There is the fact Turgon was a high elven lord who may have grown too confident in his hidden city, and would not give the proper credence to Tuor?
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When Elendil fell, Isildur departed to take up the high kingship of his father, and committed the rule of the south in like manner to the son of his brother. He did not relinquish his royalty in Gondor, nor intend that the realm of Elendil should be divided forever.
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