Sam then took the weapon from his (seemingly dead) master and used it to good effect against Shelob on the borders of Mordor. Just before his nephew embarked on his quest to Mordor from Rivendell, Bilbo gave Sting to Frodo. When rescuing Thorin and Company from the giant spiders of Mirkwood, Bilbo was inspired to give the sword its name after cutting himself free from a cocoon and slaying the spider guarding him. It was in their cave, in the year TA 2941, that Bilbo and his Dwarven companions found Sting alongside the Elven blades Glamdring and Orcrist. As Glorfindel was slain in turn, his dirk would have became lost and open to raids by orcs of Morgoth.īy the late Third Age, it came into the possession of three trolls dwelling in eastern Eriador. It may have been the dirk that Glorfindel utilized to slay a Balrog (possibly Lungorthin) while helping Tuor and his exiles escape from Gondolin. For being the work of Elven smiths in elder days, these swords shone with a cold light if any orc were near at hand."Īs fitting of a blade of Gondolin, Sting could easily cut the webs of Ungoliant's offspring such as Shelob and the spiders of Mirkwood.Īn ancient Elvish blade made by weapon-smiths in Gondolin, Sting may have been lost during the Fall of Gondolin, the same battle in which Turgon fell and Glamdring was taken. However, when the fellowship entered Moria, it is said that "no gleam came from the blades of Sting, or Glamdring, and that was some comfort. Sting was like Glamdring and Orcrist in that "being the work of Elvish smiths in the Elder Days these swords shone with a cold light, if any Orcs were near at hand." But only Sting was definitively described as glowing blue, or glittering with blue flame at its edges. Bilbo initially chose to wear it "inside his breeches" and was still able to travel and even run without any apparent inconvenience. Though just a dagger by standard of the Elves, Sting made a perfect short-sword for a Hobbit, although it was still rather small.
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