Posted: April 28, 2000 at 06:50:51: by Stephen Geard
: : : Because Sauron did not capture the palantir. Isildur took it
: : : with him when he broke thru the seige lines and escaped.: : Ok, going back to an earlier thread, if Isildur thought it was
: : important enough to take it with him, why didn't the defenders
: : of M.I in the 2000 siege get it to safety? : They may not have been able to do so, or else they lacked the wisdom of their ancestors. I punt for the former. Minas Ithil was very heavily beseiged, all the might of Gondor could not lift the seige in two years. No doubt the defenders of Minas Ithil kept up palantir communication (p-mail ?) with the King in Minas Anor. When the Nazgul entered the city the defenders may have tried to destroy or hide the the Stone. Obviously to no avail.
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