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p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Anarion rode to the place where the long river was shallot but wide. The current here was slow here most of the year, and people could pass the river in small boat only using oars. There were several stones in the water among them a big flat one in the middle of the river./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Anarion looked at the other side, there were several men there./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Anarion shouted; "who are you? And what business do you have in the land of Anarion."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"One of them men shouted back; "the land of Anarion? That does not sound pleasant! I think we will stay in the land of Isildur."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Anarion laughed as he recognized his brother. He replied; "then maybe we could meet in the middle?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"There were several boats on each side and the brothers to one each and met on the great flat stone in the middle./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Anarion said; "one of your ships arrived in Pelargir last year, but I believe you still were in Edhellond."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Isildur said; "I sailed to Pelargir to meet my wife and Elendur only a month, I see she has also taken care of you son, Meneldil. They told me you were building a new city."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Anarion then said; "yes, I owe her much, and we are building a city around the mountain you in the west." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Anarion pointed to Mindolluin, the outermost peak of the White Mountains./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"He continued; "However, tell me why you have travelled up the east bank of the river."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Isildur answered; "This land is now also claimed by the Numenoreans. In the gorge in the east I have planted the sapling of Nimloth. I will build a city there for our people still in Edhellond."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Anarion looked at his brother./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Isildur continued with a smile; "you did not believe, I would let my brother take the only credit for creating the capital of our new kingdom, did you?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The brothers looked at the place for their own cities, and then on the brothers./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Anarion said; "maybe we should build our new capital here then?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Isildur replied; "yes, here on this stone we build a bridge over the river and place for our father to rule."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Anarion said; "a stone bridge!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Isildur added; "in the land of stone!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Most of Elendils people stayed in the north building their new capital Annuminas. Annuminas did not look like Armenelos; it was build in tree not stones and lay next to a lake not a mountain./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Elendil left Lindon with one ship. He had Glorfindel with him. Gil-Galad watched them leave with Elrond and Cirdan with him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Cirdan said; "the captain of this ship is truly the right to lead men."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Elrond added; "and he carry the sword that is now unique in Middle Earth."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Gil-Galad; "Indeed, I will honor him and his sons with a monument which will stand where the first seaman of Numenor first met his kinsmen here."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Elendil sailed to Pelargir and met his sons where the Numenoreans were building the bridge over Anduin./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Elendil was surprised that his wife was not with his sons./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;""Where is Vandilme?" he asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"His sons said that they thought she was in Lindon./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Elendil said; "the Great King, said she travelled over land with three guards through the cape south of the White Tower."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"However none one knew had arrived from the north since the downfall./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Elendil prepared to travel north to look for her as soon as possible./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"However, before Elendil could leave, people arrived from the south. It was Numenoreans from Umbar./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Their leader met Elendil and his sons. They had company of Glorfindel./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"He said; "we have travelled over land for more than a year- Umbar is destroyed and most people have left."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Elendil said; "we welcome you here in our new kingdom. It is our new home and next year when the bridge over Anduin is finished it will signal the beginning of the new age for men of Middle Earth. Numenor may de gone, but so is Sauron."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The Numenorean was visible confused. After a while he said; "but Sauron is alive!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The blood of Elendil and his son froze. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Isildur said; "how can you say this. Sauron was in Numenor when Akallabeth hit."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The Numenorean said; "yes, but he survived!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Anarion asked; "how do you know this?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The Numenorean said: "it was a few weeks after the downfall. The harbor was destroyed, but there were no ships. Then he climbed onto the pier. He was weak, as were he human, but his face was terrible, and no one dared to get closer to him."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The Numenorean continued; "he shouted for help as was he dying. He promised to make kings of those who would help him."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Elendil said; "did no none kill him."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The Numenorean answered: "no one dared, we hoped we would wither there, but finally two of the king's men carried him away. These were evil men that accepted the gift from Sauron."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Glorfindel said; "this is indeed terrible news. I take comfort in the fact that he is hurt and even though he can get new allies, but he cannot create what he once did. The Great King has foreseen a fight between him and Sauron. He has prepared for this and we will defeat him."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Elendil said; "I will travel north over land shortly and I will lay plans with Gil-Galad."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" /span/p