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It is of the most ancient form
And tells of those of the Three Houses.
They who fought the Dark til ne'er lost
Who risked all with their brothers no matter the cost.
A heroic voyage enabled them to survive the dire test
and in return were gladly given the West.

Answer: Narn i Hin Hurin

One apart was I known
Of my deeds tales were sown
In olden days I often asked why
But with sting and ring it became do or die.

Answer: ?

Possibly "Bilbo" or "Frodo"

They say it was part of a man,
and that it was for those who went by sea.
Where once radiance, then it did wan
leaving unending evening for all to see

Answer: ?
Not Moon or Silmarils

At first it was the second and more to the west
Home to the lieutenant who survived the sack
then it was made far superior to all the rest.
From here the great miseries spread
While the Black Enemy sat in his pit of dread
til all was lost to the great sea bed.

Answer: Angband

When the elder race,
Did festival embrace
Garden flowers in both sun and shade,
Gave their all for this to be made

Answer: Miruvor ?

Alive without breath
As cold as death
Never thirsty, ever drinking
All in mail never clinking

Answer: "fish"

A marker they were meant to be.
erected not by one nor three.
Visages two with helm and axe
they guarded the flow through the cracks.

Answer: Argonath (confirmed)

In the first was a race terrible to see
forged for war from older stock they be.
It's Quenya for those out of the cold
fought best by Dwarves oh so bold.

Answer: UROLOKI (confirmed)

By rock wall it was rung
with mile wide vale.
Towering above all where the seeing were hung
Till lost to the Dunland was its tale.

Answer:Orthanc??

Above a gate
above a wall
one of the greatest to guard them all

Answer: Barad Dur??
not Caradhras, White Tower, Tarondor. Thorondor, Melian. Minas Tirith,
Minas Ithil, Orthanc, Angrenost, Saruman. Watchers or Silent Watchers.

A man he was, an advisor clever and mean
And as a man of wisdom to most he was seen.
Guided by his master he yet guided astray
Til he would have brought all to ruin save for the grey.

Answer: Grima Wormtounge (confirmed)

A person of learning he was,
a scholar they say
Full of generosity and courage, come what may
He wrote of his epic though an untruth did sting
Every time he spoke of that time and it's cursed ring.

Answer:"Bilbo"(confirmed)

Ba -> Bo _> B0 -> Br -> Br -> Bo
A name is what I want to hear,
so say it out loud and clear.

Answer: 'Morwen'.

Developed to be a bearer of sound
It yet won acceptance for centuries around
From Elf to Man and even to Dwarven kind
It kept all together and in knowledge did bind.

Answer:Tengwar

From the south they were
Both near and far.
And to war they went
Mostly with Gondor.

Answer: Haradrim ??

As leader of the White Council
Power is not something which should be sought
But he sought such for himself
Til he dared to test the Eye
And thus was caught forever.

Answer: Saruman

In aura of blue light
it warned of nearing fight.
Answer: Sting, but as of yet unconfirmed.

The eldest of all,
The master of wood, water, and hill.
He always heard nature's call,
And was known as ____________

Answer: Tom Bombadil.

It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills
and empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
ends life, kills laughter.

Answer: Dark

Mightiest of the mighty,
Master of disharmony.
A name ancient in time and fit,
Not tainted by elvish rhyme and wit.

Answer: Melkor (confirmed)

High king he was to those in exile,
at least he was for a while.
A rescuer of kin - an epic feat,
was slain in combat by a Balrog's heat.

Answer: Fingon

Linked and yet linked again,
bound to be bound for binding
once to hold for great ages three,
til one did find himself free.

Answer: Angainor

Those of the second brought it here,
to places where western Men have been
but where it can be found by most any kin,
it is for known only for its air.

Answer: Athelas

On the east of the easternmost Middle,
near the wood at the foot of the Red
awakening those in the past,
lost to all it now said

Answer: "Cuivienen, the `Waters of Awakening'"

Home to both sea and land,
it could be seen by one on the holy height
built for those who left and came home again,
it was known from afar by the great white sight.

Answer: Avalonne.

Her bark is silent and not heard at all,
and bothers not those that live so tall

Answer: Mallorn.

Drawn to a stranger, a girdle-breaker,
was a greycloak born in the year of trees
defied the powers while still standing tall,
yet entrapped by the sweetest power of all.

Answer: Luthien

Three dragons by name are known:
The first yclept Glaurung,
Another was Smaug,
Who was I?

Possible Answer: Possibly Ancalagon, There are *four* named dragons!
(Glaurung, Ancalagon, Scatha, Smaug)

Evil Marker,
King,
Loyal to an Elven Family.
In high reaches they sing.

Answer: Thorondir

Deadly beasts of Haradrim war,
Their presence drove other beasts wild
Raging through a battle ground more and more
Known as 'Oliphaunts' by any hobbit child.

Answer: Mumakil

These house acient light,
Overwhelming in parts three
Their theft cast over all a twilight,
Till they came to earth, sky and sea.

Answer: The Silmarils.

Between Isen & the white, hunters by trade,
Not growers or crafters,
Friends to the Rohirrim, named freemen
of the forest everafter.
Answer: The Woses

Beyond the Merlock Mountains,
a long and lonely road.
Through the spider-shadows and the
Marsh of Tode ...
to the noisome pools where they dwell.

Answer: The mewlips."

0ne ring to rule them all
one ring to bind them
one ring to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them

Answer: One Ring

Beauty and renown it was the best,
and it was built to withstand the fortold test
for peace and splendor it held for many an age,
til, in one great swoop, it fell to pillage.

Answer: Gondolin

At first it was the second and more to the west,
Home to the lieutenant who survived the sack
then it was made far superior to all the rest.
From here the great miseries spread
While the Black Enemy sat in his pit of dread
til all was lost to the great sea bed.

Answer: Angband

One of the great power, a veritable demon of fire
who under the stars slew elven sire
when the tears had no numbers he slayed the king
and was himself slain by elven sting.

Answer: Gothmog

Melkor Forevermore.

Answer: Morgoth.

Note: a character can be killed by this
riddle even if he gives a correct answer.

That which was for the head
to hold the lights
was that which was for the neck
to hold the life.

Answer: The Iron Crown.

The Great Deceiver
Gorthaur
First of the Captains of Angband
....Master....

Answer: Sauron

West of one and south of another
It was itself divided into two
Home to the First and even before
It was mostly lost in the Great War

Answer: Beleriand

Born of the second in the first
A lover of white
He slacked his thirst to sail beyond the shadow
with the help of the light

Answer: Earendil

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