Posted: March 09, 2000 at 08:15:48: by Foradan
: : I see. But I would like to believe that the status of the city
: : was much diminished and it could no longer be compared with
: : Minas Anor in importance. Otherwise the capture of Minas Ithil
: : would have been one of the greatest disasters to have befallen
: : Gondor in the 3rd age, comparable to the plague and the
: : kin-strife, and I'd find it very hard to accept that so little
: : emphasis was put on it and that Gondor didn't muster it's
: : strength to prevent it.: Well, the capture of Minas Ithil WAS considered a grievous blow to Gondor, and Minas Anor wasn't all that important for at least the first few centuries of the Third Age. It was mostly just an outpost on Gondor's frontier. : The kings ruled from Osgiliath. The 7th king of Gondor, Ostoher, rebuilt Minas Anor and turned it into a summer residence. I infer from that event that Anarion and his heirs didn't really spend as much time there as Isildur had spent in Minas Ithil. OK. But do you have an opinion of why Gondor allowed the city to be captured, surely they would have had the strength to break the siege had they mustered it all. I don't believe the terror of the Nazgul was too great for them to face, if the need to save the residents of a prosperous and populous city drove them. I need to have some theory to ease the anguish of my soul.
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