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Q: Why Were Arnor And Gondor Separate After Isildur Died?
ANSWER: I received the following question from a reader in November 2025:
Why were Armor and Gondor sundered after Isildur’s death, if long-range communications with the Palàntiri was a thing?
Technically, the realm of Elendil persisted until Third Age year 861, when Amlaith and his two (unnamed) brothers divided Arnor into three […]
https://middle-earth.xenite.org/why-were-arnor-and-gondor-separate-after-isildur-died/
Q: Did The Rightful Kingship In Gondor Then Passed To The Line Of Isildur?
ANSWER: This question has no clear, definitive, authoritative answer of which I am aware. I received the following message in March 2025:
Since the direct male line of the House of Anárion broke after Eärnur’s demise, is it fair to assume the rightful kingship in Gondor then passed to the line of Isildur?
People […]
https://middle-earth.xenite.org/did-the-rightful-kingship-in-gondor-pass-to-the-line-of-isildur/
[caption id="attachment_14561" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien disagree on many details about how Middle-earth’s cultures should have looked and operated. But J.R.R. Tolkien was clear about how the cultures mingled over time. Here is what we know.[/caption]
Q: Were There Any Cultural Melting Pots In Middle-earth?
ANSWER: Yes. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote about numerous […]
https://middle-earth.xenite.org/were-there-any-cultural-melting-pots-in-middle-earth/
[caption id="attachment_14441" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien ask whether the Dead Men of Dunharrow were subjects of Gondor. Popular belief holds that they were foreigners. Here is what J.R.R. Tolkien wrote about their relationship to Gondor.[/caption]
Q: Were The Dead Men Of Dunharrow Gondorians?
ANSWER: Yes, the Dead Men of Dunharrow were Gondorians. However, […]
https://middle-earth.xenite.org/were-the-dead-men-of-dunharrow-gondorians/