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laurens · 11-01-2005, 03:47 AM

Would anyone know whether there is more to say on the descent of the house of stewards? two things are mentioned in Tolkiens texts: 1 that they were of high numenorean descent and 2, that they were originally of royal blood, though not descended from any of the kings of gondor (which implies they descended from one of the kings of numenor). this question has been bugging me in respect to the refusal of the stewards to allow any of the descendants of arnor to become new king (until aragorn of course), and a passage that I think remembering to have read about denethor II spending his days reding old texts. one might say he was doing his own genealogical research to be able to claim the throne.

11-01-2005, 03:47 AM	#1
laurens Newly Deceased Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 6	decent of house of hurin Would anyone know whether there is more to say on the descent of the house of stewards? two things are mentioned in Tolkiens texts: 1 that they were of high numenorean descent and 2, that they were originally of royal blood, though not descended from any of the kings of gondor (which implies they descended from one of the kings of numenor). this question has been bugging me in respect to the refusal of the stewards to allow any of the descendants of arnor to become new king (until aragorn of course), and a passage that I think remembering to have read about denethor II spending his days reding old texts. one might say he was doing his own genealogical research to be able to claim the throne.