Re: Middle Earth Riddle solved

From: Jeff Dobberpuhl <attorney@mr.net>

Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Greg Chapman wrote:
>
> Jeff Dobberpuhl <attorney@mr.net> wrote:
>
> >The answer to the previous riddle was LEGOLAS
>
> Since they say that was the correct answer then GSI's clues
> are flawed.  The Return of the King, paperback.  Appendix B.
> p.470  S.R. 1421 The Bearers of Rings depart over Sea.
> p.470  S.R. 1422 Fourth Age begins.
> p.472  S.R. 1541/Fourth Age 120 (Gondor)
>             King Elessar (Aragon II) dies.
>             Legolas built a great ship in Ithilien and went over Sea.
>                 Gimli the Dwarf may have gone with him.
>
> We're not nitpicking a year or two here, clearly Legolas left
> Middle-Earth well into the Fourth Age.  The riddle is flawed.
>

I totally agree with you. This is why I posted to this Newsgroup to
begin with.  The riddle suggests someone who left earlier, but nobody
fits the riddle correctly.  Sigh.

The game is still fun though.... (Are you listening, Mick, the Dragon
Lord???)

> The entire implementation of the riddle game isn't true to J.R.R.
> in any case.  The riddles and riddle clues are supposed to cleverly
> lead to objects that all creatures have encountered: eggs, teeth,
> aging, wind, etc.  This is what made it a common leveling ground
> between entities of disparate race, culture, class and economic
> status.

References

Middle Earth Riddle solved
Jeff Dobberpuhl <attorney@mr.net>
Mon, 23 Dec 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Middle Earth Riddle solved
zubla@sprynet.com (Greg Chapman)
Thu, 26 Dec 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Middle Earth Riddle solved
Jeff Dobberpuhl <attorney@mr.net>
Mon, 23 Dec 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Middle Earth Riddle solved
zubla@sprynet.com (Greg Chapman)
Thu, 26 Dec 1996 00:00:00 +0000