The Palantir of Orthanc

[Mithadan]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/eyepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: The Palantír

You didn't comment on my pretty little red eye. <img src=frown.gif ALT="">

The red glow in the stone held by Denethor could still be attributable to Barad Dur. Maybe Denethor's final insanity derived from struggling against Sauron to have the stone reveal uncorrupted info about Gondor's opponents. Or maybe it is inherent to the stone's operations. However, I seem to recall one of Denethor's guards commenting on the farsightedness of the Steward and mentioning the belief that Denethor from time to time grappled with the mind of Sauron and that *white* light would issue from the windows of his tower. I'm working from memory here though.

I tend to agree that the lure of the Orthanc stone probably derived from Sauron. Maybe the stone was glowing when Wormtongue threw it because Sauron was trying to contact Saruman. Kind of like the light on an answering machine.

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>