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Old 05-09-2003, 04:07 PM   #1
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Eye swords and other weapons

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Old 05-09-2003, 05:54 PM   #2
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They kill people. Can you be more specific?
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Old 05-09-2003, 06:58 PM   #3
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I really have to stop eating all those apples people throw at me. I could re-cycle. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]
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can you name some that are in Lord of the Rings?
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Old 05-09-2003, 11:12 PM   #5
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Aeglos
Aiglos
Andúril
Anglachel
Angrist
Anguirel
Aranrúth
Beater
Biter
Dramborleg
Flame of the West
Foe-hammer
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Grond, Hammer of the Underworld
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Sword of Elendil
Sword-that-was-Broken

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

go here 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...

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Old 05-10-2003, 08:50 AM   #6
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do you know what kind of bow Legolas used
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Old 05-10-2003, 09:07 AM   #7
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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 [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] but it is true, as Faramir found out...)
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you have a documentary on tripping people with swords?
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Old 05-10-2003, 09:15 AM   #9
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It was v. brief, like one sentence...
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Old 05-10-2003, 06:33 PM   #11
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any others...?

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Old 05-10-2003, 09:01 PM   #12
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Hehe. Legolas' bow was made in Lothlorien out of real elf hair (sort of gross, I know)

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what is so great about the Andúril?
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well, its Narsil... (i think...) cut the ring from sauron's hand and all. pretty grand sword.
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isn't The Ring consitered a weapon?
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Old 05-11-2003, 12:54 PM   #16
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Yes, sort of. I guess by Sauron, but I think he'd rather called it his wife [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] . It can be considered a weapon, but a perilous one, it can also be considered a tool, but again, a perilous one.
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Us down at Gondor see it as a weapon. And a good one at that.
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yes a dangerous but usefull weapon... [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
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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.
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so did Aragorn own the Andúril?
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It was passed down to him, so yes, he did own Anduril.

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who passed it on to him? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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i forgot.....
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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.

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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? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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Hello!! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] How could ya'll forget Hadafang??? [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] 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. [img]smilies/redface.gif[/img]
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***!!! oh sorry... that reply came out of nowhere!lol o and what the monkey is Hadafang? never heard of it
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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.
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oh i remember, thanks for bringing it up. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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Now lets get back to Sting the sword.......
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so what is the history of sting?
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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:

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So it came from the elves..........
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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 .
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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" .
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Damn!I must be too lazy ..... [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
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 ........ [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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Where did you find out the name of Arwen's Sword?
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If I recall I found the name of Arwens sword at www.noblecollection.com where they sell some pretty cool lotr stuff [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Of course it was made just for the movie [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
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