Palantirs

Palantirs can be used to communicate across both Space and Time

There are believed to be 9 Palantirs.

Palantirs were created by Lastar to control the Gates and lock them to their host dwarrowdelfs. Some of the Palantirs were formed using material from the natural gates.

Every Palantir thus has a natural gate alignment but this is not immediately obvious.

It was the act of removing the Palantirs from their host dwarrodelfs that caused the gates to become unlocked

Current ownership of Palantirs:

1 - Astral (Maedus) - Orcus

2 - Inwe

3 - Demogorgon

4 - Prime/Control - Gwendolyn had one when she fled Sutur - where is it now (need to ask her!)?

5 - Guerin had/has one?

6 - Malor

7 - Ichsoos

8 - Lord Marin (Morgul - might now be in Maedus)

9 - Lan Zi Bao

Lastar set up his pentagrams after the swap between fire and water the Drow had brought about; the palantirs should match the original pentagrams:

Air - Emras; Zem (living in Minas Emras) receives the blue Ring of Air.

Earth - Aarda; Hamar (living in Minas Aarda) receives the green Ring of Earth.

Fire - Tiris; Dor (living in Minas Tiris) receives the indigo Ring of Water.

Water - Morgul; Ishtur (living in Minas Morgul) receives the red Ring of Fire.

Astral - Maedus

Ethereal - Olga

Negative - Zundar

Positive - Blaven's Pool

Sutur - Control/Prime

1st Age

563E

The Palantirs. Lastar creates the scrying stones so that his armies would not be surprised again. As Lastar retakes the land, they are placed as follows: Minas Tiris, Morgul, Maedus, Emras, Aarda and Bolgar and Sutur. (1st Age History)

2nd Age

670E

Rantor attacks Minas Tiris via the gate to the Plane of Fire; he discovers a Palantir and Gundleus’ 6th part of the Crown. Gondoloin, Gundleus’ son, retreats to Ashore. (2nd Age History)