staff of doom

[Sister Golden Hair]

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]

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]

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

[Lefty Scaevola]

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.