Legend

[rabidsamfan]

Three blades there were, born in the forges of Gondolin and lost for an age or more,
Orcrist, Glamdring, and one more, unnamed until it reached the hand of a burglar who was braver than he knew.

Christened with spider-blood, it was, and given a name too short for a proper song, but that made it no less sharp when the time came for a different battle and a different spider.

Glamdring has gone into the west, and Orcrist is still sleeping under the Lonely Mountain far away, but look you now, here is the third.

Sting! The Spider's Bane!

Comments

[dreamflower]

Perfect. I can just see the youngsters eyeing Sting on the wall over the fireplace...

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Yes, and the firelight making the storyteller seem like something out of a dream.

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

I unfortunately have no icons with Sting in them, but here's one valiant blade to another!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

That will do, that will do. *mulls bunny of Eowyn and Sam meeting*

[seleneheart]

Wonder what "spider's bane" is in Elvish? Probably something suitably noble.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Yes, and a lot more mellifluous, I'm sure. Thank you for commenting!

[elanorgardner.livejournal.com]

MAEGNAS!

Wonderful!

I offer the only icon I have with a bit of that valiant blade in it, in homage for a wonderful drabble!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, what a wonderful icon! Thank you!

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is splendid. Short, beautifully styled, and ringing so very true to the blade itself. Thank you for this!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I had fun writing it. (I really need to get back in the habit of drabbling...)

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Wow. I hear the distant drumroll of hobbit-heroism!

Beautiful, really.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thumpity thumpity thump!

*grin*

[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

Lovely! I do like the description and perspective in this. :)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm not sure who's speaking, but it was fun to write!

[rosiegardener.livejournal.com]

Yay for Sting ! * fidgets with her letter opener replica*

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Oooh, a letter opener? That sounds so cool...

Thanks!

[angharad001.livejournal.com]

I love it . . . little Sting alone afterwards - is it gathering dust in the Mathom House?

This is such a Sam moment for me - sorry if you were writing something else ;(

Thank you

*hugses*

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

It's a storyteller moment, and why not Sam? He's the one who finished the Red Book for us!

You're welcome!

[elasg.livejournal.com]

Excellent, as always!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I do my humble best.

[lily-the-hobbit.livejournal.com]

Sting! The Spider's Bane!

Yay! What a great drabble for a blade like Sting!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's a noble blade indeed!

[aervir.livejournal.com]

I think your drabble is actually the first one this week to focus on one of the many famous swords in Tolkien's works (I was continually waiting for Narsil/Andúril or Gurthang to pop up), and I appreciate the fact that you chose the one blade connected with the hobbits and their rise to courage.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I should answer the challenges more often! (Do you mind if I link to an older drabble that fits?) I've been re-reading the Hobbit, so Sting naturally was on my mind.

[(Anonymous)]

Good Lord! I cracked it myself Sat. night at work for the first time in about 10 years.

R-

[gentlehobbit.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhh... yes. :)

I really like this. Very satisfying -- Sting gets the recognition it deserves. A most worthy blade! And I like your "voice" here -- the teller of history and tales!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. That's what I see too -- definitely a storyteller.

[auricle.livejournal.com]

I love this drabble. Beautiful and set in a prose so similar to hobbits themselves. I adore your writing style.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Aw, shucks, 'twarn't nuthin.... *blush*

[danachan.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love this. And the voice of it is just perfect.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It just about wrote itself this time. I love it when drabbles do that!