gondor

I would have posted a reply in my previous thread on the topic, but for whatever reason I had posted that one in Hall of Fire. So here goes the link: https://militaryfantasy.home.blog/2020/03/21/military-organization-of-gondor-expanded/ It is LOT more detailed, as I had learned from writing on...

Just something I wrote: https://warfantasy.wordpress.com/2023/07/15/how-powerful-was-gondor-at-its-height/ I basically worked off the assumption that Gondor = Byzantium. So I took a look at Byzantine military organization, and then extrapolated from that and from what little we know about...

I just thought of this? Would they have? Especially the older gentlemen and women? Why did it take him to heal someone to finally recognize him? Or did everyone I just mention get killed previous somehow or just die off and nobody remembers the Gallant Man who served Ecthelion? Thoughts?

This time, it is my own work: https://militaryfantasy.home.blog/2019/08/06/military-organization-of-gondor/ I focused on Third Age Gondor, as that is the era which we know most about, and also because Gondor is based on Byzantine Empire - so once I established that, I could utilize my knowledge...

I found a piece on "Gondor and Byzantium"; cannot post a link due to spam protection, but it is called "Gondor, Byzantium and Feudalism"; Google it. To cite a summary I wrote on another forum: "Tolkien did not go into details on social and political structure of Gondor. Terminology he uses is...

What is the difference between a steward and a king in authority? Why did Aragorn wait to become king and why did not earlier ancestors take the crown in Gondor.

Northmen have Anglo-Saxon based names, the Dunedain have Sindarin based names, the Dunmen have Welsh based names. I wonder what basis the Middle Men of Eriador and Gondor use. Would they be similar to those used by Breefolk? Some other form of Celtic? Nothing I can think of seems right.

Sir Gawain had just left Camelot with these orders: "My Noble Knight and Friend, I need you to journey to the realm of Gondor. Would that I go myself...alas I am needed here in Camelot. I wish to form bonds of brotherhood with King Aragorn. Make haste Good Sir Gawain." Those were the words King...

Kin Strife of Gondor ~ The Reign of King Castamir by Amarwen and Halvarin ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Summary: Of all of Gondor's long history, no chapter matches the tragedy or brutality of the Kin-Strife. This internecine conflict effectively started with the death of King Valacar in the year 1432...

Just a thought... Anarion & Isildur landed their 4 ships up the Great River. (Anduin) That area, from Anduin through the land by the bay of Falas to the mound of River Isen....was'nt that hostile territory? I mean, during the last of the 2. age, the Númenóreans had plundered the area for wood...

that bout sums it up...

Why did the heir's of Isildur wait for Aragorn before they re-claimed their throne in Gondor? The line in Gondor may have failed as a result of Isildur's actions leading to the rule of a Stewart, but what right had a Stewart to reject a claim to the throne by the King of Arnor in the year 1975?

Don\'t know if this has been asked before, but why do you think Merry and Pippin decided to be burried in Gondor and not the Shire?

did arnor have a "symbol" or anything of the sort, like Gondor had the white tree and seven stars?

In the Lord of the Rings, the only Gondorian erections were that of the White City. Were there other buildings or was that it? If there were, what did they look like?? What do you think about this? Is this somethink like what it would be like??

I'm rereading TTT and ROTK as we speak (where my FOTR is I have no idea) and I came among this passage in the chapter "Minas Tirith" "Many used some other tongue than the Commom Speech, but it was not long before he learned what was meant by Ernil i Pheriannath and knew that his title had...

Was the Council of Gondor right in rejecting Arvedui's claim for kingship-was Earnil, in the end, the right choice, despite Malbeth's prophecy? Post your thoughts here. I will post mine later on in the thread.

This question occurred to me as I was posting in the North, South, East, West thread. . . Did Gondor have a navy, or any kind of maritime fleet or industry at the end of the Third Age? If so, where might the ships of Gondor have sailed to?

I haven't read LOTR in a while so I don't remember if the lighting of the beacons was in the book? If so what chapter is it in?

From LOTR, The Appendices, Appendix A, I, The Númenorean Kings, (i) Númenor: Was it a mistake placing Gondor so close to the realm of their greatest possible enemy? They had no space between themselves and Mordor, little room that could give them ample warning if an attack was underway. On the...