Jm419
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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
Narsil is perhaps the most famous sword from all of Lord of the Rings. What was once the royal sword of Numenor, passed down from king to king, was carried into battle at the end of the War of the Last Alliance. The Last Alliance, a desperate joining of the Free Peoples of Middle Earth, was the last attempt to defeat Sauron during the Second Age - and the High King of men, Elendil, carried with him this heirloom of his house. After seven years of laying siege to the fortress of Barad-Dur, deep inside Mordor, victory appeared imminent. Then, the Dark Lord appeared on the battlefield.
Sauron began to smash his way through the allied lines. After killing literally hundreds of soldiers, Sauron drew near where Elendil was fighting. Together with Gil-Galad, the High King of the Elves, Elendil charged Sauron. The two High Kings battled Sauron to a standstill, but the Dark Lord reached out and grabbed Gil-Galad by his throat. The power of the One Ring erupted, and the Elf King burst into flame, dying instantly. Elendil moved in to avenge his friend, but Sauron reacted quickly, killing the last of the Kings of Numenor.
What happened next has been changed from adaptation to adaptation. Some say that Elendil fell on Narsil, and the blade snapped in two. Others say that Isildur, son of the King, rushed in to avenge his father, but was felled by a glancing blow from Sauron's mace. His sword knocked away, Isildur scrabbled for his father's blade, but Sauron stepped on the blade, fracturing it into many pieces. Either way, Isildur brandished the broken blade at the Dark Lord, and sliced the One Ring from it's master's finger. Sauron fell on that battlefield, and the Second Age ended in triumph, and not despair.
However, Isildur fell to the darkness within the Ring, and he refused to destroy it. After he was killed at the Disaster at the Gladden Fields, the Ring disappeared from all knowledge for thousands of years, until it appeared in Hobbiton three thousand years after the War of the Last Alliance. For most of the subsequent War of the Ring, the Shards of Narsil remained in Rivendell, next to Aeglos, the spear of Gil-Galad. For thousands of years, the two weapons were kept as close as their wielders had been in life, but immediately before the most decisive battle yet of the Third Age, Elrond of Rivendell ordered Narsil to be reforged. It was renamed; as Anduril, the Flame of the West.
Anduril fought in many battles, including the battle at the end of the Third Age, the Battle of the Black Gate. Aragorn fell, there, in that battle, but Narsil's old nemesis, the One Ring, was destroyed. The forces of Mordor were decimated, and Sauron departed Middle Earth forever. Aragorn was crowned the first King of Gondor since Narsil's last wielder, Isildur. Once again, the sword that was Narsil was worn by the King of Gondor. Aragorn ruled for another 120 years, and after his death, the blade was passed down from father to son, just as it had been an entire age before.
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So, this is really an important prop for me, not just because it's a prop. Narsil, or more accurately, the Shards of Narsil, are a character in the book, just as much as any other. The blade was preserved for generations, and it was a major part of winning two wars, millennia apart. For this reason, I wanted to create my own Shards of Narsil. But where to begin? I couldn't buy my own UC Shards (due to exorbitant prices), so I chose instead to make my own shards.
I happened to have a cheap, knockoff Narsil which I believed was a recast from a real UC Narsil, so I ended up creating my Shards for less than $50.
So, let me know what you think! I'm pretty proud of these, and they're really a lot of fun to have around.
Thanks for looking.
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
Narsil is perhaps the most famous sword from all of Lord of the Rings. What was once the royal sword of Numenor, passed down from king to king, was carried into battle at the end of the War of the Last Alliance. The Last Alliance, a desperate joining of the Free Peoples of Middle Earth, was the last attempt to defeat Sauron during the Second Age - and the High King of men, Elendil, carried with him this heirloom of his house. After seven years of laying siege to the fortress of Barad-Dur, deep inside Mordor, victory appeared imminent. Then, the Dark Lord appeared on the battlefield.
Sauron began to smash his way through the allied lines. After killing literally hundreds of soldiers, Sauron drew near where Elendil was fighting. Together with Gil-Galad, the High King of the Elves, Elendil charged Sauron. The two High Kings battled Sauron to a standstill, but the Dark Lord reached out and grabbed Gil-Galad by his throat. The power of the One Ring erupted, and the Elf King burst into flame, dying instantly. Elendil moved in to avenge his friend, but Sauron reacted quickly, killing the last of the Kings of Numenor.
What happened next has been changed from adaptation to adaptation. Some say that Elendil fell on Narsil, and the blade snapped in two. Others say that Isildur, son of the King, rushed in to avenge his father, but was felled by a glancing blow from Sauron's mace. His sword knocked away, Isildur scrabbled for his father's blade, but Sauron stepped on the blade, fracturing it into many pieces. Either way, Isildur brandished the broken blade at the Dark Lord, and sliced the One Ring from it's master's finger. Sauron fell on that battlefield, and the Second Age ended in triumph, and not despair.
However, Isildur fell to the darkness within the Ring, and he refused to destroy it. After he was killed at the Disaster at the Gladden Fields, the Ring disappeared from all knowledge for thousands of years, until it appeared in Hobbiton three thousand years after the War of the Last Alliance. For most of the subsequent War of the Ring, the Shards of Narsil remained in Rivendell, next to Aeglos, the spear of Gil-Galad. For thousands of years, the two weapons were kept as close as their wielders had been in life, but immediately before the most decisive battle yet of the Third Age, Elrond of Rivendell ordered Narsil to be reforged. It was renamed; as Anduril, the Flame of the West.
Anduril fought in many battles, including the battle at the end of the Third Age, the Battle of the Black Gate. Aragorn fell, there, in that battle, but Narsil's old nemesis, the One Ring, was destroyed. The forces of Mordor were decimated, and Sauron departed Middle Earth forever. Aragorn was crowned the first King of Gondor since Narsil's last wielder, Isildur. Once again, the sword that was Narsil was worn by the King of Gondor. Aragorn ruled for another 120 years, and after his death, the blade was passed down from father to son, just as it had been an entire age before.
____________________________________________
So, this is really an important prop for me, not just because it's a prop. Narsil, or more accurately, the Shards of Narsil, are a character in the book, just as much as any other. The blade was preserved for generations, and it was a major part of winning two wars, millennia apart. For this reason, I wanted to create my own Shards of Narsil. But where to begin? I couldn't buy my own UC Shards (due to exorbitant prices), so I chose instead to make my own shards.
I happened to have a cheap, knockoff Narsil which I believed was a recast from a real UC Narsil, so I ended up creating my Shards for less than $50.
So, let me know what you think! I'm pretty proud of these, and they're really a lot of fun to have around.
Thanks for looking.
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