Thread: Two-word Tolkien Trivia

Originally Posted by Galthonviel

So there you have it

I was in fact looking for the River Nimrodel, which rises in the eastern foothills of the Misty Mountains, and then flows east to meet Celebrant (Silverlode) on the borders of Lothlótien.
Therefore, it 'fuses silver', in the sense that it joins Silverlode.

Bambu³ had a great thinking on this one and so did Wilros for finishing it. I was afraid I had made it too tricky...

Oh the Nimrodel was the answer? Reckon I was getting tripped up over the words a bit.

Well if it's cool will y'all, I'll take a turn?

Heh posting at the same time.

Thanks Wilros! Gonna percolate a bit and I'll come back with somethin' soon.

Lesee what y'all make o' this one...

branch break

Y'all know I love me some alliteration...

Hmm, branch could refer to simply a tree branch, but I am going to guess you refer to a family tree type branch instead. So a branch break would be when a family line ends. There are several of those to pick from, so I’ll chose a couple to guess:
- The ending of the heirs of Anarion and the Kings of Gondor with the (presumed) death of Earnur.
- The end of the Second Line of Kings of Rohan with the deaths of Theodred and Theoden.

Originally Posted by Wilros

Hmm, branch could refer to simply a tree branch

Actually, in this case it is! The branch (or branches) part is literal here. Good guess though!

In the Old Forest, Bombadill and the hobbits:

Setting down his lilies carefully on the grass, he ran to the tree. There he saw Merry’s feet sticking out-the rest had already been drawn further inside. Tom put his mouth to the crack and began singing into it in a low voice. They could not catch the words, but evidently Merry was aroused. His legs began to kick. Tom sprang away, and breaking off a hanging branch smote the side of the willow with it. “You let them out again, Old Man Willow!” he said.

Tom smote Old Man Willow and Gandalf smote the Balrog.

"Smote, smote, smote that evil thing.
Smote, smote, smote it, til you make it's skull go Ding!"

- Wink and the Lazy-eye Blinkers

Originally Posted by Boraxxe

In the Old Forest, Bombadill and the hobbits:



Tom smote Old Man Willow and Gandalf smote the Balrog.

"Smote, smote, smote that evil thing.
Smote, smote, smote it, til you make it's skull go Ding!"

- Wink and the Lazy-eye Blinkers

Nuther good guess! Still not it though!

Additional hint: the branch(es) are literal...the break not so much...

Another hint perhaps?

So far:

- branch=literal branch or branches
- break=not a phsysical breaking of something

Next clue...

the break was a misdirection
Edit: thought of a better clue

Ents going to war?

Lots of branches in that, and you could say their anger finally simmered over and broke, leading to their actions against Saruman.

Or, the Huorns wiping out Saruman's army as it fled Helm's Deep.

Originally Posted by Mulkfather

Ents going to war?

Lots of branches in that, and you could say their anger finally simmered over and broke, leading to their actions against Saruman.

Or, the Huorns wiping out Saruman's army as it fled Helm's Deep.

After giving it some more thought, I reckon I made this one a bit too vague and shoulda picked different words. I'm gonna pass the stick to Mulk for this very clever answer! Take it away!

Oh and I"m not gonna reveal my answer cause I think I wanna use it again if I get another turn. Heh.

is that so? Okey-dokey then.

far flight

far flight:

Eärendil sailing in the sky aboard Vingilot.

"Now when first Vingilot was set to sail in the seas of heaven, it rose unlooked for, glittering and bright; and the people of Middle-earth beheld it from afar and wondered, and they took it for a sign, and called it Gil-Estel, the Star of High Hope."

Originally Posted by Boraxxe

far flight:

Eärendil sailing in the sky aboard Vingilot.

"Now when first Vingilot was set to sail in the seas of heaven, it rose unlooked for, glittering and bright; and the people of Middle-earth beheld it from afar and wondered, and they took it for a sign, and called it Gil-Estel, the Star of High Hope."

actually, that's not one I had considered when composing this. Cool answer though. I love the story of Earendil in all of its particulars.

Well, flight obviously makes one think of the Eagles, and flying from the Misty Mountains to Mordor and Mount Doom for the Battle of the Morannon and the rescuing of Frodo and Sam is a far distance. IIRC the eagles also made an occasional trip to Numenor during the 2nd Age which would be quite a distance.

My last thought would be that flight could be a flight of stairs, and the Endless Stairs in Moria certainly qualify as going a far distance.

(I know it’s probably poor to post multiple guesses at once but the thread seems a little slow anyway so hopefully nobody minds).

I personally do not mind, Wilros. No dice on the guesses though.

Slow thread is slow. I'll toss out this hint - flight does not mean flying in the air.

A flight also means an act of fleeing. My guess is the departure of Elendil & sons from Numenor.