Pelargir

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{{location
| image=[[Image:Pelargir overview.jpg|250px]]
| name=Pelargir
| type=City
| location=Southern [[Gondor]], on the [[Anduin]]
| inhabitants=[[Gondorians]]
| realms=[[Gondor]]
| description=Port city
| othernames=Garth of Royal Ships
| etymology=
| events=[[Kin-strife]], [[War of the Ring]]
| references=
|}}
{{quote|At Pelargir the Heir of Isildur will have need of you.|[[Aragorn]]<ref name="tLD">{{HM|RK}}, "[[The Last Debate]]"</ref>}}
'''Pelargir''' was a great city on the river [[Anduin]], and the main harbour of [[Gondor]].

==History==
Pelargir was built in [[Second Age 2350]] as a haven of the [[Faithful]].<ref>{{HM|AB}}, "The Second Age"</ref> The [[King's Men]] established havens farther South.<ref>{{HM|S}}, "[[Akallabêth]]"</ref> It became an even greater haven in the days of the [[Ship-kings]]. [[Tarannon Falastur]] built a great house there, with its roots in the water which he so dearly loved. His wife, [[Berúthiel]], did not, however, and preferred to live in [[Osgiliath]] with her [[Cats of Queen Berúthiel|cats]].<ref>{{HM|UT}}, "[[Cirion and Eorl]]", note 7</ref> Tarannon's nephew [[Eärnil I]], who succeeded him, rebuilt Pelargir and built a great navy to conquer [[Umbar]].<ref name="Anarion">{{HM|AA}}, "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"</ref>

[[Castamir]] was highly loved in the the shore regions of the land, and when he usurped the throne, he purposed to move the throne from Osgiliath to Pelargir.<ref name="Anarion"/> Though he did not do so, he did move his base there. After turning the tide in the [[Kin-strife]] at the [[Battle of the Crossings of Erui]], [[Eldacar of Gondor|Eldacar]] eventually drove Castamir out of Pelargir in [[Third Age 1447]].<ref name="tTA">{{HM|AB}}, "The Third Age"</ref> Castamir's great-grandsons [[Angamaitë]] and [[Sangahyando]] eventually retook Pelargir in [[Third Age 1634|T.A. 1634]], and slew king [[Minardil]].<ref name="Anarion"/><ref name="tTA"/>

Like his namesake, the great general [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]] took up residence in Pelargir. His Army of the South was stationed there during the [[Wainrider/Balchoth War|long war with the Balchoth]]. News of the [[Disaster of the Morannon]] reached him on [[July 9]], [[Third Age 1944|1944]], and he set out to [[Battle of the Camp|battle]]. He returned victorious, and with the King and his sons slain, the general (of royal blood) was crowned King Eärnil II.<ref>{{HM|UT}}, "[[Cirion and Eorl]]"</ref>

During the [[War of the Ring]], Pelargir was overrun by [[Corsairs]] once again. Their fleet of some fifty great ships and many more smaller vessels laid in dock, ready to sail to [[Harlond (Gondor)|Harlond]]. It was not to be: [[Aragorn II|Aragorn]] and the [[Dead Men of Dunharrow]] stroke fear into the men of Umbar, and they fled or dove into the river [[Anduin]]. After manning the Black Ships with [[Grey Company|his own troops]], Aragorn released the spell that had haunted the Dead Men since the day of [[Isildur]].<ref name="tLD"/>

==Etymology==
''Pelargir'' was [[Sindarin]] for "Garth of Royal Ships".<ref>{{HM|S}}, "Index"</ref> It was composed of the elements ''[[pel]]'' ("go round, encircle"), ''[[ar]]'' (a word relating to royalty), and ''[[cir]]'' ("ship" or "ships").<ref>{{HM|S}}, "[[Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names]]"</ref>

==Portrayal in Adaptations==
'''1980: ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Return of the King]]'':'''
:Pelargir appears on a map when Gandalf explains the coming of the Black Ships.

'''2006: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'':'''
:Peargir is one of the settings in which skirmishes can be fought.

{{references}}
[[Category:Gondor]]
[[Category:Cities]]
[[Category:Sieges]]
[[Category:Sindarin locations]]

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