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In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Narsil was the sword of King Elendil of the Dúnedain. It was forged during the First Age by the Dwarf Telchar, making it a cousin to the blade Angrist which cut a Silmaril from the crown of Morgoth. The name contains the elements nar "fire" and thil "white light", refering to the Sun and Moon. #REDIRECT Spoiler
Elendil used Narsil in the Siege of Barad-dûr but Sauron killed Elendil and the sword broke into two pieces under his bodyweight as he fell over. His son Isildur took up the sword and used its shard to cut the One Ring from the hand of Sauron. Isildur took the shards home with him. After Isildur was killed in 2nd year of the Third AgeThe Third Age is a fictional time period from J. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth. The Third Age began after the first downfall of Sauron, when he was defeated by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men following the downfall of Numenor. This age was charact, the shards were rescued by EstelmoTolkien's universe of Middle-earth, Estelmo is the squire to Isildur's eldest son Elendur, who was knocked to the ground and left for dead by Orcs in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields. In fact, he recovered from his injuries, and was one of only three Me, squire of Isildur's oldest son. He took them to RivendellMiddle-earth places Rivendell is an Elven outpost in Middle-earth, a fictional realm created by J. It is also referred to as 'The Last Homely House East of the Sea a reference to Valinor, which is west of the sea. It is established by Elrond in the Second, where Isildur's youngest son ValandilIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, Valandil was a king of Arnor in Middle-earth, ruling from 2 T. He was the fourth son of Isildur; his elder brothers were killed by Orcs at the Gladden Fields along with their father. Valandil and his mother were in Rivendell was fostered.
The Shards of Narsil were one of the heirlooms of the Kings of ArnorThis is a list of kings of Arnor from the fictional universe of Middle-earth novels by J. The Kings of Arnor through Amandil claimed descent from the Lords of Andunie, and from there to Silmarien and the Kings of Numenor. Elendil, son of Amandil. He reign, and after the Northern Kingdom was destroyed they remained an heirloom of the Rangers of the North. It was not reforged until the War of the RingFictional wars In the fiction of J. Tolkien, the War of the Ring ended the Third Age. It was initiated by Sauron, who had gained strength since the end of the Second Age and sought the One Ring. During the War of the Ring, many thousands of Men of Rohan a at the end of the Third Age.
In 3019 TA Narsil was reforged in RivendellMiddle-earth places Rivendell is an Elven outpost in Middle-earth, a fictional realm created by J. It is also referred to as 'The Last Homely House East of the Sea a reference to Valinor, which is west of the sea. It is established by Elrond in the Second as Andúril ( SindarinSindarin is an artificial language (or conlang) developed by J. In Tolkien's mythos, it was the Elvish language most commonly spoken in Middle-earth. It was the language of the Sindar, those Teleri which had been left behind on the Great Journey of the El for "Flame of the West") for Aragorn, the heir of Isildur. He carried the sword during his journey south as part of the Fellowship of the Ring and it featured prominently at several points in the story, where it was sometimes referred to as the Sword that was Broken.
Boromir, son of the Steward of Gondor, travelled to Rivendell in time for the Council of Elrond because of the prophetic dream of his brother Faramir, in which he was told to "Seek for the Sword that was broken". Aragorn often uses the sword to help to establish his credentials.
Narsil (broken and reforged) acts as a symbol of the kingship of Arnor and Gondor. As the Chieftain of the Rangers of the North, Aragorn carries the fragments of the ancient sword, secret but ever vigilant, and the blade is reforged when he sets out to reclaim his kingdom.
