Alan (Alan S.)
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 26 Jul
Alan (Alan S.)’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And I just want to remind you, inalienable doesn't mean just that the gift can't be taken back.
It also means the gift can't be given to anyone else.
It cannot be alienated from the people it was given to.
It is tied exclusively to Elendil and his heirs.
And just before that passage, we get a lot of information about how the stones worked, but we'll bring that back in later when we're talking about the mechanics.
And obviously, kings are busy people, too, just like Sauron.
So they're not always able to use the stones.
Tolkien says, look, they're typically not the ones who did.
All the stones had their own warden.
What an interesting job.
We now have an opening for stone warden in...
Osgiliath or Minas Ithil or Minas Anor.
Their task was to use the stone, presumably on some sort of a schedule, like a regular occurrence, whether it was daily or weekly, but then also when ordered or when circumstances said, this would be a good time to use the stone.
So they must have been given the freedom to use their own judgment in certain circumstances.
But yeah, you wonder, is that like a full-time job?
They live there next to the stone.
Do they just check in on it like on Monday mornings, like as a volunteer?
How does that work?
Yeah, being able to keep that line open from the commanders that were not on the field to, you know, the lieutenants and majors that were leading the charge.
Yeah.
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