Lore:Palantíri
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[edit] Palantíri
[edit] Quick Facts
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| Dates: | Made before the beginning of the First Age. At least two1 survived into the Fourth Age | ||||||||||||||
| Origins: | Made by Fëanor | ||||||||||||||
| Pronunciation: | palantee'ree | ||||||||||||||
| Meaning: | Roughly 'far sight' | ||||||||||||||
| Other Names: | Seeing-stones, Seven Stones, Stones of Seeing | ||||||||||||||
| Note: | The word palantíri is a plural; the singular form is palantír | ||||||||||||||
[edit] The Stones of Seeing
The Stones of Seeing; powerful crystalline globes that enabled their users to witness events and communicate with one another over great distances. Seven of these were brought to Middle-earth by Elendil.
[edit] Footnotes
| 1 | There were originally seven palantíri in Middle-earth (there were evidently others in Aman, too). Three of these were definitely lost or destroyed: those of Annúminas, Amon Sûl and Osgiliath. The Stone of the Tower Hills was taken back to Aman on the Ring-bearers' White Ship. Two further Stones, those of Orthanc and Minas Tirith, both survived into the Fourth Age. The fate of the seventh, the Ithil-stone, is not completely certain. It was in Barad-dûr during the War of the Ring, and was most likely destroyed in the downfall of Sauron. The substance used to make the palantíri, though, was exceptionally strong, and there remains a very slight chance that the Ithil-stone also survived into the Fourth Age. |
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