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Túrin Mourning by Ebe Kastein

Gurthang was the sword of Túrin Turambar, reforged from Anglachel, the sword wielded by Beleg Cúthalion when Túrin slew him in a tragic turn of events.

Its name meant "Iron of Death" in Sindarin, and it was black, but its edges shone bright and cold. With it Túrin performed great deeds in his battles against Morgoth's armies, so he became known as Mormegil "the Black Sword". He also commited senseless acts with Gurthang, but his most reknowned act was the slaying of the dragon Glaurung. The sword broke when Túrin killed himself upon it, and was later buried with him.

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1916 – J.R.R. Tolkien and G.B. Smith meet at Acheux.
1973 - Mythcon 4 in Santa Barbara, California.
1991 - Scholar Taum Santoski dies of cancer at the age of 32.
1992 - Tolkien Centenary Conference, a combination of Oxonmoot 1992 and Mythcon 23, at Keble College, Oxford.
2000 - Mythcon 31 in Hawaii.
2012 - The Return of the Ring, Tolkien Society conference at Loughborough University, England.

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T.A. 3018:
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- Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.

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