Re: MEPBM Riddle help needed

From: zubla@sprynet.com (Greg Chapman)

Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0000

kgp8d@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Keith G. Parker) wrote:

>kgiven@aol.com  writes:
>> >>Glowing with blood both morn and night
>>  cruelty high within its sight
>>   Its gate, its pass had reputation dire
>>    so was the lore of this dreaded spire.<<
>>
>> That should be Redhorn, the mountain at the Redhorn Gate.  AKA Barazinbar,
>> AKA Caradhras.  It was called Barazinbar the Cruel because of it's nasty
>> weather
>>
>
>Nah.  Barad-Dur, Barad-Ungol, or Minas Morgul fit as well or
>better.  There really wasn't any lore associated with Redhorn
>or Barad-Ungol though.  My guess would be Minas Morgul.  This
>is a *really* vague riddle.  If you want to include the
>Silmarillion, you could find about five more places that would
>fit.
>
>> >>It was an age of deed and tale
>>   of little joy and much travail.
>>      Long was it before the eye did close and we saw the sun.
>>         How many was it now that it's done.<<
>>
>> If it is the Third age, the answer should be 3019.  Of course the answer
>> might be 3 as well.
>>
>> HTH
>> Kevin Given
>
>This refers to the Third Age, but the riddle asks the question,
>"How many was it now that it's done?"  That could be "one,"
>since it's been one age, or it could be something near 1000
>(depending on what turn it is) if this is a FA 1000 scenario.
>KP

The Second Age was mostly a bummer, and the Eye went away
for a while when Sauron was caught up in the destruction of
the island that he caused.  It would be more clear if it said
either the Eye slept or when the Eye saw its last or something.
If it does turn out to be Third Age, good luck; the different
races all have different cutover dates to the Fourth Age, not
to mention different calendars and thus different counting.

Makes one wonder if GSI tests their riddles on other GSI
employees before they put them in the game.  Ah well, they're
up against answer sharing and making good riddles is not easy.

I wonder how much spam this note will cost me.

References

Re: MEPBM Riddle help needed
kgiven@aol.com (KGiven)
Fri, 25 Apr 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM Riddle help needed
kgp8d@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Keith G. Parker)
Fri, 25 Apr 1997 00:00:00 +0000