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Old 05-19-2004, 06:10 PM   #1
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Can I say Sting? (and, no I do not fancy Frodo)

I have just always liked it because of the history that it has, and how it was found by Bilbo in The Hobbit, and then passed down to Frodo in the LOTR. I like how it is something consistant that draws the two stories together, and just to add, I like how it helps Sam defeat Shelob
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Old 05-20-2004, 01:10 AM   #2
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I'd say Gurthang because I like Turin and it (along with Anguirel) is the most powerful sword ever in ME.
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Old 05-20-2004, 03:18 AM   #3
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I'm not sure I want to have any of the named weapons from Middle Earth.
Too many of their owners died premature deaths carrying them.
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Old 05-20-2004, 04:46 PM   #4
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I think that I wouild pick Grond the legendary mace of Sauron. He made it himself and he killed Elendil and Gil-Galad with it. Not only were they both kings but they were also his two worst enemies at the time. Also Grond was the name of the battering ram that was used to break the gates of Minas Tirith. Awsome. Both of these are in the movies but I don't think that they name them. Grond is my weapon of choice.
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Old 05-21-2004, 02:17 AM   #5
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In the books Grond was the Hammer of the Underworld, the mace of Morgoth. Sauron had his own mace and it was not Grond. That weapon was probably lost in the War of Wrath and the breaking of Thangorodrim. It says no where in any encylopedia that Grond was wielded by Sauron, or in the Weapons and Warfare book. He probably just made his own mace.
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Old 05-21-2004, 03:13 AM   #6
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I'd say Gurthang because I like Turin and it (along with Anguirel) is the most powerful sword ever in ME.
I'd go with Anglachel too. Hard to beat a talking sword from outer space.
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Old 05-21-2004, 05:48 AM   #7
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spooky sword

It would be creepy to be in possesion of such a thing. Remembering HP and Mr. Weasly's 'never trust a thing with its own mind, especially when you can't see where does it keep its brains'...

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what mace?

I believe the mace Sauron so magestically throws warriors of the West around with is a movie invention. Consider:

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Elrond at the council of, well, Elrond:

I was the herald of Gil-galad and marched with his host. I was at the Battle of Dagorlad before the Black Gate of Mordor, where we had the mastery: for the Spear of Gil-galad and the Sword of Elendil, Aiglos and Narsil, none could withstand. I beheld the last combat on the slopes of Orodruin, where Gil-galad died, and Elendil fell, and Narsil broke beneath him; but Sauron himself was overthrown, and Isildur cut the Ring from his hand with the hilt-shard of his father's sword, and took it for his own.'
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The host of Gil-galad and Elendil had the victory, for the might of the Elves was still great in those days, and the Númenóreans were strong and tall, and terrible in their wrath. Against Aeglos the spear of Gil-galad none could stand; and the sword of Elendil filled Orcs and Men with fear, for it shone with the light of the sun and of the moon, and it was named Narsil.
Then Gil-galad and Elendil passed into Mordor and encompassed the stronghold of Sauron; and they laid siege to it for seven years, and suffered grievous loss by fire and by the darts and bolts of the Enemy, and Sauron sent many sorties against them. There in the valley of Gorgoroth Anárion son of Elendil was slain, and many others. But at the last the siege was so strait that Sauron himself came forth; and he wrestled with Gil-galad and Elendil, and they both were slain, and the sword of Elendil broke under him as he fell. But Sauron also was thrown down, and with the hilt-shard of Narsil Isildur cut the Ruling Ring from the hand of Sauron and took it for his own. Then Sauron was for that time vanquished, and he forsook his body, and his spirit fled far away and hid in waste places; and he took no visible shape again for many long years.

Neither I do recall any mention of weapon in association with Sauron. Shape-shifting - yes, wolves under hand - yes, maces - no.
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