Lotr steward of gondor11/2/2023 ![]() ![]() He was never a member of the Royal House. Rómendacil I who established the office of Steward ( Arandur "king's servant"), but he was chosen by the King as a man of high trust and wisdom, usually advanced in years since he was not permitted to go to war or to leave the realm. The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: The Realms in Exile History: Early Stewards to the Kings It was. He was the last of the Ruling Stewards, and was followed by his second son Faramir, Lord of Emyn Arnen, Steward to King Elessar, F.A. In his time the Rohirrim came to Calenardhon. ![]() His successors ceased to use High-elven names. Mardil Voronwë 'the Steadfast', the first of the Ruling Stewards. He ruled for a year after the fall of Ondoher, and advised Gondor to reject Arvedui's claim to the crown. The Peoples of Middle-Earth, HoME Vol 12, Part 1, Ch 7, The Heirs of Elendil: The Ruling Stewards of Gondor They counted it glory and success to hold that threat at bay. They were never free from war or the threat of war with the evil that dwelt in Minas Morgul and watched them. Also the lifespan of those even of the purer blood steadily decreased. Unfinished Tales, Part 4, Ch 3, The Palantíri All the time of the Stewards was one of slow dwindling and waning both of the power and numbers of the Men of Gondor, and of the lore and skill of Númenor among them. The Peoples of Middle-Earth, HoME Vol 12, Part 1, Ch 7, The Heirs of Elendil: The Ruling Stewards of Gondor command and use of the Stones seems mainly to have been in the hands of the Stewards, and the traditions concerning their nature and use to have been guarded 3 and transmitted in their House. The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers: Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion: The Stewards the Hurinionath were not in the direct line of descent from Elendil, they were ultimately of royal origin, and had in any case kept their blood more pure than most other families in the later ages. After his day the kings had always chosen their stewards from among his descendants and after the days of Pelendur the Stewardship became hereditary 2 as a kingship, from father to son or nearest kin. Unfinished Tales, Part 4, Ch 3, The Palantíri The House of the Stewards was called the House of Húrin, for they were descendants of the Steward of King Minardil (1621-34), Húrin of Emyn Arnen, a man of high Númenórean race. the office of Steward rose in importance 1 and became hereditary, providing as it were a permanent "understudy" to the King, and an immediate viceroy at need. Tolkien, Edited by Humphrey Carpenter, Letter 244 to a reader of The Lord of the Rings, circa 1963 In Gondor latterly.
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