'''Sting''' is the [[sword]] wielded by [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] and [[Frodo Baggins]]. It was made by the [[Elves]] of Gondolin in the First Age, and its blade glows blue if Orcs are near. It was found alongside the swords [[Glamdring]] and [[Orcrist]] during the events of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' when Bilbo and his companions came upon the hoard of the trolls they met earlier. More a dagger than a sword, Bilbo got the small sword to fit his size. After defeating the spiders of Mirkwood he named the sword "Sting". When Bilbo left the Shire in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', he took Sting with him to Rivendell. Before the Fellowship set out from Rivendell, Bilbo gave Frodo his sword Sting and his [[mithril-shirt]]. [[Samwise Gamgee]] carries Sting for a while after leaving the supposedly dead Frodo, but later returns it to him. | '''Sting''' is the [[sword]] wielded by [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] and [[Frodo Baggins]]. It was made by the [[Elves]] of Gondolin in the First Age, and its blade glows blue if Orcs are near. It was found alongside the swords [[Glamdring]] and [[Orcrist]] during the events of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' when Bilbo and his companions came upon the hoard of the trolls they met earlier. More a dagger than a sword, Bilbo got the small sword to fit his size. After defeating the spiders of Mirkwood he named the sword "Sting". When Bilbo left the Shire in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', he took Sting with him to Rivendell. Before the Fellowship set out from Rivendell, Bilbo gave Frodo his sword Sting and his [[mithril-shirt]]. [[Samwise Gamgee]] carries Sting for a while after leaving the supposedly dead Frodo, but later returns it to him. |