webdiplomacy.net

I'm going to ask this question again: is this a character created by J.R.R. Tolkien?

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:17 pm

I'm going to ask this question again: is this a character created by J.R.R. Tolkien?

indeed they were. I believe you all are basically there now!

Free guess: Gollum/Smeagol

han-shahanshah wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:28 pm

Free guess: Gollum/Smeagol

not gollum

Member of the Fellowship?

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:00 am

Member of the Fellowship?

yes

Well it's about down to two people for me.

Legolas?

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:17 am

Well it's about down to two people for me.

Legolas?

not legolas. also, if it were, he'd be pretty firmly in mythological humanoid race.

kingofthepirates wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:19 am

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:17 am

Well it's about down to two people for me.

Legolas?

not legolas. also, if it were, he'd be pretty firmly in mythological humanoid race.

ah. missed that you passed on that one. hmm.

No questions or guesses in this post.

So, it has to be either Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, or Gandalf, right? Gandalf is an interesting case, because wizards are an established concept, but they're not depicted as their own race much outside of Tolkien. You could say that Tolkien invented Gandalf's race (Maiar). Gimli, like Legolas, is firmy mythological, Aragorn and Boromir are firmly human (Aragorn has non-human ancestry, but not enough to warrant a "no" to the human question).

I was convinced it was Treebeard until you answered "yes" to the Fellowship question.

Was this character born in Shire Reckoning 1380 or later?

Not Free Guess: Pippin

Not free guess: Gandalf

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:35 am

Was this character born in Shire Reckoning 1380 or later?

they were not

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:39 am

Not free guess: Gandalf

JustAGuyNamedWill wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:36 am

Not Free Guess: Pippin

no and no

16 total Q's so far by my count, but i think the final answer is coming soon...

Apologies for burning through questions, but we're basically there anyway and as a Lord of the Rings enthusiast, I'd love to win this one lol.

I can put another guess as my second-in-a-row.

Frodo Baggins

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:49 am

Apologies for burning through questions, but we're basically there anyway and as a Lord of the Rings enthusiast, I'd love to win this one lol.

I can put another guess as my second-in-a-row.

Frodo Baggins

I think this has to be the answer. Merry was born in 1382, and Sam was born in 1380.

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:49 am

Apologies for burning through questions, but we're basically there anyway and as a Lord of the Rings enthusiast, I'd love to win this one lol.

I can put another guess as my second-in-a-row.

Frodo Baggins

And we have a winner!

I was flip-flopping on the mythological humanoid question, but ultimately decided to pass it since one could potentially argue one side or the other (hobbits do not explicitly appear in any mythology, but similarities are there, and some may consider hobbits to be close enough to count).

Yes! My fourth win!

I'm starting another round right now! I have someone I've wanted to do for a while that I think would be awesome.