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<div>{{battle<br />
| image = Joona Kujanen - The Battle of Nanduhirion.jpg<br />
| name=Battle of Azanulbizar<br />
| conflict=[[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]]<br />
| date={{TA|2799}}<br />
| place=The valley of [[Azanulbizar]] beneath the [[East-gate of Moria]]<br />
| result=Victory for the Dwarves<br />
| side1=[[Durin's Folk|Longbeards]]<br>[[Dwarves]] of other Houses<br />
| side2=[[Orcs of the Misty Mountains]]<br />
| commanders1=[[Thráin II]]<br>[[Thorin II]]<br>[[Náin (son of Grór)|Náin]] †<br>[[Dáin Ironfoot]]<br />
| commanders2=[[Azog]] †<br />
| forces1=Unknown; bolstered by an army of the [[Dwarves of the Iron Hills]]<br />
| forces2=Unknown; "a multitude of Orcs"<ref name="AppDurin">{{App|Durin}}</ref><br />
| casual1="Beyond the count of grief"; half dead or dying<ref name="AppDurin"/><br />
| casual2=10,000 Orcs<ref name="PMA">{{PM|A}}, p. 278</ref><br />
}}<br />
The '''Battle of Azanulbizar''' was the final climatic battle in the [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]]. It was fought beneath the [[Great Gates|East-gate of Moria]] in the valley of Azanulbizar, called ''[[Nanduhirion]]'' in [[Sindarin]]. Therefore the event is also known as the '''Battle of Nanduhirion''' and sometimes the '''Battle of the Mines of Moria'''.<br />
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==Prelude==<br />
The War of the Dwarves and Orcs began when [[Azog]] the [[Orcs|Orc]]-chieftain of [[Moria]] captured and mutilated [[Thrór]], King of [[Durin's Folk]]. Azog branded his own name in runes onto Thrór's severed head, then let Thrór's companion [[Nár]] escape so that all [[Dwarves]] would know that an Orc now ruled Moria. Full of righteous fury, Thrór's son [[Thráin|Thráin II]] summoned a great army of Dwarves, including those not of Durin's Folk ([[Firebeards]] and [[Broadbeams]] from the [[Blue Mountains]], and others from the far East of Middle-earth). For six years they systematically sacked the Orc strongholds of the [[Misty Mountains]], until only Moria was left. There the Orcs that had survived the destruction had gathered to Azog.<br />
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==Battle==<br />
[[File:Jacek Kopalski - Náin at Azanulbizar.jpg|thumb|left|''[[Náin]] at [[Azanulbizar]]'' by [[:Category:Images by Jacek Kopalski|Jacek Kopalski]]]]<br />
The battle began on a dark winter day, and no sun was said to have shined through the clouds. The Dwarves had marched into the Dimrill Dale where they found the East-Gate and sent up a great noise. They discovered that on the western slopes above thousands of Orcs had gathered, while more still came pouring out of the gate. The Dwarves there stood outnumbered and on the lower end of a sloping hill. <br />
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The first Vanguard led by King Thráin, assaulted the slopes only to be driven back with casualties. In a woods near the Mirrormere, the dwarves noted that [[Frerin]], youngest son of Thráin was slain along with [[Fundin]], father of [[Balin]]; and many others. Thraín himself was wounded, as was his eldest son [[Thorin|Thorin II Oakenshield]], whose shield was broken during the battle, forcing him to resort to using an oak branch that he cut off a tree to defend himself. <br />
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Elsewhere, the battle swayed back and forth until [[Náin (son of Grór)|Náin]] from the [[Iron Hills]] arrived with a contingent of fresh troops. Náin and his Dwarves cut through the Orc lines with their [[mattocks]] shouting, "AZOG! AZOG! AZOG!" until they had reached the steps of the gate, at which Naín called Azog to come out and fight. When Azog emerged from the inner gate with his guards, Náin was exhausted and half blind with rage. He tried to swing as hard as he could, but Azog darted aside and Náin missed, splintering his mattock on the stone. The orc kicked him in the leg when he dodged the Dwarf's blow, making him stumble, at which point Azog attempted to hew his neck with a swing, succeeding only in breaking Náin's neck because of the strong mail he was wearing. Náin died instantly.<br />
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Even as Azog gloated over his duel, he looked out over the valley which the east gate overlooks, and came to the realization that his entire force was routed. Those that could were fleeing southwards, and all his guard was dead. With that he fled back to the gate. Náin's son, [[Dáin Ironfoot|Dáin]], leaped up the steps after him with his red axe, and there before the gate he decapitated the Orc chieftain, thus ending the battle. <br />
The slaying of Azog was considered a great feat, as Dáin was only 32 years of age (very young for a Dwarf). Dáin would later become [[King under the Mountain]] as [[Dáin Ironfoot|Dáin II Ironfoot]].<ref name="AppDurin" /><br />
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Azog's head was then impaled on a pike, and bag of coins he had thrown at Nàr years before was stuffed in his mouth.<br />
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==Aftermath==<br />
[[File:Steamey - Vengeance.jpg|thumb|''Vengeance'' by [[:Category:Images by Steamey|Steamey]]]]<br />
The Dwarves were victorious, but half of their forces were dead or mortally wounded. The Orcs suffered even worse casualties, with ten thousand dead. After the battle, Thráin wanted to enter and reclaim Moria, the ancestral home of Durin's folk. However, due to their losses, the other Houses were not willing to participate, and since Dáin had seen [[Durin's Bane]] beyond the East-gate, Thráin refrained from entering.<ref name="AppDurin" /><br />
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The Dwarves stripped their dead so the Orcs could not plunder them, and cut down all the trees in the valley, which was to remain bare ever after. They made many pyres on which to burn their dead. They could not bury them all in tombs of stone, as was their custom, because it would take too long. From then on those that died in Dimrill Dale were remembered proudly as [[burned Dwarves]].<ref name="Burned">{{App|Durin}}, footnote to page 348-9</ref><br />
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The Houses parted ways, returning to their homes to the North, East, and West. Thráin, with what was left of the Longbeard contingent, went back to [[Dunland]] and wandered in [[Eriador]], eventually settling in the Southern Blue Mountains. There Durin's folk repopulated slowly, waiting for the day when they could take back the halls of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and Khazad-dum.<ref name="AppDurin" /><br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
'''2012: ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'':'''<br />
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:Referred to as the '''Battle of [[Moria]]''' in this [[The Hobbit (film series)|film trilogy]] (and portrayed more as an isolated battle rather than the final conflict for an entire war), the battle is presented in a flashback sequence as [[Balin]] recounts [[Thorin]]'s past to [[Bilbo Baggins]]. The narrative of the battle has been heavily condensed. In the film version, rather than recounting Thrór's death at the hands of [[Azog]] and the resulting war of many years, Balin simply says that after [[Smaug]] drove the [[Dwarves of Erebor|Dwarves]] from [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]], Thrór attempted to lead all of his people back to their ancestral realm in Moria, only to find that the [[Orcs]] had gotten there first. [[Azog]] does decapitate [[Thrór]], but the deed takes place during the battle itself, and the head is thrown at Thorin's feet rather than [[Nár]]'s. Balin similarly condenses [[Thráin]]'s story, stating that he went mad with grief and wandered away, and his people never knew if he was dead or captured. [[Dáin Ironfoot]] is completely absent from the story, and it is Thorin who rallies the dwarves by facing Azog in single combat and hacking off his left arm at the elbow. The wounded Azog is dragged back into Moria by his subordinates, and the Dwarves assume he has died of his injuries, but he survives to appear in a present-time sub-plot in which he is hunting Thorin and Company for revenge. No mention is made of the burning of the Dwarves' dead, but Balin, [[Dwalin]], [[Bifur]], and Thorin are seen in the aftermath of the battle walking amidst heaps of their slain kin, and Balin recalls the battle as a pyrrhic victory, and the number of dead as beyond the count of grief, echoing closely the wording of the account from [[Appendix A]] of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.<br />
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'''2021: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:Azanulbizar during and immediately after the battle is featured as a flashback-style location. The story of the region is framed as reading the written recollections of the veteran "Hermáth Stormhammer", a close friend of [[Dáin Ironfoot]], to relive the battle from his point of view.<br />
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:King Thráin instructs the kings of the other six Houses to secure the borders of the Dale, including the slopes of [[Celebdil|Zirakzigil]] and [[Fanuidhol|Bundushathûr]], to deny Azog's forces the high ground and slay any Orcs that attempt to flee. The [[Dwarves of the Iron Hills]] are present from the beginning, but held in reserve until, as in the books, they enter the battle to assist Thráin's vanguard.<br />
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[[Category:Conflicts of the Third Age]]<br />
[[de:Schlacht von Azanulbizar]]<br />
[[fr:encyclo:evenements:3a:guerres:bataille d azanulbizar]]<br />
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<div>{{Disambig-more|Host of the West|[[Host of the West (disambiguation)]]}}<br />
{{Organization infobox<br />
|name=Army of the West<br />
| image = Ted Nasmith - The Shadow of Sauron.jpg<br />
|caption=The Army of the West at the Battle of the Morannon by Ted Nasmith<br />
|othernames=Host of the West<br />
|founded=[[16 March]] {{TA|3019}}<br />
|disbanded=[[8 May]] {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{Cite DTP|LR 6.05.106}}</ref><br />
|purpose=March on the Black Gate<br />
|notablefor=Fighting the [[Battle of the Morannon]]<br />
|members=[[Aragorn]], [[Gandalf]], [[Gimli]], [[Legolas]], [[Pippin]], [[Elladan]], [[Elrohir]], [[Éomer]], Knights of [[Dol Amroth]], [[Rohirrim]], [[Rangers of the North]]<br />
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The '''army of the West''', also called the '''Host of the West''', was the great host prepared by the Lords of [[Gondor]] and [[Rohan]] to march on the [[Black Gate]] after the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]]. <br />
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==History==<br />
===Formation===<br />
Creating the Host of the West was first suggested by [[Gandalf]] in the [[Last Debate]]. The rationale behind this suggestion was that, although [[Sauron]] could not be defeated with arms, they could draw out the army of [[Mordor]], making it easier for [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] to reach [[Mount Doom]] undetected.<ref name=":0">{{RK|V9}}, pp. 878-82</ref> Whether or not they should attempt to assail [[Minas Morgul]] was a subject of debate, but Gandalf argued strongly against this, as the minds of men turned to madness and horror at Minas Morgul and would risk drawing the [[Eye of Sauron]] near Frodo and Sam.<ref>{{RK|V10}}, pp. 884-5</ref> It was decided that a host of 7,000 men, if that many could be found, would depart in two days.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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===Journey from Minas Tirith to Morannon===<br />
On [[18 March]] of {{TA|3019|}}, a force of 7,000 men gathered on the Pelennor Fields and left [[Minas Tirith]], beginning the six-day journey. Under [[Aragorn]] there were 2,000 of those who sailed with him up the [[Anduin]]; under [[Imrahil]] were 3,500 (probably from among the original defenders of the city); under [[Éomer]] were 500 [[Rohirrim]] unhorsed, and another 500 horsed; and lastly another 500 horsed Knights of [[Dol Amroth]], [[Rangers of the North]], and the two sons of [[Elrond]], [[Elladan]] and [[Elrohir]]: in total, 6,000 on foot and 1,000 on horse.<ref name=":0" /> Gandalf, [[Legolas]] and Aragorn were part of the host, as well as [[Gimli]] and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]], representing the races of [[Dwarves]] and [[Hobbits]]. Much to his disappointment, [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] was disallowed from going.<ref>{{RK|Gate}}, p. 883</ref><br />
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By noon the army had reached [[Osgiliath]], which was in the process of being rebuilt. The vanguard continued for five miles further before stopping for the day, while the horsemen pressed on and reached the [[Cross-roads]]. At the Cross-roads, the captains stationed a strong force of archers there to guard against any attack from the East or South.<ref>{{RK|V10}}, p. 884</ref> The next day, Aragorn and Gandalf, along with the vanguard, rode ahead and reached [[Morgul Vale]].<ref>{{RK|Gate}} p. 885</ref><br />
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On the third day, the host left the Cross-roads, leaving behind the force of archers to defend the Cross-roads. They encountered a force of [[Orcs]] and [[Easterlings]] attempting to ambush them. Having been warned by their scouts, they were able to easily defeat the force, though Aragorn felt that the purpose of the army had been to give the host a false impression of the enemy's weakness rather than hurt them. From the evening onward, the host was followed by the eight remaining [[Nazgûl]].<ref>{{RK|V10}}, pp. 887-8</ref> <br />
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On [[23 March]], the Army exited [[Ithilien]], and along the way some faint-hearted men who would not approach the Black Gate were dismissed and commanded to liberate [[Cair Andros]]. Between these men and the men left at the Cross-roads, over 1,000 were lost, leaving the army less than 6,000 strong. The [[24 March|next day]], the same day that Sam and Frodo reached the foot of Mount Doom,<ref>{{app|B3}}</ref> they finally reached the [[Desolation of the Morannon]], camping there as they waited for an answer to their challenge.<ref>{{RK|Gate}}, p. 887</ref><br />
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===Battle of the Morannon===<br />
On [[25 March]], with no response from Mordor, the host assembled and marched to the Black Gate, demanding that the Lord of the Black Land come forth so that justice could be done upon him. The Black Gate was thrown open and an embassy from the [[Barad-dûr|Dark Tower]] rode out, led by the [[Mouth of Sauron]]. The Mouth of Sauron showed them items belonging to Sam and Frodo and relayed to them his lord's terms. After rejecting these terms, a great host came through the Black Gate, thus beginning the [[Battle of the Morannon]].<ref name=":1">{{RK|Gate}}, pp. 891-2</ref><br />
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The host was quickly trapped as the army of Mordor<ref group="note">The forces of Mordor, [[Rhûn]], and [[Harad]] together had "ten times and more than ten times" the number of the Western host, which consisted of less than 6,000. Therefore, there were little over 60,000 forces of evil deployed by [[Sauron]].</ref> swarmed them from all sides of the Slag-hills. They fought Orcs, hill-trolls, [[Easterlings]], [[Haradrim|Southrons]], and the Nazgûl. Despite being vastly outnumbered and surrounded, the host fought well and was able to hold their own long enough.<ref name=":1" /> When Frodo put on the One Ring, Sauron's attention was drawn away from the battle and the Nazgûl left the battle. The army of Mordor was left without the direction of the Nazgûl and the host was able to repel their attackers. The battle ended when the One Ring was destroyed by Frodo. The Orcs and other creatures of Sauron were completely directionless with the Dark Lord's demise and fled mindlessly; some falling into pits, others outright killing themselves, and many fleeing. The Host of the West was able to achieve a very decisive victory.<ref>{{RK|Cormallen}}, p. 949</ref> It is not told how many casualties the army suffered.<br />
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===Disbandment===<br />
After the victory at the Battle of the Morannon the host headed south, and set up camp on the [[Field of Cormallen]]. There Aragorn healed the exhausted Frodo and Sam following their rescue from the wreck of [[Mount Doom]] and put them in a long sleep. On [[8 April]] after waking up from their long rest the Ringbearers were received and praised before the Host of the West in a celebration of the victory in the [[War of the Ring]].<ref>{{Cite DTP|LR 6.04.034}} p. 952</ref><br />
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The host then rested there for many days, though some of their forces continued battling remnants of the Easterlings and Southrons until they were fully defeated. Some of the host even passed into Mordor to destroy fortresses in the north of the land.<ref>{{Cite DTP|LR 6.04.075}} p. 957</ref> By the end of April all forces had returned to camp and they begun their journey back toward Minas Tirith. They arrived at the city on last day of April, and the next morning on [[1 May]] Aragorn was crowned King before the gates of the city and the great host.<ref>{{Cite DTP|LR 6.05.090}} p. 968</ref><br />
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On [[8 May]] [[Éomer]] departed with the [[Riders of Rohan|his forces]] to return to [[Rohan]], whilst at the same time all others that dwelt far from the city returned to their homes, effectively disbanding the Host of the West.<ref>{{Cite DTP|LR 6.05.106}} p. 969</ref><br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
'''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'':'''<br />
:The last debate includes King [[Éomer]], Legolas and Gimli with Imrahil, Elladan, and Elrohir absent. Aragorn suggests the creation of the Army of the West and Gandalf is initially doubtful that it will be successful. Before the Army leaves Aragorn looks into the [[Orthanc-stone|palantír.]] The journey from Minas Tirith to the black gate is not shown. When the Ring is destroyed the ground beneath the enemy's army crumbles and Sauron's army is no more.<br />
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{{references|notes}}<br />
[[Category:Armies]]<br />
[[de:Heer des Westens]]<br />
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<div>{{infobox character<br />
| people=[[Númenóreans|Númenórean]]<br />
| name=Isildur<br />
| image=Liz Danforth - Isildur.png<br />
| caption="Isildur" by [[Liz Danforth]]<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=<br />
| titles=Great King, [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]], King of all the Dúnedain, [[King of Arnor]], [[King of Gondor]], King of the Southern Realm, Lord of Arnor and Gondor<br />
| position=<br />
| location=[[Númenor]], [[Gondor]]<br />
| affiliation=[[Faithful]], [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]]<br />
| language=[[Sindarin]], [[Quenya]] and [[Adûnaic]]<br />
| birth={{SA|3209}}<br />
| birthlocation=[[Númenor]]<br />
| rule={{SA|3320}} - {{SA|3440}} (joint reign of [[Gondor]])<br>{{SA|3441}} - {{TA|2}} ([[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]])<br />
| death=[[5 October]], {{TA|2}}<br />
| deathlocation=[[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]]<br />
| age=234<br />
| notablefor=Founded [[Gondor]] with [[Anárion]] and later cut the [[One Ring]] from the hand of [[Sauron]]<br />
| house=[[House of Elendil]], founded the [[House of Isildur]]<br />
| parentage=[[Elendil]]<br />
| siblings=[[Anárion]]<br />
| spouse=<br />
| children=[[Elendur (son of Isildur)|Elendur]], [[Aratan]], [[Ciryon]] & [[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]]<br />
| gender=Male<br />
| height=7 feet (2.13 m)<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 272 citing from a note written by J.R.R. Tolkien approximately in the year 1969</ref><br />
| hair=Black<br />
| eyes=Grey<br />
| clothing=<br />
| weapons=[[Narsil]]<br />
| steed=<br />
}}<br />
'''Isildur''' was the eldest son and heir of [[Elendil]], the first [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] of the [[Realms in Exile]]. <br />
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==History==<br />
===Early Years in Númenor===<br />
Isildur was born in Númenor in {{SA|3209}}. He was the elder son of [[Elendil]], son of [[Amandil]], the last [[Lords of Andúnië|Lord of Andúnië]]. His younger brother was [[Anárion]]. While living in the island realm he married and his first son, [[Elendur (son of Isildur)|Elendur]] was born in {{SA|3299|n}}.<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref><br />
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Isildur learned from Amandil that King [[Ar-Pharazôn]], under the influence of [[Sauron]], purposed to cut down [[Nimloth of Númenor|Nimloth]]. One night Isildur went in disguise to [[Armenelos]] and from the courts of the King stole a fruit from the tree before it was cut down, thus preserving the line of the [[White Tree of Gondor|White Tree]]. It is said that he received grievous wounds from the King's guards before escaping but that they all healed when a leaf first appeared on the sapling that grew from the fruit he had taken.<ref name="Akallabeth">{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref><br />
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When Ar-Pharazôn ordered the [[Great Armament]] to assail the land of [[Aman]], Elendil and his sons prepared ships to escape from Númenor. In the ship of Isildur was guarded the young White Tree.<ref name="Akallabeth" /> When the [[Downfall of Númenor]] came in {{SA|3319|n}}<ref name="SA">{{App|SA}}</ref> Elendil and his sons escaped in nine ships – four for Elendil, three for Isildur, and two for Anárion.<ref name="Akallabeth" /><br />
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===Joint Reign of Gondor===<br />
In the great storm that came with the drowning of Númenor the nine ships of the Exiles were borne to the east and scattered. Elendil was cast up in the land of [[Lindon]], passed up the River [[Lhûn]], and founded the realm of [[Arnor]]. Isildur and Anárion were carried to the south. Arriving at the mouths of the [[Anduin]], they ascended the great river and founded the realm of [[Gondor]].<ref name="Rings">{{S|Rings}}</ref> While the Exiles were establishing their [[Realms in Exile]] in {{SA|3320}} however, Sauron had also escaped and re-established his power in [[Mordor]] .<ref name="SA" /><br />
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Isildur set up his house in [[Minas Ithil]], where he planted the White Tree, while Anárion established his household in [[Minas Anor]]. However, they jointly ruled the kingdom and set up thrones side by side in the Great Hall of [[Osgiliath]].<ref name="Rings" /> Isildur and his wife had two more sons, [[Aratan]] (in {{SA|3339|n}}) and [[Ciryon]] (in {{SA|3379|n}}), while living in Gondor.<ref name="Elendil" /><br />
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In {{SA|3429|n}} [[Sauron]] [[First Fall of Minas Ithil|captured Minas Ithil]] and burnt the White Tree. Yet Isildur escaped with his wife and sons, and a seedling of the White Tree. While Anárion held Osgiliath, Isildur and his family sailed down the Anduin, then northwest his father in [[Arnor]] and to [[Gil-galad]] in [[Lindon]].<ref name="SA" /><ref name="Rings" /><br />
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===The War of the Last Alliance===<br />
[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Isildur mural.jpg|200px|thumb|left|''Isildur mural'' in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)]]'', art by [[Alan Lee]]]]<br />
In {{SA|3430}}, the same year that Isildur's fourth son [[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]] was born, Isildur's father Elendil and Gil-galad formed the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]]. The army of the Alliance marched to [[Rivendell|Imladris]] in {{SA|3431|n}}, where Isildur left his wife and Valandil before the host moved on. In {{SA|3434|n}} the combined armies of Elves and Men crossed the [[Misty Mountains]] and marched on to the [[Dagorlad]]. There the forces of Sauron were defeated and he retreated into the [[Barad-dûr]] to withstand a siege.<ref name="SA" /><br />
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The siege lasted seven years, but finally Elendil and Gil-galad threw down Sauron, thus winning the battle though both were slain and Elendil's sword [[Narsil]] broke under him as he fell. Isildur took the hilt shard of his father's sword and cut [[the One Ring]] from Sauron's finger. Ignoring the advice of [[Elrond]] and [[Círdan]], lieutenant of Gil-galad, Isildur did not destroy the Ring; instead he claimed it as a weregild for the deaths of his father and brother, and an heirloom for his House.<ref name="Rings" /><br />
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===Triumph and Disaster===<br />
After the fall of Sauron, Isildur returned to Gondor and assumed the [[Elendilmir]], proclaiming his Kingship in Arnor and sovereign lordship over the [[Dúnedain]] in both the North and the South.<ref name="Gladden">{{UT|Gladden}}</ref><ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref> He remained for a year in the South, planted the seedling of the White Tree in Minas Anor in memory of his brother [[Anárion]], put the realm to order, and instructed his nephew [[Meneldil]], son of Anárion, in the governance of the land.<ref name="ta">{{App|TA}}</ref> With Meneldil and a company of trusted friends, Isildur rode about the boundaries of Gondor and in [[Anórien]] created the [[Tomb of Elendil|tomb]] and memorial of Elendil upon the hill of [[Eilenaer]], thereafter called [[Amon Anwar]].<ref>{{UT|Cirion}}</ref> While he remained there, he wrote an [[Scroll of Isildur|account]] on how he acquired the Ring, its significance to his [[House of Isildur|House]] and where he transcribed a [[Ring Verse|verse]] found upon the Ring while it was still hot.<ref>{{FR|Council}}</ref><br />
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When Isildur finally felt free to leave he committed the rule of Gondor to Meneldil and with his three sons<ref name="ta" /> departed on [[5 September|5]] [[Ivanneth]], {{TA|2}}. Instead of heading west and then north they journeyed northwards along the Anduin in order to first come to Imladris where his wife and little son Valandil were.<ref name="Rings" /> On the thirtieth day of the journey, [[5 October|5]] [[Narbeleth]], the King, his sons, and his Guard of two hundred knights and soldiers reached the northern borders of the [[Gladden Fields]]. Isildur believed that all soldiers of the Enemy perished so his camp was unguarded.<ref name="Rings" /> There they were ambushed by a band of [[Orcs]] said to be ten times their number.<br />
[[File:Anke Eißmann - The Death of Isildur.jpg|thumb|''The Death of Isildur'' by [[Anke Eißmann]]]]<br />
As the Orcs closed in, Isildur sent his esquire [[Ohtar]] with one companion to fly with the shards of Narsil. The enemy charged and charged again. One by one Isildur's sons died about him;<ref name="ta" /> Elendur was the last and he insisted that Isildur leave with the One Ring. Isildur placed the Ring upon his finger and vanished from the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields|battle]].<br />
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The Orcs could still sense his smell<ref name="Rings" /> and Isildur ran to the Anduin and swam across the river. It was during this effort that the One Ring slipped from his finger. As he struggled to escape the reeds and rushes on the shore a small party of Orcs spotted him and shot him. He fell back into the water and no trace of him was found by Elves or Men.<ref name="Gladden" /><br />
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===Legacy===<br />
The [[House of Isildur|line of Isildur]] continued, for Valandil became king of Arnor. Isildur's line continued unbroken throughout the [[Third Age]] until it formed the basis for [[Aragorn]]'s claim to the kingship of Arnor and Gondor after the downfall of Sauron.<ref>{{RK|VI5}}</ref><br />
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In the riddling rhyme "''Seek for the Sword that was Broken''" the Ring is referred to cryptically as ''Isildur's Bane''.<ref>{{FR|II2}}</ref><br />
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After the [[War of the Ring]] the tower of [[Orthanc]] was opened, for King Elessar desired its restoration. Behind a hidden door in a steel closet was found Isildur's [[Star of Elendil|Elendilmir]]. It was surmised that [[Saruman]] had found the bones of the long-lost king and had taken the ''[[mithril]]'' fillet with its jewel for his own, possibly destroying the king's remains afterwards.<ref name="Gladden" /><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
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''Isildur'' is a [[Quenya]] name, meaning "Servant of the Moon", from ''[[Ithil]]'' ("Moon") + ''[[-dur]]'' ("servant").<ref>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 28</ref><br />
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==Genealogy==<br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
===Isildur in adaptations===<br />
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File:The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy - Isildur.jpg|[[Harry Sinclair]] as Isildur in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''<br />
File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Isildur.jpg|Isildur in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''<br />
File:The Rings of Power (TV series) - Isildur.jpg|[[Maxim Baldry]] as Isildur in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power]]''<br />
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===Films===<br />
'''1978: [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]]:'''<br />
:Prince Isildur is mentioned in the [[Prologue: A Ring's Tale (1978 scene)|prologue]], and he is shown to cut the Ring off Sauron's hand in battle, rather than from a defeated Sauron.<br />
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'''2001-2002: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:Isildur briefly appears in the first scenes of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|the first film]], as well as an extended flashback scene. Isildur is played by [[Harry Sinclair]]. Sinclair, a friend of [[Peter Jackson]], was asked because he was the most corrupt looking person Jackson knew. Sinclair had only one line, "No!", which was dubbed by [[Hugo Weaving]]. The story of Isildur's succumbing to the temptation of the Ring bothers Aragorn who fears that he could have the same weakness (a fear that is not evident in the book). In the book, the Ring simply disappeared when Isildur died and nobody knew what had happened to it until it was found by Gollum over 2000 years later.<br />
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===Television===<br />
'''2022: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power]]'', Season One:'''<br />
:Isildur is portrayed by [[Maxim Baldry]].<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Alice Jones]]|articleurl=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/amazon-the-rings-of-power-series-first-look|articlename=Amazon's Lord of the Rings Series Rises: Inside The Rings of Power<br />
|dated=10-February-2022|website=[https://www.vanityfair.com VanityFair]|accessed=12-February-2022}}</ref> None of the plotlines in which he is involved are found in the books, including his travelling to the Southlands and joining Galadriel's invasion of the Southlands at the head of the Númenorian army. He first appears on the [[Adar (episode)|third episode]] on a ship at sea near [[Númenor]]. He is later presumed dead after a burning log falls on him in the [[Mordor|Southlands]].<br />
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===Games===<br />
'''2002: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game)]]'':'''''<br />
:In the game starts with a prologue, where you control Isildur on the slopes of Mount Doom. After you complete the mission you see how Isildur defeats Sauron. By completing the Tower of Orthanc bonus level, Isildur becomes a playable character in the other stages, where he takes the place of his descendant Aragorn. Strangely, Isildur's version of the "Tower of Orthanc" level has the same script as Aragorn's, leading to Saruman referring to the ancient King of Gondor as a "ragtag Ranger".<br />
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'''2006: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'':'''<br />
:Isildur appears only in cinematics battling [[Sauron]]. However, in the [[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king|expansion pack ''The Rise of the Witch-king'']], Isildur is mentioned in more detail in the [[Angmar]] campaign.<br />
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'''2007-2019: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:Isildur makes an appearance in a flashback scene titled "At the Stone of Erech". It covers the oath given to Isildur by the men of [[Dunharrow]], subsequent return of Sauron several years later, the betrayal of the Dunharrow men and the curse that Isildur lays upon them. He also appears during the [[Battle of Dagorlad]], during the High Elf introduction, as well as in a flashback of the battle.<br />
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:With Update 24.2, it is revealed that the Shade of Isildur was saved by Gultháva, the River-maiden of the Gladden, who kept the lost king secluded within a secret grotto in order to protect him from harm. He is encountered after the [[War of the Ring]], in an abandoned dwarf-hold situated above the [[Gladden Fields]].<br />
'''2017: ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of War]]'':'''<br />
:After Isildur's (voiced by [[Nolan North]]) death, the Orcs brought his body to the diminished and vengeful [[Sauron]], who put a [[Nine Rings|Ring of Power]] on his finger, reviving him as one of his servants and eventually turning him into a [[Nazgûl]]. As one of the Ringwraiths, Isildur was forced to serve the [[Dark Lord]] for all time, until he was defeated and freed by the game's protagonist, Talion. Later, the Ranger claimed his ring to survive after [[Celebrimbor]] abandoned him, and eventually took Isildur's place among the Nazgûl after holding back Sauron's forces for decades.<br />
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| location=Northern end of [[Cirith Gorgor]], between [[Ephel Dúath]] and [[Ered Lithui]]<br />
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The '''Black Gate''' ([[Sindarin]]: '''Morannon''') was the main entrance into the land of [[Mordor]].<br />
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==Appearance==<br />
The Black Gate blocked the pass of [[Cirith Gorgor]], the gap between the [[Ephel Dúath]] and the [[Ered Lithui]] in the northwestern corner of Mordor.<ref name=Map>{{FR|Map}}</ref> The Black Gate was a single gate of iron, which consisted of two vast iron doors under a frowning arch,<ref name=Opens>{{RK|Gate}}, p. 887</ref> in a rampart of stone with a battlement that stretched between the high cliffs on either side of the mouth of the pass. On two sheer, black-boned and bare hills that were thrust forward from the mouth of the pass stood two strong and tall towers, the [[Towers of the Teeth]].<ref name=Closed>{{TT|Gate}}, p. 636</ref><br />
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Immediately north of the Black Gate was the [[Desolation of the Morannon]] and the [[Slag-hills]]. Further north of it was the [[Dagorlad]].<ref name=Map/> North of the Black Gate a road running north from [[Ithilien]] met another road that went north in the direction of the [[Dagorlad]] and a third road that ran east along the Ered Lithui.<ref name=Note15>{{UT|8e}}, note 15</ref><ref name=Roads>{{TT|Gate}}, p. 639</ref> South of the Black Gate was the valley of [[Udûn]] that led to the plain of [[Gorgoroth]] in Mordor.<ref name=Map/> <br />
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==History==<br />
The Black Gate was built by Sauron<ref name=Closed/> after he chose Mordor as a land to make into a stronghold in {{SA|1000}}.<ref>{{App|SA}}, entry for the year ''c.'' 1000, p. 1083</ref><br />
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In {{SA|3434}} the [[Battle of Dagorlad]]<ref>{{App|SA}}, entry for the year 3434, p. 1084</ref> took place at the plain [[Dagorlad]] in front of the Black Gate.<ref>{{S|Rings}}, "before the gate of the Black Land</ref><br />
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After Sauron's fall, the Men of Gondor built the Towers of the Teeth to prevent his return to Mordor<ref name=Closed/> and the Black Gate was manned by the forces of Gondor.<br />
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After the [[Great Plague]] devastated Gondor in {{TA|1636}},<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 1636, p. 1086</ref> the watch on the borders of Mordor ceased and the fortresses that guarded the passes were unmanned in {{TA|1640}} because of a lack of troops.<ref>{{App|Gondor}}, entry for King Telemnar, p. 1048</ref><ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 1640, p. 1086</ref> It is possible that the Towers of the Teeth and the other fortresses that guarded the passes into Mordor were only abandoned temporarily and were manned again by troops from Gondor when sufficient troops became available again later.<br />
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In {{TA|1944}} when king [[Ondoher]] of Gondor and both his sons fell in a battle against the [[Wainriders]] north of the Morannon<ref>{{App|Gondor}}, entry for King Ondoher, p. 1049</ref><ref name=Northmen>{{UT|Northmen}}</ref> the Morannon and the Towers of the Teeth were still manned by troops from Gondor.<ref name=Note15/><br />
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As the strength of Gondor failed the Towers of the Teeth and probably also the Black Gate were abandoned by the Men of Gondor and stood empty for long years.<ref name=Closed/> It is possible that the Black Gate was occupied by the forces of Sauron after the Witch-king came to Mordor in {{TA|1980}}.<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 1980, p. 1087</ref> <br />
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During the [[War of the Ring]], on [[24 March]] {{TA|3019}},<ref>{{App|Great}}, 24 March of the year 3019, p. 1094</ref> the Army of the West, numbering under 6,000 men, arrived at the Black Gate with the intention of drawing the [[Eye of Sauron]] away from [[Mount Doom]], to allow [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] the Ringbearer to cast [[the One Ring]] into the [[Cracks of Doom|Crack of Doom]] within it.<ref name="Opens"/> On [[25 March]], {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|Great}}, 25 March of the year 3019, p. 1094</ref> the Army of the West challenged Sauron. As a reaction, the forces of Sauron came out of the Black Gate, an army of Easterlings that had hidden in the shadows of the Ered Lithui beyond the eastern Tower of the Teeth approached and orcs poured down from the hills on either side of the Black Gate and attacked the Army of the West. When the [[One Ring]] fell into the Cracks of Doom the volcano Mount Doom erupted,<ref>{{RK|Doom}}, p. 947</ref> and the Towers of the Teeth, the rampart and the Black Gate collapsed in an earthquake. The forces of Sauron fled, most of the Men of [[Rhûn]] and [[Harad]] fled eastward, some of them surrendered and the rest were destroyed.<ref>{{RK|Cormallen}}, p. 949</ref><br />
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==Other names==<br />
The Black Gate was also referred to as the Morannon,<ref name=Closed/> the Gate of Mordor,<ref name=Roads/><ref>{{RK|Gate}}, p. 883</ref> the Gates of Mordor<ref name=Northmen/><ref>{{UT|7a}}, note 14</ref> or Sauron's gate.<ref>{{TT|Marshes}}, p. 631</ref><br />
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''Morannon'' is a [[Sindarin]]<ref name=annon>{{PE|17}}, entry S ''morannon'', p. 87</ref> name which means "Black Gate".<ref>{{L|144}}</ref> It is a compound of ''[[môr]]'' ("black", "dark", "darkness")<ref>{{PE|17}}, entry S '''mor''', p. 31</ref> and ''[[annon]]'' ("(great) gate", "door").<ref name=annon/><br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
===The Black Gate in adaptations===<br />
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File:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - The Black Gate.jpg|The Black Gate in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''<br />
File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Black Gate.jpg|The Black Gate in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''<br />
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'''[[1987]]-[[1996|96]]: ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'':'''<br />
:The ''[[Teeth of Mordor (book)|Teeth of Mordor]]'' module in the ''Fortresses of Middle-earth'' series contains drawings of the Black Gate with the Towers of the Teeth and a floor plan and description of the Black Gate. It is described that [[Isildur]] began a grand plan to seal off Mordor and that the construction began before the end of {{TA|3019}} and was completed during the reign of [[Rómendacil I]] ({{TA|492}} - {{TA|541}}). It is mentioned that by {{TA|1640}} the last citadel guarding Mordor was abandoned. It is said that in the same year of the closing of the Dúnadan fortresses guarding Mordor Sauron sent all [[Ringwraiths]] except the [[Witch-king]] and [[Khamûl]] to lake [[Núrnen]] with the mission to ready Mordor for his return. It is described that they sent scouts north who found that the Gondorian fortresses were abandoned and that the Ringwraith Dwar of Waw occupied the Black Gate with Orcs, Trolls and mannish servants. It is further said that he repaired and changed the towers and the Black Gate in secret and that Gondor concerned with internal matters scarcely noted the activity. It is described that the Black Gate was destroyed in the cataclysm of Sauron's fall.<br />
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'''[[2001]]-[[2003|03]]: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:The Black Gate is present in the film series. in [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|the second film]] it appears as a double gate, operated by Trolls, where [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] attempt to go through the Gate until convinced by [[Gollum]] not to do so. In [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|the third film]] the Black Gate is a focal point of the [[Battle of the Morannon]], and after the destruction of [[the One Ring]] the Black Gate and the [[Towers of the Teeth]] are seen to collapse.<br />
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'''[[2017]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:The Black Gate appears in the game as the location of a number of quests in the lead up to the defeat of [[Sauron]].<br />
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'''Helm's daughter''' was the unnamed daughter of [[Helm|Helm Hammerhand]].<ref name="appendix">{{App|Eorl}}, p. 1065</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
In {{TA|2754}}<ref>{{App|Eorl}}, "Four years later (2758)", p. 1066</ref> [[Freca]], a rich and powerful man with wide lands on both side of the river [[Adorn]], who claimed to be descended from King [[Fréawine]] yet was said to have much [[Dunlendings|Dunlending]] blood, was called to a council by Helm. Freca rode to [[Edoras]] with a great force of men and asked Helm for the hand of his daughter for his son [[Wulf]]. When Helm insulted Freca to have grown fat, Freca in turn insulted Helm to be old and that he could fall on his knees if he refused the staff that Freca had offered with the proposed marriage. After the council Helm took Freca outside, sent everybody away and hit him with his fist so hard that Freca fell down stunned and died soon after that.<ref name="appendix" /><br />
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The actions of her father brought a retribution by Wulf who occupied Rohan. The maiden, whose fate during that event was unrecorded, lost her two brothers and father during the [[Long Winter]]. Her cousin, [[Fréaláf]], liberated Rohan and succeeded her father as King.<ref name="appendix" /><br />
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==Genealogy==<br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
'''2017: ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of War]]'':'''<br />
:Helm's daughter is featured in this game. She was taken by a warlord who wanted Helm's throne and took his daughter for a lover. Helm was shot at point blank range with arrows. As he lay dying at Edoras, [[Annatar]] and [[Celebrimbor]] visited the wounded king, giving him one of the [[Nine Rings|Nine Rings of Power]]. When he recovered, he attacked his would-be assassin, declaring that war had come upon his enemy's house.<br />However, when Helm's daughter tried to stop her father's rage, Hammerhand accidentally struck her down, killing her (once again, depicted as wielding a war-hammer). Horrified, his grief turned to rage, and Helm proceeded to slaughter his rival and even his own captains who tried to stop him. He was thus transformed by the terrible incident and his Ring of Power into a [[Nazgûl]].<br />
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'''2024: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim]]'':'''<br />
:Helm's daughter is featured in this film by the name '''Héra'''. She is voiced by [[Gaia Wise]] in English.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14824600/fullcredits|articlename=Full Cast & Crew|dated=|website=IMDB|accessed=20 August 2022}}</ref> As Wulf sought vengeance for his father and forced Helm and his people to make a desperate last stand in the [[Hornburg]], Héra summoned the will to lead the resistance against a deadly enemy intent on their total destruction. Héra is able to defeat Wulf in single combat. Prevailing over the Dunelending forces, Héra proclaims that the Hornburg would be known as [[Helm's Deep]] to future generations. Hera declines the crown in favor of her cousin Fréaláf and soon departs with her aunt [[Olwyn]] to meet a [[Gandalf|wizard inquiring after rings.]]<br />
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'''Brian Cox''' is a Scottish actor and voice actor. In [[2009]], he narrated [[The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún]] [[audiobooks|audiobook]], yet it was never released by [[HarperCollins]].<ref name=Bartch>[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]], [https://archive.ph/LkHlN Message #23372], (dated 9 October 2012), at [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/ MythSoc mailing list] (accessed 28 October 2022)</ref> He has been cast as the English language voice of [[Helm Hammerhand]] in the 2024 anime film ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14824600/fullcredits|articlename=Full Cast & Crew|dated=|website=IMDB|accessed=7 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://knightedgemedia.com/2022/06/brian-cox-and-miranda-otto-lead-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-voice-cast/|articlename=Brian Cox and Miranda Otto Lead ‘The War of the Rohirrim’ Animated Voice Cast|dated=|website=[https://knightedgemedia.com/ knightedgemedia]|accessed=28 October 2022}}</ref><br />
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'''Lorraine Ashbourne''' is an English actress and voice actress. She is married with actor [[Andy Serkis]] since 2002,<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/gollum-s-precious-moments-andy-serkis-unexpected-journey-lord-rings-hobbit-8390096.html|articlename=Gollum's precious moments: Andy Serkis' unexpected journey from The Lord of the Rings to The Hobbit|accessed=2021-10-09|dated=2012-12-07|website=The Independent}}</ref> and together they have three children, all actors. She has been cast as the English language voice of [[Olwyn]] in the 2024 anime film ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14824600/fullcredits|articlename=Full Cast & Crew|dated=|website=IMDB|accessed=7 August 2022}}</ref><br />
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'''Osgiliath Invaded''' is the thirteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' and the eighteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (extended edition)]]. It was extended in the latter edition.<br />
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'''Osgiliath Invaded''' is the thirteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' and the eighteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (extended edition)]]. It was extended in the latter edition.<br />
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'''Osgiliath Invaded''' is the thirteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' and the eighteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (extended edition)]]. It was extended in the latter edition.<br />
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|event=[[Pippin]] lights the beacon at [[Minas Tirith]]<br />
|characters=[[Pippin]], [[Gandalf]], [[Aragorn]]</br>[[Denethor]]<br />
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'''The Lighting of the Beacons''' is the fourteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' and the nineteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[Pippin]] climbs a high peak in [[Minas Tirith]] to light the signal beacon calling for aid from [[Rohan]]. He attempts to be stealthy since [[Denethor II|Denethor]] disapproves of this. [[Gandalf]], having sent Pippin on this mission, watches and hopes for success. Pippin spills oil on the stacked wood of the beacon; he lights the oiled wood, setting it on fire, much to the surprise of the guards. Gandalf sees the beacon is lit, and utters ''"Hope is kindled"''. Denethor sees this through a citadel window and is not impressed.<br />
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The multitude of beacons existing in [[White Mountains|mountainous terrain]] between Minas Tirith and [[Edoras]] are successively lit, until [[Aragorn]] sees the signal. He rushes to the [[Golden Hall]], to [[Théoden]], shouting ''"The beacons are lit! [[Gondor]] calls for aid"''. <br />
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==Differences==<br />
*In the books, it was not Pippin that lit the beacons, but the men of Gondor, as Denethor did order for the lighting of the beacons for aid, though he thought aid was unlikely. Pippin and Gandalf saw the lit beacons as they were riding to Minas Tirith.<ref>{{RK|MT}}, p. 747</ref><br />
*Denethor also sent a rider, [[Hirgon]] to deliver the [[Red Arrow]], who delivered it to Théoden,<ref>{{RK|Muster}}, pp. 798-9</ref> which convinced the King to ride out to Gondor's aid.<ref>{{RK|Muster}}, p. 799</ref> However this does not take place in the films; it is solely the lit beacons that persuade Théoden to ride out.<br />
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|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|number= 20 (extended edition)<br><br />
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|duration = 2:30<br />
|event=[[Saruman]] continues construction of his army.<br />
|characters=[[Saruman]], [[Gandalf]]<br />
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'''The Caverns of Isengard''' is the sixteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twentieth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Gandalf sits atop the spire of [[Orthanc]]. He grabs a moth that is fluttering by and imparts a message to it before sending it away. Below, the ring of [[Isengard]] has been transformed into a foundry and breeding ground for new [[Orcs]] and the large scale production of equipment. Saruman watches on as new [[Uruk-hai]] are bred, including a formidible Uruk named [[Lurtz]].<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*Lurtz is an original character to this adaptation.<br />
*Gandalf does not send a message to the outer world at Orthanc.<br />
*The entirety of this scene is fabricated for the movie in order to depict Saruman's rise as a power, though it largely adheres to how Tolkien describes Isengard. <br />
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caves of isengard<br />
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| name=Narsil<br />
| image=[[File:John Howe - Narsil.jpg|250px]]<br />
| caption="Narsil" by [[John Howe]]<br />
| pronun={{respell|nar|sil}}<br />
| othernames=Sword of [[Elendil]], Sword-that-was-Broken, Shards of Narsil; after its reforging it was named [[Andúril]]<br />
| location=[[Nogrod]], [[Númenor]], [[Arnor]], [[Rivendell]]<br />
| owner=[[Kings of Númenor]], [[Lords of Andúnië]], [[Elendil]], [[Kings of Arnor]], [[Kings of Arthedain]], [[Chieftains of the Dúnedain]]<br />
| type=Sword<br />
| appearance=<br />
| creator=[[Telchar]]<br />
| created=[[First Age]]<br />
| createdlocation=[[Nogrod]]<br />
| destroyer=<!--It was broken, not destroyed. Do not add that information here again--><br />
| destroyed=<br />
| destroyedlocation=<br />
| notablefor=Cutting the [[One Ring]] of [[Sauron|Sauron's]] finger<br />
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'''Narsil''' was the sword of King [[Elendil]] of the [[Dúnedain]]. It was later known as '''[[Andúril]]'''.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Donato Giancola - Telchar forging Narsil.jpg|thumb|left|[[Donato Giancola]] - ''Telchar forging Narsil'']]<br />
The sword was forged "in the deeps of time", probably during the [[First Age]], by [[Telchar]]<ref>{{TT|King}}, paragraph when Aragorn is about to enter the Golden Hall</ref>, probably the famed Dwarven-smith of [[Nogrod]] of the same name who made swords for the armories of King [[Thingol]] in [[Menegroth]].<ref>{{UT|Departure}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Index}}, entry Telchar</ref><ref>{{S|Index}}, entry Narsil and entry Telchar</ref><br />
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Nothing is said of Narsil during the [[Second Age]] until it eventually came into the hands of [[Elendil]] towards the close of the Second Age. It is possible that Thingol gave Narsil to [[Dior]] and that it became an heirloom of the house of [[Elros]] and later of the [[Lords of Andunie]].<br />
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Elendil carried Narsil in the [[Battle of Dagorlad]] where it shone with the light of the [[Sun]] and [[Moon]], and then in the [[Siege of Barad-dûr]]; but [[Sauron]] killed him and the sword broke into two pieces under him as he fell, and its light was extinguished. Elendil's son [[Isildur]] took up the sword and used its shard to cut [[the One Ring]] from the hand of Sauron.<ref name=rings/> Isildur took the shards home with him. Shortly before Isildur was killed in the second year of the [[Third Age]] in the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]], the shards were rescued by [[Ohtar]], esquire of Isildur<ref>{{FR|Council}}</ref>. He took them to [[Rivendell]],<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> where Isildur's youngest son [[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]] was fostered, but [[Elrond]] foretold that it wouldn't be reforged until the One Ring was found again and Sauron returned.<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref><br />
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The '''Shards of Narsil''' were one of the heirlooms of the [[Kings of Arnor]], and after the Northern Kingdom was destroyed they remained an heirloom of the [[Rangers of the North]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, ''The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain'', entry for Chieftain Aranarth</ref> Elrond delivered the shards of Narsil to [[Aragorn]] when he was twenty years old.<ref>{{App|Tale}}</ref> It was not reforged until the [[War of the Ring]] at the end of the Third Age in Rivendell as '''[[Andúril]]''', the "Flame of the West", for Aragorn, who was by that time the [[Chieftains of the Dúnedain|Chieftain of the Dúnedain]] and heir of Isildur. <br />
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He carried the sword during his journey south as part of the [[Fellowship of the Ring]], and fought with it in many instances. He referred to it as the "Sword That Was Broken" or "The Sword Reforged".<br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
''Narsil'' is a [[Quenya]] name meaning "red and white flame".<ref>{{HM|UI}}, p. 231</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 29</ref> The name is said to consist of the [[Sundocarme|stems]] NAR ("fire"; cf. ''[[Nár (Quenya)|nár]]'' "fire") + THIL ("white light"). It was a symbolic name, pointing to the [[Sun]] and the [[Moon]], the "''chief heavenly lights, as enemies of darkness''".<ref>{{L|347}}, p. 425</ref><br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - NarsilBroken.png|thumb|Right|Shards of Narsil in [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]]]<br />
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'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''<br />
:Narsil was not broken in the fall of Elendil, but by Sauron stepping on the blade as Isildur tried to pull it up. Furthermore, the blade was shattered into many parts, instead of a clean cut into two parts.<br />
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:Unlike in the book, Aragorn does not bear the shards with him, but are kept on a display in [[Rivendell]]. Boromir drops the hilt on the floor and Aragorn is seen reverently replacing it back into the display. The sword is not reforged into Andúril until the third film.<br />
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'''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'':'''<br />
:[[Arwen]] persuades her father, [[Elrond]] to have [[Elves|Elven]] smiths reforge it from the shards and bring to Aragorn. <br />
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'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:The reforging of Narsil is experienced by the player in the quest arc called "The Blade that was Broken". The player sets out to find the last of the Silithair, shining adamants crafted by Elves of the [[house of Fëanor]] in days of old, in order for the Elf-smiths of Imladris to reforge the sword.<ref>[http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Quest_Arc:The_Blade_That_Was_Broken Quest Arc: The Blade That Was Broken], Lorebook, lotro.com</ref><br />
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'''2012: ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'':'''<br />
:In the Extended Edition, [[Bilbo Baggins]] approaches and examines the shards in curiosity while in Rivendell, before he notices the mural of Isildur's battle with Sauron (the latter of whom is wearing the One Ring). Although the Shards are not mentioned in [[The Hobbit|the book]], it establishes continuity with [[Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson's]] [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]].<br />
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| name=Narsil<br />
| image=[[File:John Howe - Narsil.jpg|250px]]<br />
| caption="Narsil" by [[John Howe]]<br />
| pronun={{respell|nar|sil}}<br />
| othernames=Sword of [[Elendil]], Sword-that-was-Broken, Shards of Narsil; after its reforging it was named [[Andúril]]<br />
| location=[[Nogrod]], [[Númenor]], [[Arnor]], [[Rivendell]]<br />
| owner=[[Kings of Númenor]], [[Lords of Andúnië]], [[Elendil]], [[Kings of Arnor]], [[Kings of Arthedain]], [[Chieftains of the Dúnedain]]<br />
| type=Sword<br />
| appearance=<br />
| creator=[[Telchar]]<br />
| created=[[First Age]]<br />
| createdlocation=[[Nogrod]]<br />
| destroyer=<!--It was broken, not destroyed. Do not add that information here again--><br />
| destroyed=<br />
| destroyedlocation=<br />
| notablefor=Cutting the [[One Ring]] of [[Sauron|Sauron's]] finger<br />
}}<br />
'''Narsil''' was the sword of King [[Elendil]] of the [[Dúnedain]]. It was later known as '''[[Andúril]]'''.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Donato Giancola - Telchar forging Narsil.jpg|thumb|left|[[Donato Giancola]] - ''Telchar forging Narsil'']]<br />
The sword was forged "in the deeps of time", probably during the [[First Age]], by [[Telchar]]<ref>{{TT|King}}, paragraph when Aragorn is about to enter the Golden Hall</ref>, probably the famed Dwarven-smith of [[Nogrod]] of the same name who made swords for the armories of King [[Thingol]] in [[Menegroth]].<ref>{{UT|Departure}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Index}}, entry Telchar</ref><ref>{{S|Index}}, entry Narsil and entry Telchar</ref><br />
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Nothing is said of Narsil during the [[Second Age]] until it eventually came into the hands of [[Elendil]] towards the close of the Second Age. It is possible that Thingol gave Narsil to [[Dior]] and that it became an heirloom of the house of [[Elros]] and later of the [[Lords of Andunie]].<br />
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Elendil carried Narsil in the [[Battle of Dagorlad]] where it shone with the light of the [[Sun]] and [[Moon]], and then in the [[Siege of Barad-dûr]]; but [[Sauron]] killed him and the sword broke into two pieces under him as he fell, and its light was extinguished. Elendil's son [[Isildur]] took up the sword and used its shard to cut [[the One Ring]] from the hand of Sauron.<ref name=rings/> Isildur took the shards home with him. Shortly before Isildur was killed in the second year of the [[Third Age]] in the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]], the shards were rescued by [[Ohtar]], esquire of Isildur<ref>{{FR|Council}}</ref>. He took them to [[Rivendell]],<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> where Isildur's youngest son [[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]] was fostered, but [[Elrond]] foretold that it wouldn't be reforged until the One Ring was found again and Sauron returned.<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref><br />
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The '''Shards of Narsil''' were one of the heirlooms of the [[Kings of Arnor]], and after the Northern Kingdom was destroyed they remained an heirloom of the [[Rangers of the North]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, ''The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain'', entry for Chieftain Aranarth</ref> Elrond delivered the shards of Narsil to [[Aragorn]] when he was twenty years old.<ref>{{App|Tale}}</ref> It was not reforged until the [[War of the Ring]] at the end of the Third Age in Rivendell as '''[[Andúril]]''', the "Flame of the West", for Aragorn, who was by that time the [[Chieftains of the Dúnedain|Chieftain of the Dúnedain]] and heir of Isildur. <br />
<br />
He carried the sword during his journey south as part of the [[Fellowship of the Ring]], and fought with it in many instances. He referred to it as the "Sword That Was Broken" or "The Sword Reforged".<br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
''Narsil'' is a [[Quenya]] name meaning "red and white flame".<ref>{{HM|UI}}, p. 231</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 29</ref> The name is said to consist of the [[Sundocarme|stems]] NAR ("fire"; cf. ''[[Nár (Quenya)|nár]]'' "fire") + THIL ("white light"). It was a symbolic name, pointing to the [[Sun]] and the [[Moon]], the "''chief heavenly lights, as enemies of darkness''".<ref>{{L|347}}, p. 425</ref><br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''<br />
:Narsil was not broken in two but in several parts, and by Sauron stepping on it instead of it breaking as Elendil fell. <br />
<br />
:Unlike in the book, Aragorn does not bear the shards with him, but are kept on a display in [[Rivendell]]. Boromir drops the hilt on the floor and Aragorn is seen reverently replacing it back into the display. The sword is not reforged into Andúril until the third film.<br />
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'''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'':'''<br />
:[[Arwen]] persuades her father, [[Elrond]] to have [[Elves|Elven]] smiths reforge it from the shards and bring to Aragorn. <br />
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'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:The reforging of Narsil is experienced by the player in the quest arc called "The Blade that was Broken". The player sets out to find the last of the Silithair, shining adamants crafted by Elves of the [[house of Fëanor]] in days of old, in order for the Elf-smiths of Imladris to reforge the sword.<ref>[http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Quest_Arc:The_Blade_That_Was_Broken Quest Arc: The Blade That Was Broken], Lorebook, lotro.com</ref><br />
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'''2012: ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'':'''<br />
:In the Extended Edition, [[Bilbo Baggins]] approaches and examines the shards in curiosity while in Rivendell, before he notices the mural of Isildur's battle with Sauron (the latter of whom is wearing the One Ring). Although the Shards are not mentioned in [[The Hobbit|the book]], it establishes continuity with [[Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson's]] [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]].<br />
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[[fi:Narsil]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Sword_that_Was_Broken&diff=366844The Sword that Was Broken2023-01-13T03:47:51Z<p>Turiannerevarine: added image</p>
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|event=[[Aragorn]] voices his doubts about his own strength and fate<br />
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'''The Sword that Was Broken''' is the twenty-first scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-fifth of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. This scene was extended in the latter edition.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
As [[Aragorn]] sits and reads near the plinth holding the shards of [[Narsil]], [[Boromir]] approaches and gravely studies a painting showing [[Isildur]] raising his broken sword at [[Sauron]]. He notices the Aragorn and asks him who he is. In response, Aragorn tells him that he is a friend of [[Gandalf]]. Boromir smiles and turns towards the broken blade. He picks up the hilt with a sense of wonder and inspects it, but notices Aragorn staring at him, and hastily drops it, claiming it is "no more than a broken heirloom". <br />
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After Boromir departs, Aragorn picks up the hilt and returns it to its place on the plinth. [[Arwen]] approaches and says "Why do you fear the past? You are Isildur's heir, not Isildur himself. You are not bound to his fate." Aragorn voices his concerns about his strength, but she reassures him that he will defeat the same evil faced by Isildur when his time comes.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
This scene was almost wholly invented for the film.<br />
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*Aragorn carries the shards of Narsil with him.<br />
*It is doubtful that Boromir would treat the shards of Narsil in such a flippant manner, as they would still be of great importance to a Man of Gondor.<br />
*While Aragorn does not wish to handle the Ring in the book, he does not have the self-doubt shown in this scene.<br />
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<div>== Summary ==<br />
Screenshot of Narsil<br />
== Licensing ==<br />
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'''The Sword that Was Broken''' is the twenty-first scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-fifth of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. This scene was extended in the latter edition.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
As [[Aragorn]] sits and reads near the plinth holding the shards of [[Narsil]], [[Boromir]] approaches and gravely studies a painting showing [[Isildur]] raising his broken sword at [[Sauron]]. He notices the Aragorn and asks him who he is. In response, Aragorn tells him that he is a friend of [[Gandalf]]. Boromir smiles and turns towards the broken blade. He picks up the hilt with a sense of wonder and inspects it, but notices Aragorn staring at him, and hastily drops it, claiming it is "no more than a broken heirloom". <br />
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After Boromir departs, Aragorn picks up the hilt and returns it to its place on the plinth. [[Arwen]] approaches and says "Why do you fear the past? You are Isildur's heir, not Isildur himself. You are not bound to his fate." Aragorn voices his concerns about his strength, but she reassures him that he will defeat the same evil faced by Isildur when his time comes.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
This scene was almost wholly invented for the film.<br />
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*Aragorn carries the shards of Narsil with him.<br />
*It is doubtful that Boromir would treat the shards of Narsil in such a flippant manner, as they would still be of great importance to a Man of Gondor.<br />
*While Aragorn does not wish to handle the Ring in the book, he does not have the self-doubt shown in this scene.<br />
[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|25]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Fate_of_the_Ring&diff=366839The Fate of the Ring2023-01-12T22:19:59Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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|number= 20 (theatrical) <br><br />
24 (extended)<br />
|duration=<br />
|event=[[Elrond]] and [[Gandalf]] discuss what should be done with [[The One Ring]]<br />
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|previous=[[Many Meetings (scene)|Many Meetings]]<br />
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'''The Fate of the Ring''' is the twentieth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-fourth of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[Elrond]] and [[Gandalf]] watch the end of [[Frodo]]'s [[Many Meetings (scene)|discussion]] with [[Sam]]. Elrond remarks that Frodo has shown a remarkable resilience to the evil of the [[The One Ring|Ring]], although the wizard says that the wound Frodo [[A Knife in the Dark (scene)|received on Weathertop]] will never fully heal. The two debate what should be done with the Ring; Gandalf is hesitant to ask more of Frodo as ring-bearer, however Elrond tells him that the Ring cannot stay in [[Rivendell]], especially with the treachery of [[Saruman]] now known. Gandalf tentatively suggests that their hope must be placed in the hands of [[Men]], with the [[Elves]] leaving [[Middle-earth]]. At this, Elrond gravely says that men are weak and that it is due to Men that the Ring still survives. He proceeds to tell Gandalf of how he "was there three thousand years ago" when [[Isildur]] cut the Ring from the hand of [[Sauron]]. There, he took Isildur into [[Mount Doom]] where the Ring could be destroyed, however Isildur refused to do so. <br />
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Elrond comments that there is no strength left in the world of Men, but Gandalf tells him there is one who could unite their race and become the king of [[Gondor]]. Elrond solemnly tells him that "He turned from that path a long time ago. He has chosen exile."<br />
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==Dfferences==<br />
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*Elrond never took Isildur into Mount Doom. Isildur merely refused to destroy the Ring on the slopes of Mount Doom.<br />
*Elrond in the books is not contemptuous of Men. Indeed, there is truly little alternative, as neither Elves nor any Dwarves outside of Erebor are in a strategic position to confront Sauron directly.<br />
*Aragorn never refused the kingship or "chose exile" from his destiny.<br />
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[[Image:Grond - Gondor stewards banner.png|thumb|right|''Gondor Steward's Banner'' by [[User:Grond/Sandbox|Grond]]]]<br />
'''Steward''' was the traditional title of a chief counselor to one of the [[Kings of Gondor]]. <br />
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==History==<br />
King [[Rómendacil I]] established the office of Steward, chosen by the King as a man of high trust and wisdom; Stewards were advanced in years since they were not permitted to go to war or to leave the realm. They were never a member of the [[House of Anárion|Royal House]].<ref>{{UT|Cirion}}, note 53</ref><br />
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The Steward to King [[Minardil]], [[Húrin of Emyn Arnen]], was the founder of the '''[[House of Húrin]]'''.<ref name="Stewards">{{App|Stewards}}</ref> They were of [[House of Anárion|royal]] [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] blood, but were not descendants of [[Elendil]] in the ruling line.<ref>{{PM|Elendil}}, pp. 203 & 218</ref> After the time of Minardil, the Kings established the custom that Stewards are chosen from this House.<br />
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During the time of the Steward [[Pelendur]], this title became hereditary, passing the station of counselor from father to son, much like the Kingship.<ref name="Stewards"/><br />
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===Ruling Stewards===<br />
After the death of King [[Eärnur]], who left no heir to the throne of [[Gondor]], the Steward [[Mardil|Mardil Voronwë]] became the first of the '''[[Ruling Stewards]]'''. Mardil was the first of the Stewards to administer Gondor, and his descendants did so for 25 generations. The Stewards watched over the throne until it could be reclaimed by a true King of Gondor, an heir of Elendil. <br />
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===Reunited Kingdom===<br />
Soon after the death of Denethor II, [[Aragorn|Aragorn Elessar]] was crowned King of the [[Reunited Kingdom]]. The Steward [[Faramir]], son of Denethor II, surrendered to the King his rod of office, but it was returned to him.<ref name="Steward and King">{{RK|VI5}}</ref> Faramir nominally ruled briefly as Steward until Elessar's coronation, but since Faramir rested in the [[Houses of Healing]], Prince [[Imrahil]] of [[Dol Amroth]] took his place much of that time.<ref>{{RK|Houses}}</ref> Though Faramir became Steward a month and a half before Elessar became King, Faramir is not considered one of the Ruling Stewards. King Elessar confirmed in Faramir and his descendants the office of Steward of Gondor, and granted him in addition the title of [[Prince of Ithilien]], ensuring his line a position as counselor of the King.<ref name="Steward and King"/><br />
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==Duties and Office==<br />
The Stewards used a simple white rod for their badge of office <ref>{{RK|MT}} page 26</ref>. Additionally, they sat a on a small throne that was in front of the throne used by the old kings of Gondor, letting that throne go unused in honor the fallen kings <ref>{{RK|}} page 26</ref>.<br />
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==Other names==<br />
"Steward" in [[Quenya]] was '''''Arandur''''',<ref>{{UT|8}}, p. 313, note 25</ref> literally "king's servant, minister",<ref>{{L|297}}, p. 386</ref> clearly a combination of ''[[aran]]'' ("king") + ''[[-ndur]]'' ("servant").<br />
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[[fr:encyclo/personnages/hommes/3a/dunedain/gondoriens/intendants_du_gondor]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Rivendell_(scene)&diff=366775Rivendell (scene)2023-01-11T18:48:36Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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|name=Rivendell<br />
|number=22 (extended) <br /> <br />
18 (theatrical)<br />
|duration=2:00 (extended) <br /> <br />
2:06 (theatrical)<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] wakes up in [[Rivendell]] and meets [[Gandalf]]<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Gandalf and Frodo in Rivendell.png|320px]]<br />
|previous=[[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]]<br />
|next=[[Many Meetings (scene)|Many Meetings]]<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]], [[Saruman]] (flashback only), [[Gwaihir]] (flashback only)<br />
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'''Rivendell''' is the eighteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-second scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Frodo is brought into Rivendell, where Elrond is briefly shown ministering to his wound in a montage. Frodo awakens to find himself in a furnished room. He hears a voice informing him of the date, October 24, and of the location: Elrond's house, in Rivendell. The voice belongs to Gandalf, who informs Frodo of his luck in surviving. Gandalf does not elaborate on why he failed to appear in [[Bree]], saying only that he was delayed. In flashback, Gandalf recalls that he managed to escape when Gwaihir, whom he had summoned previously via a moth, flies to the top of [[Orthanc]]. Gandalf throws himself onto Gwaihir as he flies away from [[Isenguard]], Saruman commenting that Gandalf has chosen death. Gandalf inform Frodo that Elrond healed him, but the three are soon interrupted by Sam and the other hobbits, who are glad to see that Frodo has recovered.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
The scene is largely an abbreviation of the [[Many Meetings|corresponding chapter from the book]], though dialogue regarding the Ford of Bruinen and Gandalf's failure to appear is cut, instead being a flashback that Gandalf does not share with Frodo. Saruman is present at Gandalf's escape, when in the books he was not present. Gwaihir also appears because of [[Radagast]] informing the eagle to take news of the [[Ringwraiths]] to Isengard. <br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|22]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Many_Meetings_(scene)&diff=366774Many Meetings (scene)2023-01-11T18:47:40Z<p>Turiannerevarine: added synopsis</p>
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|name=Many meetings<br />
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|duration=3:29 (extended) <br /> <br />
3:31 (theatrical)<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] reunites with [[Samwise]] and the other Hobbits.<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Rivendell.jpg|320px]]<br />
|previous=[[Rivendell (scene)|Rivendell]]<br />
|next=[[The Fate of the Ring|The Fate of the Ring]]<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]], [[Bilbo]]<br />
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'''Many Meetings''' is the nineteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-third scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Frodo recovers some more and steps out onto a balcony, getting a view of [[Rivendell]] for the first time. Frodo and the other hobbits relax as the threat of the [[Ringwraiths]] seems to have ended for the present. Rivendell is shown to the viewer.<br />
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Frodo realizes that Bilbo is present and runs to greet him. Bilbo warmly returns the greeting and says that he intended to return to the spots of his old journey, but soon found himself in Rivendell and declined to move on. Age has visibly affected Bilbo far more than when he had the Ring. Frodo sees the [[Red Book of Westmarch||book]] that Bilbo has been working on.<br />
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Frodo catches Sam packing up. Sam says that since they have delivered the Ring to Rivendell, it was time they began preparing to return to [[the Shire]]. Frodo agrees with Sam and expresses a desire to return.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
The scene is an abridgement of the same chapter from the book. The banquet Elrond hosts before his council is omitted. Bilbo seems to be somewhat older in the movie than he appears in the book, as in the book, Bilbo is able to return to [[Dale]] and [[Erebor]] during the time gap between chapters 1 and 2.<br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|23]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Gollum&diff=366773Talk:Gollum2023-01-11T18:33:15Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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I fixed a broken Hyperlink on Mount Doom on the Gollum article (it was missing one of the square brackets) but I have no idea where to document this change so I’m putting it here. Hope this is the right sort of place to put this!<br />
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:In the future, you can just add it to the "Summary" box at the bottom of the editor and mark it as a "Minor Edit". [[User:Turiannerevarine|Turiannerevarine]] ([[User talk:Turiannerevarine|talk]]) 18:33, 11 January 2023 (UTC)</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Rivendell_(scene)&diff=366772Rivendell (scene)2023-01-11T18:30:34Z<p>Turiannerevarine: added escape flashback</p>
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|name=Rivendell<br />
|number=22 (extended) <br /> <br />
18 (theatrical)<br />
|duration=2:00 (extended) <br /> <br />
2:06 (theatrical)<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] wakes up in [[Rivendell]] and meets [[Gandalf]]<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Gandalf and Frodo in Rivendell.png|320px]]<br />
|previous=[[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]]<br />
|next=[[Many Meetings (scene)|Many Meetings]]<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]], [[Saruman]] (flashback only), [[Gwaihir]] (flashback only)<br />
}}<br />
'''Rivendell''' is the eighteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-second scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Frodo is brought into Rivendell, where Elrond is briefly shown ministering to his wound in a montage. Frodo awakens to find himself in a furnished room. He hears a voice informing him of the date, October 24, and of the location: Elrond's house, in Rivendell. The voice belongs to Gandalf, who informs Frodo of his luck in surviving. Gandalf does not elaborate on why he failed to appear in [[Bree]], saying only that he was delayed. In flashback, Gandalf recalls that he managed to escape when Gwaihir, whom he had summoned previously via a moth, flies to the top of [[Orthanc]]. Gandalf throws himself onto Gwaihir as he flies away from [[Isenguard]], Saruman commenting that Gandalf has chosen death.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
The scene is largely an abbreviation of the [[Many Meetings|corresponding chapter from the book]], though dialogue regarding the Ford of Bruinen and Gandalf's failure to appear is cut, instead being a flashback that Gandalf does not share with Frodo. Saruman is present at Gandalf's escape, when in the books he was not present. Gwaihir also appears because of [[Radagast]] informing the eagle to take news of the [[Ringwraiths]] to Isengard. <br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|22]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Many_Meetings_(scene)&diff=366769Many Meetings (scene)2023-01-11T18:06:17Z<p>Turiannerevarine: added infobox</p>
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|name=Many meetings<br />
|number=23 (extended) <br /> <br />
19 (theatrical)<br />
|duration=3:29 (extended) <br /> <br />
3:31 (theatrical)<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] reunites with [[Samwise]] and the other Hobbits.<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Rivendell.jpg|320px]]<br />
|previous=[[Rivendell (scene)|Rivendell]]<br />
|next=[[The Fate of the Ring|The Fate of the Ring]]<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]], [[Bilbo]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Many Meetings''' is the nineteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-third scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|23]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Lego_The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Video_Game&diff=366518Lego The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game2023-01-07T15:40:27Z<p>Turiannerevarine: added gameplay</p>
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| image=[[File:Lego The Lord of the Rings - The Video Game.png|250px]]<br />
| name=LEGO: The Lord of the Rings - The Video Game<br />
| developer=Traveller's Tales<br />
| publisher=Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment<br />
| platform=[[wikipedia:PlayStation 3|PlayStation3]], [[wikipedia:Xbox 360|Xbox 360]], [[wikipedia:Nintendo Wii|Nintendo Wii]], [[wikipedia:Nintendo DS|Nintendo DS]], [[wikipedia:Nintendo 3DS|Nintendo 3DS]], [[wikipedia:PlayStation Vita|PlayStation Vita]], [[wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]]<ref name="FB-info">{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/LEGOTheLordoftheRingsVideogame/info|articlename=Lego The Lord of the Rings|dated=|website=FB|accessed=29 July}}</ref><br />
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'''Lego The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game''' is a video game by [[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment]] and Traveller's Tales. The game is based on [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]] and was released in 13 November 2012.<ref>{{webcite|author=Marlin Votta|articleurl=http://www.inentertainment.co.uk/20120710/official-lego-the-lord-of-the-rings-facebook-page/|Official LEGO The Lord Of The Rings Facebook page|dated=10 July 2012|website=[http://www.lego.com/ LEGO]|accessed=16 July 2012}}</ref> It features the story lines of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|The Fellowship of the Ring]], [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Two Towers]] and [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]] but "reimagined with the humor and endless variety of LEGO play".<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://toysnbricks.com/lego-lord-of-the-rings-video-game-2012/|articlename=LEGO Lord of the Rings Video Game 2012|dated=4 June 2012|website=http://toysnbricks.com|accessed=29 July 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Gameplay==<br />
The game follows the traditional formula common to most Lego games by Traveller's Tales. Each level represents events from the respective chapters of the movies they portray. The world is made of both Lego objects and non-Lego objects. Lego objects are interactable, whether that involves breaking them for studs (the in-game currency), assembling them out of component Lego pieces, or manipulating them in some fashion such as pushing a crate to use as a platform. Many characters have unique abilities, such as elven characters jumping higher than the rest of the cast, or wizard characters using magical staves to attack. The player will also engage in combat with enemies. When they are hit by enemy attacks or environmental hazards such as fire, the player loses a heart. Upon losing all hearts, the player character is broken apart, reappearing a few seconds later but losing studs in the process. The game features drop-in cooperative play, which means a second player can assume control of a different character at any time to assist the first player. They may also drop out and have the computer resume control over the character.<br />
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The goal of each level varies. Some levels simply require the player to get to the end. Other levels may require more complex objectives, such as a defeating a powerful boss character or enacting a major environmental change. The first playthrough of each level is always in "Story Mode", which recreates the events of the movie. Subsequent playthroughs may be done in "Free Play" mode, where any character the player has unlocked may be used to gather additional items or unlock new areas. In between levels, players explore a recreation of Middle-earth and can complete small challenges for Mithril bricks, one of the game's main collectables. Players may also fast-travel by selecting the desired location or level on the map screen of the overworld.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"<br />
! Actor !! Role<br />
|-<br />
| [[Christopher Lee]] || [[Saruman]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Orlando Bloom]] || [[Legolas]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Viggo Mortensen]] ||[[Aragorn]] (archive footage) <br />
|-<br />
| [[Liv Tyler]] || [[Arwen]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sean Astin]] || [[Samwise Gamgee]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[John Rhys-Davies]] || [[Gimli]] (archive footage) <br />
|-<br />
| [[Hugo Weaving]] || [[Elrond]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Galadriel]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Dominic Monaghan]] || [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] (archive footage) <br />
|-<br />
| [[Billy Boyd]] || [[Peregrin Took]] (archive footage) <br />
|-<br />
| [[Miranda Otto]] || [[Éowyn]] (archive footage) <br />
|-<br />
| [[Karl Urban]] || [[Éomer]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bernard Hill]] || [[Théoden]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Brad Dourif]] || [[Gríma|Gríma Wormtongue]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sean Bean]] || [[Boromir]] (archive footage) <br />
|-<br />
| [[David Wenham]] || [[Faramir]] (archive footage) <br />
|-<br />
| [[John Noble]] || [[Denethor|Denethor II]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Andy Serkis]] || [[Gollum|Gollum/Sméagol]] (archive footage)<br />
|- <br />
| Gideon Emery || Orc / Elf <br />
|-<br />
| Kieron Elliott || Additional Voices<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tom Kane]] || Additional Voices<br />
|- <br />
| [[Liam O'Brien]] || Additional Voices<br />
|- <br />
| Eliza Schneider || Additional Voices<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Jon Olson || Additional Voices<br />
|-<br />
| Keith Szarabajka || Additional Voices<br />
|-<br />
| Hynden Walch || Additional Voices<br />
|}<br />
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==Trailer==<br />
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==Levels==<br />
===The Fellowship of the Ring===<br />
{|Class="wikitable"<br />
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"<br />
| Level || Movie Chapter<br />
|-<br />
| Prologue || Prologue: One Ring to Rule Them All...<br />
|-<br />
| The Black Rider || A Short Cut to Mushrooms<br>Bucklebury Ferry<br />
|-<br />
| Weathertop || A Knife in the Dark<br />
|- <br />
| The Pass of Caradhras || Pass of Caradhras<br>Moria<br />
|-<br />
| The Mines of Moria || Balin's Tomb<br>The Bridge of Khazad-dûm<br>Foundations of Stone<br />
|-<br />
| Amon Hen || The Fighting Uruk-hai<br>Parth Galen<br>The Breaking of the Fellowship<br />
|}<br />
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===The Two Towers===<br />
{|Class="wikitable"<br />
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"<br />
| Level || Movie Chapter<br />
|-<br />
| Track Hobbits || Riders of Rohan<br>The Fate of Merry and Pippin<br>Night Camp at Fangorn<br>Treebeard<br />
|-<br />
| Taming Gollum || Taming of Smeagol<br>The White Rider<br />
|-<br />
| Warg Attack || The King of the Golden Hall<br>The King's Decision<br>The Wolves of Isengard<br />
|-<br />
| The Dead Marshes || The Passage of the Marshes<br>Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit<br />
|-<br />
| Helm's Deep || The Host of the Eldar<br>The Battle of the Hornburg<br>The Breach of the Deeping Wall<br>The Retreat of the Hornburg<br>Forth Eorlingas<br>Fangorn Comes to Helm's Deep<br />
|-<br />
| Osgiliath || Osgiliath<br>The Flooding of Isengard<br>The Nazgûl Attack<br />
|}<br />
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===The Return of the King===<br />
{|Class="wikitable"<br />
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"<br />
| Level || Movie Chapter<br />
|-<br />
| The Secret Stairs || Minas Morgul<br>Sam's Warning<br>The Stairs of Minas Morgul<br>The Parting of Sam and Frodo<br>Shelob's Lair<br />
|-<br />
| The Paths of the Dead || Andúril - Flame of the West<br>Dwimorberg - The Haunted Mountain<br>The Paths of the Dead<br />
|-<br />
|The Battle of Pelennor Fields || The Ride of the Rohirrim<br>The Battle of Pelennor Fields<br>The Nazgûl and His Prey<br>The Black Ships<br>Shieldmaiden of Rohan<br>Victory at Minas Tirith<br />
|-<br />
| Cirith Ungol || Shelob's Lair<br>Choices of Master Samwise<br>The Tower of Cirith Ungol<br>In the Company of Orcs<br />
|-<br />
| The Black Gate || The Black Gate Opens<br />
|-<br />
| Mount Doom || "I Can't Carry it for You... but I Can Carry You."<br>Mount Doom<br>"The Eagles are Coming!"<br>The Crack of Doom<br>Sauron Defeated<br>The End of All Things<br>The Return of The King<br />
|}<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Lego]]<br />
*[[Lego The Hobbit: The Video Game]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{WP|Lego The Lord of the Rings (video game)}}<br />
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|name=Rivendell<br />
|number=22 (Extended), 18 (theatrical)<br />
|duration=2:00 (Extended), 2:06 (theatrical)<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] wakes up in [[Rivendell]] and meets [[Gandalf]]<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Ford of Bruinen.jpg|318px]]<br />
|previous=[[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]]<br />
|next=[[Many Meetings (scene)|Many Meetings]]<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]]<br />
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'''Rivendell''' is the eighteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-second scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Frodo is brought into Rivendell, where Elrond is briefly shown ministering to his wound in a montage. Frodo awakens to find himself in a furnished room. He hears a voice informing him of the date, October 24, and of the location: Elrond's house, in Rivendell. The voice belongs to Gandalf, who informs Frodo of his luck in surviving. Gandalf does not elaborate on why he failed to appear in [[Bree]], saying only that he was delayed.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
The scene is largely an abbreviation of the same scene from the book, though dialogue regarding the Ford of Bruinen and Gandalf's failure to appear is cut. The latter appears in a flashback in the next scene.<br />
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|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Ford of Bruinen.jpg|318px]]<br />
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|next=[[Many Meetings (scene)|Many Meetings]]<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]]<br />
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'''Rivendell''' is the eighteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-second scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Frodo is brought into Rivendell, where Elrond is briefly shown ministering to his wound in a montage. Frodo awakens to find himself in a furnished room. He hears a voice informing him of the date, October 24, and of the location: Elrond's house, in Rivendell. The voice belongs to Gandalf, who informs Frodo of his luck in surviving. Gandalf does not elaborate on why he failed to appear in [[Bree]], saying only that he was delayed.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
The scene is largely an abbreviation of the same scene from the book, though dialogue regarding the Ford of Bruinen and Gandalf's failure to appear is cut. The latter appears in a flashback in the next scene.<br />
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|name=Flight to the Ford<br />
|number=21<br />
|duration=6:24<br />
|event=[[Arwen]] takes [[Frodo]] to [[Rivendell]]<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Ford of Bruinen.jpg|318px]]<br />
|previous=[[The Caverns of Isengard (scene)|The Caverns of Isengard]]<br />
|next=[[Rivendell (scene)|Rivendell]]<br />
|characters=[[Arwen]], [[Frodo]], [[Nazgûl]], [[Strider]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Flight to the Ford''' is the seventeenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-first of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. This scene was extended in the latter edition.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
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As [[Frodo]]'s health fails due to his [[Morgul]] wound, [[Strider]] instructs the hobbits to search for the plant named [[Kingsfoil]] so that he might stop the flow of the poison. Strider searches himself for a little bit before he is accosted by a blade held to his neck. Upon looking up, the wielder of the blade is revealed to be [[Arwen]], daughter of [[Elrond]], who has been searching for the party. Arwen transfers Frodo to her horse and flies at the sound of the [[Ringwraiths]].<br />
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The Ringwraiths give chase across a field, falling in behind Arwen. Arwen makes it to the [[Ford of Bruinen]]. The Nazgûl are checked by the flowing river as her horse gallops across. Arwen challenges the Riders to claim Frodo, only to be stunned when the chief rider begins to cross, followed by the others. Arwen quickly recites an incantation which causes the river to stir. A flood shaped like horses made of water soon rampages down the stream and strikes the Riders, washing them away. Frodo seemingly succumbs to his wound and drifts into unconsciousness.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
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*Arwen does not appear in this scene in the book. Her inclusion was introduced by the movie.<br />
*[[Glorfindel]] does not appear in the movie as his role is replaced by Arwen.<br />
*Frodo makes it to the ford by himself in the book and is conscious enough to defy the will the of the Nine Riders, unlike the weakened state he is in on-screen.<br />
*Elrond and [[Gandalf]] create the flood that kills the Nazgul, not Arwen.<br />
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|event=[[Frodo]] wakes up in [[Rivendell]] and meets [[Gandalf]]<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Ford of Bruinen.jpg|318px]]<br />
|previous=[[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]]<br />
|next=[[Many Meetings (scene)|Many Meetings]]<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]]<br />
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'''Rivendell''' is the eighteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-second scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Ford of Bruinen.jpg|318px]]<br />
|previous=[[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]]<br />
|next=[[Many Meetings (scene)|Many Meetings]]<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]]<br />
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'''Rivendell''' is the eighteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-second scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Ford of Bruinen.jpg|318px]]<br />
|previous=[[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]]<br />
|next=[[Rivendell (scene)|Rivendell]]<br />
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'''Rivendell''' is the eighteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-second scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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'''Of the Noldor in Beleriand''' is the fifteenth chapter of the ''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'' section within ''[[The Silmarillion]]''.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Previously, the elf [[Turgon]] had been led by [[Ulmo]] to the secret vale of [[Tumladen]], hidden within the [[Encircling Mountains]]. This was a vast plain of grass with a great hill in the middle, where he decided to build a city that was reminiscent of [[Tirion]]. Turgon returned to his realm of [[Nevrast]] with the knowledge of this hidden place, and began planning to construct a refuge that would be hidden from the knowledge of Morgoth.<br />
[[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Gondolin and the Vale of Tumladen (Colored by H.E. Riddett).jpg|left|thumb|Gondolin and the Vale of Tumladen by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] (colored by [[H.E. Riddett]])]]<br />
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After the [[Dagor Aglareb]], Turgon led his people away from Nevrast back to Tumladen. There they began the construction of a great city upon the hill in the center of the plain. After fifty two years of secret toil and building they at last completed the city of [[Gondolin]]. This city was known only to Turgon and those of the [[Noldor]] who had followed him there. Before Turgon left Nevrast for the last time, Ulmo appeared to him again. He warned Turgon that though he would shield Turgon's final journey to Gondolin from prying eyes, he could not free Turgon from the [[Doom of Mandos]] that plagued the exiles. Gondolin would stand the longest of all the realms of the Noldor, but in the end it too must eventually fall. When that time would come, Ulmo would send Turgon a [[Tuor|messenger]] to warn him of the impending doom. Ulmo bade Turgon to create unique armor and weapons for that messenger, who would come to Nevrast himself one day and take up the equipment. These would be a sign that the messenger was sent by Ulmo. Having done this, Turgon and his followers left Nevrast forever and went to Gondolin in secret.<br />
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Turgon prospered in Gondolin, which became a thriving city. Gondolin's location was kept secret from Morgoth throughout the wars against the Dark Power. Gondolin produced many works, like [[Glingal and Belthil]], forged at the image of the [[Two Trees of Valinor]]. As for Nevrast, it decayed as the years went on, and no one inhabited the city again.<br />
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While Gondolin was being built, [[Finrod Felagund]] created his realm of [[Nargothrond]], which would become a great city. His sister, [[Galadriel]], would reside in the realm of [[Doriath]]. There [[Melian]] and she would often speak of [[Valinor]], but Galadriel would never speak of what happened after the [[Darkening of Valinor]] began. But Melian was perceptive and wise, and she soon guessed that Galadriel was hiding something from her. Eventually, Galadriel admitted part of the truth, that the Noldor had not come as messengers of the Valar. However, she did not mention the [[First Kinslaying]].<br />
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Melian told Thingol what Galadriel had said, and cautioned him to beware of the [[Sons of Fëanor]]. Soon, rumors of the Kinslaying did indeed reach the ears of [[Thingol]]. The truth being known to him at last, Thingol confronted Finrod and his brothers who happened to be in Doriath at the time. Finrod protested that it was [[Fëanor]] and his followers who had been the ones mainly responsible for the evils the Noldor had done, not Finrod and his party. But he allowed [[Angrod]] to tell the whole story of what had happened in the flight from Aman. Thingol's wrath towards Finrod and [[Fingolfin]] was softened by what he heard, but he did not forgive the sons of Fëanor. In vengeance, he forbade the usage of [[Quenya]], the language of the Noldor, within the borders of Doriath. In later years, this would lead to the rise of [[Sindarin]] over Quenya, which would become an almost dead language outside of books and the private use of the exiles.<br />
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When Nargothrond was finished, a feast was held to celebrate its completion, and Galadriel came back from Doriath to celebrate. She asked Finrod why he was not married. Foresight seemed to come upon Finrod, and he said that one day he would swear [[Ring of Barahiroath]] that one day he would have fulfill no matter the consequences, and as a result no child would inherit his works.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.entmoot.com/showthread.php?t=9432 Chapter discussion at Entmoot.com]<br />
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[[fr:tolkien/resumes/silm/qs15]]<br />
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|name=Flight to the Ford<br />
|number=21<br />
|duration=<br />
|event=[[Arwen]] takes [[Frodo]] to [[Rivendell]]<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Ford of Bruinen.jpg|318px]]<br />
|previous=[[The Caverns of Isengard (scene)|The Caverns of Isengard]]<br />
|next=[[Rivendell (scene)|Rivendell]]<br />
|characters=[[Arwen]], [[Frodo]], [[Nazgûl]], [[Strider]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Flight to the Ford''' is the seventeenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-first of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. This scene was extended in the latter edition.<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
<br />
As Frodo's health fails due to his [[Morgul]] wound, [[Aragorn]] instructs the hobbits to search for the plant named [[Kingsfoil]] so that he might stop the flow of the poison. Aragorn searches himself for a little bit before he is accosted by a blade held to his neck. Upon looking up, the wielder of the blade is revealed to be [[Arwen]], daughter of [[Elrond]], who has been searching for the party. Arwen transfers Frodo to her horse and flies at the sound of the Ringwraiths.<br />
<br />
The Ringwraiths give chase across a field, falling in behind Arwen. Arwen makes it to the Ford of Bruinen. The Nazgul are checked by the flowing river as her horse gallops across. Arwen challenges the Riders to claim Frodo, only to be stunned when the chief rider begins to cross, followed by the others. Arwen quickly recites an incantation which causes the river to stir. A flood shaped like horses made of water soon rampages down the stream and strikes the Riders, washing them away. Frodo seemingly succumbs to his wound and drifts into unconsciousness.<br />
<br />
==Differences==<br />
<br />
*Arwen does not appear in this scene in the book. Her inclusion was introduced by the movie.<br />
*[[Glorfindel]] does not appear in the movie as his role is replaced by Arwen.<br />
*Frodo makes it to the ford by himself in the book and is conscious enough to defy the will the of the Nine Riders, unlike the weakened state he is in on-screen.<br />
*Elrond and Gandalf create the flood that kills the Nazgul, not Arwen.<br />
*The [[Witch-king]] does not have any dialogue on-screen, but threatens Frodo in the book vocally.<br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|21]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Caverns_of_Isengard_(scene)&diff=357622The Caverns of Isengard (scene)2022-09-19T22:16:17Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=The Caverns of Isengard<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|number= 20 (extended edition)<br><br />
16 (theatrical cut)<br />
|duration = 2:30<br />
|event=[[Saruman]] continues construction of his army.<br />
|characters=[[Saruman]], [[Gandalf]]<br />
|previous=[[A Knife in the Dark (scene)|A Knife in the Dark]]<br />
|next=[[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]]<br />
}}<br />
'''The Caverns of Isengard''' is the sixteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twentieth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Gandalf sits atop the spire of [[Orthanc]]. He grabs a moth that is fluttering by and imparts a message to it before sending it away. Below, the ring of [[Isengard]] has been transformed into a foundry and breeding ground for new [[Orcs]] and the large scale production of equipment. Saruman watches on as new [[Uruk-hai]] are bred, including a formidible Uruk named [[Lurtz]].<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*Lurtz is an original character to this adaptation.<br />
*Gandalf does not send a message to the outer world at Orthanc.<br />
*The entirety of this scene is fabricated for the movie in order to depict Saruman's rise as a power, though it largely adheres to how Tolkien describes Isengard. <br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|20]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Of_Beleriand_and_its_Realms&diff=357171Of Beleriand and its Realms2022-09-13T20:33:18Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{silmarillion-chapters}}<br />
'''Of Beleriand and Its Realms''' is the fourteenth chapter of the ''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'' section within ''[[The Silmarillion]]''.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:Christopher Tolkien - The Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar.jpg|left|thumb|''The Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar'' by [[Christopher Tolkien]]]]<br />
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The northwest regions of [[Middle-earth]] were known as [[Beleriand]]. This was the realm to the east of the [[Blue Mountains]] and [[Eriador]]. <br />
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In the days before the awakening of the [[Elves]], [[Morgoth]] had built the great fortress of [[Utumno]] and a secondary fortress called [[Angband]] that served as an outpost of his realm. Both of these fortresses had been destroyed by the [[Valar]]. Yet when Morgoth escaped and returned to Middle-earth, he raised anew the fortress of Angband and made it even stronger. Morgoth raised three mighty pillars of slag called [[Thangorodrim]] to cover the fortress. He also delved great tunnels and pits into the earth, where his armies would grow and great smithies would forge weapons for them.<br />
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To the west of Angband was the realm of [[Hithlum]], or Hísilóme the land of Mist in [[Quenya]], for it was called this due to the great smoke Morgoth created when the Noldor first came to Beleriand. This was ruled by [[Fingolfin]]. His son [[Fingon]] received the rule of [[Dor-lómin]]. The region became known for its horses and cavalry.<br />
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To the west of Hithulm was the land of [[Nevrast]], ruled by the other son of Fingolfin named [[Turgon]]. This was a land circled by mountains and hills. The land itself was wet and had many marshes. Turgon's halls were in [[Vinyamar]].<br />
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To the south of [[Ard-galen]] was the highland of [[Dorthonion]], a land of forests ruled by [[Angrod]] and [[Aegnor]], two brothers of [[Finrod Felagund]] who served as his vassals. The tower of [[Minas Tirith (Beleriand)|Minas Tirith]], manned by Finrod's last brother [[Orodreth]],<ref>{{S|14}} In ''The Silmarillion'' as currently published, Orodreth is referred to as Finrod's brother, rather than his nephew. This page will refer to Orodreth as Finrod's brother to maintain parity with the current text.</ref> was in [[Tol Sirion]] between Dorthonion and the [[Shadowy Mountains]].<br />
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Beleriand itself was a land criss-crossed by rivers such as the [[Narog]], but the greatest river was the [[Sirion]], which ran down the length of Beleriand and cut it into eastern and western halves. Finrod became the ruler of all Elves on the western half except for the Elves of the [[Falas]], who were led by [[Círdan]]. But both he and Finrod were allies, and together they built havens in [[Brithombar]] and [[Eglarest]].<br />
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On the middle of Beleriand, [[Thingol]] was the mightiest Elf-lord, ruling the realm of [[Doriath]]. On his northern border was the horrible [[Nan Dungortheb]] where evil spiders dwelt. Doriath extended from Sirion in the west border to the river [[Aros]] in the south and east.<br />
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Sirion was not the only great river of Berleriand. It had tributaries such as the River [[Narog]]. Where the Narog river flowed into the [[Ringwil]] was a great gorge, where Finrod Felagund founded the realm of Nargothrond. It was a hidden city, protected by both the river and the gorge. <br />
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To the east of Doriath was the territory of the [[Sons of Fëanor]] in [[East Beleriand]]. This region was cut in pieces by the River Gelion and its tributaries. In the south six rivers broke off it, giving the region the name of [[Ossiriand]], the land of seven rivers. This was the home of the [[Green-elves]] who had never left Beleriand on the [[Great Journey]]. This land would later be known as [[Lindon]] in later days.<br />
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To the north of Ossirand was the lands owned by the Sons of Fëanor. Maedhros owned the northernmost territory that was closest to [[Angband]], for it was a flat and open area that was vulnerable to attack. This would be known as the [[March of Maedhros]]. His capital was a fortress named [[Himring]]. [[Maglor]] his brother guarded the territory to the east where there was a gap in the hills.<br />
[[Celegorm]] and [[Curufin]] would be rulers of the land to the south in [[Aglon]]. [[Caranthir]] ruled the land along the river Gelion beside the [[Blue Mountains]], and here he would have dealings with the [[Dwarves]] of [[Nogrod]] and [[Belegost]]. Finally, [[Amrod]] and [[Amras]] controlled the southernmost part of East Beleriand on the western side of Gelion.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.entmoot.com/showthread.php?t=9495 Chapter discussion at Entmoot.com]<br />
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[[fi:Beleriandista ja sen valtakunnista (Silmarillion)]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Midgewater_Marshes&diff=357170The Midgewater Marshes2022-09-13T20:23:26Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=The Midgewater Marshes<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:fotrmidgewatercrossing.png|320px]]<br />
|number= 17 (extended edition only)<br />
|duration=1:37<br />
|event=The hobbits make their way through the [[Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
|characters=[[Frodo]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]], [[Aragorn]]<br />
|previous=[[The Nazgûl (scene)|The Nazgûl]]<br />
|next=[[The Spoiling of Isengard]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Midgewater Marshes''' is the seventeenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. This scene does not appear in the theatrical cut of the film.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
The group arrives in Midgewater, which is hard to traverse owing to the swampy conditions and presence of bugs. They eventually make it through the marshes in time for sundown. Frodo overhears Aragorn singing the [[Lay of Leithian]], which describes the love between the Man [[Beren]] and the Elf [[Lúthien]] and their tragic end.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*The Lay of Leithian is sung at Weathertop in the book, not near Midgewater.<br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|17]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=A_Knife_in_the_Dark_(scene)&diff=357107A Knife in the Dark (scene)2022-09-12T23:09:53Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=A Knife in the Dark<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The_Lord_of_the_Rings_-_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring_-_Weathertop.png|320px]]<br />
|number= 19 (extended edition)<br />
16 (theatrical cut)<br />
|duration = 4:40<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] is stabbed by the [[Witch-king]] on top of [[Weathertop]].<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Sam]], [[Aragorn]], Nazgȗl, [[Merry]], [[Pippin|Fool of a Took]] <br />
|previous=[[The Spoiling of Isengard]]<br />
|next=[[The Caverns of Isengard (scene)]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''A Knife in the Dark''' is the sixteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the nineteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
The Hobbits and Aragorn make their way across the countryside and see the abandoned tower of [[Weathertop]] in the distance. Aragon informs them that they will spend the night there. On the tower, he gives them each a dagger to use and then departs to scout the area. Frodo drifts off to sleep and is awoken by the other hobbits attempting to make a meal. Frodo panics and throws sand on to the fire, extinguishing it. However, this seems to summon the Nazgȗl from below. The hobbits run to the top of the hill and pull out their knives. The Ringwraiths advance from the shadows. The others ineffectually try to defend Frodo, but he is force backwards and falls over. The [[Witch-king]] advances and stands over him. Frodo succumbs to a temptation to put on the [[Ring]]. When he does, he is shunted into the world of the Ringwraiths. The Witch-king reaches out for the Ring. Frodo starts to give it to him, but recovers his wits and pulls back. Enraged, the Witch-king stabs him with a [[Morgul-blade]]. Frodo barely manages to remove the Ring.<br />
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Aragorn suddenly appears, using a torch to set the Ringwraiths on fire. The site of fire is enough to scare the Ringwraiths off, leaving him and the hobbits alone. Aragorn examines Frodo and realizes the wound is beyond his ability to heal. He gets the other hobbits to help move him. The scene cuts to them running through the woods from the Nazgȗl on the way to [[Rivendell]].<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*The Hobbits received their daggers earlier from [[Tom Bombadil]] in the Barrows. Since the Barrows do not appear in the films, an alternate explanation had to be provided. There is also no allusion to their being products of [[Westernesse]]. Where Aragorn obtained them from is not mentioned.<br />
*Aragorn tells the tale of [[Beren]] and [[Luthien]] before the Ringwraiths attack.<br />
*The Ringwraiths attack in the book even when the fire is active.<br />
*Aragorn does not use his sword.<br />
*The group stays on top of Weathertop for longer and finds a rune left by [[Gandalf]] when he was present three days earlier. There are also supplies left by some rangers.<br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|19]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=A_Knife_in_the_Dark_(scene)&diff=357106A Knife in the Dark (scene)2022-09-12T23:09:19Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=A Knife in the Dark<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The_Lord_of_the_Rings_-_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring_-_Weathertop.png|320px]]<br />
|number= 19 (extended edition)<br />
16 (theatrical cut)<br />
|duration = 4:40<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] is stabbed by the [[Witch-king]] on top of [[Weathertop]].<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Sam]], [[Aragorn]], Nazgȗl, [[Merry]], [[Pippin|Fool of a Took]] <br />
|previous=[[The Spoiling of Isengard]]<br />
|next=[[The Caverns of Isengard]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''A Knife in the Dark''' is the sixteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the nineteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
The Hobbits and Aragorn make their way across the countryside and see the abandoned tower of [[Weathertop]] in the distance. Aragon informs them that they will spend the night there. On the tower, he gives them each a dagger to use and then departs to scout the area. Frodo drifts off to sleep and is awoken by the other hobbits attempting to make a meal. Frodo panics and throws sand on to the fire, extinguishing it. However, this seems to summon the Nazgȗl from below. The hobbits run to the top of the hill and pull out their knives. The Ringwraiths advance from the shadows. The others ineffectually try to defend Frodo, but he is force backwards and falls over. The [[Witch-king]] advances and stands over him. Frodo succumbs to a temptation to put on the [[Ring]]. When he does, he is shunted into the world of the Ringwraiths. The Witch-king reaches out for the Ring. Frodo starts to give it to him, but recovers his wits and pulls back. Enraged, the Witch-king stabs him with a [[Morgul-blade]]. Frodo barely manages to remove the Ring.<br />
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Aragorn suddenly appears, using a torch to set the Ringwraiths on fire. The site of fire is enough to scare the Ringwraiths off, leaving him and the hobbits alone. Aragorn examines Frodo and realizes the wound is beyond his ability to heal. He gets the other hobbits to help move him. The scene cuts to them running through the woods from the Nazgȗl on the way to [[Rivendell]].<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*The Hobbits received their daggers earlier from [[Tom Bombadil]] in the Barrows. Since the Barrows do not appear in the films, an alternate explanation had to be provided. There is also no allusion to their being products of [[Westernesse]]. Where Aragorn obtained them from is not mentioned.<br />
*Aragorn tells the tale of [[Beren]] and [[Luthien]] before the Ringwraiths attack.<br />
*The Ringwraiths attack in the book even when the fire is active.<br />
*Aragorn does not use his sword.<br />
*The group stays on top of Weathertop for longer and finds a rune left by [[Gandalf]] when he was present three days earlier. There are also supplies left by some rangers.<br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|19]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=A_Knife_in_the_Dark_(scene)&diff=357105A Knife in the Dark (scene)2022-09-12T23:08:37Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=A Knife in the Dark<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The_Lord_of_the_Rings_-_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring_-_Weathertop.png|320px]]<br />
|number= 19 (extended edition)<br />
16 (theatrical cut)<br />
|duration = 4:40<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] is stabbed by the [[Witch-king]] on top of [[Weathertop]].<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Sam]], [[Aragorn]], Nazgȗl, [[Merry]], [[Pippin|Fool of a Took]] <br />
|previous=[[The Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
|next=[[A Knife in the Dark (scene)]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''A Knife in the Dark''' is the sixteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the nineteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
The Hobbits and Aragorn make their way across the countryside and see the abandoned tower of [[Weathertop]] in the distance. Aragon informs them that they will spend the night there. On the tower, he gives them each a dagger to use and then departs to scout the area. Frodo drifts off to sleep and is awoken by the other hobbits attempting to make a meal. Frodo panics and throws sand on to the fire, extinguishing it. However, this seems to summon the Nazgȗl from below. The hobbits run to the top of the hill and pull out their knives. The Ringwraiths advance from the shadows. The others ineffectually try to defend Frodo, but he is force backwards and falls over. The [[Witch-king]] advances and stands over him. Frodo succumbs to a temptation to put on the [[Ring]]. When he does, he is shunted into the world of the Ringwraiths. The Witch-king reaches out for the Ring. Frodo starts to give it to him, but recovers his wits and pulls back. Enraged, the Witch-king stabs him with a [[Morgul-blade]]. Frodo barely manages to remove the Ring.<br />
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Aragorn suddenly appears, using a torch to set the Ringwraiths on fire. The site of fire is enough to scare the Ringwraiths off, leaving him and the hobbits alone. Aragorn examines Frodo and realizes the wound is beyond his ability to heal. He gets the other hobbits to help move him. The scene cuts to them running through the woods from the Nazgȗl on the way to [[Rivendell]].<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*The Hobbits received their daggers earlier from [[Tom Bombadil]] in the Barrows. Since the Barrows do not appear in the films, an alternate explanation had to be provided. There is also no allusion to their being products of [[Westernesse]]. Where Aragorn obtained them from is not mentioned.<br />
*Aragorn tells the tale of [[Beren]] and [[Luthien]] before the Ringwraiths attack.<br />
*The Ringwraiths attack in the book even when the fire is active.<br />
*Aragorn does not use his sword.<br />
*The group stays on top of Weathertop for longer and finds a rune left by [[Gandalf]] when he was present three days earlier. There are also supplies left by some rangers.<br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|19]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=A_Knife_in_the_Dark_(scene)&diff=357104A Knife in the Dark (scene)2022-09-12T23:06:22Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=A Knife in the Dark<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Saruman using Palantír.jpg|320px]]<br />
|number= 19 (extended edition)<br />
16 (theatrical cut)<br />
|duration = 4:40<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] is stabbed by the [[Nazgȗl]] on top of [[Weathertop]].<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Sam]], [[Aragorn]], Nazgȗl, [[Merry]], [[Pippin|Fool of a Took]] <br />
|previous=[[The Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
|next=[[A Knife in the Dark (scene)]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''A Knife in the Dark''' is the sixteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the nineteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
The Hobbits and Aragorn make their way across the countryside and see the abandoned tower of [[Weathertop]] in the distance. Aragon informs them that they will spend the night there. On the tower, he gives them each a dagger to use and then departs to scout the area. Frodo drifts off to sleep and is awoken by the other hobbits attempting to make a meal. Frodo panics and throws sand on to the fire, extinguishing it. However, this seems to summon the Nazgȗl from below. The hobbits run to the top of the hill and pull out their knives. The Ringwraiths advance from the shadows. The others ineffectually try to defend Frodo, but he is force backwards and falls over. The [[Witch-king]] advances and stands over him. Frodo succumbs to a temptation to put on the [[Ring]]. When he does, he is shunted into the world of the Ringwraiths. The Witch-king reaches out for the Ring. Frodo starts to give it to him, but recovers his wits and pulls back. Enraged, the Witch-king stabs him with a [[Morgul-blade]]. Frodo barely manages to remove the Ring.<br />
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Aragorn suddenly appears, using a torch to set the Ringwraiths on fire. The site of fire is enough to scare the Ringwraiths off, leaving him and the hobbits alone. Aragorn examines Frodo and realizes the wound is beyond his ability to heal. He gets the other hobbits to help move him. The scene cuts to them running through the woods from the Nazgȗl on the way to [[Rivendell]].<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*The Hobbits received their daggers earlier from [[Tom Bombadil]] in the Barrows. Since the Barrows do not appear in the films, an alternate explanation had to be provided. There is also no allusion to their being products of [[Westernesse]]. Where Aragorn obtained them from is not mentioned.<br />
*Aragorn tells the tale of [[Beren]] and [[Luthien]] before the Ringwraiths attack.<br />
*The Ringwraiths attack in the book even when the fire is active.<br />
*Aragorn does not use his sword.<br />
*The group stays on top of Weathertop for longer and finds a rune left by [[Gandalf]] when he was present three days earlier. There are also supplies left by some rangers.<br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|19]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Spoiling_of_Isengard&diff=357103The Spoiling of Isengard2022-09-12T22:35:23Z<p>Turiannerevarine: changed image</p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=The Spoiling of Isengard<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Saruman using Palantír.jpg|320px]]<br />
|number= 18 (extended edition)<br />
15 (theatrical cut)<br />
|duration = 1:44<br />
|event=[[Saruman]] begins the process of creating his own army.<br />
|characters=[[Saruman]], [[Sauron]], [[Gandalf]]<br />
|previous=[[The Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
|next=[[A Knife in the Dark (scene)]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Spoiling of Isengard''' is the fifteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the eighteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
At [[Isengard]], Saruman looks into his [[palantír]] to converse with Sauron. Sauron instructs him to begin construction on an army "worthy of [[Mordor]]". Summoning a few [[Orcs]] that he has already created, Saruman tells them that they have work to do. <br />
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Gandalf is lying on the tower of [[Orthanc]], imprisoned while Saruman's orcs begin to convert Isengard into a massive factory. Trees are felled around the tower while Saruman looks on. Isengard begins to equip for war.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*Isengard has already begun conversion to a factory when Gandalf arrives in the books.<br />
*The conversation between Sauron and Saruman is an invention for the movies, but they do indeed converse "off-screen" in the books.<br />
*Saruman is more loyal to Sauron than in the books. At this point he would have already started working on his own agenda, but in the movies he is more or less subservient to Sauron, minus a few comments which might suggest otherwise.<br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|18]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Spoiling_of_Isengard&diff=357102The Spoiling of Isengard2022-09-12T22:26:40Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=The Spoiling of Isengard<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:fotrmidgewatercrossing.png|320px]]<br />
|number= 18 (extended edition)<br />
15 (theatrical cut)<br />
|duration = 1:44<br />
|event=[[Saruman]] begins the process of creating his own army.<br />
|characters=[[Saruman]], [[Sauron]], [[Gandalf]]<br />
|previous=[[The Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
|next=[[A Knife in the Dark (scene)]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Spoiling of Isengard''' is the fifteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the eighteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
At [[Isengard]], Saruman looks into his [[palantír]] to converse with Sauron. Sauron instructs him to begin construction on an army "worthy of [[Mordor]]". Summoning a few [[Orcs]] that he has already created, Saruman tells them that they have work to do. <br />
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Gandalf is lying on the tower of [[Orthanc]], imprisoned while Saruman's orcs begin to convert Isengard into a massive factory. Trees are felled around the tower while Saruman looks on. Isengard begins to equip for war.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*Isengard has already begun conversion to a factory when Gandalf arrives in the books.<br />
*The conversation between Sauron and Saruman is an invention for the movies, but they do indeed converse "off-screen" in the books.<br />
*Saruman is more loyal to Sauron than in the books. At this point he would have already started working on his own agenda, but in the movies he is more or less subservient to Sauron, minus a few comments which might suggest otherwise.<br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|18]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Spoiling_of_Isengard&diff=357101The Spoiling of Isengard2022-09-12T22:25:54Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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|name=The Spoiling of Isengard<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:fotrmidgewatercrossing.png|320px]]<br />
|number= 18 (extended edition), 15 (theatrical cut)<br />
|event=[[Saruman]] begins the process of creating his own army.<br />
|characters=[[Saruman]], [[Sauron]], [[Gandalf]]<br />
|previous=[[The Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
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'''The Spoiling of Isengard''' is the fifteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the eighteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
At [[Isengard]], Saruman looks into his [[palantír]] to converse with Sauron. Sauron instructs him to begin construction on an army "worthy of [[Mordor]]". Summoning a few [[Orcs]] that he has already created, Saruman tells them that they have work to do. <br />
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Gandalf is lying on the tower of [[Orthanc]], imprisoned while Saruman's orcs begin to convert Isengard into a massive factory. Trees are felled around the tower while Saruman looks on. Isengard begins to equip for war.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*Isengard has already begun conversion to a factory when Gandalf arrives in the books.<br />
*The conversation between Sauron and Saruman is an invention for the movies, but they do indeed converse "off-screen" in the books.<br />
*Saruman is more loyal to Sauron than in the books. At this point he would have already started working on his own agenda, but in the movies he is more or less subservient to Sauron, minus a few comments which might suggest otherwise.<br />
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|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
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|number= 17 (extended edition)<br />
|event=The hobbits make their way through the [[Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
|characters=[[Frodo]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]], [[Aragorn]]<br />
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'''The Midgewater Marshes''' is the seventeenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. This scene does not appear in the theatrical cut of the film.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
The group arrives in Midgewater, which is hard to traverse owing to the swampy conditions and presence of bugs. They eventually make it through the marshes in time for sundown. Frodo overhears Aragorn singing the [[Lay of Leithian]], which describes the love between the Man [[Beren]] and the Elf [[Lúthien]] and their tragic end.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
The Lay of Leithian is sung at Weathertop in the book, not near Midgewater.<br />
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|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
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|number=13 (theatrical edition)<br><br />
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|duration=3:24 (theatrical edition)<br><br />
3:44 (extended edition)<br />
|event=The [[Ringwraiths]] attack the [[Prancing Pony]]; the hobbits leave [[Bree]] with [[Aragorn]]<br />
|characters=[[Frodo]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]], [[Aragorn]], [[Ringwraiths]]<br />
|previous=[[At the Sign of The Prancing Pony (scene)|At the Sign of the Prancing Pony]]<br />
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'''The Nazgûl''' is the fourteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the sixteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
The [[Nazgûl]] enter [[Bree]], riding down the gatekeeper. They enter into the [[Prancing Pony]], their terror overcoming [[Barliman Butterbur]]. The hobbits are shown to be sleeping as the Ringwraiths poise their blades above what seem to be the Hobbits and then stab downwards as [[Sam]] jolts awake. However, the hobbits are actually in another room entirely. The Ringwraiths have only stabbed empty beds. They yell out in anger as the other hobbits wake up. Aragorn briefly explains that the Ringwraiths were once great [[Men]] who were given rings of power. The rings converted their recipients into wraiths that are under the control of Sauron. They now exist solely to find the [[One Ring]] and will hunt Frodo as long as he bears it. Aragorn leads the Hobbits away from Bree as the sun dawns to get away from the Ringwraiths.<br />
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The hobbits escape from Bree. Merry and Frodo briefly discuss Aragorn's trustworthiness. Frodo decides to trust Aragorn for the moment. The hobbits briefly stop to make a second breakfast before Aragorn reprimands them. Eventually they reach the [[Midgewater Marshes]].<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*In the books, the perpetrators of the attack at Bree are Men who work for the Nazgul rather then the Nazgul themselves. <br />
*Barliman Butterbur's role is drastically reduced. In the books, he assists the hobbits, but in the movie, he only appears once after his introduction, cowering from the Ringwraiths.<br />
*The explanation of the Ringwraiths does not come from Aragorn.<br />
*Snow is shown on the ground, but it is still the middle of October.<br />
*The second breakfast joke is original to the movies.<br />
*The dialogue regarding Aragon's appearance takes place in the inn, not in the forest,<br />
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'''The Midgewater Marshes''' is the seventeenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. This scene does not appear in the theatrical cut of the film.<br />
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<div>{{kingdom<br />
| image=[[File:Abe Papakhian - Minas Tirith.jpg|250px]]<br />
| name=Gondor<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=Kingdom of the South, The South-kingdom, Stoningland<br />
| location=Lands around the [[White Mountains]], west of [[Mordor]]<br />
| capital=[[Osgiliath]] ({{SA|3320}} - {{TA|1640}})<br/>[[Minas Tirith]] (from {{TA|1640}})<br />
| towns=[[Pelargir]], [[Calembel]], [[Dol Amroth]], [[Erech]], [[Linhir]]<br/>Formerly: [[Minas Morgul|Minas Ithil]]<br />
| regions=[[Anórien]], [[Ithilien]], [[Lossarnach]], [[Lebennin]], [[Harondor]] (contested), [[Belfalas]], [[Lamedon]], [[Anfalas]], [[Enedwaith]] (shared with [[Arnor]])<br/>Formerly: [[Calenardhon]] <br />
| population=Primarily [[Gondorians]] ([[Belfalas]] was inhabited by [[Elves]] for some time)<br />
| language=[[Westron]], [[Númenórean Sindarin]], [[Quenya]]<br />
| govern1=[[Kings of Gondor|King of Gondor]]/[[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]]<br />
| govern2=Later [[Ruling Steward]]<br />
| govern3=[[Council of Gondor]]<br />
| currency=[[tharni]], [[castar]]<br />
| holiday=[[Cormarë]] (Fourth Age)<br />
| precededby=[[Númenor]]<br />
| event1=Founded<br />
| event1date={{SA|3320}}<br />
| event2=Independence<br />
| event2date={{TA|2}}<br />
| event3=First [[Ruling Steward]]<br />
| event3date={{TA|2050}}<br />
| event4=[[Rohan]]&nbsp;formed<br />
| event4date={{TA|2510}}<br />
| event5=Kings return<br />
| event5date=[[1 May]], {{TA|3019}}<br />
| followedby=[[Reunited Kingdom]]<br />
}}<br />
<center>{{quote|Gondor! Gondor, between the Mountains and the Sea!<br>West Wind blew there; light upon the Silver Tree...|[[Aragorn]] in ''[[The Two Towers]]'', "[[The Riders of Rohan]]"}}</center><br />
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'''Gondor''', or the '''South-kingdom''', was one of the two [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]] (the other being [[Arnor]] in the north) in the lands about the [[Mouths of Anduin]]. Initially the lesser of the [[Realms in Exile|Realms in-Exile]], Gondor survived to the end of the [[Third Age]], unlike [[Arnor]], and had an instrumental role in the [[War of the Ring]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
===Second Age===<br />
==== Foundation ====<br />
After the [[Downfall of Númenor]], the [[Exiles of Númenor]], led by [[Elendil]], established the [[Realms in Exile]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]. Arriving at the [[Mouths of Anduin]], Elendil's sons, [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]], ascended the great river and founded the realm of Gondor.<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref> <br />
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In [[Númenor]]ean colonies and outposts, such as [[Belfalas]] and [[Pelargir]],<ref name="UTD">{{UT|Druedain}}</ref> there were many [[Faithful]], fully or partially of [[Númenórean]] blood, who descended from [[Númenor]] long before its [[Downfall of Numenor|Downfall]]. The colonists welcomed Elendil's sons and allied themselves with the founders of the [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]].<ref name=rings/><ref name=languages>{{App|Men}}</ref> Elendil made the Faithful nobles (kin of Elendil) who ruled Belfalas "[[Princes of Dol Amroth|Princes]]".<ref name="Cirion">{{UT|Cirion}}</ref> There were also many men of mingled blood, descended from the [[Men of the Mountains|Men of]] the [[White Mountains]] during the [[Dark Years]].<ref name="Minas Tirith">{{RK|V1}}</ref> <br />
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[[Image:Ted Nasmith - The White Tree.jpg|thumb|[[Ted Nasmith]] - ''The White Tree'']]<br />
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At this early point in its history, Gondor was the lesser of the Kingdoms of the Dúnedain, with their conjoint [[King of Gondor|Kings]] subject to the [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] who ruled [[Arnor]] in the North. After their arrival and acceptance by the people, [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]] put themselves to the task of ordering their realm. Isildur took the area then known as [[Arnen]] (later [[Ithilien]])<ref>{{VT|42a}}, p. 17</ref> and built the tower of [[Minas Ithil]] near Mordor as a threat to the [[Mordor|Black Land]], and within its walls he planted a seedling of the [[Nimloth of Númenor|White Tree]] of [[Númenor]] that he had taken before its burning. [[Anárion]] raised the tower of [[Minas Anor]] on the other side of [[Anduin]]'s floodplain as a bulwark against the [[Wild Men]]. In between their cities, the brothers founded [[Osgiliath]], their capital, from which they jointly reigned; these three cities also housed three of the [[palantíri]], the Seeing Stones that the [[Faithful]] had taken with them from [[Númenor]], to maintain contact with [[Elendil]] and the other areas under their control.<br />
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Extraordinary knowledge of stonework was brought to the South-kingdom from [[Númenor]], and this skill was a vital part of the character of Gondor and its people. In the early years of the realm, the [[Gondorians]] worked to erect mighty cities and monuments throughout their new land.<ref name=rings/> Their original capital at [[Osgiliath]] had great stone bridges spanned the [[Anduin]], as well as mighty houses and towers of stone.<ref name=rings/> Other works marvellous and strong they built in the land in the days of their power, at the [[Argonath]], and at [[Aglarond]], and at [[Erech]]; and at [[Isengard]], they made the [[Orthanc|Pinnacle of Orthanc]] of unbreakable stone.<ref name=rings/> Great roads that ran both north and south of the [[White Mountains]] traversed through the realm.<ref>{{RK|Ride}}</ref><br />
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Gondor was, from the beginnning of its history, always more powerful and populous than its northern counterpart, the [[Arnor]], in spite of its borders being impeded in the South and East.<ref name=Atani>{{PM|Atani}}</ref><br />
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==== War of the Last Alliance ====<br />
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Gondor was at first unaware that [[Sauron]], who had been taken as a prisoner to [[Númenor]] before its destruction, had survived the disastrous [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]]. However, not long after the kingdom's cities were built, the awakening of the fires of [[Orodruin]] signalled his return. At that time, the [[Men of Gondor]] first called the mountain ''[[Amon Amarth]]'', or [[Mount Doom]].<ref>{{App|Numenor}}</ref><br />
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Soon after, in {{SA|3429}}, [[Sauron]] launched an [[First Fall of Minas Ithil|attack on Minas Ithil]], which forced [[Isildur]] into a retreat. Sauron took the fortress and burned the [[White Tree of Gondor]] that had grown there, but Isildur saved one of its seedlings and took it and his family on a ship down the [[Anduin]]. He sailed to the north to confer with [[Elendil]] about these events while [[Anárion]] remained in Gondor and continued to hold [[Minas Anor]] and [[Osgiliath]].<ref>{{App|B1}}</ref> He also managed to push back [[Sauron]]'s forces to the mountain range of [[Ephel Dúath]], but Sauron began to gather reinforcements and the [[Men of Gondor]] knew that their realm was in great danger of being destroyed unless aid came.<br />
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[[Elendil]] reacted to the threat of Sauron by combining forces with [[Gil-galad]], the [[High King of the Noldor]], to make the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]]. Their armies marched south-east from [[Arnor]] and [[Lindon]]. Supported by the forces of Gondor, [[Lórinand]], the [[Woodland Realm]], and [[Khazad-dûm]], the [[Last Alliance|Alliance]] fought a great battle on the plain of [[Dagorlad]], north of [[Mordor]]. The [[Last Alliance]] was victorious, and entered [[Mordor]] itself, where they laid a siege on Sauron's Tower of [[Siege of Barad-dûr|Barad-dûr]] for seven years. During this time, [[Anárion]], joint [[King of Gondor]], was killed by a rock thrown from [[Barad-dûr]] that broke his helm. The siege ended when [[Sauron]] himself emerged from [[Barad-dûr]] to fight the [[Last Alliance|Alliance]]. [[Gil-galad]] and [[Elendil]] were slain in single combat, but [[Isildur]] cut the [[One Ring]] from Sauron's finger ending the war.<ref name=rings/><br />
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=== Third Age ===<br />
====Independence====<br />
After the battle, [[Isildur]], former joint [[King of Gondor]] and heir to the [[High King (Dúnedain)|High Kingship]], built a secret tomb for [[Elendil]] on the mountain [[Amon Anwar]]<ref name="CE"/> and placed the rule of Gondor in the hands of his brother's eldest eligible son, [[Meneldil]]. Isildur planted the seedling of the White Tree that he had saved in [[Minas Ithil]], and brought to Minas Anor, and it endured for several centuries. <br />
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After these acts, Isildur left Gondor in {{TA|2}} with the intent of taking up the [[High King (Dúnedain)|High Kingship]] in [[Annúminas]]. He [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields|never arrived]].<ref name=rings/><ref name="AppB2"/> [[Isildur]] had relinquished the rule of Gondor to his nephew [[Meneldil]] who became the first [[King of Gondor]] to rule in his own right and so, Gondor became an independent realm.<ref name=rings/><ref name="AppB2"/><br />
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==== Golden Age ====<br />
After the war, Gondor's power and wealth grew steadily (only interrupted by an [[Easterlings|Easterling]] invasion in {{TA|492}}). Its power would continue to grow into the 9th century of the [[Third Age]]. While the power of Gondor's sister kingdom [[Arnor]] peaked during the 9th century, when it broke into various successor states, Gondor's greatest glory was yet to come.<br />
[[File:Steven White Jr. - Gondor TA1050.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Gondor in {{TA|1050}}]]<br />
Gondor's power reached its Golden Age under the four "[[Ship-kings]]": [[Tarannon Falastur]], [[Eärnil I]], [[Ciryandil]], and [[Hyarmendacil I]].<br />
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Tarannon was [[Captain of the Hosts]] and the first of the [[Ship-kings]] of Gondor, who extended Gondor far along the shores west and south of the [[Ethir Anduin]]. Commemorating his victories, Tarannon assumed the name "Falastur" when he took the crown.<ref name="AppGondor">{{App|Gondor}}</ref> Tarannon was also famous for his Queen, the "nefarious, solitary, and loveless" [[Berúthiel]]. Tarannon had built a house in [[Pelargir]] that rested upon arches sunk into the [[Anduin]], but the queen refused to live within the sound and smell of the sea. She lived in the King's House in [[Osgiliath]] where she owned cats said to be able to spy upon men. Eventually Tarannon placed her upon a boat cast adrift at sea.<ref>{{UT|Istari}}, Note 7</ref> He was then the first king to die without an heir, and was succeeded by his nephew, the second of the Ship-kings, [[Eärnil I]].<ref name="South"/><br />
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[[Eärnil I]] continued with the expansionist maritime policy of his predecessor by constructing a great navy and repairing the ancient haven of [[Pelargir]].<ref name="Elendil"/> But Gondor was not the supreme "Lord of the Coasts" as Tarannon boasted; the [[Haven of Umbar]] stood in their way of complete domination. So in {{TA|933}}, [[Eärnil I]] defeated the forces of Umbar, seizing control of the seas and making Umbar a great harbour and fortress of Gondor. Even though Gondor's naval power was uncontested, [[Eärnil I]] was lost at sea and was never seen again. <br />
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When he was lost at sea, he was succeeded by his son [[Ciryandil]], who continued his father's naval policies of building more ships. Ciryandil reigned over Gondor for seventy-nine years, and died in the defence of Umbar against the Haradrim, in Haradwaith, led by the lords exiled from Umbar.<br />
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When Ciryandil was slain, his son Ciryaher took up the Crown. After biding his time and building up his forces, he avenged his father, and defeated the kings of Harad, by land and by sea and made them acknowledge the overlordship of Gondor in {{TA|1050}}. In the reign of the powerful king Hyarmendacil I Gondor reached the height of its power. After this victory he took the name ''Hyarmendacil'', meaning "South-victor". Hyarmendacil's reign brought [[Gondor]] to its greatest extent and power. For the rest of his one hundred and thirty-four year reign Gondor was at peace; the passes of [[Mordor]] were well guarded, and no one dared contest his power. During Hyarmendacil I's reign, Gondor's borders reached their furthest extent. The Kingdom extended east to the [[Sea of Rhûn]]; south to the [[Harnen]] and all the coast up to the cape of [[Umbar]]; as far north as [[Celebrant]]; and west towards [[Greyflood]]. Gondor would also enjoy several centuries of peace due to its military might. The [[Men of the Vales of Anduin]] as well as the Haradrim acknowledged its authority and overlordship, with the Kings of Harad paying homage.<ref name="AppGondor"/> Hyarmendacil I was the last of the [[Ship-kings]]. He was succeeded by his lazy son [[Atanatar II|Atanatar II Alcarin]].<br />
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==== Decline ====<br />
The extent and power of the realm [[Atanatar]] had inherited earned him the title [[Alcarin]] ("Glorious") but he did little to maintain its strength, and nothing to expand its influence. Already during Atanatar's reign, then, Gondor began to stagnate. There is some evidence to suggest that [[Gandalf]] first visited Gondor during this period, earning the name ''[[Incánus]]'' from the [[Gondorians]]. Atanatar II ruled Gondor for seventy-seven years, during which the wealth and power created by his father slowly began to wane. Atanatar was succeeded by his eldest son, who ruled as [[Narmacil I]], but [[Narmacil]] had no children and was succeeded in turn by his brother, Atanatar's younger son [[Calmacil]].<br />
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After sixty-four years as [[Regent of Gondor|Regent]] under the old King [[Calmacil]], [[Minalcar]] took the throne in his own right. In memory of a great victory over the [[Easterlings]] he had won in his [[Regent of Gondor|Regency]], he became King in the name [[Rómendacil II]]. [[Rómendacil II]] built, on the northern approach to [[Nen Hithoel]], the giant pillars [[Argonath]] to mark the northern border of Gondor following his great victory over the [[Easterlings]] in {{TA|1248}}.<ref name="AppB2">{{App|B2}}</ref> He developed less tangible defences, too, working to cement a bond between Gondor and the [[Northmen]] who lived to the east. He went so far as to send his son [[Valacar]] to live among them, an act from which the evils of the [[Kin-strife]] would eventually develop. After Rómendacil II's reign, decadence spread under the kings of Gondor and a long period of decline began (although Gondor experienced several revivals). Three great calamities struck Gondor during the second millennium of the Third Age, which are held to be the chief reasons for its decline: the [[Kin-strife]], the [[Great Plague]], and the invasion of the [[Wainriders]] (a tribe of Easterlings), one of series of conflicts in the [[Wainrider/Balchoth War]]. <br />
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===== Kin-strife =====<br />
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In the 15th century a great civil war named the Kin-strife tore the nation apart. The current King Eldacar was of mixed blood: his mother was of the Northmen. Popular displeasure at this led to the overthrow of King Eldacar by Castamir, the admiral of all of Gondor's naval forces who possessed some royal blood. Eldacar's son was slain, and Eldacar fled north. Castamir was afterwards known as [[Castamir|Castamir the Usurper]]. During his ten year rule he proved to be very cruel, and because of his love of his old fleet, he lavished attention on the coastal regions while the interior provinces were ignored and left to rot. Eldacar then returned with an army of his Northmen kinsmen, and they were joined by armies of Gondorians from interior provinces such as Anórien. [[Osgiliath]] was devastated during this conflict, its great bridge destroyed and its ''[[palantíri|palantír]]'' lost. Eldacar slew Castamir and reclaimed his throne, but Castamir's sons and their forces were besieged in Pelargir, the great port of Gondor. They eventually retreated to Umbar, where they joined with the Corsairs, and troubled Gondor for many years, until their descendants died out.<br />
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===== Great Plague =====<br />
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In [[Third Age 1636]], the [[Great Plague]] struck and the [[White Tree of Gondor|White Tree]] died. This Plague was no localized event: the Plague swept through all of Middle-earth, reaching the successor states of Arnor and the [[Hobbits]] of [[the Shire]] in the North. King [[Tarondor (King of Gondor)|Tarondor]] found a sapling of the White Tree, and moved the capital from Osgiliath to [[Minas Anor]], the City of Anárion. During this time, Gondor was so depopulated that the fortifications guarding against the re-entry of evil into Mordor were abandoned. It is believed that had the Haradrim or Easterlings been capable of attacking Gondor at this time, it would have fallen. However, the Plague left Gondor's enemies in no better condition than Gondor itself, and neither side was capable of mounting new offensives.<br />
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===== Invasion of the Wainriders =====<br />
The first invasion of the Wainriders began {{TA|1856}} during the reign of King [[Narmacil II]], following the sapping of Gondor's strength by the plague. The spirit of Sauron in the East stirred up the forces of the Wainriders to attack the lands of Gondor and her allies. The Wainriders were stronger than any other horde of Easterlings before, and so in 1856, on the fields of Rhovanion, the Wainriders defeated the forces of Gondor and the Northmen, killing [[Narmacil II]] and enslaving Rhovanion. During the enslavement of Rhovannion, the Nazgûl entered Mordor. But the Gondorians would not sit idle, while their allies to the north were suffering under the Wainriders. In 1899 King Calimehtar led a revolt in Rhovanion, and defeated the Wainriders in the Battle of Dagorlad. <br />
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{{TA|1940}} The King [[Ondoher]] took council with [[Araphant]] the king of [[Arthedain]]. The kings realized that one force was beset on destroying the kingdoms of the [[Dunedain]]. For a long time it had lain dormant, but in the weakness of both kingdoms, it attacked. The Kingdoms allied against the power, and Prince [[Arvedui]] of Arthedain married Firiel the daughter of Ondoher. <br />
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After licking their wounds for 45 years the Wainriders returned with allies from Khand and Harad in {{TA|1944}}. The Wainriders came in the north from Rhovanion and the men of Harad and Khand attacked from the South. The Wainriders destroyed the Northern Army of Gondor, but in the south Gondor defeated the Southrons at the River Poros. Their Captain Eärnil gathered the remnants of the northern army, and went north to challenge the Wainriders. In the [[Battle of the Camp]] Eärnil surprised the Wainriders, while they were celebrating their victory.<br />
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In 1944, Gondor also faced a constitutional crisis when King [[Ondoher]] was slain in a previous battle with both his sons. Prince [[Arvedui]], son of King [[Araphant]] of [[Arthedain]] and Ondoher's son-in-law, and the victorious general Eärnil, who was a distant blood-relative of Ondoher, claimed the throne. Arvedui's claim lay mainly in the reintroduction of the old Númenórean law of accession, which stated the eldest (remaining) child should succeed the king. If the law was reintroduced, then Arvedui's wife [[Fíriel]], Ondoher's daughter and last remaining child would become [[Ruling Queens of Númenor|Ruling Queen]], making their descendants Kings of both Arnor and Gondor. Arvedui also tried to put weight behind his claim as he was Isildur's heir. The Council of Gondor recognised that the name of Isildur was held in honour in Gondor, but they dictated that the South-Kingdom must be ruled by an Heir of Anárion. Due to his ancestry from Fíriel and Arvedui, more than a millennium later, Aragorn Elessar put forward his claim as the heir of both Isildur and Anárion.<br />
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Eärnil lay his claim as being a direct descendant of King [[Telumehtar]] Umbardacil. His claim was also greatly bolstered by the popularity he had gained as the victorious general who saved Gondor from the Wainriders after winning the southern theatre of the war. Steward [[Pelendur]] who was temporarily ruling Gondor as serving as arbiter of succession, intervened in favour of Gondor's victorious general who would rule as [[Eärnil II]].<br />
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===== Last Heir of Anárion =====<br />
During the [[Battle of Fornost]], Eärnil II's heir Eärnur led Gondor's forces to victory over the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]], who was actually the Lord of the [[Nazgûl]]. Although Eärnur wished to fight him, Eärnur's horse was terrified and fled the battle against his wishes. By the time he mastered his horse and return, the Witch-king had fled. [[Glorfindel]] the Elf then prophesied to him that it was better that he not fight the Lord of the Nazgûl because "never by the hand of man shall he fall". <br />
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Eärnur later ascended to the throne, ruling from Minas Anor (Tower of the Sun). During this time, the Ringwraiths [[Second Fall of Minas Ithil|captured]] Minas Anor's sister city, Minas Ithil (Tower of the Moon), causing it to be renamed Minas Morgul (Tower of Sorcery), and took it as their lair. Minas Anor was renamed Minas Tirith (Tower of Guard) as a result. The Lord of the Nazgûl repeatedly sent messengers to Minas Tirith challenging Eärnur to single combat, taunting him that he had fled out of cowardice from facing him during the Battle of Fornost. Eventually, King Eärnur was overcome by wrath and rode with a small company of knights to Minas Morgul, to accept the challenge. They were never heard from again. So ended the Line of [[Anárion]].<br />
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==== Ruling Stewards of Gondor ====<br />
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The realm was governed by a long line of hereditary Stewards after the disappearance of [[Eärnur]], son of Eärnil, since there was no proof that the last king was dead, and no claimant had enough support to be accepted as his successor. The line of Anárion was held to have failed, and Gondor was not willing to risk to another Kin-strife, which would surely have destroyed it. Whenever there was a new Steward, he would swear an oath to yield rule of Gondor back to the King, in essence only an heir of Isildur, if he should ever return. In Gondor there was no one who could claim descent from Isildur in direct line, and the northern line of Arnor had effectively disappeared, so this oath was not considered seriously. The line of Stewards ruled as Kings, without having the title.<br />
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===== Cirion and Eorl =====<br />
[[File:Anke Eißmann - The oath of Cirion and Eorl.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''The oath of Cirion and Eorl'' by [[Anke Eißmann]]]]<br />
In [[Third Age 2510]], when Steward [[Cirion]] ruled over Gondor, the nation faced one of its greatest perils: an Easterling tribe named the ''[[Balchoth]]'' invaded Gondor with massive force. Gondor's army marched to fight the Balchoth but were cut off from [[Minas Tirith]] and pushed back in the direction of the [[Limlight]].<br />
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Messengers were sent to get help from the [[Éothéod]], a tribe which lived in the northern vales of the [[Anduin]], but nobody expected the messengers to reach their destination. When certain peril came upon Gondor, however, the Éothéod turned the tide of the [[Battle of the Field of Celebrant]]. After the victory the Éothéod were awarded the fields of [[Calenardhon]] north of the [[Ered Nimrais]] from the Gap of Rohan at the southern end of the [[Misty Mountains|Hithaeglir]], [[Fangorn Forest]], rivers Limlight to river [[Anduin]], western [[Emyn Muil]] and the [[Mering Stream]], where they established the kingdom of [[Rohan]] with [[Eorl the Young]] as their first king. A perpetual alliance between Gondor and Rohan was established by the oath Eorl swore to Cirion.<ref name="CE"/><br />
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In {{TA|2710}} King [[Déor]] asked the help of [[Egalmoth (Steward of Gondor)|Steward Egalmoth]] to drive off the [[Dunlendings]] from the occupied [[Ring of Isengard]], but a renewed war against the Orcs prevented the Steward from fulfilling the Oath.<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Isen}}</ref><br />
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Southern Gondor was assailed by three great fleets from Umbar and Harad and [[Beren (Steward of Gondor)|Steward Beren]] spent much of his rule fighting the [[Corsairs of Umbar]]. In the meantime, during the [[Long Winter]] of {{TA|2758}} - {{TA|2759|n}}, Rohan came under attack from the Dunlendings, so neither nation could help the other, until captain Beregond, Beren's son, repeled the invaders. Therefore when [[Saruman]] suddenly appeared and requested leave to dwell in [[Isengard]], Beren gladly gave the [[Wizard]] the [[key of Orthanc]]. By the time of Beregond, Gondor started recovering its strength.<ref name="Stewards">{{App|Stewards}}</ref><br />
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Upon the death of [[Belecthor]], the [[White Tree of Gondor]] also died, but was left standing "until the King comes".<ref>{{PM|Elendil}}, p. 206</ref><br />
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In {{TA|2885}}, when Ithilien was invaded in great strength, King [[Folcwine]] of Rohan fulfilled the Oath and sent many men to Gondor. With their aid Steward [[Túrin II]] won a victory at the [[Crossings of Poros]]. Since then, Gondor withdrew from Ithilien and only the [[Rangers of Ithilien]] remained with special refuges for them, and a fortification on Cair Andros.<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
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It was near the end of [[Turgon (Steward of Gondor)|Turgon]]'s rule, in {{TA|2951}}, when [[Sauron]] declared himself openly in [[Mordor]]; he gathered his power there, and began rebuilding [[Barad-dûr]].<ref name="AppB2"/> [[Ecthelion II]] strengthened [[Pelargir]] and refortified [[Cair Andros]].<ref name="Elendil"/> Under his service, the stranger [[Thorongil]], severely damaged the Corsairs' fleet at Umbar in a [[Surprise Attack on Umbar|surprise attack]].<ref name="Stewards"/><br />
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===== War of the Ring=====<br />
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[[File:Steven White Jr. - Gondor TA3019.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Gondor in {{TA|3019}}]]<br />
In 3019, during the [[War of the Ring]], Gondor was the strongest of the free nations that opposed Sauron, and thus, its defeat was his primary strategic goal in the war.<ref name="MT">{{RK|V1}}</ref> Gondor faced an all out attack on its capital Minas Tirith in the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]]. Although nearly defeated, the Rohirrim once again turned the tide of battle, and helped win the war, though with heavy losses.<ref name="tBotPF">{{RK|Battle}}</ref> The combined army of the West then carried the battle to Sauron at the Battle of the Morannon, a feint to distract Sauron's attention from Frodo Baggins's quest to destroy the One Ring in Mount Doom, thus causing Sauron's destruction and the allies' ultimate victory.<br />
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===Later history===<br />
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After the second and final defeat of Sauron, the [[King of Gondor|Kingship of Gondor]] was restored, [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] became the third [[King of Gondor and Arnor]]. <br />
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During his reign, [[Aragorn]] restored Gondor and repeopled it, but retained [[Minas Tirith]] as the chief city.<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref>. He, alongside [[King of Rohan|King]] [[Éomer]], led military campaigns beyond the [[Sea of Rhûn]] and on the far fields of the [[South]].<ref name="Appendix A">{{App|Mark}}</ref> As a result, he was able to re-establish his dominance in places which Gondor initially held at the height of its power. The threat of the [[Corsairs of Umbar|Corsairs]] was finally completely subdued during his reign and [[Umbar]] was finally re-taken.<ref name="AppGondor"/> He also made peace with the [[Haradrim]] after his coronation.<ref name="RK-StewardKing">{{RK|VI5}}</ref><br />
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===Politics===<br />
[[Gondor]] was divided into regions described as 'fiefs', each under the control of a lord who in turn owed their allegiance to the Ruler of Gondor, whether the [[King of Gondor|King]] or (in later years) the [[Ruling Steward]].<ref name="Fortyone">{{PM|Languages}}, §41, p. 45</ref> Many of these fiefs were dominated by the [[Dúnedain]], notably the royal lands of [[Anórien]] and [[Ithilien]], as well as the shoreland fief of [[Belfalas]].<ref name=languages/><br />
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The [[Númenórean]] [[King of Gondor]] governed the realm with the frame of ancient law, of which he was administrator (and interpreter) but not the maker. In all debatable matters of importance domestic, or external, however, even [[Denethor II|Denethor]] had a [[Council of Gondor|Council]], and at least listened to what the Lords of the Fiefs and the Captains of the Forces had to say. [[Aragorn]] re-established the [[Council of Gondor|Great Council of Gondor]], and in that [[Faramir]], who remained by inheritance the [[Steward]] (or representative of the King during his absence abroad, or sickness, or between his death and the accession of his heir) was his chief counsellor.<ref name="politics">{{L|244}}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
At its greatest extent, the realm extended:<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
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* North to the [[Field of Celebrant]] and the southern eaves of [[Mirkwood]]<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
* West to the [[Greyflood]]<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
* East to the inland [[Sea of Rhûn]]<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
* South to the [[River Harnen]], and also along the coast to the peninsula and haven of [[Umbar]]<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
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[[Calenardhon|A large part of the northern territories]] was gifted to the [[Éothéod]] in {{TA|2510}}.<ref name="CE">{{UT|Cirion}}</ref> Gondor's close proximity to Sauron's land was the catalyst of many battles and skirmishes, but its location also gave the Gondorians more ability to protect the other regions of Middle-earth from the Dark Lord and his servants.<ref name="CoE">{{FR|Council}}</ref><br />
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At the height of its power, between the reigns of [[Hyarmendacil I]] and [[Rómendacil II]] ({{TA|1015}}-{{TA|1366|n}}), the wide lands between [[Anduin]] and the [[Sea of Rhûn]] were never effectively settled or occupied, and the only true north boundary of the Kingdom east of [[Anduin]] was formed by the [[Emyn Muil]] and the marshes south and east of them.<ref name=Atani/> Númenorean influence, however, went far beyond even these extended bounds, passing up the [[Vales of Anduin]] to its sources, and reaching the lands east of [[Mirkwood]], between the [[River Running]] and the [[River Carnen]].<ref name=Atani/><br />
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===Regions===<br />
Gondor was divided between several nearly autonomous regions. These were the following:<br />
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* [[Andrast]], the de-populated peninsula of [[Ras Morthil]]<br />
* [[Anfalas]], or the Langstrand, in the south-west<br />
* [[Anórien]], surrounding [[Minas Tirith]] and north of Ered Nimrais<br />
* [[Belfalas]], the peninsula jutting out from the southern coast of Gondor ruled by the [[Prince of Dol Amroth]]<br />
* [[Ethir Anduin]], the estuary of the [[Anduin|River Anduin]]<br />
* [[Ithilien]], the lands across the [[Anduin]] from Minas Tirith<br />
* [[Lamedon]], north of the [[Ringló]]<br />
* [[Lebennin]], the land between Lossarnach and the Bay of Belfalas <br />
* [[Lossarnach]], in the mountain vales south-west of Minas Tirith <br />
* [[Morthond]], south of Erech<br />
* [[Pinnath Gelin]], the hills north of Anfalas and east of the river Lefnui<br />
* [[Ringló Vale]], between Lamedon and [[Belfalas]]<br />
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Additionally, Gondor held or had held the following regions at certain points in its history:<br />
* [[South Gondor]], which was contested between Gondor and the forces of [[Harad]] and [[Umbar]]<br />
* [[Calenardhon]], which was given to the Éothéod and became Rohan<br />
* [[Enedwaith]], the timberlands of Gondor (shared with [[Arnor]]), which were never really populated and soon abandoned<br />
* [[Rhovanion]], which was never fully under the control of Gondor but under Gondorian influence at certain times during the Third Age<br />
* [[Haradwaith]], tributary of Gondor for a while<br />
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===Cities===<br />
Cities in Gondor included:<br />
* [[Calembel]]<br />
* [[Dol Amroth]], the seat of [[Prince of Dol Amroth|Princes]] on the coasts of Gondor<br />
* [[Linhir]]<br />
* [[Minas Tirith]] (originally named [[Minas Anor]]), the seven-tiered citadel of the [[Kings of Gondor]]<br />
* [[Minas Ithil]], conquered by the [[Ringwraiths]] and renamed [[Minas Morgul]] by the [[Gondorians]]<br />
* [[Osgiliath]], the ancient capital of Gondor<br />
* [[Pelargir]], the greatest and most ancient of the havens of Gondor<br />
* [[Tarnost]] (debatable)<ref name="t2M">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Tolkien]], ''[[The War of the Ring]]'', "[[The Second Map]]"</ref><br />
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===Fortresses and outposts===<br />
Additionally, Gondor used the following locations as military strongholds at certain points in its history, many of which Mordor later took:<br />
* The outposts of [[Amon Hen]] and [[Amon Lhaw]] on [[Emyn Muil]] probably had small garrisons<br />
* [[Isengard|Angrenost]], the fortress of Isengard, later granted to [[Saruman]]<br />
* The Gondorian fortress later known as [[Hornburg]], guarding the [[Helm's Deep]]<br />
* The [[Towers of the Teeth]], built by the Gondorians to keep watch over Mordor.<br />
* The [[Tower of Cirith Ungol|fortress]] guarding the pass of [[Cirith Ungol]]<br />
* The castle that came to be called [[Durthang]], the largest fortress in Mordor, originally built to guard the [[Ephel Dúath]]<br />
* [[Tharbad]] to the north, held by both Gondor and Arnor but abandoned and later ruined after Gondor retreated from [[Enedwaith]]<br />
* [[Umbar]], which was contested between Gondor and the forces of [[Harad]] and [[Umbar]]<br />
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==Languages==<br />
[[Westron]], or the Common Speech, was the main language of the people of [[Gondor]]. An antique, more formal and terse, form of the Common Tongue was spoken by the Gondorians.<ref>{{App|Translation}}</ref> <br />
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Many of the Men of Gondor could also speak the [[Elvish]] tongues, a notable distinction and characteristic among the [[Dúnedain of the South]].<ref name=languages/> [[Sindarin]] had long ceased to be a "first language" in Gondor, but was learned in early youth (by those claiming [[Númenórean]] descent) from loremasters, and used by them as a mark of rank and high-blood.<ref name="Elendil"/> It had changed very little since the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and though the [[Men of Gondor]] altered some of the sounds, they could still understand the [[Elves]] and be understood by them.<ref name="Elendil"/> [[Westron]] became used more and more by the [[Dúnedain of Gondor]] themselves, so that at the time of the [[War of the Ring]], [[Sindarin]] was known to only a small part of the peoples of Gondor (and spoken daily by fewer); they dwelt mostly in [[Minas Tirith]] and the adjacent townlands, and in the land of the tributary princes of [[Dol Amroth]].<ref name=languages/> [[Sindarin]] was used to be polite, especially in [[Minas Tirith]].<ref name="quenya">{{L|347}}</ref><br />
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[[Quenya]] was known to the learned of Gondor, a tradition which has continued from the loremasters of [[Númenor]], to be used for places of fame and reverence in addition to the names of royalty and men of great renown.<ref name="quenya"/><ref name=languages/> All the royal names of the [[Kings of Gondor]] as well as all the [[Stewards]] until [[Mardil Voronwë]] were [[Quenya]] names.<ref name=languages/><ref name="South">{{App|South}}</ref> At the end of the [[Third Age]], there were more [[Gondorians]] (those of [[Minas Tirith]] and its fiefs) that knew [[Quenya]] or spoke [[Sindarin]] than there were [[Elves]] (those of [[Lindon]], [[Rivendell]], and [[Lórien]]) who did either.<ref name="quenya"/> <br />
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==Etymology==<br />
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In earlier times, it was called the South Kingdom, or ''Hyaralondie'', ''Hyallondie'' and ''Turmen Hyallondiéva'' in Quenya, and ''Arthor na Challonnas'' in Sindarin from the Númenórean point of view: the elements ''[[londie]]'' and ''[[lonnas]]'' mean "harbour, landing".<ref name="PE17">{{PE|17}}</ref><br />
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The name '''Gondor''' was likely adopted from the lesser people's terminology<ref name="L324">{{L|324}}</ref> and translates from [[Sindarin]] as "Stone-land", from the words ''[[gond]]'', "stone", and ''(n)[[dor]]'', "land".<ref name="L324"/> The (generally not used) [[Quenya]] form of the name was ''Ondonóre''.<ref name="VT42">{{VT|42}}</ref> Gondor received its name because of the abundance of stone in the [[Ered Nimrais]], and the usage of it in great stone cities, statues, and monuments, such as Minas Tirith and the Argonath. <br />
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In [[Rohan]], it was known as '''Stoningland''' (a modernization of [[Old English]] ''Stāning-(land)''<ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 776</ref>),<ref name="tBotPF"/> and [[Ghân-buri-Ghân]] of the [[Drúedain]] also recognized their use of stone.<ref name="RotR">{{RK|Ride}}</ref><br />
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==Inspiration==<br />
The history and civilization of Gondor has been compared to historical elements of the real world. Many real-world civilizations experienced periods in which a regent, vizier, or or general held actual power in the name a rightful monarch, like the Ruling Stewards did in Gondor. In his letters Tolkien compared the Ruling Stewards of Gondor to the Carolingians of France--Charlemagne's line descended from a marshal in service to the Merovingian dynasty that eventually replaced them.<br />
===Italy===<br />
[[Letter to Jennifer Brookes-Smith (28 July 1955)|Writing in a letter]] about an impending trip in [[1955]], Tolkien identified Gondor as [[Wikipedia:Italy|Italy]].<ref>{{CG|C}}, p. 462</ref><br />
===Egypt===<br />
[[Tolkien]] himself likened Gondor in a degree to ancient Egypt, in terms of how Gondorians constructed gigantic stone structures, and the [[Crown of Gondor]] being similar to the [[Wikipedia:Pschent|crown of the Pharaohs of Egypt]].<ref>{{L|211}}, p. 281</ref> Notably, some "scholars" claimed that ancient Egypt was a colony of [[Atlantis]],<ref>[[Wikipedia:Ignatius L. Donnelly|Ignatius L. Donnelly]], [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4032 Atlantis: The Antediluvian World] (1882), Part V, Chapter II: The Egyptian Colony</ref> much like how Gondor was a survival of Númenor (although it is unknown if Tolkien considered this aspect).<br />
===Byzantine Empire===<br />
In online discussions, many [[Tolkien fandom|Tolkien fans]] have entertained the idea that Gondor is comparable to the [[Wikipedia:Byzantine Empire|Byzantine Empire]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.middleearthcenter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21307|articlename=Gondor -> Byzantine Empire|dated=|website=[http://www.middleearthcenter.com/ Middle-earth Center]|accessed=22 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=229914|articlename=Is Gondor Constantinople?|dated=|website=Plaza|accessed=22 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.thephora.net/forum/showthread.php?t=12555|articlename=Gondor = Byzantium?|dated=|website=[http://www.thephora.net/forum/index.php The Phora]|accessed=22 September 2012}}</ref> [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] described Minas Tirith in a long [[Letter to Milton Waldman| letter to Milton Waldman]], that was probably written in late 1951, as the "half-ruinous Byzantine City of Minas Tirith"<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 746</ref> and that of Gondor in its history "fades slowly to decayed Middle-Age, a kind of proud, venerable, but increasingly impotent Byzantium".<ref>{{L|131}}</ref> Some of the parallels noted between Gondor and the Byzantine Empire are:<ref>Miryam Librán-Moreno, "'Byzantium, New Rome!': Goths, Langobards, and Byzantium in ''The Lord of the Rings''", in ''[[Tolkien and the Study of His Sources]]'' (edited by [[Jason Fisher]]</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=Tom Simon|articleurl=http://www.bondwine.com/essays/38/gondor.html|articlename=Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism|dated=13 March 2010|website=[http://www.bondwine.com/ Bondwine]|accessed=22 September 2012}}</ref><br />
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Gondor is the south-eastern portion of [[Elendil]]'s original kingdom. The Byzantine Empire was the eastern remnant of the Roman Empire. The [[Wikipedia:Western Roman Empire|Western Roman Empire]] eventually withered and dissolved, like [[Arnor]], while the Byzantine Empire endured, although in a dramatically weakened state. Both states acted as a cultural and military buffer between two cultures: Byzantium between Europe and Islam, Gondor between the northern polities and Mordor. The Byzantine Empire absorbed several "barbaric" peoples like the Wends and Slavs, much like Gondor did with the [[Northmen]] and other [[Middle Men]]. Unlike Byzantium, Gondor did not fall and was restored through the return of its rightful line of kings. Constantinople and Minas Tirith also play similar roles as the respective largest cities in their respective cultural spheres.<br />
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As a final note, the last Byzantine Emperor, [[Wikipedia:Constantine_XI_Palaiologos#Legacy|Constantine XI]], remained in legend and folklore as the [[Wikipedia:King in the mountain|"Marble Emperor"]] whose messianic ressurection and return would signal the restoration of the Empire. This parallels the fate of [[Earnur]] and Gondor's interregnum period until the "Return of the [[Aragorn|King]]" who [[Reunited Kingdom|restored the Kingdom]].<br />
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