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In addition there were many non-numenoreans in Gondor [of whom the oath breakers were an example] who keapt their fealty to the Line of Earendil, as was already mentioned Arnor had previously been settled as was Pelagir. So whilst the Exiled Numenoreans were probably only a few thousands at most, they very quickly became the leaders of the 'proto-Dunedain' and their non numenorean Allies, plus the Elven armies of Lindon, Lorien, Greenwood and Rivendell. I think Moria was in on it as well, so while Elrond paints a picture of massive resisitance, the number of those who escaped the Downfall was only a very small part of the Last Alliance.
Now what I wonder is how they built Minas Anor and Ithil so fast...
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The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.
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