Dates

Forged in the First Age sometime between I 116 and I 510; rediscovered by Thorin in May or June III 2941; entombed with Thorin late III 2941

Location

Created in Gondolin; carried eastward and discovered in a Troll-hole within Trollshaws, then carried further eastward still to the Lonely Mountain

Origins

Forged in Gondolin

Races

Created by Elves, hoarded by Trolls, and finally wielded by a Dwarf

Settlements

Created in Gondolin and buried long afterwards beneath Erebor, the Lonely Mountain

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Goblin-cleaver

A name for the great sword Orcrist

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

A name for the sword Orcrist, and the literal translation of its Elvish name. It was forged in the city of Gondolin during the First Age, when the Elves warred with the Orcs of Morgoth, and Orcrist was said to have killed hundreds of Goblins in those Wars.

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