The Hobbit: What Is The Black Arrow And why Is It So Lethal?
When Smaug the fearsome comes pummeling down from the mountains, leaving a trail of fire and destruction wherever he goes, the people of Lake Town are in terrible trouble. Everyone is panicking, The Master and his servant Alfrid are fleeing with no regard to anyone else, no one knows what to do about the flaming beast raging above, and there seems no hope that any of them will survive the night. That is until Bard ventures out onto the rooftops wielding the Black Arrow, and shoots the reptile right out of the sky in a burst of smoke and leathery wings.
But what is it about this Black Arrow that makes it so special, and why is it the key to destroying Smaug? Talking purely visually, it is easy to see in Peter Jackson’s film adaptations of the original book, that the Black Arrow is not like the other arrows that have been fired at the dragon and twanged harmlessly from his scaly skin without leaving a scratch. It is much larger and sturdier, and seems to be made of a solid, wrought black iron. Rather than the thinner and lighter shafts of the other archers. It’s fletches too, seem to be made of a thicker, perhaps metallic substance, rather than the typical feathers that are used. Just from looking at its construction, it is a formidable weapon.
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But more importantly than that is where it was made, and who it is wielded by. Any great weapon can fail if put into the hands of one who is not worthy to use it. This is a big message in both The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, and can be seen in several important swords, including Beater and Biter, the goblin swords, the shards of Narsil which is reforged and wielded by Aragorn, and of course the One Ring, who has only one
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