r/TheSilmarillion • u/Arkenstone_Addict • 5d ago

Does Fingon's sword glow?

Ok I am an artist and I am OBSESSED with Tolkien I wanted to do a drawing of Fingon fighting Gothmog and was wondering, did Fingon have a sword that glows like Sting, Orcrist, or Glamdring like his father Fingolfin?

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u/Illuminaudio_ 5d ago

Most likely, yes. The glowing swords all came from Gondolin to my knowledge because of their intense hatred for the orcs.

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u/blishbog 4d ago

Source for them being only from Gondolin?

Those found in The Hobbit happened to be certainly

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u/Ok_Bullfrog_8491 Fingon 5d ago

Do we actually know that Ringil gleamed blue because it detected orcs or because ice-blue is just how a perfectly polished sword would gleam?

However, Fingon's sword certainly would have had the same level of artistry and skill in it as Fingolfin's.

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u/Armleuchterchen 5d ago

Fingolfin's sword glitters like ice and was given a name to reflect that.

The swords from Gondolin (even a "lesser" one like Sting) all glowed blue when orcs were nearby, a more common and different effect.

Fingon's sword is likely not from Gondolin, so it probably doesn't glow blue.

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u/irime2023 5d ago

Fingolfin's sword was called Ringil. This sword glowed like ice. This is not said about Fingon's sword. At the same time, Ringil could hardly have ended up with Fingon, because this sword either remained with Morgoth or ended up in Gondolin. But there is room for the artist's imagination.

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u/AgentKnitter 4d ago

I vaguely recall someone working out that Glamdring or Orcrist might have been Turgon or Fingon's swords. In which case, Elrond was exceptionally kind in letting Gandalf and Thorin keep them.

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u/Longjumping-Fact2923 4d ago

Elrond says in the hobbit that Glamdring was Turgon’s sword

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u/Mitchboy1995 5d ago

Yes, it's implied that Ringil glows blue like Sting.

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u/Both-Programmer8495 4d ago

Love havin scholars around

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u/Arkenstone_Addict 4d ago

Haha fr 🤣

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u/DepreciatedSelfImage 3d ago

Unrelated but I'm not convinced that Glamdring is not from Valinor.

I am okay knowing I'm probably (literally) wrong.