Jun 16
Thorin Oakenshield with his legendary sword, Orcrist the 'Goblin Cleaver' forged long ago in the lost Elf kingdom of Gondolin.
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Thorin Oakenshield with his legendary sword, Orcrist the 'Goblin Cleaver' forged long ago in the lost Elf kingdom of Gondolin.
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Following Richard's appearance at German Film & Comic Con this weekend and the excitement expressed by attendees upon meeting Thorin Oakenshield "in the flesh", it seems fair to focus ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ on what Rich went through to "become" Thorin for The Hobbit. Here he is at Dwarf Boot Camp learning how to wield Orcrist. It was an interesting challenge because of the weapon's unique shape and weight. Of those rigorous training sessions, he says, "Orcrist has a motion of its own which at first was very difficult to control. It's really heavy and long, and quite hard to balance, so I had to work on my forearm strength."
progress of my cosplay! just finished weathering orcrist :)
before/reference images below the cut
Workout Wednesday (TH, dwarf boot camp) โ๏ธ Richard followed a strenuous training regime to learn how to wield the heavy Orcrist in a natural, elegant fashion. Even in photos of his practice sessions with a lighter, wooden "sword", you can see the concentration and exertion on his face.
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A Tolkien Ask for You:
Which is the best "famous weapon" in Middle-earth history?
thank you!
I am legally obligated to say the Grond
but also, Orcrist holds a special place in my heart,,
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my wife and I celebrated early anniversary today since our real one is on Monday and
holy fuck
So one detail that is really, really sad about both the Hobbit and Lord of the rings, that is there from day one always hoovering over the narrative, but is never really explained, is the sad story of Sting, Glamdring and to a lesser extent Orcrist.
These weapons glow blue in the pressence of Orcs.
Its a detail that's never explained beyond the fact that it's because it's Elven weaponry from fallen Gondolin.
But we're never explained why only these out of all the elven made equipment in the franchise glows like this.
Clearly it was something unique to the Gondolinian smiths, and so you'd be forgiven for thinking on a first delving into the deeper legendarium, that it was snuffed out with the city itself, when Morgoth's forcea sacked it with Orcs, balrogs, dragons and early mechanical troop carriers.
A wonderous and in it's own way beautiful little bit of magic, lost to the world forever.
But no, that's not quite it.
While it was the sack of Gondolin that killed most of it's people, there was still hope for some sort of recovery for it's people, the true treasure of fair Gondolin that truly mattered...
But that hope was snuffed out by the sons of Feanor, when they assaulted the havens where the survivors of this genocide and many others had gathered and wiped almost all of them out.
In thw end, if there was any amongst them that knew the secret for how to make the blue glowing steel, it died here, where this attrocity took place and Elf killed elf on large scale for the third time, for the pettiest and most selfish of reasons.
Leaving Sting, Glamdring and Orcrist and those few other weapons from the city to survive as the last memorials to a dead and gone culture, the last children of a culture that Feanor's brood snuffed out in a slaughter.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: The Goblin Cleaver; p.4
The Orcs had called it the Blade Biter. It was crafted by the elves in the First Age, making it not only a valuable weapon, but a feared one amongst their enemies. Like it's mate Glamdring and Sting; Orcrist glows blue to warn its bearer of the presence of Orcs.