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lord_ellessar:
Indeed the chariot of Thor is bring by goats :)

lord_ellessar:
In what colour does Orcrist and Glamdring glow ?

Walküre:

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All the mighty Noldorin Swords generally glow of a blue luminescence at the presence of Orcs.

This legendary property was always considered as pure Elven Magic by the other races (a bit envious, probably), but more precisely – apart from the extremely wide connotations that Magic can have in the Tolkien's Legendarium – this property was 'just' the external manifestation in the physical world of the Elves' unknown Art/Craftsmanship; a prerogative that the other races could have never replicated  :)

Melkor Bauglir:

--- Zitat ---This legendary property was always considered as pure Elven Magic by the other races (a bit envious, probably), but more precisely – apart from the extremely wide connotations that Magic can have in the Tolkien's Legendarium – this property was 'just' the external manifestation in the physical world of the Elves' unknown Art/Craftsmanship; a prerogative that the other races could have never replicated  :)
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Well, this certainly doesn't contradict this interpretation, but if I am not mistaken, the swords are essentially a sort of sentinent being in that they can feel the presence the impure presence of orcish scum, so to speak. I'm pretty sure when they find Glamdring and Sting in the troll hoard, it says that the blades shine angrily when in the presence of orcs. Hope I'm not mistaken, and yes this doesn't really relate to the original question. ;)
Edit: BTW, coming to think about this: Do we know if all elvish blades share this trait? First of all, if yes the EA forged blades lightsabers are actually not that far away from how an elven army should look. [ugly] This is mostly the point where I am beginning to think that this "ability" might not apply to all elven blades, because it would look totally stupid... The thing is that Glamdring being an extremely ancient weapon of royal background might represent the minority of elvish blades because its creator's city was destroyed by orcs, therefore granting the blade an extraordinary amount of hatred towards Morgoth's creatures. Might sound as over the top as an all glow-sword elven army, but I'd like to hear second thoughts about it. (Mostly, because I just don't get this imagery of Jedi-elves out of my head right now. xD)

Greetings
Melkor Bauglir

PS: Yes, the thoughts after the horizontal line require exactly this amount of smileys, because a) I said so and b) the topic is a bit ridiculous^^

Saruman der Bunte:
Well and concerning sentient swords in the legendarium: just read The Children of Hurin (or any other version of the story of Turin Turambar).

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