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.. им се чете, ще дам малко инфо от едно есе върху "Оръжията в Средната земя", което (за съжаление) не знам откъде съм го изкопал - не беше много скоро. Малко е дълго, ама като гледам самата тема....
"The predominant type of body armor was a coat of chain mail with a light helm (either conical or round). Vambraces and greaves could also be added, and/or a coif of chainmail to the head and hose for the legs and feet. The average warrior's equipment was completed with a sword, axe or spear, and usually a shield. "
"...Thingol's armouries were stored with axes and with spears and swords, and tall helms, and long coats of bright mail; for the hauberks of the Dwarves were so fashioned that they rusted not but shone ever as if they were new-burnished."
"Now Thingol had in Menegroth deep armouries filled with great wealth of weapons: metal wrought like fishes' mail and shining like water in the moon; swords and axes, shields and helms, wrought by Telchar himself or by his master Gamil Zirak the old, or by elven wrights more skillful still. For some things he received in gift that came out of Valinor and were wrought by Feanor in his mastery, than whom no craftsman was greater in all the days of the world."
"...and folk [Noldor] were busier about the forging of all manner of swords and axes, spears and bills, and the fashioning of coats of mail, byrnies and hauberks, greaves and vambraces, helms and shields."
"Then Tuor saw that on the wall behind the throne there a hung a shield and a great hauberk, and a helm and a long sword in a sheath. The hauberk shone as it were wrought of silver untarnished, and the sunbeam gilded it with sparks of gold. But the shield was a strange shape to Tuor's eyes, for it was long and tapering; and its field was blue, but in its midst was wrought an emblem of a white swan's wing...And he lifted down the shield and found it light and wieldy beyond his guess; for it was wrought, it seemed, of wood, but overlaid by the craft of elven-smiths with plates of metal, strong yet thin as foil, whereby it had been preserved from worm and weather."
"For unsummoned and unlooked for, Turgon had opened the leaguer of Gondolin, and was come with an army ten thousand strong, with bright mail and long swords and spears like a forest." "...and Fingon put on his white helm and sounded his trumpets, and all the host of Hithlum leapt forth from the hills in sudden onslaught. The light of the drawing of the swords of the Noldor was like a fire in a field of reeds." "...and the Gondolindrim were strong and clad in mail, and their ranks shone like a river of steel in the sun."
За джуджешките шлемове с маски, използвани за борбата с драконите:
"That helm was wrought of grey steel adorned with gold, and on it were graven runes of victory. A power was in it that guarded any who wore it from wound and death, for the sword that hewed it was broken, and the dart that smote it sprang aside. It was wrought by Telchar, the smith of Nogrod, whose works are renowned. It had a visor (after the manner of those that the Dwarves used in their forges for the shielding of the eyes), and the face of one that wore it struck fear into the hearts of all beholders, but was itself was guarded from dart and fire. Upon its crest was set in defiance a gilded image of Glaurung the dragon; for it had been made soon after he had issued from the gates of Morgoth..."
" few notes should be made on the bows of the Elder Days. The Noldor of Gondolin had many fine longbowmen. The Sindarin Elves of Doriath used longbows, as shown by the example of Beleg Cuthalion. His name literally meant "Mighty Strongbow", and he was renowned among the march wardens of Doriath for having the most powerful longbow, Belthronding. The Green Elves of Ossiriand apparently used longbows as well. They put them to great effect on the Dwarves who had sacked Menegroth and were attempting to return to the Blue Mountains. Shortbows were no doubt in use as well. There are some references to horsed archers, such as those of the Noldor who kept watch on Morgoth's realm."
"The traditional sword of the orcs was the scimitar, though they also seemed particular to broad-bladed spears, since they are noted in a few references. This of course did not rule out a wide range of other weapons, and they no doubt fought with axes, maces, and bows, since various accounts allude to this. "
С идването на Втората епоха, тези оръжия останали в употреба, с някои малки изменения. Толкин говори за Нуменорски шлем, наречен "Карма": "It was wrought of over- lapping plates of metal, and covered with a crest of embossed and dyed leather, which gave it the appearance of a fish." Оръжията, които хобитите намират в Могилните ридове са "leaf shaped, and were decorated with intertwining damascening. The sheaths of these short swords were wrought of black metal and covered with red gems."
"Riders of Rohan were supplied with armor out of Gondor, while the men of Dunland had virtually no mail, relying on their great shields for protection. It's written that they had only a few hauberks, plundered or stolen"
"The rangers of Ithilien were armed with swords, longbows, spears and shields, but it is not said if they bore armour under their green and brown clothing. "
"It is mentioned that Haradrim use scimitars, bows, spears, and shields during the War of the Ring."
"In the battle before the gates of Mordor, the Hill Trolls of Gorgoroth are said to be either clad in a type of scale armor, or perhaps it was their own scaly hide. They were armed with hammers and bucklers."
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За тези които... [re: Orc Chieftain]
(eressea)
За тези които...