Sword of Elendil
Quick Facts
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| Dates: | Probably forged some time in the First Age1 Broken in II 34412 |
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| Origins: | Forged by Telchar of Nogrod | ||||||||||||||
| Other Names: | Narsil; after its reforging it was named Andúril | ||||||||||||||
The great sword known as Narsil
Narsil, the sword manufactured in ancient times by Telchar of Nogrod, and borne in the late Second Age by Elendil. He fought with it in the War of the Last Alliance, where it was broken in his fall, but its Shards were preserved in the North-kingdom.
Footnotes
| 1 | Details of the original forging of Elendil's sword are difficult to determine. It was made by Telchar of Nogrod, who also made a famous helm for a Dwarf-lord who we know died in the year I 471; in order to make the helm specifically for that famous Dwarf, Telchar must have been working at about this time. Though we can't be certain of Narsil's origins, then, we can fairly safely place its forging in Telchar's workshop in Nogrod, probably during the fourth or fifth centuries of the First Age. |
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| 2 | The Sword was broken in the War of the Last Alliance, with the fall of Elendil. Its burning light was lost, but Elendil's son Isildur used its broken shards to cut the Ruling Ring from Sauron's finger. The shards were eventually brought to Imladris, and they became an heirloom of the House of Isildur. During the War of the Ring, the sword was reforged, its light was rekindled, and it was borne by Elendil's distant descendant Aragorn, who renamed it Andúril. |
