Anorien e Ithilien Norte
A aventura anterior terminou em Cair Andros.
A seguir a Cair Andros temos terras de Gondor de ambos os lados do rio.
A Oeste entramos já em Anorien, no sopé Oriental das Montanhas Brancas, terras controladas directamente por Minas Tirith e a Este temos o Campo de Cormallen em Ithilien Norte.
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Anorien and North Ithlien
The last adventure ended in Cair Andros.
After Cair Andros we have Gondorian lands in both sides of the river.
To the West we enter in Anorien, in the East feet of the White Mountains under direct rule of Minas Tirith and to the East we have the Cormallen Field in North Ithilien.
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Osgiliath
Fortaleza das Estrelas
Continuando a estrada para Sul encontramos a deserta e agora destruída capital original de Gondor: Osgiliath, a Fortaleza das Estrelas, baptizada deste modo devido ao nome da sua Casa Real: A Cúpula das Estrelas, o Salão-mor de Osgiliath, sob o qual era guardado o Palantír de Osgiliath, o maior e mais importante de todos os palantíri.
Durante cerca de 1500 anos a Pedra de Osgiliath foi mantida sob a Cúpula das Estrelas. Enquanto que a maioria das Palantíri era pequena e portátil, esta era muito maior e não era possível a um só homem conseguir levantá-la.
A maior das pedras-de-ver foi também a primeira a perder-se.
Nos primeiros anos do reinado de Eldacar, surgiu uma rebelião que se tornou numa Guerra Civil. Liderados pelo rebelde Castamir, os rebeldes cercaram e queimaram Osgiliath e o Palantír perdeu-se no Anduin.
Nota: Castamir conseguiu realmente usurpar o trono e Eldacar teve que exilar-se no Norte, junto do povo da sua mãe. Dez anos depois conseguiu formar um exército e retomou o poder de Gondor que era seu por direito. Castamir foi morto e os seus descendentes fugiram para Umbar onde deram origem aos Corsários de Umbar, que eram deste modo, gondorianos de origem.
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Osgiliath
Fortress f the Stars
Following the road to South we find the abandoned and now destroyed ancestral capital of Gondor: Ogiliath, the Fortress of the Stars. 'Fortress of the stars' is a particular reference to the 'Dome of Stars' that stood in the heart of the city, beneath whose figured dome the chief palantír of the South-kingdom was kept:
It was the greatest of the seven palantíri of Middle-earth and for 1,500 years or more, it was held beneath the Dome of Stars that gave the city its name. While most of the palantíri were small and portable, the Stone of Osgiliath was much larger, and could not be lifted by a Man.
The greatest of the Seeing-stones was also the first to be lost. During the early reign of Eldacar, a rebellion arose that came to be known as the Kin-strife. During this civil war, the city of Osgiliath was besieged and burned by the rebels led by Castamir, and the Stone was lost in the waters of the River Anduin.
Note: Castamir managed to usurp the throne and Eldacar had to exile with the Northmen, his mother's people. Ten years later he managed to form an army and return to claim his rightful throne . Castamir was defeated and the remnant of his forces fled into the south, to Umbar, where they turned into The Corsairs of Umbar, originally gondorians.
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