Lord Of The Rings

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The Lord Of The Rings swords outlasted the elves, hobbits, and humans who used them. During filming, an on-site foundry, patterned after a medieval workshop, created swords that were specially crafted to do justice to their names and histories. For example, the elves' swords were more elegant and "evolved," while those wielded by Orcs were crude and chunky.
Narsil and Glamdring were the largest swords made for the movies, with the ones used in the movies weighing around 5 lbs. each. They were "aged" when necessary, and in some cases damaged and then cleaned to give the impression of swords that had been well-used yet well cared-for.

Aragorn, the rightful kind of Gondor and Arnor, used the sword originally named Narsil, perhaps the most famous Lord of the Rings sword. When the second Middle Earth age ended, Narsil's blade was shattered in the battle of Sauron, but elven smiths reforged it into a new sword, adding a design of seven stars in the blade, a crescent moon, and runes. Aragon renamed it Anduril, which meant "flame of the west." It bore an inscription that meant, "I am Anduril who was Narsil, the sword of Elendil. Let the thralls of Mordor flee me."

Frodo's sword was actually a dagger, but since he was a Hobbit, it was proportionally sword-like. Frodo's "sword" Sting, came from his uncle and adoptive father Bilbo Baggins, who took Frodo under his wing and taught Frodo the Elvish language, among other things. When Gollum attacked the Hobbits, Frodo used Sting to subdue him. Then, as Bilbo had once done, he spared Gollum's life, binding him instead to a vow to help the Hobbits.
Merry, or Meiadoc Brandybuck, Frodo's cousin and friend, had a sword that was also a long dagger that was made in the Kingdom of Arnor. It was made by Dunedain of Arnor for combat against the Nazgul. Merry used it to smite the Black Captain and break his protective enchantments, fulfilling the prophecy when Eowyn knocked the Black Captain's crown off that he would be killed by a Hobbit and a woman rather than by "the hands of men."

Pippin, or Peregrin Took, another cousin and friend of Frodo, used a sword that was held by a dead Uruk to cut his own bonds. Except for a small pocket knife, however, Pippin was unarmed until the confrontation with the barrow-wights. The Hobbits used the Dunedain daggers from the wight's treasure as swords, and Pippin kept his throughout the entire War of the Ring (except for a short period when it was carried by Aragorn). After Pippin killed the troll chieftain in the Battle of Black Gate, the blade was referred to as "troll's bane.

Sauron's most powerful servant, the Witch-king of Angmar, had a RingWraith sword that was two-handed and that had been forged by armourers in Mordor under Sauron's evil command. RingWraith swords were wielded by the RingWraiths, Sauron's evil and relentless shadow servants. The RingWraiths were once kings of men that had been corrupted by Sauron's Ring.

In The Lord of the Rings installments, there are several magical swords, which almost function as characters in their own right. Usually they are endowed with powers for good. Both Glamdring and Frodo's sword Sting glowed blue when in the presence of Orcs. And Aragorn's Anduril was a formidable weapon against Mordor as well as being a symbol of his rightful claim to rule. Replicas of these and other weapons have found great popularity among Lord of the Rings fans, role-play gamers and collectorsEspecially considering a fourth movie, The Hobbit, is due out next year, their popularity shows no sign of diminishing. Not only will there be an upswing in sales of these swords from the original trilogy, but fans should be excited about seeing new weapons from The Hobbit as well

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