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Finwe · 12-17-2003, 10:51 AM

Bar-en-Danwedh, because Dwarves lived there.

Telchar · 12-18-2003, 05:05 PM

nope - 'tis a toughy

Telchar · 12-22-2003, 07:46 PM

.... hmmmm if you could only see the light...

Finwe · 12-22-2003, 09:15 PM

The Tower of Cirith Ungol, because it was the only place where the light of a Silmaril shone (through the water in Galadriel's Phial, held by Sam).

Telchar · 12-23-2003, 03:30 AM

nope - four of them has something that the fifth didnt...

Telchar · 12-23-2003, 05:42 PM

But you did well Finwe in picking up un the 'light' hint ... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Finwe · 12-23-2003, 08:45 PM

Bar-en-Danwedh, because no hallowed light ever shone there.

Telchar · 12-24-2003, 05:46 AM

Nope - and btw how do you define hallowed light in connection to the House of Tom Bombadil and The Prancing Pony ?

Finwe · 12-24-2003, 04:08 PM

No idea, it was a wild guess. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Telchar · 12-27-2003, 08:32 AM

For those who have seen ROK then there is a clue in the scene from The Tower of Cirith Ungol [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Gil-Galad · 12-29-2003, 06:06 PM

you mean ROTK right? well, cirith Ungol was the only place that orcs and uruk-hai fought each other...(in movie)

Telchar · 12-30-2003, 07:06 AM

... it still has to do with light [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Finwe · 12-30-2003, 02:21 PM

The Tower of Cirith Ungol, because it was the only place where Sting glowed (Sam had it). Sting was never in any of the other places.

Telchar · 12-31-2003, 02:59 AM

nope...

if you want to find the answer - then pick up your books, find the descriptions of the 5 places and find what is concerned with light and how they are lit.... then it will probably be obvious... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Gil-Galad · 12-31-2003, 11:22 AM

Meduseld was the golden hall, so i guess the light reflected off all the gold stuff in it...

Finwe · 01-01-2004, 12:57 PM

Bar-en-Danwedh, because all the other four were lit by campfires or bonfires at some point.

Telchar · 01-05-2004, 01:20 AM

Finwe is beginning to close in... It is concerned with how the places are lit inside - Bar-en-danwed is not it though.

symestreem · 01-06-2004, 03:35 PM

Cirith Ungol was lit by torches. Bar-en-Danwedh was lit by lamps. Tom Bombadil's house was lit by a lamp and candles. The Prancing Pony was lit by lamps. Meduseld was lit by sunlight, so that's my anwer: Meduseld had no man-made illumination at the time of its description.

Telchar · 01-08-2004, 04:27 PM

Symestream got it more or less... please continue [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

The precise answer was: Meduseld had no lamps hanging from the celling/roof - all the others had.

symestreem · 01-09-2004, 03:47 PM

Please bear with me for a short time while I come up with a decent question. Thanks.

**The Saucepan Man** · 01-09-2004, 06:21 PM

This thread is closed due to its length. Symestreem, please open a new topic to continue with the next question.

Thanks. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

symestreem · 01-11-2004, 12:52 PM

Here we go, ladies and gentlemen:

The House of Stewards
Osgiliath
Bag End
Meduseld
Thingol's treasury

I have gotten sick of people not reading the thread and therefore not including Thingol's treasury, so I am adding it myself.

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 1:54 PM January 11, 2004: Message edited by: symestreem ]

Heni · 01-11-2004, 12:57 PM

House of the Stewards: the only tomb?

too easy I guess..

symestreem · 01-11-2004, 03:24 PM

That's not it, but that's not a bad guess.

Heni · 01-11-2004, 03:30 PM

Osgiliath- The only place taken over by orcs

symestreem · 01-11-2004, 03:43 PM

No.

Heni · 01-11-2004, 03:45 PM

Ok then [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

I give up...this is not only a quiz for me

Lindolirian · 01-11-2004, 04:09 PM

Osgiliath is the only one not built on a hill.

symestreem · 01-11-2004, 04:16 PM

True. But no.

Lindolirian · 01-11-2004, 04:33 PM

The House of the Stewards is the only one without a river running in close proximity to it. The Water snakes right by Bag End on the Hill, the Snowbourne flows past the gates of Edoras, and Osgiliath is divided by the Anduin. The House of the Stewards is deep in Minas Tirith backed against Mindolluin.

And if that's not it, then I think after four good answers have been given, and they just don't seem to be the thing you're thinking of, it's about time for a wee directional hint, if you think you could manage. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 5:33 PM January 11, 2004: Message edited by: Lindolirian ]

symestreem · 01-11-2004, 06:16 PM

Not the rivers.

HINT: The location doesn't matter. The common thread is something that happened there. Go to the books and read about each place. You will need to go to the Appendices for one of these.

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 7:18 PM January 11, 2004: Message edited by: symestreem ]

Gil-Galad · 01-12-2004, 07:44 AM

Meduseld was only place retooken to live in
(osgiliath was used as a barricade)

symestreem · 01-12-2004, 03:16 PM

Nope, that's not it. Specifically, it has to do with something people did there.

Finwe · 01-12-2004, 07:15 PM

Bag End, because at all the other places, the King (at one time or the other) and the royal family were driven out.

symestreem · 01-15-2004, 07:18 PM

Nope. When was the King/royal family driven out of the house of Stewards specifically? Last hint: Thingol's treasury would also meet the criteria.

Finwe · 01-15-2004, 09:15 PM

Ah, right, you have a point there.

Bag End, because no one brought or looked into a palantir there.

House of Stewards -- Denethor
Meduseld -- Pippin (it's stretching it)
Osgiliath -- a palantir used to be there

symestreem · 01-16-2004, 07:17 PM

No palantirs in Thingol's treasury.

Arvedui III · 01-16-2004, 10:26 PM

Ack, this is hard.

Maybe The House of Stewards because it was never visited by dwarves? (Although that may apply to Osgiliath as well, dunno)

Gwaihir the Windlord · 01-17-2004, 01:54 AM

Was Osgiliath visited by Hobbits at all?

symestreem · 01-17-2004, 07:08 AM

We can't know that for sure. Pippin and Merry were said to have visited Gondor a couple of times, so perhaps they went to Osgiliath. So no, that's not the answer.
Arvedui, your answer is a good guess... but no.

12-17-2003, 10:51 AM	#481
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Bar-en-Danwedh, because Dwarves lived there. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.

12-18-2003, 05:05 PM	#482
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	nope - 'tis a toughy __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

12-22-2003, 07:46 PM	#483
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	.... hmmmm if you could only see the light... __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

12-22-2003, 09:15 PM	#484
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	The Tower of Cirith Ungol, because it was the only place where the light of a Silmaril shone (through the water in Galadriel's Phial, held by Sam). __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.

12-23-2003, 03:30 AM	#485
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	nope - four of them has something that the fifth didnt... __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

12-23-2003, 05:42 PM	#486
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	But you did well Finwe in picking up un the 'light' hint ... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

12-23-2003, 08:45 PM	#487
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Bar-en-Danwedh, because no hallowed light ever shone there. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.

12-24-2003, 05:46 AM	#488
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	Nope - and btw how do you define hallowed light in connection to the House of Tom Bombadil and The Prancing Pony ? __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

12-24-2003, 04:08 PM	#489
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	No idea, it was a wild guess. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.

12-27-2003, 08:32 AM	#490
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	For those who have seen ROK then there is a clue in the scene from The Tower of Cirith Ungol [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

12-29-2003, 06:06 PM	#491
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 5,054	you mean ROTK right? well, cirith Ungol was the only place that orcs and uruk-hai fought each other...(in movie) __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

12-30-2003, 07:06 AM	#492
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	... it still has to do with light [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

12-30-2003, 02:21 PM	#493
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	The Tower of Cirith Ungol, because it was the only place where Sting glowed (Sam had it). Sting was never in any of the other places. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.

12-31-2003, 02:59 AM	#494
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	nope... if you want to find the answer - then pick up your books, find the descriptions of the 5 places and find what is concerned with light and how they are lit.... then it will probably be obvious... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

12-31-2003, 11:22 AM	#495
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 5,054	Meduseld was the golden hall, so i guess the light reflected off all the gold stuff in it... __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

01-01-2004, 12:57 PM	#496
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Bar-en-Danwedh, because all the other four were lit by campfires or bonfires at some point. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.

01-05-2004, 01:20 AM	#497
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	Finwe is beginning to close in... It is concerned with how the places are lit inside - Bar-en-danwed is not it though. __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

01-06-2004, 03:35 PM	#498
symestreem Face in the Water Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 729	Cirith Ungol was lit by torches. Bar-en-Danwedh was lit by lamps. Tom Bombadil's house was lit by a lamp and candles. The Prancing Pony was lit by lamps. Meduseld was lit by sunlight, so that's my anwer: Meduseld had no man-made illumination at the time of its description. __________________ A Gandalf-uncloaking-free zone.

01-08-2004, 04:27 PM	#499
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	Symestream got it more or less... please continue [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] The precise answer was: Meduseld had no lamps hanging from the celling/roof - all the others had. __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

01-09-2004, 03:47 PM	#500
symestreem Face in the Water Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 729	Please bear with me for a short time while I come up with a decent question. Thanks. __________________ A Gandalf-uncloaking-free zone.

01-09-2004, 06:21 PM	#501
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,468	This thread is closed due to its length. Symestreem, please open a new topic to continue with the next question. Thanks. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

01-11-2004, 12:52 PM	#502
symestreem Face in the Water Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 729	Odd PLACE Out II Here we go, ladies and gentlemen: The House of Stewards Osgiliath Bag End Meduseld Thingol's treasury I have gotten sick of people not reading the thread and therefore not including Thingol's treasury, so I am adding it myself. <font size=1 color=339966>[ 1:54 PM January 11, 2004: Message edited by: symestreem ] __________________ A Gandalf-uncloaking-free zone. Last edited by symestreem; 03-06-2004 at 04:43 PM.

01-11-2004, 12:57 PM	#503
Heni Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 31	House of the Stewards: the only tomb? too easy I guess.. __________________ "I`m glad you`re with me Sam, here at the end of all things"

01-11-2004, 03:24 PM	#504
symestreem Face in the Water Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 729	That's not it, but that's not a bad guess. __________________ A Gandalf-uncloaking-free zone.

01-11-2004, 03:30 PM	#505
Heni Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 31	Osgiliath- The only place taken over by orcs __________________ "I`m glad you`re with me Sam, here at the end of all things"

01-11-2004, 03:43 PM	#506
symestreem Face in the Water Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 729	No. __________________ A Gandalf-uncloaking-free zone.

01-11-2004, 03:45 PM	#507
Heni Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 31	Ok then [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] I give up...this is not only a quiz for me __________________ "I`m glad you`re with me Sam, here at the end of all things"

01-11-2004, 04:09 PM	#508
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,126	Osgiliath is the only one not built on a hill. __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

01-11-2004, 04:16 PM	#509
symestreem Face in the Water Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 729	True. But no. __________________ A Gandalf-uncloaking-free zone.

01-11-2004, 04:33 PM	#510
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,126	The House of the Stewards is the only one without a river running in close proximity to it. The Water snakes right by Bag End on the Hill, the Snowbourne flows past the gates of Edoras, and Osgiliath is divided by the Anduin. The House of the Stewards is deep in Minas Tirith backed against Mindolluin. And if that's not it, then I think after four good answers have been given, and they just don't seem to be the thing you're thinking of, it's about time for a wee directional hint, if you think you could manage. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] <font size=1 color=339966>[ 5:33 PM January 11, 2004: Message edited by: Lindolirian ] __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

01-11-2004, 06:16 PM	#511
symestreem Face in the Water Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 729	Not the rivers. HINT: The location doesn't matter. The common thread is something that happened there. Go to the books and read about each place. You will need to go to the Appendices for one of these. <font size=1 color=339966>[ 7:18 PM January 11, 2004: Message edited by: symestreem ] __________________ A Gandalf-uncloaking-free zone.

01-12-2004, 07:44 AM	#512
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 5,054	Meduseld was only place retooken to live in (osgiliath was used as a barricade) __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

01-12-2004, 03:16 PM	#513
symestreem Face in the Water Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 729	Nope, that's not it. Specifically, it has to do with something people did there. __________________ A Gandalf-uncloaking-free zone.

01-12-2004, 07:15 PM	#514
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Bag End, because at all the other places, the King (at one time or the other) and the royal family were driven out. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.

01-15-2004, 07:18 PM	#515
symestreem Face in the Water Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 729	Nope. When was the King/royal family driven out of the house of Stewards specifically? Last hint: Thingol's treasury would also meet the criteria. __________________ A Gandalf-uncloaking-free zone.