Orcrist

During the First Age, Orcrist was forged alongside its "mate", Glamdring by Elf smiths, and might been used by King Turgon or one of the Lords of the Gondolindrim in the Goblin Wars. It was described to have "killed hundreds of goblins in its time, when the fair elves of Gondolin hunted them in the hills or did battle before their walls", and was most likely lost during the Fall of Gondolin.^[1]

Third Age

Orcrist was discovered with Glamdring centuries later. Thorin and Company made the discovery in the trolls' cave, with Gandalf observing the high quality of the blades. Once in Rivendell, Elrond recognized Orcrist as one from Gondolin, and Thorin promised to honor the sword.^[3]

Thorin used Orcrist throughout the rest of the Quest of Erebor to slay goblins in the Goblin caves after the killing of the Great Goblin, but he lost it when he was captured by the Wood-elves of Mirkwood. Orcrist was confiscated^[4] and was not returned to him until after the Battle of Five Armies. Upon his death, Thranduil returned the blade and Orcrist was placed upon Thorin's tomb under the Lonely Mountain, and it "gleamed ever in the dark if foes approached".^[5]