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Minas Ithil was once a proud city, standing watch over Mordor and also serving as the home of a palantir. Early in the Third Age, Gondor’s forces became thinly spread in an attempt to assist the beleaguered realm of Arnor against the attacks of the Witch-king.
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Soon, the garrison at Minas Ithil was reduced, making the city vulnerable. The Witch-king of Angmar gathered an army and, along with the other Nazgul, launched a major assault against Minas Ithil. The Witch-king's goal was not simple conquest – he was also to seize the palantir from the Tower of the Rising Moon for his dark lord, Sauron
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