Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 4:01 pm
Is it tea?
@Tarawen with the answer, and the 100th post in this thread! Don't forget to pick up your prize galleons on your way out 
, but please leave a riddle first.Page 3 of 27
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 4:21 pm
@Tarawen with the answer, and the 100th post in this thread! Don't forget to pick up your prize galleons on your way out , but please leave a riddle first.Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 4:31 pm
That was a good one, @Aerlinn! I now see how far off I was with my earlier guess of photos. 
*pockets galleons*
Here's the next riddle:
Circular but incomplete
I sometimes rise, am sometimes full
or might not even be round at all
*pockets galleons*Here's the next riddle:
Circular but incomplete
I sometimes rise, am sometimes full
or might not even be round at all
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 7:22 pm
This sounds like the moon, unless I am very confused and this is directly Middle-earth related?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 8:05 pm
That is a very good guess - I can see how the clues fit! But it is not what I was thinking of. What I have in mind is not directly Middle-Earth related.
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 2:48 am
Hmm, is it a soccer ball with a hole in it?
@Aerlinn I assumed I was probably way off, but I wanted to find the most ridiculous, yet plausible answer possible. Which tends to be how I handle the majority of these riddles
@Aerlinn I assumed I was probably way off, but I wanted to find the most ridiculous, yet plausible answer possible. Which tends to be how I handle the majority of these riddles
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 2:54 am
Not a soccer ball with a hole in it. That is amazingly specific.
It鈥檚 more ingestible than the moon or a soccer ball.
It鈥檚 more ingestible than the moon or a soccer ball.
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 4:00 am
A loaf of bread perhaps?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 4:04 am
Much closer, Menolly! Not quite there yet, though.
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 4:05 am
A doughnut?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 4:09 am
Woohoo! You got it, @Dwim! 
I bequeath upon thee a dozen cake donuts. Your turn!
I bequeath upon thee a dozen cake donuts. Your turn!Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 9:50 am
Thanks @Tarawen, you sure do know how to make a Hobbit happy with that kind of reward! :smiley8:
Here's a Middle-earth related one:
Three there were who called me friend,
before the Third Age reached its end.
Rescued from those like Will And Bert,
I'm a faithful lookout, always alert.
Here's a Middle-earth related one:
Three there were who called me friend,
before the Third Age reached its end.
Rescued from those like Will And Bert,
I'm a faithful lookout, always alert.
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 3:41 pm
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Balin?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 9:46 pm
Not Balin, and not a dwarf.
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 3:44 am
Sting? Wielded by Bilbo, Frodo, and Sam?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 8:02 am
Alma, yes well done, you got it! Found amongst a troll-hoard and, as you said, wielded by those three hobbits. Your turn!
Found amongst a troll-hoard and, as you said, wielded by those three hobbits. Your turn!Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:35 pm
Well, now I have to think of something ... not good at writing riddles, but here's an attempt:
He raised a red weapon, before the doors of darkness: a sage advisor, slain standing at the Gate.
He raised a red weapon, before the doors of darkness: a sage advisor, slain standing at the Gate.
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:00 am
Fingolfin?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:11 am
No, not Fingolfin.
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 1:38 pm
... Elendil?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 2:48 pm
Alas, also not Elendil.
Hint: Third Age
Hint: Third Age
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 1:30 am
All the Middle-earth specific riddles remind me how much lore I've forgotten. So I'm just going to keep guessing! :smiley8: Is it Thorin Oakenshield?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 1:59 am
Also not Thorin, although you are getting closer ...
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 2:52 am
Who is D谩in II Ironfoot? :smiley8:
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:29 am
@Moriel has it!
From Appendix A:
"Up the steps after him leaped a Dwarf with a red axe. It was D谩in Ironfoot, N谩in's soon. Right before the doors he caught Azog, and there he slew him, and hewed off his head. [...] Yet hardy and full of wrath as he was, it is said that when he came down from the Gate he looked grey in the face, as one who has felt great fear."
"Then Thr谩in turned to D谩in, and said: 'But surely my own kin will not desert me?' 'No,' said D谩in. 'You are the father of our Folk, and we have bled for you, and will again. But we will not enter Khazad-d没m. You will not enter Khazad-d没m. Only I have looked through the shadow of the Gate. Beyond the shadow it waits for you still: Durin's Bane.'"
"'I grieved at the fall of Thorin,' said Gandalf, 'and now we hear that D谩in has fallen, fighting in Dale again, even while we fought here. I should call that a heavy loss, if it was not a wonder rather than in his great age he could still wield his axe as mightily as they say that he did, standing over the body of King Brand before the Gate of Erebor until the darkness fell."
From Appendix A:
"Up the steps after him leaped a Dwarf with a red axe. It was D谩in Ironfoot, N谩in's soon. Right before the doors he caught Azog, and there he slew him, and hewed off his head. [...] Yet hardy and full of wrath as he was, it is said that when he came down from the Gate he looked grey in the face, as one who has felt great fear."
"Then Thr谩in turned to D谩in, and said: 'But surely my own kin will not desert me?' 'No,' said D谩in. 'You are the father of our Folk, and we have bled for you, and will again. But we will not enter Khazad-d没m. You will not enter Khazad-d没m. Only I have looked through the shadow of the Gate. Beyond the shadow it waits for you still: Durin's Bane.'"
"'I grieved at the fall of Thorin,' said Gandalf, 'and now we hear that D谩in has fallen, fighting in Dale again, even while we fought here. I should call that a heavy loss, if it was not a wonder rather than in his great age he could still wield his axe as mightily as they say that he did, standing over the body of King Brand before the Gate of Erebor until the darkness fell."
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:36 am
Huzzah! :smiley8: Let's see... my brain is tired so I'm going to use one I didn't make up this time 
Not Middle Earth related.
Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What is it?
Not Middle Earth related.Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What is it?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 9:30 am
Oooooh, is it a shadow?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 9:45 am
It sure is! You're up @Aerlinn !
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 10:04 am
Oh dear... I love guessing riddles, it's the other half of this game that's knotting up my brain. Here goes nothing...
I make no noise but am not silent.
A head in the clouds.
A top that never spins.
Here goes nothing...I make no noise but am not silent.
A head in the clouds.
A top that never spins.
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:05 pm
Is it...a mountain?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:51 pm
Yup, you got me, @Thalionwen! The floor is yours...
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 3:53 pm
Out of my element I fly
Singing songs of the ancestors
Guiding my people on journeys
Long and perilous
Singing songs of the ancestors
Guiding my people on journeys
Long and perilous
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 4:24 pm
Is it Fingolfin?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 4:25 pm
Nope! But that's a good guess!
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 9:10 pm
Hint: this thing is not directly mentioned in Tolkien's works (that I recall) and does exist in our world
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:12 am
Going in a completely different direction, is it a dolphin?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:28 pm
@Menolly I'm going to give it to you because I was thinking of whales (specifically humpback whales, though any whale works), and dolphins are part of the cetacean family 
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 8:11 pm
Oh that makes much more sense with the singing of songs! But I'll take the near guess, thank you. :smiley8:
I keep my owner safe and warm
I let them flee away from harm
I signal with my brightest hues
But each year me my owner must lose
I keep my owner safe and warm
I let them flee away from harm
I signal with my brightest hues
But each year me my owner must lose
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:48 am
Feathers?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 7:43 pm
You are correct @Dwim, I've got birds on the brain lately. Your turn!
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:05 pm
Thanks Menolly! Here's a new one:
You'll know me at the dawn of battle.
On beasts I often lead the charge.
Perhaps I'll surprise you on the road,
Pay heed or else the cost is large.
You'll know me at the dawn of battle.
On beasts I often lead the charge.
Perhaps I'll surprise you on the road,
Pay heed or else the cost is large.
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:18 pm
Horns?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:21 pm
Wow that was quick! Yep, you got it @Almar毛a Mordollwen. The idea for this riddle was prompted by a car alarm that has been going off on my street all morning.
Your turn. :smiley8:
Your turn. :smiley8:
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 9:44 pm
@Almar毛a Mordollwen 
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:37 pm
Sorry, I am not good at finding riddles! But here goes ...
I have eyes but cannot see sunlight,
And skin, but cannot feel pain.
What am I?
I have eyes but cannot see sunlight,
And skin, but cannot feel pain.
What am I?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 11:54 pm
a tree?
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 12:22 am
No, it is not a tree. Good guess though!
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 2:23 am
is it.....
PO
TAY
TOES
(Boil 'em mash 'em stick 'em in a stew)
PO
TAY
TOES
(Boil 'em mash 'em stick 'em in a stew)
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 4:28 pm
Yes! @Mojo it is your turn.
Re: Riddles in the Dark
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 1:51 pm
Sorry for the delay folks, my laptop died over the weekend, here's a new riddle:
What Sharkey's man did not believe
That any hobbit could have seen
An unknown to the Shirefolk
Could be one of which The Magnificent's friend spoke
What might I be?
What Sharkey's man did not believe
That any hobbit could have seen
An unknown to the Shirefolk
Could be one of which The Magnificent's friend spoke
What might I be?