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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
Glamdring and Orcrist both glitter blue when orcs are near. They're of elvish make and from the same hoard as Sting.
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It "gleamed ever in the dark if foes approached" (
The Hobbit).
Which, come to think of it, makes a certain sense for a blade of Gondolin. It's the ultimate early-warning system: if Morgoth ever finds the city and sends his armies, the king's own sword(s) will let him know about it.
(Of course, for that to work they would have to detect Orcs as far away as the Echoriath, which must be multiple miles. Given that neither Glamdring nor Sting picked up on the Orcs infesting Moria until the Fellowship could already hear them, I guess the enchantment must have faded over the ages?)
hS