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In Rivendell, Malvegil and his wife came with their son to visit Elrond. Argeleb was to be raised as his ancestors had been before him.
Malvegil explained the reason for his name, and the vision made by the Seer.
"I believe you see more that the sons of Ohtar," Malvegil said, "please, tell me what you see for his future, master Elrond."
Elrond said; "I see both troubles and hope. There are unfinished judgements that lay upon the line of Isildur to execute. And the road will not be without sacrifice."
Malvegil listened to the words of the Elda, but he did not reply.
King Narmacil and his brother Calmacil stood at Osgiliath eastern gate and watched as the army left the city.
"I recall the tales of Meneldil watching his famous uncle as he left this place," the king said to his brother.
Calmacil commented; "Then it was the nephew who watched, while the uncle was leaving."
The king added; "and from the western gate. Let us hope that Minalcar is more successful than Isildur was."
Calmacil ended; "I trust in my son, he will not be misled, and his army is ten times that of Isildur."
In Umbar, the news of Minalcars appointment to regent reached the governors house. Calimehtar gathered his family, his wife and his three children a daughter, a son and another daughter.
He said; "my farther loved my mother. He never loved the mother of Minalcar. But the bastard son became the favorite of King Alcarin and now my uncle as well. My father and mother are weak and can never change this. It will be impossible for me to return."
His son said, "but you can be ruler of Umbar. The king never comes here."
However, Calimahtar said; "I wanted to be king of Gondor!"
And his oldest daughter Mastalle said; "we shall never relinquish this claim."
Minalcars army moved north. When he reached Argonath, he learned that the dwarves of Khazad-dum had left the construction. The statues were far from finished, and if Minalcar had not seen drawings of them, he would not be able to tell that this was depictions of the sons of Elendil.
"Did we nor provide them with sufficient goods?" he asked the men.
"We did! But they said their king had died, and that all the Longbeard had to return home to mourn over his passing," one of the men told him.
"what a king he must have been," Minalcar said.
Minalcar ordered the men at Argonath to leave the construction and join his army moving north.
"like the mighty Hyramendacil, we will move fast and leave nothing but allied behind us," the regent said.
Unknown to all men of the west, the nine Nazgul met at the hill that was formerly called Amon Lanc.
Murazor said; "the seapeople believe they will rule Middle Earth even though the power that created them has been gone a long time. We shall make them loose they fate in the lost gods and divide them. And when they are on their knees, the one that made us, shall be called upon and raise again. You heard the words of her who was allied to our master. She knows what is in the Castle of the Moon. There are seven of these in Middle Earth. Now we will separate, and each of us shall strive to obtain a stone of vision. If we accomplish this, even their commanders cannot resist our control."