urs. I like this thread

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Ivriniel

I could post one, but i'll way to see urs. I like this thread

As you wish.

Where she dwells with silence
A single man abides.
Though she's no great hostess
She will let you inside.

You are a man of stature,
You are among the best,
And here, inside her kingdom,
You will lie down to rest.

Unless you be her servant,
Her soldier or her slave,
She will not let you exit
To see the world again.

Happy riddling!

[Ivriniel]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

As you wish.

Where she dwells with silence
A single man abides.
Though she's no great hostess
She will let you inside.

You are a man of stature,
You are among the best,
And here, inside her kingdom,
You will lie down to rest.

Unless you be her servant,
Her soldier or her slave,
She will not let you exit
To see the world again.

Happy riddling!

hahaha - I'm so 'person/creature-centric' with these things. I don't know why, but 'Shelob' keeps coming to mind.

Is it she?

[Ivriniel]

...or else, The One Ring - though that doesn't sit well with the 'she' thing. Maybe Gollum (when he lived in Misty Mountains--with The Ring)....

The Sun? No that's not right either....

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Ivriniel

hahaha - I'm so 'person/creature-centric' with these things. I don't know why, but 'Shelob' keeps coming to mind.

Is it she?

When I was making the riddle, I thought Shelob would be one of the wrong guesses. Keep trying.

And no, neither Sun nor Ring.

It would be better if you tried going line by line and tried to explain what each one means in the context of your guess. Then I can point out some important details that you may have overlooked in your solution.

And no, don't be so person/creature-centric. Don't discriminate against the inanimate objects. (And finally, for the record, you know by now that I use nth-person pronouns very loosely.)

[Ivriniel]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

As you wish.

Where she dwells with silence
A single man abides.
Though she's no great hostess
She will let you inside.

I'm thinking Minas Tirith, and where the dead Kings are laid to rest.

You are a man of stature,
You are among the best,
And here, inside her kingdom,
You will lie down to rest.

So, that's gotta be the Heir of Isildur--King of Gondor/Arnor (reunited Kingdom)

Unless you be her servant,
Her soldier or her slave,
She will not let you exit
To see the world again.

Happy riddling!

So, that's gotta be reference to the Guard of the City, or reference to the loyal of The King

??

[Mithalwen]

Rath Dinen is the silent street but a city wouldn't have a single resident. If a city I suppose Gondolin didn't let folk out and had one man as opposed to elf resident. But the silence doesn't fit then,

[Galadriel55]

Yeee-eeees.... please continue.....


You're getting there. You're actually very close. But, as Mith said, any city is too big. So something much smaller, but also in the right location?...

[Ivriniel]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Yeee-eeees.... please continue.....


You're getting there. You're actually very close. But, as Mith said, any city is too big. So something much smaller, but also in the right location?...

....ah, hmm, okay, *scratches head* --

a barrow wight - it's got all the 'king' stuff, and all the creepy unwelcoming things. A single resident that can move about...?

[Ivriniel]

Or else, the Paths of the Dead and the Erech.....