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Dates
Location
The Citadel of Gondor, on the highest tier of Minas Tirith
Origins
Race
Division
Culture
Family
Ecthelion I descended from the House of Húrin
Important peaks
Overshadowed by the peak of Mindolluin
Pronunciation
Ecthelion is pronounced 'ekthe'lion'
Meaning
Ecthelion means either 'fountain' or 'spear-point' (see note 2 to the entry for Ecthelion I)
Other names
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Tower of EcthelionThe White Tower at the peak of Minas Tirith"...the Tower of Ecthelion, standing high within the topmost wall,1 shone out against the sky, glimmering like a spike of pearl and silver, tall and fair and shapely, and its pinnacle glittered as if it were wrought of crystals..."
The Return of the King V 1
Minas Tirith Though a White Tower had graced the highest point of Minas Tirith since ancient times, it was rebuilt by Steward Ecthelion I some three centuries before the War of the Ring, and so gained his name. The Tower of Ecthelion was used to bear the standard of the City, and - at least during the last years of the Third Age - held the palantír known as the Anor-stone. Notes
See also...Ecthelion I, High Court, Lord of the White Tower, Merethrond, Ruling Steward, Silver Tree, Steward of Gondor, White Tower Indexes: About this entry:
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