#palantiri

[tekiltaari]

@rebornflameofthenoldor alright, this isn't as far along in Tengwar as I thought, but here is the Palantir drawing WIP from AutoCAD. Below are captures of some ot the text that I have yet to transcribe. This is in English mode tengwar. I work in electrical engineering, so it is SUPER FUN to interface with Tolkien from the STEM side of me! All of this needs some proof-reading and tightening up... but I hope you enjoy!

[lesbiansforboromir]

Things the Palantiri AREN'T;

able to see the future

inherently corrupt or corrupting

mind invasion doohickies

physically controlled, you do not need to touch one to use it

something you go too for prophetic visions of any kind

dangerous objects that Gandalf needs to fuss over

Things the Palantiri ARE;

capricious little beasts who play favouritism (no I won't work properly for you Sauron you aren't my dad)

technically able to see anything from any distance away and through any barrier no matter how thick unless it's too dark

able to connect to each other and do video but NOT audio skyping

able to save those skype calls on-device so you can go back and look at them later

Possibly can give you super hearing if you use them enough (???)

neat

[tolkienosaurus]

Which is your favourite Unfinished Tale?

Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin

Narn i Hîn Húrin

Aldarion and Erendis

The History of Galadriel and Celeborn

The Disaster of the Gladden Fields

The Hunt for the Ring

The Battles of the Fords of Isen

The Drúedain

The Istari

The Palantíri

I have not read Unfinished Tales

Voting ended onMay 25, 2025

[isilwhore]

Isildur and Anárion were borne away southwards, and at the last they brought their ships up the Great River Anduin, that flows out of Rhovanion into the western sea in the Bay of Belfalas; and they established a realm in those lands that were after called Gondor….

In Minas Ithil was the house of Isildur, and in Minas Anor the house of Anárion, but they shared the realm between them and their thrones were set side by side in the Great Hall of Osgiliath.

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, The Silmarillion

The Life of Isildur: 3/10

[warrioreowynofrohan]

Favourite Section of Unfinished Tales (Poll 2 of 2 - Third Age)

Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan

The Quest of Erebor

The Hunt for the Ring

The Battles of the Fords of Isen

The Drúedain

The Istari

The Palantíri

Voting ended onOct 1, 2023

[saentorine]

Maybe the 6 palantiri that are already inexplicably lost before leaving Númenor are merely being borrowed by Celeborn, who is rotating between them desperately trying to Facetime his missing wife

[cycas]

Palantiri come in variable sizes. Baffling how they moved the big ones. Numenorean shown for scale.

I am very tired and sitting down and making this seemed a weirdly good idea.

[luna-writes-stuff]

April Tolkien Challenge; Day 5

The Palantiri

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The Dúnedain (the men of Númenor) divided the stones amongst the lands of Middle-Earth. The known locations were: "Annúminas, Amon Sûl, and Elostirion in Arnor, and Osgiliath, Orthanc, Minas Ithil, and Minas Anor in Gondor." There was one stone left in the Tower of Avallónë, which was the place of the Master-Stone. The Tower of Avallónë overlooked the island of Tol Eressëa, and it was said that the first thing you would see from the seas, was the tower reaching the air.

The Dúnedain (the men of Númenor) divided the stones amongst the lands of Middle-Earth. The known locations were: "Annúminas, Amon Sûl, and Elostirion in Arnor, and Osgiliath, Orthanc, Minas Ithil, and Minas Anor in Gondor." There was one stone left in the Tower of Avallónë, which was the place of the Master-Stone. The Tower of Avallónë overlooked the island of Tol Eressëa, and it was said that the first thing you would see from the seas, was the tower reaching the air.

Only four stones have been confirmed to be lost. Two of which died with Arvedui, the fifteenth and last king of the Arthedain. The stones lost where those of Annúminas and Amon Sûl. The stone in Osgiliath was lost in the Kin-strife, where many men became enraged when a child of both Númenorean blood and Middle Men blood was born. The fourth and final one got detroyed in the War of the Ring, when the tower of Barad Dûr collapsed in the land of Mordor.

The stone of Elostirion vame with Frodo to the Undying Lands, while the two stones in Minas Arnor and Orthanc remained on Middle-Earth.

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Sources: -One Wiki To Rule Them All, Palantíri -One Wiki To Rule Them All, Arvedui -One Wiki To Rule Them All, Kin-Strife -Tolkien Gateway, Palantíri -Tolkien Gateway, Tower of Avallónë -The Two Towers, JRR Tolkien

Was this drawing lazy work? Yes. Will I apologize for it? Absolutely not.