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Post by RaylonTheDemented on Apr 8, 2020 12:56:53 GMT
It is not canon, but aside from Tokien's and his son's Christopher's works, some the best references for names and other data on Middle Earth one can find on hard copy are the Middle Earth Roleplaying Game MRPG books.
I happen to own many of those, and in the book of Angmar the Witch King's sword is said to be named Vasamacil in Quenya (Vasamegil in Sindarin) which mean Blade-eater (because of its ability to shatter other weapons) and is said to have been forged in Thangorodrim in the First Age.
My two cents.
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Post by tancred on Apr 8, 2020 16:41:12 GMT
It is not canon, but aside from Tokien's and his son's Christopher's works, some the best references for names and other data on Middle Earth one can find on hard copy are the Middle Earth Roleplaying Game MRPG books.
I happen to own many of those, and in the book of Angmar the Witch King's sword is said to be named Vasamacil in Quenya (Vasamegil in Sindarin) which mean Blade-eater (because of its ability to shatter other weapons) and is said to have been forged in Thangorodrim in the First Age.
My two cents.
Raylon, I love those MERP modules! Used to rpg with those quite a bit when I was younger. Cool to see another collector/user out there. I, too, have that module, and many others. I think those modules were extremely creative, and invited creativity within the Middle-Earth community. Like you said, they are not canon, and some of their creations could get way out there. I do think the Witch-King's weapons could have Elvish names, if you go by the theory that they were from his pre-wraith periods or family heirlooms passed down to him. I just think if he named them or called them by name, he probably would have preferred an Adunaic name. |
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