During the reign of Earnil the Nazgul openly advanced on Gondor. "It was thus in the reign of King Earnil, as later became clear, that the Witch-king escaping from the North came to Mordor, and there gathered the other Ringwraiths, of whom he was the chief" (p. 332, The Return of the King). They captured Minas Ithil in 2002 and made it into a dreadful place. "Thereafter it was called Minas Morgul, the Tower of Sorcery; and Minas Morgul was ever at war with Minas Anor in the west" (p. 297, The Silmarillion). During this time Osgiliath was completely deserted and Minas Anor was renamed Minas Tirith, the Tower of the Guard. Long would this tower stand, where the White Tree still flowered at the house of the Kings, protecting the lands West of Anduin from evil such as Orcs and monsters.
Middle-earth timeline: Third Age, 2000-2002
Today's reading comes from: The Return of the King, page 332, and The Silmarillion, page 297
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