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The '''Sceptre of Annúminas''' was a silver rod, originally the symbol of office of the [[:Category:Lords of Andúnië|Lords of Andúnië]] in [[Númenor]]. It survived the [[Downfall of Númenor|Downfall]], and was held by the [[Kings of Arnor]] while that realm lasted. After the division of the [[Arnor|North-kingdom]], it was handed down through the generations of the [[Kings of Arthedain]] until the death of the last king, [[Arvedui]], in T.A. 1975. After that the sceptre was kept in [[Rivendell]].<ref>{{App|Eriador}} "The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain"</ref>

In T.A. 2951, when [[Aragorn]] was twenty years old, [[Elrond]] gave him the other heirlooms of the House of Elendil, but he withheld the Sceptre saying that Aragorn had yet to earn it.<ref name="tale">{{App|Tale}}</ref> When Elrond after the [[War of the Ring]] arrived in [[Minas Tirith]] with his daughter [[Arwen]], he handed the sceptre to Aragorn, who had been crowned as king [[Elessar]].<ref>{{RK|VI5}}</ref> In Fo.A. 120, laying in his deathbed the King gave the sceptre into hands of his son, [[Eldarion]].<ref name="tale" />