Did sauron have a sword? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

09-23-2001, 12:52 PM

I always assumed Sauron killed Gil-Galad with his bare hands.

Isildur wrote"The ring misseth maybe,the heat of Sauron's hand,which was black, and yet it burned like fire, and so Gil-Galad was destroyed"

It's been too long since I read The Silmarillion and I don't remember whether it says how or with what sauron killed him.

But he still could certainly have wore a sword.

[ September 23, 2001: Message edited by: Luthien Tinuviel ]

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09-23-2001, 12:52 PM	#12
Luthien Tinuviel Guest Posts: n/a	I always assumed Sauron killed Gil-Galad with his bare hands. Isildur wrote"The ring misseth maybe,the heat of Sauron's hand,which was black, and yet it burned like fire, and so Gil-Galad was destroyed" It's been too long since I read The Silmarillion and I don't remember whether it says how or with what sauron killed him. But he still could certainly have wore a sword. [ September 23, 2001: Message edited by: Luthien Tinuviel ]