Tolkien Trivia

Marilyn · Post by **Marilyn** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:21 pm

OK, I'll put my level 2 thinking cap on:

What was "Ever-Summer" and what significance did it have for one particular King?

Marilyn

ElessarsLady · Post by **ElessarsLady** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 7:02 pm

Ever-summer was an evergreen tree ( also called Oiolaire) brought to Numenor by the Eldar of Eressea, from which was cut the Bough of Return...the king in question I believe was Isildur who managed to save a single fruit of that tree after Sauron ordered it choppped down. Of this fruit later came the White Tree of Gondor....the tree of Kings.

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 7:06 pm

Oh for goodness sake I should have remembered that. I've just finished Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife.

Marilyn · Post by **Marilyn** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 7:31 pm

ElessarsLady wrote:Ever-summer was an evergreen tree ( also called Oiolaire) brought to Numenor by the Eldar of Eressea, from which was cut the Bough of Return...the king in question I believe was Isildur who managed to save a single fruit of that tree after Sauron ordered it choppped down. Of this fruit later came the White Tree of Gondor....the tree of Kings.

Well done Elassarslady, the first part is correct, but the White Tree of Gondor came from Nimloth, a descendant of Telperion, the Eldest of Trees.

I was thinking of another King. You are, however, very close to the answer.

Marilyn

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:32 pm

Is there no one out there with an answer? Perhaps Marilyn you could give us another hint?

ElessarsLady · Post by **ElessarsLady** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:56 am

I thought you had Philipa siting Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife...since Erendis brought the bow to Aldarion...for his safe return from the sea...if my memory serves me correctly...

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:00 pm

Marilyn holds the key. The referrence I used was the only one I knew of but you know there are so many kings of Numenor... I shall PM our friend.

Marilyn · Post by **Marilyn** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:56 am

Philipa wrote:Marilyn holds the key. The referrence I used was the only one I knew of but you know there are so many kings of Numenor... I shall PM our friend.

Philipa, yes, EllarsLady is correct, when I said the answer was very close, it was indeed your reference to Aldarion.

Whenever Aldarion sailed, the Bough of Return was always placed on the prow of his ships, however, when he became King he replaced it with "the image of an eagle with golden beak and jewelled eyes" a gift from Cirdan.

$\:D/$ Well done EllarsLady, we can move on now, to your next question.

Marilyn

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:22 pm

Don't ask ElessarsLady, just give us the next quiz please.

ElessarsLady · Post by **ElessarsLady** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 5:07 pm

I won't ask...

Level Two

Where was the source of the Blackroot River?

Varda · Post by **Varda** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:06 am

The source of the Blackroot River came from the mountains near the southern gate of the Paths of the Dead, above Erech, an ancient site at the White Mountains.

ElessarsLady · Post by **ElessarsLady** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:32 am

Bravo Varda....your turn...

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:58 pm

Alright someone else to play with.

Varda · Post by **Varda** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:26 am

Level 2~
How did the race of dwarves come into being ?

Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:24 pm

If I remember right Aule was impatient and created seven dwarves that slept until the awakening of the Elves. Iluvatar was not happy with this little creation experience but he excepted them none the less.