Who Said It?

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:33 am

Simple old level 1? I had to look that one up! It was Frodo.

Here's another level 1:

If a man must needs walk in sight of the Black Gate, or tread the deadly flowers of Morgul Vale, then perils he will have.

Riv Res · Post by **Riv Res** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 4:35 am

This is Aragorn speaking of his capture of Gollum.

Level 1:

Yet I have come so far, and I say this: now we have reached the last choice, it is clear to me that I cannot leave Frodo.

Beren · Post by **Beren** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:10 am

This is for sure Gimli speaking!

'I should vote for Minas Tirith.'
'And so should I,' said Gimli. 'We, of course, were only sent to help the Bearer along the road, to go no further than we wished, and none of us is under any oath or command to seek Mount Doom... Yet I have come so far, and I say this: now we have reached the last choice, it is clear to me that I cannot leave Frodo. I would choose Minas Tirith, but if he does not, then I follow him.'
'And I too will go with him,' said Legolas. 'It would be faithless now to say farewell.'

This is a little odd passage in the books, since Gimli had advocated the Fellowship taking "an oath", back in Rivendell. But it seems to me that Gimli and Legolas are simply being prudent. It is difficult to see how venturing alone into a truly dark land would be more advantageous than entrenching in a strong place with armed men. However things may have looked in academic exercise in Rivendell, it seems plain that they were both thinking of strong walls between the Company and Sauron, but their primary loyalty, in the end, was to Frodo. Unfortunately they never got the chance to show this (at least not to Frodo himself), but as so many things even in this world work out, where they ended up was where they were most needed – rescuing Merry and Pippin, killing Orcs at the Deep, and riding with Aragorn to summon the Dead.

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:58 pm

Good analysis, Beren! Tolkien's plot is amazing, when you think about it. Even Merry and Pippin's kidnapping by the orcs worked out for the good in the end.

Your turn, right?

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:46 am

Well, Beren seems busy about other things (maybe Luthien is in town!), and so I'll keep things going with another quote:

Who said, "Don't go arguing with any foreigners, and come straight back!"?
(Level 1)

Beren · Post by **Beren** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:36 am

I think but am not sure that this is Farmer Maggot's wife speaking... just before he leaves into the fog. But i might be wrong.

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:55 pm

You are correct, Beren. I think she is a terrific character--as if 'arguing' with foreigners is the worst thing that could have happened that night!

Your turn--

Beren · Post by **Beren** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:16 am

Ok here we go (level 1,5):

'It is but a feint and its chief purpose, I deem, was rather to draw us on by false guess of our Enemy's weakness than to do us much hurt, yet.'

Riv Res · Post by **Riv Res** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:48 am

Beren wrote:Ok here we go (level 1,5):

'It is but a feint and its chief purpose, I deem, was rather to draw us on by false guess of our Enemy's weakness than to do us much hurt, yet.'

That would be Aragorn to his captains on the way to the Black Gate.

Beren · Post by **Beren** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:05 am

Riv Res... you are going strong! One in here and one in the trivia...

Your turn to ask!

Riv Res · Post by **Riv Res** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:34 pm

Level 1

I do not know for what reason the Enemy is pursuing you, but I perceive that he is - strange indeed though that seems to me.

Elorin · Post by **Elorin** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:46 am

Riv Res wrote:Level 1

I do not know for what reason the Enemy is pursuing you, but I perceive that he is - strange indeed though that seems to me.

I never played this game, but now I will give it a try:
Was it Gildor Inglorion, when the hobbits are still in the Shire, and have an encounter with the Elves?

Riv Res · Post by **Riv Res** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:52 pm

You're correct Elorin!

Now it's your turn to come up with a quote.

Elorin · Post by **Elorin** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:33 pm

I suppose this will be a level 1 question:

For I must go where he goes now

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 1:55 am

Oh, a thousand pardons, Elorin! We have let this go for far too long!

This is just a guess to get things going again: Sam?

(The simplest ones are always the hardest, aren't they?)