Unfinished Tales - Part Three - II - Cirion and Eorl

[Belegorn]

There may have been some good Stewards but it was the Steward Pelendur who rejected Arvedui as King. That may have helped save Gonder had he been instated. In the end the High Men brought about all that they did not want to happen through rebellion and the kin-strife. Most of their men died and they ended up mingling with the lesser men, even in the king's house.

Cirion, said to be the noblest Steward of Gondor, kept an active watch on his borders. There were some, even among the kings who were lax is such things. Gondor was diminished in his time and he did what he must to ensure its safety in renewing bonds with the Northmen.