- Cities and buildings
- Fields, plains and deserts
- Forests
- Hills and mountains
- Islands and promontories
- Lands, realms and regions
- Rivers and lakes
- Seas and oceans
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Dates
Made during the Years of the Trees; survived into the Fourth Age
Location
Held for most of the Third Age in the Tower of Orthanc
Origins
Made by Fëanor
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Division
Culture
Family
An heirloom of the House of Elendil
Pronunciation
Orthanc is pronounced 'o'rthank'
Meaning
Named for the Tower of Orthanc where it was held (Orthanc has a double meaning: 'Mount Fang' and 'Cunning Mind')
Other names
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The Palantíri of Middle-earth One of the seven palantíri or Seeing-stones brought to Middle-earth by Elendil, and kept in the ancient stronghold of Orthanc. It was discovered there by Saruman when he took Isengard as his base, and used by him in his treacherous dealings with Sauron. Notes
See also...Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Lord of Isengard, Palantíri, Rhymes of Lore, Seeing-stones, Seven Seeing Stones, Seven Stones, Stones of Gondor, Towers of Gondor, Valley of Saruman For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2014. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Our online Knowledge Base is full of information about Discus and the DISC personality system it uses. |