![]() ![]() ![]() In the time of Eärnil, the Ringwraiths came and took Minas Ithil. Minas Ithil was abandoned, and evil came once more to the Black Land as the Ringwraiths came to prepare for Sauron’s return. ![]() In the time of the 23rd king in the line of Meneldil, Telemnar, a plague came from the east and the King, his children, and many of the people of Gondor died. The Realm of Gondor endured and flourished for a time but eventually fell into ruin. Eventually there was nothing left of the great Men of Númenor but a “strange people wandering secretly in the wild.” However, the line of Isildur remained unbroken. As the years went on, the Men of Westernesse became divided and dwindled. “Only three of his people came ever back over the mountains after long wandering and of these one was Ohtar his esquire, to whose keeping he had given the shards of the sword of Elendil.” 295 - 303 my Notes on this section are taken from my Silmarillion Reader’s GuideĪfter the death of Isildur, the shards of Narsil were brought to Isildur’s heir in Imladris. This section comes from Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, pp. 219 - 250)Īppendix A is essentially a shortened version of “Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age” from the Silmarillion.Īppendix B contains two chapters from “The Lost Road” in which Elendil has a dialogue with his son Herendil (later renamed Isildur) concerning Sauron, Alkar (Melkor), and the fate of Númenor. The Fall of Númenor, Part Ten: Appendices (pg. ![]()
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