The Encyclopedia of Arda - Stone of Minas Tirith (original) (raw)

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Dates Made during the Years of the Trees; survived into the Fourth Age1 Location Minas Tirith in Gondor Origins Made by Fëanor Races Made by an Elf, but used by Men Division Dúnedain Culture Gondorians Family An heirloom of the House of Elendil Pronunciation Minas Tirith is pronounced 'mi'nas ti'rith' (all the 'i' sounds here are short, so Minas is pronounced like 'minnas') Meaning Minas Tirith means 'Tower of Guard' Other names Anor-stone, Stone of Anor Indexes: Alphabetical: M Alphabetical: S Items About this entry: Updated 21 December 2018 This entry is complete The palantír of Minas Anor Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV One of the four original palantíri of Gondor, held in the tower of Minas Anor under the command of Elendil's son Anárion. When Anárion's descendants became Kings of Gondor, the use of the Anor-stone was theirs by right, and that right continued with the Stewards after them. As the Third Age wore on, the lore of the Seven Stones came to be forgotten, but it was remembered by Denethor II during his years as Steward. Denethor was unaware that Sauron had a Stone of his own: the Ithil-stone captured by his Nazgûl more than a thousand years before. With that palantír Sauron was able to turn Denethor's mind to despair and madness, so that eventually the Steward took his own life, burning himself on a pyre with the Stone of Minas Tirith in his hands. Though the Stone survived that burning, it was said that afterward it would show nothing but the vision of Denethor's hands withering in flame, except to those with the most powerful of wills. Notes 1 The Stone had existed from ancient times, and was made before the first rising of the Sun. It was held in Minas Anor after the building of that city (and so was commonly known as the Anor-stone) but it only gained the name of the 'Stone of Minas Tirith' after the city of Minas Anor was renamed as Minas Tirith in about the year III 2002. See also... Palantíri, Stones of Gondor Indexes: Alphabetical: M Alphabetical: S Items About this entry: Updated 21 December 2018 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2009, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus Invitations make it easy to run DISC personality profiling across the Web, with results available instantly.

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Dates Made during the Years of the Trees; survived into the Fourth Age1 Location Minas Tirith in Gondor Origins Made by Fëanor Races Made by an Elf, but used by Men Division Dúnedain Culture Gondorians Family An heirloom of the House of Elendil Pronunciation Minas Tirith is pronounced 'mi'nas ti'rith' (all the 'i' sounds here are short, so Minas is pronounced like 'minnas') Meaning Minas Tirith means 'Tower of Guard' Other names Anor-stone, Stone of Anor Indexes: Alphabetical: M Alphabetical: S Items About this entry: Updated 21 December 2018 This entry is complete The palantír of Minas Anor

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV One of the four original palantíri of Gondor, held in the tower of Minas Anor under the command of Elendil's son Anárion. When Anárion's descendants became Kings of Gondor, the use of the Anor-stone was theirs by right, and that right continued with the Stewards after them. As the Third Age wore on, the lore of the Seven Stones came to be forgotten, but it was remembered by Denethor II during his years as Steward. Denethor was unaware that Sauron had a Stone of his own: the Ithil-stone captured by his Nazgûl more than a thousand years before. With that palantír Sauron was able to turn Denethor's mind to despair and madness, so that eventually the Steward took his own life, burning himself on a pyre with the Stone of Minas Tirith in his hands. Though the Stone survived that burning, it was said that afterward it would show nothing but the vision of Denethor's hands withering in flame, except to those with the most powerful of wills. Notes 1 The Stone had existed from ancient times, and was made before the first rising of the Sun. It was held in Minas Anor after the building of that city (and so was commonly known as the Anor-stone) but it only gained the name of the 'Stone of Minas Tirith' after the city of Minas Anor was renamed as Minas Tirith in about the year III 2002. See also... Palantíri, Stones of Gondor Indexes: Alphabetical: M Alphabetical: S Items About this entry: Updated 21 December 2018 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2009, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus Invitations make it easy to run DISC personality profiling across the Web, with results available instantly.