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Valandil and his followers approached Angrenost. They saw a banner of a white tree on a black background already hanging from the castle.
"What is the symbol of this?" one of his men asked.
Valandil said; "it is the White Tree, but it is not Nimloth the fair of Numenor, I can tell. No branches of Nimloth ever sought the ground. It must be the white tree of Gondor."
The man again asked; "the white tree that your father saved, sire?"
Valandil said; "no; that tree sought the light as well, even if it was placed in the evening sun of Minas Ithil. This symbolizes the tree of Osgiliath placed in Anarion. It was also sown by Isildur, but its scent, does not resembles, that of Nimloth, I have been told. However, a tree that reaches for both the sky and the ground may be to the likening of Cemendur.
Valandil met Cemendur in Ciryatur's room.
"This is the work of all Numenoreans," Valandil said; "it shows what we can do together."
Cemendur quickly answered; "yes, but to no avail. As this tower has never been a scene of a battle. It was built in a blind glory, hundreds of leagues away from war."
Valandil said; "maybe it served its purpose then?"
Cemendur said; "maybe it did, but the enemy is gone. We now have to extend our kingdom to all of middle earth, so that all people are touch by the splendor of Numenor."
Valandil then said; "why extend our realms? People will be welcomed in our realms, and we have vast areas under our control. Areas which will provide food for generations to come."
Cemendur said; "I want to include Umbar in our realm, and we cannot do that without support of a navy."
Valandil said; "I expected this request, but I have to state to you the same as you father once learned. We do not have ships, and we will not ask the Shipwright of help. If you want to be a conqueror of the sea, you will have to build the ships yourselves. The Kingdom of Arnos will only claim Umbar when Gondor and Arnor is united."
Cemendur was disappointed; he said; "I invite you to see Gondor now, you will recognize its glory as that of the Numenoreans. Then you will see what we are capable of. Gondor will claim Umbar even though you will not."
Valandil answered; "I will consider visiting Gondor. My mother spoke highly of you and your kingdom. In return, I invite you to see Arnor and its capital Annuminas, you will recognize its people as the like of Numenoreans. Then you will see how we inspire people to live in harmony."
Both Kings saw no purpose in continuing the meeting and after only a few das they returned. Valandil asked Cemendur to come and see the partly ruined Tharbad and help in building a new road north; and Cemendur asked Valandil to join him to see the tomb of Elendil and hunt in the forest nearby. However both wanted to return to their capitals.
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In the far east, the Nazgul had tried to find friends in the eastern slopes of the Orocarni; however the strongholds of any dwarves or any Avari had vanished after the war.
Finally, they found a cave close to the gorge to the east.
There the saw a great spider on the wall.
One Nazgul said, "please let us stay. We have no place to go, unless east, and if we do we will die."
Shelob answered; "I eat all but the ugly dwarves, but there is no flesh on you. Remove you cover and show you nature to your friends, and they will know."
The Nazgul slowly removed their covers and saw they all had lost their human nature. They started to scream in fear.
Shelob told them; "you live on because he is not gone, but you are weak and afraid of the bright warrior to the west. However, know your advantage; the king of Araw cannot see you! Live in the shadows, walk in the shadows, and in time you will find a way to help him return."
The Nazgul answered; "and you will wait here?"
Shelob said; "If you succeed, I will return to the home of your master, but this will be only after you have lured the light sword of Gondolin away."
The Nazgul then undressed and unnoticed to Glorfindel they passed him on their road to the west.
The events in the east, were unknown to Arnor and Gondor. The realms enjoyed the peace and their respective capitals. Twenty sex years after the meeting at Angrenost the son of Eldacar was born. He was named Arantar, to reflect his royal origin.