help, on a trivia....

[gayare'dion]

well my youth group message board, has a lord of the rings trivia each week, and theirs 3 parts to this one:

1. "what are the palantir ?"-this one is easy

2. "who are the eldar ?"- ive only found one mention of these in my index, but it looks like they are from across the seas

3."where are the remaining palantir ?"-i know theirs one in isengaurd, and i think theirs another either in , minas morgul, or minas ithil. this is probobly the hardest for me

[Raefindel]

Mae Govannen,Gayare'dion , Welcome to the Downs.

The Eldar are the Elves. But,you'll have to get someone more learned than me to answer the "Where are all the Palantiri" question.I would not be able to account for all 7.

[ June 05, 2002: Message edited by: Raefindel ]

[gayare'dion]

thankyou

[piosenniel]

Welcome to the Downs!

Palantìr - 'That which looks far away'
The seven seeing stones of Eldamar made by Fëanor of the Noldor. they were brought to middle earth by Elendil the Tall

Eldar - 'People of the Stars'
The eldest of all Free Peoples of Middle Earth were the elves; the noblest of these were known as the Three Kindreds or Eldar. They were the elves who answered the call of the Valar to come to the Farthest West. They all made the journey to the western shore of Middle Earth, but the Sindar elected to stay there, while the Noldor and the First Kindred went across the sea.

What happened to the palantìri?
When they arrived in ME they were kept at Annuminás, Amon Sûl, the Tower Hills in Arnor, Osgiliath, Orthanc, Minas Ithil, and Minas Anor.

1.) Palantìr of Ogiliath disappeared when the Dome of Stars was destroyed during the Kin-strife.
2 - 3.) The Stones of Amon Sûl and Annûminas were lost in the Ice Bay.
4.)The Stone of Minas Ithil was captured by Sauron when the Ringwraiths took the Tower of the Moon.Destroyed in the Fall of Barad-dùr.
5.)The Stone of Orthanc was held by Saruman at Orthanc.Came into the keeping of the King of Gondor for use during the Fourth Age.
6.)The Stone of Minas Tirith(Minas Anor) was held by Denethor, but controlled by Sauron.Don't know what eventually happened to it/do know it became unusable.
7.)Only the Palantìr of the Tower Hills remained out of the hands of evil. It was eventually taken by Cìrdan back to the West at the end of the Third Age.

That is probably more than you wanted to know! smilies/smile.gif

[gayare'dion]

thanks much!

[lathspell]

Palantìr - 'That which looks far away'
The seven seeing stones of Eldamar made by Fëanor of the Noldor. they were brought to middle earth by Elendil the Tall

There were more than seven seeing stones. The masterstone of all these is on Eresseä, the Lonely Isle. I heard mentioned also that Feänor maid the Palantiri. Well, that's all I have to say, only that there are more stones, but not on M-e (at least, no more are mentioned).

greetings,
lathspell