Posted: March 06, 2000 at 04:43:36: by Foradan
I recently read Isildur and one point in it has made me think anew.
I used to think that after the War of the Alliance Minas Ithil was repopulated and remained as it had been. But the Idea that it was only maintained as a garrisoned fortress, due to unhealable corruption, makes sense. It had bothered me that the Ringwraiths were able to conquer
Minas Ithil in 2000-2002, without Sauron and with only a short mention of the incident in Appendix A. If MI had been a city of like status to Minas Anor, then during those two years of siege Gondor would have done its utmost to save the city, and with the power they had at that time, with a king still in business, they would have succeeded. But if MI was just an outpost, then it's more understandable that Gondor wasn't willing to face the terror of the Nazgūl.
What's the general view?-Foradan
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