Quest:The Riddle-game

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

Quest Chain
Prerequisite: completed the quest Return to Thorenhad [39] House of the Master [39] A Place of Rest "The Riddle-game" arc: [39] The Riddle-game [39] The Riddle-maker [39] The Riddle-finder [39] The Riddle-seeker [39] The Riddle-master [39] Frodo's Burden [39] Instance:Frodo's Burden [39] Laying to Rest the Evil Dead [39] Instance:Laying to Rest the Evil Dead

Walkthrough & Notes
Spoiler Alert The answer to the riddle is gloves. You can find them on a table near the Vault-keeper Maladmil in the courtyard of the Last Homely House. [Prior to Update 13 they were in the Stable area.] Get them and return them to Lindir in the Hall of Fire.

Rewards
21   Increased Reputation with The Mathom Society ( 300 )

Quest Text

Bestowal dialogue 'Hello there, friend <class>. I wonder if you can help out an old hobbit who is not as spry as he used to be? Lindir and I are playing a friendly riddle-game. Here is his latest: 'I often hold your hand, But I have no hands wherewith to hold. I often sleep in summer, But I do my best when it grows cold. I often lose my mate, But I feel no sorrow, if truth be told. 'If truth be told, I'm quite stumped! Speak with Lindir about it -- it could be he has forgotten an important line or two.' Background Bilbo has asked you to help out in a riddle-game he is playing with Lindir: I often hold your hand, But I have no hands wherewith to hold. I often sleep in summer, But I do my best when it grows cold. I often lose my mate, But I feel no sorrow, if truth be told. Objective 1 Talk to Lindir Lindir is standing with Bilbo in the Hall of Fire in the Last Homely House. Bilbo has asked you to speak with Lindir about the riddle he presented to the old hobbit. Lindir: 'I thought for once I would try one of the homely riddles that Bilbo loves so well, rather than an involved mystery of Elf-lore. And so it seems that with his mind in the clouds of Sindarin poetry, our friend here cannot solve old-fashioned riddles of the hobbit-kind. 'But I will give you the hint I gave Bilbo. The answer to this riddle can be found here in The Last Homely House. Just find the answer and bring it here to solve the riddle.' Objective 2 Find an item that solves Lindir's riddle The answer to Lindir's riddle lies somewhere in the Last Homely House in Rivendell. Lindir awaits your return in the Hall of Fire. Lindir is waiting for you to bring him the answer to his riddle. Lindir: 'I did not think this riddle was very difficult, but it seems sometimes the simplest puzzles are the hardest to solve.' Found a pair of work-gloves Bring the gloves to Lindir at the Last Homely House Lindir: 'Ha! Well done. The answer fits like a glove, does it not?'