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'''The Palantír''' is the eleventh chapter of the third book in ''[[The Two Towers]]''.
'''The Palantír''' is the eleventh chapter of the third book of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', included in the second volume, ''[[The Two Towers]]''.


===Summary===
===Summary===
As [[Gandalf]] and [[Théoden]] retreat from [[Isengard]], the wizard carries [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] with him on [[Shadowfax]], while [[Aragorn]] carries [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]]. Pippin and Gandalf chat. They ride late into the night and then stop to camp. Pippin asks Merry whether Gandalf seems different now that he has come back from the dead, and Merry replies that the wizard seems both happier and more serious.
As [[Gandalf]] and [[Théoden]] retreat from [[Isengard]], the wizard carries [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] with him on [[Shadowfax]], while [[Aragorn]] carries [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]]. Merry and Gandalf chat. They ride late into the night and then stop to camp. Pippin asks Merry whether Gandalf seems different now that he has come back from the dead, and Merry replies that the wizard seems both happier and more serious.


Merry is sleepy and tired of Pippin’s questioning, and he soon falls asleep. But Pippin, unable to sleep, is tormented by curiosity about the crystal globe [[Gríma|Wormtongue]] threw out of the tower. Pippin sneaks over to the sleeping Gandalf and snatches the globe. Gazing into it, Pippin is appalled by the sight of a dark flying creature approaching him, and then an image of an evil figure addressing him. He drops the globe and cries out in fear.
Merry is sleepy and tired of Pippin’s questioning, and he soon falls asleep. But Pippin, unable to sleep, is tormented by curiosity about the spherical stone that [[Gríma|Wormtongue]] threw out of [[Orthanc]]. Pippin sneaks over to the sleeping Gandalf and snatches the stone. Pippin looks into it, unable to avert his gaze as the stone shows him [[Sauron]], who questions Pippin.
Gandalf awakens, angered at Pippin, as the globe is a ''[[Palantíri|palantír]]'', one of the seven ancient seeing-stones that Sauron has turned to evil uses as devices to communicate with his minions from his tower in Mordor. Pippin’s glimpse into the ''palantír'' not only enabled the hobbit to see visions, but allowed Sauron to see Pippin and into the hobbit’s thoughts. Aragorn notes that the ''palantír'' explains how [[Saruman]] was able to communicate with [[Sauron]], and Gandalf notes that the ''palantír'' likely played a large part in the corruption of the formerly good Saruman. Gandalf also says that the sight of Pippin in the globe will confuse the Dark Lord, and that the group can make good use of the delay caused by this confusion. The wizard explains that the winged creature Pippin saw in the globe is one of the [[Nazgûl]], the [[Nazgûl|Ringwraiths]] who pursued the hobbits earlier in the novel. Gandalf proposes to take Pippin away on Shadowfax and to ride as far as the court of Edoras.
Gandalf awakens, angered at Pippin for taking the stone. After questioning him, Gandalf learns that the stone cast from Orthanc is one of the seven ''[[palantíri]]''. This allowed [[Saruman]] to communicate with Sauron. During Pippin's interaction with Sauron through the ''palantír'', he manages not to reveal any important information about his company's quest. Sauron thinks that Pippin is the hobbit with the [[One Ring]] imprisoned at Isengard, so he orders Pippin to tell Saruman that the Ring will soon be retrieved, and Saruman cannot have it.
Expecting Sauron's messengers to come to Isengard soon, the host makes plans to quickly leave. While discussing this, a winged [[Nazgûl]] flies overhead to Orthanc, the first time that any of the Nine have been allowed to go west of the [[Anduin]] after the loss of their horses and shapes at the [[Ford of Bruinen]]. This prompts Gandalf to immediate action: he commands everyone to leave the area as rapidly as possible, and then he mounts [[Shadowfax]] with Pippin and starts riding to [[Minas Tirith]] in [[Gondor]].


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The name Palantír refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see Palantir (disambiguation).
The Two Towers chapters
Book III
  1. The Departure of Boromir
  2. The Riders of Rohan
  3. The Uruk-hai
  4. Treebeard
  5. The White Rider
  6. The King of the Golden Hall
  7. Helm's Deep
  8. The Road to Isengard
  9. Flotsam and Jetsam
  10. The Voice of Saruman
  11. The Palantír
Book IV
  1. The Taming of Sméagol
  2. The Passage of the Marshes
  3. The Black Gate is Closed
  4. Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
  5. The Window on the West
  6. The Forbidden Pool
  7. Journey to the Cross-Roads
  8. The Stairs of Cirith Ungol
  9. Shelob's Lair
  10. The Choices of Master Samwise

The Palantír is the eleventh chapter of the third book of The Lord of the Rings, included in the second volume, The Two Towers.

Summary

As Gandalf and Théoden retreat from Isengard, the wizard carries Merry with him on Shadowfax, while Aragorn carries Pippin. Merry and Gandalf chat. They ride late into the night and then stop to camp. Pippin asks Merry whether Gandalf seems different now that he has come back from the dead, and Merry replies that the wizard seems both happier and more serious.

Merry is sleepy and tired of Pippin’s questioning, and he soon falls asleep. But Pippin, unable to sleep, is tormented by curiosity about the spherical stone that Wormtongue threw out of Orthanc. Pippin sneaks over to the sleeping Gandalf and snatches the stone. Pippin looks into it, unable to avert his gaze as the stone shows him Sauron, who questions Pippin. Gandalf awakens, angered at Pippin for taking the stone. After questioning him, Gandalf learns that the stone cast from Orthanc is one of the seven palantíri. This allowed Saruman to communicate with Sauron. During Pippin's interaction with Sauron through the palantír, he manages not to reveal any important information about his company's quest. Sauron thinks that Pippin is the hobbit with the One Ring imprisoned at Isengard, so he orders Pippin to tell Saruman that the Ring will soon be retrieved, and Saruman cannot have it. Expecting Sauron's messengers to come to Isengard soon, the host makes plans to quickly leave. While discussing this, a winged Nazgûl flies overhead to Orthanc, the first time that any of the Nine have been allowed to go west of the Anduin after the loss of their horses and shapes at the Ford of Bruinen. This prompts Gandalf to immediate action: he commands everyone to leave the area as rapidly as possible, and then he mounts Shadowfax with Pippin and starts riding to Minas Tirith in Gondor.

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