Weekly Riddle Contest

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Yevel
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Weekly Riddle Contest

Post by Yevel » Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:02 pm

Attention all of the Kingdoms!

The Gypsy Bella is offering prizes in the shape of coins and various items to those that seek her out to answer her weekly riddles that will be posted upon the following board! If you seek her out and answer the riddle correctly as one of the first five, you will recieve a reward in your attempts to better your overall wits!

Every week the riddle will be declared, and no person may answer the riddle for twenty four hours from the posting to give all people a fair chance to read the riddle first and attempt to contact the Gypsy Bella.
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Re: Weekly Riddle Contest

Post by Bellayana » Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:45 pm

Travelers of the Kingdoms, I give to you my first riddle of the realms solve it if you might and prove to others you truely value wits.

This riddle is titled the Wizards Hat.


The three wisest wizards in the land were brought before the king to see which of them were worthy to become the king's greatest wizard in the kingdom. After passing many tests of cunning and invention, they were pitted against each other in a final battle of the wits.

Led blind-folded into a small room, the wizards were seated around a small wooden table as the king described the test for them.

"Upon each of your heads I have placed a hat. Now you are either wearing a blue hat or a white hat. All I will tell you is this- at least one of you is wearing a blue hat. There may be only one blue hat and two white hats, there may be two blue hats and one white hat, or there may be three blue hats. But you may be certain that there are not three white hats."

"I will shortly remove your blind folds, and the test will begin. The first to correctly announce the colour of his hat shall be my advisor. Be warned however, he who guesses wrongly shall be beheaded. If not one of you answers within the hour, you will be sent home and I will seek elsewhere for wisdom."

With that, the king uncovered the wizards' eyes and sat in the corner and waited. One wizard looked around and saw that his competitors each were wearing blue hats. From the look in their eyes he could see their thoughts were the same as his, "What is the colour of my hat?"

For what seemed like hours no one spoke. Finally the wizard stood up and said, "The colour of the hat I am wearing is . . ."
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Re: Weekly Riddle Contest

Post by Bellayana » Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:51 pm

My second riddle I give to you, finding me may not be as easy, but the rewards are more.

I am the black child of a white father;
A wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven.
I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me,
and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air.

What am I?

Fate Guide-

Bella, Seer of Savras.
The belief in a supernatural evil is not necessary;
Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
-Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes

-Tofuergus Greenroot, Gnomish Ranger
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Re: Weekly Riddle Contest

Post by Bellayana » Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:43 pm

In light of all that has been happening in the Kingdoms, I give you this riddle.

Too much for one-
enough for two...
and nothing at all for three-

What am I?

Fates Guide-
Bella, Seer of Savras
The belief in a supernatural evil is not necessary;
Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
-Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes

-Tofuergus Greenroot, Gnomish Ranger
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Re: Weekly Riddle Contest

Post by Zorinar » Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:52 pm

A date?
Seek ye victory? Ye shall eventually find defeat.
Seek ye defeat? Ye shall most certainly find it.
Seek ye nothing? Then all ye can find is victory.
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Re: Weekly Riddle Contest

Post by Kallias » Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:47 am

I was going to say a *OOPS* didn't know I wasn't suppose to guess on here. But now I kind of want to say condom, after Zorinar's answer.
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Re: Weekly Riddle Contest

Post by Bellayana » Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:35 am

I figured your guess was a joke, but all guesses should be directed ICly.
The belief in a supernatural evil is not necessary;
Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
-Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes

-Tofuergus Greenroot, Gnomish Ranger
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