The Revived Tolkien Trivia

[Marky Lazer]

I didn't mean that actually... but I have to allow this answer, I guess...

 

[Pyan]

Mmm...what were you looking for then, Marky?

 

[Marky Lazer]

But in the midst of the war a spirit of great strength and hardihood came to the aid of the Valar, hearing in the far heaven that there was battle in the Little Kingdom; and Arda was filled with the sound of his laughter. So came Tulkas the Strong[.]

The Silmarilion, Quenta Silmariilion, Of the Beginning of Days

 

[Pyan]

Ah...two Little Kingdoms....I suppose , as I've read the Letters more recently than the Silmarillion, the Farmer Giles one came first to mind....

Anyway...

"..its long and mournful shores stretched away into the south, lightless and unexplored"

What's the name of this place?

 

[Marky Lazer]

That narrow land lay south of the Bay of Eldamar, beneath the eastern feet of the Pelori, and its long and mournful shores stretched away into the south, lightless and unexplored.

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch VIII Of the Darkening of Valinor

 

[Pyan]

And its name?

 

[Marky Lazer]

Thus unseen he came at last to the dark region of Avathar.

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch VIII Of the Darkening of Valinor

 

[Pyan]

Sound like the British seaside in winter.....

Away you go, Marky.

 

[Marky Lazer]

We have found it, but it lies well back from the waterside here, and runs under the lee of a rock-wall, a furlong or more from the shore.

What did we find?

 

[Pyan]

Our hardest task will be to get our boats and baggage to the old portage-way. We have found it, but it lies well back from the water-side here, and runs under the lee of a rock-wall, a furlong or more from the shore. We did not find where the northward landing lies.

FotR: Book II: Chapter IX: The Great River.

 

[Marky Lazer]

*tingalading*

 

[Pyan]

Ok....

"Ere she came to the home of the woodmen........she was sick of a fever"

Who was? Where was the home of the woodmen?

 

[Marky Lazer]

'Do not be troubled. The tale shall wait. But I will give you a name, and I will call you Niniel, Tear-maiden.' [...] Ere she came to the home of the woodmen upon Amon Obel she was sick of a fever; and long she lay thus, tended by the women of Brethil, and they taught her language as to an infant.

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. XXI Of Turin Turambar

 

[Pyan]

Yep! *hands over bell*
The floor is yours, Mr Lazer.....

 

[Marky Lazer]

Rightyo! What is the Heart of Fire?

 

[Pyan]

The Sun...

Isil the Sheen the Vanyar of old named the Moon, flower of Telperion in Valinor; and Anar the Fire-golden, fruit of Laurelin, they named the Sun. But the Noldor named them also Rána, the wayward, and Vasa, the Heart of Fire, that awakens and consumes;

The Silmarillion - Quenta Silmarillion - Chapter 11 - Of the Sun and the Moon and the Hiding of Valinor.

 

[Marky Lazer]

Clingclong! A bell in the color of a scuppernong!

 

[Pyan]

Ooh! Greeny-bronze - sets my eyes off a treat.....

Try this.....

There was the sound, too, of elven-harps and of sweet music: and as it echoed up toward them it seemed that the chill of the air was warmed, and they caught faintly the fragrance of woodland flowers blossoming in spring.

Where are "they"?

 

[Marky Lazer]

How long a quote do you want, good sir?

There was the sound, too, of elven-harps and of sweet music: and as it echoed up toward them it seemed that the chill of the air was warmed, and they caught faintly the fragrance of woodland flowers blossoming in spring.
[...]
This song appeared to please Thorin, and he smiled and grew merry; and he began reckoning the distance to the Iron Hills and how long it would be before Dain could reach the Lonely Mountain, if he had set out as soon as the message reached him.

The Hobbit, Chapter 15 The Gathering of the Clouds

 

[Pyan]

Well, I suppose the answer is in the quote.....
Erebor was what I expected...

A smaragdine bell for you, sir! And your turn, of course.