Flame of the West

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Flame of the West is the translated name of Andúril, the reforged sword of Aragorn in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.

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Flame of the West canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional sword
weapon
appearsIn The Lord of the Rings
associatedWithCharacter Elendil
Isildur
associatedWithLineage Heirs of Isildur
linked to: Heir of Elendil
associatedWithRace Dúnedain
linked to: Dúnedain of Gondor
associatedWithRealm Arnor
Gondor
belongsToCulture Dúnedain of the North
Númenórean-descended peoples
belongsToFranchise The Lord of the Rings franchise
carriedBy Aragorn
carriedWith the Fellowship of the Ring
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
fictionalTimePeriod Third Age of Middle-earth
genre high fantasy
languageOfName Westron
material Elven-forged steel
meaningOfOriginalName West-brilliance
medium literature
notableInscription runes telling of Narsil and the line of Elendil
notableProperty serves as a token of Aragorn’s claim to the throne
shines with a bright light in battle
originalName Andúril
originalNameLanguage Quenya
reforgedBy Elven-smiths of Rivendell
reforgedFrom Narsil
reforgedIn Rivendell
setInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth
symbolizes hope against Sauron
kingship of Gondor
return of the king
timelineEvent reforged before the Fellowship departs Rivendell
translatedNameOf Andúril
type longsword
usedAgainst Sauron
forces of Mordor
linked to: Armies of Mordor
usedAtEvent Battle of the Morannon
Battle of the Pelennor Fields
usedInWar War of the Ring
wieldedBy Aragorn

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Andúril meaningOfName Flame of the West
Andúril meaningOfName Flame of the West
subject linked to: Narsil (reforged as Andúril)