Énigmes de Mortecime
Il ne s'agit ici pas vraiment d'un livre, mais des énigmes posées dans le jeu TES L : Battlespire.
Some live in me, some live on,
and some shave me to stride upon.
I rarely leave my native land.
Until my death I always stand.
High and low I may be found
Both above and under ground.
Answer : tree
Through straightway is rightway
for most paths I've found
Most goodway is sometimes
the other wayround.
Answer : eltrut kcom
I rise above the roofs below
Finger up-raised to heaven.
I speak in clear tones
that aim for others
To gather where I call.
Answer : bell tower
Armor bright
Gleaming white
A single rank
Their faces blank
Now hid by night
Now bold by light
Bright red the land
Where soldiers stand
Answer : teeth
Loadbearer, Warrior
Spirited, Brave
Fleet-foot, Ironshod
Faithful One, Slave
Answer : horse
So dark, dirty, cold this place,
To stay you would refrain
Yet those who occupy this place
Never do complain
Answer : crypt
The gift your mother gives you,
Though prized by all, the long and short of it,
Too much of it kills you every time.
Answer : life
What was the sight my eyes were giving
When I saw the dead carrying the living?
Answer : boat
We say some things improve with death.
What stinks when living, but dead smells good?
Answer : pig
Who makes it neither needs nor wants it.
Who buys it neither uses nor wears it.
Who uses it neither sees nor feels it.
Answer : coffin
Never watched by daylight
Never watched by night
But evenstar watches oft and well
'Tween the black and bright
Answer : dusk