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=== Herugrim ===
=== Herugrim ===
'''Herugrim''' was the sword of King [[Théoden]] of [[Lôgrad|Rohan]]. It had been given to Gríma Wormtongue for safekeeping, but was returned to Théoden when he rode to war.
'''Herugrim''' was the sword of King [[Théoden]] of [[Lôgrad|Rohan]]. It had been kept by [[Gríma]] Wormtongue along with "many other things that men had missed", but was taken back to Théoden when he rode to war.
=== Glamdring ===
=== Glamdring ===
=== Narsil ===
=== Narsil ===
'''Narsil''' was the sword of King Elendil. The sword was broken during the War of the Last Alliance, and its hilt-shard was used to cut the [[One Ring (Middle-earth)|One Ring]] from [[Sauron]]'s hand; the shards were later brought to [[Rivendell]]. In [[Third Age (Middle-earth)|T.A.]] 3018, Narsil was reforged for [[Aragorn]] before he set out with the Fellowship of the Ring, upon which he renamed it '''Andúril''' (Sindarin: "Flame of the West").
'''Narsil''' was the sword of King Elendil. The sword was broken during the War of the Last Alliance, and its hilt-shard was used to cut the [[One Ring (Middle-earth)|One Ring]] from Sauron's hand; the shards were later brought to [[Rivendell]]. In [[Third Age (Middle-earth)|T.A.]] 3018, Narsil was reforged for [[Aragorn]] before he set out with the Fellowship of the Ring, upon which he renamed it '''Andúril''' (Sindarin: "Flame of the West").
=== Orcrist ===
=== Orcrist ===
=== Sting ===
=== Sting ===
'''Sting''' is the [[sword]] wielded by [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] and [[Frodo Baggins]]. It was made by the [[Elf (Middle-earth)|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 [[dagger]] or small sword wielded by [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] in ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and by [[Frodo Baggins]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
It was made by the [[Elf (Middle-earth)|Elves]] of [[Gondolin]] in the First Age.
Its blade glows blue if [[Orcs]] are near.
It was found Bilbo and his companions
alongside the swords [[Glamdring]] and [[Orcrist]]
when they came upon the hoard of the trolls they had encountered earlier.
Being even smaller than a dwarf, Bilbo used this dagger as a small sword.
After defeating the spiders of [[Mirkwood]] he noted that it was more powerful than a spider's sting and named it accordingly.
When Bilbo left the Shire in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', he took Sting with him to [[Rivendell]]. Before the [[Fellowship]] set out on the [[quest of the Mount Doom]], 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.
== Rings of Power ==
== Rings of Power ==
=== The One Ring ===
=== The One Ring ===
The '''One Ring''' was one of the Rings of Power. It first appeared in ''[[The Hobbit]]'' as an unimportant magic ring making its wearer invisible, but in the later ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' became the object of the central quest.
The '''One Ring''' was one of the Rings of Power. It first appeared in ''[[The Hobbit]]'' as a seemingly unimportant magic ring making its wearer invisible, but in the later ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' became the object of the central quest.
The One Ring was created by [[Sauron]] alone, in the Sammath Naur in [[Mount Doom]], sometime during the [[Second Age (Middle-earth)|Second Age]]. With this Ring he planned to control the other Rings of Power and their wearers. In the One Ring Sauron put half of his power and lifeforce and will, which made it very powerful. But this also meant that when the Ring was cut from his hand later that he was instantly defeated and without power or form for a long time. But because part of his power and life was in the One Ring, Sauron would exist as long as the Ring remained. The Ring could only be destroyed by casting it back into the Sammath Naur where it was forged.
The One Ring was created by [[Sauron]] alone, in the Sammath Naur in [[Mount Doom]], sometime during the [[Second Age (Middle-earth)|Second Age]]. With this Ring he planned to control the other Rings of Power and their wearers. In the One Ring Sauron put half of his power and lifeforce and will, which made it very powerful. But this also meant that when the Ring was cut from his hand later that he was instantly defeated and without power or form for a long time. But because part of his power and life was in the One Ring, Sauron would exist as long as the Ring remained. The Ring could only be destroyed by casting it back into the Sammath Naur where it was forged.
If put on by a mortal, the person would be invisible to the normal world. The invisible person would see the world differently, for example being able to see the [[Nazgûl]] in their true form.
If put on by a mortal, the person would be invisible to the normal world. The invisible person would see the world differently, for example being able to see the [[Nazgûl]] in their true form.
Sauron lost the One Ring when it was cut from his hand by Isildur during the last battle of the Siege of Barad-dûr in the [[War of the Last Alliance]]. Isildur was advised by both [[Elrond]] and [[Círdan]] to destroy the Ring, but he refused and kept the Ring as a weregild for his father and brother. When Isildur later journeyed north, he was attacked by Orcs, resulting in the ''Disaster of the Gladden Fields''. While Isildur tried to get the Ring to safety by crossing the river [[Anduin]], it slipped from his finger and he was shot by archers, earning it the name '''Isildur's Bane'''. The One Ring remained lost for two and a half millenia. It was found again by the [[Hobbit|Stoor Hobbit]] [[Déagol]] while fishing in the Gladden Fields around [[Middle-earth chronology|T.A.]] 2463. He was killed by is friend [[Sméagol]], later known as Gollum, who took the Ring and took it with him into the caves under the [[Misty Mountains]], where the Ring prolonged his life and changed him over a time of five hundred years. As told in ''The Hobbit'', Gollum lost the Ring in the caves where it was found by [[Bilbo Baggins]] in T.A. 2941. Bilbo took the Ring with him on his return to the [[Shire (Middle-earth)|Shire]]; he later left it for his heir [[Frodo Baggins]] when he left. In September of T.A. 3018, Frodo set out on his quest to take the One Ring to [[Rivendell]], and after that to take it to Mount Doom and destroy it. In March T.A. 3019, the One Ring was destroyed when Gollum slipped and fell into the Sammath Naur while holding onto the One Ring, finally ending Sauron's life.
Sauron lost the One Ring when it was cut from his hand by Isildur during the last battle of the Siege of Barad-dûr in the [[War of the Last Alliance]]. Isildur was advised by both [[Elrond]] and [[Círdan]] to destroy the Ring, but he refused and kept the Ring as a weregild for his father and brother. When Isildur later journeyed north, he was attacked by Orcs, resulting in the ''Disaster of the Gladden Fields''. While Isildur tried to get the Ring to safety by crossing the river [[Anduin]], it slipped from his finger and he was shot by archers, earning it the name '''Isildur's Bane'''. The One Ring remained lost for two and a half millennia. It was found again by the [[Hobbit|Stoor Hobbit]] [[Déagol]] while fishing in the Gladden Fields around [[Middle-earth chronology|T.A.]] 2463. He was killed by is friend [[Sméagol]], later known as Gollum, who took the Ring and took it with him into the caves under the [[Misty Mountains]], where the corrupting influence of the Ring prolonged his life and changed him over a time of five hundred years. As told in ''The Hobbit'', Gollum lost the Ring in the caves where it was found by [[Bilbo Baggins]] in T.A. 2941. Bilbo took the Ring with him on his return to the [[Shire (Middle-earth)|Shire]]; he later left it for his heir [[Frodo Baggins]] when he left. In September of T.A. 3018, Frodo set out on his quest to take the One Ring to Rivendell, and after that to take it to Mount Doom and destroy it. In March T.A. 3019, the One Ring was destroyed when Gollum slipped and fell into the Sammath Naur while holding onto the One Ring, finally ending Sauron's life.
== Other ==
== Other ==
=== Arkenstone ===
=== Arkenstone ===
The '''Arkenstone''' was a large white gem shining with an inner light, found by the [[Khazâd|Dwarves]] beneath the [[Erebor|Lonely Mountain]]. When the dragon [[Smaug]] conquered Erebor it was lost. Upon the return to Erebor in ''[[The Hobbit]]'' it was sought for by [[Thorin Oakenshield]], but found by [[Bilbo Baggins]] in the dragon's hoard. Later Bilbo offered the Arkenstone to the besieging armies as a bargaining tool to trade Thorin for a part of the treasure, to avoid bloodshed. After Thorin was slain in the Battle of Five Armies, the Arkenstone was placed on his tomb along the sword [[Orcrist]].
The '''Arkenstone''' was a large white gem shining with an inner light, found by the [[Khazâd|Dwarves]] beneath the [[Erebor|Lonely Mountain]]. When the dragon [[Smaug]] conquered Erebor it was lost. Upon the return to Erebor in ''[[The Hobbit]]'' it was sought for by [[Thorin Oakenshield]], but found by Bilbo Baggins in the dragon's hoard. Later Bilbo offered the Arkenstone to the besieging armies as a bargaining tool to trade Thorin for a part of the treasure, to avoid bloodshed. After Thorin was slain in the Battle of Five Armies, the Arkenstone was placed on his tomb along the sword [[Orcrist]].
=== Palantír ===
=== Palantír ===
The '''Red Book of Westmarch''' is a fictional book written by [[hobbit]]s, from which many of [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s writings are supposedly "translated". Among many other things it also contains the stories of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''.
The '''Red Book of Westmarch''' is a fictional book written by [[hobbit]]s, from which many of [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s writings are supposedly "translated". Among many other things it also contains the stories of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''.
Bilbo Baggins began writing the story of his journey titled '''''There and Back Again''''', which is also part of the full title of the published ''The Hobbit''. The story of the War of the Ring and the events of ''The Lord of the Rings'' were begun by Bilbo and mostly written by Frodo Baggins, titled '''''The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King'''''. Added were three volumes of '''''Translations from the Elvish, by B.B.'''''. The Red Book was given to [[Samwise Gamgee]], who added the events of the beginning of the [[Fourth Age (Middle-earth)|Fourth Age]], before passing it on to his daughter Elanor. The Red Book was also copied several times, kept by the [[Sûza|Shire]] and the Kingdom of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]].
=== Silmaril ===
=== Silmaril ===
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