Gift Giving – Among Hobbits it’s custom for the one who is celebrating their birthday to give presents to their guests. A theory I favour is that this custom has its origins from when the Hobbits still dwelled in the upper vales of the river Anduin and Sméagol (later called Gollum) murdered his brother over the One Ring. The details of that story were lost to the Hobbits, but the custom remained to remember that giving is always better than taking. Nori, of course, doesn’t have a clue about any of that at this point, and Bilbo is far too happy to have him there than bother with explanations. Iglishmêk – sign language of the Dwarrow. Developed out of necessary (forges and other craft halls are loud places, and explosions in mines will likely
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kharum uzhar; a form of crest Dwarrow use to literally mark the work of their hands; documents are usually signed with the signature and the Maker's Mark. Dwarflings usually start very early to design their own Mark, often modelling them after those of close relatives. When they come of age, they are expected to settle on one design, and while not necessary, most also get their Mark tattooed somewhere. Persons of stately power additionally have a regular signature ring for official documents, like new laws or judgements. They are not used on any items created in connection with The Calling, as the Dwarrow believe it is Mahâl guiding them, and putting their own mark on His work would be blasphemy. Tattoos, however are obviously `something entirely else. Stop …show more content…
Morgul-blades were magical, poisoned daggers used by the Nazgûl. The poison turns one into a wraith, but can be slowed with athelas (S., Kingsfoil), and Elrond was able to “heal” Frodo, though not completely. I’ll work on the assumption that the poison is not a coating, but a combination of magic and alchemy that fuses it with the metal itself. The process is so difficult, only Sauron could do it. His masterpiece, so to speak, is the nine blades the Nazgûl carry, the only ones that can turn someone into a wraith. However, Sauron created more of a weaker poison-metal for the first Ring War that “only” causes the victim to die. After the war this metal was rare, and the Orcs forged blades for their chieftains, but mostly and arrowheads from
kharum uzhar; a form of crest Dwarrow use to literally mark the work of their hands; documents are usually signed with the signature and the Maker's Mark. Dwarflings usually start very early to design their own Mark, often modelling them after those of close relatives. When they come of age, they are expected to settle on one design, and while not necessary, most also get their Mark tattooed somewhere. Persons of stately power additionally have a regular signature ring for official documents, like new laws or judgements. They are not used on any items created in connection with The Calling, as the Dwarrow believe it is Mahâl guiding them, and putting their own mark on His work would be blasphemy. Tattoos, however are obviously `something entirely else. Stop …show more content…
Morgul-blades were magical, poisoned daggers used by the Nazgûl. The poison turns one into a wraith, but can be slowed with athelas (S., Kingsfoil), and Elrond was able to “heal” Frodo, though not completely. I’ll work on the assumption that the poison is not a coating, but a combination of magic and alchemy that fuses it with the metal itself. The process is so difficult, only Sauron could do it. His masterpiece, so to speak, is the nine blades the Nazgûl carry, the only ones that can turn someone into a wraith. However, Sauron created more of a weaker poison-metal for the first Ring War that “only” causes the victim to die. After the war this metal was rare, and the Orcs forged blades for their chieftains, but mostly and arrowheads from