By the way, since a palantír question has come up again, may I tag onto this
thread to ask if anyone knows of any further sources of information on how
palantíri work besides LOTR and the essay in UT? I still have quite a few
unanswered questions about if and how the two functions work together, and how
Sauron was able to influence what Denethor saw.
I posted these questions to the last palantír thread, but it was soon before
the thread dropped off the board and I don't know if anyone saw them.
There's a link below, if anyone's interested and/or has any
thoughts.
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LOTR fanfiction by me and a friend
"Debbie Does The Two Towers," COMPLETE! Chapter 18: Debbie the Red reaches Isengard, Aragorn has Evenstar envy, and Debbie the Black sings!