Posted: June 13, 1999 at 09:08:45: by Tolk
: : There were only two Palantiri left after Elrond departed, of which only one could really be used, though Tolkien says somewhere that a strong mind could force Denethor's stone to show something other than the burning hands.: In UT it stated that Elessar eventually returned the Orthanc-Stone to Isengard. Which means that he, at least, must have been able to use the Anor-Stone to communicate with Isengard (personally I would have though it more sensible to have one palantir in the North and one in the South). : The locations of the seven palantir at the Third Age: : The four southern stones:
: The Master-Stone of Osgiliath lost into the Anduin
: The Ithil-Stone in the Barad-dur (subsequently destroyed)
: The Anor-Stone in Minas Tirith
: The Orthanc-Stone in Aragorn's possession : The three northern stones:
: The Annuminas-Stone and the Sul-Stone lost in the Bay of Forochel
: The Elostirion-Stone in the tower Elostirion upon the Emyn Beraid (subsequently taken West by Elrond) : There was also the eighth, super-master Stone, in Avallone on Tol Eressea. : P.S. Any thoughts on who made the palantiri? I know The Silmarillion hints that Feanor may have made them. But there are good reasons for thinking he didn't? Any thoughts?
The Silmarillion: Quenta Silmarillion; Chapter: OF FEANOR (page 69 in my paperback)
[The first gems that Feanor made were white and colourless, but being set under starlight they would blaze with blue and silver fires brighter than Helluin; and other crystals he made also, wherein things far away could be seen small but clear, as with the eyes of the eagles of Manwë. Seldom were the hands and mind of Feanor at rest.]
JRR Tolkien
The Silmarillion
copyright 1977 George Allen & Unwin From the Index: Palantiri ‘Those that watch from afar , the seven Seeing Stones brought by Elendil and his sons from Numenor, made by Fëanor in Aman Tolk
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