Yes indeedy, it is Glamdring! "Kindler of the flame" referred not to the answer, but to "the light" in the previous line. Glamdring served "the light," the "kindler of the flame" (bearing the Ring of Fire). And "Fighting the fire, from shadow returning" means exactly as you guessed.
Congratulations, Saucepan! I await your riddle with great anticipation. Now if I could solve your words in words, we'd be even...
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Lord Peter Wimsey
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