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Dol Amroth

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| name=Dol Amroth
| image=[[File:Jan Pospisil - Dol Amroth.jpg|250px]]
| caption="Dol Amroth" by [[:Category:Images by Jan Pospíšil|Jan Pospíšil]]
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| location=A headland on the western coasts of [[Belfalas]] in [[Gondor]]
| type=City
| description=Seat of the [[Prince of Dol Amroth]]
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| inhabitants=Primarily [[Gondorians]] (many [[Elves]] lived in the area for a time)
| created=Settled by the mid-late [[Second Age]]<ref name="Cirion">{{UT|Cirion}}</ref>
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| events=Loss of [[Amroth]]
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'''Dol Amroth''' was a promontory, ruled as a hereditary princedom from its stronghold, situated on a peninsula in [[Gondor]] facing the [[Bay of Belfalas]].

The emblem of the Prince of Dol Amroth was a silver-upon-blue banner, bearing a ship with a swan-prow upon the sea.<ref>{{RK|VI4}}</ref>

==Description==
Its northern shore defined part of [[Cobas Haven]], the small bay into which the [[Morthond]] River flowed.<ref>{{UT|Map}}</ref> Upon the headland the [[Princes of Dol Amroth]] established a castle and thus Dol Amroth referred to this stronghold and to the neighbouring port-city, the chief city of the fief of [[Belfalas]].<ref name="Minas Tirith">{{RK|V1}}</ref> Within the walls of the city was the [[Sea-ward Tower]] or Tirith Aear,<ref>{{ATB|Preface}}</ref> which had a bell that was rung for the benefit of mariners.<ref>{{ATB|6}}</ref>

==History==
Although the first known settlers of [[Belfalas]] were [[Sindar]] refugees from [[Beleriand]] in the late [[First Age]]<ref name="Amroth">{{UT|Amroth}}</ref>, it was only after the [[War of the Elves and Sauron]] that the headland (which was ''afterwards'' called Dol Amroth) was settled by [[Galadriel]] and [[Celeborn]] whose company was increased by [[Elves of Lórinand|Elves from Lórinand]].<ref name="GalCel" />

During the [[Second Age]] before the [[Downfall of Númenor]], a [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] family of the [[Faithful]] settled in Belfalas and built a stronghold on the promontory.<ref name="Cirion" /> [[Elendil]], who was of their kin, gave them a title to rule the fief of [[Belfalas]].

Dol Amroth takes its name from [[Amroth]], the former [[King of Lórien]], who was lost in the [[Bay of Belfalas]] near the headland in {{TA|1981}}, only about a century before Dol Amroth was officially named as such.<ref name="GalCel" /> It was from the name of this king that ''Dol Amroth'' (the "Hill of Amroth") took its name and that the ruler at the stronghold, [[Galador]], was known as the first [[Lord of Dol Amroth]].<ref name="Cirion" /> Indeed, according to the tradition of his [[House of Dol Amroth|house]], [[Galador]]'s mother was [[Mithrellas]], a [[Silvan Elves|Silvan Elf]] who had accompanied [[Amroth]]'s beloved [[Nimrodel]] on her southward journey from [[Lórien]].<ref name="Cirion" />

Being a coastal city, Dol Amroth was subject to occasional attacks by the [[Corsairs of Umbar]] for its fifteenth prince was slain in battle against these sea raiders in {{TA|2746}}.<ref>{{PM|Elendil}}, ''The House of Dol Amroth'', p. 222</ref>

In all, there were twenty-one [[Princes of Dol Amroth]] before the twenty-second, [[Imrahil]], led a company of knights and a contingent of 700 men from the city to [[Minas Tirith]] during the [[War of the Ring]].<ref name="Minas Tirith"/>

==Population==
[[File:Ted Nasmith - Princess of Dol Amroth.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''Princess of Dol Amroth'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]
The first known settlers of the promontory were [[Galadriel]] and [[Celeborn]] along with many [[Elves of Lórinand|Elves from Lórinand]] some time after {{SA|1701}}, apart from the [[Edhellond|Sindarin settlement]] north of Dol Amroth established in the late [[First Age]].<ref name="Amroth" /> The last [[Elves]] left the region in {{TA|1981}}.<ref name="Amroth" />

The [[Faithful]] family that had settled in Dol Amroth was said to be akin to [[Elendil]]<ref name="Cirion" /> and, according to the legend of [[Mithrellas]], their Princes had Elvish blood.<ref name="GalCel">{{UT|Galadriel}}</ref><ref>{{RK|V9}}</ref> Because of this, the [[House of Dol Amroth|ruling house]] and their kin were noble by blood and fair in face and mind.<ref>{{PM|Elendil}}, p. 221</ref>

In addition to the rulers of Dol Amroth, the people of Dol Amroth were also of high blood being tall, grey-eyed, proud, and dark-haired, indicative of their high [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] blood.<ref name="Minas Tirith"/> In fact, when Prince [[Imrahil]] arrived in [[Minas Tirith]] with his swan-knights, they "held themselves like lords in whom the race of [[Númenor]] ran true."<ref name=Siege>{{RK|V4}}</ref> Being mostly [[Dúnedain of the South]], the inhabitants of Dol Amroth were also some of the few people of [[Gondor]] who knew and spoke [[Sindarin]] on a daily basis.<ref name="Men">{{App|Men}}</ref> They were famous as the most skilful harp players in all of [[Gondor]], who played at the coronation of [[Aragorn]].<ref>{{RK|VI5}}</ref>

==Etymology==
''Dol Amroth'' is [[Sindarin]] from ''[[dol]]'' ("hill") and the name of the King ''[[Amroth#Etymology|Amroth]]'' ("Upclimber"),<ref>{{UT|Amroth}}, p. 245</ref> hence "Hill of Amroth".

==Portrayal in adaptations==
'''2014: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Dol Amroth was the largest city in the region of Western [[Gondor]]. It was ruled by [[Lothíriel]] in her father's absence. There were two gates to the city, one in the east leading to the waterfront and one in the west leading up to the city proper. The city was threatened by the [[Corsairs of Umbar]], who blockaded the port and briefly managed to capture the city.

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Council of Gondor

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The '''Council of Gondor''', also known as the '''Great Council of Gondor''',<ref group="note">The fact that [[Aragorn]] re-established the "Great Council of Gondor" during his reign as [[King of Gondor and Arnor]] implies that there would have been a "Great Council of Gondor" during the time of the last [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] [[Isildur]] or during the time of the last [[King of Gondor]] [[Eärnur]]. More cannot be said of the matter.</ref> was composed of the Lords of the Fiefs and the Captains of the Forces in [[Gondor]], the advisors to the ruler of [[Gondor]] who were the [[Kings of Gondor]] and later the [[Ruling Stewards]].<ref name="politics">{{L|244}}</ref>

==History==
The [[Númenórean]] [[King of Gondor]] governed the realm with the frame of ancient law, of which he was administrator (and interpreter) but not the lawmaker. He consulted the Council in debatable matters of importance domestic, or external.<ref name="politics"/>

The Council took authority over the realm after the loss of [[Ondoher]] left it kingless in {{TA|1944}},<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> and it acted under the control of [[Steward]] [[Pelendur]]. In {{TA|1945|n}}, [[Arvedui]] of [[Arthedain]], whose wife was [[Fíriel|Ondoher's daughter]], invoked the [[Law of Succession in Númenor]] to claim the throne of [[Gondor]]; the Council voted against his claim, in favour of [[Ondoher]]'s distant relative, [[Eärnil II]].<ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

In all debatable matters of importance domestic, or external, however, even [[Denethor II|Denethor]] held Council, and at least listened to what the Lords of the Fiefs and the Captains of the Forces had to say.<ref name="politics"/> As the [[Siege of Gondor]] approached, [[Denethor|Denethor II]] called the Council together on [[11 March]], {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|Great}}</ref> and it advised him to make no stroke of war against the enemy due to the threat from the south.<ref>{{RK|V4}}</ref>

[[Aragorn]] re-established the 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"/>

==See Also==
*[[Counsellor of the North-kingdom]]

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