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<p>60.190.243.173: </p> <hr /> <div>In the early days of [[N??menor]], its people still had the friendship of the [[Elves of Eress??a]]. Among the gifts the [[Eldar]] gave to the early [[N??men??reans]], one of the greatest was a white seedling of the tree [[Celeborn, White Tree|Celeborn]] that stood in the middle of their island. Planted in the [[King's Court]] in [[Armenelos]], the seedling grew into a fine [[White Tree]] that came to be known as [[Nimloth]]. Its blossoms appeared as the [[Sun]] set, and their perfume filled the night in [[N??menor]]'s royal city.<br /> <br /> The tree of [[Tol Eress??a]], Celeborn, was itself descended from [[Galathilion]], the White Tree that stood in [[Tirion]] that was made by [[Yavanna]] herself. Its descendant Nimloth stood in the courts of Armenelos for thousands of years, but when [[Sauron]] gained control of N??menor's government, he saw the White Tree as a link to his enemies the [[Valar]], and ordered it destroyed. So the White Tree of N??menor was cut down and burned on the altar-fire of Sauron's [[Temple]].<br /> <br /> The line of Galathilion did not end in Sauron's flames. [[Isildur]] the son of [[Elendil]] had stolen a fruit from the Tree before it was lost. The fruit grew into a seedling that Isildur carried to [[Middle-earth]] with him after the [[Downfall of N??menor]]. That seedling was planted in [[Minas Ithil]], and was destroyed before the end of the [[Second Age]]. Its seedling in turn grew into the first of the White Trees of Minas Tirith, a line that was to outlast Sauron himself.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Trees]]</div>

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