Narsil and Andúril: The Sword That Cut the Ring | Tolkien Deep Dive

What is Narsil? How did Andúril, Flame of the West, come to be reforged from the shards of the sword that cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand? In this Tolkien deep dive, we trace the three-age biography of the most storied blade in Middle-earth—forged by the dwarf Telchar of Nogrod in the First Age, shattered beneath Elendil at the fall of Barad-dûr, and carried by Isildur as the hilt-shard that ended the Dark Lord's war. From the Disaster of the Gladden Fields to Rivendell, the broken pieces waited three thousand years. Aragorn bore them for sixty-seven years before elven smiths made the sword whole. We explore how Andúril returned to the Black Gate where Narsil first broke—a structural mirror of the Ring's destruction that reveals Tolkien's deepest design. 🕐 CHAPTERS: 0:00 Introduction 1:12 The Blade Beneath Elendil 4:28 Telchar in the Deep of Time 8:25 The Flight of Ohtar and the Long Guardianship 12:51 Sixty-Seven Years of Waiting 18:23 The Forging Anew 23:42 The Sword and the Ring 28:59 The Morannon Returns the Sword #lotr #tolkien #ringsofpower #aragorn #silmarillion #middleearth 📖 Read more: https://rangeroftherealms.com/episode... 📚 MORE FROM RANGER OF THE REALMS: 🔹 Channel:    / @rangeroftherealms   🔹 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1cBIiWA... 🔹 Website: https://rangeroftherealms.com ☕ Support: https://ko-fi.com/rangeroftherealms 🎬 A DREAMBYTES PRODUCTION The works of J.R.R. Tolkien remain under copyright to the Tolkien Estate. This is a fan work created for educational and entertainment purposes.