12/27/2023 0 Comments Steward of the day alexandros![]() ![]() Known Stewards to the King of Gondor Stewards to the King of Gondor (Between TA 492 & TA 541 - TA 2050 ) The Quenya name for the title is Arandur , "Servant of the King". Their flag was pure white, without any charge or device. The symbol of their office was a white rod and their emblem the letters R.ND.R surmounted by three stars. The Stewards never sat on the throne of the King instead, they sat on a simple chair of black stone placed below it. When asked by his son Boromir how long a time must pass before a Steward could become a King, if the King did not return, Denethor II replied, "Few years, maybe, in other places of less royalty … In Gondor ten thousand years would not suffice" (reported by Faramir in The Two Towers). The Stewards watched over the throne until it could be reclaimed by a true King of Gondor, an heir of Elendil. Mardil was the first of the Stewards to administer Gondor, and his descendants did so for 25 generations. During the time of the Steward Pelendur, the title became hereditary, passing the station of counsellor from father to son, much like the Kingship.Īfter the disappearance of King Eärnur, who left no heir to the throne of Gondor, the Steward Mardil Voronwë became the first of the Ruling Stewards in TA 2050. They were of high Númenórean blood, but not descendants of Elendil in the ruling line. During the reign of King Minardil the House of Húrin was founded by his Steward, Húrin of Emyn Arnen and afterwards Stewards were usually chosen from his descendants. He was usually an elderly man not from the Royal House chosen for his wisdom and integrity, and was never permitted to go to war nor to go abroad. First created by the powerful King Rómendacil I, Steward was the traditional title of a chief counsellor to the Kings of Gondor.
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