Tolkien References in Alucard's Inventory

    Have you ever looked through Alucard's extensive inventory and wondered where in hell they got all that stuff?? Well, this page covers some of those rare items hanging around the castle waiting to be picked up. Yes indeed, there's a LOT of things borrowed from J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology.

    If you're a Castlevania: SotN and/or a Tolkien fan, you might appreciate this. There are SPOILERS (for The Silmarillion anyway); you have been forewarned. I don't know what's more scary, the fact that I noticed the peculiarity of these items, or the time I spent researching and compiling this page. Enjoy!

This is how it goes:
Name of Item Given Description in SotN
Statistics/Effects
From Tolkien's Mythology. . .

Weapons:
 

Crissaegrim Countless blades dice enemy
Attack: 36; Defense: 1
Mountains south of Gondolin, the hidden city ruled by Turgon (a Noldorin Elf king), son of Fingolfin.

 
Fist of Tulkas Blessed by Tulkas the Valar
Attack: 39; Defense 5; Special: Fireball (D, DF, F +Attack) or Punch (B, F +Attack)
Tulkas the Strong, one of the Powers of Eä; a Valar is equivalent to an angel of a particular order in Tolkien's mythology.

 
Glamdring (Dark Blade) Sword forged by elves
Attack: 35; Defense: 2
Gandalf's sword; discovered -along with Orcrist- by Bilbo and the Dwarves in a troll cave as related in The Hobbit. See also: Orcrist.

 
Gurthang Gets stronger when bloodied
Attack: 25; Defense 1; Special: Blood Drain (D, DF, F +Attack)
Originally named Anglachel; forged by the Dark Elf, Eöl; a dangerous sword wielded by Túrin Turambar who named it Gurthang (meaning Iron of Death). The blade turned black after he accidentally slew his friend, Beleg the elf, with it.

 
Icebrand  Ice sword of Mim
Attack: 25; Special: Ice Blast (D, DF, F +Attack)
As far as I know this has nothing to do with the sword, but there is a Dwarf named Mîm mentioned in The Silmarillion. Forced by Morgoth's orcs to betray Túrin; Mîm hates the Grey-elves for hunting his tribe to extinction and attempts to murder Beleg with Anglachel (Gurthang).

 
Mablung Sword Spirit sword, improves Defense
Attack: 39; Defense: 2
Mablung, an elf of Doriath, chief Captain of King Thingol Greycloak. Mablung's name translates to "of the Heavy Hand."  

 
Mormegil Black sword, Strong vs. Holy
Attack: 25
Yet again, a reference associated with Túrin, the Master of Doom: Mormegil is the pseudonym he adopted (meaning Black Sword) while in Nargothrond.

 
Orcrist (Luminus) Sword forged by elves
Attack: 26
The counterpart of Glamdring; found by Thorin's company in a troll cave as related in The Hobbit. Thorin's sword. See also: Glamdring.

 
Sword of Hador House of Hador heirloom
Attack: 24
House of Hador the Golden-haired; One of the three tribes of Men that came into Beleriand. They allied themselves with Fingolfin, High King of the Noldor in Beleriand, and became the hardiest warrior race of men while aiding the elves against Morgoth, the Enemy. 

Headgear:

Dragon Helm Frightens enemy, lowers DEF
Strength +4; Attack +4; Defense +3
An ancient heirloom of the House of Hador, the Dragon-helm was bequeathed to Túrin Turambar.

Accessories:

Nauglamir Dwarven necklace Defense +15
Defense +15
A necklace of many jewels, the Nauglamir was a gift from the Dwarves who carved out Nargothrond to their employer, Finrod Felagund. Later, found by Húrin after the ruin of Nargothrond in  Glaurung's hoard. He "gives" it to Thingol who in turn has the Silmaril, Lúthien's bride-price, set in the necklace. The Nogrod dwarves betray the King, and after the fall of Doriath take the Silmaril with them. Beren launches an attack against them and regains the Nauglamir with the Silmaril and gives it to Lúthien.

 
Ring of Feanor Increases overall strength
Strength +7; Constitution +7; Intelligence +7; Luck +2; Attack +8; Defense +4
Fëanor is the greatest and worst elf there ever was. Since he was most gifted of the Elves, it’s no wonder this accessory boosts the stats so significantly. 
A genius with the greatest skill in craftsmanship of all the Noldor (indeed, of all the elves), he created the 3 legendary jewels, the Silmarils. As told in The Silmarillion, his brilliance was matched later by his pride, greed, and selfishness, perhaps due to Morgoth's influence. After Morgoth stole the Silmarils, Fëanor convinced the Noldor elves to rebel against the Valar and make a disastrous journey to Middle-Earth. Because of his deeds, a doom was placed on the all of the Noldor, but it especially affected him and his sons in their hopeless quest to retrieve the Silmarils. 
(Nope, Fëanor was not known for special rings, although he did create an alphabetic script that later became common to some languages in Middle-Earth. He also made the palantíri seen in The Lord of the Rings, but it was his grandson, Celebrimbor, that made the Rings of Power....)

 
Ring of Varda Golden ring to rule over all!
Strength +30; Constitution +10; Intelligence +20; Luck +5; Attack +40; Defense +14
Yeah right. Oh well, I guess from the perspective of watching Alucard's stats increase phenomenally...
Varda is one of the Valar and is most revered by Elves since she makes the stars; Occasionally referred to as Elbereth. This doesn't have anything to do with Sauron's One Ring, though.

    For more information, either go read Tolkien's books (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, or The Silmarillion), or go play Castlevania: SotN (for the PlayStation, by Konami).
Feel free to email me.

Bibliography: (yes, I told you I really researched this)

The Sanctum of Alucard ©1998 - par Nickel Stein
Book IV of the MoonSilver ScrapBook v2.2