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|event=[[Osgiliath]] is taken by the [[Orcs]]<br />
|characters=[[Faramir]], [[Madril]], [[Gothmog (Lieutenant of Morgul)|Gothmog]]<br />
|previous=[[Pippin's Task]]<br />
|next=[[The Lighting of the Beacons]]<br />
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'''Osgiliath Invaded''' is the thirteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' and the eighteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (extended edition)]]. It was extended in the latter edition.<br />
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|number=18 (extended)<br />
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|event=[[Osgiliath]] is taken by the [[Orcs]]<br />
|characters=[[Faramir]], [[Madril]], [[Gothmog (Lieutenant of Morgul)|Gothmog]]<br />
|previous=[[Pippin's Task]]<br />
|next=[[The Lighting of the Beacons]]<br />
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'''Osgiliath Invaded''' is the thirteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' and the eighteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (extended edition)]]. It was extended in the latter edition.<br />
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'''Osgiliath Invaded''' is the thirteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' and the eighteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (extended edition)]]. It was extended in the latter edition.<br />
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== Licensing ==<br />
{{Fairuse-Newlinecinema}}</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Lighting_of_the_Beacons&diff=366941The Lighting of the Beacons2023-01-14T13:43:50Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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|number=14 (theatrical) <br><br />
19 (extended)<br />
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|event=[[Pippin]] lights the beacon at [[Minas Tirith]]<br />
|characters=[[Pippin]], [[Gandalf]], [[Aragorn]]</br>[[Denethor]]<br />
|previous=[[Osgiliath Invaded]]<br />
|next=[[Théoden's Decision]]<br />
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'''The Lighting of the Beacons''' is the fourteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' and the nineteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[Pippin]] climbs a high peak in [[Minas Tirith]] to light the signal beacon calling for aid from [[Rohan]]. He attempts to be stealthy since [[Denethor II|Denethor]] disapproves of this. [[Gandalf]], having sent Pippin on this mission, watches and hopes for success. Pippin spills oil on the stacked wood of the beacon; he lights the oiled wood, setting it on fire, much to the surprise of the guards. Gandalf sees the beacon is lit, and utters ''"Hope is kindled"''. Denethor sees this through a citadel window and is not impressed.<br />
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The multitude of beacons existing in [[White Mountains|mountainous terrain]] between Minas Tirith and [[Edoras]] are successively lit, until [[Aragorn]] sees the signal. He rushes to the [[Golden Hall]], to [[Théoden]], shouting ''"The beacons are lit! [[Gondor]] calls for aid"''. <br />
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==Differences==<br />
*In the books, it was not Pippin that lit the beacons, but the men of Gondor, as Denethor did order for the lighting of the beacons for aid, though he thought aid was unlikely. Pippin and Gandalf saw the lit beacons as they were riding to Minas Tirith.<ref>{{RK|MT}}, p. 747</ref><br />
*Denethor also sent a rider, [[Hirgon]] to deliver the [[Red Arrow]], who delivered it to Théoden,<ref>{{RK|Muster}}, pp. 798-9</ref> which convinced the King to ride out to Gondor's aid.<ref>{{RK|Muster}}, p. 799</ref> However this does not take place in the films; it is solely the lit beacons that persuade Théoden to ride out.<br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King scenes|19]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Caverns_of_Isengard_(scene)&diff=366848The Caverns of Isengard (scene)2023-01-13T03:59:03Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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|name=The Caverns of Isengard<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - CavesofIsengard.png|320px]]<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|number= 20 (extended edition)<br><br />
16 (theatrical cut)<br />
|duration = 2:30<br />
|event=[[Saruman]] continues construction of his army.<br />
|characters=[[Saruman]], [[Gandalf]]<br />
|previous=[[A Knife in the Dark (scene)|A Knife in the Dark]]<br />
|next=[[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]]<br />
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'''The Caverns of Isengard''' is the sixteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twentieth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Gandalf sits atop the spire of [[Orthanc]]. He grabs a moth that is fluttering by and imparts a message to it before sending it away. Below, the ring of [[Isengard]] has been transformed into a foundry and breeding ground for new [[Orcs]] and the large scale production of equipment. Saruman watches on as new [[Uruk-hai]] are bred, including a formidible Uruk named [[Lurtz]].<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*Lurtz is an original character to this adaptation.<br />
*Gandalf does not send a message to the outer world at Orthanc.<br />
*The entirety of this scene is fabricated for the movie in order to depict Saruman's rise as a power, though it largely adheres to how Tolkien describes Isengard. <br />
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<div>== Summary ==<br />
caves of isengard<br />
== Licensing ==<br />
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<div>{{object infobox<br />
| name=Narsil<br />
| image=[[File:John Howe - Narsil.jpg|250px]]<br />
| caption="Narsil" by [[John Howe]]<br />
| pronun={{respell|nar|sil}}<br />
| othernames=Sword of [[Elendil]], Sword-that-was-Broken, Shards of Narsil; after its reforging it was named [[Andúril]]<br />
| location=[[Nogrod]], [[Númenor]], [[Arnor]], [[Rivendell]]<br />
| owner=[[Kings of Númenor]], [[Lords of Andúnië]], [[Elendil]], [[Kings of Arnor]], [[Kings of Arthedain]], [[Chieftains of the Dúnedain]]<br />
| type=Sword<br />
| appearance=<br />
| creator=[[Telchar]]<br />
| created=[[First Age]]<br />
| createdlocation=[[Nogrod]]<br />
| destroyer=<!--It was broken, not destroyed. Do not add that information here again--><br />
| destroyed=<br />
| destroyedlocation=<br />
| notablefor=Cutting the [[One Ring]] of [[Sauron|Sauron's]] finger<br />
}}<br />
'''Narsil''' was the sword of King [[Elendil]] of the [[Dúnedain]]. It was later known as '''[[Andúril]]'''.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Donato Giancola - Telchar forging Narsil.jpg|thumb|left|[[Donato Giancola]] - ''Telchar forging Narsil'']]<br />
The sword was forged "in the deeps of time", probably during the [[First Age]], by [[Telchar]]<ref>{{TT|King}}, paragraph when Aragorn is about to enter the Golden Hall</ref>, probably the famed Dwarven-smith of [[Nogrod]] of the same name who made swords for the armories of King [[Thingol]] in [[Menegroth]].<ref>{{UT|Departure}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Index}}, entry Telchar</ref><ref>{{S|Index}}, entry Narsil and entry Telchar</ref><br />
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Nothing is said of Narsil during the [[Second Age]] until it eventually came into the hands of [[Elendil]] towards the close of the Second Age. It is possible that Thingol gave Narsil to [[Dior]] and that it became an heirloom of the house of [[Elros]] and later of the [[Lords of Andunie]].<br />
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Elendil carried Narsil in the [[Battle of Dagorlad]] where it shone with the light of the [[Sun]] and [[Moon]], and then in the [[Siege of Barad-dûr]]; but [[Sauron]] killed him and the sword broke into two pieces under him as he fell, and its light was extinguished. Elendil's son [[Isildur]] took up the sword and used its shard to cut [[the One Ring]] from the hand of Sauron.<ref name=rings/> Isildur took the shards home with him. Shortly before Isildur was killed in the second year of the [[Third Age]] in the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]], the shards were rescued by [[Ohtar]], esquire of Isildur<ref>{{FR|Council}}</ref>. He took them to [[Rivendell]],<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> where Isildur's youngest son [[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]] was fostered, but [[Elrond]] foretold that it wouldn't be reforged until the One Ring was found again and Sauron returned.<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref><br />
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The '''Shards of Narsil''' were one of the heirlooms of the [[Kings of Arnor]], and after the Northern Kingdom was destroyed they remained an heirloom of the [[Rangers of the North]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, ''The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain'', entry for Chieftain Aranarth</ref> Elrond delivered the shards of Narsil to [[Aragorn]] when he was twenty years old.<ref>{{App|Tale}}</ref> It was not reforged until the [[War of the Ring]] at the end of the Third Age in Rivendell as '''[[Andúril]]''', the "Flame of the West", for Aragorn, who was by that time the [[Chieftains of the Dúnedain|Chieftain of the Dúnedain]] and heir of Isildur. <br />
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He carried the sword during his journey south as part of the [[Fellowship of the Ring]], and fought with it in many instances. He referred to it as the "Sword That Was Broken" or "The Sword Reforged".<br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
''Narsil'' is a [[Quenya]] name meaning "red and white flame".<ref>{{HM|UI}}, p. 231</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 29</ref> The name is said to consist of the [[Sundocarme|stems]] NAR ("fire"; cf. ''[[Nár (Quenya)|nár]]'' "fire") + THIL ("white light"). It was a symbolic name, pointing to the [[Sun]] and the [[Moon]], the "''chief heavenly lights, as enemies of darkness''".<ref>{{L|347}}, p. 425</ref><br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - NarsilBroken.png|thumb|Right|Shards of Narsil in [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]]]<br />
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'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''<br />
:Narsil was not broken in the fall of Elendil, but by Sauron stepping on the blade as Isildur tried to pull it up. Furthermore, the blade was shattered into many parts, instead of a clean cut into two parts.<br />
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:Unlike in the book, Aragorn does not bear the shards with him, but are kept on a display in [[Rivendell]]. Boromir drops the hilt on the floor and Aragorn is seen reverently replacing it back into the display. The sword is not reforged into Andúril until the third film.<br />
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'''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'':'''<br />
:[[Arwen]] persuades her father, [[Elrond]] to have [[Elves|Elven]] smiths reforge it from the shards and bring to Aragorn. <br />
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'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:The reforging of Narsil is experienced by the player in the quest arc called "The Blade that was Broken". The player sets out to find the last of the Silithair, shining adamants crafted by Elves of the [[house of Fëanor]] in days of old, in order for the Elf-smiths of Imladris to reforge the sword.<ref>[http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Quest_Arc:The_Blade_That_Was_Broken Quest Arc: The Blade That Was Broken], Lorebook, lotro.com</ref><br />
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'''2012: ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'':'''<br />
:In the Extended Edition, [[Bilbo Baggins]] approaches and examines the shards in curiosity while in Rivendell, before he notices the mural of Isildur's battle with Sauron (the latter of whom is wearing the One Ring). Although the Shards are not mentioned in [[The Hobbit|the book]], it establishes continuity with [[Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson's]] [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]].<br />
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<div>{{object infobox<br />
| name=Narsil<br />
| image=[[File:John Howe - Narsil.jpg|250px]]<br />
| caption="Narsil" by [[John Howe]]<br />
| pronun={{respell|nar|sil}}<br />
| othernames=Sword of [[Elendil]], Sword-that-was-Broken, Shards of Narsil; after its reforging it was named [[Andúril]]<br />
| location=[[Nogrod]], [[Númenor]], [[Arnor]], [[Rivendell]]<br />
| owner=[[Kings of Númenor]], [[Lords of Andúnië]], [[Elendil]], [[Kings of Arnor]], [[Kings of Arthedain]], [[Chieftains of the Dúnedain]]<br />
| type=Sword<br />
| appearance=<br />
| creator=[[Telchar]]<br />
| created=[[First Age]]<br />
| createdlocation=[[Nogrod]]<br />
| destroyer=<!--It was broken, not destroyed. Do not add that information here again--><br />
| destroyed=<br />
| destroyedlocation=<br />
| notablefor=Cutting the [[One Ring]] of [[Sauron|Sauron's]] finger<br />
}}<br />
'''Narsil''' was the sword of King [[Elendil]] of the [[Dúnedain]]. It was later known as '''[[Andúril]]'''.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Donato Giancola - Telchar forging Narsil.jpg|thumb|left|[[Donato Giancola]] - ''Telchar forging Narsil'']]<br />
The sword was forged "in the deeps of time", probably during the [[First Age]], by [[Telchar]]<ref>{{TT|King}}, paragraph when Aragorn is about to enter the Golden Hall</ref>, probably the famed Dwarven-smith of [[Nogrod]] of the same name who made swords for the armories of King [[Thingol]] in [[Menegroth]].<ref>{{UT|Departure}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Index}}, entry Telchar</ref><ref>{{S|Index}}, entry Narsil and entry Telchar</ref><br />
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Nothing is said of Narsil during the [[Second Age]] until it eventually came into the hands of [[Elendil]] towards the close of the Second Age. It is possible that Thingol gave Narsil to [[Dior]] and that it became an heirloom of the house of [[Elros]] and later of the [[Lords of Andunie]].<br />
<br />
Elendil carried Narsil in the [[Battle of Dagorlad]] where it shone with the light of the [[Sun]] and [[Moon]], and then in the [[Siege of Barad-dûr]]; but [[Sauron]] killed him and the sword broke into two pieces under him as he fell, and its light was extinguished. Elendil's son [[Isildur]] took up the sword and used its shard to cut [[the One Ring]] from the hand of Sauron.<ref name=rings/> Isildur took the shards home with him. Shortly before Isildur was killed in the second year of the [[Third Age]] in the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]], the shards were rescued by [[Ohtar]], esquire of Isildur<ref>{{FR|Council}}</ref>. He took them to [[Rivendell]],<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> where Isildur's youngest son [[Valandil (King of Arnor)|Valandil]] was fostered, but [[Elrond]] foretold that it wouldn't be reforged until the One Ring was found again and Sauron returned.<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref><br />
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The '''Shards of Narsil''' were one of the heirlooms of the [[Kings of Arnor]], and after the Northern Kingdom was destroyed they remained an heirloom of the [[Rangers of the North]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, ''The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain'', entry for Chieftain Aranarth</ref> Elrond delivered the shards of Narsil to [[Aragorn]] when he was twenty years old.<ref>{{App|Tale}}</ref> It was not reforged until the [[War of the Ring]] at the end of the Third Age in Rivendell as '''[[Andúril]]''', the "Flame of the West", for Aragorn, who was by that time the [[Chieftains of the Dúnedain|Chieftain of the Dúnedain]] and heir of Isildur. <br />
<br />
He carried the sword during his journey south as part of the [[Fellowship of the Ring]], and fought with it in many instances. He referred to it as the "Sword That Was Broken" or "The Sword Reforged".<br />
<br />
== Etymology ==<br />
''Narsil'' is a [[Quenya]] name meaning "red and white flame".<ref>{{HM|UI}}, p. 231</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 29</ref> The name is said to consist of the [[Sundocarme|stems]] NAR ("fire"; cf. ''[[Nár (Quenya)|nár]]'' "fire") + THIL ("white light"). It was a symbolic name, pointing to the [[Sun]] and the [[Moon]], the "''chief heavenly lights, as enemies of darkness''".<ref>{{L|347}}, p. 425</ref><br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''<br />
:Narsil was not broken in two but in several parts, and by Sauron stepping on it instead of it breaking as Elendil fell. <br />
<br />
:Unlike in the book, Aragorn does not bear the shards with him, but are kept on a display in [[Rivendell]]. Boromir drops the hilt on the floor and Aragorn is seen reverently replacing it back into the display. The sword is not reforged into Andúril until the third film.<br />
<br />
'''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'':'''<br />
:[[Arwen]] persuades her father, [[Elrond]] to have [[Elves|Elven]] smiths reforge it from the shards and bring to Aragorn. <br />
<br />
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:The reforging of Narsil is experienced by the player in the quest arc called "The Blade that was Broken". The player sets out to find the last of the Silithair, shining adamants crafted by Elves of the [[house of Fëanor]] in days of old, in order for the Elf-smiths of Imladris to reforge the sword.<ref>[http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Quest_Arc:The_Blade_That_Was_Broken Quest Arc: The Blade That Was Broken], Lorebook, lotro.com</ref><br />
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'''2012: ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'':'''<br />
:In the Extended Edition, [[Bilbo Baggins]] approaches and examines the shards in curiosity while in Rivendell, before he notices the mural of Isildur's battle with Sauron (the latter of whom is wearing the One Ring). Although the Shards are not mentioned in [[The Hobbit|the book]], it establishes continuity with [[Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson's]] [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]].<br />
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[[Category:Heirlooms]]<br />
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[[fr:encyclo/artefacts/armes/narsil]]<br />
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|name={{PAGENAME}}<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - NarsilBroken.png|320px]]<br />
|number=21 (theatrical) <br><br />
25 (extended)<br />
|duration=<br />
|event=[[Aragorn]] voices his doubts about his own strength and fate<br />
|characters=[[Aragorn]], [[Boromir]], [[Arwen]]<br />
|previous=[[The Fate of the Ring]]<br />
|next=[[The Evenstar (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scene)|The Evenstar]]<br />
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'''The Sword that Was Broken''' is the twenty-first scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-fifth of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. This scene was extended in the latter edition.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
As [[Aragorn]] sits and reads near the plinth holding the shards of [[Narsil]], [[Boromir]] approaches and gravely studies a painting showing [[Isildur]] raising his broken sword at [[Sauron]]. He notices the Aragorn and asks him who he is. In response, Aragorn tells him that he is a friend of [[Gandalf]]. Boromir smiles and turns towards the broken blade. He picks up the hilt with a sense of wonder and inspects it, but notices Aragorn staring at him, and hastily drops it, claiming it is "no more than a broken heirloom". <br />
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After Boromir departs, Aragorn picks up the hilt and returns it to its place on the plinth. [[Arwen]] approaches and says "Why do you fear the past? You are Isildur's heir, not Isildur himself. You are not bound to his fate." Aragorn voices his concerns about his strength, but she reassures him that he will defeat the same evil faced by Isildur when his time comes.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
This scene was almost wholly invented for the film.<br />
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*Aragorn carries the shards of Narsil with him.<br />
*It is doubtful that Boromir would treat the shards of Narsil in such a flippant manner, as they would still be of great importance to a Man of Gondor.<br />
*While Aragorn does not wish to handle the Ring in the book, he does not have the self-doubt shown in this scene.<br />
[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|25]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=File:The_Lord_of_the_Rings_-_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring_-_Narsil_Broken.png&diff=366843File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Narsil Broken.png2023-01-13T03:46:41Z<p>Turiannerevarine: Screenshot of Narsil</p>
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<div>== Summary ==<br />
Screenshot of Narsil<br />
== Licensing ==<br />
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'''The Sword that Was Broken''' is the twenty-first scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-fifth of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. This scene was extended in the latter edition.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
As [[Aragorn]] sits and reads near the plinth holding the shards of [[Narsil]], [[Boromir]] approaches and gravely studies a painting showing [[Isildur]] raising his broken sword at [[Sauron]]. He notices the Aragorn and asks him who he is. In response, Aragorn tells him that he is a friend of [[Gandalf]]. Boromir smiles and turns towards the broken blade. He picks up the hilt with a sense of wonder and inspects it, but notices Aragorn staring at him, and hastily drops it, claiming it is "no more than a broken heirloom". <br />
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After Boromir departs, Aragorn picks up the hilt and returns it to its place on the plinth. [[Arwen]] approaches and says "Why do you fear the past? You are Isildur's heir, not Isildur himself. You are not bound to his fate." Aragorn voices his concerns about his strength, but she reassures him that he will defeat the same evil faced by Isildur when his time comes.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
This scene was almost wholly invented for the film.<br />
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*Aragorn carries the shards of Narsil with him.<br />
*It is doubtful that Boromir would treat the shards of Narsil in such a flippant manner, as they would still be of great importance to a Man of Gondor.<br />
*While Aragorn does not wish to handle the Ring in the book, he does not have the self-doubt shown in this scene.<br />
[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|25]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Fate_of_the_Ring&diff=366839The Fate of the Ring2023-01-12T22:19:59Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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24 (extended)<br />
|duration=<br />
|event=[[Elrond]] and [[Gandalf]] discuss what should be done with [[The One Ring]]<br />
|characters=[[Elrond]], [[Gandalf]]<br />
|previous=[[Many Meetings (scene)|Many Meetings]]<br />
|next=[[The Sword that Was Broken]]<br />
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'''The Fate of the Ring''' is the twentieth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-fourth of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[Elrond]] and [[Gandalf]] watch the end of [[Frodo]]'s [[Many Meetings (scene)|discussion]] with [[Sam]]. Elrond remarks that Frodo has shown a remarkable resilience to the evil of the [[The One Ring|Ring]], although the wizard says that the wound Frodo [[A Knife in the Dark (scene)|received on Weathertop]] will never fully heal. The two debate what should be done with the Ring; Gandalf is hesitant to ask more of Frodo as ring-bearer, however Elrond tells him that the Ring cannot stay in [[Rivendell]], especially with the treachery of [[Saruman]] now known. Gandalf tentatively suggests that their hope must be placed in the hands of [[Men]], with the [[Elves]] leaving [[Middle-earth]]. At this, Elrond gravely says that men are weak and that it is due to Men that the Ring still survives. He proceeds to tell Gandalf of how he "was there three thousand years ago" when [[Isildur]] cut the Ring from the hand of [[Sauron]]. There, he took Isildur into [[Mount Doom]] where the Ring could be destroyed, however Isildur refused to do so. <br />
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Elrond comments that there is no strength left in the world of Men, but Gandalf tells him there is one who could unite their race and become the king of [[Gondor]]. Elrond solemnly tells him that "He turned from that path a long time ago. He has chosen exile."<br />
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==Dfferences==<br />
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*Elrond never took Isildur into Mount Doom. Isildur merely refused to destroy the Ring on the slopes of Mount Doom.<br />
*Elrond in the books is not contemptuous of Men. Indeed, there is truly little alternative, as neither Elves nor any Dwarves outside of Erebor are in a strategic position to confront Sauron directly.<br />
*Aragorn never refused the kingship or "chose exile" from his destiny.<br />
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[[Image:Grond - Gondor stewards banner.png|thumb|right|''Gondor Steward's Banner'' by [[User:Grond/Sandbox|Grond]]]]<br />
'''Steward''' was the traditional title of a chief counselor to one of the [[Kings of Gondor]]. <br />
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==History==<br />
King [[Rómendacil I]] established the office of Steward, chosen by the King as a man of high trust and wisdom; Stewards were advanced in years since they were not permitted to go to war or to leave the realm. They were never a member of the [[House of Anárion|Royal House]].<ref>{{UT|Cirion}}, note 53</ref><br />
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The Steward to King [[Minardil]], [[Húrin of Emyn Arnen]], was the founder of the '''[[House of Húrin]]'''.<ref name="Stewards">{{App|Stewards}}</ref> They were of [[House of Anárion|royal]] [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] blood, but were not descendants of [[Elendil]] in the ruling line.<ref>{{PM|Elendil}}, pp. 203 & 218</ref> After the time of Minardil, the Kings established the custom that Stewards are chosen from this House.<br />
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During the time of the Steward [[Pelendur]], this title became hereditary, passing the station of counselor from father to son, much like the Kingship.<ref name="Stewards"/><br />
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===Ruling Stewards===<br />
After the death of King [[Eärnur]], who left no heir to the throne of [[Gondor]], the Steward [[Mardil|Mardil Voronwë]] became the first of the '''[[Ruling Stewards]]'''. Mardil was the first of the Stewards to administer Gondor, and his descendants did so for 25 generations. The Stewards watched over the throne until it could be reclaimed by a true King of Gondor, an heir of Elendil. <br />
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===Reunited Kingdom===<br />
Soon after the death of Denethor II, [[Aragorn|Aragorn Elessar]] was crowned King of the [[Reunited Kingdom]]. The Steward [[Faramir]], son of Denethor II, surrendered to the King his rod of office, but it was returned to him.<ref name="Steward and King">{{RK|VI5}}</ref> Faramir nominally ruled briefly as Steward until Elessar's coronation, but since Faramir rested in the [[Houses of Healing]], Prince [[Imrahil]] of [[Dol Amroth]] took his place much of that time.<ref>{{RK|Houses}}</ref> Though Faramir became Steward a month and a half before Elessar became King, Faramir is not considered one of the Ruling Stewards. King Elessar confirmed in Faramir and his descendants the office of Steward of Gondor, and granted him in addition the title of [[Prince of Ithilien]], ensuring his line a position as counselor of the King.<ref name="Steward and King"/><br />
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==Duties and Office==<br />
The Stewards used a simple white rod for their badge of office <ref>{{RK|MT}} page 26</ref>. Additionally, they sat a on a small throne that was in front of the throne used by the old kings of Gondor, letting that throne go unused in honor the fallen kings <ref>{{RK|}} page 26</ref>.<br />
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==Other names==<br />
"Steward" in [[Quenya]] was '''''Arandur''''',<ref>{{UT|8}}, p. 313, note 25</ref> literally "king's servant, minister",<ref>{{L|297}}, p. 386</ref> clearly a combination of ''[[aran]]'' ("king") + ''[[-ndur]]'' ("servant").<br />
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[[de:Gondor#Herrscher_von_Gondor]]<br />
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|number=22 (extended) <br /> <br />
18 (theatrical)<br />
|duration=2:00 (extended) <br /> <br />
2:06 (theatrical)<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] wakes up in [[Rivendell]] and meets [[Gandalf]]<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Gandalf and Frodo in Rivendell.png|320px]]<br />
|previous=[[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]]<br />
|next=[[Many Meetings (scene)|Many Meetings]]<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]], [[Saruman]] (flashback only), [[Gwaihir]] (flashback only)<br />
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'''Rivendell''' is the eighteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-second scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Frodo is brought into Rivendell, where Elrond is briefly shown ministering to his wound in a montage. Frodo awakens to find himself in a furnished room. He hears a voice informing him of the date, October 24, and of the location: Elrond's house, in Rivendell. The voice belongs to Gandalf, who informs Frodo of his luck in surviving. Gandalf does not elaborate on why he failed to appear in [[Bree]], saying only that he was delayed. In flashback, Gandalf recalls that he managed to escape when Gwaihir, whom he had summoned previously via a moth, flies to the top of [[Orthanc]]. Gandalf throws himself onto Gwaihir as he flies away from [[Isenguard]], Saruman commenting that Gandalf has chosen death. Gandalf inform Frodo that Elrond healed him, but the three are soon interrupted by Sam and the other hobbits, who are glad to see that Frodo has recovered.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
The scene is largely an abbreviation of the [[Many Meetings|corresponding chapter from the book]], though dialogue regarding the Ford of Bruinen and Gandalf's failure to appear is cut, instead being a flashback that Gandalf does not share with Frodo. Saruman is present at Gandalf's escape, when in the books he was not present. Gwaihir also appears because of [[Radagast]] informing the eagle to take news of the [[Ringwraiths]] to Isengard. <br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|22]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Many_Meetings_(scene)&diff=366774Many Meetings (scene)2023-01-11T18:47:40Z<p>Turiannerevarine: added synopsis</p>
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|number=23 (extended) <br /> <br />
19 (theatrical)<br />
|duration=3:29 (extended) <br /> <br />
3:31 (theatrical)<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] reunites with [[Samwise]] and the other Hobbits.<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Rivendell.jpg|320px]]<br />
|previous=[[Rivendell (scene)|Rivendell]]<br />
|next=[[The Fate of the Ring|The Fate of the Ring]]<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]], [[Bilbo]]<br />
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'''Many Meetings''' is the nineteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-third scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Frodo recovers some more and steps out onto a balcony, getting a view of [[Rivendell]] for the first time. Frodo and the other hobbits relax as the threat of the [[Ringwraiths]] seems to have ended for the present. Rivendell is shown to the viewer.<br />
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Frodo realizes that Bilbo is present and runs to greet him. Bilbo warmly returns the greeting and says that he intended to return to the spots of his old journey, but soon found himself in Rivendell and declined to move on. Age has visibly affected Bilbo far more than when he had the Ring. Frodo sees the [[Red Book of Westmarch||book]] that Bilbo has been working on.<br />
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Frodo catches Sam packing up. Sam says that since they have delivered the Ring to Rivendell, it was time they began preparing to return to [[the Shire]]. Frodo agrees with Sam and expresses a desire to return.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
The scene is an abridgement of the same chapter from the book. The banquet Elrond hosts before his council is omitted. Bilbo seems to be somewhat older in the movie than he appears in the book, as in the book, Bilbo is able to return to [[Dale]] and [[Erebor]] during the time gap between chapters 1 and 2.<br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|23]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Gollum&diff=366773Talk:Gollum2023-01-11T18:33:15Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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I fixed a broken Hyperlink on Mount Doom on the Gollum article (it was missing one of the square brackets) but I have no idea where to document this change so I’m putting it here. Hope this is the right sort of place to put this!<br />
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:In the future, you can just add it to the "Summary" box at the bottom of the editor and mark it as a "Minor Edit". [[User:Turiannerevarine|Turiannerevarine]] ([[User talk:Turiannerevarine|talk]]) 18:33, 11 January 2023 (UTC)</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Rivendell_(scene)&diff=366772Rivendell (scene)2023-01-11T18:30:34Z<p>Turiannerevarine: added escape flashback</p>
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18 (theatrical)<br />
|duration=2:00 (extended) <br /> <br />
2:06 (theatrical)<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] wakes up in [[Rivendell]] and meets [[Gandalf]]<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Gandalf and Frodo in Rivendell.png|320px]]<br />
|previous=[[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]]<br />
|next=[[Many Meetings (scene)|Many Meetings]]<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]], [[Saruman]] (flashback only), [[Gwaihir]] (flashback only)<br />
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'''Rivendell''' is the eighteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-second scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Frodo is brought into Rivendell, where Elrond is briefly shown ministering to his wound in a montage. Frodo awakens to find himself in a furnished room. He hears a voice informing him of the date, October 24, and of the location: Elrond's house, in Rivendell. The voice belongs to Gandalf, who informs Frodo of his luck in surviving. Gandalf does not elaborate on why he failed to appear in [[Bree]], saying only that he was delayed. In flashback, Gandalf recalls that he managed to escape when Gwaihir, whom he had summoned previously via a moth, flies to the top of [[Orthanc]]. Gandalf throws himself onto Gwaihir as he flies away from [[Isenguard]], Saruman commenting that Gandalf has chosen death.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
The scene is largely an abbreviation of the [[Many Meetings|corresponding chapter from the book]], though dialogue regarding the Ford of Bruinen and Gandalf's failure to appear is cut, instead being a flashback that Gandalf does not share with Frodo. Saruman is present at Gandalf's escape, when in the books he was not present. Gwaihir also appears because of [[Radagast]] informing the eagle to take news of the [[Ringwraiths]] to Isengard. <br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|22]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Many_Meetings_(scene)&diff=366769Many Meetings (scene)2023-01-11T18:06:17Z<p>Turiannerevarine: added infobox</p>
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|duration=3:29 (extended) <br /> <br />
3:31 (theatrical)<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] reunites with [[Samwise]] and the other Hobbits.<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Rivendell.jpg|320px]]<br />
|previous=[[Rivendell (scene)|Rivendell]]<br />
|next=[[The Fate of the Ring|The Fate of the Ring]]<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]], [[Bilbo]]<br />
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'''Many Meetings''' is the nineteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-third scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|23]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Lego_The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Video_Game&diff=366518Lego The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game2023-01-07T15:40:27Z<p>Turiannerevarine: added gameplay</p>
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| image=[[File:Lego The Lord of the Rings - The Video Game.png|250px]]<br />
| name=LEGO: The Lord of the Rings - The Video Game<br />
| developer=Traveller's Tales<br />
| publisher=Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment<br />
| platform=[[wikipedia:PlayStation 3|PlayStation3]], [[wikipedia:Xbox 360|Xbox 360]], [[wikipedia:Nintendo Wii|Nintendo Wii]], [[wikipedia:Nintendo DS|Nintendo DS]], [[wikipedia:Nintendo 3DS|Nintendo 3DS]], [[wikipedia:PlayStation Vita|PlayStation Vita]], [[wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]]<ref name="FB-info">{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/LEGOTheLordoftheRingsVideogame/info|articlename=Lego The Lord of the Rings|dated=|website=FB|accessed=29 July}}</ref><br />
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'''Lego The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game''' is a video game by [[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment]] and Traveller's Tales. The game is based on [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]] and was released in 13 November 2012.<ref>{{webcite|author=Marlin Votta|articleurl=http://www.inentertainment.co.uk/20120710/official-lego-the-lord-of-the-rings-facebook-page/|Official LEGO The Lord Of The Rings Facebook page|dated=10 July 2012|website=[http://www.lego.com/ LEGO]|accessed=16 July 2012}}</ref> It features the story lines of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|The Fellowship of the Ring]], [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Two Towers]] and [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]] but "reimagined with the humor and endless variety of LEGO play".<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://toysnbricks.com/lego-lord-of-the-rings-video-game-2012/|articlename=LEGO Lord of the Rings Video Game 2012|dated=4 June 2012|website=http://toysnbricks.com|accessed=29 July 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Gameplay==<br />
The game follows the traditional formula common to most Lego games by Traveller's Tales. Each level represents events from the respective chapters of the movies they portray. The world is made of both Lego objects and non-Lego objects. Lego objects are interactable, whether that involves breaking them for studs (the in-game currency), assembling them out of component Lego pieces, or manipulating them in some fashion such as pushing a crate to use as a platform. Many characters have unique abilities, such as elven characters jumping higher than the rest of the cast, or wizard characters using magical staves to attack. The player will also engage in combat with enemies. When they are hit by enemy attacks or environmental hazards such as fire, the player loses a heart. Upon losing all hearts, the player character is broken apart, reappearing a few seconds later but losing studs in the process. The game features drop-in cooperative play, which means a second player can assume control of a different character at any time to assist the first player. They may also drop out and have the computer resume control over the character.<br />
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The goal of each level varies. Some levels simply require the player to get to the end. Other levels may require more complex objectives, such as a defeating a powerful boss character or enacting a major environmental change. The first playthrough of each level is always in "Story Mode", which recreates the events of the movie. Subsequent playthroughs may be done in "Free Play" mode, where any character the player has unlocked may be used to gather additional items or unlock new areas. In between levels, players explore a recreation of Middle-earth and can complete small challenges for Mithril bricks, one of the game's main collectables. Players may also fast-travel by selecting the desired location or level on the map screen of the overworld.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"<br />
! Actor !! Role<br />
|-<br />
| [[Christopher Lee]] || [[Saruman]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Orlando Bloom]] || [[Legolas]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Viggo Mortensen]] ||[[Aragorn]] (archive footage) <br />
|-<br />
| [[Liv Tyler]] || [[Arwen]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sean Astin]] || [[Samwise Gamgee]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[John Rhys-Davies]] || [[Gimli]] (archive footage) <br />
|-<br />
| [[Hugo Weaving]] || [[Elrond]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Galadriel]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Dominic Monaghan]] || [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] (archive footage) <br />
|-<br />
| [[Billy Boyd]] || [[Peregrin Took]] (archive footage) <br />
|-<br />
| [[Miranda Otto]] || [[Éowyn]] (archive footage) <br />
|-<br />
| [[Karl Urban]] || [[Éomer]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bernard Hill]] || [[Théoden]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Brad Dourif]] || [[Gríma|Gríma Wormtongue]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sean Bean]] || [[Boromir]] (archive footage) <br />
|-<br />
| [[David Wenham]] || [[Faramir]] (archive footage) <br />
|-<br />
| [[John Noble]] || [[Denethor|Denethor II]] (archive footage)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Andy Serkis]] || [[Gollum|Gollum/Sméagol]] (archive footage)<br />
|- <br />
| Gideon Emery || Orc / Elf <br />
|-<br />
| Kieron Elliott || Additional Voices<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tom Kane]] || Additional Voices<br />
|- <br />
| [[Liam O'Brien]] || Additional Voices<br />
|- <br />
| Eliza Schneider || Additional Voices<br />
|-<br />
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| Jon Olson || Additional Voices<br />
|-<br />
| Keith Szarabajka || Additional Voices<br />
|-<br />
| Hynden Walch || Additional Voices<br />
|}<br />
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==Trailer==<br />
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==Levels==<br />
===The Fellowship of the Ring===<br />
{|Class="wikitable"<br />
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"<br />
| Level || Movie Chapter<br />
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| Prologue || Prologue: One Ring to Rule Them All...<br />
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| The Black Rider || A Short Cut to Mushrooms<br>Bucklebury Ferry<br />
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| Weathertop || A Knife in the Dark<br />
|- <br />
| The Pass of Caradhras || Pass of Caradhras<br>Moria<br />
|-<br />
| The Mines of Moria || Balin's Tomb<br>The Bridge of Khazad-dûm<br>Foundations of Stone<br />
|-<br />
| Amon Hen || The Fighting Uruk-hai<br>Parth Galen<br>The Breaking of the Fellowship<br />
|}<br />
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===The Two Towers===<br />
{|Class="wikitable"<br />
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"<br />
| Level || Movie Chapter<br />
|-<br />
| Track Hobbits || Riders of Rohan<br>The Fate of Merry and Pippin<br>Night Camp at Fangorn<br>Treebeard<br />
|-<br />
| Taming Gollum || Taming of Smeagol<br>The White Rider<br />
|-<br />
| Warg Attack || The King of the Golden Hall<br>The King's Decision<br>The Wolves of Isengard<br />
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| The Dead Marshes || The Passage of the Marshes<br>Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit<br />
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| Helm's Deep || The Host of the Eldar<br>The Battle of the Hornburg<br>The Breach of the Deeping Wall<br>The Retreat of the Hornburg<br>Forth Eorlingas<br>Fangorn Comes to Helm's Deep<br />
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| Osgiliath || Osgiliath<br>The Flooding of Isengard<br>The Nazgûl Attack<br />
|}<br />
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===The Return of the King===<br />
{|Class="wikitable"<br />
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| The Secret Stairs || Minas Morgul<br>Sam's Warning<br>The Stairs of Minas Morgul<br>The Parting of Sam and Frodo<br>Shelob's Lair<br />
|-<br />
| The Paths of the Dead || Andúril - Flame of the West<br>Dwimorberg - The Haunted Mountain<br>The Paths of the Dead<br />
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|The Battle of Pelennor Fields || The Ride of the Rohirrim<br>The Battle of Pelennor Fields<br>The Nazgûl and His Prey<br>The Black Ships<br>Shieldmaiden of Rohan<br>Victory at Minas Tirith<br />
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| Cirith Ungol || Shelob's Lair<br>Choices of Master Samwise<br>The Tower of Cirith Ungol<br>In the Company of Orcs<br />
|-<br />
| The Black Gate || The Black Gate Opens<br />
|-<br />
| Mount Doom || "I Can't Carry it for You... but I Can Carry You."<br>Mount Doom<br>"The Eagles are Coming!"<br>The Crack of Doom<br>Sauron Defeated<br>The End of All Things<br>The Return of The King<br />
|}<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Lego]]<br />
*[[Lego The Hobbit: The Video Game]]<br />
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|number=22 (Extended), 18 (theatrical)<br />
|duration=2:00 (Extended), 2:06 (theatrical)<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] wakes up in [[Rivendell]] and meets [[Gandalf]]<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Ford of Bruinen.jpg|318px]]<br />
|previous=[[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]]<br />
|next=[[Many Meetings (scene)|Many Meetings]]<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]]<br />
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'''Rivendell''' is the eighteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-second scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Frodo is brought into Rivendell, where Elrond is briefly shown ministering to his wound in a montage. Frodo awakens to find himself in a furnished room. He hears a voice informing him of the date, October 24, and of the location: Elrond's house, in Rivendell. The voice belongs to Gandalf, who informs Frodo of his luck in surviving. Gandalf does not elaborate on why he failed to appear in [[Bree]], saying only that he was delayed.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
The scene is largely an abbreviation of the same scene from the book, though dialogue regarding the Ford of Bruinen and Gandalf's failure to appear is cut. The latter appears in a flashback in the next scene.<br />
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|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
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'''Rivendell''' is the eighteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-second scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
{{title}}<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
Frodo is brought into Rivendell, where Elrond is briefly shown ministering to his wound in a montage. Frodo awakens to find himself in a furnished room. He hears a voice informing him of the date, October 24, and of the location: Elrond's house, in Rivendell. The voice belongs to Gandalf, who informs Frodo of his luck in surviving. Gandalf does not elaborate on why he failed to appear in [[Bree]], saying only that he was delayed.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
The scene is largely an abbreviation of the same scene from the book, though dialogue regarding the Ford of Bruinen and Gandalf's failure to appear is cut. The latter appears in a flashback in the next scene.<br />
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|name=Flight to the Ford<br />
|number=21<br />
|duration=6:24<br />
|event=[[Arwen]] takes [[Frodo]] to [[Rivendell]]<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Ford of Bruinen.jpg|318px]]<br />
|previous=[[The Caverns of Isengard (scene)|The Caverns of Isengard]]<br />
|next=[[Rivendell (scene)|Rivendell]]<br />
|characters=[[Arwen]], [[Frodo]], [[Nazgûl]], [[Strider]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]]<br />
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'''Flight to the Ford''' is the seventeenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-first of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. This scene was extended in the latter edition.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
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As [[Frodo]]'s health fails due to his [[Morgul]] wound, [[Strider]] instructs the hobbits to search for the plant named [[Kingsfoil]] so that he might stop the flow of the poison. Strider searches himself for a little bit before he is accosted by a blade held to his neck. Upon looking up, the wielder of the blade is revealed to be [[Arwen]], daughter of [[Elrond]], who has been searching for the party. Arwen transfers Frodo to her horse and flies at the sound of the [[Ringwraiths]].<br />
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The Ringwraiths give chase across a field, falling in behind Arwen. Arwen makes it to the [[Ford of Bruinen]]. The Nazgûl are checked by the flowing river as her horse gallops across. Arwen challenges the Riders to claim Frodo, only to be stunned when the chief rider begins to cross, followed by the others. Arwen quickly recites an incantation which causes the river to stir. A flood shaped like horses made of water soon rampages down the stream and strikes the Riders, washing them away. Frodo seemingly succumbs to his wound and drifts into unconsciousness.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
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*Arwen does not appear in this scene in the book. Her inclusion was introduced by the movie.<br />
*[[Glorfindel]] does not appear in the movie as his role is replaced by Arwen.<br />
*Frodo makes it to the ford by himself in the book and is conscious enough to defy the will the of the Nine Riders, unlike the weakened state he is in on-screen.<br />
*Elrond and [[Gandalf]] create the flood that kills the Nazgul, not Arwen.<br />
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|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Ford of Bruinen.jpg|318px]]<br />
|previous=[[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]]<br />
|next=[[Many Meetings (scene)|Many Meetings]]<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]]<br />
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'''Rivendell''' is the eighteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-second scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Ford of Bruinen.jpg|318px]]<br />
|previous=[[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]]<br />
|next=[[Many Meetings (scene)|Many Meetings]]<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Gandalf]], [[Elrond]]<br />
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'''Rivendell''' is the eighteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-second scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Ford of Bruinen.jpg|318px]]<br />
|previous=[[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]]<br />
|next=[[Rivendell (scene)|Rivendell]]<br />
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'''Rivendell''' is the eighteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-second scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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'''Of the Noldor in Beleriand''' is the fifteenth chapter of the ''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'' section within ''[[The Silmarillion]]''.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Previously, the elf [[Turgon]] had been led by [[Ulmo]] to the secret vale of [[Tumladen]], hidden within the [[Encircling Mountains]]. This was a vast plain of grass with a great hill in the middle, where he decided to build a city that was reminiscent of [[Tirion]]. Turgon returned to his realm of [[Nevrast]] with the knowledge of this hidden place, and began planning to construct a refuge that would be hidden from the knowledge of Morgoth.<br />
[[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Gondolin and the Vale of Tumladen (Colored by H.E. Riddett).jpg|left|thumb|Gondolin and the Vale of Tumladen by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] (colored by [[H.E. Riddett]])]]<br />
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After the [[Dagor Aglareb]], Turgon led his people away from Nevrast back to Tumladen. There they began the construction of a great city upon the hill in the center of the plain. After fifty two years of secret toil and building they at last completed the city of [[Gondolin]]. This city was known only to Turgon and those of the [[Noldor]] who had followed him there. Before Turgon left Nevrast for the last time, Ulmo appeared to him again. He warned Turgon that though he would shield Turgon's final journey to Gondolin from prying eyes, he could not free Turgon from the [[Doom of Mandos]] that plagued the exiles. Gondolin would stand the longest of all the realms of the Noldor, but in the end it too must eventually fall. When that time would come, Ulmo would send Turgon a [[Tuor|messenger]] to warn him of the impending doom. Ulmo bade Turgon to create unique armor and weapons for that messenger, who would come to Nevrast himself one day and take up the equipment. These would be a sign that the messenger was sent by Ulmo. Having done this, Turgon and his followers left Nevrast forever and went to Gondolin in secret.<br />
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Turgon prospered in Gondolin, which became a thriving city. Gondolin's location was kept secret from Morgoth throughout the wars against the Dark Power. Gondolin produced many works, like [[Glingal and Belthil]], forged at the image of the [[Two Trees of Valinor]]. As for Nevrast, it decayed as the years went on, and no one inhabited the city again.<br />
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While Gondolin was being built, [[Finrod Felagund]] created his realm of [[Nargothrond]], which would become a great city. His sister, [[Galadriel]], would reside in the realm of [[Doriath]]. There [[Melian]] and she would often speak of [[Valinor]], but Galadriel would never speak of what happened after the [[Darkening of Valinor]] began. But Melian was perceptive and wise, and she soon guessed that Galadriel was hiding something from her. Eventually, Galadriel admitted part of the truth, that the Noldor had not come as messengers of the Valar. However, she did not mention the [[First Kinslaying]].<br />
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Melian told Thingol what Galadriel had said, and cautioned him to beware of the [[Sons of Fëanor]]. Soon, rumors of the Kinslaying did indeed reach the ears of [[Thingol]]. The truth being known to him at last, Thingol confronted Finrod and his brothers who happened to be in Doriath at the time. Finrod protested that it was [[Fëanor]] and his followers who had been the ones mainly responsible for the evils the Noldor had done, not Finrod and his party. But he allowed [[Angrod]] to tell the whole story of what had happened in the flight from Aman. Thingol's wrath towards Finrod and [[Fingolfin]] was softened by what he heard, but he did not forgive the sons of Fëanor. In vengeance, he forbade the usage of [[Quenya]], the language of the Noldor, within the borders of Doriath. In later years, this would lead to the rise of [[Sindarin]] over Quenya, which would become an almost dead language outside of books and the private use of the exiles.<br />
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When Nargothrond was finished, a feast was held to celebrate its completion, and Galadriel came back from Doriath to celebrate. She asked Finrod why he was not married. Foresight seemed to come upon Finrod, and he said that one day he would swear [[Ring of Barahiroath]] that one day he would have fulfill no matter the consequences, and as a result no child would inherit his works.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.entmoot.com/showthread.php?t=9432 Chapter discussion at Entmoot.com]<br />
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|name=Flight to the Ford<br />
|number=21<br />
|duration=<br />
|event=[[Arwen]] takes [[Frodo]] to [[Rivendell]]<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Ford of Bruinen.jpg|318px]]<br />
|previous=[[The Caverns of Isengard (scene)|The Caverns of Isengard]]<br />
|next=[[Rivendell (scene)|Rivendell]]<br />
|characters=[[Arwen]], [[Frodo]], [[Nazgûl]], [[Strider]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Flight to the Ford''' is the seventeenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twenty-first of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. This scene was extended in the latter edition.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
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As Frodo's health fails due to his [[Morgul]] wound, [[Aragorn]] instructs the hobbits to search for the plant named [[Kingsfoil]] so that he might stop the flow of the poison. Aragorn searches himself for a little bit before he is accosted by a blade held to his neck. Upon looking up, the wielder of the blade is revealed to be [[Arwen]], daughter of [[Elrond]], who has been searching for the party. Arwen transfers Frodo to her horse and flies at the sound of the Ringwraiths.<br />
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The Ringwraiths give chase across a field, falling in behind Arwen. Arwen makes it to the Ford of Bruinen. The Nazgul are checked by the flowing river as her horse gallops across. Arwen challenges the Riders to claim Frodo, only to be stunned when the chief rider begins to cross, followed by the others. Arwen quickly recites an incantation which causes the river to stir. A flood shaped like horses made of water soon rampages down the stream and strikes the Riders, washing them away. Frodo seemingly succumbs to his wound and drifts into unconsciousness.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
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*Arwen does not appear in this scene in the book. Her inclusion was introduced by the movie.<br />
*[[Glorfindel]] does not appear in the movie as his role is replaced by Arwen.<br />
*Frodo makes it to the ford by himself in the book and is conscious enough to defy the will the of the Nine Riders, unlike the weakened state he is in on-screen.<br />
*Elrond and Gandalf create the flood that kills the Nazgul, not Arwen.<br />
*The [[Witch-king]] does not have any dialogue on-screen, but threatens Frodo in the book vocally.<br />
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|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|number= 20 (extended edition)<br><br />
16 (theatrical cut)<br />
|duration = 2:30<br />
|event=[[Saruman]] continues construction of his army.<br />
|characters=[[Saruman]], [[Gandalf]]<br />
|previous=[[A Knife in the Dark (scene)|A Knife in the Dark]]<br />
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'''The Caverns of Isengard''' is the sixteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the twentieth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Gandalf sits atop the spire of [[Orthanc]]. He grabs a moth that is fluttering by and imparts a message to it before sending it away. Below, the ring of [[Isengard]] has been transformed into a foundry and breeding ground for new [[Orcs]] and the large scale production of equipment. Saruman watches on as new [[Uruk-hai]] are bred, including a formidible Uruk named [[Lurtz]].<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*Lurtz is an original character to this adaptation.<br />
*Gandalf does not send a message to the outer world at Orthanc.<br />
*The entirety of this scene is fabricated for the movie in order to depict Saruman's rise as a power, though it largely adheres to how Tolkien describes Isengard. <br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|20]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Of_Beleriand_and_its_Realms&diff=357171Of Beleriand and its Realms2022-09-13T20:33:18Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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'''Of Beleriand and Its Realms''' is the fourteenth chapter of the ''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'' section within ''[[The Silmarillion]]''.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:Christopher Tolkien - The Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar.jpg|left|thumb|''The Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar'' by [[Christopher Tolkien]]]]<br />
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The northwest regions of [[Middle-earth]] were known as [[Beleriand]]. This was the realm to the east of the [[Blue Mountains]] and [[Eriador]]. <br />
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In the days before the awakening of the [[Elves]], [[Morgoth]] had built the great fortress of [[Utumno]] and a secondary fortress called [[Angband]] that served as an outpost of his realm. Both of these fortresses had been destroyed by the [[Valar]]. Yet when Morgoth escaped and returned to Middle-earth, he raised anew the fortress of Angband and made it even stronger. Morgoth raised three mighty pillars of slag called [[Thangorodrim]] to cover the fortress. He also delved great tunnels and pits into the earth, where his armies would grow and great smithies would forge weapons for them.<br />
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To the west of Angband was the realm of [[Hithlum]], or Hísilóme the land of Mist in [[Quenya]], for it was called this due to the great smoke Morgoth created when the Noldor first came to Beleriand. This was ruled by [[Fingolfin]]. His son [[Fingon]] received the rule of [[Dor-lómin]]. The region became known for its horses and cavalry.<br />
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To the west of Hithulm was the land of [[Nevrast]], ruled by the other son of Fingolfin named [[Turgon]]. This was a land circled by mountains and hills. The land itself was wet and had many marshes. Turgon's halls were in [[Vinyamar]].<br />
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To the south of [[Ard-galen]] was the highland of [[Dorthonion]], a land of forests ruled by [[Angrod]] and [[Aegnor]], two brothers of [[Finrod Felagund]] who served as his vassals. The tower of [[Minas Tirith (Beleriand)|Minas Tirith]], manned by Finrod's last brother [[Orodreth]],<ref>{{S|14}} In ''The Silmarillion'' as currently published, Orodreth is referred to as Finrod's brother, rather than his nephew. This page will refer to Orodreth as Finrod's brother to maintain parity with the current text.</ref> was in [[Tol Sirion]] between Dorthonion and the [[Shadowy Mountains]].<br />
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Beleriand itself was a land criss-crossed by rivers such as the [[Narog]], but the greatest river was the [[Sirion]], which ran down the length of Beleriand and cut it into eastern and western halves. Finrod became the ruler of all Elves on the western half except for the Elves of the [[Falas]], who were led by [[Círdan]]. But both he and Finrod were allies, and together they built havens in [[Brithombar]] and [[Eglarest]].<br />
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On the middle of Beleriand, [[Thingol]] was the mightiest Elf-lord, ruling the realm of [[Doriath]]. On his northern border was the horrible [[Nan Dungortheb]] where evil spiders dwelt. Doriath extended from Sirion in the west border to the river [[Aros]] in the south and east.<br />
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Sirion was not the only great river of Berleriand. It had tributaries such as the River [[Narog]]. Where the Narog river flowed into the [[Ringwil]] was a great gorge, where Finrod Felagund founded the realm of Nargothrond. It was a hidden city, protected by both the river and the gorge. <br />
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To the east of Doriath was the territory of the [[Sons of Fëanor]] in [[East Beleriand]]. This region was cut in pieces by the River Gelion and its tributaries. In the south six rivers broke off it, giving the region the name of [[Ossiriand]], the land of seven rivers. This was the home of the [[Green-elves]] who had never left Beleriand on the [[Great Journey]]. This land would later be known as [[Lindon]] in later days.<br />
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To the north of Ossirand was the lands owned by the Sons of Fëanor. Maedhros owned the northernmost territory that was closest to [[Angband]], for it was a flat and open area that was vulnerable to attack. This would be known as the [[March of Maedhros]]. His capital was a fortress named [[Himring]]. [[Maglor]] his brother guarded the territory to the east where there was a gap in the hills.<br />
[[Celegorm]] and [[Curufin]] would be rulers of the land to the south in [[Aglon]]. [[Caranthir]] ruled the land along the river Gelion beside the [[Blue Mountains]], and here he would have dealings with the [[Dwarves]] of [[Nogrod]] and [[Belegost]]. Finally, [[Amrod]] and [[Amras]] controlled the southernmost part of East Beleriand on the western side of Gelion.<br />
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{{references}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.entmoot.com/showthread.php?t=9495 Chapter discussion at Entmoot.com]<br />
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[[fr:tolkien/resumes/silm/qs14]]<br />
[[fi:Beleriandista ja sen valtakunnista (Silmarillion)]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Midgewater_Marshes&diff=357170The Midgewater Marshes2022-09-13T20:23:26Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=The Midgewater Marshes<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:fotrmidgewatercrossing.png|320px]]<br />
|number= 17 (extended edition only)<br />
|duration=1:37<br />
|event=The hobbits make their way through the [[Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
|characters=[[Frodo]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]], [[Aragorn]]<br />
|previous=[[The Nazgûl (scene)|The Nazgûl]]<br />
|next=[[The Spoiling of Isengard]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Midgewater Marshes''' is the seventeenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. This scene does not appear in the theatrical cut of the film.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
The group arrives in Midgewater, which is hard to traverse owing to the swampy conditions and presence of bugs. They eventually make it through the marshes in time for sundown. Frodo overhears Aragorn singing the [[Lay of Leithian]], which describes the love between the Man [[Beren]] and the Elf [[Lúthien]] and their tragic end.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*The Lay of Leithian is sung at Weathertop in the book, not near Midgewater.<br />
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{{title}}<br />
[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|17]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=A_Knife_in_the_Dark_(scene)&diff=357107A Knife in the Dark (scene)2022-09-12T23:09:53Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=A Knife in the Dark<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The_Lord_of_the_Rings_-_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring_-_Weathertop.png|320px]]<br />
|number= 19 (extended edition)<br />
16 (theatrical cut)<br />
|duration = 4:40<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] is stabbed by the [[Witch-king]] on top of [[Weathertop]].<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Sam]], [[Aragorn]], Nazgȗl, [[Merry]], [[Pippin|Fool of a Took]] <br />
|previous=[[The Spoiling of Isengard]]<br />
|next=[[The Caverns of Isengard (scene)]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''A Knife in the Dark''' is the sixteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the nineteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
The Hobbits and Aragorn make their way across the countryside and see the abandoned tower of [[Weathertop]] in the distance. Aragon informs them that they will spend the night there. On the tower, he gives them each a dagger to use and then departs to scout the area. Frodo drifts off to sleep and is awoken by the other hobbits attempting to make a meal. Frodo panics and throws sand on to the fire, extinguishing it. However, this seems to summon the Nazgȗl from below. The hobbits run to the top of the hill and pull out their knives. The Ringwraiths advance from the shadows. The others ineffectually try to defend Frodo, but he is force backwards and falls over. The [[Witch-king]] advances and stands over him. Frodo succumbs to a temptation to put on the [[Ring]]. When he does, he is shunted into the world of the Ringwraiths. The Witch-king reaches out for the Ring. Frodo starts to give it to him, but recovers his wits and pulls back. Enraged, the Witch-king stabs him with a [[Morgul-blade]]. Frodo barely manages to remove the Ring.<br />
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Aragorn suddenly appears, using a torch to set the Ringwraiths on fire. The site of fire is enough to scare the Ringwraiths off, leaving him and the hobbits alone. Aragorn examines Frodo and realizes the wound is beyond his ability to heal. He gets the other hobbits to help move him. The scene cuts to them running through the woods from the Nazgȗl on the way to [[Rivendell]].<br />
<br />
==Differences==<br />
*The Hobbits received their daggers earlier from [[Tom Bombadil]] in the Barrows. Since the Barrows do not appear in the films, an alternate explanation had to be provided. There is also no allusion to their being products of [[Westernesse]]. Where Aragorn obtained them from is not mentioned.<br />
*Aragorn tells the tale of [[Beren]] and [[Luthien]] before the Ringwraiths attack.<br />
*The Ringwraiths attack in the book even when the fire is active.<br />
*Aragorn does not use his sword.<br />
*The group stays on top of Weathertop for longer and finds a rune left by [[Gandalf]] when he was present three days earlier. There are also supplies left by some rangers.<br />
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{{title}}<br />
[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|19]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=A_Knife_in_the_Dark_(scene)&diff=357106A Knife in the Dark (scene)2022-09-12T23:09:19Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=A Knife in the Dark<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The_Lord_of_the_Rings_-_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring_-_Weathertop.png|320px]]<br />
|number= 19 (extended edition)<br />
16 (theatrical cut)<br />
|duration = 4:40<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] is stabbed by the [[Witch-king]] on top of [[Weathertop]].<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Sam]], [[Aragorn]], Nazgȗl, [[Merry]], [[Pippin|Fool of a Took]] <br />
|previous=[[The Spoiling of Isengard]]<br />
|next=[[The Caverns of Isengard]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''A Knife in the Dark''' is the sixteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the nineteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
The Hobbits and Aragorn make their way across the countryside and see the abandoned tower of [[Weathertop]] in the distance. Aragon informs them that they will spend the night there. On the tower, he gives them each a dagger to use and then departs to scout the area. Frodo drifts off to sleep and is awoken by the other hobbits attempting to make a meal. Frodo panics and throws sand on to the fire, extinguishing it. However, this seems to summon the Nazgȗl from below. The hobbits run to the top of the hill and pull out their knives. The Ringwraiths advance from the shadows. The others ineffectually try to defend Frodo, but he is force backwards and falls over. The [[Witch-king]] advances and stands over him. Frodo succumbs to a temptation to put on the [[Ring]]. When he does, he is shunted into the world of the Ringwraiths. The Witch-king reaches out for the Ring. Frodo starts to give it to him, but recovers his wits and pulls back. Enraged, the Witch-king stabs him with a [[Morgul-blade]]. Frodo barely manages to remove the Ring.<br />
<br />
Aragorn suddenly appears, using a torch to set the Ringwraiths on fire. The site of fire is enough to scare the Ringwraiths off, leaving him and the hobbits alone. Aragorn examines Frodo and realizes the wound is beyond his ability to heal. He gets the other hobbits to help move him. The scene cuts to them running through the woods from the Nazgȗl on the way to [[Rivendell]].<br />
<br />
==Differences==<br />
*The Hobbits received their daggers earlier from [[Tom Bombadil]] in the Barrows. Since the Barrows do not appear in the films, an alternate explanation had to be provided. There is also no allusion to their being products of [[Westernesse]]. Where Aragorn obtained them from is not mentioned.<br />
*Aragorn tells the tale of [[Beren]] and [[Luthien]] before the Ringwraiths attack.<br />
*The Ringwraiths attack in the book even when the fire is active.<br />
*Aragorn does not use his sword.<br />
*The group stays on top of Weathertop for longer and finds a rune left by [[Gandalf]] when he was present three days earlier. There are also supplies left by some rangers.<br />
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{{title}}<br />
[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|19]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=A_Knife_in_the_Dark_(scene)&diff=357105A Knife in the Dark (scene)2022-09-12T23:08:37Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=A Knife in the Dark<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The_Lord_of_the_Rings_-_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring_-_Weathertop.png|320px]]<br />
|number= 19 (extended edition)<br />
16 (theatrical cut)<br />
|duration = 4:40<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] is stabbed by the [[Witch-king]] on top of [[Weathertop]].<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Sam]], [[Aragorn]], Nazgȗl, [[Merry]], [[Pippin|Fool of a Took]] <br />
|previous=[[The Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
|next=[[A Knife in the Dark (scene)]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''A Knife in the Dark''' is the sixteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the nineteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
The Hobbits and Aragorn make their way across the countryside and see the abandoned tower of [[Weathertop]] in the distance. Aragon informs them that they will spend the night there. On the tower, he gives them each a dagger to use and then departs to scout the area. Frodo drifts off to sleep and is awoken by the other hobbits attempting to make a meal. Frodo panics and throws sand on to the fire, extinguishing it. However, this seems to summon the Nazgȗl from below. The hobbits run to the top of the hill and pull out their knives. The Ringwraiths advance from the shadows. The others ineffectually try to defend Frodo, but he is force backwards and falls over. The [[Witch-king]] advances and stands over him. Frodo succumbs to a temptation to put on the [[Ring]]. When he does, he is shunted into the world of the Ringwraiths. The Witch-king reaches out for the Ring. Frodo starts to give it to him, but recovers his wits and pulls back. Enraged, the Witch-king stabs him with a [[Morgul-blade]]. Frodo barely manages to remove the Ring.<br />
<br />
Aragorn suddenly appears, using a torch to set the Ringwraiths on fire. The site of fire is enough to scare the Ringwraiths off, leaving him and the hobbits alone. Aragorn examines Frodo and realizes the wound is beyond his ability to heal. He gets the other hobbits to help move him. The scene cuts to them running through the woods from the Nazgȗl on the way to [[Rivendell]].<br />
<br />
==Differences==<br />
*The Hobbits received their daggers earlier from [[Tom Bombadil]] in the Barrows. Since the Barrows do not appear in the films, an alternate explanation had to be provided. There is also no allusion to their being products of [[Westernesse]]. Where Aragorn obtained them from is not mentioned.<br />
*Aragorn tells the tale of [[Beren]] and [[Luthien]] before the Ringwraiths attack.<br />
*The Ringwraiths attack in the book even when the fire is active.<br />
*Aragorn does not use his sword.<br />
*The group stays on top of Weathertop for longer and finds a rune left by [[Gandalf]] when he was present three days earlier. There are also supplies left by some rangers.<br />
<br />
{{title}}<br />
[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|19]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=A_Knife_in_the_Dark_(scene)&diff=357104A Knife in the Dark (scene)2022-09-12T23:06:22Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=A Knife in the Dark<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Saruman using Palantír.jpg|320px]]<br />
|number= 19 (extended edition)<br />
16 (theatrical cut)<br />
|duration = 4:40<br />
|event=[[Frodo]] is stabbed by the [[Nazgȗl]] on top of [[Weathertop]].<br />
|characters=Frodo, [[Sam]], [[Aragorn]], Nazgȗl, [[Merry]], [[Pippin|Fool of a Took]] <br />
|previous=[[The Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
|next=[[A Knife in the Dark (scene)]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''A Knife in the Dark''' is the sixteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the nineteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
The Hobbits and Aragorn make their way across the countryside and see the abandoned tower of [[Weathertop]] in the distance. Aragon informs them that they will spend the night there. On the tower, he gives them each a dagger to use and then departs to scout the area. Frodo drifts off to sleep and is awoken by the other hobbits attempting to make a meal. Frodo panics and throws sand on to the fire, extinguishing it. However, this seems to summon the Nazgȗl from below. The hobbits run to the top of the hill and pull out their knives. The Ringwraiths advance from the shadows. The others ineffectually try to defend Frodo, but he is force backwards and falls over. The [[Witch-king]] advances and stands over him. Frodo succumbs to a temptation to put on the [[Ring]]. When he does, he is shunted into the world of the Ringwraiths. The Witch-king reaches out for the Ring. Frodo starts to give it to him, but recovers his wits and pulls back. Enraged, the Witch-king stabs him with a [[Morgul-blade]]. Frodo barely manages to remove the Ring.<br />
<br />
Aragorn suddenly appears, using a torch to set the Ringwraiths on fire. The site of fire is enough to scare the Ringwraiths off, leaving him and the hobbits alone. Aragorn examines Frodo and realizes the wound is beyond his ability to heal. He gets the other hobbits to help move him. The scene cuts to them running through the woods from the Nazgȗl on the way to [[Rivendell]].<br />
<br />
==Differences==<br />
*The Hobbits received their daggers earlier from [[Tom Bombadil]] in the Barrows. Since the Barrows do not appear in the films, an alternate explanation had to be provided. There is also no allusion to their being products of [[Westernesse]]. Where Aragorn obtained them from is not mentioned.<br />
*Aragorn tells the tale of [[Beren]] and [[Luthien]] before the Ringwraiths attack.<br />
*The Ringwraiths attack in the book even when the fire is active.<br />
*Aragorn does not use his sword.<br />
*The group stays on top of Weathertop for longer and finds a rune left by [[Gandalf]] when he was present three days earlier. There are also supplies left by some rangers.<br />
<br />
{{title}}<br />
[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|19]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Spoiling_of_Isengard&diff=357103The Spoiling of Isengard2022-09-12T22:35:23Z<p>Turiannerevarine: changed image</p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=The Spoiling of Isengard<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Saruman using Palantír.jpg|320px]]<br />
|number= 18 (extended edition)<br />
15 (theatrical cut)<br />
|duration = 1:44<br />
|event=[[Saruman]] begins the process of creating his own army.<br />
|characters=[[Saruman]], [[Sauron]], [[Gandalf]]<br />
|previous=[[The Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
|next=[[A Knife in the Dark (scene)]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Spoiling of Isengard''' is the fifteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the eighteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
At [[Isengard]], Saruman looks into his [[palantír]] to converse with Sauron. Sauron instructs him to begin construction on an army "worthy of [[Mordor]]". Summoning a few [[Orcs]] that he has already created, Saruman tells them that they have work to do. <br />
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Gandalf is lying on the tower of [[Orthanc]], imprisoned while Saruman's orcs begin to convert Isengard into a massive factory. Trees are felled around the tower while Saruman looks on. Isengard begins to equip for war.<br />
<br />
==Differences==<br />
*Isengard has already begun conversion to a factory when Gandalf arrives in the books.<br />
*The conversation between Sauron and Saruman is an invention for the movies, but they do indeed converse "off-screen" in the books.<br />
*Saruman is more loyal to Sauron than in the books. At this point he would have already started working on his own agenda, but in the movies he is more or less subservient to Sauron, minus a few comments which might suggest otherwise.<br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|18]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Spoiling_of_Isengard&diff=357102The Spoiling of Isengard2022-09-12T22:26:40Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=The Spoiling of Isengard<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:fotrmidgewatercrossing.png|320px]]<br />
|number= 18 (extended edition)<br />
15 (theatrical cut)<br />
|duration = 1:44<br />
|event=[[Saruman]] begins the process of creating his own army.<br />
|characters=[[Saruman]], [[Sauron]], [[Gandalf]]<br />
|previous=[[The Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
|next=[[A Knife in the Dark (scene)]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''The Spoiling of Isengard''' is the fifteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the eighteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
At [[Isengard]], Saruman looks into his [[palantír]] to converse with Sauron. Sauron instructs him to begin construction on an army "worthy of [[Mordor]]". Summoning a few [[Orcs]] that he has already created, Saruman tells them that they have work to do. <br />
<br />
Gandalf is lying on the tower of [[Orthanc]], imprisoned while Saruman's orcs begin to convert Isengard into a massive factory. Trees are felled around the tower while Saruman looks on. Isengard begins to equip for war.<br />
<br />
==Differences==<br />
*Isengard has already begun conversion to a factory when Gandalf arrives in the books.<br />
*The conversation between Sauron and Saruman is an invention for the movies, but they do indeed converse "off-screen" in the books.<br />
*Saruman is more loyal to Sauron than in the books. At this point he would have already started working on his own agenda, but in the movies he is more or less subservient to Sauron, minus a few comments which might suggest otherwise.<br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|18]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Spoiling_of_Isengard&diff=357101The Spoiling of Isengard2022-09-12T22:25:54Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{scene<br />
|name=The Spoiling of Isengard<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:fotrmidgewatercrossing.png|320px]]<br />
|number= 18 (extended edition), 15 (theatrical cut)<br />
|event=[[Saruman]] begins the process of creating his own army.<br />
|characters=[[Saruman]], [[Sauron]], [[Gandalf]]<br />
|previous=[[The Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
|next=[[A Knife in the Dark (scene)]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''The Spoiling of Isengard''' is the fifteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the eighteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. <br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
At [[Isengard]], Saruman looks into his [[palantír]] to converse with Sauron. Sauron instructs him to begin construction on an army "worthy of [[Mordor]]". Summoning a few [[Orcs]] that he has already created, Saruman tells them that they have work to do. <br />
<br />
Gandalf is lying on the tower of [[Orthanc]], imprisoned while Saruman's orcs begin to convert Isengard into a massive factory. Trees are felled around the tower while Saruman looks on. Isengard begins to equip for war.<br />
<br />
==Differences==<br />
*Isengard has already begun conversion to a factory when Gandalf arrives in the books.<br />
*The conversation between Sauron and Saruman is an invention for the movies, but they do indeed converse "off-screen" in the books.<br />
*Saruman is more loyal to Sauron than in the books. At this point he would have already started working on his own agenda, but in the movies he is more or less subservient to Sauron, minus a few comments which might suggest otherwise.<br />
<br />
[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|18]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Midgewater_Marshes&diff=356777The Midgewater Marshes2022-09-09T02:46:04Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{incomplete}}{{scene<br />
|name=The Nazgûl<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:fotrmidgewatercrossing.png|320px]]<br />
|number= 17 (extended edition)<br />
|event=The hobbits make their way through the [[Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
|characters=[[Frodo]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]], [[Aragorn]]<br />
|previous=[[The Nazgûl (scene)|The Nazgûl]]<br />
|next=[[The Spoiling of Isengard]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Midgewater Marshes''' is the seventeenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]. This scene does not appear in the theatrical cut of the film.<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
The group arrives in Midgewater, which is hard to traverse owing to the swampy conditions and presence of bugs. They eventually make it through the marshes in time for sundown. Frodo overhears Aragorn singing the [[Lay of Leithian]], which describes the love between the Man [[Beren]] and the Elf [[Lúthien]] and their tragic end.<br />
<br />
==Differences==<br />
The Lay of Leithian is sung at Weathertop in the book, not near Midgewater.<br />
<br />
{{title}}<br />
[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|17]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Nazg%C3%BBl_(scene)&diff=356776The Nazgûl (scene)2022-09-09T02:43:11Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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<div>{{stub}}{{scene<br />
|name=The Nazgûl<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:FOTR - Ringwraiths Enter Bree.jpg|320px]]<br />
|number=13 (theatrical edition)<br><br />
16 (extended edition)<br />
|duration=3:24 (theatrical edition)<br><br />
3:44 (extended edition)<br />
|event=The [[Ringwraiths]] attack the [[Prancing Pony]]; the hobbits leave [[Bree]] with [[Aragorn]]<br />
|characters=[[Frodo]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]], [[Aragorn]], [[Ringwraiths]]<br />
|previous=[[At the Sign of The Prancing Pony (scene)|At the Sign of the Prancing Pony]]<br />
|next=[[The Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Nazgûl''' is the fourteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the sixteenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
The [[Nazgûl]] enter [[Bree]], riding down the gatekeeper. They enter into the [[Prancing Pony]], their terror overcoming [[Barliman Butterbur]]. The hobbits are shown to be sleeping as the Ringwraiths poise their blades above what seem to be the Hobbits and then stab downwards as [[Sam]] jolts awake. However, the hobbits are actually in another room entirely. The Ringwraiths have only stabbed empty beds. They yell out in anger as the other hobbits wake up. Aragorn briefly explains that the Ringwraiths were once great [[Men]] who were given rings of power. The rings converted their recipients into wraiths that are under the control of Sauron. They now exist solely to find the [[One Ring]] and will hunt Frodo as long as he bears it. Aragorn leads the Hobbits away from Bree as the sun dawns to get away from the Ringwraiths.<br />
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The hobbits escape from Bree. Merry and Frodo briefly discuss Aragorn's trustworthiness. Frodo decides to trust Aragorn for the moment. The hobbits briefly stop to make a second breakfast before Aragorn reprimands them. Eventually they reach the [[Midgewater Marshes]].<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*In the books, the perpetrators of the attack at Bree are Men who work for the Nazgul rather then the Nazgul themselves. <br />
*Barliman Butterbur's role is drastically reduced. In the books, he assists the hobbits, but in the movie, he only appears once after his introduction, cowering from the Ringwraiths.<br />
*The explanation of the Ringwraiths does not come from Aragorn.<br />
*Snow is shown on the ground, but it is still the middle of October.<br />
*The second breakfast joke is original to the movies.<br />
*The dialogue regarding Aragon's appearance takes place in the inn, not in the forest,<br />
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<div>{{kingdom<br />
| image=[[File:Abe Papakhian - Minas Tirith.jpg|250px]]<br />
| name=Gondor<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=Kingdom of the South, The South-kingdom, Stoningland<br />
| location=Lands around the [[White Mountains]], west of [[Mordor]]<br />
| capital=[[Osgiliath]] ({{SA|3320}} - {{TA|1640}})<br/>[[Minas Tirith]] (from {{TA|1640}})<br />
| towns=[[Pelargir]], [[Calembel]], [[Dol Amroth]], [[Erech]], [[Linhir]]<br/>Formerly: [[Minas Morgul|Minas Ithil]]<br />
| regions=[[Anórien]], [[Ithilien]], [[Lossarnach]], [[Lebennin]], [[Harondor]] (contested), [[Belfalas]], [[Lamedon]], [[Anfalas]], [[Enedwaith]] (shared with [[Arnor]])<br/>Formerly: [[Calenardhon]] <br />
| population=Primarily [[Gondorians]] ([[Belfalas]] was inhabited by [[Elves]] for some time)<br />
| language=[[Westron]], [[Númenórean Sindarin]], [[Quenya]]<br />
| govern1=[[Kings of Gondor|King of Gondor]]/[[High King of the Dúnedain|High King]]<br />
| govern2=Later [[Ruling Steward]]<br />
| govern3=[[Council of Gondor]]<br />
| currency=[[tharni]], [[castar]]<br />
| holiday=[[Cormarë]] (Fourth Age)<br />
| precededby=[[Númenor]]<br />
| event1=Founded<br />
| event1date={{SA|3320}}<br />
| event2=Independence<br />
| event2date={{TA|2}}<br />
| event3=First [[Ruling Steward]]<br />
| event3date={{TA|2050}}<br />
| event4=[[Rohan]]&nbsp;formed<br />
| event4date={{TA|2510}}<br />
| event5=Kings return<br />
| event5date=[[1 May]], {{TA|3019}}<br />
| followedby=[[Reunited Kingdom]]<br />
}}<br />
<center>{{quote|Gondor! Gondor, between the Mountains and the Sea!<br>West Wind blew there; light upon the Silver Tree...|[[Aragorn]] in ''[[The Two Towers]]'', "[[The Riders of Rohan]]"}}</center><br />
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'''Gondor''', or the '''South-kingdom''', was one of the two [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]] (the other being [[Arnor]] in the north) in the lands about the [[Mouths of Anduin]]. Initially the lesser of the [[Realms in Exile|Realms in-Exile]], Gondor survived to the end of the [[Third Age]], unlike [[Arnor]], and had an instrumental role in the [[War of the Ring]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
===Second Age===<br />
==== Foundation ====<br />
After the [[Downfall of Númenor]], the [[Exiles of Númenor]], led by [[Elendil]], established the [[Realms in Exile]] of [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]. Arriving at the [[Mouths of Anduin]], Elendil's sons, [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]], ascended the great river and founded the realm of Gondor.<ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref> <br />
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In [[Númenor]]ean colonies and outposts, such as [[Belfalas]] and [[Pelargir]],<ref name="UTD">{{UT|Druedain}}</ref> there were many [[Faithful]], fully or partially of [[Númenórean]] blood, who descended from [[Númenor]] long before its [[Downfall of Numenor|Downfall]]. The colonists welcomed Elendil's sons and allied themselves with the founders of the [[Kingdoms of the Dúnedain]].<ref name=rings/><ref name=languages>{{App|Men}}</ref> Elendil made the Faithful nobles (kin of Elendil) who ruled Belfalas "[[Princes of Dol Amroth|Princes]]".<ref name="Cirion">{{UT|Cirion}}</ref> There were also many men of mingled blood, descended from the [[Men of the Mountains|Men of]] the [[White Mountains]] during the [[Dark Years]].<ref name="Minas Tirith">{{RK|V1}}</ref> <br />
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[[Image:Ted Nasmith - The White Tree.jpg|thumb|[[Ted Nasmith]] - ''The White Tree'']]<br />
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At this early point in its history, Gondor was the lesser of the Kingdoms of the Dúnedain, with their conjoint [[King of Gondor|Kings]] subject to the [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] who ruled [[Arnor]] in the North. After their arrival and acceptance by the people, [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]] put themselves to the task of ordering their realm. Isildur took the area then known as [[Arnen]] (later [[Ithilien]])<ref>{{VT|42a}}, p. 17</ref> and built the tower of [[Minas Ithil]] near Mordor as a threat to the [[Mordor|Black Land]], and within its walls he planted a seedling of the [[Nimloth of Númenor|White Tree]] of [[Númenor]] that he had taken before its burning. [[Anárion]] raised the tower of [[Minas Anor]] on the other side of [[Anduin]]'s floodplain as a bulwark against the [[Wild Men]]. In between their cities, the brothers founded [[Osgiliath]], their capital, from which they jointly reigned; these three cities also housed three of the [[palantíri]], the Seeing Stones that the [[Faithful]] had taken with them from [[Númenor]], to maintain contact with [[Elendil]] and the other areas under their control.<br />
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Extraordinary knowledge of stonework was brought to the South-kingdom from [[Númenor]], and this skill was a vital part of the character of Gondor and its people. In the early years of the realm, the [[Gondorians]] worked to erect mighty cities and monuments throughout their new land.<ref name=rings/> Their original capital at [[Osgiliath]] had great stone bridges spanned the [[Anduin]], as well as mighty houses and towers of stone.<ref name=rings/> Other works marvellous and strong they built in the land in the days of their power, at the [[Argonath]], and at [[Aglarond]], and at [[Erech]]; and at [[Isengard]], they made the [[Orthanc|Pinnacle of Orthanc]] of unbreakable stone.<ref name=rings/> Great roads that ran both north and south of the [[White Mountains]] traversed through the realm.<ref>{{RK|Ride}}</ref><br />
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Gondor was, from the beginnning of its history, always more powerful and populous than its northern counterpart, the [[Arnor]], in spite of its borders being impeded in the South and East.<ref name=Atani>{{PM|Atani}}</ref><br />
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==== War of the Last Alliance ====<br />
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Gondor was at first unaware that [[Sauron]], who had been taken as a prisoner to [[Númenor]] before its destruction, had survived the disastrous [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]]. However, not long after the kingdom's cities were built, the awakening of the fires of [[Orodruin]] signalled his return. At that time, the [[Men of Gondor]] first called the mountain ''[[Amon Amarth]]'', or [[Mount Doom]].<ref>{{App|Numenor}}</ref><br />
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Soon after, in {{SA|3429}}, [[Sauron]] launched an [[First Fall of Minas Ithil|attack on Minas Ithil]], which forced [[Isildur]] into a retreat. Sauron took the fortress and burned the [[White Tree of Gondor]] that had grown there, but Isildur saved one of its seedlings and took it and his family on a ship down the [[Anduin]]. He sailed to the north to confer with [[Elendil]] about these events while [[Anárion]] remained in Gondor and continued to hold [[Minas Anor]] and [[Osgiliath]].<ref>{{App|B1}}</ref> He also managed to push back [[Sauron]]'s forces to the mountain range of [[Ephel Dúath]], but Sauron began to gather reinforcements and the [[Men of Gondor]] knew that their realm was in great danger of being destroyed unless aid came.<br />
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[[Elendil]] reacted to the threat of Sauron by combining forces with [[Gil-galad]], the [[High King of the Noldor]], to make the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]]. Their armies marched south-east from [[Arnor]] and [[Lindon]]. Supported by the forces of Gondor, [[Lórinand]], the [[Woodland Realm]], and [[Khazad-dûm]], the [[Last Alliance|Alliance]] fought a great battle on the plain of [[Dagorlad]], north of [[Mordor]]. The [[Last Alliance]] was victorious, and entered [[Mordor]] itself, where they laid a siege on Sauron's Tower of [[Siege of Barad-dûr|Barad-dûr]] for seven years. During this time, [[Anárion]], joint [[King of Gondor]], was killed by a rock thrown from [[Barad-dûr]] that broke his helm. The siege ended when [[Sauron]] himself emerged from [[Barad-dûr]] to fight the [[Last Alliance|Alliance]]. [[Gil-galad]] and [[Elendil]] were slain in single combat, but [[Isildur]] cut the [[One Ring]] from Sauron's finger ending the war.<ref name=rings/><br />
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=== Third Age ===<br />
====Independence====<br />
After the battle, [[Isildur]], former joint [[King of Gondor]] and heir to the [[High King (Dúnedain)|High Kingship]], built a secret tomb for [[Elendil]] on the mountain [[Amon Anwar]]<ref name="CE"/> and placed the rule of Gondor in the hands of his brother's eldest eligible son, [[Meneldil]]. Isildur planted the seedling of the White Tree that he had saved in [[Minas Ithil]], and brought to Minas Anor, and it endured for several centuries. <br />
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After these acts, Isildur left Gondor in {{TA|2}} with the intent of taking up the [[High King (Dúnedain)|High Kingship]] in [[Annúminas]]. He [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields|never arrived]].<ref name=rings/><ref name="AppB2"/> [[Isildur]] had relinquished the rule of Gondor to his nephew [[Meneldil]] who became the first [[King of Gondor]] to rule in his own right and so, Gondor became an independent realm.<ref name=rings/><ref name="AppB2"/><br />
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==== Golden Age ====<br />
After the war, Gondor's power and wealth grew steadily (only interrupted by an [[Easterlings|Easterling]] invasion in {{TA|492}}). Its power would continue to grow into the 9th century of the [[Third Age]]. While the power of Gondor's sister kingdom [[Arnor]] peaked during the 9th century, when it broke into various successor states, Gondor's greatest glory was yet to come.<br />
[[File:Steven White Jr. - Gondor TA1050.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Gondor in {{TA|1050}}]]<br />
Gondor's power reached its Golden Age under the four "[[Ship-kings]]": [[Tarannon Falastur]], [[Eärnil I]], [[Ciryandil]], and [[Hyarmendacil I]].<br />
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Tarannon was [[Captain of the Hosts]] and the first of the [[Ship-kings]] of Gondor, who extended Gondor far along the shores west and south of the [[Ethir Anduin]]. Commemorating his victories, Tarannon assumed the name "Falastur" when he took the crown.<ref name="AppGondor">{{App|Gondor}}</ref> Tarannon was also famous for his Queen, the "nefarious, solitary, and loveless" [[Berúthiel]]. Tarannon had built a house in [[Pelargir]] that rested upon arches sunk into the [[Anduin]], but the queen refused to live within the sound and smell of the sea. She lived in the King's House in [[Osgiliath]] where she owned cats said to be able to spy upon men. Eventually Tarannon placed her upon a boat cast adrift at sea.<ref>{{UT|Istari}}, Note 7</ref> He was then the first king to die without an heir, and was succeeded by his nephew, the second of the Ship-kings, [[Eärnil I]].<ref name="South"/><br />
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[[Eärnil I]] continued with the expansionist maritime policy of his predecessor by constructing a great navy and repairing the ancient haven of [[Pelargir]].<ref name="Elendil"/> But Gondor was not the supreme "Lord of the Coasts" as Tarannon boasted; the [[Haven of Umbar]] stood in their way of complete domination. So in {{TA|933}}, [[Eärnil I]] defeated the forces of Umbar, seizing control of the seas and making Umbar a great harbour and fortress of Gondor. Even though Gondor's naval power was uncontested, [[Eärnil I]] was lost at sea and was never seen again. <br />
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When he was lost at sea, he was succeeded by his son [[Ciryandil]], who continued his father's naval policies of building more ships. Ciryandil reigned over Gondor for seventy-nine years, and died in the defence of Umbar against the Haradrim, in Haradwaith, led by the lords exiled from Umbar.<br />
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When Ciryandil was slain, his son Ciryaher took up the Crown. After biding his time and building up his forces, he avenged his father, and defeated the kings of Harad, by land and by sea and made them acknowledge the overlordship of Gondor in {{TA|1050}}. In the reign of the powerful king Hyarmendacil I Gondor reached the height of its power. After this victory he took the name ''Hyarmendacil'', meaning "South-victor". Hyarmendacil's reign brought [[Gondor]] to its greatest extent and power. For the rest of his one hundred and thirty-four year reign Gondor was at peace; the passes of [[Mordor]] were well guarded, and no one dared contest his power. During Hyarmendacil I's reign, Gondor's borders reached their furthest extent. The Kingdom extended east to the [[Sea of Rhûn]]; south to the [[Harnen]] and all the coast up to the cape of [[Umbar]]; as far north as [[Celebrant]]; and west towards [[Greyflood]]. Gondor would also enjoy several centuries of peace due to its military might. The [[Men of the Vales of Anduin]] as well as the Haradrim acknowledged its authority and overlordship, with the Kings of Harad paying homage.<ref name="AppGondor"/> Hyarmendacil I was the last of the [[Ship-kings]]. He was succeeded by his lazy son [[Atanatar II|Atanatar II Alcarin]].<br />
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==== Decline ====<br />
The extent and power of the realm [[Atanatar]] had inherited earned him the title [[Alcarin]] ("Glorious") but he did little to maintain its strength, and nothing to expand its influence. Already during Atanatar's reign, then, Gondor began to stagnate. There is some evidence to suggest that [[Gandalf]] first visited Gondor during this period, earning the name ''[[Incánus]]'' from the [[Gondorians]]. Atanatar II ruled Gondor for seventy-seven years, during which the wealth and power created by his father slowly began to wane. Atanatar was succeeded by his eldest son, who ruled as [[Narmacil I]], but [[Narmacil]] had no children and was succeeded in turn by his brother, Atanatar's younger son [[Calmacil]].<br />
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After sixty-four years as [[Regent of Gondor|Regent]] under the old King [[Calmacil]], [[Minalcar]] took the throne in his own right. In memory of a great victory over the [[Easterlings]] he had won in his [[Regent of Gondor|Regency]], he became King in the name [[Rómendacil II]]. [[Rómendacil II]] built, on the northern approach to [[Nen Hithoel]], the giant pillars [[Argonath]] to mark the northern border of Gondor following his great victory over the [[Easterlings]] in {{TA|1248}}.<ref name="AppB2">{{App|B2}}</ref> He developed less tangible defences, too, working to cement a bond between Gondor and the [[Northmen]] who lived to the east. He went so far as to send his son [[Valacar]] to live among them, an act from which the evils of the [[Kin-strife]] would eventually develop. After Rómendacil II's reign, decadence spread under the kings of Gondor and a long period of decline began (although Gondor experienced several revivals). Three great calamities struck Gondor during the second millennium of the Third Age, which are held to be the chief reasons for its decline: the [[Kin-strife]], the [[Great Plague]], and the invasion of the [[Wainriders]] (a tribe of Easterlings), one of series of conflicts in the [[Wainrider/Balchoth War]]. <br />
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===== Kin-strife =====<br />
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In the 15th century a great civil war named the Kin-strife tore the nation apart. The current King Eldacar was of mixed blood: his mother was of the Northmen. Popular displeasure at this led to the overthrow of King Eldacar by Castamir, the admiral of all of Gondor's naval forces who possessed some royal blood. Eldacar's son was slain, and Eldacar fled north. Castamir was afterwards known as [[Castamir|Castamir the Usurper]]. During his ten year rule he proved to be very cruel, and because of his love of his old fleet, he lavished attention on the coastal regions while the interior provinces were ignored and left to rot. Eldacar then returned with an army of his Northmen kinsmen, and they were joined by armies of Gondorians from interior provinces such as Anórien. [[Osgiliath]] was devastated during this conflict, its great bridge destroyed and its ''[[palantíri|palantír]]'' lost. Eldacar slew Castamir and reclaimed his throne, but Castamir's sons and their forces were besieged in Pelargir, the great port of Gondor. They eventually retreated to Umbar, where they joined with the Corsairs, and troubled Gondor for many years, until their descendants died out.<br />
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===== Great Plague =====<br />
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In [[Third Age 1636]], the [[Great Plague]] struck and the [[White Tree of Gondor|White Tree]] died. This Plague was no localized event: the Plague swept through all of Middle-earth, reaching the successor states of Arnor and the [[Hobbits]] of [[the Shire]] in the North. King [[Tarondor (King of Gondor)|Tarondor]] found a sapling of the White Tree, and moved the capital from Osgiliath to [[Minas Anor]], the City of Anárion. During this time, Gondor was so depopulated that the fortifications guarding against the re-entry of evil into Mordor were abandoned. It is believed that had the Haradrim or Easterlings been capable of attacking Gondor at this time, it would have fallen. However, the Plague left Gondor's enemies in no better condition than Gondor itself, and neither side was capable of mounting new offensives.<br />
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===== Invasion of the Wainriders =====<br />
The first invasion of the Wainriders began {{TA|1856}} during the reign of King [[Narmacil II]], following the sapping of Gondor's strength by the plague. The spirit of Sauron in the East stirred up the forces of the Wainriders to attack the lands of Gondor and her allies. The Wainriders were stronger than any other horde of Easterlings before, and so in 1856, on the fields of Rhovanion, the Wainriders defeated the forces of Gondor and the Northmen, killing [[Narmacil II]] and enslaving Rhovanion. During the enslavement of Rhovannion, the Nazgûl entered Mordor. But the Gondorians would not sit idle, while their allies to the north were suffering under the Wainriders. In 1899 King Calimehtar led a revolt in Rhovanion, and defeated the Wainriders in the Battle of Dagorlad. <br />
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{{TA|1940}} The King [[Ondoher]] took council with [[Araphant]] the king of [[Arthedain]]. The kings realized that one force was beset on destroying the kingdoms of the [[Dunedain]]. For a long time it had lain dormant, but in the weakness of both kingdoms, it attacked. The Kingdoms allied against the power, and Prince [[Arvedui]] of Arthedain married Firiel the daughter of Ondoher. <br />
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After licking their wounds for 45 years the Wainriders returned with allies from Khand and Harad in {{TA|1944}}. The Wainriders came in the north from Rhovanion and the men of Harad and Khand attacked from the South. The Wainriders destroyed the Northern Army of Gondor, but in the south Gondor defeated the Southrons at the River Poros. Their Captain Eärnil gathered the remnants of the northern army, and went north to challenge the Wainriders. In the [[Battle of the Camp]] Eärnil surprised the Wainriders, while they were celebrating their victory.<br />
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===== Reunification Rejected =====<br />
In 1944, Gondor also faced a constitutional crisis when King [[Ondoher]] was slain in a previous battle with both his sons. Prince [[Arvedui]], son of King [[Araphant]] of [[Arthedain]] and Ondoher's son-in-law, and the victorious general Eärnil, who was a distant blood-relative of Ondoher, claimed the throne. Arvedui's claim lay mainly in the reintroduction of the old Númenórean law of accession, which stated the eldest (remaining) child should succeed the king. If the law was reintroduced, then Arvedui's wife [[Fíriel]], Ondoher's daughter and last remaining child would become [[Ruling Queens of Númenor|Ruling Queen]], making their descendants Kings of both Arnor and Gondor. Arvedui also tried to put weight behind his claim as he was Isildur's heir. The Council of Gondor recognised that the name of Isildur was held in honour in Gondor, but they dictated that the South-Kingdom must be ruled by an Heir of Anárion. Due to his ancestry from Fíriel and Arvedui, more than a millennium later, Aragorn Elessar put forward his claim as the heir of both Isildur and Anárion.<br />
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Eärnil lay his claim as being a direct descendant of King [[Telumehtar]] Umbardacil. His claim was also greatly bolstered by the popularity he had gained as the victorious general who saved Gondor from the Wainriders after winning the southern theatre of the war. Steward [[Pelendur]] who was temporarily ruling Gondor as serving as arbiter of succession, intervened in favour of Gondor's victorious general who would rule as [[Eärnil II]].<br />
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===== Last Heir of Anárion =====<br />
During the [[Battle of Fornost]], Eärnil II's heir Eärnur led Gondor's forces to victory over the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]], who was actually the Lord of the [[Nazgûl]]. Although Eärnur wished to fight him, Eärnur's horse was terrified and fled the battle against his wishes. By the time he mastered his horse and return, the Witch-king had fled. [[Glorfindel]] the Elf then prophesied to him that it was better that he not fight the Lord of the Nazgûl because "never by the hand of man shall he fall". <br />
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Eärnur later ascended to the throne, ruling from Minas Anor (Tower of the Sun). During this time, the Ringwraiths [[Second Fall of Minas Ithil|captured]] Minas Anor's sister city, Minas Ithil (Tower of the Moon), causing it to be renamed Minas Morgul (Tower of Sorcery), and took it as their lair. Minas Anor was renamed Minas Tirith (Tower of Guard) as a result. The Lord of the Nazgûl repeatedly sent messengers to Minas Tirith challenging Eärnur to single combat, taunting him that he had fled out of cowardice from facing him during the Battle of Fornost. Eventually, King Eärnur was overcome by wrath and rode with a small company of knights to Minas Morgul, to accept the challenge. They were never heard from again. So ended the Line of [[Anárion]].<br />
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==== Ruling Stewards of Gondor ====<br />
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The realm was governed by a long line of hereditary Stewards after the disappearance of [[Eärnur]], son of Eärnil, since there was no proof that the last king was dead, and no claimant had enough support to be accepted as his successor. The line of Anárion was held to have failed, and Gondor was not willing to risk to another Kin-strife, which would surely have destroyed it. Whenever there was a new Steward, he would swear an oath to yield rule of Gondor back to the King, in essence only an heir of Isildur, if he should ever return. In Gondor there was no one who could claim descent from Isildur in direct line, and the northern line of Arnor had effectively disappeared, so this oath was not considered seriously. The line of Stewards ruled as Kings, without having the title.<br />
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===== Cirion and Eorl =====<br />
[[File:Anke Eißmann - The oath of Cirion and Eorl.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''The oath of Cirion and Eorl'' by [[Anke Eißmann]]]]<br />
In [[Third Age 2510]], when Steward [[Cirion]] ruled over Gondor, the nation faced one of its greatest perils: an Easterling tribe named the ''[[Balchoth]]'' invaded Gondor with massive force. Gondor's army marched to fight the Balchoth but were cut off from [[Minas Tirith]] and pushed back in the direction of the [[Limlight]].<br />
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Messengers were sent to get help from the [[Éothéod]], a tribe which lived in the northern vales of the [[Anduin]], but nobody expected the messengers to reach their destination. When certain peril came upon Gondor, however, the Éothéod turned the tide of the [[Battle of the Field of Celebrant]]. After the victory the Éothéod were awarded the fields of [[Calenardhon]] north of the [[Ered Nimrais]] from the Gap of Rohan at the southern end of the [[Misty Mountains|Hithaeglir]], [[Fangorn Forest]], rivers Limlight to river [[Anduin]], western [[Emyn Muil]] and the [[Mering Stream]], where they established the kingdom of [[Rohan]] with [[Eorl the Young]] as their first king. A perpetual alliance between Gondor and Rohan was established by the oath Eorl swore to Cirion.<ref name="CE"/><br />
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In {{TA|2710}} King [[Déor]] asked the help of [[Egalmoth (Steward of Gondor)|Steward Egalmoth]] to drive off the [[Dunlendings]] from the occupied [[Ring of Isengard]], but a renewed war against the Orcs prevented the Steward from fulfilling the Oath.<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Isen}}</ref><br />
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Southern Gondor was assailed by three great fleets from Umbar and Harad and [[Beren (Steward of Gondor)|Steward Beren]] spent much of his rule fighting the [[Corsairs of Umbar]]. In the meantime, during the [[Long Winter]] of {{TA|2758}} - {{TA|2759|n}}, Rohan came under attack from the Dunlendings, so neither nation could help the other, until captain Beregond, Beren's son, repeled the invaders. Therefore when [[Saruman]] suddenly appeared and requested leave to dwell in [[Isengard]], Beren gladly gave the [[Wizard]] the [[key of Orthanc]]. By the time of Beregond, Gondor started recovering its strength.<ref name="Stewards">{{App|Stewards}}</ref><br />
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Upon the death of [[Belecthor]], the [[White Tree of Gondor]] also died, but was left standing "until the King comes".<ref>{{PM|Elendil}}, p. 206</ref><br />
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In {{TA|2885}}, when Ithilien was invaded in great strength, King [[Folcwine]] of Rohan fulfilled the Oath and sent many men to Gondor. With their aid Steward [[Túrin II]] won a victory at the [[Crossings of Poros]]. Since then, Gondor withdrew from Ithilien and only the [[Rangers of Ithilien]] remained with special refuges for them, and a fortification on Cair Andros.<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
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It was near the end of [[Turgon (Steward of Gondor)|Turgon]]'s rule, in {{TA|2951}}, when [[Sauron]] declared himself openly in [[Mordor]]; he gathered his power there, and began rebuilding [[Barad-dûr]].<ref name="AppB2"/> [[Ecthelion II]] strengthened [[Pelargir]] and refortified [[Cair Andros]].<ref name="Elendil"/> Under his service, the stranger [[Thorongil]], severely damaged the Corsairs' fleet at Umbar in a [[Surprise Attack on Umbar|surprise attack]].<ref name="Stewards"/><br />
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In 3019, during the [[War of the Ring]], Gondor was the strongest of the free nations that opposed Sauron, and thus, its defeat was his primary strategic goal in the war.<ref name="MT">{{RK|V1}}</ref> Gondor faced an all out attack on its capital Minas Tirith in the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]]. Although nearly defeated, the Rohirrim once again turned the tide of battle, and helped win the war, though with heavy losses.<ref name="tBotPF">{{RK|Battle}}</ref> The combined army of the West then carried the battle to Sauron at the Battle of the Morannon, a feint to distract Sauron's attention from Frodo Baggins's quest to destroy the One Ring in Mount Doom, thus causing Sauron's destruction and the allies' ultimate victory.<br />
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===Later history===<br />
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After the second and final defeat of Sauron, the [[King of Gondor|Kingship of Gondor]] was restored, [[Aragorn|Aragorn II]] became the third [[King of Gondor and Arnor]]. <br />
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During his reign, [[Aragorn]] restored Gondor and repeopled it, but retained [[Minas Tirith]] as the chief city.<ref name="Elendil">{{PM|Elendil}}</ref>. He, alongside [[King of Rohan|King]] [[Éomer]], led military campaigns beyond the [[Sea of Rhûn]] and on the far fields of the [[South]].<ref name="Appendix A">{{App|Mark}}</ref> As a result, he was able to re-establish his dominance in places which Gondor initially held at the height of its power. The threat of the [[Corsairs of Umbar|Corsairs]] was finally completely subdued during his reign and [[Umbar]] was finally re-taken.<ref name="AppGondor"/> He also made peace with the [[Haradrim]] after his coronation.<ref name="RK-StewardKing">{{RK|VI5}}</ref><br />
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===Politics===<br />
[[Gondor]] was divided into regions described as 'fiefs', each under the control of a lord who in turn owed their allegiance to the Ruler of Gondor, whether the [[King of Gondor|King]] or (in later years) the [[Ruling Steward]].<ref name="Fortyone">{{PM|Languages}}, §41, p. 45</ref> Many of these fiefs were dominated by the [[Dúnedain]], notably the royal lands of [[Anórien]] and [[Ithilien]], as well as the shoreland fief of [[Belfalas]].<ref name=languages/><br />
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The [[Númenórean]] [[King of Gondor]] governed the realm with the frame of ancient law, of which he was administrator (and interpreter) but not the maker. In all debatable matters of importance domestic, or external, however, even [[Denethor II|Denethor]] had a [[Council of Gondor|Council]], and at least listened to what the Lords of the Fiefs and the Captains of the Forces had to say. [[Aragorn]] re-established the [[Council of Gondor|Great Council of Gondor]], and in that [[Faramir]], who remained by inheritance the [[Steward]] (or representative of the King during his absence abroad, or sickness, or between his death and the accession of his heir) was his chief counsellor.<ref name="politics">{{L|244}}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
At its greatest extent, the realm extended:<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
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* North to the [[Field of Celebrant]] and the southern eaves of [[Mirkwood]]<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
* West to the [[Greyflood]]<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
* East to the inland [[Sea of Rhûn]]<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
* South to the [[River Harnen]], and also along the coast to the peninsula and haven of [[Umbar]]<ref name="AppGondor"/><br />
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[[Calenardhon|A large part of the northern territories]] was gifted to the [[Éothéod]] in {{TA|2510}}.<ref name="CE">{{UT|Cirion}}</ref> Gondor's close proximity to Sauron's land was the catalyst of many battles and skirmishes, but its location also gave the Gondorians more ability to protect the other regions of Middle-earth from the Dark Lord and his servants.<ref name="CoE">{{FR|Council}}</ref><br />
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At the height of its power, between the reigns of [[Hyarmendacil I]] and [[Rómendacil II]] ({{TA|1015}}-{{TA|1366|n}}), the wide lands between [[Anduin]] and the [[Sea of Rhûn]] were never effectively settled or occupied, and the only true north boundary of the Kingdom east of [[Anduin]] was formed by the [[Emyn Muil]] and the marshes south and east of them.<ref name=Atani/> Númenorean influence, however, went far beyond even these extended bounds, passing up the [[Vales of Anduin]] to its sources, and reaching the lands east of [[Mirkwood]], between the [[River Running]] and the [[River Carnen]].<ref name=Atani/><br />
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===Regions===<br />
Gondor was divided between several nearly autonomous regions. These were the following:<br />
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* [[Andrast]], the de-populated peninsula of [[Ras Morthil]]<br />
* [[Anfalas]], or the Langstrand, in the south-west<br />
* [[Anórien]], surrounding [[Minas Tirith]] and north of Ered Nimrais<br />
* [[Belfalas]], the peninsula jutting out from the southern coast of Gondor ruled by the [[Prince of Dol Amroth]]<br />
* [[Ethir Anduin]], the estuary of the [[Anduin|River Anduin]]<br />
* [[Ithilien]], the lands across the [[Anduin]] from Minas Tirith<br />
* [[Lamedon]], north of the [[Ringló]]<br />
* [[Lebennin]], the land between Lossarnach and the Bay of Belfalas <br />
* [[Lossarnach]], in the mountain vales south-west of Minas Tirith <br />
* [[Morthond]], south of Erech<br />
* [[Pinnath Gelin]], the hills north of Anfalas and east of the river Lefnui<br />
* [[Ringló Vale]], between Lamedon and [[Belfalas]]<br />
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Additionally, Gondor held or had held the following regions at certain points in its history:<br />
* [[South Gondor]], which was contested between Gondor and the forces of [[Harad]] and [[Umbar]]<br />
* [[Calenardhon]], which was given to the Éothéod and became Rohan<br />
* [[Enedwaith]], the timberlands of Gondor (shared with [[Arnor]]), which were never really populated and soon abandoned<br />
* [[Rhovanion]], which was never fully under the control of Gondor but under Gondorian influence at certain times during the Third Age<br />
* [[Haradwaith]], tributary of Gondor for a while<br />
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===Cities===<br />
Cities in Gondor included:<br />
* [[Calembel]]<br />
* [[Dol Amroth]], the seat of [[Prince of Dol Amroth|Princes]] on the coasts of Gondor<br />
* [[Linhir]]<br />
* [[Minas Tirith]] (originally named [[Minas Anor]]), the seven-tiered citadel of the [[Kings of Gondor]]<br />
* [[Minas Ithil]], conquered by the [[Ringwraiths]] and renamed [[Minas Morgul]] by the [[Gondorians]]<br />
* [[Osgiliath]], the ancient capital of Gondor<br />
* [[Pelargir]], the greatest and most ancient of the havens of Gondor<br />
* [[Tarnost]] (debatable)<ref name="t2M">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Tolkien]], ''[[The War of the Ring]]'', "[[The Second Map]]"</ref><br />
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===Fortresses and outposts===<br />
Additionally, Gondor used the following locations as military strongholds at certain points in its history, many of which Mordor later took:<br />
* The outposts of [[Amon Hen]] and [[Amon Lhaw]] on [[Emyn Muil]] probably had small garrisons<br />
* [[Isengard|Angrenost]], the fortress of Isengard, later granted to [[Saruman]]<br />
* The Gondorian fortress later known as [[Hornburg]], guarding the [[Helm's Deep]]<br />
* The [[Towers of the Teeth]], built by the Gondorians to keep watch over Mordor.<br />
* The [[Tower of Cirith Ungol|fortress]] guarding the pass of [[Cirith Ungol]]<br />
* The castle that came to be called [[Durthang]], the largest fortress in Mordor, originally built to guard the [[Ephel Dúath]]<br />
* [[Tharbad]] to the north, held by both Gondor and Arnor but abandoned and later ruined after Gondor retreated from [[Enedwaith]]<br />
* [[Umbar]], which was contested between Gondor and the forces of [[Harad]] and [[Umbar]]<br />
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==Languages==<br />
[[Westron]], or the Common Speech, was the main language of the people of [[Gondor]]. An antique, more formal and terse, form of the Common Tongue was spoken by the Gondorians.<ref>{{App|Translation}}</ref> <br />
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Many of the Men of Gondor could also speak the [[Elvish]] tongues, a notable distinction and characteristic among the [[Dúnedain of the South]].<ref name=languages/> [[Sindarin]] had long ceased to be a "first language" in Gondor, but was learned in early youth (by those claiming [[Númenórean]] descent) from loremasters, and used by them as a mark of rank and high-blood.<ref name="Elendil"/> It had changed very little since the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and though the [[Men of Gondor]] altered some of the sounds, they could still understand the [[Elves]] and be understood by them.<ref name="Elendil"/> [[Westron]] became used more and more by the [[Dúnedain of Gondor]] themselves, so that at the time of the [[War of the Ring]], [[Sindarin]] was known to only a small part of the peoples of Gondor (and spoken daily by fewer); they dwelt mostly in [[Minas Tirith]] and the adjacent townlands, and in the land of the tributary princes of [[Dol Amroth]].<ref name=languages/> [[Sindarin]] was used to be polite, especially in [[Minas Tirith]].<ref name="quenya">{{L|347}}</ref><br />
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[[Quenya]] was known to the learned of Gondor, a tradition which has continued from the loremasters of [[Númenor]], to be used for places of fame and reverence in addition to the names of royalty and men of great renown.<ref name="quenya"/><ref name=languages/> All the royal names of the [[Kings of Gondor]] as well as all the [[Stewards]] until [[Mardil Voronwë]] were [[Quenya]] names.<ref name=languages/><ref name="South">{{App|South}}</ref> At the end of the [[Third Age]], there were more [[Gondorians]] (those of [[Minas Tirith]] and its fiefs) that knew [[Quenya]] or spoke [[Sindarin]] than there were [[Elves]] (those of [[Lindon]], [[Rivendell]], and [[Lórien]]) who did either.<ref name="quenya"/> <br />
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==Etymology==<br />
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In earlier times, it was called the South Kingdom, or ''Hyaralondie'', ''Hyallondie'' and ''Turmen Hyallondiéva'' in Quenya, and ''Arthor na Challonnas'' in Sindarin from the Númenórean point of view: the elements ''[[londie]]'' and ''[[lonnas]]'' mean "harbour, landing".<ref name="PE17">{{PE|17}}</ref><br />
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The name '''Gondor''' was likely adopted from the lesser people's terminology<ref name="L324">{{L|324}}</ref> and translates from [[Sindarin]] as "Stone-land", from the words ''[[gond]]'', "stone", and ''(n)[[dor]]'', "land".<ref name="L324"/> The (generally not used) [[Quenya]] form of the name was ''Ondonóre''.<ref name="VT42">{{VT|42}}</ref> Gondor received its name because of the abundance of stone in the [[Ered Nimrais]], and the usage of it in great stone cities, statues, and monuments, such as Minas Tirith and the Argonath. <br />
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In [[Rohan]], it was known as '''Stoningland''' (a modernization of [[Old English]] ''Stāning-(land)''<ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 776</ref>),<ref name="tBotPF"/> and [[Ghân-buri-Ghân]] of the [[Drúedain]] also recognized their use of stone.<ref name="RotR">{{RK|Ride}}</ref><br />
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==Inspiration==<br />
The history and civilization of Gondor has been compared to historical elements of the real world. Many real-world civilizations experienced periods in which a regent, vizier, or or general held actual power in the name a rightful monarch, like the Ruling Stewards did in Gondor. In his letters Tolkien compared the Ruling Stewards of Gondor to the Carolingians of France--Charlemagne's line descended from a marshal in service to the Merovingian dynasty that eventually replaced them.<br />
===Italy===<br />
[[Letter to Jennifer Brookes-Smith (28 July 1955)|Writing in a letter]] about an impending trip in [[1955]], Tolkien identified Gondor as [[Wikipedia:Italy|Italy]].<ref>{{CG|C}}, p. 462</ref><br />
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[[Tolkien]] himself likened Gondor in a degree to ancient Egypt, in terms of how Gondorians constructed gigantic stone structures, and the [[Crown of Gondor]] being similar to the [[Wikipedia:Pschent|crown of the Pharaohs of Egypt]].<ref>{{L|211}}, p. 281</ref> Notably, some "scholars" claimed that ancient Egypt was a colony of [[Atlantis]],<ref>[[Wikipedia:Ignatius L. Donnelly|Ignatius L. Donnelly]], [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4032 Atlantis: The Antediluvian World] (1882), Part V, Chapter II: The Egyptian Colony</ref> much like how Gondor was a survival of Númenor (although it is unknown if Tolkien considered this aspect).<br />
===Byzantine Empire===<br />
In online discussions, many [[Tolkien fandom|Tolkien fans]] have entertained the idea that Gondor is comparable to the [[Wikipedia:Byzantine Empire|Byzantine Empire]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.middleearthcenter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21307|articlename=Gondor -> Byzantine Empire|dated=|website=[http://www.middleearthcenter.com/ Middle-earth Center]|accessed=22 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=229914|articlename=Is Gondor Constantinople?|dated=|website=Plaza|accessed=22 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.thephora.net/forum/showthread.php?t=12555|articlename=Gondor = Byzantium?|dated=|website=[http://www.thephora.net/forum/index.php The Phora]|accessed=22 September 2012}}</ref> [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] described Minas Tirith in a long [[Letter to Milton Waldman| letter to Milton Waldman]], that was probably written in late 1951, as the "half-ruinous Byzantine City of Minas Tirith"<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 746</ref> and that of Gondor in its history "fades slowly to decayed Middle-Age, a kind of proud, venerable, but increasingly impotent Byzantium".<ref>{{L|131}}</ref> Some of the parallels noted between Gondor and the Byzantine Empire are:<ref>Miryam Librán-Moreno, "'Byzantium, New Rome!': Goths, Langobards, and Byzantium in ''The Lord of the Rings''", in ''[[Tolkien and the Study of His Sources]]'' (edited by [[Jason Fisher]]</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=Tom Simon|articleurl=http://www.bondwine.com/essays/38/gondor.html|articlename=Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism|dated=13 March 2010|website=[http://www.bondwine.com/ Bondwine]|accessed=22 September 2012}}</ref><br />
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Gondor is the south-eastern portion of [[Elendil]]'s original kingdom. The Byzantine Empire was the eastern remnant of the Roman Empire. The [[Wikipedia:Western Roman Empire|Western Roman Empire]] eventually withered and dissolved, like [[Arnor]], while the Byzantine Empire endured, although in a dramatically weakened state. Both states acted as a cultural and military buffer between two cultures: Byzantium between Europe and Islam, Gondor between the northern polities and Mordor. The Byzantine Empire absorbed several "barbaric" peoples like the Wends and Slavs, much like Gondor did with the [[Northmen]] and other [[Middle Men]]. Unlike Byzantium, Gondor did not fall and was restored through the return of its rightful line of kings. Constantinople and Minas Tirith also play similar roles as the respective largest cities in their respective cultural spheres.<br />
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As a final note, the last Byzantine Emperor, [[Wikipedia:Constantine_XI_Palaiologos#Legacy|Constantine XI]], remained in legend and folklore as the [[Wikipedia:King in the mountain|"Marble Emperor"]] whose messianic ressurection and return would signal the restoration of the Empire. This parallels the fate of [[Earnur]] and Gondor's interregnum period until the "Return of the [[Aragorn|King]]" who [[Reunited Kingdom|restored the Kingdom]].<br />
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I have never been that good at geography, and I am not very happy with how this article turned out. I am not aware of any critical defects, but I really think someone else could probably do a better job.[[User:Turiannerevarine|Turiannerevarine]] ([[User talk:Turiannerevarine|talk]]) 21:31, 29 August 2022 (UTC)</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Of_Beleriand_and_its_Realms&diff=355284Talk:Of Beleriand and its Realms2022-08-29T21:31:45Z<p>Turiannerevarine: Created page with "==Recommendation for editing== I have never been that good at geography, and I am not very happy with how this article turned out. I am not aware of any critical defects, but..."</p>
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I have never been that good at geography, and I am not very happy with how this article turned out. I am not aware of any critical defects, but I really think someone else could probably do a better job.</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Turiannerevarine&diff=355283User talk:Turiannerevarine2022-08-29T21:28:51Z<p>Turiannerevarine: /* Film Scenes */</p>
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== Downs of Rohan and Éomer aiding King Aragorn in the South ==<br />
I appreciate your interest in Tolkien Gateway and and your ambition to improve the articles on Tolkien Gateway. Why did you only add a fact template after the Downs in the Rohan article? I have access to an e-book of The Lord of the Rings and it was very easy to find the downs (of Rohan) in the index and to find all instances where the words downs is used in the chapters of The Two Towers. Why did you write "such as the Haradrim" in case of the enemies? The entry about King Éomer Appendix B II The House of Eorl - The Kings of the Mark - The Third Line only mentions that the King of the West had many enemies to subdue and that the thunder of the cavalry of the Mark was heard on the far fields of the South. It does not mention where in the south and against which ethnic group the cavarly of Rohan fought and if this ethnic group were Haradrim. There could be other ethnic groups in the south, such as Black Númenoreans (e.g. the Mouth of Sauron at the end of the War of the Ring) or Dúnedain (i.e. former Gondorian rebels from the Kin-strife, Westron was spoken in Umbar and along the coast according to the appendix on Languages at the End of the Third Age) in the south. It is a speculation that King Éomer fought against Haradrim in the Fourth Age. In my opinion, speculations should always be phrased in a way that makes it clear that they are only a speculation and that discloses on which references the speculation is based. --[[User:Akhorahil|Akhorahil]] 09:31, 14 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Admittidely I was wrong about the Haradrim. However, the downs in the article are redlinked, which makes it looks like, (at least in my mind), they are referring to a specific place in Rohan called "The Downs" (like the Barrow-downs). I am unaware of a place in Rohan specifically called that, and even when I looked in the Two Towers I only see refernces to them as a terrain feature and not a landmark a region is named for.[[User:Turiannerevarine|Turiannerevarine]] 12:13, 14 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
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:No problem. You are right that the downs are merely a terrain feature that is mentioned in the narrative and in the Index, but they are not mentioned as the Downs with a capital "D" and are not drawn at all on the Map of Rohan, Gondor and Mordor and not drawn on the General Map of Middle-earth. However they are in one of J.R.R. Tolkien's maps in the website of the Tolkien Estate. They are not the name of a region, but they and the East Wall of Rohan, which is mentioned in the narrative and which has its own article on Tolkien Gateway could be mentioned as part of the geography of Rohan. One could make a short page about the downs of Rohan with their approximate position and the action taking place there --[[User:Akhorahil|Akhorahil]] 15:39, 14 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
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::Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I might try my hand at making such an article soon. I'll try to be more careful about speculation and such things in the future. [[User:Turiannerevarine|Turiannerevarine]] 18:45, 14 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
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== Edits to Breelanders page without references ==<br />
I noticed that you added a lot of information to the Breelanders page without providing any references that support this information and that you indicated that you intend to "add better refs later" in the summary box of your edit. I noticed that you edited other pages later on that day and created a forum entry today without first providing the references for your statements on the Breelanders page. The standards of Tolkien Gateway require references and it is a good practice to have the books or e-books open and reading them when making edits to be sure that the information is supported by the contents of the books and to be able to insert the references. One's memory of what is written in the books may be mistaken. Please add references and remove any incorrect information on the Breelanders page. --[[User:Akhorahil|Akhorahil]] 07:59, 5 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Thanks so much for helping with the film scenes! Great to have you back. Just curious, I noticed in today's edits there is a screenshot of the One Ring falling onto Frodo's finger, but I don't read about that in the description of the scene. Is the screenshot from this particular scene, and if so, maybe we can mention it in the article? Thanks! --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] ([[User talk:Hyarion|talk]]) 21:17, 29 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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:Actually that is an image from the prior scene. I need to find one of hte actual scene and update it. I just copied the infobox template from the last one so the image came from with it.[[User:Turiannerevarine|Turiannerevarine]] ([[User talk:Turiannerevarine|talk]]) 21:19, 29 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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::Ok, this is done. [[User:Turiannerevarine|Turiannerevarine]] ([[User talk:Turiannerevarine|talk]]) 21:28, 29 August 2022 (UTC)</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Nazg%C3%BBl_(scene)&diff=355282The Nazgûl (scene)2022-08-29T21:28:25Z<p>Turiannerevarine: added relevant image</p>
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'''The Nazgûl''' is the fourteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the seventeenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:FOTR - Ringwraiths Enter Bree.jpg|320px]]<br />
|number=13 (theatrical edition)<br><br />
16 (extended edition)<br />
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|event=The hobbits arrive at the [[Prancing Pony]] and meet [[Aragorn]].<br />
|characters=[[Frodo]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]], [[Aragorn]], [[Ringwraiths]]<br />
|previous=[[At the Sign of The Prancing Pony (scene)|At the Sign of the Prancing Pony]]<br />
|next=[[The Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
The [[Nazgûl]] enter [[Bree]], riding down the gatekeeper. They enter into the [[Prancing Pony]], their terror overcoming [[Barliman Butterbur]]. The hobbits are shown to be sleeping as the Ringwraiths poise their blades above what seem to be the Hobbits and then stab downwards as [[Sam]] jolts awake. However, the hobbits are actually in another room entirely. The Ringwraiths have only stabbed empty beds. They yell out in anger as the other hobbits wake up. Aragorn briefly explains that the Ringwraiths were once great [[Men]] who were given rings of power. The rings converted their recipients into wraiths that are under the control of Sauron. They now exist solely to find the [[One Ring]] and will hunt Frodo as long as he bears it. Aragorn leads the Hobbits away from Bree as the sun dawns to get away from the Ringwraiths.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*In the books, the perpetrators of the attack at Bree are Men who work for the Nazgul rather then the Nazgul themselves. <br />
*Barliman Butterbur's role is drastically reduced. In the books, he assists the hobbits, but in the movie, he only appears once after his introduction, cowering from the Ringwraiths.<br />
*The explanation of the Ringwraiths does not come from Aragorn.<br />
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'''The Nazgûl''' is the fourteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the seventeenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
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|name=The Nazgûl<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - At the Sign of the Prancing Pony.jpg|320px]]<br />
|number=13 (theatrical edition)<br><br />
16 (extended edition)<br />
|duration=tbd<br />
|event=The hobbits arrive at the [[Prancing Pony]] and meet [[Aragorn]].<br />
|characters=[[Frodo]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]], [[Aragorn]], [[Ringwraiths]]<br />
|previous=[[At the Sign of The Prancing Pony (scene)|At the Sign of the Prancing Pony]]<br />
|next=[[The Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
}}<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
The [[Nazgûl]] enter [[Bree]], riding down the gatekeeper. They enter into the [[Prancing Pony]], their terror overcoming [[Barliman Butterbur]]. The hobbits are shown to be sleeping as the Ringwraiths poise their blades above what seem to be the Hobbits and then stab downwards as [[Sam]] jolts awake. However, the hobbits are actually in another room entirely. The Ringwraiths have only stabbed empty beds. They yell out in anger as the other hobbits wake up. Aragorn briefly explains that the Ringwraiths were once great [[Men]] who were given rings of power. The rings converted their recipients into wraiths that are under the control of Sauron. They now exist solely to find the [[One Ring]] and will hunt Frodo as long as he bears it. Aragorn leads the Hobbits away from Bree as the sun dawns to get away from the Ringwraiths.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*In the books, the perpetrators of the attack at Bree are Men who work for the Nazgul rather then the Nazgul themselves. <br />
*Barliman Butterbur's role is drastically reduced. In the books, he assists the hobbits, but in the movie, he only appears once after his introduction, cowering from the Ringwraiths.<br />
*The explanation of the Ringwraiths does not come from Aragorn.<br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|17]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Nazg%C3%BBl_(scene)&diff=355280The Nazgûl (scene)2022-08-29T21:27:49Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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'''The Nazgûl''' is the fourteenth scene of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and the seventeenth scene of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]].<br />
{{stub}}{{scene<br />
|name=The Nazgûl<br />
|film=[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]<br />
|image=[[File:FOTR - Ringwraiths Enter Bree.jpg|320px]]<br />
|number=13 (theatrical edition)<br><br />
16 (extended edition)<br />
|duration=tbd<br />
|event=The hobbits arrive at the [[Prancing Pony]] and meet [[Aragorn]].<br />
|characters=[[Frodo]], [[Sam]], [[Merry]], [[Pippin]], [[Aragorn]], [[Ringwraiths]]<br />
|previous=[[At the Sign of The Prancing Pony (scene)|At the Sign of the Prancing Pony]]<br />
|next=[[The Midgewater Marshes]]<br />
}}<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
The [[Nazgûl]] enter [[Bree]], riding down the gatekeeper. They enter into the [[Prancing Pony]], their terror overcoming [[Barliman Butterbur]]. The hobbits are shown to be sleeping as the Ringwraiths poise their blades above what seem to be the Hobbits and then stab downwards as [[Sam]] jolts awake. However, the hobbits are actually in another room entirely. The Ringwraiths have only stabbed empty beds. They yell out in anger as the other hobbits wake up. Aragorn briefly explains that the Ringwraiths were once great [[Men]] who were given rings of power. The rings converted their recipients into wraiths that are under the control of Sauron. They now exist solely to find the [[One Ring]] and will hunt Frodo as long as he bears it. Aragorn leads the Hobbits away from Bree as the sun dawns to get away from the Ringwraiths.<br />
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==Differences==<br />
*In the books, the perpetrators of the attack at Bree are Men who work for the Nazgul rather then the Nazgul themselves. <br />
*Barliman Butterbur's role is drastically reduced. In the books, he assists the hobbits, but in the movie, he only appears once after his introduction, cowering from the Ringwraiths.<br />
*The explanation of the Ringwraiths does not come from Aragorn.<br />
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[[Category:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scenes|17]]</div>Turiannerevarinehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=File:The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(film_series)_-_Ringwraiths_Enter_Bree.jpg&diff=355279File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Ringwraiths Enter Bree.jpg2022-08-29T21:26:50Z<p>Turiannerevarine: </p>
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