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Dates
Tuor may have acquired the axe as early as I 491; it was apparently lost in the Downfall of Númenor in II 3319
Location
During the First Age, Tuor would have held the Axe in Gondolin and later at the Mouths of Sirion; during the Second Age it was preserved as an heirloom on Númenor
Race
Division
Family
Tuor descended from the House of Hador
Settlements
Most likely originated in Gondolin; after that city's Fall, it was held for a time at the Havens of Sirion, and then in Armenelos in Númenor
Meaning
So named because it could be used to beat like a club or cut like a sword
Other names
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Thudder-SharpDramborleg, the Axe of TuorThe literal translation of the name Dramborleg, given to the famous axe borne by Tuor the father of Eärendil. It took its name from a combination of two Elvish words, signifying that it could be used to beat like a club, or to cut like a sword. The origins of Tuor's axe are not fully explained. We know that he initially trained with the axe of his father Huor, so by the age of sixteen he was proficient in the use of the weapon, and he used that axe to fight the Easterlings of Lorgan. In that fight he failed and was captured, but he later escaped, again using an axe as a weapon.1 After long and weary travels across Beleriand, Tuor eventually found his way to Gondolin, where he remained for some years. When that city was attacked by Morgoth, he fought in its defence, presumably using his Thudder-Sharp axe.2 The city fell to Morgoth's forces, but Tuor and his family were able to escape, and he seems to have carried the axe with him. At least, the Axe of Tuor later found its way the Númenor, where it was considered one of the treasures of the isle, but it was lost when that island was overcome by the waves in the Downfall. Notes
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