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|style="color:#000"|[[Image:Melissa Hitchcock - The Black Captain.jpg|left|150px|Illustration by Melissa Hitchcock.]]
|style="color:#000"|'''[[Glamdring]]''' was the sword once born by [[Turgon the Wise|Turgon]], King of [[Gondolin]]. The sword, decorated with jewels and ruelbone, had passed into legend by the time [[Gandalf]] discovered it in a [[trolls|Troll]]'s cave, nearly 6,500 years later. He would use the sword during the [[Battle of Five Armies]] and the [[War of the Ring]].
The '''[[Witch-king of Angmar]]''' (before [[Second Age]] 2200 - [[March 15]], [[Third Age 3019]]) was the chief of the [[Nazgûl]], King of [[Angmar]], and [[Sauron]]’s great captain in his wars. A wraith, the Witch-king of Angmar was nearly indestructible, a terrible warrior, and a cunning strategist. As predicted by [[Glorfindel]] he fell by the hand of a woman, [[Éowyn]], in the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] and his death marked the beginning of Sauron's downfall.
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Glamdring was the sword once born by Turgon, King of Gondolin. The sword, decorated with jewels and ruelbone, had passed into legend by the time Gandalf discovered it in a Troll's cave, nearly 6,500 years later. He would use the sword during the Battle of Five Armies and the War of the Ring.

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