As he falls over Narsil, its blade breaks in two; Isildur then uses the hilt shard to cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand and, thus, destroy his physical form. Despite being broken, the shards of ...

Owing to that act, Narsil is broken and is given the fitting moniker of the Sword that Was Broken. Its shards are later put together again, with the sword re-christened as Anduril.

Spoilers follow for this week’s episode of The Rings of Power! We knew that The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power would tie into J.R.R. Tolkien’s original trilogy by virtue of being set ...