Sting

Item from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

An Elven short sword that glows blue in the presence of orcs — small enough for a Hobbit to wield as a proper sword, and sharper than anything its size should be.

Also known as: Sting, the Elven blade, Bilbo's sword

What They Know

• Sting glows blue when orcs or goblins are within a certain range — the glow intensifies with proximity
• The blade was forged in Gondolin in the First Age and found in a troll-hoard by Bilbo
• Shelob fears Sting — Sam used it to wound her and drive her back into her lair
• Bilbo named it Sting after using it to kill the spiders of Mirkwood

Connections

• wielded_by — frodo
• wielded_by — bilbo
• wielded_by — sam

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