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[[File:Artigas - King Elendil.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Elendil]] holding the Sceptre of Annúminas<br/> [[:Category:Images by Artigas|Artigas]] - King Elendil]] | |||
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 {{TA|1975}}. After that the sceptre was kept in [[Rivendell]].<ref name="ancient">{{App|Eriador}} "The North-kingdom and the Dúnedain", p. 1043</ref> | |||
In {{TA|2951|n}}, 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> After the [[War of the Ring]], when Elrond arrived in [[Minas Tirith]] with his daughter [[Arwen]], he handed the sceptre to Aragorn, who had been crowned as King Elessar.<ref>{{RK|VI5}}, p. 972</ref> By this time the sceptre was likely the most ancient work of [[Men|Men’s]] hands preserved in Middle-earth, being more than five thousand years old.<ref name="ancient"/> | |||
During the reign of Elessar, some lands of [[Eriador]] (former Arnor) such as [[the Shire]], were said to be under the protection of the '''Northern Sceptre'''.<ref>{{App|Later}}</ref> | |||
In {{FoA|120}}, on his deathbed, Elessar gave the sceptre of Arnor and the [[Crown of Gondor]] into the hands of his son, [[Eldarion]].<ref name="tale" /> | |||
==Portrayal in adaptations== | |||
'''2021: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':''' | |||
: Elrond brings the Sceptre of Annúminas with him on the journey to Arwen's wedding in Minas Tirith. | |||
{{references}} | |||
[[Category:Arnor]] | |||
[[Category:Heirlooms]] | |||
[[fi:Annúminasin valtikka]] | |||