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ecthelion · 06-11-2010, 07:51 PM

Heres how I see it:

Duilin: famed for his skill with the bow so orcrist was not his
Egalmoth: had a curved sword
Rog: carried a mace
Tuor: favored the axe and used Dramborleg during the Fall of gondolin
Glorfindel: used a sword but fell of the mountainside during his fight with the balrog so it probably wasn't his
Maeglin: stole his fathers sword and most likely used it during a fight
Penlod: used a sword but never (to my knowledge) did anything of great valor or bravory
Turgon: used Glamdring so why would he need another good sword
Salgant: hid in his bedroom during the Fall of Gondolin so I doubt he would become a great orc slayer
Galdor: used a club but most likely also had a sword and he was said to be the most couragous of any of the lords of Gondolin save Turgon but I don't remember him doing anything that would cause his sword to be feared 6000 years later
Ecthelion: he seems to be the most likely person to have wielded Orcrist for three reasons: he was a famed captain of Gondolin, he dropped his sword during his fight with Gothmog (so it could have been easily picked up by an orc), and in the fall of gondolin it says that he lead a charge that resulted in the deaths of thousands of orcs which made his name a terror to their race (as well as, maybe, his sword)

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06-11-2010, 07:51 PM	#7
ecthelion Pile O'Bones Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 22	Heres how I see it: Duilin: famed for his skill with the bow so orcrist was not his Egalmoth: had a curved sword Rog: carried a mace Tuor: favored the axe and used Dramborleg during the Fall of gondolin Glorfindel: used a sword but fell of the mountainside during his fight with the balrog so it probably wasn't his Maeglin: stole his fathers sword and most likely used it during a fight Penlod: used a sword but never (to my knowledge) did anything of great valor or bravory Turgon: used Glamdring so why would he need another good sword Salgant: hid in his bedroom during the Fall of Gondolin so I doubt he would become a great orc slayer Galdor: used a club but most likely also had a sword and he was said to be the most couragous of any of the lords of Gondolin save Turgon but I don't remember him doing anything that would cause his sword to be feared 6000 years later Ecthelion: he seems to be the most likely person to have wielded Orcrist for three reasons: he was a famed captain of Gondolin, he dropped his sword during his fight with Gothmog (so it could have been easily picked up by an orc), and in the fall of gondolin it says that he lead a charge that resulted in the deaths of thousands of orcs which made his name a terror to their race (as well as, maybe, his sword)