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Narmacil and Calmacil was gathered around their father's deathbed.
The dying king said; "I had hoped to finish the statues of my ancestors in the north, but now I know it will not be in my time. Promise me this my sons; that you will finish my legacy, and priorities this over everything else."
Narmacil was crowned king of Gondor. The people expected him to travel around the country to meet the people of Gondor, but Narmacil preferred to stay in Osgiliath, where he often held court with his brother sitting next to him in the thrones of Isildur and Anarion.
Calimehtar arrived with his children in Umbar. Even though the city had been in the hands of Gondor for almost three hundred years, Umbar looks very much as when it was captured by Earnil. The first hundred years it had been under siege, and during the reign of Atanatar Alcarin, Osgiliath had lost interest in it. Fewer ships now anchored in the bay.
Calimehtar gathered the people at the harbor and proclaimed that he had been send to rule Umbar and all land south of the Harnen by the King. He send out messengers to the rulers of Harad, that they should now deal with him and not with the king in Osgiliath.
Calimehtar first started to rebuild the governor's house overlooking the harbor. He turned it into a great mansion for his family to live in. The crystal of Umbar had slowly lost its brightness but Calmehtar did not attend to it.
After four years of ruling, a messenger come from the north to see the king.
"I bear sad news;" he said; "our men has again come under attack from strangers. The people to the east seems to be our friends, but among them are also evil men. We do not speak their languages and cannot tell friends from foes."
After the messenger left the king discussed the situation in the north with his brother.
"If our northeastern borders are not safe, we cannot continue the construction," the king said.
His brother said; "My son has been to the north before. He has fought strangers and made friends. He will be the right to lead our army."
Narmacil said; "but he now lives in Osgiliath with his family. Why should he give up that life?"
Calmacil then advised his brother, "you should reward him with power if he is successful."
Thus, Narmacil called Minalcar to him and asked if he would help.
Minalcar said, "the land to the east is a vast as the land to the south. We cannot make the north safe if we have enemies in Rhovanion. We need to defeat the enemies and befriends others, like the great Hyarmendacil, your grandfather, once did in the south. If I get the chance to establish my name in the history books of Gondor, like he has, I will take upon me to make the north safe.
In Arthedain, the first son of Malvegil was born in Annuminas. When the time come to give him a name, his parents wanted his name to include the Quenya word for silver, as it had been custom since the time of King Beleg of Arthedain, to name the heir after silver or gold, depending on the time of the day, he was born.
However, the seer of Arnor said to them; "you should give a legacy to his name. Your son is the true heir of Isildur. He should be not be name after silver or gold or night or day, but simply for the royalty from which he descent. For I foresee, that only in his descendants the blood of Isildur will run thick."
Thus, the new heir was given the name of Argeleb.