The Revived Tolkien Trivia

The great shadow descended like a falling cloud. And behold! it was a winged creature: if bird, then greater than all other birds, and it was naked, and neither quill nor feather did it bear, and its vast pinions were as webs of hide between horned fingers; and it stank. A creature of an older world maybe it was, whose kind, fingering in forgotten mountains cold beneath the Moon, outstayed their day, and in hideous eyrie bred this last untimely brood, apt to evil. And the Dark Lord took it, and nursed it with fell meats, until it grew beyond the measure of all other things that fly; and he gave it to his servant to be his steed.
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The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Chapter 6: The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

We's meaning the winged mounts of the Ringwraiths, of course. Oh yes. And welcome to the knitter!
 
Elbereth/Varda
For now the Kindler, Varda, the Queen of the Stars, from Mount Everwhite has uplifted her hands like clouds, and all paths are drowned deep in shadow.......
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FotR: Book II: Chapter VIII: Farewell to Lórien.
 
Marky Lazer said:
Bells... well, in a previous Trivia, Nesacat gave you a bell if you answered a question correctly. Don't ask why; it's a long story and includes a kraken and red underpants...
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There might have been a kraken due to tentacles and all but there were NO red underpants.

*Leaves a basket of feathered bells*

It's from From Bregalad's lament for the rowans. The Two Towers III Chapter 4 (Treebeard).

'Orofarnë, Lassemista, Carnimírië!' means "mountain-dwelling, leaf-grey, with adornment of red jewels".
 
I knew it was Bregalad's Lament, but where can I find it again where it says what it means?
 
Sorry, Marky - I didn't notice that the reference Nesa gave was only in Quenya, without a translation.

Still open, then!:eek::eek:
 
Yes, they're in Letters 168 - To Richard Jeffery.
(Easier to quote the letter number, than the page ref, Cat!)
Take it away, formidable feline....
 
What do you want to know about the quote, Nesa dear? That it's the final paragraph of Journey To The Cross-roads?
 
Why don't we revive this bugger then?

Chris, who is responsible for the creation of Trolls?
 
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