Quest:The Riddle-maker

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The Riddle-game
Level 39
Type Solo
Starts with Lindir
Starts at The Hall of Fire
Start Region Rivendell
Map Ref [29.6S, 3.3W]
Ends with Bilbo Baggins
Ends at The Hall of Fire
End Region Rivendell
Map Ref [29.6S, 3.3W]
Quest Group Trollshaws
Quest Chain The Riddle-game
Quest Text

Bestowal dialogue

High Elf: 'It seems that we have an expert riddler here!

'It is Bilbo's turn to present a riddle...you should speak with him and learn what he will pose to me.'


Non-High Elf:

'It seems we have an expert riddler here, my dear hobbit! Bilbo, perhaps you can offer up one of your own riddles for our friend to solve.'

Background

Bilbo has a riddle of his own for you to solve:

'A long beard I have of bristly hair,
But no chin or cheek on which to bear.
Many hands hold me, with ne'er a caress,
Yet I'm e'er the first to clean up a mess.

Objective 1

Bilbo is standing with Lindir in The Hall of Fire.

Lindir told you that it was Bilbo's turn to present a riddle and that you should speak with him.

Bilbo Baggins: 'Lindir out-foxed me! I was rummaging through all my small stock of Elf-lore searching for some poem or tale to fit his verse, but I should have been thinking of more prosaic things, after all. I wonder if he can answer my next little puzzle though!
'I would like to offer one of my poems on Elven lore, but I dread Lindir's gentle laughter more than a goblin's sword! So I will follow his lead and make another homely riddle, one that I am sure you can solve by finding another item here in the Last Homely House. Here it is:
'A long beard I have of bristly hair,
But no chin or cheek on which to bear.
Many hands hold me, with ne'er a caress,
Yet I'm e'er the first to clean up a mess.'

Objective 2

  • Find an item that solves Bilbo's riddle

The solution to Bilbo's riddle is somewhere in the Last Homely House in Rivendell. Bilbo awaits your return in the Hall of Fire.

Bilbo is waiting for you to bring him the item that solves his riddle.

Bilbo Baggins: 'Ha, has this puzzle stumped you? Perhaps your quick answer to Lindir's riddle was just a coincidence!'
Found a besom-broom

Objective 3

  • Bring the besom broom to Bilbo Baggins in the Hall of Fire

The solution to Bilbo's riddle is somewhere in the Last Homely House in Rivendell. Bilbo awaits your return in the Hall of Fire.

Bilbo is waiting for you to bring him the item that solves his riddle.

Bilbo Baggins: 'And what could be more homely than a simple besom broom? Even Elves have to clean up from time to time, it seems!'