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[[Image:White Towers.jpg|thumb|''The White Towers'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]
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The '''White Towers''' were built by [[Gil-galad]] as a gift to [[Elendil]], perhaps after the founding of [[Arnor]] ([[Second Age 3320]]).
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The '''White Towers''' were three tall towers located in the [[Tower Hills|Emyn Beraid]] west of [[the Shire]]. The westernmost tower, called [[Elostirion]],<ref>{{UT|Palantiri}}, note 2</ref> had a ''[[Elostirion-stone|palantír]]'' which looked ever westward towards [[Valinor]].<ref>{{UT|Palantiri}}, note 16</ref> The [[Shire-hobbits]] could see them shining far off in the moonlight; they said that from the top of Elostirion one could view the [[Belegaer|Sea]].<ref name=hobbits>{{FR|Hobbits}}</ref>


The tallest of the three was called [[Elostirion]] and a [[Elostirion-stone|palantír]] was kept there.
==History==
The White Towers were built on the [[Tower Hills|Emyn Beraid]] by [[Gil-galad]] as a gift to [[Elendil]],<ref>{{S|Rings}}</ref> perhaps after the founding of [[Arnor]] ({{SA|3320}}<ref>{{App|SA}}</ref>).


They were sometimes the destination of pilgrimage by [[Wandering Companies]] of [[Elves]] who would gaze to [[Valinor]] through the palantír. Such a band was led by [[Gildor Inglorion]].
They were sometimes the destination of pilgrimage by [[Wandering Companies]] of [[Elves]] who would gaze to [[Valinor]] through the ''palantír''. Such a band, led by [[Gildor|Gildor Inglorion]], met [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]], and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] in the [[Woody End]] of the Shire on [[24 September]] {{TA|3018}}.<ref>{{FR|I3}}</ref>


[[Category:Buildings]]
With time, the [[Shire-hobbits]] grew estranged from the Elves and the concept of the Sea became a word of terror and death, and they avoided looking upon the towers on the west.<ref name=hobbits/>
 
In [[September]] {{TA|3021|n}}<ref>{{App|Later}}</ref> the [[Last Riding of the Keepers|Last Riding of the Keepers of the Rings]], including Frodo and Sam, passed the White Towers on their way to the [[Grey Havens]].<ref>{{RK|VI9}}</ref>
 
==Portrayal in adaptations==
[[File:War in Middle Earth - The White Towers.png|thumb|left|The White Towers in ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth]]'']]
'''1988: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth]]'':'''
:The White Towers can be seen at the background of the Towers Hills map.
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==Notes==
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[[Category:Eriador]]
[[Category:Towers]]

Latest revision as of 15:34, 7 October 2020

White Towers
Towers
Ted Nasmith - The End of the Age.jpg
"The End of the Age" by Ted Nasmith
General Information
LocationWestern Eriador, in the Tower Hills
TypeTowers
DescriptionThree great white towers where one of the Palantíri was posted
People and History
InhabitantsElves of Lindon
CreatedAfter S.A. 3320[note 1]
GalleryImages of the White Towers

The White Towers were three tall towers located in the Emyn Beraid west of the Shire. The westernmost tower, called Elostirion,[1] had a palantír which looked ever westward towards Valinor.[2] The Shire-hobbits could see them shining far off in the moonlight; they said that from the top of Elostirion one could view the Sea.[3]

History[edit | edit source]

The White Towers were built on the Emyn Beraid by Gil-galad as a gift to Elendil,[4] perhaps after the founding of Arnor (S.A. 3320[5]).

They were sometimes the destination of pilgrimage by Wandering Companies of Elves who would gaze to Valinor through the palantír. Such a band, led by Gildor Inglorion, met Frodo, Sam, and Pippin in the Woody End of the Shire on 24 September T.A. 3018.[6]

With time, the Shire-hobbits grew estranged from the Elves and the concept of the Sea became a word of terror and death, and they avoided looking upon the towers on the west.[3]

In September 3021[7] the Last Riding of the Keepers of the Rings, including Frodo and Sam, passed the White Towers on their way to the Grey Havens.[8]

Portrayal in adaptations[edit | edit source]

1988: J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth:

The White Towers can be seen at the background of the Towers Hills map.


Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. The towers were said to have been built by Gil-galad for his friend Elendil. The tallest of these, Elostirion, was built to hold one of the palantíri of the North-kingdom. They must therefore have been raised after Elendil and his sons had settled in Middle-earth, and after the division of the Seeing-stones had been agreed upon, so S.A. 3320 is the earliest possible date.

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