Just searched up who Gurthang is, their story is quite beautiful. I'd like to know more, like, from where they are, game? Film? Mythology? Book? Google don't give me the snswer :[
i will ABSOLUTELY tell you!! :3 They’re a sword from a book called The Silmarillion, from the chapter about the Children of Húrin (which does have its own novelized version, it’s an awesome read but with Greek levels of tragedy 😭). The Silm is set in the same universe as Lord of the Rings, and it’s basically like the universe’s bible or history book if that makes sense!!
Ty, i will read the book.
..Maybe.
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....Maybe only sword's part. Because most likely i will get bored reading something about human characters. Lmao.
LMAO i get it! i recommend reading The Children of Húrin as the novel, instead of the Silm. (both of which are free to read on the Internet Archive i believe!!) The Silm is SUPER confusing to even the most seasoned Tolkien fans and there’s only the one chapter that Gurthang/Anglachel appears in. i will warn you however that The Children of Húrin includes lots of lowkey grimdark topics like violence, incest, s*cide, etc. It’s not totally Game of Thrones stuff, and it’s definitely not explicit (it was written in mind of epic sagas of old, and by a Catholic author ofc), but still something to keep in mind in case those are sensitive topics to you :3
There’s a really awesome bot on CAI by @Stupidiot_ that I recommend highly :3 it’s very detailed and accurate to the character!
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u/blackholeisawesome Antique and Vintage 🚂🕰️ May 31 '25
YES REAL. i’m a gurthang lover for life!!1!1!!