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| Aeglos : The spear of Gil-galad,carried by him to the War of the Last Alliance.Its name is translated 'snow-point'. And�ril : The Flame of the West,the sword of Aragorn Elessar,reforged by the Elves of Rivendell from the Shards of Elendil's ancient sword Narsil. Anglachel : 'Iron of the Flaming Star',the sword forged by E�l the Dark Elf and borne by Beleg of Doriath.It was later reforged as T�rin's black sword,Gurthang. Angrist : 'Iron-cutter',the knife made by Telchar of Nogrod and borne in the First Age by Curufin the son of F�anor.It was taken from him by Beren,who used it to cut free a Silmaril from the Iron Crown of Morgoth. Anguirel : One of a pair of iron-cutting swords forged by E�l,the Dark Elf,from an iron meteorite.Anguirel's mate was Anglachel,which E�l gave to Thingol in payment for leave to dwell in Nan Elmoth and that sword went on to perform many mighty deeds - reforged as Gurthang,it was the sword that T�rin used to kill Glaurung. Anguirel's history is far more mysterious.The only specific detail we have is that E�l kept it for himself but it was stolen by his son Maeglin.This must have happened when Maeglin and his mother Aredhel fled Nan Elmoth for Gondolin,so presumably the sword was taken to Turgon's Hidden City.What became of it after that is unknown. Aranr�th : 'King's Ire', the sword of King Elu Thingol of Doriath. Biter : A name among the Orcs for the great sword Orcrist,borne by Thorin during the Quest of Erebor.The name 'biter' though was much older than Thorin's time and dated back to the days of the First Age,when it was used by the Gondolindrim in the Wars of Beleriand. Dramborleg : Tuor the father of E�rendil was said to favour a great axe over a sword and he called his axe Dramborleg,which means 'Thudder-Sharp' in the language of the Gondolindrim.Tuor must have fought with it in the Fall of Gondolin but it escaped the downfall of that city and his descendants took it to N�menor as an heirloom.It survived through most of the Second Age but was destroyed in the Downfall of N�menor near that Age's end. Flame of the West : Title and literal translation of the name of Aragorn's sword,And�ril,reforged from Elendil's sword Narsil. Foe-hammer : The sword carried by both Turgon and Gandalf,more properly known as Glamdring. Glamdring : The sword of Turgon and Gandalf,known as Foe-Hammer. Goblin-cleaver : A name for the sword Orcrist and the literal translation of its Elvish name.It was forged in the city of Gondolin during the First Age,when the Elves warred with the Orcs of Morgoth and Orcrist was said to have killed hundreds of Goblins in those Wars. Grond, battering-ram : The battering ram used to destroy Minas Tirith's Great Gate during the Battle of the Pelennor. It took its name from the ancient weapon of Morgoth: Grond, the Hammer of the Underworld. Grond, Hammer of the Underworld : Called the Hammer of the Underworld,Morgoth's mighty mace that he bore when he slew Fingolfin before the doors of Angband. Gurthang : 'Iron of Death',the name given by T�rin Turambar to Beleg's black sword Anglachel after its reforging in Nargothrond. G�thwin� : The sword of �omer,borne by him at Aragorn's side in the Battle of the Hornburg and presumably also at the later Battle of the Pelennor Fields.Its name means 'battle-friend'. Hadhafang : The sword of Arwen Evenstar. Hammer of the Underworld : Grond,the great weapon of Morgoth that he used in single combat with Fingolfin. Herugrim : The sword of Th�oden,hidden from him for many years by Gr�ma.After being cured by Gandalf, Th�oden recovered the sword and rode with it to battle at the Hornburg and the Pelennor Fields. Iron of Death : In Elvish,Gurthang:the name given by T�rin to his black sword after it was reforged by the smiths of Nargothrond. Narsil : The Sword of Elendil,forged by Telchar of Nogrod in or before the First Age.The sword was broken in Elendil's fall at the Siege of Barad-d�r and its Shards became an heirloom of his heirs throughout the Third Age until it was reforged as And�ril and borne by Aragorn II Elessar in the War of the Ring. Orcrist : The sword of Thorin Oakenshield,discovered by him in a troll-hoard on his journey to Erebor and buried with him after his death in the Battle of Five Armies. Ringil : The sword of Fingolfin,said to have glittered like ice.With it he wounded Morgoth in single combat after the Dagor Bragollach. Shards of Narsil : At the end of the Second Age,Elendil's great sword Narsil was already an ancient and famous weapon,forged more than three millennia earlier by the Telchar of Nogrod.In the War of the Last Alliance,Elendil fell and his sword was broken but its remains were brought to the North-kingdom.These shards were carried by Elendil's heirs throughout the Third Age,as a token of their ancestry,until the time of the War of the Ring.The shards were reforged by the smiths of Rivendell into Aragorn's sword And�ril. Sting : A knife manufactured in Gondolin in the First Age,carried away as spoil by the creatures of Morgoth who destroyed that city.It was rediscovered millennia later in a troll-hoard by Bilbo Baggins,who named it Sting after using it to rescue the companions of Thorin Oakenshield from the giant spiders of Mirkwood. |
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