The Tolkien Quoting Trivia

[Marky Lazer]

For this ring was like to twin serpents, whose eyes were emeralds, and their heads met beneath a crown of golden flowers, that the one upheld and the other devoured; that was the badge of Finarfin and his house.

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch XIX Of Beren and Luthien

It is mentioned here because Beren son of Barahir who got the ring from Felagund, shows the ring to King Thingol when he has earned death after he tells he wants the king's daugter Luthien.

[Sephiroth]

Exactly! It's one of my favourite scenes!



*hands Marky a bell*

Over to you, good sir.

[Marky Lazer]

Thank thee.

Who gave king Arvedui his name?

[Kissmequick]

It is said that this name was given to him at his birth by Malbeth the Seer, who said to his father 'Arvedui you shall call him, for he will be the last in Arthedain'

LOTR, Appendix A, Gondor and the heirs of Anarion

[Sephiroth]

There's your revenge, then, KMQ. I was still fumbling about in my appendices; for some reason I couldn't find the reference to Malbeth.

[Kissmequick]

muhahaha
*rubs hands together and grins evilly*

Where did Hador the Golden Haired fall?

[Sephiroth]

At the Battle of Sudden Flame:

Before the walls of Eithel Sirion fell Hador the Golden-haired, defending the rearguard of his lord Fingolfin, being then sixty and six years of age, and with him fell Gundor his younger son, pierced by many arrows; and they were mourned by the Elves.

The Silmarillion, Of The Ruin of Beleriand p. 152

[Kissmequick]

well done that chap, have a little tinkly bell

[Sephiroth]

Woo! Another one!

*tinkles his bell*

Ahem.



Who instructed the Teleri in 'all manner of sea-lore and sea-music'.

[Marky Lazer]

[T]hen many of the Teleri pressed on to the shores of Beleriand[.] [...] Long they remained by the coasts of the western sea, and Osse and Uinen came to them and befriended them; and Osse instructed them, sitting upon a rock near to the margin of the land, and of him they learned all manner of sea-lore and sea music.

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. 5 Of Eldamar and the Princes of Eldalie

[Sephiroth]

*appears out of nowhere, proffering a bell for Marky*



Over to you!

[Marky Lazer]

Question: Do we think it's time to allowe Children of Hurin already?

Anyway... for now:

What do hobbits learn before their letters?

[pyan]

How to cook...

All hobbits, of course, can cook, for they begin to learn the art before they learn their letters (which many never reach):

TT - Book IV - Chapter IV - Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit

[Marky Lazer]

It won't surprise you it earned you a bell, I guess.

[pyan]

Ding!

The L. of the R. cost me £???? to produce to begin with, after it left my hands

How much?