staff of doom

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 01-16-2003, 04:30 PM

In the Silmarillion when Eol came to Gondolin seeking his wife and son, he and Turgon exchanged words and Eol defied the king. Then it says that "Turgon sat in his high seat holding his staff of doom." What exactly was that, and did it have any properties?

Lefty Scaevola · 01-16-2003, 05:19 PM

Its does not specify, buts from the the sound of it, it is rod shape symbol, likely ornately decorated, representing the judicial power of the kingdom.
In rome the various maginstrates (many offices combined specialized executive and judicial functions) when sitting in a jucicial capacity (among other fuctions) would be atted by lictors holding a facies, a war ax with its handle surrounded by reinforcing rods, bound togeter with leather. It represented the unity of the state, the authority of the state, and the power of the state to render judgment.

***Rían*** · 01-16-2003, 08:19 PM

I think it's related to your Admin Stick of Wrath ....

Lefty Scaevola · 01-16-2003, 11:05 PM

Here is a (joint) creation for someones sig at a Civilizations series games site, Civfanatics, Where I mod the forums.

---------------LORD OF THE (banning) RODS----------------------------
Three Rods for the SMAC Mods under alien sky,
Seven for the Civ2 Mods in their halls of old,
Nine for the Civ3 Mods doomed to cry,
One for the the Civ Lord on his fun throne
In the Land of Civfanatics where gamming lies.
One Rod to rule them all, One Rod to find them,
One Rod to ban them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Civfanatics where gamming lies.

01-16-2003, 04:30 PM	#1
*Sister Golden Hair* Queen of Nargothrond Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Akron, Ohio - USA Posts: 7,121	staff of doom In the Silmarillion when Eol came to Gondolin seeking his wife and son, he and Turgon exchanged words and Eol defied the king. Then it says that "Turgon sat in his high seat holding his staff of doom." What exactly was that, and did it have any properties? __________________ "Whither go you?" she said. "North away." he said: "to the swords, and the siege, and the walls of defence - that yet for a while in Beleriand rivers may run clean, leaves spring, and birds build their nests, ere Night comes." AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

01-16-2003, 05:19 PM	#2
Lefty Scaevola AngAdan Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Boerne, Texas Posts: 856	Its does not specify, buts from the the sound of it, it is rod shape symbol, likely ornately decorated, representing the judicial power of the kingdom. In rome the various maginstrates (many offices combined specialized executive and judicial functions) when sitting in a jucicial capacity (among other fuctions) would be atted by lictors holding a facies, a war ax with its handle surrounded by reinforcing rods, bound togeter with leather. It represented the unity of the state, the authority of the state, and the power of the state to render judgment. Last edited by Lefty Scaevola : 01-16-2003 at 05:30 PM.

01-16-2003, 08:19 PM	#3
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	I think it's related to your Admin Stick of Wrath .... __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

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01-16-2003, 11:05 PM	#4
Lefty Scaevola AngAdan Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Boerne, Texas Posts: 856	Here is a (joint) creation for someones sig at a Civilizations series games site, Civfanatics, Where I mod the forums. ---------------LORD OF THE (banning) RODS---------------------------- Three Rods for the SMAC Mods under alien sky, Seven for the Civ2 Mods in their halls of old, Nine for the Civ3 Mods doomed to cry, One for the the Civ Lord on his fun throne In the Land of Civfanatics where gamming lies. One Rod to rule them all, One Rod to find them, One Rod to ban them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Civfanatics where gamming lies.