Shards of Narsil - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Vardamar · 02-03-2003, 06:13 AM

Why were the pieces of Ellendils sword called the Shards of Narsil, when Aragorns sword was called Anduril?

And the salute of Gondor was the moving of the hand from the face to the chest right.

Jurion · 02-03-2003, 06:17 AM

Narsil was the name of the sword of Elendil, the father of Isildur. The sword was broken in the Battle on the slopes of Mount Doom at the end of the Second Age. All that remained of the sword were shards, the Shards of Narsil.

In the Third Age the shards were kept in Rivendell and a couple of days before the Fellowship set out from Rivendell the elves reforged the sword. Aragorn then renamed it Anduril, which means Flame of the West.

Vardamar · 02-03-2003, 06:24 AM

OK thank you that cleared things up in my head.

Elanor · 02-04-2003, 02:21 PM

In the books, Aragorn carried the shards of Narsil in place of (or as well as?) a complete sword. He showed them to Sam when he met the hobbits in the Prancing Pony.

02-03-2003, 06:13 AM	#1
Vardamar Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Right over Here!! No Here!! Yoohoo! Posts: 97	Shards of Narsil Why were the pieces of Ellendils sword called the Shards of Narsil, when Aragorns sword was called Anduril? And the salute of Gondor was the moving of the hand from the face to the chest right. __________________ Strength without wisdom falls by its own weight.

02-03-2003, 06:24 AM	#3
Vardamar Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Right over Here!! No Here!! Yoohoo! Posts: 97	OK thank you that cleared things up in my head. __________________ Strength without wisdom falls by its own weight.

02-04-2003, 02:21 PM	#4
Elanor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: my own corner of the Shire Posts: 316	In the books, Aragorn carried the shards of Narsil in place of (or as well as?) a complete sword. He showed them to Sam when he met the hobbits in the Prancing Pony. __________________ "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." Henny Youngman (1906 - )

02-03-2003, 06:17 AM	#2
Jurion Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 85	Narsil was the name of the sword of Elendil, the father of Isildur. The sword was broken in the Battle on the slopes of Mount Doom at the end of the Second Age. All that remained of the sword were shards, the Shards of Narsil. In the Third Age the shards were kept in Rivendell and a couple of days before the Fellowship set out from Rivendell the elves reforged the sword. Aragorn then renamed it Anduril, which means Flame of the West.