Elendil's Sword and Sauron's Ring

Does anybody have any information on who forged the Sword of Elendil, and how Isildur was able to land a piercing blow to Sauron with it, thereby defeating him AND the power of the One Ring? Is this Sword enchanted with special spells also, or CAN Sauron be pierced with a normal sword, however mighty?

I can't seem to work it out myself, but then again my Knowledge of ME extends only mainly to LOTR!

It's interesting how on the one hand Gandalf said in the Two Towers than Aragorn's sword could not harm him, yet this same weapon was capable of breaking the power of Sauron!

[Encaitare]

The sword was forged by the dwarf Telchar of Nogrod. He also made Angrist, the knife strong enough to cut a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown, so he was very good at his job! Narsil was probably stronger than the average sword, but I suppose Sauron was not entirely immune to being wounded anyway.

Originally Posted by Encaitare

Narsil was probably stronger than the average sword, but I suppose Sauron was not entirely immune to being wounded anyway.

So it is likely that the One Ring gave Sauron greater strength but not invulnerability perhaps. What about the WK - could Narsil break his immunity spell? There is no record that I know of as to whether Narsil was magical (i.e. it was not an elven blade). So how can this sword harm Sauron, but most probably not the WK or Gandalf?

[narfforc]

Maybe this will help. Narsil is named after The Sun (Anar) and the Moon (Isil), for it was said to have shone with the light of those heavenly bodies. The powers of Darkness feared those lights and hated them. So in some way it may have had an effect on the bad guys.

Narsil was the sword of King Elendil of the Dúnedain. It was later known as Andúril. The sword was forged during the First Age by the Dwarf Telchar of Nogrod, making it a cousin to the blade Angrist, which cut a Silmaril from the crown of Morgoth. The name contains the elements nar "fire" and thil "white light", referring to the Sun and Moon. The blade presumably was given to one of the Sons of Fëanor, possibly Curufin, to whom Angrist was given. It eventually came to Maglor, who would have given it to Elros.
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I suppose you were referring to the above, although it seems Angrist cut a Silmaril from the crown of Morgoth.

"His name is Melkor, Lord of All, Giver of Freedeom, and he shall make you stronger than they." - Sauron to Ar-Pharazôn

Where did this qoute come from?

[narfforc]

The Akallabeth, The Downfall of Numenor.