swords and other weapons

[Thorin Oakenshield]

any facts?

[Tar-Palantir]

They kill people. Can you be more specific?

[Bill Ferny]

I really have to stop eating all those apples people throw at me. I could re-cycle. smilies/evil.gif

[Thorin Oakenshield]

can you name some that are in Lord of the Rings?

[Tar-Palantir]

Aeglos
Aiglos
Andúril
Anglachel
Angrist
Anguirel
Aranrúth
Beater
Biter
Dramborleg
Flame of the West
Foe-hammer
Glamdring
Goblin-cleaver
Grond, battering-ram
Grond, Hammer of the Underworld
Gurthang
Gúthwinë
Hammer of the Underworld
Herugrim
Iron of Death
Narsil
Orcrist
Ringil
Shards of Narsil
Sting
Sword of Elendil
Sword-that-was-Broken

Some doubles in there, I just copied it smilies/smile.gif

go here (http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/) for the scoop.

If you have read LotR then you know the weapons are just the basic kind, with few exceptions. The Rings of Power come to mind...

[ May 10, 2003: Message edited by: Tar-Palantir ]

[Thorin Oakenshield]

do you know what kind of bow Legolas used
smilies/tongue.gif

[Meela]

Swords are useful for two things:

Whacking people on the head and tripping people up.

(This makes no sense unless you've read my documentary, so ignore it smilies/smile.gif but it is true, as Faramir found out...)

[Thorin Oakenshield]

you have a documentary on tripping people with swords?

[Meela]

It was v. brief, like one sentence...
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/estelofgondor/myhomepage/lordoftherings.html

[Thorin Oakenshield]

oh i see

[Thorin Oakenshield]

any others...?

[ May 10, 2003: Message edited by: Thorin Oakenshield ]

[Iarwain]

Hehe. Legolas' bow was made in Lothlorien out of real elf hair (sort of gross, I know)

Iarwain

[Thorin Oakenshield]

what is so great about the Andúril?

[Meela]

well, its Narsil... (i think...) cut the ring from sauron's hand and all. pretty grand sword.

[Thorin Oakenshield]

isn't The Ring consitered a weapon?

[MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie]

Yes, sort of. I guess by Sauron, but I think he'd rather called it his wife smilies/wink.gif . It can be considered a weapon, but a perilous one, it can also be considered a tool, but again, a perilous one.

[Meela]

Us down at Gondor see it as a weapon. And a good one at that.

[Thorin Oakenshield]

yes a dangerous but usefull weapon... smilies/tongue.gif

[gothmog35]

I believe Gandalf said that the rings of power were tools that gauged the power,will, and intentions of the bearer and then acted or enhanced upon ther desire to do an intended task. Whether it be as a weapon , to create, to protect etc.etc.etc.
So they could be a weapon but were much more multi-fasated than that.

[Thorin Oakenshield]

so did Aragorn own the Andúril?

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

It was passed down to him, so yes, he did own Anduril.

~Menelien

[Thorin Oakenshield]

who passed it on to him? smilies/smile.gif

[Thorin Oakenshield]

i forgot.....

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Originally it was called Narsil, and it was the sword of Elendil. I don't know whether it was passed on to Isildur, or it was originally his sword. Anyhow, it was broken, and then Isildur cut Sauron's ring-finger off with the Shards of Narsil. They were passed through the generations, until Aragorn had it reforged by the Elves, and renamed it as Anduril. I think that's about right.

~Menelien

[Thorin Oakenshield]

cool

[Thorin Oakenshield]

now lets talk about sting(very short history that i know of
All i know that Bilbo used it in many of his adventures, and he then passed it o to Frodo........ is there more behind this weapon? smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Elfchick7]

Hello!! smilies/eek.gif How could ya'll forget Hadafang??? smilies/frown.gif I know it's not in the books but it's Arwen's sword and Elrond uses it in the openig battle in the FOTR. smilies/redface.gif

[Thorin Oakenshield]

***!!! oh sorry... that reply came out of nowhere!lol o and what the monkey is Hadafang? never heard of it

[Elfchick7]

Ok. You know the sword that Arwen pull out in the "flight to the Ford" scene? That is Hadafang. It can also be seen in the begining of Fotr when Elrond is leading the army of elves into battle.

[Thorin Oakenshield]

oh i remember, thanks for bringing it up. smilies/smile.gif

[Elfchick7]

Welcome. smilies/wink.gif

[Thorin Oakenshield]

Now lets get back to Sting the sword.......

[Thorin Oakenshield]

so what is the history of sting?

[The Saucepan Man]

Sting was a short sword forged by the Elven smiths of Gondolin during the First Age. It was forged for use in the fight against Morgoth's armies and shone blue when Orcs were near.

After the fall of Gondolin, nothing is known of its history until it turned up in the hoard of William Huggins, Bert and Tom, the Trolls that Bilbo and company came across in The Hobbit.

Bilbo named the weapon Sting after he had used it to kill the Spider that had been trying to bind him in its webs in Mirkwood:

"I will give you a name," he said to it, "and I shall call you Sting."

Bilbo passed Sting on to Frodo at Rivendell, and Frodo bore it on the remainder of his journey to destroy the Ring.

[Thorin Oakenshield]

So it came from the elves..........

[Ophelia]

Yup . It really came from the Elves .
And Bilbo Baggins and Dwarves found two more swords in a troll cave during the journey to the Lonely mountain . And as Elrond told , they had belonged to Western mountain Elves , the ancestors of his kin . They were made in Gondolin specially for the goblin wars . Torin's sword was nemed Orcrist , it means goblin cuter and there was another sword - Glamdring - the death of enemy . And as far as I got it it was given to Gandalf . But can't find where did Bilbo find he's sword . I'm too lazy to read but you can try finding it in "The Hobbit" .
And I know where you can order all (well maybe not all) LotR weapons , only they are ex-pen-cive .
Hope I helped somehow smilies/wink.gif

[The Saucepan Man]

But can't find where did Bilbo find he's sword . I'm too lazy to read but you can try finding it in "The Hobbit" .

... or you could try reading two posts up. smilies/tongue.gif

[Ophelia]

Damn!I must be too lazy ..... smilies/tongue.gif
And forgive me my lazynes but in my book there is said that they found only two Elven swords and one was taken by Thorin and the other by Gandalf . And what was Bilbo's sword than?It was Elven allright . But it was not menchioned . Pleace light my brain up so I can feel the blessing of knowledge ........ smilies/biggrin.gif

[Aragost]

Where did you find out the name of Arwen's Sword?

[Talon Stormcrow]

If I recall I found the name of Arwens sword at www.noblecollection.com (http://www.noblecollection.com) where they sell some pretty cool lotr stuff smilies/smile.gif Of course it was made just for the movie smilies/wink.gif smilies/tongue.gif