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The '''Kin-strife''' was a disastrous civil war in [[Gondor]].
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The unrest that created the Kin-strife began when [[Valacar]], the son of the Gondorian king [[Rómendacil II]], married a woman of the [[Northmen]] of [[Rhovanion]], [[Vidumavi]]. She bore him a son [[Eldacar of Gondor|Eldacar]], but many Gondorians of [[Númenórean]] blood were angered by this mixing of blood of [[Middle Men]] and [[Númenórean]]s, and the coastal provinces rebelled when Valacar grew old.
 
When in 1432 of the [[Third Age]] Eldacar succeeded his father the unrest grew into open rebellion, as many Gondorians saw Eldacar as a halfbreed who had no right to rule. The chief of them was his distant relative  [[Castamir|Castamir the Usurper]], Lord of Ships, who in 1437 usurped the throne, forcing Eldacar into exile. During the rebellion [[Osgiliath]] was burned, and the great [[Dome of Stars]] was lost, together with its [[palantíri|palantír]]. Castamir also murdered Eldacar's son and heir [[Ornendil]]. Eldacar fled to Rhovanion, and Castamir ruled in his stead.
 
A full decade later, in 1447, Eldacar returned with Rhovanion troops, at the same time a rebellion against Castamir's cruel rule took place. Eldacar managed to kill Castamir at the [[Battle of Erui]], but Castamir's sons and many of their supporters fled south to the [[Haven of Umbar]]. Eldacar could not follow them, as the fleet was under Castamir's control.
 
Not only did Gondor lose the city of Umbar for four centuries and gained a new enemy in the [[Corsairs of Umbar]], descendants of Castamir's sons, but also many of the Númenóreans of purest blood were killed during the civil war, leaving Gondor weakened.
 
The Kin-strife was, along with the [[Great Plague]], one of the chief reasons for the abandonment of the fortresses in and surrounding [[Mordor]].
 
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Latest revision as of 05:48, 15 July 2006

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