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Originally Posted by Formendacil
Part 1 is my favourite (at least until I read the other three...). Telling the tale of King Narmacil II and King Calimehtar's wars with the Wainriders and ending with the death of Ondoher and the ascension of Eärnil II to the throne, it fits in nicely with the story of Arvedui, Pelendur, and Prince Eärnur: the story of the succession crisis, the fall of Arnor, and the end of the Line of Anárion, which probably gets the most attention in Appendix A of all the stories. Perhaps my favourite aspect of this story is the name of Ondoher's sister-son, Minohtar. The simple fact of his existence--and death in the wake of Ondoher's slaughter--gives a bit more background to rejection of Arvedui's claim, which was made on the basis of his wife, Ondoher's daughter. Although Pelendur and the council decided against succession to the throne through the female line, one wonders if they would still have handed the throne to Eärnil if Minohtar had been claiming the throne.
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Yes, though the whole chapter was excellent in its "summarizing the gaps", this part was my favorite bit of this chapter. When I first acquired Unfinished Tales, I must have re-read this part several times while at times re-reading the appendices to 'fit' the tale of Arvedui and his claim to the throne of Gondor together. Of the history that had been mostly glossed over with a few lines in the tale, this is one of the most interesting periods to me. I'm going to go re-read this again now....