Timeline Event
Palantíri of Annúminas and Amon Sûl lost at sea
Event Type: Artifacts
Age: 3rd Age - The Kings
Year: 1975
Description:
An event in the End of the North-kingdom; see that entry for more information:
1975
Arvedui drowned in the Bay of Forochel. The palantíri of Annúminas and Amon Sûl are lost.
The Return of the King, LoTR Appendix B, The Tale of Years: The Third Age
... the ship had not reached the open sea when a great storm of wind arose, and came with blinding snow out of the North; and it drove the ship back upon the ice and piled ice up against it. Even the mariners of Círdan were helpless, and in the night the ice crushed the hull, and the ship foundered. So perished Arvedui Last-king, and with him the palantíri were buried in the sea. It was long afterwards that news of the shipwreck of Forochel was learned from the Snowmen.
The Return of the King, LoTR Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur
Contributors:
Elena Tiriel 19Sep05