Riddles in the Dark of Exilian

[Glaurung]

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dust?

[Jubal]

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Nope - but you're right to take the "downtrodden" fairly literally.

[Tusky]

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carpet or floorboards?

[Jubal]

Correct in the second of those guesses

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Though you lay both, and they are both trodden on, and both may be on a floor above you, it's floorboards not carpet because floorboards are actually dead (being made of wood) and because of line 3 - it's disinterested because it's board (bad pun I know).

Tusky's turn to post a riddle

[Tusky]

Correct in the second of those guesses

Yay! Good riddle.

Here's my effort:

I am of the lord
I was there at the slaying
Those that are like me
Could be muted or marching

[Jubal]

Hmm... thoughts so far:

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Hm, first line makes me think religion, though it's lord not Lord so not necessarily
Second line is most confusing - things present at slayings are usually people, weapons, armour, battle accoutrements, and concepts (like death)
I think line 3 just sets up line 4, though I guess it also tells us it's not an individual
Muted or marching - these could be quite literal, but the things they connect to for me are instruments. I half wondered about trumpet - used in a marching band, can be muted, could be present at a battlefield, but I'm not sure they can be "of the lord"...

[Tusky]

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first line makes me think religion

Yep

I think line 3 just sets up line 4, though I guess it also tells us it's not an individual

Yep

I half wondered about trumpet - used in a marching band, can be muted, could be present at a battlefield, but I'm not sure they can be "of the lord"...

No, not an instrument

Let me know if I should give a hint, I wasn't sure on how difficult this one was. I've not really written any riddles before! 

[Tusky]

I'm worried my riddle is too tricky - so I've tweaked the wording to be a little clearer and come up with an amended version should anyone want...

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I am of the god
The slaughter I did see
I'll always be quiet
And March will leave like me

[Jubal]

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The big problem I'm having is the word "march" - I can't think of anything that really does that except humans, penguins and ants, and any items carried to war by humans (none of which I can make fit atm). I wondered if it obliquely references the month but figure that might be stretching.

[Tusky]

Here's a clue

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The big problem I'm having is the word "march" - I can't think of anything that really does that except humans, penguins and ants, and any items carried to war by humans (none of which I can make fit atm). I wondered if it obliquely references the month but figure that might be stretching.

All of the lines are not describing anything literally - they are all referring to idioms / sayings about the riddle's subject.

EDIT 1: I've probably made this far too hard, thinking about it, since if you don't know one of them then you won't be able to make all of the lines fit.

EDIT 2: Actually I think the wording on that last line is wrong!!! I have changed it to: And March will leave like me

[Jubal]

In which case my guess is

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A lamb

I still can't make the last line fit, but it idiom or phrase-wise works for the other three I think?

[Tusky]

Jubal got it!

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You're right. The lines are:

Lamb of God
Like a lamb to slaughter
Quiet as a Lamb
The last one is March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.

Probably not a very well know saying i suppose!
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[Jubal]

Yay!

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I think for the last line I did know that phrase, but I'd have needed a mention of the lion to get it. It's a decent riddle though, and evidently actually is guessable - well done

Here's my next one:

I, a snow of darkling white,
Shall fall beneath a glowing light,
For when his kingdom frost has got,
You'll make me though you want me not
I may be made of mine own name,
So tell me, can you guess the same?

[Tusky]

It's a very nice riddle poetically! I've had a good think but doubt I'm right 

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I thought along the lines of dust (or maybe ash). Which can match in the following ways

I, a snow of darkling white
- Perhaps this means grey? Ash / dust colour

Shall fall beneath a glowing light
- ash from a volcano? Dust in a room that you only notice moving in the light?

For when his kingdom frost has got,
You'll make me though you want me not
- the second line might match dust, since a lot of it is human matter. Although I can't see how it is relevant to the previous line, maybe an old man's greying hair (his hair being his kingdom) may be prone to more dandruff? Doesn't really relate to ash.

I may be made of mine own name,
- An ash tree is made of ash wood? A pile of dust is made up of dust particles... I'm not entirely sure what to make of this clue, I'm guessing that the made part is the main clue

So tell me, can you guess the same?
- I get the feeling this relates to the previous line, but ostensibly seems to be just asking for the answer and completing the nice couplet

[comrade_general]

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I looked at Tusk's but I was thinking ash as well. When there's frost it's cold so you build a fire to get warm but then you have to deal with ash. Made of my own name, so wood ash in full?