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Originally Posted by Tar Elenion
The Palantiri were given to Amandil the father of Elendil.
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Let's say we take that as a given: WHY?
From a Watsonian, in-universe perspective, why would such powerful tools have been given to Silmarien instead of kept with the Crown? Or were they a later gift to the Faithful after the King's Men had fallen from friendship with the Eldar? (Memory says the latter, but memory is frail.) My general, stream of consciousness thought remains: Tolkien didn't elaborate much on the palantiri in the Second Age and it is a reasonable topic to explore.