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Elianna · 03-13-2005, 07:12 PM

On their way to Morannon, Aragorn, Gandalf and a vanguard rode to Minas Ithil and destroyed its bridge and burnt the fields surrounding it. Then when speaking with Beregond after becoming King, Aragorn says "Minas Ithil in Morgul Vale shall be utterly destroyed, and though it may in time to come be made clean, no man may dwell there for many long years."

I would guess that "it" is referring to the Morgul Vale and not Minas Ithil.

So it seems that they tore down Minas Ithil because it was too infected with evilness by the Nazgûl. Aragorn thought though that in time, the area's evilness would subside.

It does seems strange to destroy Minas Ithil but then go looking through Orthanc, but then again, they can't destroy Orthanc, and perhaps hundreds of years of Nazgûl living there is worse than a briefer stay of a power-hungry wizard.

03-13-2005, 07:12 PM	#2
Elianna Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ad finem itineris Posts: 384	On their way to Morannon, Aragorn, Gandalf and a vanguard rode to Minas Ithil and destroyed its bridge and burnt the fields surrounding it. Then when speaking with Beregond after becoming King, Aragorn says "Minas Ithil in Morgul Vale shall be utterly destroyed, and though it may in time to come be made clean, no man may dwell there for many long years." I would guess that "it" is referring to the Morgul Vale and not Minas Ithil. So it seems that they tore down Minas Ithil because it was too infected with evilness by the Nazgûl. Aragorn thought though that in time, the area's evilness would subside. It does seems strange to destroy Minas Ithil but then go looking through Orthanc, but then again, they can't destroy Orthanc, and perhaps hundreds of years of Nazgûl living there is worse than a briefer stay of a power-hungry wizard. __________________ Enyale cuilenya, ú-enyale mandenya.