Posted: March 20, 2000 at 11:29:05: by Martin Read
: But surely the importance of the palantir would have meant that the attempt would have been worth it? look how useful it was for sauron in the war of the ring. Without that, wouldn't it have been easier for Gondor? the kings were far sighted men: perhaps they would have seen this?: Good argument though:) At the time the identity of the nazgul was uncertain to the leaders of Gondor and Sauron was not known to have arisen again. Would the recovery of an artifact (however useful) be worth the potential ruin of the army and the state? The leaders of Gondor, with a few exeptions, were pragmatists unlikely to do a "Noldor and the Silmarils" excursion for the sake of one of the Palantiri. It might have been doubtful to Earnur whether the enemy would be able to make effective use of the Palantir, as it was made for the use of elves in the first place.
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