The Spear of Tuor

[Ardamir the Blessed]

UT, Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin:

Now Tuor and Voronwë made ready to depart. Tuor took with him the small bow and arrows that he had brought, beside the gear that he had taken from the hall; but his spear, upon which his name was written in the Elven-runes of the North, he set upon the wall in token that he had passed.

Did anyone ever find Tuor's spear? Gelmir and Arminas, Annael's people, the Gondolindrim, enemies?

At least the spear is not mentioned in Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin again. The halls of Vinyamar are mentioned, but nothing indicates that anyone ever found the spear.

The years had not shaken it [the halls], and the servants of Morgoth had passed it by;

So enemies at least knew of the place.

Thus Turgon lived long in bliss; but Nevrast was desolate, and remained empty of living folk until the ruin of Beleriand.

Heh, living folk? Were there ghosts there? Oh well, I guess the sentence means that noone lived there.

 

[Inderjit S]

It problably went down with Nevrast after the War of Wrath. The only weapon of Tuor I remember surviving was his axe Dramborleg (BoLT 2, U.T) and since his spear is never mentioned again one can presume it was lost.

Morogths servants problably wouldnt got there as hinted by your quote, since it was pretty futile too go there.

Heh, living folk? Were there ghosts there? Oh well, I guess the sentence means that noone lived there

'Living folk' is problably a reference to the incarnates (Men, Elves, Dwarves etc) and there were beasts and birds residing in Nevrast.