'Return to Aragorn and tell him of my decision. The time has come to reforge the sword as surely as Aragorn has himself already been reforged.'1/1
1 Speak toAragorn (Show dialog)
'I am glad that Master Elrond agrees with my decision, for his counsel is near to my heart.
'It is true that I journeyed in my youth to Annúminas, the city of my fathers. Even then it had stood empty for long years, but it was once the shining jewel of my people, and I desired to see it with my own eyes. I thought too that if I recovered the Silithar that lay within Annúminas -- the only one of the stones to remain in this bend of the world -- I might reforge Narsil and prove myself worthy of the fate to which I had been born. Elladan and Elrohir accompanied me on my journey to Evendim, and my kinsman Calenglad also; he had sworn an oath to my father and renewed it in my name before we departed.
'Much of the city had already been reclaimed by the waters of Lake Nenuial when we arrived, and I despaired of finding the Silithar within the flooded tomb where it lay. But lo! The maiden Gwindeth appeared before us and charged me with a task to prove my worthiness of receiving the Silithar.
'My youthfulness betrayed me; though I had the form of a man, I had not wisdom or experience, and Gwindeth found me wanting. The Silithar was not to be mine that day. When I stood before the flooded passages of Elendil's empty tomb on the outskirts of Annúminas, I believed it right that Narsil be reforged; I could not understand why Gwindeth refused me access to the Silithar. Now I believe I understand.'1/1
