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One must allow for the profoundly Gondorian bias of the annalists and read their accounts with a large chunk of salt ready to hand.
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Was it a coincidence that the great library was in Minas Tirith? Also more of the ships from Numenor landed south though Elendils landed farther north, so the main body of strength and Numenorean knowledge would have landed. The reason Aranarth and the other sons are not mentioned is because they had fought the battle and retreat, and were surely not in the first wave to drive against the Witch-King wheras the fresh army of Gondor was. I have more to say on this but I have to go cook dinner.. back later.
Namarie,
Arvedui
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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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